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* This trope is parodied on an episode of ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' which reimagined the show as a classic 1950's sitcom, complete with InUniverse ValuesDissonance, such as the adults happily giving the kids cigarettes to smoke or "Wacky Jackie" cheerfully describing her husband's rage against her. Dan, as a StandardFiftiesFather, works for a vague company and apparently has to deal with something called "the Anderson account," but it's never specified exactly what he (or the business overall) does.
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* This trope is parodied on an episode of ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' which reimagined the show as a classic 1950's sitcom, complete with InUniverse ValuesDissonance, such as the adults happily giving the kids cigarettes to smoke or "Wacky Jackie" cheerfully describing her husband's rage against her. Dan, as a StandardFiftiesFather, Standard50sFather, works for a vague company and apparently has to deal with something called "the Anderson account," but it's never specified exactly what he (or the business overall) does.
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Ghostpia}}'', viewpoint character Sayoko has no idea what her friend Pacifica's job actually is beyond the fact that she works from home and makes quite a lot of money.
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* In ''VisualNovel/{{Ghostpia}}'', viewpoint character Sayoko has no idea what her friend Pacifica's job actually is beyond the fact that she works from home and makes quite a lot of money.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Precocious}}'' has a sort of InUniverse example with Gene Et. He works in an office building, but no one ever actually pays enough attention to make him do any work, so he basically gets paid to sit in a cubicle playing video games all day, and openly admits that he has no idea what his job is supposed to be.
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* In-universe, {{Defied}} example in ''Film/RomyAndMichellesHighSchoolReunion'' - the plan is to borrow an expensive car and tell everyone at the reunion that they're "successful businesswomen", but when a server at a roadside diner casually asks an obvious [[CoverIdentityAnomaly follow-up question]], they realise they probably need to think of an actual business. They decide they invented Post-Its (which of course, still isn't an actual ''job'', and is pretty easily debunked into the bargain).
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* In-universe, {{Defied}} example in ''Film/RomyAndMichellesHighSchoolReunion'' ''Film/RomyAndMichelesHighSchoolReunion'' - the plan is to borrow an expensive car and tell everyone at the reunion that they're "successful businesswomen", but when a server at a roadside diner casually asks an obvious [[CoverIdentityAnomaly follow-up question]], they realise they probably need to think of an actual business. They decide they invented Post-Its (which of course, still isn't an actual ''job'', and is pretty easily debunked into the bargain).
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* ''Literature/TheScholomance'': Wizards often use magic to find or create a mundane job without any actual duties or [[OneHourWorkWeek work requirements]] as a cover identity in {{Muggle|s}} society, such as "The person who retires from the firm after forty-six years and no one quite remembers what they were doing".
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* Carla Wong's occupation in ItWebOriginal/DinaMarino is this in-universe while she has a relationship with Trixie Maialini. In the end it's revealed that [[spoiler: she is an undercover agent sent to track down Siria Ashen.]]
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* At the start of ''Series/TheMarvelousMrsMaisel'', one factor that contributes to Joel's midlife crisis that causes him to leave Midge is he has a rather nice corporate job, but he has no idea what he actually ''does''. He just goes through the motions day in and day out with any idea what it all actually means.
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* For the first two-and-a-quarter seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', we're given absolutely no hint as to what the [[TitleCharacter titular character's]] dad, Hugh, does for a living. Even when it finally becomes a plot point (Season 3, Episode 5, "Fundemonium"), we never find out just ''what'' he does--the only thing we know is that Mr. Neutron works at a company (apparently some kind of car dealership) called "Mallard Motors", which prompts a lampshading:
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* For the first two-and-a-quarter seasons of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', we're given absolutely no hint as to what the [[TitleCharacter titular character's]] Jimmy's dad, Hugh, does for a living. Even when it finally becomes a plot point (Season 3, Episode 5, "Fundemonium"), we never find out just ''what'' he does--the only thing we know is that Mr. Neutron works at a company (apparently some kind of car dealership) called "Mallard Motors", which prompts a lampshading:
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-->'''Rachel''': He's a... he's a [[PerfectlyCromulentWord transpondster]]!\\
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-->'''Rachel''': He's a... he's a [[PerfectlyCromulentWord transpond....transpondster]]!\\
