History Main / TerribleIntervieweesMontage

* ''Series/FatherBrown'': The audition montage in "The Tree of Truth", which ranges from the unsuitable, to the terrible, to the misguided (one man is auditioning for the role of Prince Charming, which is played by a woman).

* In the ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' rendition of a couple of bits of the story of [[Literature/TheBible David]], after King Saul takes the suggestion to have a musician around to soothe his soul, the king and audience are "treated" to three musicians, one of whom plays two pipes at once; it actually sounds good for about one second before you and Saul realize that it's going to get incredibly, annoyingly repetitive extremely quickly. The last one delivers a ''blatt'', almost prompting the king to give up... before a servant comes up and lets on that he knows of a shepherd boy who's good with a harp...

* The Sobame (Concubine) audition in ''Manga/IonoTheFanatics'' played with this. All the interviewees were actually good, but almost everyone was eliminated due to other reasons, such as [[OracularUrchin getting a sudden divine revelation that told her that she had to go home now]], getting kidnapped before her turn, and [[WholesomeCrossdresser possessing one body part too many]] [[GirlsLove for the very lesbian Queen Iono's tastes]].

* The is what drives the plot in the ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'' episode, ''So U Think U Can Stank''. Randy and Howard become the judges for the upcoming talent show of Norrisville High when the original judges, Bash and Mick, decided to join the Talent show instead of judging it.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'' contained a secret ending, only viewable after collecting every item in the game ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJZ3bayWgYE or, seven years later, checking YouTube]]) where the characters auditioned (miserably) for a vague new title represented by a dolphin picture. This implied the game was a Donkey Kong 64 sequel for the UsefulNotes/GameCube, which due to the sale of Rare to Microsoft two years later, did not happen.

* ''ComicBook/BeforeWatchmen'': A bunch of people try out for the Minutemen. Most are rejected for being... less than effective, like a guy in a sweatshirt and a bucket named hank, and Liberty Lass, an over weight woman who can sing, dance and cook. One of them, The Iron Lid, is a guy in full body armor and a blow-torch, and can be seen as a bad guy later on. Nite-Owl is the only accepted one. It's interesting to note that Mothman was rejected at the interview, but was added to the team later.
* A seventies ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' comic showed Matt Murdock interviewing possible replacements for [[SexySecretary Karen Page]]. Up until Becky Blake, all applicants were pretty hopeless. "No I can't exactly type. But I make a great cup of coffee. If you like instant."
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'' has an inversion where he's looking for work and calling several contacts -- both hero and villain -- asking if they need a mercenary. They range from people like Kingpin politely declining because they're happy with their current service provider to Tony Stark reminding Deadpool that he's a ''good guy'', to...

* The ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' comic story "Amelia e la grande svolta" has Magica de Spell interview potential candidates to work as her monster servants. All the monsters turn out to either be frightfully incompetent, or have absurd demands (such as a paid six-month leave every year.)
* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour''

* ComicBook/New52 ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' #16: Harley's auditions for a gang to help her fight crime and organize her life pretty much go like this; about half of the interviewees end up being recruited, half don't. Later played with, as the craziest of the rejected interviewees ends up appearing as a major character, as "Harley Sinn", the villain of the ''Gang of Harleys'' mini-series.
* ''ComicBook/ImmortalXMen:'' Issue 1 has the Quiet Council trying to find someone to replace Magneto. Most of the applicants are smug or evil, or in the case of far too many, smug ''and'' evil. Beast adds to this by also including an excruciatingly overdetailed [=PowerPoint=] presentation.
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica''

** Subverted with Max Mercury, a very experienced and qualified [[SuperSpeed speedster]]. He only showed up as a favor to Franchise/TheFlash, and because he'd never been on the moon before (and wanted to take pictures).
* In ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'', Luke Cage and Jessica Jones interview a number of their super-hero peers to find a decent baby-sitter for their young daughter. [[http://sketchcardsaloon.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/squirrel-girl-new-avengers-7.jpg The prospects aren't too great until the end]]. One of the more notable failed attempts is ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, whose line is VisibleSilence, presumably because even ''he'' doesn't know why Cage and Jones thought he'd do.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Powers}}'', suspects and witnesses are often interviewed in this fashion.
* There was one in ''ComicBook/SergioAragonesDestroysDC'', where the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' tryouts are parodied with a bunch of lame screwball heroes, including Nixon Boy (who can [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway polarize people and make a 18 minute gap appear anywhere]]), Deja-Vu Kid (who can make events repeat themselves), Cotton-Swab Boy (who can remove earwax anywhere in the universe), Deja-Vu Kid [[RunningGag (who can make events repeat themselves)]], Windows Lass [[TakeThat (who can actually understand Windows 95)]], and Deja-Vu Kid [[OverlyLongGag (who can make events repeat themselves)]].

* The 2018 revival of ''ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers'' had [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] leading one to find a new member.
* The Image series ''ComicBook/{{Wildguard}}: Casting Call'' revolved around a Reality TV show where superheroes competed for a spot on an auspicious team. The first rounds were... bad, as is typical of a ''real'' reality talent show. Notable flops included Adhesor, who was ''very'' nervous and [[PowerIncontinence couldn't even really control]] his [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway unimpressive ability]] to stick to things; Road Rash, a chubby biker whose action figure doesn't match his actual powers; and "Popstar", a singer who thought she was auditioning for ''Series/AmericanIdol''. The next round was only slightly better. [[JerkAss Toughlon and Wannabe]] made a lot of the others wish they didn't try out in the first place.
* A series of ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'' short stories in which the Guardians had been roped in helping with a musical based on the first arc of the series (Will had been roped with the script) has one for the casting. One was good but got rejected by Cornelia for being a brunette trying for ''her'' role, but the others were: a superpunk emoboy (rejected as "Too much"); a cheerleader (rejected as "Too much cheerleader"); a guy who forgot his lines; someone who managed to get rejected as "TOO MUCH TOO MUCH!"; a ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''; a girl who cried after reading the script (it was too moving); ''[[Franchise/PiratesoftheCaribbean Jack Sparrow]] in person'' ("Too much pirate"); and the professional actress Madison Johnson, who had been part of the jury with Will and Cornelia until that moment and was really good but got rejected by Will for being an InsufferableGenius ''and'' scaring away applicants with her very presence. Will & co. later found the actresses for the main roles (theirs) going around and meeting girls with similar characteristics and personalities to themselves, including [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute one so similar to Will in personality, interests and background that Taranee and Will got spooked out]].
* ''ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics'' #19 has one of these, as Kitty Pryde looks for a new member of staff for the Jean Grey School. After going through many unusual and unsavoury applicants (including Deadpool, [[RunningGag who keeps coming back]]), she settles for ComicBook/{{Storm}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "Cooked", when Mr. Loud tries to find employees for his new restaurant, the first three candidates are: a musical actress who wants the job to prepare for a role she just got, a teen whose parents forced him to get a job to pay for the damages he did to their car, and Mr. Grouse (who didn’t even come for a job, but only to complain the Louds’ dog peed on his lawn).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

** "Collateral Damage" has a montage of bad witnesses after a bank robbery, all of whom give statements which contradict each other beyond reasonable differences.