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This is an episode where a character or group of characters, feeling overworked, underpaid or underappreciated, decides to take action against his bosses and go on strike. Common elements of a strike, such as picket lines with sign-carrying workers, tense negotiations by union bosses, the company hiring "goons" or using {{Dirty Cop}}s to break the strike with billy clubs, and "scabs" (replacement workers) may ensue.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode, "Teacher's Strike", the teachers of Arnold's school go on strike because of inadequate funding. At first, Arnold and his friends are on cloud nine, but they start running into the teachers doing part-time jobs, and find out that every lost school day will be taken from their summer vacation.

-> '''Quagmire:''' What do we want?
-> '''Other Pilots:''' FAIR WAGES!
-> '''Quagmire:''' When do we want it?
-> '''Other Pilots:''' ORIGINALLY NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 9:40 DUE TO WEATHER IN PHILLY!

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* ''Literature/TheFactoryWitchesOfLowell'' is a historical fantasy novel about textile workers in the 1800's going on strike for better wages and safer working conditions. The first chapter takes place the night before the workers deliver their demands to the mill's agent, [[spoiler: and the last chapter takes place after they've won their demands and returned to work]].

* ''Series/LifeWithDerek'': The B-plot of "Grade a Cheater" involves the three younger siblings of Derek and Casey- Edwin, Lizzie and Marti- protesting against doing chores until they get paid more allowance for all the work they do.

* ''[[Magazine/RedDwarf Red Dwarf Smegazine]]'': The strip "Mutinous Pursuits" features the skutters going on strike because they can't stand Rimmer's behaviour. The skutters are eventually convinced to call off their strike on the condition that Rimmer is turned off every Sunday. [[spoiler: It is then revealed however that the strike was called in the first place so that Holly could rig the game of Trivia Pursuit that they were playing]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS12E4CanadaOnStrike Canada on Strike]]" features the World Canadian Bureau ([[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything WGA]]) going on strike for "more money". [[spoiler: The strike ends up losing their country lots of money for suspending foreign exports and production and kills hundreds, if not thousands of people through starvation.]].

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' has an episode where the fairies that work at Luna Nova go on strike demanding for more magic allowance. Without their contributions, the castle's technology becomes unusable to the students and teachers. Akko tries to mediate between the school and the union, but quickly winds up sympathizing with the strikers more than the school and joins them.

This is an episode where a character or group of characters, feeling overworked, underpaid or underappreciated, decides to take action against his bosses and go on strike. Common elements of a strike, such as picket lines, tense negotiations and scabs may ensue.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS12E4CanadaOnStrike Canada on Strike]]" features the World Canadian Bureau ([[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything WGA]]) going on strike for "more money". [[spoiler: The strike ends up losing their country lots of money for suspending foreign exports and production]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom'' episode, "Strike!", Orbot and Cubot, fed up with [[BadBoss Dr. Eggman's shabby treatment of them]], follow Amy's advice on starting a strike. When Dr. Eggman's other robots (which he built for other reasons) [[EpicFail fail miserably at cleaning up simple messes]], they join Orbot and Cubot's strike, forcing Eggman to hire Mike the Ox, Fastidious Beaver, and Wolfie as Scab minions.

* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' features an in-universe writer's strike in the episode "Stranger than Fanfiction". The [[AnimatedActors fictional writers]] refused to work because Twilight insulted them, so the actors [[AscendedFanboy hire a fanfiction author]]--and she [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent wildly reinterprets the show]].

-> '''[[AcePilot Quagmire]]:''' What do we want?
-> '''Pilots:''' FAIR WAGES!

-> '''Pilots:''' ORIGINALLY NOW, BUT IT'S BEEN DELAYED UNTIL 9:30 DUE TO WEATHER IN PHILLY!

-> '''Quagmire:''' What do we want?

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' has an episode where the fairies that work at Luna Nova go on strike demanding for more magic allowance. Without their contributions, the castle's technology becomes unusable to the students and teachers. Akko tries to mediate between the school and the union, but winds up sympathizing with them.

* In addition to the adaptation of "Trouble in the Shed" (see the Literature section) ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' also gives us the episode, "Goodbye Fat Controller", wherein the engines believe that Sir Topham Hatt is leaving the Island of Sodor and are worried he will be replaced with a new controller. They go on strike in response, but the strike soon ends when Sir Topham Hatt explains that he is simply having his office redecorated.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonS12E15HungryHungryHomer Hungry, Hungry Homer]]", Homer goes on a hunger strike after he discovers that the owner of the Springfield Isotopes is trying to move them to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

** In the famous episode "Last Exit to Springfield", Homer becomes the leader of the power plant's union and leads a strike against Mr. Burns when he revokes their dental plan (because [[MemeticMutation Lisa needs braces]]).

** In "Hungry, Hungry Homer", Homer goes on a hunger strike after he discovers that the owner of the Springfield Isotopes is trying to move them to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The episode "Canada on Strike" features the World Canadian Bureau ([[DoesThisRemindYouofAnything WGA]]) going on strike for "more money". [[spoiler: The strike ends up losing their country lots of money for suspending foreign exports and production]].

''[[Magazine/RedDwarf Red Dwarf Smegazine]]'': The strip "Mutinous Pursuits" features the skutters going on strike because they can't stand Rimmer's behaviour. The skutters are eventually convinced to call off their strike on the condition that Rimmer is turned off every Sunday. [[spoiler: It is then revealed however that the strike was called in the first place so that Holly could rig the game of Trivia Pursuit that they were playing]].

* In the ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' story, [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB5TroublesomeEngines "Trouble in the Shed"]], Gordon, James, and Henry go on strike and refuse to fetch their own coaches, having been humiliated in the previous chapters "Henry and the Elephant" and "Tenders and Turntables". With Thomas running his branch line and Edward having to tackle the Tender Engines' work on his own, Sir Topham Hatt is inspired to get another tank engine, in the form of Percy. After being punished for going on strike, the Tender Engines soon regret their decision and promise to work hard again in the next chapter, "Percy Runs Away". This story was also adapted into [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E16TroubleInTheShed an episode]] of the first season of the AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The episode "Squid on Strike" has Squidward fed up with Mr. Krabs' greed and convinces [=SpongeBob=] to go on strike with him. [=SpongeBob=] proves to be so terrible at it that Squidward ends up wanting his job back so he wouldn't have to strike with him. Squidward goes up to Mr. Krabs to beg for his job back, but it turns out Krabs was even more desperate to get rid of the annoying teenagers he replaced them with. After a little negotiation, it seems things will go back to normal... [[spoiler:but when [=SpongeBob=] takes the strike too far and vandalizes the Krusty Krab (he "dismantles the establishment"), Mr. Krabs [[WorkOffTheDebt forces them both to work there]] "[[TimeAbyss forever]]".]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The episode "Squid on Strike" has Squidward fed up with Mr. Krabs' greed and convinces [=SpongeBob=] to go on strike with him. [=SpongeBob=] proves to be so terrible at it that Squidward ends up wanting his job back so he wouldn't have to strike with him. Squidward goes up to Mr. Krabs to beg for his job back, but it turns out Krabs was even more desperate to get rid of the annoying teenagers he replaced them with. After a little negotiation, it seems things will go back to normal... [[spoiler:but when [=SpongeBob=] takes the strike too far and vandalizes the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs [[WorkOffTheDebt forces them both to work there]] "[[TimeAbyss forever]]".]]

* In the ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' story, "Trouble in the Shed", Gordon, James, and Henry go on strike and refuse to fetch their own coaches, having been humiliated in the previous chapters "Henry and the Elephant" and "Tenders and Turntables". With Thomas running his branch line and Edward having to tackle the Tender Engines' work on his own, Sir Topham Hatt is inspired to get another tank engine, in the form of Percy. After being punished for going on strike, the Tender Engines soon regret their decision and promise to work hard again in the next chapter, "Percy Runs Away". This story was also adapted into [[Recap/ThomasTheTankEngineS1E16TroubleInTheShed an episode]] of the first season of the AnimatedAdaptation, ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''.

The Strike may be a result of a WeirdTradeUnion if examples come from people who really shouldn't strike.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode, "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS1E12AlongCameASisterChoreAndPeace Chore and Peace]]", Lincoln figures that he's got a raw deal when his chore is taking out the trash all by himself, which is a herculean task when living with ten sisters (one of them being a baby) as well as a dog, a cat, a bird, and a toilet-trained hamster. He decides to go on strike until one of his sisters agrees to trade chores with him, but all this does is inspire his sisters to go on strike in response, and [[TrashOfTheTitans the trash accumulates]]. It gets to the point where the garbage in his second-youngest sister [[ChildProdigy Lisa]] becomes sentient. The episode ends with the garbage being taken out and the strikes ending, but Lincoln finds out the garbage workers are on strike for more money, [[HereWeGoAgain and now he and his sisters are striking to get pay for their chores]].

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' involved the teachers going on strike when Ms. Li thought that offering coffee flavoring in the teacher’s lounge was a reasonable substitute in place of raises. Both Trent and Jane end up helping out with the strike with Trent working on a strike song with Mr. O’Neil and Jane using her artistic expertise to make protest signs. Daria meanwhile gets recruited as a scab when the substitute English teacher gets fired when Helen finds out he got handsy with Quinn’s friend, Tiffany. Daria is initially reluctant to do so until she realizes she can use this as a chance to embarrass Quinn.

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'' has an episode where the fairies that work at Luna Nova go on strike demanding for more magic allowance. Without their contributions, the castle's technology becomes unusable to the students and teachers. Akko tries to mediate between the school and the union, but winds up sympathizing with them.