Job Title

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Written a show about a character with an interesting job, occupation, or role? Might as well name the show after the job.

Combine with Character Title to get Role Called. Not to be confused with The Crime Job titles.

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Examples:

Anime and Manga

• Bartender
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Detective Conan
• Digimon Savers
• Digimon Tamers
• Eto Rangers
• The Familiar of Zero
• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Get Backers
• Hayate the Combat Butler
• Hell Teacher Nube
• Hunter × Hunter
• Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
• Mobile Fighter G Gundam
• Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
• Ouran High School Host Club
• Princess Mononoke ("Mononoke" is a description, not a name)
• Sailor Moon
• Yu Yu Hakusho (Renamed in the Filipino dub as "Ghost Fighter", reflecting The Hero's job as a Spirit Detective).

Comic Books

• The Avengers
• Commando
• Farmhand
• Hitman
• The Killer
• The Warlord
• Warrior

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Fanfiction

• Chronomistress

Film — Animated

• The Boss Baby
• The Lion King
• Shark Tale ("Sharkslayer" working title)
• Wreck-It Ralph

Film — Live-Action

• 2020 Texas Gladiators​
• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• The Accountant
• Agent Cody Banks
• Alien Outlaw
• The American Astronaut
• An American Werewolf in London
• Android Cop
• The Artist
• Baby Driver
• The Babysitter
• Bad Teacher
• The Barbarians
• The Beastmaster
• Beverly Hills Cop
• Black Butler
• Blade Runner: A reversal; Ridley Scott co-opted the term from another source for its coolness and got the copyright to use it as the movie's title — the guy was just called a bounty hunter in the novel.
• The Bodyguard
• The Boondock Saints
• The Butler
• The Cable Guy
• The Callback Queen
• The Cameraman — guess what Buster Keaton's doing in this one?
• Captain America: The First Avenger
• The Catcher
• Cemetery Man
• Chef!
• Clerks
• Cocktail — The Hero is a bartender.
• Commando
• Cop
• Cop or Hood
• The Cowboys
• The Criminal
• Delivery Man
• Demon Hunter (2005)
• Demon Hunter (2016)
• The Demonologist
• The Dictator
• The Disaster Artist
• The Dragon Painter
• The Dressmaker
• Drive
• The Exorcist
• Fighting with My Family — The protagonist and her family are professional wrestlers.
• The Final Girls
• Ghostbusters
• G.I. Jane
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• Gladiator
• The Godfather
• The Greatest Showman
• The Gunfighter
• Gunslinger
• Hackers
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
• Heneral Luna
• His Girl Friday
• The Hoodlum
• The Illusionist
• The Innkeepers
• Inspector Gadget
• The Intern
• The Interpreter
• The Judge
• Kagemusha translates roughly to "impostor."
• The Killer
• Killer Joe
• Killer of Sheep is about a guy who works in a meatpacking plant.
• King of Kings
• Kingsman: The Secret Service
• The Kunoichi: Ninja Girl - 'kunoichi' is the Japanese term for a female ninja.
• The Last Emperor
• The Last Jedi
• The Last Starfighter
• Lesbian Vampire Killers
• The Librarian
• The Lone Ranger
• Looper
• Lord of War
• The Machinist
• The Man in the White Suit
• The Man Who Fell to Earth
• The Man Who Never Was
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
• ''The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)'
• The Man with the Golden Gun
• Maniac (1934)
• Maniac! (1980)
• The Mechanic (1972)
• The Mechanic (2011)
• Men in Black
• The Mountie
• Nanny McPhee
• The Negotiator
• Night Hunter
• Nightcrawler
• Ninja
• Outlaw King
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop
• The Pianist
• The Piano Teacher
• Police Academy
• Priest (2011)
• The Professional
• The Professionals
• Le Professionnel
• Puppet Master
• Re-Animator
• The Replacement Killers
• The Replacements (2000) is about substitute football players.
• Repo Man
• Repo Men - unrelated to the above, and a twist on that profession
• Return of the Jedi
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• RoboCop
• RoboGeisha
• Samurai Cop
• Satan's Little Helper
• Secretary
• Shooter
• The Shootist
• Small Soldiers
• Sneakers
• Soldier
• Soldier Blue
• Soultaker
• Spy Kids
• Strike Commando
• Striptease
• The Substitute
• Swashbuckler (although 'swashbuckler' is as much a way of life as a job)
• Taxi Driver
• The Terminator
• Thief
• The Thin Man
• The Third Man
• The Transporter
• Time Bandits
• Timecop
• Tokyo Gore Police
• The Vagrant (if 'vagrant' can be considered a job)
• Waitress
• Warrior
• Warriors of the Wasteland
• The Water Diviner
• We Were Soldiers
• The Wizard of Oz
• Witchfinder General
• The Wrestler
• Yojimbo is a corruption of the Japanese word "yõjinbõ," which translates to "bodyguard."
• Zombie Cop
• There's an entire subgenre of thriller and slasher films with job-based Theme Serial Killers that are titled this way, with examples being The Dentist, The Carpenter, The Janitor, The Nurse, The Mailman, The Super, Ice Cream Man and The Paper Boy.

Literature

• The 13th Warrior
• The Astronauts
• The Black Queen and The Black King by Christine Kathryn Rusch
• The Continental Op
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• The Disaster Artist
• The Giver
• The Lord of the Rings
• The Man who Would Be King
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Old Kingdom: Abhorsen
• The Painter from Shanghai
• The Phoenix Guards
• The Prefect
• The first Raffles short story collection, The Amateur Cracksman.
• Reaper Man
• The Saint
• The Three Musketeers
• Warrior Cats
• A Wizard of Earthsea
• Whateley Universe: The story, Medicine Girl, where Pejuta helps heal Skybolt.

Live-Action TV

• Agent Carter
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Agent X
• America's Next Top Model
• BG: Personal Bodyguard
• Bodyguard
• Boston Legal
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Call the Midwife
• Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
• Charmed (1998) — The titular witches are referred to as the "Charmed Ones", tasked to fight evil.
  • Charmed (2018) (its remake)
• Chef!
• Chicago Fire
• Chicago Justice
• Chicago Med
• Chicago P.D.
• Chief Kim
• CHiPs (Stands for California Highway Patrol)
• Commander in Chief
• The Commish (short for 'Commissioner')
• Cops
• The Coroner
• Crownies (a nickname for of Crown Prosecutors)
• The CSI series.
• Doctors
• Doctor Who
• Doogie Howser, M.D.
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Emily Owens, M.D.
• Entourage
• The Equalizer
• Father Ted
• The Flying Nun
• Fortune Hunter
• Game of Thrones (The titular Thrones being the Ruler of the Seven Kingdoms)
• The Good Doctor
• The Greatest American Hero
• Hack (the man character is an ex-cop turned taxi driver)
• Heroes
• Homicide: Life on the Street
• House, M.D.
• In Treatment
• JAG, which centered on Navy Judge Advocate General officers (read: military lawyers).
  • NCIS, which similarly centered on investigators with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
• Kamen Rider
• Kings
• Knight Rider
• The Law & Order series, particularly Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
• Lawman
• The Librarians (2007)
• The Librarians (2014)
• Madam Secretary
• The Magician
• Magnum, P.I.
  • Magnum, P.I. (2018)
• Major Dad
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  • The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
• The Mentalist, though he is acting as a law enforcement consultant rather than performing on stage during the series.
• Every Metal Heroes series.
• The Musketeers
• The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nóg
• The Nanny
• Nurse Jackie
• NYPD Blue
• The Philanthropist
• The Pinkertons
• Police Woman
• Pose
• Every Power Rangers and Super Sentai series.
• The Practice
• The Pretender
• The Prisoner (1967)
• The Prisoner (2009)
• Private Practice
• Queen Seondeok
• Reign
• Reaper
• Relic Hunter
• Rescue 911
• The Resident
• Rev
• Robot Detective
• Shooter
• Sliders
• Suits
• Survivor's 30th season was subtitled "White Collar vs. Blue Collar vs. No Collar" which pitted people from said working class against each other. The official title of the season is Worlds Apart.
• Teachers
• True Detective
• Vampire Prosecutor
• Veep
• Vice Principals
• White Collar
• The Worker (Charlie Drake sitcom - the twist is that he never works for very long before being fired)
• Wu Assassins
• The Young Ones

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Music

• "The Actor" by Michael Learns To Rock
• "Agent Orange" and "Queen Paranoia" by Slapshock
• "Doctor Jones" by Aqua
• "Highway Patrolman" by Bruce Springsteen
• "I Need A Doctor" by Eminem, Doctor Dre, and Skylar Grey
• "Wichita Lineman" by Glen Campbell
• "The Man who Sold the World" by David Bowie
• "Song of a Baker" by The Small Faces
• "The Butcher" by Leonard Cohen
• "Highway Patrolman" by Johnny Cash (a different song to the Springsteen one)
• "Superheroes" by The Script

Radio

• The Men from the Ministry (BBC Radio Sitcom)

Theatre

• William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and its unofficial sequel, The Doctor of Rome
• The Merry Wives of Windsor

Video Games

• Ace Attorney
• Animamundi Dark Alchemist
• Assassin's Creed
• Bionic Commando
• Call of Duty
• Dragon Valor (in the game's universe, Dragon Valor is a title granted to dragon slayers.)
• Driver
• God of War
• Hitman
• Knights of the Round
• Kung Fu Master
• The Last Ninja (and just about any video game with "Ninja" in the title)
• The Manager (football manager game)
• Megaman X 1 (Re-released as Maverick Hunter X)
• Paperboy
• Samurai Warriors
• Secret Agent
• Shining Song Starnova — The main protagonists are a (seven member) Girl Group.
• Street Fighter
• Strider
• Stuntman
• Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
• Midnight Wanderers
• Tomb Raider
• The Trader of Stories
• Tsukihime ^note More of her position rather than job; the heroine is essentially the princess of the moon, which is exactly what the title means.
• Vampire Killer
• The Witcher
• ... and a large proportion of the Simulation Game page.

Web Original

• Emma Approved — The Hero is a professional matchmaker.
• Frankenstein M.D.
• Hansen Vs. Predator — The Host and his team are Paedo Hunters.
• The Lizzie Bennet Diaries — The Hero is a Vlogger.
• React, particularly YouTubers React, as well as the Staff React episodes.

Western Animation

• Boss Baby Back In Business
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• C.O.P.S.
• Exo Squad
• Family Guy
• G.I. Joe
• Inspector Gadget
• The Prince of Egypt
• The Problem Solverz
• Son of Batman
• Star Wars Resistance: "The Engineer"
• Time Squad
• Trollhunters
• Voltron: Legendary Defender

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