Basic Trope: Character has to work on his day off.
- Straight: Bob has taken a day off work and is right in the middle of it when he gets a call saying a situation has arisen and he has to come in and deal with it.
- Exaggerated: Bob, Alice, Charlie, David and Eva all have to work on their days off.
- Downplayed:
- Bob doesn't have to come in, but he does have to do some work on his day off.
- Bob is at the end of his day off when a situation comes up needing him to switch into "work mode."
- Justified:
- The situation that arose is dangerous, and Bob is the only one who can deal with it.
- The situation is so severe that they need all hands on deck.
- Inverted: ???
- Subverted: Bob gets a call in the middle of his day off saying there's been a situation and he has to come in to work...only for it to turn out that his colleagues were planning a Surprise Party for him.
- Double Subverted: However, in the middle of the party, a call comes in saying something has happened and Bob really does have to return to work.
- Parodied: Bob's supposed days off are actually still counted as days off (a company usually gives out a month off total, days are counted separately), meaning that the higher ups are literally wasting his days off in the case they need him (and there's nothing he can do about it).
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Bob never takes a day off during the work.
- Enforced: ???
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Bob's archnemesis goes on a rampage on the day he knows Bob is scheduled to take a break.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: ???
- Reconstructed: ???
- Implied:
- Bob has packed his bags and he and his girlfriend Alice are ready to go on a day trip. Then he gets a phone call, scowls, and mutters something under his breath while putting his bag down.
- "Where's Bob?" "On his substitute day off."
- Bob's salary includes 9 hours overtime pay for the Fourth of May.
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