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== [[Literature]] ==
* In Temping Fate, the main character picks up some very interesting skills in her day job. She does temp work for the
* "Ground Rice" from The 36th Chamber of Shaolin. As he says, all his life he's ground rice using a simple machine operated with the legs, so his legs are incredibly powerful.
* [[Conan the Barbarian]] became so strong because in his youth, he was a slave who did some [[Wheel of Pain|really heavy work]].
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* One of the books that can be found in ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series tells the story of a young man who was able to learn the skills he needed to become an [[Ax Crazy|axe wielding]] [[Psycho for Hire|assassin]] through the chores he was put through while growing up on a farm by an [[Evil Uncle]] (his first [[Asshole Victim|victim]]). You can read [http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Axe_Man The Axe Man here] courtesy of the Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages.
** That story also illustrates, almost perfectly, how many Lost in ''[[Changeling: The Lost]]'' have "benefitted" from their durance.
* Link works as a goatherder in Ordon Village in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]''. His goat-wrangling skills, demonstrated in the early parts of the game, come in handy
** Taken to an even more direct extreme in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'', where Link is conveniently trained to be a railroad
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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