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* ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'': Jessi's teen bully Lulu works at Hot Stone Beefery, a cruddy mall kiosk that sells beef. She has to wear [[BadJobWorseUniform a yonic meat hat]] and sing a song every time she gets a tip, thanking the customer for letting them "handle their meat." This actually makes Jessi sympathize with her.

* ''WebAnimation/SonicForHire'': Franchise/{{Sonic}} gets a job working at VideoGame/BurgerTime alongside Knuckles. The first time, he soils Eggman's food before quitting. The second time, he burns the place down after getting high on crack.

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

* In ''ComicBook/{{Prez|2015}}'', the protagonist starts out working a soul-destroying fast food job at the House of Corndogs before a video taken by one of her co-workers goes viral and kicks off a bizarre sequence of events that culminates in her inauguration as the first teen President of the United States.
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', Peter works for a while at a place with a frog theme. And had to wear [[BadJobWorseUniform a frog hat at all times]]. Mary Jane, for her part, puts in time at a Hot Dog On A Stick kiosk in the mall. Later on, Peter's manager at the frog place becomes Cloak, of Cloak & Dagger. He actually seems to ''enjoy'' the job. Probably because he's the manager.
* At one point in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Volume 2]], Franchise/WonderWoman worked at a "Taco Whiz." She took it very seriously.
-->Feeding people is a just and dignified occupation. I don't know why you are always... dishing it.
** She takes almost ''everything'' seriously.

* TabletopGame/OldWorldOfDarkness RPG ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' has the burger chain O'Tolleys as a subsidiary to the big bad corp Pentex. While many of its restaurants are relatively normal, there are also some which slip evil spirits or [[ImAHumanitarian the other white meat]] in the burgers, and transform their employees into spiritually possessed freaks. All of them, however, conform to the standards laid out by this page. As the splatbooks say: In most part-time jobs, teenagers learn vital business skills, decision making and other abilities that will help them in life. While working for O'Tolleys, they learn to make burgers. Period.

* In ''Fanfic/TheBoysRealJustice'', when [[Series/TheBoys2019 Frenchie and Kimiko]] are transported into [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Gotham]], they eat at a Batman-themed fast food resturant named the Bat Burger. A [[ApatheticClerk waitress]] dressed as Batgirl very obviously fakes enthesium when delivering their orders. Frenchie in particular despises the grease and smoke fumes and how dirty the place is. [[OnlyOneFindsItFun Kimiko]] enjoys their burgers though.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS9E10BestestOfShowHoldThePickles Hold the Pickles]]", Taffy takes the babies to Boingo Burger, a fast-food restaurant where her friend Britannica works as a cashier, for lunch. Although Britannica seems to enjoy her job there, her manager does not, and sees her as a slacker despite all the hard work and friendly service she does.

* In [[Fanfic/TokyoLittleShop]], Hikari hasn't shown up at the flower shop for 3 days because she wanted to be paid more, so she got a job at Burger World. Shohei finds out when he sneaks out from sweeping outside the flower shop to get a bite to eat, and next thing he knows, he becomes the new fry cook. But their boss Mr. Sonoda finds out soon enough, and the Sharks wreak havoc at the restaurant, [[StatusQuoIsGod leading to Shohei's firing and with him and Hikari returning to their part-time job at the flower shop]].

* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' has Marty's older brother, Dave, in a Burger King uniform when Marty comes home at the beginning of the movie. Once Marty gets back to the future at the end, Dave is instead wearing a suit and working in an office, one of the many things that's improved about his family's life.

* Lauren takes this job in ''Series/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]].

* ''Webcomic/TheLeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'' has Keith get a job when the league is forced to find additional sources of income besides Lazer Pony's disability cheque. After insisting his college degree will make the job search easy, he ends up working at a burger joint. He then wonders if this is his StartOfDarkness.

The [[BlandNameProduct/WcDonalds fictional fast food restaurant]] is a unique establishment. It's the most common first job for a TV teen, and will usually teach them [[AnAesop a lesson]] about money, responsibility, or life, mere moments before they [[ResetButton quit]] or are fired for [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity odd reasons]]. Usually, they are spurred to employment by a specific financial need, and a failure of "The Bank of Mom and Dad" to pony up.

* In ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto'', Sakamoto helps Kubota get a job at [=McDoodle's=] (BlandNameProduct/WcDonalds in the anime), and works there himself for one episode. His presence brings in dozens of customers ([[ChickMagnet mostly female]], though he does have [[EvenTheGuysWantHim a few male customers too]]) who order food "and a smile" from him.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutron'' with his friends, Sheen, and Carl start working at [=McSpanky's=]. Ironically, [[HaveAGayOldTime Skeet]], the Employee of the Month, considers Jimmy to be the idiot of the group, and forces him to stand outside the restaurant wearing a hamburger suit, repeating the phrase: "If you want cheap food with taste, put [=McSpanky's=] in your face."

* ''VideoGame/SplatterMaster'' have it's second boss being a giant animated burger joint robot, dressed in the stereotypical burger fool outfit (complete with a hat and logo) who attacks by flinging ''exploding'' burgers on your character. Said fight takes place near a burger joint, and from inside the bulding occasionally some imp flunkies will show up to assist the boss.

** In ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'', Peter works for a while at a place with a frog theme. And had to wear [[BadJobWorseUniform a frog mask at all times]]. Mary Jane, for her part, puts in time at a Hot Dog On A Stick kiosk in the mall.

* ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'': When they get stationed on Earth, [[LovelyAngels Kiyone and Mihoshi]] are forced to get part-time jobs in order to pay for the rent in their small apartment. One of these is working ina fast-food restaurant, where Kiyone actually does pretty well. Mihoshi, on the other hand, [[TheKlutz not so much]].

* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': At Skopp City, there's Martho's Mega Burger Joint, which is mentioned to be in bankruptcy after the owner went mad and ate all the burgers. The inside of the shop has it riddled with trash and it's only employee a robot binding time by stacking up cans.

** 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!"[[note]]although that might also be due to him being a Jew, who aren't allowed to eat meat products, namely pork[[/note]]. The boondocks outside Springfield are apparently home to even less savory chains, with names like "Burger Place", "Skobo's", and "Dimwillie's".

But the fast food joint seems to deliberately go out of its way to torture the unfortunate teenagers and/or unlucky adults who work there. This includes the [[BadJobWorseUniform ridiculous outfit they are required to wear on the job]] -- a silly hat, featuring a [[LetsMeetTheMeat cartoonish version of what they serve]], is almost a given, along with [[HappinessIsMandatory mandatory happiness]] enforced by their [[PointyHairedBoss pointy-haired manager]]. Kids or teens may be threatened with working there forever if they [[TragicDropout don't finish high school]], don't attend college, and/or [[BookDumb don't do well in either]]. Or if they only obtain ADegreeInUseless. This is, however, a CyclicTrope; during economic downturns, even people who [[HardWorkFallacy "did everything right"]] can still find themselves working in or applying to these types of positions.

** Earlier strips had Irma's Diner, a GreasySpoon that offered unappealing items: the tea tastes like transmission fluid, ordering "what that guy's having" results in that guy's food being taken from him, and Irma doesn't know if she gives free refills on coffee, because no one's ever asked for a second cup before. Despite the disgusting food, Garfield and Jon frequently ate there.

* The ''Franchise/ToyStory'' short [[WesternAnimation/PixarShorts "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.

-->-- '''Squidward''' to [=SpongeBob=], ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS3E2ClubSpongebobMyPrettySeahorse "My Pretty Seahorse"]]