An index of tropes dealing with a character's job or work environment.
Note: If a job is related to one of the listed sub-categories, list it on that index instead of here.
Characters and their jobs:
Sub-categories:
- Acceptable Professional Targets
- Adaptational Job Change
- Angry Chef
- Asian Storeowner
- The Barber
- The Bartender
- The Blacksmith
- Caring Gardener
- Chatty Hairdresser
- The Coroner
- Chinese Launderer
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Cranky Landlord
- Creepy Gas Station Attendant
- Creepy Mortician
- Crooked Contractor
- Da Editor
- Dreadful Musician
- The Driver
- Eccentric Artist
- Evil Chef
- Fashion Designer
- Fashion Model
- Following in Their Rescuer's Footsteps
- Foreign Correspondent
- Grease Monkey
- Great White Hunter
- Hillbilly Moonshiner
- Intrepid Reporter
- Landlord
- Mad Artist
- Mad Scientist
- Majority-Share Dictator
- Masked Luchador
- Mean Boss
- Most Writers Are Writers
- Mighty Lumberjack
- Native Guide
- Pointy-Haired Boss
- Professional Gambler
- Professional Killer
- Psycho for Hire
- Psycho Psychologist
- Railroad Employee Roundhouse
- Rom Com Job
- Sequential Artist
- Shoe Shine, Mister?
- The Shrink
- Snake Oil Salesman
- Stage Magician
- Starving Artist
- Stock Superhero Day Jobs
- Straw Critic
- Tagalong Reporter
- Team Chef
- Terrible Artist
- Traveling Salesman
- Ultimate Blacksmith
- Unstoppable Mailman
- The Vicar
- Waiting for a Break
- The Watchmaker
Other work-related tropes:
- Bad Job, Worse Uniform
- Burger Fool
- Crossing the Burnt Bridge
- Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job
- Goofy Suit
- Happiness In Minimum Wage
- Horrible Hollywood
- Hot Men At Work
- The Inspector Is Coming
- It's Raining Salesmen
- Job Mindset Inertia
- Modeling Poses
- Muse Abuse
- New Job as the Plot Demands
- Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation
- Office Romance
- Phony Veteran
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
- Playing Games At Work
- Plumber's Crack
- Post Injury Desk Job
- Pursue the Dream Job
- Really Moves Around
- Sent Off to Work for Relatives
- Service Sector Stereotypes
- The Simple Life Is Simple
- Soul-Crushing Desk Job
- Soul-Sucking Retail Job
- Strike Episode
- Successful Sibling Syndrome
- Ultimate Job Security
- Weird Trade Union
- The Wicked Stage
