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* ''Series/Fallout2024''; Once famous cowboy actor Cooper Howard is shown in the the prologue to be performing at kids' birthday parties just before the nuclear apocalypse happened, to cover "alimony" according to one of the parents watching him. [[spoiler:It's implied that he was blacklisted as part of a new RedScare for his knowledge of TheConspiracy by Vault-Tec to start the nuclear war themselves, since he had been snooping on his wife's board meetings and paling around with anti-Vault-Tec organizations]].

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* ''Series/Fallout2024''; Once famous cowboy actor Cooper Howard is shown in the the prologue to be performing at kids' birthday parties just before the nuclear apocalypse happened, to cover "alimony" according to one of the parents watching him. [[spoiler:It's implied that he was blacklisted as part of a new RedScare for his knowledge of TheConspiracy by Vault-Tec to start the nuclear war themselves, since he had been snooping on his wife's board meetings and paling around with anti-Vault-Tec organizations]].

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** Ichigo's father, Isshin, was formerly the Captain of the 10th Division of Gotei 13, but after Masaki was Hollowfied, he gave up everything by moving to the Human World so he could be with her. In the present day, he owns a small clinic, since medicine was the only discipline he paid attention to in school.
** Kisuke Urahara also counts. Like Isshin, he was a Captain in Gotei 13, but after he was forced to leave Soul Society, he now works as the owner of a store selling products for Shinigami who visit the Human World.



* ''Film/LastChristmas'':
** Katarina's father was a lawyer back in Croatia, but after the family immigrated to the UK, he ended up having to work as a taxi driver because his law degree is considered useless there. His elder daughter was pressured to become a lawyer partly so she could continue his dream.
** Katarina herself aspires to become a West End actress, but she flubbed every single audition she took part in. She is currently working at a year-round Christmas store.

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''Film/LastChristmas'': Katarina's father was a lawyer back in Croatia, but after the family immigrated to the UK, he ended up having to work as a taxi driver because his law degree is considered useless there. His elder daughter was pressured to become a lawyer partly so she could continue his dream.
** Katarina herself aspires to become a West End actress, but she flubbed every single audition she took part in. She is currently working at a year-round Christmas store.
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* ''Film/LastChristmas'':
** Katarina's father was a lawyer back in Croatia, but after the family immigrated to the UK, he ended up having to work as a taxi driver because his law degree is considered useless there. His elder daughter was pressured to become a lawyer partly so she could continue his dream.
** Katarina herself aspires to become a West End actress, but she flubbed every single audition she took part in. She is currently working at a year-round Christmas store.



** Felicity is an MIT graduate and isn't happy when Oliver promotes her as his assistant in season 2, as it ends up reducing her to a GirlFriday (or "Girl [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Wednesday]]"). In season 7, after Oliver is arrested, she ends up having to go into hiding by working at a coffee shop.

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** Felicity is an a MIT graduate and isn't happy when Oliver promotes her as his assistant in season 2, as it ends up reducing her to a GirlFriday (or "Girl [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Wednesday]]"). In season 7, after Oliver is arrested, she ends up having to go into hiding by working at a coffee shop.
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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Tracey Jordan starts out as a once-popular A-lister whose continual eccentricities and other conflicts have branded him difficult to work with and he's reduced to starring in the eponymous show, which in-universe is generally considered hacky and not that great. Later he has a brief career renaissance which is cut short once other A-listers realize he's a "TV Actor". Includes a meta-commentary on this by Jack Donaghy, played by Alec Baldwin, a former A-lister now better known for his TV work.

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* ''Series/ThirtyRock'': Tracey Jordan starts out as a once-popular A-lister whose continual eccentricities and other conflicts have branded him difficult to work with and he's reduced to starring in the eponymous show, ShowWithinAShow ''TGS'', which in-universe is generally considered hacky and not that great. Later he has a brief career renaissance which is cut short once other A-listers realize he's a "TV Actor". Includes a meta-commentary on this by Jack Donaghy, played by Alec Baldwin, a former A-lister now better known for his TV work.
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* ''Series/Fallout2024''; Once famous cowboy actor Cooper Howard is shown in the the prologue to be performing at kids' birthday parties just before the nuclear apocalypse happened, to cover "alimony" according to one of the parents watching him. [[spoiler:It's implied that he was blacklisted as part of a new RedScare for his knowledge of TheConspiracy by Vault-Tec to start the nuclear war by themselves, since he had been snooping on his wife's board meetings and paling around with anti-Vault-Tec organizations]].

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* ''Series/Fallout2024''; Once famous cowboy actor Cooper Howard is shown in the the prologue to be performing at kids' birthday parties just before the nuclear apocalypse happened, to cover "alimony" according to one of the parents watching him. [[spoiler:It's implied that he was blacklisted as part of a new RedScare for his knowledge of TheConspiracy by Vault-Tec to start the nuclear war by themselves, since he had been snooping on his wife's board meetings and paling around with anti-Vault-Tec organizations]].
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* ''Series/Fallout2024''; Once famous cowboy actor Cooper Howard is shown in the the prologue to be performing at kids' birthday parties just before the nuclear apocalypse happened, to cover "alimony" according to one of the parents watching him. [[spoiler:It's implied that he was blacklisted as part of a new RedScare for his knowledge of TheConspiracy by Vault-Tec to start the nuclear war by themselves, since he had been snooping on his wife's board meetings and paling around with anti-Vault-Tec organizations]].

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