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{{quote|'''Marge:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|We've met you many times, Ms. Naegle]]. [[Trope Namer|Why do you keep changing jobs?]]
'''Lindsay Naegle:''' I'm a ''sexual predator''.
|''[[The Simpsons]]'', "Blame it on Lisa"}}
{{quote|'''Jack Benny:''' You again!! Every time I met you, you have another job! You're my waiter, my bellboy, my shop clerk! Now you're a lawyer?!?
'''Frank Nelson:''' Well, at least ''I'' am trying to better myself in life, what's your excuse?
|''[[The Jack Benny Program]]''}}
This is a [[Recurring Character]] that exists to fill in random jobs at any variety of businesses the main characters visit. And we mean ''any'' variety, no setup or explanation necessary.
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{{examples}}
== Anime
* Touya in ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'', and as is typical of the trope, it isn't clear if he keeps ''changing'' jobs or if he is just holding down a ''phenomenal'' number of part time jobs all at the same time. In a variation, though, he's the main character's brother and unknown [[Secret Keeper]], as opposed to just being a background joke character with no importance to the plot.
** 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.
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* The character of Mabel in ''[[Cathy]]'' shows up as a clothing store clerk, travel agent, bank teller, etc.
* Uncle Ruckus of ''[[The Boondocks]]'', everything from ice cream trucks to school buses to janitorial duty.
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== Fan
* ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/803437/1/Roadtrip_Around_the_USA Roadtrip Around the USA]'', a humorous ''[[Inuyasha]]'' fanfiction has Sesshomaru in this role. Kagome and crew are traveling to all fifty of the United States. Any time they stay in a state for any length of time, they will find Sesshomaru has a job there relevant to what they are currently doing. The author even encourages people to spot how many times he pops up. The only time the group ever arrive anywhere before Sesshomaru, it was because they ran him over on his way to work.
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