History Main / FallenOnHardTimesJob

* In ''Film/Expend4bles'', after Lee Christmas gets fired from [[BadassCrew the Expendables]] for botching a mission [[spoiler:and making Barney's ([[DisneyDeath apparent]]) HeroicSacrifice meaningless]], he takes a job as a bodyguard for a social media influencer who turns out to be [[BadInfluencer an obnoxious, misogynistic piece of trash]]. The job ends with Christmas giving the dumb kid a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in the middle of his livestream after he crosses a line. Later in the film, we see some of [[BigBad Rahmat]]'s goons watching the video, calling Christmas a hero for what he did and expressing a desire to [[TemptingFate meet him in real life]].

* Derek ''Film/{{Zoolander}}'' joins his father and brothers in the coal mines after he retired.

* On ''Film/SetItOff'', the women are all working as janitors. This is especially hard for Frankie who used to be a bank teller.

* On ''Film/TheCuttingEdge'', Doug was an Olympic level ice hockey until he suffered an eye injury which ended his pro career. Two years later he is working in a factory and playing for the D-Leagues on the side.

** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKf4WHt0dpY Here's what happened when my brother's fiance asked me to not go to the wedding...]]'': [[spoiler:After the CEO fires Seiya in the middle of his wedding for making fun of his brother Satoshi (who was said CEO's business partner) for being a high school graduate, he quits his job and ironically ends up working at a factory while his wife leeches money off of him.]]

*** Lion-O from "Thundercats" is an unemployed construction worker. He also worked as male stripper.

** Another has Jem from ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms performing in a child's birthday party.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, who has remained monochrome and largely forgotten over time, is seen working as a nightclub cigarette girl following the arrival of color cartoons.

* Randy Daytona from ''Film/BallsOfFury'' used to be a child ping-pong prodigy until he lost a big game in 1988. As grown man, he makes a living as ping-pong trick artist.

* On ''Film/TheCuttingEdge'', Doug was an Olympic level ice hockey until he suffered an eye injury which ended his pro career. Two years later he is seen working in a factory and playing for the D-Leagues om the side.

* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': WesternAnimation/BettyBoop, who has remained monochrome and largely forgotten over time, is seen working as a nightclub cigarette girl following the arrival of color cartoons.

** Team Machine took up day jobs in season 5 thanks to their funding getting cut by Samaritan. Finch became a teacher, Reese became a cop and Root has to constantly change jobs (usually involving her wearing embarrassing sostumes).

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' had an episode where Team Machine had to help a taxi driver who used to be a famous baseball player in Cuba.

* Chiyo and Mameha from ''Literature/MemoirsOfAGeisha'' were both famous and respected geishas. They hit hard times when World War II erupted. Mameha had to rent out rooms while Chiyo became a farmer.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", when Mr. Burns [[RichesToRags lost his fortune]] in an AbsurdlyHighStakesGame to Rich Texan, he decided to start from zero. However, he felt he needed to work at Moe's in order to get ''up'' to zero.

* On ''Film/The CuttingEdge'', Doug was an Olympic level ice hockey until he suffered an eye injury which ended his pro career. Two years later he is seen working in a factory and playing for the D-Leagues om the side.

* Derek ''/Film/{{Zoolander}}'' joins his father and brothers in the coal mines after he retired.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}:

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': Luke Cage used to be a cop in Savannah, Georgia, and before that, he was a soldier in the Marines. After being framed up by Diamondback and sent to Seagate Prison, and receiving powers in a botched experiment, he escapes with Reva to New York City, where he initially works as a Hell's Kitchen bartender up until near the end of ''Series/JessicaJones2015''. After getting shot by Jessica to break Kilgrave's control over him, Luke starts his own show living in Harlem, getting paid under the table by working as a floor sweeper at Pop's Barbershop and a dishwasher at Harlem's Paradise.

** Before his mandatory retirement in season 3, Bunny Colvin is demoted due to his Hamsterdam scheme so he does not get his pension. He works as head of security in a hotel at the start of season 4.

* ''Series/TheWire'': In season 5, budget cutbacks in the police department lead to decreased morale among the rank-and-file, though Burrell is able to lift it when he convinces Carcetti to lift the cap on secondary employment. Crutchfield, for instance, makes up his lost overtime by securing part-time work as a security guard at a jewelry store.