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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/CafeAmericain'' |
| 99 | * ''Series/CameraCafe'' |
| 100 | * ''Series/{{Campus}}'' |
| 101 | * ''Series/Car54WhereAreYou'' |
| 102 | * ''Series/CharleysGrants'' |
| 103 | * ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' |
| 104 | * ''Series/Chef1993'' |
| 105 | * ''Series/ChildrensHospital'' |
| 106 | * ''Series/TheCloser1998'' |
| 107 | * ''Series/{{Coach}}'' |
| 108 | * ''Series/ComeFlyWithMe'' |
| 109 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'' |
| 110 | * ''Series/CoppersEnd'' |
| 111 | * ''Series/CornerGas'' |
| 112 | * ''Series/{{Corporate}}'' |
| 113 | * ''Series/{{Crashing|US}}'' |
| 114 | * ''Series/TheCrazyOnes'' |
| 115 | * ''Series/TheCreatives'' |
| 116 | * ''Series/TheCrew2021'' |
| 117 | * ''Series/{{Cristela}}'' |
| 118 | * ''Series/TheCultureVultures'' |
| 119 | * ''Series/{{Dagvaktin}}'' |
| 120 | * ''Series/DefendingTheGuilty'' |
| 121 | * ''Series/{{Derek}}'' |
| 122 | * ''Series/{{Desmonds}}'' is part WorkCom/part DomCom. |
| 123 | * ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' is more or less a 50/50 split between Work Com and DomCom. |
| 124 | * ''Series/{{Dinnerladies}}'' |
| 125 | * ''Series/DoctorDoctor'' |
| 126 | * ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'' |
| 127 | * ''Series/DrPsycho'' |
| 128 | * ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'' |
| 129 | * ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' |
| 130 | * ''Du Tac au Tac'' |
| 131 | * ''Series/{{Emeril}}'' |
| 132 | * ''Series/{{Episodes}}'' |
| 133 | * ''Series/EscouadeNineNine'' |
| 134 | * ''Series/{{Extras}}'' |
| 135 | * ''Series/FawltyTowers'' |
| 136 | * ''Series/FiddlersThree'' |
| 137 | * ''Series/ForeignAffairs1966'' |
| 138 | * ''Series/{{Frontline}}'' (The Australian one, not the US public affairs program.) |
| 139 | * ''Series/TheGames'' |
| 140 | * ''Series/GetKrackin'' |
| 141 | * ''Series/GetSmart'' |
| 142 | * ''Series/GetSomeIn'' |
| 143 | * ''Series/GettingOn'' |
| 144 | * ''Series/{{Godivas}}'' |
| 145 | * ''Series/TheGravyTrain'' |
| 146 | * ''Series/TheGreatIndoors'' |
| 147 | * ''Series/GreatNews'' |
| 148 | * ''Series/GreenWing'' |
| 149 | * ''Series/GrossePointe'' |
| 150 | * ''Series/GroundFloor'' |
| 151 | * ''Series/HailToTheChief'' combined this with DomCom elements. |
| 152 | * ''Series/TheHappyApple'' |
| 153 | * ''Series/TheHardTimesOfRJBerger'' |
| 154 | * ''Series/Hardware2003'' |
| 155 | * ''Series/HeadOfTheClass'' |
| 156 | * ''[[Series/HermansHead Herman's Head]]'' |
| 157 | * ''Series/HeyDude'' |
| 158 | * ''Series/HiDeHi'' |
| 159 | * ''Series/TheHighLife'' |
| 160 | * ''Series/TheHollowmen'' |
| 161 | * ''Series/HouseCalls'' |
| 162 | * ''Series/HouseOfLies'' is primarily a Work Com with significant DomCom features. |
| 163 | * ''Series/IfItMovesFileIt'' |
| 164 | * ''Series/InForAPenny'' |
| 165 | * ''Series/{{Insecurity}}'' |
| 166 | * ''Series/InsideSchwartz'' |
| 167 | * ''Series/IsItLegal'' |
| 168 | * ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'' |
| 169 | * ''Series/TheITCrowd'' |
| 170 | * ''Series/ItsALiving'' |
| 171 | * ''Series/TheJob'' |
| 172 | * ''Series/TheJohnLarroquetteShow'' |
| 173 | * ''Series/JustAGigolo'' |
| 174 | * ''Series/JustShootMe'' |
| 175 | * ''Series/KeishichouNasiGorengKa'' |
| 176 | * ''Series/KirRoyal'' |
| 177 | * ''Series/KitchenConfidential'' |
| 178 | * ''Series/{{KYTV}}'' |
| 179 | * ''Series/LessThanPerfect'' |
| 180 | * ''Series/LetTheBloodRunFree'' |
| 181 | * ''Series/TheLibrarians2007'' |
| 182 | * ''Series/TheLoop'' |
| 183 | * ''Series/LosExitososPells'' |
| 184 | * ''Series/MadeInCanada'' |
| 185 | * ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' |
| 186 | * ''Series/MaterialGirl'' |
| 187 | * ''Series/MenAtWork'' |
| 188 | * ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'', especially in the first and third series. |
| 189 | * ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' |
| 190 | * ''Series/TheMindyProject'' |
| 191 | * ''Series/LesMinikeums'' |
| 192 | * ''Series/MrD'' |
| 193 | * ''Series/MrMayor'' |
| 194 | * ''Series/MrSunshine2011'' |
| 195 | * ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' |
| 196 | ** ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' |
| 197 | * ''Series/MurphyBrown'' |
| 198 | * ''Series/MythicQuest'' |
| 199 | * ''Series/{{Naeturvaktin}}'' |
| 200 | * ''Series/TheNakedTruth'' |
| 201 | * ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' |
| 202 | * ''Series/NewsRadio'' |
| 203 | * ''Series/TheNewStatesman'' |
| 204 | * ''Series/NightCourt'' |
| 205 | ** ''Series/NightCourt2023'' |
| 206 | * ''Series/{{Nightingales}}'' |
| 207 | * ''Series/NoAngels'' |
| 208 | * ''Series/TheNormShow'' |
| 209 | * ''Series/Nurses1991'' |
| 210 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' |
| 211 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' |
| 212 | * ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'' |
| 213 | * ''Series/OnTheBuses'' |
| 214 | * ''Series/OnTheHouse'' |
| 215 | * ''Series/OpenAllHours'' |
| 216 | * ''Series/{{Outsourced}}'' |
| 217 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' |
| 218 | * ''Series/PartyDown'' |
| 219 | * ''Series/PhoneShop'' |
| 220 | * ''Series/{{Pizza}}'' |
| 221 | * ''Series/PleaseSir'' |
| 222 | * ''Series/{{Powerless|2017}}'' |
| 223 | * ''Series/APrinceAmongMen'' |
| 224 | * ''Series/PrivateBenjamin1981'' |
| 225 | * ''Series/{{Reboot|2022}}'' |
| 226 | * ''Series/{{Reno 911}}'' |
| 227 | * ''Series/{{Rev}}'' |
| 228 | * ''{{Series/Room at the Bottom|1967}}'' |
| 229 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' |
| 230 | * ''Series/{{Selfie}}'' with strong RomCom elements. |
| 231 | * ''Series/ServantOfThePeople'' |
| 232 | * ''Series/SevenPeriodsWithMrGormsby'' |
| 233 | * ''Series/SheHulkAttorneyAtLaw'' |
| 234 | * ''Series/ShineALight'' |
| 235 | * ''Series/SideHustle'', through WorkOffTheDebt by getting various jobs. |
| 236 | * ''Series/SiliconValley'' |
| 237 | * ''Series/SirensUK'' |
| 238 | * ''Series/SirensUS'' |
| 239 | * ''Series/SlingsAndArrows'' |
| 240 | * ''Series/TheSmokingRoom'' |
| 241 | * ''Series/SpinCity'' |
| 242 | * ''Series/SportsNight'' |
| 243 | * ''Series/Spy2011'' |
| 244 | * ''Series/{{Stromberg}}'' |
| 245 | * ''Series/SuddenlySusan'' |
| 246 | * ''Series/SuperiorDonuts'' |
| 247 | * ''Series/SuperStore'' |
| 248 | * ''Series/SpunOut'' |
| 249 | * ''Series/SullivanAndSon'' |
| 250 | * ''Series/SurgicalSpirit'' |
| 251 | * ''Series/SwiftAndShiftCouriers'' |
| 252 | * ''Series/TacomaFD'' |
| 253 | * ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' |
| 254 | * ''Series/Teachers2016'' |
| 255 | * ''Series/Telenovela2016'' |
| 256 | * ''Series/ThatGirl'' |
| 257 | * ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' |
| 258 | * ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' |
| 259 | * ''Series/TimeGentlemenPlease'' |
| 260 | * ''Series/TLC2002'' |
| 261 | * ''Series/TheTransmart'' |
| 262 | * ''Series/{{Trollied}}'' |
| 263 | * ''Series/UglyBetty'' |
| 264 | * ''Series/UnionSquare'' |
| 265 | * ''Series/Utopia2014'' |
| 266 | * ''Series/{{Veep}}'' |
| 267 | * ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' |
| 268 | * ''Series/{{Warped}}'' |
| 269 | * ''Series/WeAreKlang'' |
| 270 | * ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' |
| 271 | * ''Series/{{Whites}}'' |
| 272 | * ''Series/{{Wings}}'' |
| 273 | * ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' |
| 274 | ** ''Series/TheNewWKRPInCincinnati'' |
| 275 | * ''Series/{{Workaholics}}'' |
| 276 | * ''Series/Working1997'' |
| 277 | * ''Series/WorkIt'' |
| 278 | * ''Series/TheWrightWay'' |
| 279 | * ''Series/YesMinister'' |
| 280 | * ''Series/YoungRock'' |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 284 | * ''Podcast/KakosIndustries'' |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 288 | * ''Radio/CabinPressure'' |
| 289 | * ''Radio/TheJackBennyProgram'' was a comedic VarietyShow that eventually incorporated both Work Com and DomCom elements. |
| 290 | * ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' |
| 291 | * ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' |
| 292 | * ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 296 | * ''Eroge! Sex and Game Make Sexy Games'' is a VisualNovel HGame example. |
| 297 | * ''Ero Manga! H mo Manga mo Step-up ♪'' is another VisualNovel HGame example. |
| 298 | * ''VisualNovel/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 302 | * ''WebAnimation/AyudaMundial'' |
| 303 | * ''WebAnimation/BigtopBurger'' |
| 304 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' |
| 305 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Mappy}}'' |
| 306 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' |
| 307 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheBloodGulchChronicles'' |
| 308 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheRecollection'' |
| 309 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheProjectFreelancerSaga'' |
| 310 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy'' |
| 311 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueSeason14'' |
| 312 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheShisnoTrilogy'' |
| 313 | ** ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueFamilyShatters'' |
| 314 | * ''WebAnimation/StarshipRegulars'' |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 318 | * ''Webcomic/DungeonsAndDenizens'' |
| 319 | * ''Webcomic/GanbareDoukiChan'' |
| 320 | * ''Webcomic/OjisanAndMarshmallow'' |
| 321 | * ''Webcomic/PhD'' |
| 322 | * ''Webcomic/RoosterTeethComics'' |
| 323 | * ''Webcomic/TheSnailFactory'' |
| 324 | * ''Webcomic/TerminalLance'': A [[GagPerDayWebcomic gag-a-day webcomic]] about life in the US Marine Corps. |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Web Video]] |
| 328 | * ''WebVideo/AgentsOfCracked'' |
| 329 | * ''WebVideo/DreamMachine'' |
| 330 | * ''WebVideo/RosteredOn'' |
| 331 | * ''WebVideo/TransylvaniaTelevision'' |
| 332 | [[/folder]] |
| 333 | |
| 334 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 335 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' |
| 336 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' |
| 337 | * ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' is a Work Com / DomCom hybrid. |
| 338 | * ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' |
| 339 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Dilbert}}'' (animated series) |
| 340 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' |
| 341 | * ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBirdmanAttorneyAtLaw'' |
| 342 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'' |
| 343 | * ''WesternAnimation/HumanResources2022'' |
| 344 | * ''WesternAnimation/InsideJob2021'' |
| 345 | * ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' |
| 346 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiddlemostPost'' |
| 347 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersAtWork'' |
| 348 | * ''WesternAnimation/ProducingParker'' |
| 349 | * ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' |
| 350 | * ''WesternAnimation/SitDownShutUp'' |
| 351 | * ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' |
| 352 | * ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/TigNSeek'' |
| 354 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{TOTS}}'' |
| 355 | * ''WesternAnimation/UglyAmericans'' |
| 356 | [[/folder]] |
| 357 | [[/index]] |
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