1 | ''An index of tropes and characters found in an office environment.'' |
2 | ---- |
3 | !!Tropes: |
4 | |
5 | [[index]] |
6 | [[AC:Workplaces]] |
7 | * {{Adminisphere}} |
8 | * BusinessOfGenericImportance |
9 | * CelestialBureaucracy: A bureaucracy that sorts out where people are supposed to go after they die. |
10 | * CrazyWorkplace |
11 | * CriticalStaffingShortage |
12 | * CuttingCorners |
13 | * DangerousWorkplace |
14 | * EvilInc: Where a corporation is blatantly evil and exploitative. |
15 | * FamilyBusiness |
16 | * IncompetenceInc |
17 | * TheInspectorIsComing |
18 | * NoOSHACompliance: When a battle is fought in a "factory" that would be condemned in seconds if OSHA ever inspected it. |
19 | * NoProductSafetyStandards |
20 | * NoSuchThingAsHR |
21 | * PredatoryBusiness: A business that uses underhanded means to eliminate the competition. |
22 | * StandardOfficeSetting |
23 | * VastBureaucracy |
24 | * WackyStartupWorkplace |
25 | * WorkCom |
26 | * WorkplaceHorror: Where you go to work and discover the office overrun by the supernatural and proceed to try to ignore the tortured screaming in the hallways. |
27 | * XDaysSince: Where there is a prominent sign displaying "X Days since the Last Catastrophic Incident" that gets reset during the course of the story. |
28 | |
29 | [[AC:Career Paths]] |
30 | * AntiNepotism |
31 | * BrainDrain |
32 | * CardboardBoxOfUnemployment |
33 | * CareerVersusMan |
34 | * CastingCouch: An actress gets a part in a movie by having sex with the director. |
35 | * TheDilbertPrinciple |
36 | * DisappointingPromotion |
37 | * ExposeTheVillainGetHisJob |
38 | * FamilyVersusCareer |
39 | * FictionBusinessSavvy |
40 | * FiringDay |
41 | * FirstDayFromHell |
42 | * GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity: Someone gets fired for a trivial reason or no reason at all. |
43 | * HighTurnoverRate |
44 | * IneptAptitudeTest |
45 | * KickedUpstairs: Promoting an incompetent employee to an ostensibly important position to prevent them from doing any real damage. |
46 | * KlingonPromotion: Gaining a person's job or title by killing them. |
47 | * LastIntervieweeWins |
48 | * {{Nepotism}}: Allowing relatives to work for you. |
49 | * NewJobAsThePlotDemands:A character's job changes depending on what's appropriate for the current episode's plot. |
50 | * NewJobEpisode |
51 | ** WelcomeEpisode |
52 | * NonPromotion |
53 | * ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation |
54 | * OmnidisciplinaryLawyer |
55 | * OmnidisciplinaryScientist: A scientist whose knowledge and skills cover every kind of science the plot requires. |
56 | * OpenHeartDentistry |
57 | * PassedOverPromotion |
58 | * ThePeterPrinciple |
59 | * PromotedToScapegoat |
60 | * PromotionNotPunishment |
61 | * PulledFromYourDayOff: Someone is forced to work on their day off. |
62 | * ReluctantRetiree |
63 | * ResignedInDisgrace: A scandal forces someone to resign from their position. |
64 | * SleepingTheirWayToTheTop |
65 | * SoulCrushingDeskJob |
66 | * SuperficialSuggestionBox: A suggestion box that's treated as a joke. |
67 | * TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: Someone angrily quits their job. |
68 | * TerribleIntervieweesMontage |
69 | * UltimateJobSecurity: No matter how severe their violations or acts of negligence are, this person never gets fired. |
70 | * UnconfessedUnemployment |
71 | * UnprocessedResignation: Someone resigns but their superior disallows the resignation through inaction. |
72 | |
73 | [[AC:Bosses]] |
74 | * TheAllegedBoss |
75 | * BadBoss: A boss who is abusive to their employees to the point of injuring or killing them. |
76 | ** TyrantTakesTheHelm (the tyrant being the boss in question) |
77 | *** BaitAndSwitchTyrant |
78 | * BeleagueredBoss |
79 | * BenevolentBoss: A boss who is nice and fair to their employees. |
80 | * CluelessBoss |
81 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is evil or at least very unscrupulous. |
82 | * DinnerWithTheBoss: An employee ends up having dinner with their boss. |
83 | * ADoormatToHisMen |
84 | * GirlbossFeminist: A female character, usually a HighPoweredCareerWoman, and often TokenGirl, who uses the language of feminism, but doesn't live up to it in practice. |
85 | * HonestCorporateExecutive: The head of a corporation is a good person and refuses to use their company for unethical purposes. |
86 | * MajorityShareDictator |
87 | * MeanBoss |
88 | * PointyHairedBoss: The boss is a complete dunderhead. |
89 | * SuitWithVestedInterests |
90 | * UnderNewManagement |
91 | * WeakBossStrongUnderlings |
92 | |
93 | [[AC:Employees]] |
94 | * AlmightyJanitor |
95 | * ArmyOfLawyers |
96 | * BadassBureaucrat |
97 | * BeleagueredAssistant |
98 | * BobFromAccounting |
99 | * BosssUnfavoriteEmployee |
100 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: An employee is very eccentric, but still quite competent at their profession. |
101 | * CorporateSponsoredSuperhero |
102 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive |
103 | * DependingUponTheUndependable: An incompetent employee keeps getting hired and/or promoted even though the hiring person is aware (or should be aware) disaster will inevitably result. |
104 | * DeskJockey |
105 | * DitzySecretary |
106 | * ElderEmployee |
107 | * HighPoweredCareerWoman |
108 | * HiredForTheirLooks |
109 | * HiredOnTheSpot |
110 | * HonestCorporateExecutive |
111 | * IDontPayYouToThink |
112 | * TheIntern |
113 | ** DisposableIntern |
114 | * JadedProfessional |
115 | * TheLastDJ |
116 | * ModernMajorGeneral |
117 | * ObliviousJanitorCut |
118 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: A bureaucrat who prevents the heroes from acting quickly by making them file the required paperwork before allowing them to go and solve the problem. |
119 | ** BeleagueredBureaucrat |
120 | * OnlySaneEmployee |
121 | * OperatorFromIndia |
122 | * {{Paperworkaholic}} |
123 | * PluckyOfficeGirl |
124 | * PowersuitMonkey |
125 | * ProfessionalButtKisser |
126 | * ProfessionalSlacker |
127 | * SassySecretary |
128 | * SecretaryOfEvil |
129 | * SeriouslyScruffy |
130 | * SexySecretary |
131 | ** RightHandHottie |
132 | * VolatileSecondTierPosition |
133 | * WeaselCoWorker |
134 | * WhiteCollarWorker |
135 | ** {{Salaryman}} |
136 | ** TechBro |
137 | ** OfficeLady |
138 | ** {{Workaholic}} |
139 | ** {{Yuppie}} |
140 | * WorkHardPlayHard |
141 | ** BeingPersonalIsntProfessional |
142 | |
143 | [[AC:Recreational Opportunities]] |
144 | * CheekCopy: Someone uses a copying machine to produce a picture of their bare buttocks. |
145 | * DelegationRelay |
146 | * DeskSweepOfPassion |
147 | * DrinkingOnDuty |
148 | * EmployeeOfTheMonth |
149 | * ExecutiveBallClicker |
150 | * MarriedToTheJob |
151 | * MustHaveCaffeine |
152 | * OfficeGolf |
153 | * OfficeRomance |
154 | ** SleepingWithTheBoss |
155 | * SleepingWithTheBosssWife |
156 | * OfficeSports |
157 | * OneHourWorkWeek |
158 | * PlayingGamesAtWork |
159 | * ProfessionalsDoItOnDesks |
160 | * SensitivityTraining |
161 | * SexAtWork |
162 | * SubordinateExcuse |
163 | ** MinionShipping |
164 | * TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot |
165 | * TheQueenWillBeWatching |
166 | * TrustBuildingBlunder |
167 | * WastebasketBall |
168 | * WhiteCollarCrime |
169 | ** StealingFromTheTill |
170 | * WhosWatchingTheStore |
171 | * WorkingWithTheEx: Someone's career requires them to work with their ex. |
172 | * WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities - for when your day job gets too boring |
173 | * YouGetMeCoffee: Ordering a subordinate to get coffee. |
174 | [[/index]] |
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