History Main / StrikeEpisode

It should be noted this has [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant nothing to do]] with bowling or UsefulNotes/{{baseball}}, except in the rare instance the work is talking about an actual [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994-95_Major_League_Baseball_strike work stoppage by the players]]. Nor is this about UsefulNotes/TVStrikes, although they may overlap if they occur around the same time.

It should be noted this [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant has nothing to do with bowling or baseball]], except in the rare instance the work is talking about an actual [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994-95_Major_League_Baseball_strike work stoppage by the players]]. Nor is this about UsefulNotes/TVStrikes, although they may overlap if they occur around the same time.

** The two parter [[Recap/SouthParkS22Ep9Unfullfilled]] and [[Recap/SouthParkS22Ep10BikeParade]] feature the adults of South Park getting jobs at the newly opened Amazon fulfillment center in town. When Stephen Stotch’s coworker is hurt on the job by a robot arm and permanently stuck in a box, the incident is blamed on human error. Leading the workers to strike. The lack of Amazon fulfillment means that no one in Colorado is getting their packages and the boys can’t get their supplies for the local bike parade, as no one remembers how they got things before Amazon existed. The workers at the South Park mall are now zombies as a result of the mall being left abandoned in Amazon’s wake. Kenny eventually takes up anti-commercialism activism and his [[TheyKilledKennyAgain death]] inspires the town to drive Amazon out once and for all.

* ''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.]].

* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' involved Assistant District Attorney Connie Rubirosa being pressed into service as a public defender against her colleagues as the attorneys who usually worked in that capacity were out on strike.

* ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'': The wraparounds of "Year Round Fun" involve the show's writers going on strike, and Henry and June trying to run the show by themselves.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "[[Recap/RugratsS4E10AngelicasLastStandClanOfTheDuck Angelica's Last Stand]]", Angelica opens a lemonade stand, and Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil convince her to hire them as her helpers. When Angelica refuses to share the money she makes with the babies, Susie convinces the babies to go on strike. Angelica tries to handle her lemonade stand on her own, but without the babies' help, it goes out of business.

* The ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' episode "Sleeping with the Enemy" involves the radio crew going on strike after they don't get their annual raise.

This is an episode where a character or group of characters, feeling overworked, underpaid, or underappreciated, decides to take action against their 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. Most of these episodes tend to side with the group going on strike, especially when the boss is a CorruptCorporateExecutive. Other times though it may portray both sides as equally flawed, putting extra emphasis on a compromise moral.

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

It should be noted this [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant has nothing to do with bowling or baseball]], except in the rare instance the work is talking about an actual [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994-95_Major_League_Baseball_strike strike by the players]]. Nor is this about UsefulNotes/TVStrikes, although they may overlap if they occur around the same time.

It should be noted this [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant has nothing to do with bowling or baseball]], or episodes about UsefulNotes/TVStrikes, although they may overlap if they occur around the same time.

* 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. Rita and Lynn Sr. won't even intervene in order to let the kids solve the problem themselves, preferring to do a jigsaw puzzle together instead. They do, however, have the sense to keep Lily away from the mess, which cause the kids to end their strike in a panic and start cleaning up the mess they made. 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]].

* 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. Rita and Lynn Sr. won't even intervene in order to let the kids solve the problem themselves, preferring to do a jigsaw puzzle together instead. 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]].

* 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. And Rita and Lynn Sr. won't even intervene in order to let the kids solve the problem themselves, preferring to do a jigsaw puzzle together instead. 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]].

* 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]].

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. Most of these episodes tend to side with the group going on strike, especially when the boss is a CorruptCorporateExecutive. Other times though it may portray both sides as equally flawed, putting extra emphasis on a compromise moral.

* ''Manga/BlackJack'' has a story where Black Jack and Pinoko go to hotel where everyone has gone on strike. This includes the hotel doctor, who then refuses to treat a seriously injured man outside of basic first aide so as to stick to the strike. Later Black Jack calls out this doctor, saying that a strike is all well and good, but it shouldn’t keep you from helping others.
* ''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. The strike ends when a new teacher, Croix, demonstrates that her previously-forbidden {{Magitek}} devices are easily capable of both keeping the school running and satisfying the fairies' needs. [[spoiler:As well they might, since she [[EngineeredHeroics instigated the energy crisis that led to the strike in the first place]].]]

* A 1987 storyline of ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' sees much of the cast go on strike [[MediumAwareness for larger, more legible comics]]. For over two weeks the strikers butt heads with the non-strikers (including the normally milquetoast Opus throwing an egg into Steve Dallas' face) and the comic's in-story C.E.O., who pitches his case to the readers by painting the strikers as un-American and then hires scabs.
* One ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' storyline has the teachers go on strike, which the kids don't seem to mind since they don't have to go to school, but Linus is worried about his favorite teacher, Miss Othmar. While watching the teachers picket one day, Linus notices that Miss Othmar collapse from exhaustion, and quickly runs to her aid. The story ended up making the local paper. Eventually Lucy wakes Linus up one morning, telling him that the strike is over and they have to go back to school. Linus notes that if anything, it'll be good to see Miss Othmar again, only for Lucy to then inform him that she got fired.

* ''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]].

* Zig-zagged in a story arc on ''Series/{{ER}}'' involving the nursing staff. Carol came up with a new scheduling system in an effort to avoid having to fire two of the nurses, but resulted in a situation where they would now be working more hours for less money. In protest, the nurses all called out sick (by law, nurses are not allowed to go on strike), leaving Carol the only nurse at County General.

* ''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.

* ''Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet:'' In the "Blu Flu" episode, the whole cast of police officers is on a strike, sans Captain Fuller, as Police Captains apparently are considered "administrative personnel" and as such have no right to be unionized. Hanson even is an active participant of his trade union, and as such takes part in official negotiations between the trade union and the municipality.

* 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. Initially the teachers and Principal Wartz absolutely refuse to compromise, though when the students put their collective foot down and explain they just want to go back to school, [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure both sides hear them]] and come to a compromise for the sake of the kids.

** In another episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E21ThePTADisbands The PTA Disbands]]", a disastrous field tip and Principal Skinner [[CuttingCorners cutting the school's budget]] to the point that he's selling the kids' futures short leads Edna Krabappel and the other teachers to agree to a teacher's strike. While Bart revels in the strike by making mischief, Lisa suffers from not being in a classroom setting, Milhouse gets a tutor, and the PTA decides to hire neighborhood people as scab teachers.

* ''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 terrible at it. Luckily, he improves but Squidward realizes that he could be stuck with him if their boss doesn't give in to their demands. 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]]".]]

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'':
** The episode "The Cafeteria Strike" ([[SoundToScreenAdaptation a remake of the radio episode "The Madison High Cafeteria Boycott]]). The students, dismayed by the awful food in the cafeteria, plan a strike with placards and all the other paraphernalia.
** In "School on Saturday", the Madison High students initially [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin refuse to go to class when Principal Conklin orders them in on Saturday.]] They even have plans to burn Mr. Conklin in effigy.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', due to the small size of their allowances, Penny convinces the kids to go on strike and not do chores. They all get kicked out, and they all eventually return to their parents and negotiate.