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-->-- '''Donald Duck''', ''[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse The Duck Who Never Was]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'': In "[[Recap/ThePatrickStarShowS1E1LateForBreakfastBummerJobs Bummer Jobs]]", [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick decide to be grocery baggers, taxis (not taxi drivers; actual taxis), house painters, and newspaper delivery boys. They only succeed at the last one.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While [=SpongeBob=] loves his job at the Krusty Krab, there have been times where he has been forced to get another job temporarily. He has worked for Plankton at the Chum Bucket in "Welcome to the Chum Bucket", in "Model Sponge" he has also been a model for a new sponge commercial. In "[=SpongeBob=], You're Fired", "Le Big Switch", and "Salty Sponge", he works at different restaurants.

* ''LightNovel/HarukaNogizakasSecret'': In order to be able to buy something to give Haruka for Christmas, Yuuto became a butler for one week. The antics of his sister and his homeroom teacher cost him almost all he earned so he's briefly seen holding another job in another episode.

Compared and contrast NewJobAsThePlotDemands, where a previously-seen character already has a new job for the sake of an EconomyCast. Related to BusinessAsUnusual.

* Happens frequently to Timmy's Dad on ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'', despite being shown to have a regular job at a pencil factory/office in most episodes. Nevertheless he's had episodes where he became an astronaut, a farmer, sock monkey salesman, a scientist and an episode where he swapped jobs '''every five seconds'''. Timmy's Mom goes through the same things, while usually shown as either a realtor/housewife, she's had episodes focusing on a career change such as when she became a weather girl.

** Although nowhere near as many, a few episodes have been about [[HouseWife Marge]] getting a job or starting a business venture, including a cop, manager of a chain of pretzel stands, real estate agent, and owner of a women's-only fitness center.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While [=SpongeBob=] loves his job at the Krusty Krab, there have been times where he has been forced to get another job temporarily. He has worked for Plankton at the Chum Bucket in "Welcome to the Chum Bucket", in "Model Sponge" he has also been a model for a new sponge commercial, and in "[=SpongeBob=], You're Fired", has him work at different fast food restaurants.

Compared and contrast NewJobsAsThePlotDemands, where a previously-seen character already has a new job for the sake of an EconomyCast. Related to BusinessAsUnusual.

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'': Played for laughs in "The Bizarro Jerry". Kramer gets mistaken for an employee at a company called Brandt-Leland and plays along with it, appreciating the structure that a 9-to-5 job adds to his life, till they realize what's going on and he gets "fired".

* The '90s ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'' TV series ''Anime de Hakken!! Tamagotchi'' has an episode where Mametchi takes up the job of a traffic cop. He's quite good at it, except for when he inadvertently holds up traffic twice - once when he's on lunch break, and again when he goes to sleep for the night. ''While he's still at the intersection.''

Compared and contrast NewJobsAsThePlotDemands, where a previously-seen character already has a new job for the sake of an EconomyCast.

If the character is a teen, expect them to work at [[BurgerFool a crappy fast food joint]], [[KitschyThemedRestauraunt a tacky mid-level chain restaurant]], [[SuckECheeses a kiddie arcade/pizza place for snot-nosed brats and their parents celebrating their birthdays]], or in [[SoulSuckingRetailJob retail hell]] (bonus points if it's an Expy of [=WalMart=]).

If the character is a teen, expect them to work at [[BurgerFool a crappy fast food joint]], [[KitschyThemedRestaraunt a tacky mid-level chain restaurant]], [[SuckECheeses a kiddie arcade/pizza place for snot-nosed brats and their parents celebrating their birthdays]], or in [[SoulSuckingRetailJob retail hell]] (bonus points if it's an Expy of [=WalMart=]).

If the character is a teen, expect them to work at [[BurgerFool a crappy fast food joint]], [[SuckECheeses a kiddie arcade/pizza place for snot-nosed brats and their parents celebrating their birthdays]], or in [[SoulSuckingRetailJob retail hell]] (bonus points if it's an Expy of [=WalMart=]).

* ''Anime/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu'': In order to be able to buy something to give Haruka for Christmas, Yuuto became a butler for one week. The antics of his sister and his homeroom teacher cost him almost all he earned so he's briefly seen holding another job in another episode.