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* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''Manga/OnePiece''. The way of Zoro, Usopp, Sanji and Franky is cut off by a destroyed bridge. They take a moment trying to figure out how they are going to get to the other side. Then the three notice Franky (the shipwright of the crew) has managed to built a new bridge, and not only some shoddy emergency bridge, but a ''sturdy one with railings and all''.

It is possible that they will be a member of the ProudIndustriousRace, in which case they may not even stand out among the rest of their kin.

* ''Literature/{{Momo}}'': Subverted with Momo's friend the bricklayer. When the Grey Men have taken over, he and his co-workers have to work faster, building a new floor in a week, but he admits it's crappy work which may last a few years at best. He often gets drunk, because that's the only way he can stand the thought of what he's now having to build.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': One of the [[PlanetOfHats cultural hang-ups]] of dwarfs is to treat everything as SeriousBusiness, which for any dwarf craftsdwarf means being a true artist in their field. Dwarfs cannot, and will not, do anything but their best possible work: The ''Warhammer'' [=RPGs=] note that while a human cobbler will make shoes he thinks are good enough to sell and then stop and make a new pair, a dwarf cobbler will not stop until the pair of shoes he's currently working on is the best pair of shoes he is capable of making at this point in time. Implying a dwarf has been CuttingCorners is a vile insult, as while shoddy work ("umgak" in [[ConLang the dwarfen tongue]]) can be somewhat excused if you simply can't do it any better it will ''never'' be excused if done out of laziness or on purpose. The dwarfen runelord Thorek Ironbrow is a particularly infamous example in-universe: As one of the oldest and orneriest of all the dwarf runelords, Thorek worked his way to the top of his field over centuries and is the best one around. His standards are as such impossibly high and he has a BerserkButton about inferior work: He is a nightmare to be apprenticed to, and has fired (and re-hired) his main assistant Kraggi multiple times over minute mistakes.

** In ''Literature/RaisingSteam'', the young engineer Dick Simnel treats everything related to his locomotive design with utmost seriousness, not least to avoid ending up a cloud of superheated red mist [[PursuingParentalPerils like his father]]. His singleminded focus is infectious, however, and he inspires Ankh-Morpork's first generation of {{Rail Enthusiast}}s.

* ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': Welf is from a family that was so good at making swords they were cursed by the Gods to never make another sword again and he's the first one since this not to have the curse. Problem is that he wants to be able to make the best swords possible through sheer skill instead of using his innate gifts, which pisses off most other blacksmiths he runs into because they have to use every single tiny scrap of talent, skill, and inherent gift to the craft everytime they work a forge.

* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': One of the [[PlanetOfHats cultural hang-ups]] of dwarfs is to treat everything as SeriousBusiness, and for any dwarf craftsman that means being this in their respective fields. Dwarfs cannot and will not do anything but give 100% and will not cut corner, and implying another dwarf has done shoddy work ("umgak") on purpose is a vile insult. Thorek Ironbrow is a particularly infamous example in-universe: As one of the oldest and orneriest of all the dwarf runelords, Thorek has a BerserkButton about inferior work and is as such a nightmare to be apprenticed to.

** In ''Literature/GoingPostal'', many of the original clacks engineers were this, and left when the Grand Trunk began taking their maintenance time away so that they could profit more from constant running. Bill Pony is one of the few left, and he has a lot of thoughts about how the people he used to employ wouldn't do shoddy work no matter what you paid them and actually knew what was going on in the clacks system. It's a major plot point that they were ''not'' just DoingItForTheArt: The new management's insistence on CuttingCorners is ultimately costing them more money than they're saving, because repairing an equipment failure creates far more downtime than a scheduled maintenance period.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': Welf is from a family that was so good at making swords they were cursed by the Gods to never make another sword again and he's the first one since this not to have the curse. Problem is that he wants to be able to make the best swords possible through sheer skill instead of using his innate gifts, which pisses off most other blacksmiths he runs into because they have to use every single tiny scrap of talent, skill, and inherent gift to the craft everytime they work a forge.

* ''Literature{{Once}}'': A lifelong fascination with wood drives Thom Kindred's fastidious devotion to carpentry.

* ''Literature{{Once}'': A lifelong fascination with wood drives Thom Kindred's fastidious devotion to carpentry.

* ''Literature/{{Once}'': A lifelong fascination with wood drives Thom Kindred's devotion to carpentry.

* {{Downplayed}} by Garret Almstead, one of the blacksmiths in ''VideoGame/ArcanumOfSteamworksAndMagickObscura''. He'll go out of his way to make sure any goods he works on are of the highest quality because he doesn't want his name associated with shoddy work, but he's unwilling to compromise his profits. This leads to him being accused of being a swindler when the innkeeper hires him to repair an antique strongbox; he repairs it thoroughly, but decides that the extra work he put into the repairs justifies him charging way more than his initial estimate.

** Subverted with Momo's friend the bricklayer. When the Grey Men have taken over, he and his co-workers have to work faster, building a new floor in a week, but he admits it's crappy work which may last a few years at best. He often gets drunk, because that's the only way he can stand the thought of what he's now having to build.

* The bricklayer Nicola in ''Literature/{{Momo}}''. When the Grey Men have taken over, he and his co-workers have to work faster, building a new floor in a week - but he admits it's crappy work which may last a few years at best, is frustrated and often gets drunk.

* In ''VideoGame/LoveAndPies'', Sven describes himself as "a simple expert craft maker and woodsman". He lives in a cottage in the woods that he hand-built with Angus and once whittled his own canoe and won a golden axe trophy from a crafting contest. He also uses his craftsmanship to help Amelia rebuilt the café.

* ''LightNovel/BeastTamerAndTheCatGirl'': Gantz Storf is a dwarven blacksmith and weapon shop owner in the town Rain lives in. By the time Rein meets him, he's reached a point where seeing his beloved creations be viewed as nothing more than "good weapons" has disheartened him, prompting him to put out worse products with short life cycles that ''look'' good for regular sale, and keep the quality and detailed masterpieces for customers who can spot the difference. This comes back to bite him, as the antagonists in his introductory arc are adventurers he sold his shoddy wares to trying to ruin him by sabotaging his source of the mythril used in his finer creations. Gantz realizes afterward that he was making a big mistake in evaluating his customers the way he had, and resolves to resume making ''all'' of his weapons with the heart and soul he had before.