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** Buffy gets a job at a fast food restaurant in order to pay the bills after she is suddenly left in charge of her house and younger sister in the wake of mother's death. Subverted in that, after a wacky "mystery meat" filler episode that seemed to effectively end the job, Buffy went back and kept the job for a good while. Realistic enough, since the bills still needed paying.
** [[ButtMonkey Xander]] having a different job every episode was a running gag throughout season 4, although he eventually settled into construction, which lasted several seasons (and came in handy a few times).

* ''Manga/{{Karin}}'' / ''ChibiVampire'': Fumio Usui, Kenta's mother, suffers from this. Of course, half the time the fault is being a Hot Shonen Mom.

* ''{{Karin}}'' / ''ChibiVampire'': Fumio Usui, Kenta's mother, suffers from this. Of course, half the time the fault is being a Hot Shonen Mom.

* ''HotGimmick'' : Shinogu Narita somehow manages to have a job in ''every single place'' his sister Hatsumi goes with Ryoki.

* ''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.

* ''[[{{Sixteen}} 6teen]]'': Effectively every single episode, as Jonesy is the poster boy for GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity. He has a tendency to be lazy, irresponsible, or to just plain suck at the job in question.

* On ''MissionHill'', a two-part episode details the closing of the waterbed store where Andy worked and his eventual hiring by Jim at an advertising agency.

* While WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob|SquarePants}} 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.

* 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.

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* DonaldDuck. However, his boss is usually his [[UncleScrooge uncle, Scrooge]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Beast Boy gets a job at Mega Meaty Meat Hut, which is the last place he wants to work, as he's a vegetarian.
** However, this is later averted, as [[spoiler:the manager of the restaurant is actually an alien that strongly resembles block tofu and wants to replace meat with a vegetarian friendly option.]]

** "Papa's Got a Brand-New Badge", where the list is long enough that Marge manages to get completely ready for bed (including putting rolls in her 3 feet of hair) before it's over. The quote: "I've had a lot of jobs in my life: boxer, mascot, astronaut, baby proofer, imitation Krusty, truck driver, hippie, plow driver, food critic, conceptual artist, grease salesman, carny, mayor, grifter, bodyguard for the mayor, country western manager, garbage commissioner, mountain climber, farmer, inventor, Smithers, Poochie, celebrity assistant, power plant worker, fortune cookie writer, beer baron, Kwik-E-Mart clerk, homophobe, and missionary, but protecting people, that gives me the best feeling of all."

->"''Yea, I work about thirty-two jobs over the course of a week. I think it's interestin' that I've got thirty-two jobs and most ******* say they can't find one!''"
-->-- '''Uncle Ruckus''', ''TheBoondocks''

Basically, WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs used as a plot device.

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin An episode where a character gets a new job for a week or so]]. Often happens in teen sitcoms and teen dramas, where a character is forced to get a job by their parents to teach them AnAesop about responsibility or the value of a dollar. At the end of the episode, they're usually allowed to quit so things can SnapBack. It also might be some career, such as singing or cooking, that the character temporarily decides to pursue before something impedes them or they lose interest. If a character has GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity, they might be forced to go through a NewJobEpisode every so often till Mr. Spacely rehires them.

* ''KimPossible'': Played straight and subverted. In the Season 1 episode "Bueno Nacho," Kim gets a job to buy a new jacket and pulls Ron in with her. Despite Ron's success at the job, both have quit/lost their job by the end of the episode. In Season 4, "The Big Job" provides subversion and playing it straight as both Kim and Ron try to find jobs. Kim finds one at Club Banana relatively easy, but Ron spends the whole episode finding and losing strange jobs until being employed by Smarty Mart. Both of these jobs would last through the season and even be mentioned, have characters seen working there, or have episodic plots relating to them.

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->"''(sighs)'' Another red-letter day in the life of WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck -- off to yet another '''new''' job! I'll probably be '''fired''' by lunch, so expect me home early!"

* ''{{Daria}}'' features an episode where the titular character works at a shop dispensing nuts.

* Happens frequently to Timmy's Dad on ''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/home wife, she's had episodes focusing on a carreer change such as when she became a weather girl.

* ''FamilyGuy'' has a number of episodes of this type, with Peter starting some business or getting on with some scam. However, unlike a lot of shows, Peter's regular job is subject to periodic change; some of these seemingly one-shot job episodes, around season openers mostly, have stuck for years, so it's sometimes not completely obvious until the end of the episode whether he'll go back to his old job, stay at the new one, or be unemployed again and need to seek a job in later stories.

* Averted in ''Series/SisterSister'' in the fifth season, when Tia (and only Tia) gets a job at a bookstore...and keeps it. Even though the very next episode involves a TwinSwitch that nearly gets her fired.

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* ''{{Karin}}'' / ''ChibiVampire'': Fumio Usui, Kenta's mother, in addition to being a HotShounenMom, suffers from this. Of course, half the time the fault is being a Hot Shonen Mom.

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* Despite his age, poor health and irate, racist behavior, Unckle Ruckus from TheBoondocks has worked in dozens of careers. In one episode he mentions having 32 jobs every week, justifying this trope.

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 [[SuperSlaveMarket retail hell]] (bonus points if it's an Expy of [=WalMart=]).

* Despite his age and irate, racist behavior, Unckle Ruckus from TheBoondocks has worked in dozens of careers. In one episode he mentions having 32 jobs every week, justifying this trope.

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* Averted in ''SisterSister'' in the fifth season, when Tia (and only Tia) gets a job at a bookstore...and keeps it. Even though the very next episode involves a TwinSwitch that nearly gets her fired.

* DonaldDuck. However, his boss is usually his uncle.