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* ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' had the Joker trying out new Harley Quinns after the original left in a huff. A string of less-that-stellar ladies (and a cameo of Paul Dini in a Harley suit) meet his ad, including one who can't even spell Joker and calls him "Mr. G". He ends up hiring a [[BrainlessBeauty busty but not-too-bright actress]], but she's not perfect; best summed up by the Joker's muttered line, "I should've gone with the fat guy."

* ''{{TheCommitments}}'', about the story of Jimmy Rabbitte attempting to put together a soul band in Dublin, features a montage of unsuccessful for applicants to his band (including Cajun bands, riverdancers, Joni Mitchell wannabes and one poor deluded boy who only turned up because he assumed the line of people outside the door meant Jimmy was selling drugs).

-->''' Hitman''' : I just came so I could [[PowerPerversionPotential look at Wonder Woman with my x-ray vision.]] Now I can die a happy man.

* Implied to have happened before [[SabrinaOnline Sabrina]] got her first job.

If the montage focuses on the interviewer's reactions, it may overlap with BillBillJunkBill. Compare the reality show equivalent, HopelessAuditionees.

A sub trope of the TravellingSalesmanMontage, specifically of the job interview iteration of [[TravellingSalesmanMontage Travelling Salesman Montages]], however in this version the focus is on the ''interviewer''. This time it is the interviewees who are the problem, they are all dreadfully unsuitable (and often slightly unhinged) leaving the poor interviewer traumatized to some degree. This may be a job interview, a performance audition, speed-dating, or any number of situations.

** The next round was only slightly better. [[TheMole Wandering Eye and Jung-Go]], [[JerkAss Toughlon]], and [[{{Yandere}} Wannabe]] made a lot of the others wish they didn't try out in the first place.

* An audio sketch in one of the ''You Don't Know Jack'' games depicts BlackSabbath, in 1971, trying to find someone to recite the opening line of "Iron Man", only for all of the auditionees to fail miserably. Just as OzzyOsbourne is ready to give up, a delivery boy with a naturally-distorted voice is heard to say "I'm from the drycleaners. I've got your ironing... man."

* The ''LegionOfSuperHeroes'' frequently holds open auditions, and, as you might expect, most of the people trying out are total losers. [[http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/340/ see here]] for a pretty complete list (with a nifty parody at the end). Some of them aren't ''that'' bad, are they?

* ''FlakyPastry'' starts out this way, with Marelle and Nitrine looking for another roommate to help them pay the rent.

* In the ''OrderOfTheStick'' prequel, "On the Origin of PCs" there's one when Roy tries hiring for the Order, but there's a slight subversion: He's basically looking for anybody, and almost everybody refuses.

** The auditions also provided room for the Lieutenant Kettch joke; his second-in-command, Wes, says that the next pilot is an Ewok specially modified in a lab with arm-and-leg prosthetics with which to reach the controls. After that, Wedge refuses to believe Wes when the latter claims that the next prospect is a [[PigMan Gammorrean]]... but he is, one who has [[PlayingWithSyringes been modified]] to be calmer and more intelligent.

** Not that they were all useless. The rejects included a ballet-dancer (male), a dancer with a routine aimed at titilation (female), and the younger sister on one of the active cheerleaders who seemed underage.

* A variant is used in [[Film/Zodiac Zodiac]], where the cops interview a number of half-baked witnesses who think they know something about the killer. They finish off with someone who provides them with genuinely useful information that gives them their best lead.

* A variant is used in ''{{Zodiac}}'', where the cops interview a number of half-baked witnesses who think they know something about the killer. They finish off with someone who provides them with genuinely useful information that gives them their best lead.

-->'''Creeper''': Hmmm... You said ''convicted'', right?

** The auditions also provided room for the Lieutenant Kretch joke. Supposedly an Ewok who was smart enough to pilot an x-wing. This was subverted when Wedge ends up accepting Vort Sabortian, a Gammorean (the green pig guys from jabba's palace) who has multiple cortical modifications to boost his intelligence
*** Lieutenant Ketch becomes a recurring joke in the next few books as Wedges second-in-command uses a fake ewok doll to make it appear an ewok is somehow following them. At the end of one of the books an ewok called Ketch is found by one of Wedges pilots, he actually is smart enough to pilot an x-wing and even has special mechanical arms to reach the controls.

* King of the Hill has one of these at one point. A highlight includes a man who has been on Welfare for every democrat presidency but Clinton and Truman.