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* '''Inverted''': Bob was a lowly janitor in Troperistan, but when he arrives in Troperia, he's offered a job as a doctor. |
* '''Inverted''': Bob was a lowly janitor in Troperistan, but when he arrives in Troperia, he's offered a job as a doctor. |
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* '''Subverted''': The chief of medicine at the hospital Bob is applying to work at makes like he's going to reject Bob, but hires him. |
* '''Subverted''': The chief of medicine at the hospital Bob is applying to work at makes like he's going to reject Bob, but hires him. |
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* '''Double Subverted''': ...as a janitor. |
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* '''Parodied''': All the janitors at the hospital have prestigious medical degrees from foreign countries. |
* '''Parodied''': All the janitors at the hospital have prestigious medical degrees from foreign countries. |
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* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was a doctor in Troperistan who can only find menial work as a janitor in Troperia. Alice, on the other hand, was a short order cook from Troperistan who got a high-paying systems analyst job in Troperia. Charlie, a third immigrant from Troperistan, worked with Bob at their old hospital, and does a similar job as a surgeon in Troperia. |
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was a doctor in Troperistan who can only find menial work as a janitor in Troperia. Alice, on the other hand, was a short order cook from Troperistan who got a high-paying systems analyst job in Troperia. Charlie, a third immigrant from Troperistan, worked with Bob at their old hospital, and does a similar job as a surgeon in Troperia. |
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* '''Lampshaded''': ??? |
* '''Lampshaded''': ??? |
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* '''Invoked''': "Hey, let's ask Bob the janitor. I'll bet he was a doctor back in Troperistan." |
* '''Invoked''': "Hey, let's ask Bob the janitor. I'll bet he was a doctor back in Troperistan." |
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* '''Exploited''': Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of "real" doctor because he gives cheap "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. [[Blatant Lies|Totally not practicing medicine without a |
* '''Exploited''': Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of "real" doctor because he gives cheap "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. [[Blatant Lies|Totally not practicing medicine without a license at all.]] |
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* '''Defied''': ??? |
* '''Defied''': ??? |
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* '''Discussed''': ??? |
* '''Discussed''': ??? |
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* '''Conversed''': ??? |
* '''Conversed''': ??? |
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* '''Played For Drama''': Diane, an immigrant from Troperistan, won't let anybody but Bob operate on her ... but Troperia won't let Bob practice medicine. |
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Back in [[The Old Country|old country]] I was highly paid computer engineer! Now, I guide people back to [[Worthless Foreign Degree]]. |
Back in [[The Old Country|old country]] I was highly paid computer engineer! Now, I guide people back to [[Worthless Foreign Degree]]. |
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Latest revision as of 20:04, 12 December 2015
Basic Trope: A person who had a high-paying/prestigious job in another country does menial work in the setting of the work.
- Straight: Bob worked as a doctor in Troperistan, but works as a janitor in Troperia.
- Exaggerated: Bob was the CEO of a Fiction 500 company based in Troperistan, but works as a janitor in Toperia.
- Bob has multiple Ph.D.s from Troperistan but can only get work as a janitor in Troperia.
- Downplayed: Bob worked as a doctor in Troperistan, but can only find work as a medical assistant in Troperia.
- Justified: Bob's Troperistanian qualifications and certificates aren't recognized by Troperian hospitals for various reasons.
- Bob doesn't speak Troperian very well, if at all.
- Employers may be suspicious that "foreign" degree may be used by diploma mills as cover.
- Inverted: Bob was a lowly janitor in Troperistan, but when he arrives in Troperia, he's offered a job as a doctor.
- Subverted: The chief of medicine at the hospital Bob is applying to work at makes like he's going to reject Bob, but hires him.
- Double Subverted: ...as a janitor.
- Parodied: All the janitors at the hospital have prestigious medical degrees from foreign countries.
- Zig Zagged: Bob was a doctor in Troperistan who can only find menial work as a janitor in Troperia. Alice, on the other hand, was a short order cook from Troperistan who got a high-paying systems analyst job in Troperia. Charlie, a third immigrant from Troperistan, worked with Bob at their old hospital, and does a similar job as a surgeon in Troperia.
- Averted: Bob, a doctor from Troperistan, finds a similar job as a doctor in Troperia.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: "Hey, let's ask Bob the janitor. I'll bet he was a doctor back in Troperistan."
- Exploited: Bob the janitor may not be officially recognized as a doctor, but Bob still has the skills of a doctor and people go to see him instead of "real" doctor because he gives cheap "advice" and they give him "presents". Of money. Totally not practicing medicine without a license at all.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Played For Drama: Diane, an immigrant from Troperistan, won't let anybody but Bob operate on her ... but Troperia won't let Bob practice medicine.
Back in old country I was highly paid computer engineer! Now, I guide people back to Worthless Foreign Degree.