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{{quote|'''Marge:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|We've met you many times, Ms. Naegle]]. [[Trope Namer|Why do you keep changing jobs?]]<br />
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** Sakura herself comments that her brother holds a LOT of part time jobs, because Touya wants to make and save as much money possible, so he could go to college without being a burden for his father.
*** Another reason is implied: he changes jobs to look after her.
** He even works in jobs across
* Speaking of ''[[Kobato.]]'', Fujimoto is another main character who keeps changing
* She never actually changes job titles, but the waitress from ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]'' works at four or five different restaurants over the course of the series.
* A minor character in ''[[Suzuka]]'' has as many different jobs as she has appearances.
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* Yunyun from ''[[Canaan]]'' always seems to have exactly the job that will allow her to run into the main cast, which eventually allows her to join the cast in their antics. {{spoiler|Subverted, though: she's not doing it just for the money or the thrill, but as [[The Mole]] for their enemies.}}
** Could also be a reference to the potential after effects of China's economic growth spurt, as Yunyun mentions that many in the slums take up several part-time jobs to make ends meet.
* Li Shenshun from ''[[Darker than Black]]'' always happens to be working at whatever place is most plot-relevant at the
* Hasegawa in ''[[Gintama]]'' is either in a brand new job or without one. The explanation is because he is a MADAO. Also because he keeps asking Gintoki & Co. to help him with his jobs.
* From ''[[Hell Girl]]'', Ai Enma's minions are often shown with different jobs as they observe a prospective client before the string is pulled, except in season three where they all keep the same jobs in a school since {{spoiler|they're hanging out with the girl who's supposed to be replacing their current boss.}}
* The cast of ''[[Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service]]'' falls into this trope fairly often. Since the filling-the-last-wishes-of-the-dead business tends to be sporadic, they often fill it in with an astonishing array of contract or part-time
** It's usually the perpetually underemployed trio of Yata, Numata and Karatsu who are seen doing the heavy lifting, but Keiko often turns up in a number of unlikely consulting jobs due to her extremely-rare-in-Japan expertise in embalming. Sasaki seems to be the only one who holds a steady job. Of course, that steady job is selling celebrity gore photographs to fetishists, but hey, it's a living.
* Throughout the series, [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|the Landlady]] of [[Hidamari Sketch]] has been shown having a variety of jobs: delivering pizza coupon fliers and temping at the Berry-Mart, along with other, unspecified part-time jobs.
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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'': Poor old Helo. He gets shoved around from job to job regardless of his actual rank. He's actually a trained Raptor copilot, so his job is to sit in the back, play on a computer and get bossed around by his pilot. But during the course of the series he ends up as second-in-command to Galactica itself, caretaker to a community of refugees, and even CAG - commander of ''all'' Galactica's fighters and Raptors, despite no evidence of him being able to fly anything himself.
** Well, "copilot" implies actually having piloting skills, since the primary function of a copilot is to act as a backup pilot when necessary. Also, we see Helo piloting a Raptor during {{spoiler|the assault upon the Resurrection Hub}}. Much like the real-world US Navy aircraft carrier commanding officers, it seems that Colonial officers aren't eligible for command unless they have some amount of stick time in a cockpit.
* Major Marks, recurring character in the [[Stargate Verse]], has been an officer aboard '''all five''' of the Air Force's star ships over the course
* Xander in Season 4 of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' had a new job in just about every episode. This was the season where his friends went to college and he was trying to find himself. Eventually, he settles into a construction worker.
* Mr Pitt appears in all three parts of Alan Plater's Beiderbecke Trilogy, having taken what he describes as a 'sideways career move' each time.
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== Puppet Shows ==
* Grover on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. His most well-known position was as a waiter at Charlie's Restaurant, opposite the Blue Man, and even these expanded into a wider variety of
** In the '70s Grover frequently appeared as a door-to-door salesman, usually calling on Kermit the Frog. Each time he'd be peddling a different item, and always something a frog would have no use for: earmuffs, toothbrush, nose warmer, etc.
* Gwen on ''[[Johnny and the Sprites]]''. She liked to try out a lot of different jobs as her aunt had a saying that "You never know what you can do until you try out something new."
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** Sam refers to it as "Attention Deficit Career Disorder", or something like that, which is an apt name, as with each career change, Sybil gushes about how convinced she is that she's finally found her one true calling.
* Larry Butz in ''[[Ace Attorney]] Phoenix Wright'' switches jobs between cases, usually to get closer to his latest girlfriend. By the end of the trilogy, he seems to have found his knack in painting. {{spoiler|It doesn't last}}
** Wendy Oldbag, meanwhile, is a security guard in a different venue every time she shows up. The first time it's
** Maggey Byrde is more or less forced into this due to her bad luck.
* Mona from ''[[Wario Ware]]'' has been a gelato server (original), a pizza delivery girl (''Twisted''), a rocker (''Touched''), and a cheerleader (''Smooth Moves''), and she even develops microgames on the side. She [[Must Have Lots of Free Time]].
** Given her appearance (and that cheerleader part at the end), some players think she's a high-schooler jumping between part-time jobs.
*** [[Squick
** She's now also been a Wario Park (aka theme park) employee in ''[[Wario Ware]] Snapped'', and in the latest game, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OpO7r4vho an explorer like Indiana Jones]!
** Not to mention that in Smooth Moves, she's not just a cheerleader in her level, but also a steamed bun vendor in Young Cricket and Master Mantis's level.
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** Troy McClure is an ''extremely'' prolific [[B-Movie]] actor.
** Lindsey Naegle is a single successful businesswoman/TV executive. (The season 13 episode "Blame It On Lisa" lampshaded this when Marge asks Lindsay why she keeps changing jobs. Lindsay's answer: [[Fridge Horror|she's a sexual predator]].)
** Gil is perpetually dangling by a thread at his current job, whatever it may
** Captain McCallister has held a lot of nautical jobs (despite not being a licensed captain), as well as owning and operating an all-you-can-eat seafood restaurant (the latter of which has been used more often in later episodes).
** Squeaky Voiced Teen (whose name was established as Mitch Peterson early on, then seemingly forgotten by the writers) either works at Krusty Burger or works as a ticket taker, concession stand clerk, or usher at the Aztec Movie Theater (or the Googleplex). Some episodes have him working at an ice cream parlor called Phineas Q. Butterfat's.
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** This is the same universe that creates (and presumably programs) robots with the capacity for substance abuse and ''laziness''. Cloning a guy with a bizarre verbal tic and a bad attitude is par for the course.
*** And considering that one of his jobs is artwork (apparently in the 31st century all fine art is tattooed on fat guys, and Sal claims to be on loan from the Lourve) it's possible that his characteristics are considered valuable.
** Abner Doubledeal has appeared in three
* Chuck and Leon, better recognized as The Chameleon Brothers, on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''. They're always on the hip end of any career, often as entrepreneurs or artists, and have an [[Funny Foreigner|extremely fake Scandinavian accent]]. Their [[Funny Animal]] species is a dead giveaway to their ever-changing role.
** One main character, Filburt, was given a couple episodes as a WDYKCJ before being promoted to a main major character. Another character, Dr. Hutchison, held a number of jobs in various medical fields before being promoted; upon meeting Dr. Hutchison, Rocko would invariably say, "Dr. Hutchison? I thought you were a [dentist/pharmacist/whatever job she had last]", to which she'd respond with laughter and a pun relating to the previous job: "I couldn't handle looking down in the mouth anymore!" (One time, Rocko just said all the jobs at once, to which Hutchison replied, "Yeah... it's been a crazy year.")
* Rancid Rabbit of ''[[CatDog]]'' is a fairly untrustworthy example of the trope. In one episode, he appears as both a teacher and a policeman. [[Lampshade Hanging|Cat is a bit surprised]].
* [[Satan|The Red Guy]] from ''[[Cow and Chicken]]'' and ''[[I Am Weasel]]''. One "I Am Weasel" episode has Weasel being sent to jail with Baboon by Baboon's lawyer (the Red Guy). At prison, he meets the jailer (also the Red Guy) and [[Lampshade Hanging|accuses them of being the same person]].
** In one "Cow and Chicken" episode, Red Guy himself ends up in jail, and meets the
* Uncle Ruckus on ''[[The Boondocks]]''. At first, it seemed he just couldn't keep a job for very long, considering his personality, but a look into his private life showed he really works about thirty jobs simultaneously.
** He has 47 jobs including Gravedigger from 2AM to 7AM
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* [[Santa Claus]] in ''[[Pucca]]''. He's had a [[Day in The Limelight]] episode or two, but he's mostly there to be whatever strange job is needed, from ticket taker, to "guy in a frog costume." Since he only works his well-known job one day a year, he seems to have a lot of hobbies and side jobs.
* Jeremy ''always'' has a job nearby what's going on in ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'', usually at a concession stand chain in the series.
* Quint, a recurring human character from ''Timon and Pumbaa'', who has a new profession in every episode he's in. In addition, the title [[Alliterative Name|matches his name]] (Culinary Quint, Counterfeiter Quint, and so on). There were identical twin Quints in one
* Literally everyone on ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]'', most notably Little Miss Whoops, who can't keep a job because she's just so bad at everything she does, despite always claiming to be "a trained professional".
** One episode revealed that the Mr. Men and Little Misses invoke this trope deliberately, getting new jobs every Tuesday.
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* The recurring red mustache guy from ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'' holds many different jobs depending on the episode. Many of his jobs include working as a Nowhere police officer, an archaeologist, a captain, a pilot, a New York police officer, a ranger, a general, a pirate, and a mayor.
* Yosemite Sam of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' fame. Starting out as a Western outlaw, he has since been a pirate, a Hessian, a claimjumper, a Medieval knight, a shiek, a politician, a Roman centurion, and many more.
* Inspector Willoughby, until he
* Miss Rabbit in ''[[Peppa Pig]]'' - doing every random job is a running joke.
* Mr. Ford on [[Frisky Dingo]]. He's been a mental hospital worker, a pet store clerk, polling consultant for Killface's presidential campaign, political analyst for a news show, US Secretary of State, and US President.
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