History Main / FirstDayFromHell

* [[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheManWhoKilledBatman|Batman: The Animated Series: "The Man Who Killed Batman"]]: Sid Debris was a small crook before that, but the first day he worked as one of [[TheDon Rupert Thorne]]'s {{Mooks}}, he was the victim of five {{MookHorrorShow}}s: First he was set up as bait for Batman, then he was challenged to fight by GangBangers, then Detective Harvey Bullock menaced him with JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, then a vengeful Joker placed him into a DeathTrap, then Thorne menaced him with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

* Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheManWhoKilledBatman: Sid Debris was a small crook before that, but the first day he worked as one of [[TheDon Rupert Thorne]]'s {{Mooks}}, he was the victim of five {{MookHorrorShow}}s: First he was set up as bait for Batman, then he was challenged to fight by GangBangers, then Detective Harvey Bullock menaced him with JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, then a vengeful Joker placed him into a DeathTrap, then Thorne menaced him with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

* Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheManWhoKilledBatman: Sid Debris was a small crook before that, but the first day he worked as one of [[TheDon Rupert Thorne]] {{Mooks}}, he was the victim of five {{MookHorrorShow}}s: First he was set up as bait for Batman, then he was challenged to fight by GangBangers, then Detective Harvey Bullock menaced him with JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, then a vengeful Joker placed him into a DeathTrap, then Thorne menaced him with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

* BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheManWhoKilledBatman: Sid Debris was a small crook before that, but the first day he worked as one of TheDon Rupert Thorne {{Mooks}}, he was the victim of five {{MookHorrorShow}}s: First he was set up as TheBait for TerrorHero Batman, then he was challenged to fight by GangBangers, then the NobleBigotWithABadge Harvey Bullock menaced him with JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, then vengeful SuperVillain Joker placed him into a DeathTrap, then TheDon menaced him with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

* BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheManWhoKilledBatman: Sid Debris was a small crook before that, but the first day he worked as one of TheDon Rupert Thorne {{Mooks}}, he was the victim of five {{MookHorrorShow}}s: First he was set up as TheBait for TerrorHero Batman, then he was challenged to fight by GangBangers, then the NobleBigotWithABadge Harvey Bullock menaced him with JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, then vengeful SuperVillian Joker placed him into a DeathTrap, then TheDon menaced him with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesTheManWhoKilledBatman: Sid Debris was a small crook before that, but the first day he worked as one of TheDon Rupert Thorne {{Mooks}}, he was the victim of five {{MookHorrorShow}}s: First he was set up as TheBait for TerrorHero Batman, then he was challenged to fight by GangBangers, then the NobleBigotWithABag Harvey Bullock menaced him with JackBauerInterrogationTechnique, then vengeful SuperVillian Joker placed him into a DeathTrap, then TheDon menaced him with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness.

** Worse - Delenn [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge gets the casting vote in whether to go to war]], as Dukhat dies in her arms.

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'', Jay becomes involved in a plot to save the galaxy within his first day or so. While Kay *tells* him that ItNeverGetsAnyEasier, that's hard to believe, and what we see of daily life for MiB makes it seem constantly crazy, but not always as high-stakes as when the bug was pursuing the galaxy.

* In ''Film/MenInBlack'', Jay becomes involved in a plot to save the galaxy within his first day or so.

* In ''GrimGrimoire'', [[CuteWitch Lillet Blan]] gets one of these on her first day at magic school, which ends with [[EverybodysDeadDave everybody dead]]... and then gets to repeat it through a sort of GroundhogDayLoop four times in a row. The game is really about Five First Days From Hell.

** Leon's [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 first day as a Secret Service agent]] isn't much better, though he's at least better prepared for it.
** And in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 [=RE6=]]], one of the minor characters in Tall Oaks is a young cop on his first day of the job. [[spoiler: He's less lucky than Leon was.]]
* Happens to Rebecca Chambers in ''ResidentEvilZero''. Her first mission involves fighting [[ZombieApocalypse the very first T-Virus outbreak]]. As TheMedic she's distinctly more overwhelmed than rookie cop Leon but fortunately she gets to share the ordeal with Billy Coen, [[SemperFi former marine]].
** ''"My first mission and I've already disobeyed orders. So much for my great law enforcement career."''

* In ''Series/TwentyFour'', Lynn [=McGill=]'s first day as head of CTU Los Angeles involves getting mugged by his junkie sister and her boyfriend, [[DisasterDominoes leading directly to]] a nerve gas attack on CTU headquarters. [[spoiler Which gets him killed]].

* In ''Series/TwentyFour'', Lynn [=McGill=]'s first day as head of CTU Los Angeles involves his getting mugged by his junkie sister and her boyfriend and that mugging [[DisasterDominoes leading directly to]] a nerve gas attack on CTU headquarters.

* Happens to Rebecca Chambers in ''ResidentEvilZero''. Her first mission involves fighting [[ZombieApocalypse the very first T-Virus outbreak]]. As TheMedic she's distinctly more overwhelmed than rookie cop Leon but fortunately she gets to share the ordeal with Billy Coen, TheMarine.

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'': Leon Kennedy's first day with the Raccoon City PD is the day of another T-Virus outbreak.

** Leon's [[''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' first day as a Secret Service agent]] isn't much better, though he's at least better prepared for it.

** Leon's [[''/VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' first day as a Secret Service agent]] isn't much better, though he's at least better prepared for it.

Bob is entering his first day on the job at Tropeco Industries. He expects to spend the first few days getting his feet wet, learning what his responsibilities are, getting to know his co-workers.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Half-Life}}'' Gordon Freeman's first day at in his new position at Black Mesa is the day The Combine invades.

* Gwen Cooper's first day at {{Series/Torchwood}} starts with a meteor hitting Cardiff, moves on to Gwen accidentally releasing an alien being, and progresses to serial murder and alien possession. Because it's Torchwood, the job never really gets easier.
* In ''{{Babylon 5}}'', Delenn's first day as a full-member of the Minbari Grey Council was the day the Minbari encountered the Earth ship ''Prometheus''. An encounter that resulted in the botched first contact-turned-battle that killed Delenn's mentor, Dukhat, and sparked the Earth/Minbari War.
* Lynn [=McGill=]'s first day as head of [[Series/TwentyFour CTU Los Angeles]] involves his getting mugged by his junkie sister and her boyfriend and that mugging [[DisasterDominoes leading directly to]] a nerve gas attack on CTU headquarters.

* ''HalfLife'' Gordon Freeman's first day at in his new position at Black Mesa is the day The Combine invades.