History Main / ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation

* One of the biggest mysteries in ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' throughout its run was "What is Boomhauer's job?" It wasn't until the last minutes of the last episode does it reveal he is a [[spoiler: Texas Ranger]].

* Frollo in ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is some sort of important guy, but it's not really clear what his main job in the community is. He's referred to as a count, a judge, and a minister (religious? political?) at various times by different characters, but he's never shown doing anything related to any of these professions.

** Chandler’s job is statistical analysis and data reconfiguration.

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* It may come as a surprise that WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck is apparently not a sailor, but describes himself as "an actor" in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewSpirit''. Even his pen is in doubt as he puts a question mark behind this profession. ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' actually portrayed him as a sailor, explaining his absence and why his nephews are living with Uncle Scrooge. Conversely, Donald in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' is specifically unemployed and looking for work.

** He does occasionally work at the quarry, when it's helpful to the plot. And one episode has Fred being responsible for Barney being fired from the quarry and helping him get a job as repo agent.

Not to be confused with WhatExactlyIsHisJob, that's about a character with a rotating or undefined role on the cast itself. Contrast ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything, where a character is established to have a specific job, but is never seen doing it.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole: Wildemount:'' Essek Thelyss works directly with the Empress of the Kryn Dynasty in court, has to high-security prisoners, and is a magical prodigy, but his official title of Shadowhand is never explained in-game. WordOfGod [[https://twitter.com/matthewmercer/status/1448033967441993728 is that]] it's awarded to a distinguished "specialist in the dangerous unknown".

* Chandler's job was one of the enigmas of ''Series/{{Friends}}''. It is an office job in a company, but the actual role is a mystery - which leaves Monica and Rachel dumbfounded when their bet with Chandler and Joey hinges on knowing what's his job. Then, on Season 9, Monica points out what's his job - ''after'' he has resigned, which he, of course, [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]][[note]]it's "statistical analysis and data reconfiguration"[[/note]].

* [[Wrestling/StacyKeibler Ms. Hancock]]'s exact job description was never explained. This is due to the weird transitional period that was early 2000 Wrestling/{{WCW}}, with Wrestling/KevinSullivan and Wrestling/JamesJDillon having been brought back to sort out Wrestling/VinceRusso's mess.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Chandler's generic, white-collar job is set up as a trivia question, but nobody knows what he does[[note]]it's "statistical analysis and data reconfiguration"[[/note]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Octodad}}'': While we know that Scarlet works as a reporter, we never get to know what the titular character does. In a flashback we see that when he first pretended to be a human and met Scarlet, he posed as a ship captain. A comic in the official blog has him go to Tommy's school for Career Day. Due to him being IntelligibleUnintelligible we don't get to hear what he does but judging by the teacher's reactions, it's something most people didn't know was a job and apparently it pays ''a lot''. Which probably makes sense considering all the property damage Octodad does in his daily life.

The character possibly works at a BusinessOfGenericImportance, which is a whole company that is run this way.

* ''Series/WandaVision'': As part of living in a pseudo-50s /60s sitcom, Vision has a job at Computational Services, Inc., doing... something. In fact, in his first scene at work, Vision stops to ask a colleague what exactly they do, and his co-worker can't properly answer. But whatever they do, they sure do a lot of it! [[spoiler:It's justified by the fact that the Hex is one giant false sitcom reality created by Wanda.]]

* ''Series/WandaVision'': As part of living in a pseudo-50s /60s sitcom, Vision has a job at Computational Services, Inc., doing... something. In fact, in his first scene at work, Vision stops to ask a colleague what exactly they do, and his co-worker can't properly answer. But whatever they do, they sure do a lot of it! [[spoiler: This is one of many signs that all is not what it seems in Westview.]]

-->'''Vision:''' What? I most certainly am not! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I'm a regular carbon-based employee made entirely of organic matter, much like yourself, Norm.]]
** Mr. Hart's explanation doesn't really clear things up, either.

* VideoGame/AkaneTheKunoichi: So Akane is a kunoichi, Goro is her master and a samurai, and Hiromi... was not shown a job title. All that we know is that she has ninjas, dogs, and the first four game bosses that work for.

* ''Series/WandaVision'': As part of living in a pseudo-50s /60s sitcom, Vision has a job in an office, doing... something. In fact, in his first scene there Vision even stops to ask what exactly the company they work for actually does, and his co-worker can't properly answer. But whatever they do, they sure do a lot of it! [[spoiler: This is one of many signs that all is not what it seems in Westview.]]

* In the Fred Savage sitcom ''Series/{{Working}}'', it was never mentioned what the corporation did.