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* In Season 3 of ''Series/{{Martin}}'', after Martin loses his radio job, the unemployment office places him at the "Hoochie Burger" drive-thru window. He quits almost immediately.

* Averted on ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'', where [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]] genuinely enjoys working at Burrito Bucket, as does [[Franchise/TheFlash Barry Allen]] at Sweet Justice.

* In issue #10 of the Marvel ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' book, Mighty Mouse finds himself working at an outside fast food restaurant (run by fellow Terrytoons character Hashimoto San) after his cartoon showvis canceled.

* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': Kobeni quit her incredibly dangerous job DemonSlaying job at Public Safety and switched to fast food work, which seemed to go well for her... until it's revealed she was being [[BadBoss abused by her boss]] and fellow employees for petty reasons, which ended when [[spoiler:Chainsaw Man (under Pochita's control)]] entered the restaurant. After he killed a great deal of the staff in BloodyHilarious fashion, he forced Kobeni to go on a date.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr--SazORaA this commercial]] for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo64, a kid is getting his first paycheck from the manager of Taco Atomico, who starts to wax philosophic about when he joined the work force. The kid notices that the check is exactly enough to buy the game console advertised and promptly says, "I quit!" (Too bad the kid forgot about paying for other stuff (like tax, electricity, rent, '''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking games]]''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking for the console]]...minor stuff, you know)).

** In [[http://garfield.com/comic/2013-11-12 this strip]], Jon and Garfield order from a drive-through of a place like this, and the wise guy clerk [[YouAreFat makes a crack at Garfield's weight.]] (Which as you can see, he doesn't like much.)

** [[https://garfield.com/comic/2017/01/20 This]] strip has Garfield and Jon eat at Binky Burger, where the clerk is dressed up as Binky the Clown's friend Biff and looks ''very'' depressed. Jon asks if he doesn't like his job, and the guy replies with "''You'' try to get a date in this get-up, pal".

** In "Invasion of the Idiot Dog Brain," GIR goes on a rampage to order food at Crazy Taco.

** Krusty Burger is the biggest example, complete with pimple-faced geeky teens working there (and, in one case, an elderly man [Grampa Simpson]). [[{{Squick}} The "secret sauce" is actually mayonnaise that's been left out in the sun all day.]] And as UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush points out in "Two Bad Neighbors," the name "Krusty Burger" itself isn't all that appetizing. Krusty himself is disgusted by the product; when he has to take a bite out of one while filming a commercial, he spits it out after the director yells "Cut!" then takes a swig of whiskey, then spits out the whiskey, saying through a sickened expression, "gonna be tasting that for weeks!" The boondocks outside Springfield are apparently home to even less savory chains, with names like "Burger Place", "Skobo's", and "Dimwillie's".

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is probably the best-known series to not use this as a one- or two-time thing, but as a regular plot-driver and setting for roughly half the main cast; indeed, one common complaint about the later seasons is that the Krusty Krab gets too ''[[SpotlightStealingSquad much]]'' focus. How sucky the place is (on either side of the counter) varies; Spongebob consistently [[HappinessInMinimumWage loves the job]], Squidward hates it with a passion, and Mr. Krabs flip-flops between JerkWithAHeartOfGold TeamDad to JerkWithAHeartOfJerk PointyHairedBoss depending on what the plot needs at the moment (he once ''refused to light half the restaurant'' to save on electricity).

* The ''Franchise/ToyStory'' short [[WesternAnimation/ToyStoryToons "Small Fry"]] takes place inside a fast food restaurant called Poultry Palace, which features [[ShowWithinaShow ''Buzz Lightyear]] [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearofStarCommand of Star Command'']] Fun Meal toys (including a mini Buzz Lightyear toy whose act of trying to replace the Buzz we all know and love was the main focus of the short and [[EvilOverlord a mini Zurg]] toy), as well as several discarded Fun Meal toys who secretly form an organization (who "accept" the ''real'' Buzz as one of their members) inside the restaurant's storage room.

** During one NightmareSequence inflicted by the Scarecrow, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} hallucinates himself being trapped at a dead-end job at O'Shaughnessy's (the "theme" of the nightmare being how he's doomed to be AlwaysSecondBest to Batman).

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol. 2]]'': At one point, Wonder Woman worked at a "Taco Whiz." She took it very seriously. However, she takes almost ''everything'' seriously.

* Jeremy from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' works at Slushy Dawg, where their motto is "Slushy Dawg will never get any better", unless he's working at Slushy Burger, whose motto is "Pickles so green and meat so brown, Lunchtime's fun with Slushy the Clown!" Despite all this, they're both pretty nice places and Jeremy seems happy working there.

Similar workers can be found at SuckECheeses. For the non-restaurant alternative, see SoulSuckingRetailJob. Compare to ApatheticClerk and WorldWearyWaitress. On the other hand, some find HappinessInMinimumWage. The next step up the "ladder" is working at a KitschyThemedRestaurant.

* In 2003, "[=McJob=]" was formally added to [[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/McJob Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary]], defined as "a low-paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement" (the word having been [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McJob used as slang for such since roughly 1986]]. Shortly thereafter, then-CEO Jim Cantalupo tried to claim that UsefulNotes/McDonalds is a better career choice than most people assume by claiming that over 1,000 franchise owners had started out in the kitchen. Given that [=McDonald's=] and its franchises had over 400,000 total employees at the time, that [[NotHelpingYourCase doesn't exactly prove much of anything]] if you do the math.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Invincible}}'': Mark initially worked at [=BurgerMart=] before his superhero duties happily made him decide to quit.

** The "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E15FutureDrama Future-Drama]]" episode has Lisa starting Hot Dog on a Stick management camp.