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** Samus Aran is repeatedly called a BountyHunter, except most games start with her on contracted missions given to her by the [[TheFederation Galactic Federation]], which generally range from reconnaissance to [[OneWomanArmy extermination]], and anything else is just Samus exploring and fighting on her own prerogative. Part of this is the result of [[LostInTranslation a translation issue]], as despite Western works calling her a bounty hunter, her Japanese creators actually see her as more of a general space adventurer, leading to Creator/RetroStudios jokingly referring to her as a "pro-bono hunter" when they discovered the dissonance. Regardless, while later games such as ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' do imply that she does occasionally go after bounties for the cash offscreen, she's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome ultimately more inclined to take on missions that appeal to her altruism]], with supplementary material like the ''ComicBook/SuperMetroid'' comic even having her show disgust when hearing another hunter happily talk about turning in Space Pirate limbs for the bounties.
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** Samus Aran is repeatedly called a BountyHunter, except most games start with her on contracted missions given to her by the [[TheFederation Galactic Federation]], which generally range from reconnaissance to [[OneWomanArmy extermination]], and anything else is just Samus exploring and fighting on her own prerogative. Part of this is the result of [[LostInTranslation a culture-based translation issue]], as despite Western works both Japanese and English versions calling her a bounty hunter, "bounty hunter", her Japanese creators actually see her as more of a general space adventurer, adventurer that doesn't inherently carry the specific connotations the term carries in the west, leading to Creator/RetroStudios jokingly referring to her as a "pro-bono hunter" when they discovered the dissonance. Regardless, while later Later games such as ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' do imply split the difference by implying that she does occasionally go after bounties for the cash offscreen, but she's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome ultimately more inclined to take on missions that appeal to her altruism]], with supplementary material like the ''ComicBook/SuperMetroid'' comic even having her show disgust when hearing another hunter happily talk about turning in Space Pirate limbs for the bounties.
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* ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'': Played for BlackComedy. All the higher-ups and plenty of the enlisted men are too obsessed with their own pet projects (Milo's black market trading, Cathcart's promotion, Schiesskopf's parades...) to care about the base, the pilots, the missions and, indeed, the war.
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* In Hollywood, this was an EnforcedTrope while UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was in effect. One of its stipulations was that films could not show ''how'' criminals committed crime or "subversives" did their deeds. As a result, audiences were often asked to TakeOurWordForIt that villains had done the unspeakable.
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* In Hollywood, this was an EnforcedTrope while UsefulNotes/TheHaysCode was in effect. One of its stipulations was that films could not show ''how'' criminals committed crime or "subversives" did their deeds. As a result, audiences were often asked to TakeOurWordForIt that villains had done the unspeakable.
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* Similarly, in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', a lot of classes can specialize in things other than their job indicates: Demomen that engage in melee combat rather than any demolition, Medics who [[CombatMedic attack rather than heal]], Spies and Scouts who never pass on any information they may have on the other team, Pyros that never set anything on fire, etc.
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* Similarly, in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', a lot of classes can specialize in things other than their job indicates: Demomen that engage in melee combat rather than any demolition, Medics who [[CombatMedic attack rather than heal]], Spies and Scouts who never pass on any information they may have on the other team, engage in frontline combat rather than reconnaissance, Pyros that never set anything on fire, who get most of their damage from their shotgun over their flamethrower, etc.
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* A literal example of this trope: If the following [[http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-party-seems-over-somali-pirates-201115675.html article]] is to be believed, the Somali pirates are now doing other things to pass the time due to better ship security and international naval patrols.
* The Barbary Pirates. They did get their start with actual piracy by raiding Christian vessels and ports, but then they realized they could make their operation much more profitable by running a protection racket, effectively becoming something akin to the mafia -- [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with seafaring vessels]]. The entire Mediterranean Sea was their stomping ground, and many countries were all too willing to pay up just to keep the pirates from giving them trouble for defaulting on their protection money, until a certain new country known as the United States decided they'd have none of it and brought in their shiny new navy.
* In summer of 2010, 10 Russian spies were caught in America. However these aren't your badass Cold War Russians, as these spies were hanging around in Hoboken and raising families in suburbia. Though the spies were doing all sorts of James Bondian things, like bag switch offs and burying messages, there isn't any evidence that any of their information was of actual value. Most embarrassing are [[http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Suspected-Russian-Spy-Anna-Chapman/ss/events/us/062910annachapman the]] [[http://gawker.com/5575882/the-facebook-adventures-of-accused-russian-spy-mikhail-semenko photos]] of the spies. The first of these were posted on ''Facebook.''
* "Do-nothing Congress" is a common phrase in American politics, usually used by Presidents, presidential candidates or the minority party in Congress; the charge was most famously levied by UsefulNotes/HarryTruman at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress 80th Congress]] in 1948 and by the Democrats against the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress 109th Congress]] in 2006. Often it's an empty talking point that means "This Congress has done nothing I asked them to do," but occasionally it's used accurately. When the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives is closely divided between parties (and sometimes even when it's not), it's entirely possible that very few substantial bills will get passed. Likewise, when one political party strongly dominates the presidency and one house of Congress, the remaining house will very rarely get anything done, and even then only grudgingly.
** Whether or not Congress ''does'' do anything is a contentious issue and "do-nothing" can be a desirable outcome depending on the issues on the table, party affiliation, philosophy (federalist vs. anti-federalist), etc.; moreover, "do-nothing" is usually used only in the context of passing legislation. Congress is technically responsible for overseeing the executive branch and crafting legislation, but as time has gone by representatives have created numerous subcommittees and it's now difficult to tell what Congress ''isn't'' responsible for, meaning that individual representatives may be doing quite a bit while the Congress itself does no legislating whatsoever.
*** President Obama has joked on several occasions about this subject during White House Correspondent Dinners
----> ''“I want to especially thank all the Members (of Congress) who took a break from their exhausting schedule of not passing any laws to be here tonight.”'' -- WHCD 2012
----> ''“My ‘charm offensive’ has helped me learn some interesting things about what’s going on in Congress. It turns out absolutely nothing."'' -- WHCD 2013
* Presidents often receive a similar rap, as in Creator/MichaelMoore's allegation that UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush spent most of his first term on vacation[[note]]He did in fact spend a little over 1/3 of presidency "on vacation", in the sense of being away from the White House for reasons other than official business (ie not counting diplomatic trips, visits to military bases, etc), which is significantly longer than any other President for which records of such things exist. That doesn't, however, necessarily mean he was actually off the job; for example there were many occasions of foreign leaders making official trips to visit ''him'' while Bush was at his vacation home, and modern communication technology means the President of the United States can do most of his job from anywhere on Earth.[[/note]] or Republicans' criticism of UsefulNotes/BarackObama's golfing, vacations and parties during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis. UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower was similarly portrayed as a golfer-in-chief. 45th President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump was often accused of spending more time lashing out at people who criticized him via Twitter than doing any presidential activities.[[note]]An accusation supported by his constant stream of tweets and the fact that he had taken more vacation days than the previous three presidents ''combined''[[/note]] [[RuleOfThree And also golfing]].
* According to Creator/StephenFry, rules at Oxford and Cambridge were so lax thirty years ago that students could (and many did) get away with going to almost no lectures or tutorials their entire four years there. And not just the students, either: ''professors'' were at least rumored to get away with this.
** Colleges in Japan are difficult to get into (a fact well-known to any Western anime fan), but are almost equally difficult to be thrown ''out'' of, so that many Japanese see their college "student" years as a nice break between the stress of studying for entrance exams and later employment.
* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds (if the photo captions in the yearbook are to be believed), they did absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
* There is a long list of people known as "Celebutante" who have become [[FamousForBeingFamous famous for no real reason]] (actor, singer, musician, writer, model, etc., although they might dabble in these after the fact). They become famous for any number of reasons (reality shows, marrying a celebrity, [[Creator/ParisHilton sex tapes]], [[Series/JonAndKatePlusEight churning out babies]], etc.) who are able to get by on "appearance fees" for club appearances and the like.
* The Series/MythBusters have drifted into being Pirates Who Don't Do Anything in real life. Jamie Hyneman's actual business is ''M5 Studios'', and he and his crew worked for years as very successful special-effects artists and product modelers. Jamie has since admitted in interviews that M5's activity has been declining since [=MythBusters=] hit it big, because companies that would have hired them don't want their products taking a backseat to the show's schedule, which as the show chugs on through ever larger projects is exactly what has happened.
* There was a period from 2009-2012 where a number of UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} teams would "start and park" -- they would show up at the track and qualify for the race, only to retire after just a handful of laps and collect the prize money for the bottom finishing positions. This practice eventually spread to pretty much any team that wasn't locked into the top 35 in owner points, the line above which teams were given an automatic starting spot regardless of qualifying speed. This may be why, in 2013, NASCAR switched back an older qualifying format that gave spots to the 36 fastest cars plus a handful of spots for owner points, while also reducing the prize money for the bottom finishing positions to the point where the start and park was no longer economically feasible for even small, mostly unsponsored teams. In 2016, NASCAR hit the nail on the head further by reducing the field for Sprint Cup races to 40 drivers from 43, and by replacing the top 35 rule with a new "charter" system, in which 36 teams that have participated full-time for the past three seasons were awarded "charters" that give them automatic qualification for all races.
* The Westboro Baptist Church spend most of their time picketing everything from other churches to ''soldiers' funerals'', and they seem to rarely, if ever, do actual sermons or masses or anything. Some people claim they actually make their money by lawsuits, [[https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22970/does-the-westboro-baptist-church-get-most-of-their-funding-from-lawsuits though the actual evidence is mixed]].
* When UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton was made Warden of the Royal Mint, the position was a pure example of this trope, being a sinecure given to people in the good graces of the government like Newton (to the point that his appointment letter even explicitly said the position "has not too much business to require more attendance than [Newton] can spare"). Much to the surprise of everyone, Newton turned out to be a real aversion, with the great scientist modernizing and rationalizing the operation of the Mint, while developing a network of informants to bring down a criminal mastermind forger. In fact, his work at the Mint is what got Newton a knighthood, not his scientific work.
* A German chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club is at best ''nominally'' an "outlaw motorcycle club", as it is more of a crime syndicate that cashed in on the United States-based biker gang's notoriety rather than a typical band of marauding [[BadassBiker bikers]]. Mongols MC Bremen members ''drive around in cars'', and in an ironic twist, the gang's former president [[TooDumbToLive accidentally killed himself]] whilst trying to ride a motorcycle.
* The Russian ''Night Wolves MG'' is nominally a Motorcycle Gang, which is supposed to mean either a band of marauding bikers or a crime syndicate on wheels. Night Wolves MG is neither. It's hired muscle and a propaganda outlet for the Russian government, derisively nicknamed "Tame Wolves MG".
* The furlough schemes introduced in various countries during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic have meant that millions of people have continued to be officially employed, and earning money, without doing any work.
* [[YouBastard You're embodying this trope right now if you're reading this at work.]]
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* A literal example of this trope: If the following [[http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-party-seems-over-somali-pirates-201115675.html article]] is to be believed, the Somali pirates are now doing other things to pass the time due to better ship security and international naval patrols.
* The Barbary Pirates. They did get their start with actual piracy by raiding Christian vessels and ports, but then they realized they could make their operation much more profitable by running a protection racket, effectively becoming something akin to the mafia -- [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with seafaring vessels]]. The entire Mediterranean Sea was their stomping ground, and many countries were all too willing to pay up just to keep the pirates from giving them trouble for defaulting on their protection money, until a certain new country known as the United States decided they'd have none of it and brought in their shiny new navy.
* In summer of 2010, 10 Russian spies were caught in America. However these aren't your badass Cold War Russians, as these spies were hanging around in Hoboken and raising families in suburbia. Though the spies were doing all sorts of James Bondian things, like bag switch offs and burying messages, there isn't any evidence that any of their information was of actual value. Most embarrassing are [[http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Suspected-Russian-Spy-Anna-Chapman/ss/events/us/062910annachapman the]] [[http://gawker.com/5575882/the-facebook-adventures-of-accused-russian-spy-mikhail-semenko photos]] of the spies. The first of these were posted on ''Facebook.''
* "Do-nothing Congress" is a common phrase in American politics, usually used by Presidents, presidential candidates or the minority party in Congress; the charge was most famously levied by UsefulNotes/HarryTruman at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress 80th Congress]] in 1948 and by the Democrats against the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress 109th Congress]] in 2006. Often it's an empty talking point that means "This Congress has done nothing I asked them to do," but occasionally it's used accurately. When the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives is closely divided between parties (and sometimes even when it's not), it's entirely possible that very few substantial bills will get passed. Likewise, when one political party strongly dominates the presidency and one house of Congress, the remaining house will very rarely get anything done, and even then only grudgingly.
** Whether or not Congress ''does'' do anything is a contentious issue and "do-nothing" can be a desirable outcome depending on the issues on the table, party affiliation, philosophy (federalist vs. anti-federalist), etc.; moreover, "do-nothing" is usually used only in the context of passing legislation. Congress is technically responsible for overseeing the executive branch and crafting legislation, but as time has gone by representatives have created numerous subcommittees and it's now difficult to tell what Congress ''isn't'' responsible for, meaning that individual representatives may be doing quite a bit while the Congress itself does no legislating whatsoever.
*** President Obama has joked on several occasions about this subject during White House Correspondent Dinners
----> ''“I want to especially thank all the Members (of Congress) who took a break from their exhausting schedule of not passing any laws to be here tonight.”'' -- WHCD 2012
----> ''“My ‘charm offensive’ has helped me learn some interesting things about what’s going on in Congress. It turns out absolutely nothing."'' -- WHCD 2013
* Presidents often receive a similar rap, as in Creator/MichaelMoore's allegation that UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush spent most of his first term on vacation[[note]]He did in fact spend a little over 1/3 of presidency "on vacation", in the sense of being away from the White House for reasons other than official business (ie not counting diplomatic trips, visits to military bases, etc), which is significantly longer than any other President for which records of such things exist. That doesn't, however, necessarily mean he was actually off the job; for example there were many occasions of foreign leaders making official trips to visit ''him'' while Bush was at his vacation home, and modern communication technology means the President of the United States can do most of his job from anywhere on Earth.[[/note]] or Republicans' criticism of UsefulNotes/BarackObama's golfing, vacations and parties during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis. UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower was similarly portrayed as a golfer-in-chief. 45th President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump was often accused of spending more time lashing out at people who criticized him via Twitter than doing any presidential activities.[[note]]An accusation supported by his constant stream of tweets and the fact that he had taken more vacation days than the previous three presidents ''combined''[[/note]] [[RuleOfThree And also golfing]].
* According to Creator/StephenFry, rules at Oxford and Cambridge were so lax thirty years ago that students could (and many did) get away with going to almost no lectures or tutorials their entire four years there. And not just the students, either: ''professors'' were at least rumored to get away with this.
** Colleges in Japan are difficult to get into (a fact well-known to any Western anime fan), but are almost equally difficult to be thrown ''out'' of, so that many Japanese see their college "student" years as a nice break between the stress of studying for entrance exams and later employment.
* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds (if the photo captions in the yearbook are to be believed), they did absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
* There is a long list of people known as "Celebutante" who have become [[FamousForBeingFamous famous for no real reason]] (actor, singer, musician, writer, model, etc., although they might dabble in these after the fact). They become famous for any number of reasons (reality shows, marrying a celebrity, [[Creator/ParisHilton sex tapes]], [[Series/JonAndKatePlusEight churning out babies]], etc.) who are able to get by on "appearance fees" for club appearances and the like.
* The Series/MythBusters have drifted into being Pirates Who Don't Do Anything in real life. Jamie Hyneman's actual business is ''M5 Studios'', and he and his crew worked for years as very successful special-effects artists and product modelers. Jamie has since admitted in interviews that M5's activity has been declining since [=MythBusters=] hit it big, because companies that would have hired them don't want their products taking a backseat to the show's schedule, which as the show chugs on through ever larger projects is exactly what has happened.
* There was a period from 2009-2012 where a number of UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} teams would "start and park" -- they would show up at the track and qualify for the race, only to retire after just a handful of laps and collect the prize money for the bottom finishing positions. This practice eventually spread to pretty much any team that wasn't locked into the top 35 in owner points, the line above which teams were given an automatic starting spot regardless of qualifying speed. This may be why, in 2013, NASCAR switched back an older qualifying format that gave spots to the 36 fastest cars plus a handful of spots for owner points, while also reducing the prize money for the bottom finishing positions to the point where the start and park was no longer economically feasible for even small, mostly unsponsored teams. In 2016, NASCAR hit the nail on the head further by reducing the field for Sprint Cup races to 40 drivers from 43, and by replacing the top 35 rule with a new "charter" system, in which 36 teams that have participated full-time for the past three seasons were awarded "charters" that give them automatic qualification for all races.
* The Westboro Baptist Church spend most of their time picketing everything from other churches to ''soldiers' funerals'', and they seem to rarely, if ever, do actual sermons or masses or anything. Some people claim they actually make their money by lawsuits, [[https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22970/does-the-westboro-baptist-church-get-most-of-their-funding-from-lawsuits though the actual evidence is mixed]].
* When UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton was made Warden of the Royal Mint, the position was a pure example of this trope, being a sinecure given to people in the good graces of the government like Newton (to the point that his appointment letter even explicitly said the position "has not too much business to require more attendance than [Newton] can spare"). Much to the surprise of everyone, Newton turned out to be a real aversion, with the great scientist modernizing and rationalizing the operation of the Mint, while developing a network of informants to bring down a criminal mastermind forger. In fact, his work at the Mint is what got Newton a knighthood, not his scientific work.
* A German chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club is at best ''nominally'' an "outlaw motorcycle club", as it is more of a crime syndicate that cashed in on the United States-based biker gang's notoriety rather than a typical band of marauding [[BadassBiker bikers]]. Mongols MC Bremen members ''drive around in cars'', and in an ironic twist, the gang's former president [[TooDumbToLive accidentally killed himself]] whilst trying to ride a motorcycle.
* The Russian ''Night Wolves MG'' is nominally a Motorcycle Gang, which is supposed to mean either a band of marauding bikers or a crime syndicate on wheels. Night Wolves MG is neither. It's hired muscle and a propaganda outlet for the Russian government, derisively nicknamed "Tame Wolves MG".
* The furlough schemes introduced in various countries during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic have meant that millions of people have continued to be officially employed, and earning money, without doing any work.
* [[YouBastard You're embodying this trope right now if you're reading this at work.]]
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* A literal example of this trope: If the following [[http://news.yahoo.com/ap-impact-party-seems-over-somali-pirates-201115675.html article]] is to be believed, the Somali pirates are now doing other things to pass the time due to better ship security and international naval patrols.
* The Barbary Pirates. They did get their start with actual piracy by raiding Christian vessels and ports, but then they realized they could make their operation much more profitable by running a protection racket, effectively becoming something akin to the mafia -- [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with seafaring vessels]]. The entire Mediterranean Sea was their stomping ground, and many countries were all too willing to pay up just to keep the pirates from giving them trouble for defaulting on their protection money, until a certain new country known as the United States decided they'd have none of it and brought in their shiny new navy.
* In summer of 2010, 10 Russian spies were caught in America. However these aren't your badass Cold War Russians, as these spies were hanging around in Hoboken and raising families in suburbia. Though the spies were doing all sorts of James Bondian things, like bag switch offs and burying messages, there isn't any evidence that any of their information was of actual value. Most embarrassing are [[http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Suspected-Russian-Spy-Anna-Chapman/ss/events/us/062910annachapman the]] [[http://gawker.com/5575882/the-facebook-adventures-of-accused-russian-spy-mikhail-semenko photos]] of the spies. The first of these were posted on ''Facebook.''
* "Do-nothing Congress" is a common phrase in American politics, usually used by Presidents, presidential candidates or the minority party in Congress; the charge was most famously levied by UsefulNotes/HarryTruman at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress 80th Congress]] in 1948 and by the Democrats against the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress 109th Congress]] in 2006. Often it's an empty talking point that means "This Congress has done nothing I asked them to do," but occasionally it's used accurately. When the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives is closely divided between parties (and sometimes even when it's not), it's entirely possible that very few substantial bills will get passed. Likewise, when one political party strongly dominates the presidency and one house of Congress, the remaining house will very rarely get anything done, and even then only grudgingly.
** Whether or not Congress ''does'' do anything is a contentious issue and "do-nothing" can be a desirable outcome depending on the issues on the table, party affiliation, philosophy (federalist vs. anti-federalist), etc.; moreover, "do-nothing" is usually used only in the context of passing legislation. Congress is technically responsible for overseeing the executive branch and crafting legislation, but as time has gone by representatives have created numerous subcommittees and it's now difficult to tell what Congress ''isn't'' responsible for, meaning that individual representatives may be doing quite a bit while the Congress itself does no legislating whatsoever.
*** President Obama has joked on several occasions about this subject during White House Correspondent Dinners
----> ''“I want to especially thank all the Members (of Congress) who took a break from their exhausting schedule of not passing any laws to be here tonight.”'' -- WHCD 2012
----> ''“My ‘charm offensive’ has helped me learn some interesting things about what’s going on in Congress. It turns out absolutely nothing."'' -- WHCD 2013
* Presidents often receive a similar rap, as in Creator/MichaelMoore's allegation that UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush spent most of his first term on vacation[[note]]He did in fact spend a little over 1/3 of presidency "on vacation", in the sense of being away from the White House for reasons other than official business (ie not counting diplomatic trips, visits to military bases, etc), which is significantly longer than any other President for which records of such things exist. That doesn't, however, necessarily mean he was actually off the job; for example there were many occasions of foreign leaders making official trips to visit ''him'' while Bush was at his vacation home, and modern communication technology means the President of the United States can do most of his job from anywhere on Earth.[[/note]] or Republicans' criticism of UsefulNotes/BarackObama's golfing, vacations and parties during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill crisis. UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower was similarly portrayed as a golfer-in-chief. 45th President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump was often accused of spending more time lashing out at people who criticized him via Twitter than doing any presidential activities.[[note]]An accusation supported by his constant stream of tweets and the fact that he had taken more vacation days than the previous three presidents ''combined''[[/note]] [[RuleOfThree And also golfing]].
* According to Creator/StephenFry, rules at Oxford and Cambridge were so lax thirty years ago that students could (and many did) get away with going to almost no lectures or tutorials their entire four years there. And not just the students, either: ''professors'' were at least rumored to get away with this.
** Colleges in Japan are difficult to get into (a fact well-known to any Western anime fan), but are almost equally difficult to be thrown ''out'' of, so that many Japanese see their college "student" years as a nice break between the stress of studying for entrance exams and later employment.
* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds (if the photo captions in the yearbook are to be believed), they did absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
* There is a long list of people known as "Celebutante" who have become [[FamousForBeingFamous famous for no real reason]] (actor, singer, musician, writer, model, etc., although they might dabble in these after the fact). They become famous for any number of reasons (reality shows, marrying a celebrity, [[Creator/ParisHilton sex tapes]], [[Series/JonAndKatePlusEight churning out babies]], etc.) who are able to get by on "appearance fees" for club appearances and the like.
* The Series/MythBusters have drifted into being Pirates Who Don't Do Anything in real life. Jamie Hyneman's actual business is ''M5 Studios'', and he and his crew worked for years as very successful special-effects artists and product modelers. Jamie has since admitted in interviews that M5's activity has been declining since [=MythBusters=] hit it big, because companies that would have hired them don't want their products taking a backseat to the show's schedule, which as the show chugs on through ever larger projects is exactly what has happened.
* There was a period from 2009-2012 where a number of UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} teams would "start and park" -- they would show up at the track and qualify for the race, only to retire after just a handful of laps and collect the prize money for the bottom finishing positions. This practice eventually spread to pretty much any team that wasn't locked into the top 35 in owner points, the line above which teams were given an automatic starting spot regardless of qualifying speed. This may be why, in 2013, NASCAR switched back an older qualifying format that gave spots to the 36 fastest cars plus a handful of spots for owner points, while also reducing the prize money for the bottom finishing positions to the point where the start and park was no longer economically feasible for even small, mostly unsponsored teams. In 2016, NASCAR hit the nail on the head further by reducing the field for Sprint Cup races to 40 drivers from 43, and by replacing the top 35 rule with a new "charter" system, in which 36 teams that have participated full-time for the past three seasons were awarded "charters" that give them automatic qualification for all races.
* The Westboro Baptist Church spend most of their time picketing everything from other churches to ''soldiers' funerals'', and they seem to rarely, if ever, do actual sermons or masses or anything. Some people claim they actually make their money by lawsuits, [[https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22970/does-the-westboro-baptist-church-get-most-of-their-funding-from-lawsuits though the actual evidence is mixed]].
* When UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton was made Warden of the Royal Mint, the position was a pure example of this trope, being a sinecure given to people in the good graces of the government like Newton (to the point that his appointment letter even explicitly said the position "has not too much business to require more attendance than [Newton] can spare"). Much to the surprise of everyone, Newton turned out to be a real aversion, with the great scientist modernizing and rationalizing the operation of the Mint, while developing a network of informants to bring down a criminal mastermind forger. In fact, his work at the Mint is what got Newton a knighthood, not his scientific work.
* A German chapter of the Mongols Motorcycle Club is at best ''nominally'' an "outlaw motorcycle club", as it is more of a crime syndicate that cashed in on the United States-based biker gang's notoriety rather than a typical band of marauding [[BadassBiker bikers]]. Mongols MC Bremen members ''drive around in cars'', and in an ironic twist, the gang's former president [[TooDumbToLive accidentally killed himself]] whilst trying to ride a motorcycle.
* The Russian ''Night Wolves MG'' is nominally a Motorcycle Gang, which is supposed to mean either a band of marauding bikers or a crime syndicate on wheels. Night Wolves MG is neither. It's hired muscle and a propaganda outlet for the Russian government, derisively nicknamed "Tame Wolves MG".
* The furlough schemes introduced in various countries during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic have meant that millions of people have continued to be officially employed, and earning money, without doing any work.
* [[YouBastard You're embodying this trope right now if you're reading this at work.]]
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* The Anti-SOS Brigade doesn't really spend much time plotting to transfer Haruhi's power to Sasaki all that much in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'', where they are mostly comic relief. For added irony, in the arc which is a parody of pirate movies, the Anti-SOS Brigade aren't villains at all, but [[HeroAntagonist in the British Royal Navy]]. After they and the SOS Brigade (who are a literal example of this trope in this arc) [[EnemyMine team up]] to defeat a crew of RuthlessModernPirates, the Antis even go so far as to join the SOS Brigade themselves. Of course, this arc is an AlternateUniverse, which we never see again after it finishes.
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* The Anti-SOS Brigade doesn't really spend much time plotting to transfer Haruhi's power to Sasaki all It's rather a RunningGag that much the Protection Committee in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'', where ''FanFic/BigHumanOnCampus'' don't actually do any of their actual duties. While they are mostly comic relief. For added irony, ''were'' a bunch of corrupt [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]] in the arc which is a parody of pirate movies, the Anti-SOS Brigade aren't villains at all, but [[HeroAntagonist in the British Royal Navy]]. After they and the SOS Brigade (who are a literal example of this trope canon, in this arc) [[EnemyMine team up]] story they're so bad about it that Kuyo needs a dictionary to defeat a crew of RuthlessModernPirates, look up the Antis even go so far as to join the SOS Brigade themselves. Of course, this arc is an AlternateUniverse, which we never see again after it finishes.meaning of 'investigation' and 'integrity'.
* ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'' has a case of The Royals Who Don't Do Anything. Nearly all the protagonists have some sort of exalted title (Sokka and Katara are prince and princess of the combined Water Tribes, Zuko is Fire Lord, Aang is the Avatar, Toph is an Earth Kingdom noble who supposedly runs a quarter of the kingdom), and none of them seem to have any royal duties whatsoever. Katara and Sokka spend most of the story lounging around on one of Toph's estates, and Zuko and Aang soon join them. The only times we see a protagonist do something related to their jobs is when the main characters attend a ball in Katara's honor and when Zuko is HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee for abandoning the Fire Nation to be with Katara.
* Discussed in ''Fanfic/IncarnationOfLegends''. As a child, Bell had more than one ImagineSpot about being a pirate sailing the high seas with his crew, discovering new lands, new people, and new animals... but not actually doing any piracy the way a "bad" pirate would.
* Discussed in ''Fanfic/IncarnationOfLegends''. As a child, Bell had more than one ImagineSpot about being a pirate sailing the high seas with his crew, discovering new lands, new people, and new animals... but not actually doing any piracy the way a "bad" pirate would.
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* Discussed in ''Fanfic/IncarnationOfLegends''. As a child, Bell had more than one ImagineSpot about being a pirate sailing the high seas with his crew, discovering new lands, new people, and new animals... but not actually doing any piracy the way a "bad" pirate would.
* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' confirms that Berk's Vikings didn't bother doing any raiding when they had to deal with the regular threat of the dragons, and even after they start training dragons they don't use them on similar raids against innocent villages (apart from an early attempted raid by Snotlout), although they are willing to go on raids to rescue thralls if they have sufficient evidence that said thralls are mistreated. Their anti-raid stance is for the dual reason that Hiccup doesn't approve of going on raids, and his practical concerns that the dragons may start feeling like they 'need' to go on raids for the Vikings in the same way as they needed to feed the Red Death.
* ''Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen'': Kai, an OriginalCharacter, is supposedly an Army major, but does scarcely any soldiering. Justified in that he's General Berg's aide and practically his secretary, so most of his job involves filling in for the quartermaster and doing paperwork.
* ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'' has a case of The Royals Who Don't Do Anything. Nearly all the protagonists have some sort of exalted title (Sokka and Katara are prince and princess of the combined Water Tribes, Zuko is Fire Lord, Aang is the Avatar, Toph is an Earth Kingdom noble who supposedly runs a quarter of the kingdom), and none of them seem to have any royal duties whatsoever. Katara and Sokka spend most of the story lounging around on one of Toph's estates, and Zuko and Aang soon join them. The only times we see a protagonist do something related to their jobs is when the main characters attend a ball in Katara's honor and when Zuko is HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee for abandoning the Fire Nation to be with Katara.
* Zig-zagged in ''Fanfic/StallionOfTheLine''. The Straw Hat pirates still don't attack civilians but they steal plenty from bounty hunters, marines, and other pirates. Besides looting Whiskey Peak, their first ship was Buggy's and their second (which they stole because Buggy's was too big for less than twenty people to man outside of calm waters) was ''Smoker's''. Lastly, when Robin joins the crew early, Luffy offers that if King Cobra won't allow her to read Alabasta's poneglyph as a reward for saving his country, they'll simply have to "convince" him to let her read it.
* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' confirms that Berk's Vikings didn't bother doing any raiding when they had to deal with the regular threat of the dragons, and even after they start training dragons they don't use them on similar raids against innocent villages (apart from an early attempted raid by Snotlout), although they are willing to go on raids to rescue thralls if they have sufficient evidence that said thralls are mistreated. Their anti-raid stance is for the dual reason that Hiccup doesn't approve of going on raids, and his practical concerns that the dragons may start feeling like they 'need' to go on raids for the Vikings in the same way as they needed to feed the Red Death.
* ''Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen'': Kai, an OriginalCharacter, is supposedly an Army major, but does scarcely any soldiering. Justified in that he's General Berg's aide and practically his secretary, so most of his job involves filling in for the quartermaster and doing paperwork.
* ''Webcomic/HowIBecameYours'' has a case of The Royals Who Don't Do Anything. Nearly all the protagonists have some sort of exalted title (Sokka and Katara are prince and princess of the combined Water Tribes, Zuko is Fire Lord, Aang is the Avatar, Toph is an Earth Kingdom noble who supposedly runs a quarter of the kingdom), and none of them seem to have any royal duties whatsoever. Katara and Sokka spend most of the story lounging around on one of Toph's estates, and Zuko and Aang soon join them. The only times we see a protagonist do something related to their jobs is when the main characters attend a ball in Katara's honor and when Zuko is HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee for abandoning the Fire Nation to be with Katara.
* Zig-zagged in ''Fanfic/StallionOfTheLine''. The Straw Hat pirates still don't attack civilians but they steal plenty from bounty hunters, marines, and other pirates. Besides looting Whiskey Peak, their first ship was Buggy's and their second (which they stole because Buggy's was too big for less than twenty people to man outside of calm waters) was ''Smoker's''. Lastly, when Robin joins the crew early, Luffy offers that if King Cobra won't allow her to read Alabasta's poneglyph as a reward for saving his country, they'll simply have to "convince" him to let her read it.
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* It's rather a RunningGag that the Protection Committee in ''FanFic/BigHumanOnCampus'' don't actually do any of their actual duties. While they ''were'' a bunch of corrupt [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]] in canon, in this story they're so bad about it that Kuyo needs a dictionary to look up the meaning of 'investigation' and 'integrity'.
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* It's rather a RunningGag that the Protection Committee Zig-zagged in ''FanFic/BigHumanOnCampus'' ''Fanfic/StallionOfTheLine''. The Straw Hat pirates still don't actually do any of attack civilians but they steal plenty from bounty hunters, marines, and other pirates. Besides looting Whiskey Peak, their actual duties. While first ship was Buggy's and their second (which they ''were'' a bunch stole because Buggy's was too big for less than twenty people to man outside of corrupt [[KnightTemplar Knight Templars]] in canon, in this story they're so bad about it calm waters) was ''Smoker's''. Lastly, when Robin joins the crew early, Luffy offers that Kuyo needs a dictionary if King Cobra won't allow her to look up read Alabasta's poneglyph as a reward for saving his country, they'll simply have to "convince" him to let her read it.
* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' confirms that Berk's Vikings didn't bother doing any raiding when they had to deal with themeaning regular threat of 'investigation' the dragons, and 'integrity'. even after they start training dragons they don't use them on similar raids against innocent villages (apart from an early attempted raid by Snotlout), although they are willing to go on raids to rescue thralls if they have sufficient evidence that said thralls are mistreated. Their anti-raid stance is for the dual reason that Hiccup doesn't approve of going on raids, and his practical concerns that the dragons may start feeling like they 'need' to go on raids for the Vikings in the same way as they needed to feed the Red Death.
* ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'' confirms that Berk's Vikings didn't bother doing any raiding when they had to deal with the
* ''Fanfic/WhatAboutWitchQueen'': Kai, an OriginalCharacter, is supposedly an Army major, but does scarcely any soldiering. Justified in that he's General Berg's aide and practically his secretary, so most of his job involves filling in for the quartermaster and doing paperwork.
* The Anti-SOS Brigade doesn't really spend much time plotting to transfer Haruhi's power to Sasaki all that much in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'', where they are mostly comic relief. For added irony, in the arc which is a parody of pirate movies, the Anti-SOS Brigade aren't villains at all, but [[HeroAntagonist in the British Royal Navy]]. After they and the SOS Brigade (who are a literal example of this trope in this arc) [[EnemyMine team up]] to defeat a crew of RuthlessModernPirates, the Antis even go so far as to join the SOS Brigade themselves. Of course, this arc is an AlternateUniverse, which we never see again after it finishes.
* The Anti-SOS Brigade doesn't really spend much time plotting to transfer Haruhi's power to Sasaki all that much in ''Fanfic/YouGotHaruhiRolled'', where they are mostly comic relief. For added irony, in the arc which is a parody of pirate movies, the Anti-SOS Brigade aren't villains at all, but [[HeroAntagonist in the British Royal Navy]]. After they and the SOS Brigade (who are a literal example of this trope in this arc) [[EnemyMine team up]] to defeat a crew of RuthlessModernPirates, the Antis even go so far as to join the SOS Brigade themselves. Of course, this arc is an AlternateUniverse, which we never see again after it finishes.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', the lions are portrayed as predators, but are never shown killing any prey animals on screen (the closest it gets is Scar giving some zebra meat to the hyenas).
** Subverted in [[Theatre/TheLionKing the Broadway musical adaptation]], which has [[https://youtu.be/D5oNoa0uXRo a musical number]] showing the lionesses hunting and killing an antelope, while a young Nala watches to learn from them.
** Subverted in [[Theatre/TheLionKing the Broadway musical adaptation]], which has [[https://youtu.be/D5oNoa0uXRo a musical number]] showing the lionesses hunting and killing an antelope, while a young Nala watches to learn from them.
* ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheTwoBadMice'': Parodied. It's outright stated that Jane, despite being designated as "the cook", never did any cooking because being a [[LivingToys sentient doll in a dollhouse]], all of her food is pre-made anyway and despite being sentient she still never has to eat it.
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* Worf's status as a Klingon in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. His warlike, belligerent attitude was so at odds with the requirements of his superior officers ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edflm7Hh3hs as this video shows]]) and the peaceful Federation, that one could suspect that if he ever ''acted'' the way he was ''written'' then he'd end up on a penal colony instead of the bridge of the flagship. Incidents when he actually has a chance to act Klingon frequently ended in TheWorfEffect. Oddly enough, the opposite occurred when he joined ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. His Klingon side got defined more clearly, yet his new Starfleet duties did not. He was purportedly the first officer of the USS ''Defiant'', and yet more often than not, Jadzia Dax or Major Kira would fill the role of commanding officer during Captain Sisko's absences, not him. {{JustifiedTrope}}, though, since Worf is an orphan raised by human parents in a non-Klingon culture.
* ''Series/WorzelGummidge'': Sergeant Beetroot is supposedly a sergeant but all he does is act bossy and use military jargon. Perhaps, as a [[AnimateInanimateObject scarecrow]], he doesn't know how being a sergeant actually works.
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* In ''VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII'', the Dead Dunes are populated by a large gang of supposed bandits. They are never shown attacking or robbing anyone and there really isn't anyone else in the area for them to prey on even if they wanted to. It could be argued that they are [[GraveRobbing plundering the local ruins]] but since the premise of the game is that [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the world is going to end in a few days]] it is doubtful that anyone would care.
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** Dr. C Fingz is said to be a doctor, but he's never shown actually treating anyone. His main duty seems to be reading minds.
** There's a whole species called "caped assassins" (who resemble {{Cat Ninja}}s), but due to it being a kids' game, they're never shown actually assassinating anyone (they also don't wear capes).
** Missy Kix is said to be both a secret agent and a musician, and while she is shown making music, she's never shown being a secret agent.
** Justified for Bjorn Squish, who's a worker for the power station but never does any work, but he's explicitly said to be a LazyBum.
** Oiler's job is apparently to oil things but he never actually does it onscreen.
** Big Chief Tiny Head has the title of chief, but is never shown actually leading anyone and in fact seems to be subservient to some of the other villains.
** Professor Purplex isn't shown teaching anyone; she's only really seen as a pet.
** Dr. C Fingz is said to be a doctor, but he's never shown actually treating anyone. His main duty seems to be reading minds.
** There's a whole species called "caped assassins" (who resemble {{Cat Ninja}}s), but due to it being a kids' game, they're never shown actually assassinating anyone (they also don't wear capes).
** Missy Kix is said to be both a secret agent and a musician, and while she is shown making music, she's never shown being a secret agent.
** Justified for Bjorn Squish, who's a worker for the power station but never does any work, but he's explicitly said to be a LazyBum.
** Oiler's job is apparently to oil things but he never actually does it onscreen.
** Big Chief Tiny Head has the title of chief, but is never shown actually leading anyone and in fact seems to be subservient to some of the other villains.
** Professor Purplex isn't shown teaching anyone; she's only really seen as a pet.
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, band geeks, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and indeed actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, band geeks, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, grounds (if the photo captions in the yearbook are to be believed), they intended to do, and indeed actually did, did absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and indeed actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, band geeks, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and indeed actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* The Cultural Research Club in ''LightNovel/KokoroConnect'' doesn't do actually do much cultural research. [[LampshadeHanging Their advisor notices this]] and makes them do a project for a SchoolFestival, but the rest of the time they just hang out in the clubroom.
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* The Cultural Research Club in ''LightNovel/KokoroConnect'' ''Literature/KokoroConnect'' doesn't do actually do much cultural research. [[LampshadeHanging Their advisor notices this]] and makes them do a project for a SchoolFestival, but the rest of the time they just hang out in the clubroom.
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* Magi in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' are described as people who research and study magic intently far away from other people all by themselves their entire lives. Then they made the next game, ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and based it on magi. And what do you know, not a single character is like that, and the [[LightNovel/FateZero prequel]] and supplementary materials illustrate quite clearly that it's actually kinda rare for a magus to actually do this, and not always voluntary. Averted in ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', which was written before ''Tsukihime'', and it involves magi actually doing things. [[spoiler:Such as killing and enslaving the residents of entire apartment buildings for the sake of magic experiments.]]
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* Magi in ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' are described as people who research and study magic intently far away from other people all by themselves their entire lives. Then they made the next game, ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and based it on magi. And what do you know, not a single character is like that, and the [[LightNovel/FateZero [[Literature/FateZero prequel]] and supplementary materials illustrate quite clearly that it's actually kinda rare for a magus to actually do this, and not always voluntary. Averted in ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'', ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'', which was written before ''Tsukihime'', and it involves magi actually doing things. [[spoiler:Such as killing and enslaving the residents of entire apartment buildings for the sake of magic experiments.]]
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The [[Creator/TomBaker Fourth Doctor]] was elected President of Gallifrey halfway through his run. And then he almost immediately scarpered off and went back to wandering the space-time continuum, only ever returning to Gallifrey if he needed to use his rank to get something he needed for his current adventure. Nine seasons and [[Creator/ColinBaker two Doctors]] later, it was revealed that he'd eventually been impeached and removed from office in absentia because he never actually performed any of the responsibilities of his office unless given no other choice, but he hadn't stuck around long enough on any of his previous visits for anyone to tell him.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The [[Creator/TomBaker Fourth Doctor]] was elected President of Gallifrey halfway through his run.run (on a technicality: he declared his candidacy to take advantage of a Time Lord law that Presidential Candidates are immune from prosecution until after the election -- he had been framed for murdering the previous president and needed to buy time to prove his innocence -- and then the Master killed the other candidate). And then he almost immediately scarpered off and went back to wandering the space-time continuum, only ever returning to Gallifrey if he needed to use his rank to get something he needed for his current adventure. Nine seasons and [[Creator/ColinBaker two Doctors]] later, it was revealed that he'd eventually been impeached and removed from office in absentia because he never actually performed any of the responsibilities of his office unless given no other choice, but he hadn't stuck around long enough on any of his previous visits for anyone to tell him.
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** The SpacePirates. While we do briefly get to see evidence of them destroying and pillaging things in supplementary material, with one such instance being part of Samus's backstory, the games themselves lack any instances of piracy save for the iconic scene in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' where Ridley successfully stole the Baby Metroid from the Galactic Federation facility. The ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' subseries has the Pirate Logs throughout the games establish that the Space Pirates ''do'' have a life and plans outside of trying to kill "the Hunter" (their little nickname for her gives you a guess what Samus does during her down time), with a few scans revealing that some of their weaponry is stolen from other species, but that's the extent of it.
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** The SpacePirates. While we do briefly get to see evidence of them destroying and pillaging things in supplementary material, with one such instance being part of Samus's backstory, the games themselves lack any instances of piracy save for the iconic scene in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' where Ridley successfully stole the Baby Metroid from the Galactic Federation facility. The ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' subseries has the Pirate Logs throughout the games establish that the Space Pirates ''do'' have a life and plans outside of trying to kill "the Hunter" (their little nickname for her gives you a guess what Samus does during her down time), with a few scans revealing that some of their weaponry is stolen from other species, but that's the extent of it. They seem to target galactic domination rather than plunder, making them closer to a warlord force than a pirate one.
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and indeed actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, [[DramaClub theater kids, kids]], yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, [[TeenGenius valedictorian]] of the class of '76, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other ExtracurricularEnthusiasts of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other ExtracurricularEnthusiasts [[ExtracurricularEnthusiast Extracurricular Enthusiasts]] of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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* During the 1975-76 school year at Lynwood High School in Lynwood, California, a few of the more outstanding members of the senior class -- mainly honor students, theater kids, yearbook staff, and other ExtracurricularEnthusiasts of the academic bent -- created a school club they called "The Volcano Worshippers". By their own admission, the club was created for the sole purpose of getting an extra photo in the yearbook -- besides running a memorable homecoming queen campaign for one of their members and performing "human sacrifice rituals" on campus grounds, they intended to do, and actually did, absolutely nothing. One of the founding members of the "club" was the senior class' [[GradeSkipper 16-year-old]] valedictorian, one [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Alfred Yankovic.]]
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No instance of piracy in Metroid? Then what did Ridley do then in Super Metroid? Borrow the Baby Metroid?
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** The SpacePirates. While we do briefly get to see evidence of them destroying and pillaging things in supplementary material, with one such instance being part of Samus's backstory, the games themselves lack any instances of piracy. The ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' subseries has the Pirate Logs throughout the games establish that the Space Pirates ''do'' have a life and plans outside of trying to kill "the Hunter" (their little nickname for her gives you a guess what Samus does during her down time), with a few scans revealing that some of their weaponry is stolen from other species, but that's the extent of it.
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** The SpacePirates. While we do briefly get to see evidence of them destroying and pillaging things in supplementary material, with one such instance being part of Samus's backstory, the games themselves lack any instances of piracy.piracy save for the iconic scene in ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid'' where Ridley successfully stole the Baby Metroid from the Galactic Federation facility. The ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Prime]]'' subseries has the Pirate Logs throughout the games establish that the Space Pirates ''do'' have a life and plans outside of trying to kill "the Hunter" (their little nickname for her gives you a guess what Samus does during her down time), with a few scans revealing that some of their weaponry is stolen from other species, but that's the extent of it.
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* Eustace in ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' is supposedly a farmer, but the entire area within visual range is completely barren of all life with no indication anything goes there except one time where a bunch of eggplants turned evil due to a drought. Even then, Eustace wasn't the one who grew them. This eventually causes a harvest spirit to become angry at him and nearly kill everyone on the farm because he doesn't even ''try'' anymore.
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* The Farrow Gang and their leader "Rags" Dong Chou in ''Literature/BewareOfChicken'' are seen acting like a street gang exactly once, in their introduction, when they threaten to beat up "Loud Boy" Zang Wei before the Dueling Peaks Tournament. After their fight is defused and Rags and Loud Boy become fast friends, they just seem to be a sort of working-class social club that has a hideout, and later get legitimate jobs as security for merchant caravans, while still calling themselves a gang.
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** The manga only shows a few examples of Shinigami hunting Hollows or cleansing souls. The story focuses on the most powrful Shinigami, who simply don't handle that kind of grunt work. Additionally, most of the story takes place during various major conflicts that take priority over normal duties. One major arc pits the main cast against a group of hollows that have evolved their powers, so in a way they're doing the same job they always have, just against more powerful opponents.
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** The manga only shows a few examples of Shinigami hunting Hollows or cleansing souls. The story focuses on the most powrful powerful Shinigami, who simply don't handle that kind of grunt work. Additionally, most of the story takes place during various major conflicts that take priority over normal duties. One major arc pits the main cast against a group of hollows that have evolved their powers, so in a way they're doing the same job they always have, just against more powerful opponents.
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--> ''“I want to especially thank all the Members (of Congress) who took a break from their exhausting schedule of not passing any laws to be here tonight.”'' -- WHCD 2012
--> ''“My ‘charm offensive’ has helped me learn some interesting things about what’s going on in Congress. It turns out absolutely nothing."'' -- WHCD 2013
--> ''“My ‘charm offensive’ has helped me learn some interesting things about what’s going on in Congress. It turns out absolutely nothing."'' -- WHCD 2013
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** In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', Pteppic is a trained assassin who is very uncomfortable with killing anyone and never does it -- although he does end up killing a pyramid and, in a way and indirectly, his country's whole godly pantheon. He's accompanied by Ptraci, a concubine whose extensive carnal knowledge is implied to be entirely theoretical.
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** The Assassin's Guild has many students who go there for the good education and don't necessarily become real assassins. In ''Literature/{{Pyramids}}'', Pteppic is a trained assassin who is very uncomfortable with killing anyone and never does it -- although he does end up killing a pyramid and, in a way and indirectly, his country's whole godly pantheon. He's accompanied by Ptraci, a concubine whose extensive carnal knowledge is implied to be entirely theoretical.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'', the lions are portrayed as predators, but are never shown killing any prey animals on screen (the closest it gets is Scar giving some zebra meat to the hyenas).
** Subverted in [[Theatre/TheLionKing the Broadway musical adaptation]], which has [[https://youtu.be/D5oNoa0uXRo a musical number]] showing the lionesses hunting and killing an antelope, while a young Nala watches to learn from them.
** Subverted in [[Theatre/TheLionKing the Broadway musical adaptation]], which has [[https://youtu.be/D5oNoa0uXRo a musical number]] showing the lionesses hunting and killing an antelope, while a young Nala watches to learn from them.
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* ''Manga/ZettaiBLNiNaruSekaiVsZettaiBLNiNaritakunaiOtoko'': The main character notices that there's a big ammount of delinquents in the city he lives in, even though the city is really peaceful. He notes that they don't do anything, and are just in the manga for the aesthetics of the delinquent, so there can be a BadBoy romance in the world. The only delinquent to receive a focus is described as being pure-hearted and immediately falls in love for an honor's student.
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* ''Manga/ZettaiBLNiNaruSekaiVsZettaiBLNiNaritakunaiOtoko'': The main character notices that there's a big ammount amount of delinquents in the city he lives in, even though the city is really peaceful. He notes that they don't do anything, and are just in the manga for the aesthetics of the delinquent, so there can be a BadBoy romance in the world. The only delinquent to receive a focus is described as being pure-hearted and immediately falls in love for an honor's student.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' has some in-universe examples:
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* In a chapter of ''Manga/SchoolZoneGirls'', it's revealed that Yatsude and Tsubaki are the only members of the film research club, and have never actually done any film research, instead spending their club time on cleaning the clubroom and hanging out. Yatsude claims that there used to be a more active membership, and she joined for reasons she no longer remembers, but only went to a few meetings where they basically just ate out at restaurants and chatted. Since everyone else in the club graduated, she's considered the president of the club by default (and chose to stay in part because she wanted to go to a club president meeting), and Tsubaki is only a member because she wants to spend time with Yatsude.
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* Compared to its original counterpart ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (see below), ''Fanfic/FamilyGuyFanon'' does a good job averts this trope with Cleveland's Deli and Peter's job as a fisherman. With multiple episodes now being rewritten to show Cleveland working at his deli, and Peter being a fisherman. Though Peter's job at the Brewery is still not seen much.
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Removing outdated and uncalled-for jabs at the kings of Hyrule. And Daphnes, Daltus, Gustaf, and Rhoam would all beg to disagree with that competence bit.
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** Depending on the game, Princess Zelda is shown doing very little by way of actual ruling. This tends to be justified by her being blocked by her [[NotNowKid disbelieving father]] (we have yet to see a competent King of Hyrule), being taken prisoner by the BigBad, being placed in an enchanted sleep, etc. In most cases, the best she can do is contact Link and send him to save her and Hyrule. In the case for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' her non royal duties are somewhat explained in ''[[AllThereInTheManual promo-materials]]'' because Hyrule was invaded before her coronation.
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** Depending on the game, Princess Zelda is shown doing very little by way of actual ruling. This tends to be justified by her being blocked by her [[NotNowKid disbelieving father]] (we have yet to see a competent King of Hyrule), being taken prisoner by the BigBad, being placed in an enchanted sleep, etc. In most cases, the best she can do is contact Link and send him to save her and Hyrule. In the case for ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' her non royal duties are somewhat explained in ''[[AllThereInTheManual promo-materials]]'' because Hyrule was invaded before her coronation.
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** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' demonstrates a number of other universes, each with its own Kaiōshin and a God of Destruction. Those universes whose deities take their responsibilities seriously and actually do interfere for the greater good have far more orderly and safe universes than the one we're used to; on the contrary, a few universes are so abysmally managed that they're [[CrapsackWorld borderline hellscapes]]. It's also retroactively explained that the reason our universe's Kaiōshin hasn't been able to do his job effectively is that Zamasu murdered all of the other Kaiōshins long before the series began, meaning that there was no one around to teach him how to do his job.
