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-->--''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters''

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', when Chief Stoick is putting together a task force to look for the dragon nest, he dismisses a complaint of "Those ships never come back" with "We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard." "Viking" technically isn't an occupation, but he's implying "Viking warriors" or "Viking explorers" or "Vikings who frequently participate in dangerous escapades."

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* Subverted rather disturbingly in ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey]]''. The protagonist carries out the interrogation in spite of his own feelings because a. He knows that he must. b. Everyone's lives depending on him successfully getting the information. c. He loves his job.
* ''FanFic/WingsToFly'' uses it in regards to Lucrezia Noin's wing, Lucille Forsythe, who takes it on herself to try and help Noin with various personal issues and frequently uses the phrase "a good wing looks after her lead" to justify when she's obviously going above and beyond what's expected of a wingman.

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-->Chief: Max, you realize you'll be facing every kind of danger imaginable.
-->Max: And...loving it!

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* Xawu #23. [[http://xawu.thecomicseries.com/comics/23/ "I was on the clock, actually"]] Complete with a Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic ShoutOut.
* In ''Webcomic/DocRat'', [[http://www.docrat.com.au/default.asp?thisItem=721 administering CPR is just doing my job -- as is rescheduling the patients while the doc deals with the heart attack patient.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'': "I knew the job was dangerous when I took it."
** [[ShoutOut Also]] [[Creator/JayWard Super Chicken's]] CatchPhrase
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' is AlwaysOnDuty.
* Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls also ascribe to this, but it's been shown that they're on call even if it means sacrificing family quality time ("[=PowerProf=]") or a budding friendship ("Superfriends").
* In the first season of ''Westernanimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' this is Aang's default attitude since he's not 100% sure what he has to do as The Avatar. He knows he has to learn all four elements and defeat the Fire Nation. But 'how' and "what then?" are still in the air.
* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', when Chief Stoick is putting together a task force to look for the dragon nest, he dismisses a complaint of "Those ships never come back" with "We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard." "Viking" technically isn't an occupation, but he's implying "Viking warriors" or "Viking explorers" or "Vikings who frequently participate in dangerous escapades."

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* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls also ascribe to this, but it's been shown that they're on call even if it means sacrificing family quality time ("[=PowerProf.=]") or a budding friendship ("Superfriends").

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* Xawu #23. [[http://xawu.thecomicseries.com/comics/23/ "I was on the clock, actually"]] Complete with a Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic ShoutOut.
* In ''Webcomic/DocRat'', [[http://www.docrat.com.au/default.asp?thisItem=721 administering CPR is just doing my job -- as is rescheduling the patients while the doc deals with the heart attack patient.]]

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Strongly overlaps with HumbleHero.

Can also be justified with ItsWhatIDo. Frequently says ThinkNothingOfIt and KeepTheReward.

The main character's a SuperHero, a PrivateDetective, a [[TheHunter Monster Hunter]], a KnightInShiningArmor, or the like. They're in a tough position. Their jobs are difficult. The hours are long and cut into the character's personal life. They work for somebody they despise. And to top it all off, their lives are always in danger.

* [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus It's all in a day's work for Bicycle Repair Man]].

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* Xawu #23. [[http://xawu.thecomicseries.com/comics/23/ "I was on the clock, actually"]] Complete with a IrregularWebcomic ShoutOut.

-->'''Kotetsu:''' I’m a hero because I want to save people. Isn’t that enough?

* Subverted rather disturbingly in [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/119688/1/you-obey/the-interrogation You Obey.]] The protagonist carries out the interrogation in spite of his own feelings because a. He knows that he must. b. Everyone's lives depending on him successfully getting the information. c. He loves his job.
* FanFic/WingsToFly uses it in regards to Lucrezia Noin's wing, Lucille Forsythe, who takes it on herself to try and help Noin with various personal issues and frequently uses the phrase "a good wing looks after her lead" to justify when she's obviously going above and beyond what's expected of a wingman.

* In ''Literature/FieldsOfForeboding,'' Silean Seeker Wylar Gabriel has a note brutally pinned to his leg with a big knife by a pair of kidnappers. After his leg gets healed, however, he appears totally unfazed by the whole event, presumably because he thinks of it as an in-the-line-of duty kind of thing.

* The detectives on ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' series seem to fit this at times. Particularly Det. Stabler on [[LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit SVU]], who often finds his work emotionally unsettling and has had a lot of family problems because of it, but just won't quit for some reason.

* ThePowerpuffGirls also ascribe to this, but it's been shown that they're on call even if it means sacrificing family quality time ("[=PowerProf.=]") or a budding friendship ("Superfriends").

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