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5 | [[quoteright:350:[[Series/TheOfficeUS https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/to_workcom.png]]]] |
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7 | A SitCom which generally confines itself to a place of employment. Seldom leaves that location. Often features a [[CrazyWorkplace freakier assortment of characters in its core cast]] than can be found in the usual DomCom, because they can come from ''anywhere''; likewise, [[DropInCharacter weird visitors]] and walk-throughs need not be justified as well as they might be if they had to show up in a living room. Depending on the type of work, when the action is moved elsewhere sometimes brings up the question of WhosWatchingTheStore. |
8 | |
9 | See also SetBehindTheScenes, for when the workplace is a movie or television studio. |
10 | |
11 | ---- |
12 | !!Examples |
13 | [[index]] |
14 | [[foldercontrol]] |
15 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
16 | * ''Manga/AfricaSalaryman'' |
17 | * ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' |
18 | * ''Anime/AnimationRunnerKuromi'' |
19 | * ''Manga/BlendS'' |
20 | * ''Manga/BootyRoyaleNeverGoDownWithoutAFight'': A SliceOfLife manga about the jobs and lives of Japanese sex workers. |
21 | * ''Manga/CafeKichijoujiDe'' |
22 | * ''Manga/TheComicArtistAndHisAssistants'' |
23 | * ''Anime/DaiGuard'' is this, for giant mecha piloting. |
24 | * ''Manga/DenkiGaiNoHonyaSan'' |
25 | * ''Manga/HeavensDesignTeam'' |
26 | * ''Manga/TheIceGuyAndHisCoolFemaleColleague'' |
27 | * ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'' |
28 | * ''Manga/MissKuroitsuFromTheMonsterDevelopmentDepartment'' |
29 | * ''Manga/MyNewBossIsGoofy'' |
30 | * ''Manga/MrNietzscheInTheConvenienceStore'' |
31 | * ''Manga/NewGame'' |
32 | * ''Manga/PoliceInAPod'' |
33 | * ''Anime/SakuraQuest'' |
34 | * ''Manga/ServantXService'' |
35 | * ''Manga/SeiyusLife'' |
36 | * ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'' |
37 | * ''Manga/SkullFaceBooksellerHondaSan'' |
38 | * ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' |
39 | ** ''Manga/WWWWorking'' |
40 | * ''Manga/WaveListenToMe'' |
41 | * ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' |
42 | [[/folder]] |
43 | |
44 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
45 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' |
46 | * ''ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack'' |
47 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'' |
48 | [[/folder]] |
49 | |
50 | [[folder:Live-Action Television]] |
51 | * ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'' |
52 | * ''Series/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'' |
53 | * ''Series/ThirtyRock'' |
54 | * ''Series/TreintaYUnMinutos'' |
55 | * ''Series/TwentyTwelve'' |
56 | ** ''Series/W1A'' |
57 | * ''Series/AbbottElementary'' |
58 | * ''Series/{{Abbys}}'' |
59 | * ''Series/AbsolutePowerBBC'' |
60 | * ''Series/AcropolisNow'' |
61 | * ''Series/{{Action}}'' |
62 | * ''[[Series/{{Alice1976}} Alice]]'' |
63 | * ''Series/AllGasAndGaiters'' |
64 | * ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' |
65 | * ''Series/{{Ambassadors}}'' |
66 | * ''Series/AmericanAuto'' |
67 | * ''Series/AndyRichterControlsTheUniverse'' |
68 | * ''Series/AnimalControl'' |
69 | * ''Series/AnimalPractice'' |
70 | * ''Series/AnnuallyRetentive'' |
71 | * ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace'' |
72 | * ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' |
73 | * ''Series/{{Arliss}}'' |
74 | * ''Series/TheArmyGame'' |
75 | * ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet'' |
76 | * ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' |
77 | * ''Film/AxeMurderingWithHackley'' |
78 | * ''Series/BadEducation'' |
79 | * ''Series/BadJudge'' |
80 | * ''Series/BarneyMiller'' |
81 | * ''Series/{{Becker}}'' |
82 | * ''Series/{{Benson}}'' |
83 | * ''Series/BestOfFriends1963'' |
84 | * ''Series/BetterOffTed'' |
85 | * ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' |
86 | * ''Series/BigWaveDaves'' |
87 | * ''Series/BlackBooks'' |
88 | * ''Series/BlackMonday'' |
89 | * ''Series/BlessMeFather'' |
90 | * ''Series/{{Bligh}}'' |
91 | * ''Series/{{Blockbuster}}'' |
92 | * ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'' is another Work Com / DomCom hybrid. |
93 | * ''Series/TheBoldType'' |
94 | * ''Series/{{Borderline}}'' |
95 | * ''Series/{{Boris}}'' |
96 | * ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' |
97 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' |
98 | * ''Series/BrotherlyLove1995'' |
99 | * ''Series/CafeAmericain'' |
100 | * ''Series/CameraCafe'' |
101 | * ''Series/{{Campus}}'' |
102 | * ''Series/Car54WhereAreYou'' |
103 | * ''Series/CharleysGrants'' |
104 | * ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' |
105 | * ''Series/Chef1993'' |
106 | * ''Series/ChildrensHospital'' |
107 | * ''Series/TheCloser1998'' |
108 | * ''Series/{{Coach}}'' |
109 | * ''Series/ComeFlyWithMe'' |
110 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'' |
111 | * ''Series/CoppersEnd'' |
112 | * ''Series/CornerGas'' |
113 | * ''Series/{{Corporate}}'' |
114 | * ''Series/{{Crashing|US}}'' |
115 | * ''Series/TheCrazyOnes'' |
116 | * ''Series/TheCreatives'' |
117 | * ''Series/TheCrew2021'' |
118 | * ''Series/{{Cristela}}'' |
119 | * ''Series/TheCultureVultures'' |
120 | * ''Series/{{Dagvaktin}}'' |
121 | * ''Series/DefendingTheGuilty'' |
122 | * ''Series/{{Derek}}'' |
123 | * ''Series/{{Desmonds}}'' is part WorkCom/part DomCom. |
124 | * ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' is more or less a 50/50 split between Work Com and DomCom. |
125 | * ''Series/{{Dinnerladies}}'' |
126 | * ''Series/DoctorDoctor'' |
127 | * ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'' |
128 | * ''Series/DrPsycho'' |
129 | * ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' |
130 | * ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' |
131 | * ''Du Tac au Tac'' |
132 | * ''Series/{{Emeril}}'' |
133 | * ''Series/{{Episodes}}'' |
134 | * ''Series/EscouadeNineNine'' |
135 | * ''Series/{{Extras}}'' |
136 | * ''Series/FawltyTowers'' |
137 | * ''Series/FiddlersThree'' |
138 | * ''Series/ForeignAffairs1966'' |
139 | * ''Series/{{Frontline}}'' (The Australian one, not the US public affairs program.) |
140 | * ''Series/TheGames'' |
141 | * ''Series/GetKrackin'' |
142 | * ''Series/GetSmart'' |
143 | * ''Series/GetSomeIn'' |
144 | * ''Series/GettingOn'' |
145 | * ''Series/{{Godivas}}'' |
146 | * ''Series/TheGravyTrain'' |
147 | * ''Series/TheGreatIndoors'' |
148 | * ''Series/GreatNews'' |
149 | * ''Series/GreenWing'' |
150 | * ''Series/GrossePointe'' |
151 | * ''Series/GroundFloor'' |
152 | * ''Series/HailToTheChief'' combined this with DomCom elements. |
153 | * ''Series/TheHappyApple'' |
154 | * ''Series/TheHardTimesOfRJBerger'' |
155 | * ''Series/Hardware2003'' |
156 | * ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'' |
157 | * ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]'' |
158 | * ''Series/HeyDude'' |
159 | * ''Series/HiDeHi'' |
160 | * ''Series/TheHighLife'' |
161 | * ''Series/TheHollowmen'' |
162 | * ''Series/HouseCalls'' |
163 | * ''Series/HouseOfLies'' is primarily a Work Com with significant DomCom features. |
164 | * ''Series/IfItMovesFileIt'' |
165 | * ''Il était une fois dans le trouble'' |
166 | * ''Series/InForAPenny'' |
167 | * ''Series/{{Insecurity}}'' |
168 | * ''Series/InsideSchwartz'' |
169 | * ''Series/IsItLegal'' |
170 | * ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'' |
171 | * ''Series/TheITCrowd'' |
172 | * ''Series/ItsALiving'' |
173 | * ''Series/TheJob'' |
174 | * ''Series/TheJohnLarroquetteShow'' |
175 | * ''Series/JustAGigolo'' |
176 | * ''Series/JustShootMe'' |
177 | * ''Series/KeishichouNasiGorengKa'' |
178 | * ''Series/KirRoyal'' |
179 | * ''Series/KitchenConfidential'' |
180 | * ''Series/{{KYTV}}'' |
181 | * ''Series/LessThanPerfect'' |
182 | * ''Series/LetTheBloodRunFree'' |
183 | * ''Series/TheLibrarians2007'' |
184 | * ''Series/TheLoop'' |
185 | * ''Series/LosExitososPells'' |
186 | * ''Series/MadeInCanada'' |
187 | * ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' |
188 | * ''Series/MaterialGirl'' |
189 | * ''Series/MenAtWork'' |
190 | * ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'', especially in the first and third series. |
191 | * ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' |
192 | * ''Series/TheMindyProject'' |
193 | * ''Series/LesMinikeums'' |
194 | * ''Series/MrD'' |
195 | * ''Series/MrMayor'' |
196 | * ''Series/MrSunshine2011'' |
197 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' |
198 | ** ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' |
199 | * ''Series/MurphyBrown'' |
200 | * ''Series/MythicQuest'' |
201 | * ''Series/{{Naeturvaktin}}'' |
202 | * ''Series/TheNakedTruth'' |
203 | * ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' |
204 | * ''Series/NewsRadio'' |
205 | * ''Series/TheNewStatesman'' |
206 | * ''Series/NightCourt'' |
207 | ** ''Series/NightCourt2023'' |
208 | * ''Series/{{Nightingales}}'' |
209 | * ''Series/NoAngels'' |
210 | * ''Series/NoAppointmentNecessary1977'' |
211 | * ''Series/TheNormShow'' |
212 | * ''Series/Nurses1991'' |
213 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' |
214 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' |
215 | * ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'' |
216 | * ''Series/OnTheBuses'' |
217 | * ''Series/OnTheHouse'' |
218 | * ''Series/OpenAllHours'' |
219 | * ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'' |
220 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' |
221 | * ''Series/PartyDown'' |
222 | * ''Series/PhoneShop'' |
223 | * ''Series/{{Pizza}}'' |
224 | * ''Series/PleaseSir'' |
225 | * ''Series/{{Powerless|2017}}'' |
226 | * ''Series/APrinceAmongMen'' |
227 | * ''Series/PrivateBenjamin1981'' |
228 | * ''Series/{{Reboot|2022}}'' |
229 | * ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' |
230 | * ''Series/{{Rev}}'' |
231 | * ''{{Series/Room at the Bottom|1967}}'' |
232 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' |
233 | * ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' with strong RomCom elements. |
234 | * ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' |
235 | * ''Series/SevenPeriodsWithMrGormsby'' |
236 | * ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'' |
237 | * ''Series/ShineALight'' |
238 | * ''Series/SideHustle'', through WorkOffTheDebt by getting various jobs. |
239 | * ''Series/SiliconValley'' |
240 | * ''Series/SirensUK'' |
241 | * ''Series/SirensUS'' |
242 | * ''Series/SlingsAndArrows'' |
243 | * ''Series/TheSmokingRoom'' |
244 | * ''Series/SpinCity'' |
245 | * ''Series/SportsNight'' |
246 | * ''Series/Spy2011'' |
247 | * ''Series/{{Stromberg}}'' |
248 | * ''Series/SuddenlySusan'' |
249 | * ''Series/SuperiorDonuts'' |
250 | * ''Series/SuperStore'' |
251 | * ''Series/SpunOut'' |
252 | * ''Series/SullivanAndSon'' |
253 | * ''Series/SurgicalSpirit'' |
254 | * ''Series/SwiftAndShiftCouriers'' |
255 | * ''Series/TacomaFD'' |
256 | * ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' |
257 | * ''Series/Teachers2016'' |
258 | * ''Series/Telenovela2016'' |
259 | * ''Series/ThatGirl'' |
260 | * ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' |
261 | * ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' |
262 | * ''Series/TimeGentlemenPlease'' |
263 | * ''Series/TLC2002'' |
264 | * ''Series/TheTrainNowStanding'' |
265 | * ''Series/TheTransmart'' |
266 | * ''Series/{{Trollied}}'' |
267 | * ''Series/UglyBetty'' |
268 | * ''Series/UnionSquare'' |
269 | * ''Series/Utopia2014'' |
270 | * ''Series/{{Veep}}'' |
271 | * ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' |
272 | * ''Series/{{Warped}}'' |
273 | * ''Series/WeAreKlang'' |
274 | * ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' |
275 | * ''Series/{{Whites}}'' |
276 | * ''Series/{{Wings}}'' |
277 | * ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' |
278 | ** ''Series/TheNewWKRPInCincinnati'' |
279 | * ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' |
280 | * ''Series/Working1997'' |
281 | * ''Series/WorkIt'' |
282 | * ''Series/TheWrightWay'' |
283 | * ''Series/YesMinister'' |
284 | * ''Series/YoungRock'' |
285 | [[/folder]] |
286 | |
287 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
288 | * ''Podcast/KakosIndustries'' |
289 | [[/folder]] |
290 | |
291 | [[folder:Radio]] |
292 | * ''Radio/CabinPressure'' |
293 | * ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' was a comedic VarietyShow that eventually incorporated both Work Com and DomCom elements. |
294 | * ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' |
295 | * ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' |
296 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' |
297 | [[/folder]] |
298 | |
299 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
300 | * ''Eroge! Sex and Game Make Sexy Games'' is a VisualNovel HGame example. |
301 | * ''Ero Manga! H mo Manga mo Step-up ♪'' is another VisualNovel HGame example. |
302 | * ''VisualNovel/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' |
303 | [[/folder]] |
304 | |
305 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
306 | * ''WebAnimation/AyudaMundial'' |
307 | * ''WebAnimation/BigtopBurger'' |
308 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' |
309 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Mappy}}'' |
310 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' |
311 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles'' |
312 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' |
313 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga'' |
314 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'' |
315 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueSeason14'' |
316 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy'' |
317 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueFamilyShatters'' |
318 | * ''WebAnimation/StarshipRegulars'' |
319 | [[/folder]] |
320 | |
321 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
322 | * ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDenizens'' |
323 | * ''Webcomic/GanbareDoukiChan'' |
324 | * ''Webcomic/OjisanAndMarshmallow'' |
325 | * ''Webcomic/PhD'' |
326 | * ''Webcomic/RoosterTeethComics'' |
327 | * ''Webcomic/TheSnailFactory'' |
328 | * ''Webcomic/TerminalLance'': A [[GagPerDayWebcomic gag-a-day webcomic]] about life in the US Marine Corps. |
329 | [[/folder]] |
330 | |
331 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
332 | * ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked'' |
333 | * ''WebVideo/DreamMachine'' |
334 | * ''WebVideo/RosteredOn'' |
335 | * ''WebVideo/TransylvaniaTelevision'' |
336 | [[/folder]] |
337 | |
338 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
339 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' |
340 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' |
341 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is a Work Com / DomCom hybrid. |
342 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' |
343 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' (animated series) |
344 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' |
345 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' |
346 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'' |
347 | * ''WesternAnimation/HumanResources2022'' |
348 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' |
349 | * ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' |
350 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiddlemostPost'' |
351 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'' |
352 | * ''WesternAnimation/ProducingParker'' |
353 | * ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' |
354 | * ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'' |
355 | * ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' |
356 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' |
357 | * ''WesternAnimation/TigNSeek'' |
358 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' |
359 | * ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' |
360 | [[/folder]] |
361 | [[/index]] |
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