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* ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' featured [[Those Two Guys|Patrick, Jonathan, and Gasteau]], who had a different job each time they appeared in an episode, from imperial officers to doctors (though they were more often than not villains). They tended to be [[Faceless Goons]] in later seasons.

* Ayane's [[Stealth Mentor]] in ''[[Ayane's High Kick|Ayanes High Kick]]'' is working a different job every time he's seen, because he's honestly kind of a loser.

* The ''[[Mahoraba]]'' manga has a [[Anime Chinese Girl]] that [[Verbal Tic|ends all of her sentences with ~yo]] who's just not competent enough to keep a job for long.

* Minori Kushieda from ''[[Toradora!]]'' holds many jobs. She's captain of the softball club, a waitress at a restaurant, a part-time helper at a convenience store... Seems like she is following the advice of [[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|someone]] from a manga...

** Between ''[[The Next Generation]]'', ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' and his back story, Miles O'Brien has been a tactical officer, flight controller, security guard, a transporter chief, tactical officer again (briefly), one of the greatest engineers in the galaxy, and then moves on to teaching at Starfleet Academy. Not a bad career path for an enlisted man.

** Fellow [[Transplant]] Worf has been communications officer, security chief, tactical officer, ambassador, lawyer (okay, that one's sorta cheating. He played his [[Identical Grandson|identical and identically named grandpa]] in a TOS movie.) and back to tactical whenever crossing back over for the TNG movies, and when Data was thought to be dead, Worf was the one who was going to get ''his'' jobs, too (meaning he'd have been doing his, Tasha's, and Data's jobs ''all himself at once'' had Data's death been for real.)

* In ''[[Charles in Charge]]'', Ben Stein played an [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] in various settings (bank, mental institution). Initially played as [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]], but [[Lampshaded]] in his last appearance, when it is revealed that delusions of grandeur have led the character to repeatedly "promote" himself to increasingly higher-status positions.

* Mr. Haney on ''[[Green Acres]]'' appeared whenever Oliver needed a specific service or item.

== Webcomics ==

* ''Achewood's'' Ray Smuckles sees a business opportunity around every corner, from Williams and Sonoma Erotic Fiction to machine rolled marijuana cigarettes.

* ''[[Real Life Comics|Real Life]]'' has this with Alan Extra, who is basically anything from a pilot to a movie theater worker, to a random guy on the street who gave the main character directions.

** In fact, one of the comics states flat out that Alan Extra is everyone who isn't a named character. Store Clerk? Alan. Tech Support? Alan. Guy in panel 1 who looks different from guy in panel 4? Both are Alan.