History Main / BurgerFool

* In ''{{Foolkiller}}'', after Kurt Gerhardt was laid off from the bank, he had to work in a fast food restaurant.

* In ''LuckyStar'', Konata tells Kagami and Tsukasa she got a summer job, but doesn't tell them what it is until they ask the next day. A worker at a fast food restaurant is one of the jobs they imagine, but can't imagine her doing well at. At least, the "dealing with people" aspect.

* In [[http://garfield.com/comic/2013-11-12]] 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.)

* In ''SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', Mary Jane has to work at a hippo-themed [=McDonald's=] place, which was just one in a string of cruddy jobs.

* Lauren takes this job in ''TheCatherineTateShow'' and is forced to wear a squirrel mask. She gets ridiculed by her friends for working there, but naturally, [[CatchPhrase she ain't bovvered]].

ThatOtherWiki refers to these as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McJob McJobs]]". In reality, these jobs can be TruthInTelevision, but there's an equal chance of them being better (or ''worse'') than depicted, because it depends on an individual store's quality of [[BadBoss management]] and workers. [[BadJobWorseUniform The ridiculous headgear]], fortunately, is universally less common than it is in fiction (a simple baseball cap, visor, or hairnet is more common).

* MutekiKanbanMusume is a DeconstructiveParody of the FightingSeries that shows the life of two Kanban Musumes (poster girls) of a the Onimaru Chinese Restaurant and the Huet Bakery in the small Hanami town Shopping District. Their job is to attract clients to their respective business and [[CarryingACake make deliveries]]. They subvert this trope, being two young childish {{ArrogantKungFuGuy}}s whose constant fighting, [[TheSlacker slacking on the job]] and generous quantity of MundaneMadeAwesome avoid the soul crushing boring related with this trope.

* In the ''EmperorJoker'' story, {{Superboy}} is turned into "Superburgerboy," a mascot for a cheesy burger chain. It's worse than it sounds.

* The 1997 comedy film, ''GoodBurger'', which was based on the recurring sketch Nickelodeon's ''Series/AllThat.'' Featuring loveable idiot Ed who loves his job as much as his brain can allow, and his snarky sidekick, Dexter, The Good Burger is the epitome of Burger Fool. As far as fast food jobs go, the employees weren't treated badly and they all seemed to like each other and Good Burger. Their rival Mondo Burger, on the other hand, treated their employees as slaves and had a hellish boss.

* DemiLovato's character in the ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram'' is given a job at a Frozen Yoghurt place by the Libby specifically to humiliate her and is sabotaged by said Libby, but she quite rightly points out that the only person who can feel humiliation is yourself, proceeds to give the Libby a speech and walk out with her head high.

* ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' had Kerry working at a Davey Crockett themed restaurant which offers pie [[IncrediblyLamePun Alamo'd]].

* SpaceQuest (more specifically Space Quest 2's fan-made [=VGA=] remake) gives us [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Monolith Burger]], sporting a big yellow M to boot. It's possible to find a Monolith Burger behind a machine in the restaurant. Sitting at the empty booth and eating the burger [[ArtisticLicenseBiology will cause Roger to die by vomiting his skeleton]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had a restaurant called [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Chokey Chicken]] (later RetConned to "Chewy Chicken" due to the censors finally catching the name on the radar), which specifically parodied the omnipresent nature of places like [=McDonald's=]. One great example is the episode where Rocko brings Heffer to France and tries to get him to try some new cuisine. They just end up eating at a Chokey Chicken that has been built into the Eiffel Tower.
* Krusty Burger from ''TheSimpsons'', 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 one character points out, the name "Krusty Burger" itself isn't all that appetizing. The boondocks outside Springfield are apparently home to even less savory chains, with names like "Burger Place", "Skobo's", and "Dimwillie's".

* Despite the kids being too young to get a job at local place Slausen's on ''HeyArnold'', it doesn't mean that the joint is free of squeaky-voiced teens (voiced by ''DanCastellaneta'', of course).

* ''BreakingBad'' naturally twists this in the darkest way possible with "Los Pollos Hermanos." Gustavo Fring owns the Los Pollos Hermanos fast food chain, which serves Chilean-style fried and roast chicken. He uses this legitimate business to hide his real source of income, meth, which he smuggles in buckets of batter.

* One forgettable (well, [[NeverLiveItDown they would like to forget it]] episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' had [[BigBad Divatox]] getting amnesia in an accident, getting lost, and working in a pizza place called Mad Mike's Pizzeria. (Still, as embarrassing as it was for her, what the heroes had to go through after that was even worse, and I'm sure most fans of the franchise would speak for all five of them by saying, LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.)

* One forgettable (well, [[NeverLiveItDown they would like to forget it]] episode of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' had [[BigBad Divatox]] getting amnesia in an accident, getting lost, and working in a pizza place called Mad Mike's Pizzeria. (Still, as embarrassing as it was for her, what the heroes had to go through after that was even worse, and I'm sure most fans of the franchise would speak for all five of them by saying, NowLetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain.)

* WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants works at such a restaurant, but he loves the job. Squidward, on the other hand, hates it with a passion.

* On ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', the pseudo-Mexican eatery "Bueno Nacho" figures heavily in the series, but the second episode has Kim and Ron move behind the counter. Kim, usually the best at everything, fails, while Ron invents a hybrid foodstuff called the "Naco" (nacho + taco) that becomes a running gag in the series, and earns a promotion to manager. The Naco sets up another episode plot, when the BN Inc. management send Ron a royalty check for $99 million. Which was doubly hilarious in Mexico, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naco_%28slang%29 considering what Naco means here]]... Accidental BilingualBonus, anyone?

* In an issue of ''AmbushBug'', Irwin apparently runs into ''[[NewGods Darkseid]]'' serving burgers at the local fast-food place (it turned out to be a blow-up mannequin).

* One episode of ''CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' had Nick speaking to a teenage girl who was one of these. She identifies a murder suspect as the creepy middle-aged man who hit on her, and was doubly disgusted by the fact that he did it while his ten-year old son was sitting right next to him.

See also SuckECheeses and SuperSlaveMarket.

* This is the premise of ''LightNovel/HatarakuMaousama'', where the titular demon lord, or Maou, finds himself stranded on Earth and has to eke out a living in modern day Japan while searching for a way back to his world (hopefully). His solution? Work in [[WcDonalds MgRonalds]] and climb through its ranks!

* In ''SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', Mary Jane has to work at a hippo themed [=McDonald's=] place, which was just one in a string of cruddy jobs.

Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} refers to these as "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McJob McJobs]]". In reality, these jobs can be TruthInTelevision, but there's an equal chance of them being better (or ''worse'') than depicted, because it depends on an individual store's quality of [[BadBoss management]] and workers. [[BadJobWorseUniform The ridiculous headgear]], fortunately, is universally less common than it is in fiction (a simple baseball cap, visor, or hairnet is more common).

* The TropeNamer is from ''StaticShock'', and is a thin parody of "Burger King". The uniform includes a motley hat with bells. Virgil Hawkins is forced to work there by his father, who is unaware of the significant commitment Virgil has to his "[[SuperHero charity work]]".