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** Bob gets a new job at an office in Hell, Michigan[[note]]Yes, it exists[[/note]], where everyone has a terrible first day.
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** The position Bob was hired for does not hires inexperienced people. Result: Bob is an ExperiencedProtagonist who has probably seen similar messes before.
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** The position Bob was hired for does not hires hire inexperienced people. Result: Bob is an ExperiencedProtagonist who has probably seen similar messes before.before.
** As soon as things start going wrong, Bob's BenevolentBoss takes over, making sure that Bob doesn't get overwhelmed on his first day.
** As soon as things start going wrong, Bob's BenevolentBoss takes over, making sure that Bob doesn't get overwhelmed on his first day.
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** As soon as Bob arrives for his first shift, Satan and his minions burst in to exercise a little damnation, making it a ''literal'' "First day from ''Hell''".
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* '''Invoked''': Bob is starting a new career in a field or department he has little experience in.
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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
** Bob is starting a new career in a field or department he has little experiencein.in.
** The BadBoss arranges for everything to go to hell as soon as Bob shows up, just to screw him over.
** Bob is starting a new career in a field or department he has little experience
** The BadBoss arranges for everything to go to hell as soon as Bob shows up, just to screw him over.
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** The writers believe that having Bob being a rookie will justify for him being TheWatson.
** The writers believe that "rookie with no idea of what to do" is a good character flaw for Bob, enhancing the disaster's drama.
** The writers believe that "rookie with no idea of what to do" is a good character flaw for Bob, enhancing the disaster's drama.
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** Bob is not promoted, assigned, or whatever resolution the executives would do to send him to the upcoming disaster area.
** The position Bob was hired for does not hires inexperienced people. Result: Bob is an ExperiencedProtagonist who has probably seen similar messes before.
** Bob is not promoted, assigned, or whatever resolution the executives would do to send him to the upcoming disaster area.
** The position Bob was hired for does not hires inexperienced people. Result: Bob is an ExperiencedProtagonist who has probably seen similar messes before.
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** Bob's inexperience [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom is a direct cause]] for things going FromBadToWorse.
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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Bob takes his disastrous first day as a bad omen and quits on the spot.
** Managment takes Bob's disastrous first day as a bad omen and fires him on the spot.
** Bob takes his disastrous first day as a bad omen and quits on the spot.
** Managment takes Bob's disastrous first day as a bad omen and fires him on the spot.
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** Bob applies for a work at TropeCo/TropeCo, not knowing that it's an EvilInc. The first day he's to work there, their ZombieApocalypse experiments burst loose, causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
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** FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairs
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** FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairsKickedUpstairs, Bob is a WalkingDisasterArea...
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* '''Straight''': Bob starts his new job at TropeCo Inc. A few hours into his workday, the sewer backs up, [[{{Squick}} with predictable results]]. And since there's NoSuchThingAsHR, everyone has to keep working.
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* '''Straight''': Bob starts his new job at TropeCo TropeCo/TropeCo Inc. A few hours into his workday, the sewer backs up, [[{{Squick}} with predictable results]]. And since there's NoSuchThingAsHR, everyone has to keep working.
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** TropeCo Inc. goes under just as Bob sits down at his desk.
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** TropeCo TropeCo/TropeCo Inc. goes under just as Bob sits down at his desk.
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** After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
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** After many years working at TropeCo TropeCo/TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
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** Bob has been working for TropeCo for many years.
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** Bob has been working for TropeCo TropeCo/TropeCo for many years.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob goes to use the copier on his first day at work, and it jams.
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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
** Bob goes to use the copier on his first day at work, and it jams.
** Bob goes to use the copier on his first day at work, and it jams.
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* '''Basic Trope''': Something goes seriously wrong on a character's first day at a new job.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob starts his new job at the Tropetown Nuclear Plant. Just as he sits down at his desk, there's [[OhCrap a reactor explosion and a core meltdown]].
** Alternatively, TropeCo Inc. goes under just as Bob sits down at his desk.
** Alternatively, TropeCo Inc. goes under just as Bob sits down at his desk.
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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
** Bob starts his new job at the Tropetown Nuclear Plant. Just as he sits down at his desk, there's [[OhCrap a reactor explosion and a core meltdown]].
**Alternatively, TropeCo Inc. goes under just as Bob sits down at his desk.
** Bob starts his new job at the Tropetown Nuclear Plant. Just as he sits down at his desk, there's [[OhCrap a reactor explosion and a core meltdown]].
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* '''Justified''': These problems have been imminent for a long time; Bob was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** These problems have been imminent for a long time; Bob was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
** These problems have been imminent for a long time; Bob was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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* '''Inverted''': After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
** Alternatively, Bob's first day at work goes so well that he's given a raise and a promotion before he even takes a lunch break.
* '''Subverted''': The disaster is quickly averted, or isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.
** Alternatively, Bob's first day at work goes so well that he's given a raise and a promotion before he even takes a lunch break.
* '''Subverted''': The disaster is quickly averted, or isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
**Alternatively, Bob's first day at work goes so well that he's given a raise and a promotion before he even takes a lunch break.
*'''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** The disaster is quickly averted, or isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.
** After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
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** The disaster is quickly averted, or isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.
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* '''Double Subverted''': An even worse one happens.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
** An even worse one happens.
** An even worse one happens.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob is TheJinx.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Bob is TheJinx.
** Bob is TheJinx.
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* '''Averted''': Bob has no problems at work, maybe even a good first day.
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* '''Averted''': '''Averted''':
** Bob has no problems at work, maybe even a good first day.
** Bob has no problems at work, maybe even a good first day.
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*** Or he ''has'' a job, but [[OneHourWorkweek the audience rarely (if ever) witnesses it]].
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* '''Enforced''': FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairs
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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
** FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairs
** FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairs
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* '''Straight''': Bob starts his new job at TropeCo Inc. Just as he sits down at his desk, the sewer backs up, with predictable results.
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* '''Straight''': Bob starts his new job at TropeCo Inc. Just as he sits down at A few hours into his desk, workday, the sewer backs up, [[{{Squick}} with predictable results.results]]. And since there's NoSuchThingAsHR, everyone has to keep working.
** Alternatively, TropeCo Inc. goes under just as Bob sits down at his desk.
** Bob gets stuck doing [[DelegationRelay the grunt work no one really wants to do]].
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* '''Inverted''': After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
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** Bob got KickedUpstairs, and has no idea what to do, but everyone looks to him for answers because of his high rank within the company.
* '''Inverted''': After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally[[{Retirony}} [[{{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
Subverted: ???\n Double Subverted: ???\n Parodied: ???\n Zig Zagged: ???\n Averted: ???\n Enforced: ???\n Lampshaded: ???\n Invoked: ???\n Exploited: ???\n Defied: ???\n Discussed: ???\n Conversed: ** Alternatively, Bob's first day at work goes so well that he's given a raise and a promotion before he even takes a lunch break.
*'''Subverted''': The disaster is quickly averted, or isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.
** Bob's first day goes without a hitch.
** Bob has been working for TropeCo for many years.
*'''Double Subverted''': An even worse one happens.
** But the next day is a total disaster.
** It's his first day in [[KickedUpstairs a new department]].
*'''Parodied''': Bob is TheJinx.
** ThePeterPrinciple
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some people encounter a major disaster on their first day, others a moderate-sized one, others a minor one, and still others have no problems whatsoever.
*'''Averted''': Bob has no problems at work, maybe even a good first day.
** Bob is unemployed.
*** Or he ''has'' a job, but [[OneHourWorkweek the audience rarely (if ever) witnesses it]].
** It's not his first day on the job, just business as usual.
*'''Enforced''': FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairs
** AnAesop about how promotions and [[LifelongDream "dream jobs"]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor aren't what they seem]].
*'''Lampshaded''': "Some first day ''this'' turned out to be!"
*'''Invoked''': Bob is starting a new career in a field or department he has little experience in.
*'''Exploited''': Alice is upset that she didn't get the promotion she wanted (because it went to Bob), so she makes his work life a living hell in hopes that he'll abandon the position and she can get promoted.
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
* '''Inverted''': After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally
*'''Subverted''': The disaster is quickly averted, or isn't nearly as bad as it seemed.
** Bob's first day goes without a hitch.
** Bob has been working for TropeCo for many years.
*'''Double Subverted''': An even worse one happens.
** But the next day is a total disaster.
** It's his first day in [[KickedUpstairs a new department]].
*'''Parodied''': Bob is TheJinx.
** ThePeterPrinciple
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some people encounter a major disaster on their first day, others a moderate-sized one, others a minor one, and still others have no problems whatsoever.
*'''Averted''': Bob has no problems at work, maybe even a good first day.
** Bob is unemployed.
*** Or he ''has'' a job, but [[OneHourWorkweek the audience rarely (if ever) witnesses it]].
** It's not his first day on the job, just business as usual.
*'''Enforced''': FinaglesLaw, DisasterDominoes, ThePeterPrinciple, KickedUpstairs
** AnAesop about how promotions and [[LifelongDream "dream jobs"]] [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor aren't what they seem]].
*'''Lampshaded''': "Some first day ''this'' turned out to be!"
*'''Invoked''': Bob is starting a new career in a field or department he has little experience in.
*'''Exploited''': Alice is upset that she didn't get the promotion she wanted (because it went to Bob), so she makes his work life a living hell in hopes that he'll abandon the position and she can get promoted.
*'''Defied''': ???
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???
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*'''Basic Trope''': Something goes seriously wrong on a character's first day at a new job.
*'''Straight''': Bob starts his new job at TropeCo Inc. Just as he sits down at his desk, the sewer backs up, with predictable results.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob starts his new job at the Tropetown Nuclear Plant. Just as he sits down at his desk, there's [[OhCrap a reactor explosion and a core meltdown]].
*'''Downplayed''': Bob goes to use the copier on his first day at work, and it jams.
*'''Justified''': These problems have been imminent for a long time; Bob was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
*'''Inverted''': After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
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Zig Zagged: ???
Averted: ???
Enforced: ???
Lampshaded: ???
Invoked: ???
Exploited: ???
Defied: ???
Discussed: ???
Conversed: ???
*'''Straight''': Bob starts his new job at TropeCo Inc. Just as he sits down at his desk, the sewer backs up, with predictable results.
*'''Exaggerated''': Bob starts his new job at the Tropetown Nuclear Plant. Just as he sits down at his desk, there's [[OhCrap a reactor explosion and a core meltdown]].
*'''Downplayed''': Bob goes to use the copier on his first day at work, and it jams.
*'''Justified''': These problems have been imminent for a long time; Bob was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
*'''Inverted''': After many years working at TropeCo Inc., BobFromAccounting is finally [[{Retirony}} ready to retire]] and move to a beach condo in Florida with his wife Alice. Unfortunately, on his last day of work, the building collapses, [[RockFallsEveryoneDies killing everyone inside]].
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