History Series / Corporate

* FeelingTheirAge: The episode "The Concert" is all about this trope. Matt meets up with an old college buddy who it transpires is now a drug dealer with "connections" in the music industry. Matt struggles to keep up with him on a night of drinking before getting invited to see a band called Honeyscratch with him. The next day Matt finds his hangover almost unbearable and finds Honeyscratch's terrible "noise-rock" music only makes it worse. Despite this he is determined to make it to the concert, if only to prove to a smug Jake that he isn't too old for all of this. [[spoiler:Naturally he eventually gives in and decides to have an early night and ADateWithRosiePalms instead]].

* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: Matt and Jake are tasked with delivering one of these to Christian DeVille's former business partner and ArchNemesis, Mr Hampton. {{Subverted}}in that [[spoiler:Mr Hampton is blind and the case actually turns out to contain a single business card embossed with "FUCK YOU" in braille]].

* StepfordSmiler: All of the laughing, smiling Hampton [=DeVille=] employees in [[https://youtu.be/2qRbUBCV4mM?t=2:22 the show's intro]].

* StepfordSmiler: All of the laughing, smiling Hampton DeVille employees in [[https://youtu.be/2qRbUBCV4mM&t=2:22 the show's intro]].

* StepfordSmiler: All of the laughing, smiling Hampton DeVille employees in [[https://youtu.be/TEas95ZTURM&t=2:22 the show's intro]].

** Stockheed Barton is a genericized version of Lockheed Martin, an American military contractor.

** ''Society Tomorrow'', a cultural phenomenon streaming series, clearly inspired by Netflix's big hits like ''Series/StrangerThings'' and ''Series/BlackMirror''.

* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: In "The One Who's There" Christian gives a speech demanding more toothpaste be sold, throwing out the idea of adding nicotine to toothpaste. A few episodes later in "Natural Beauty," after shooting down Kate and Jake's idea for male make-up, John's successful pitch is for nicotine toothpaste, which Christian notes as being unoriginal.]]

Ingebretson and Weisman starred as Matt Engelbertson and Jake Levinson, two Junior Executives in Training, at an EvilInc MegaCorp known as Hampton [=DeVille=]. Also in the main cast were their {{Jerkass}} supervisors, Kate Glass (Anne Dudek) and John Strickland (Adam Lustick); jaded Human Resources rep Grace Ramaswamy (Aparna Nancherla); and iron-fisted CEO Christian [=DeVille=] (Creator/LanceReddick).

* ProductPlacement: In "Pickels 4 Breakfast", the global streaming rights to ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' are sold to Creator/PlutoTV, which is identified as part of Creator/{{Viacom}}, which owned Comedy Central up until its absorption in to Creator/ViacomCBS eight months before the episode's broadcast.

** And again in season 3. So much so, in fact, that before the episode starts, an onscreen message informs the viewer that the creators "talk about suicide so much", some concerned friends made them call a suicide hotline. They also list the number, just in case any viewers feel the same way.

* DownerEnding: The series finale, "The Wind of God", ends with the head of Hampton [=DeVille=]'s [[WeatherControlMachine hurricane machine]] development team (who were all dismissed at the start of the episode, due to news of said machine being leaked to the media) breaking into the lab and activating the device.

* StealthPun: The series finale title "Wind of God" could refer to the hurricane machine Hampton [=DeVille=] is developing... [[spoiler: or it could be a reference to Christian farting in the conference room.]]

* DownerEnding: The series finale ends with the head of Hampton [=DeVille=]'s [[WeatherControlMachine hurricane machine]] development team (who were all dismissed at the start of the episode, due to news of said machine being leaked to the media) breaking into the lab and activating the device.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Lance Reddick is on familiar territory as Christian Deville, a bald, black, stern authority figure.

* BizarroUniverse: Stockheed Barton's executives from "The Powerpoint of Doom" are GenderBender versions of Kate and John, leading seemingly parallel lives at [=Hampton DeVille=]'s competitor.

* EvilInc: Hampton Deville. "The Powerpoint of Doom" opens with Christian excitedly declaring that he's heard the country is going to war, because the company will have a chance to secure a contract with the military and profit off the destruction.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Hampton Deville's headquarters is a tall black skyscraper looming over a city.

** Smiley Juice, a smoothie chain owned by Hampton Deville, inspired by chains like Jamba Juice.

* WeatherControlMachine: "Wind of God", the show's GrandFinale, centers around a hurricane machine.

Ingebretson and Weisman star as Matt Engelbertson and Jake Levinson, two Junior Executives in Training, at an EvilInc MegaCorp known as Hampton [=DeVille=]. Also in the main cast are their {{Jerkass}} supervisors, Kate Glass (Anne Dudek) and John Strickland (Adam Lustick); jaded Human Resources rep Grace Ramaswamy (Aparna Nancherla); and iron-fisted CEO Christian [=DeVille=] (Creator/LanceReddick).

The show is known for its BlackComedy and ComedicSociopathy, exploring depressingly bleak topics with a detached mundanity as it portrays the struggle to survive in a soul-deadening office job.

* WeatherControlMachine: "Wind of God", the series finale, centers around a hurricane machine.

** And again in season 3. So much so, in fact, that before the episode starts, an onscreen message informs the viewer that the creators "talk about suicide so much", some concerned friends made them call a suicide hotline. They also list the number, just in case any viewers feel the same way.

A darkly satirical WorkCom created by Pat Bishop, Matt Ingebretson, and Jake Weisman, ''Corporate'' premiered on Creator/ComedyCentral in 2018 and has aired for two seasons; a third and final season began in July 2020.

The show is known for its BlackComedy and ComedicSociopathy, exploring depressingly dark topics with a detached mundanity as it portrays the struggle to survive in a soul-deadening office job.