getting fired from one's job theme
A character is informed that they have been sacked, laid off, or otherwise terminated from their employment (or copes with the immediate aftermath of such a communication).
Examples
In ahp1x14 "A Bullet for Baldwin", Mr. Baldwin tells Mr. Stepp he is fired so Mr. Stepp fetches a gun and promptly fires it at Mr. Baldwin.
46 total · 9 major · 37 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh1x12 | major | Hadley learned that he had been fired for making a drunken fool of himself at a big shareholder presentation. |
| ahp1x14 | major | Mr. Stepp was fired (and then he fired). |
| ahp4x20 | major | Andrew was being let go after 37 years for being too old. |
| ahp6x05 | major | Miss Dent didn't take it very well when Mr. Blake callously fired her the day after their romantic liaison. |
| blackmirror7x01 | major | Both Amanda and Ted lost their jobs and found themselves in dire financial straits. |
| movie: Death Machine (1994) | major | Jack Dante didn't take getting fired from his job as a weapons designer very well. He quickly thereafter let loose his ultimate weapon, a mechanical T. Rex-like contraption, on his superior, Cale. |
| movie: How Green Was My Valley (1940) | major | The coal miners feared getting discharged from the mine due to wage competition. Later many were discharged, including two of Gwilym Morgan's sons. After their termination, they left the country to seek their fortunes abroad. |
| tftc1989e1x01 | major | Niles didn't take it very well when he got caned from his job as prison executioner after 12 years of enthusiastic service. Instead of finding a new line of work, he became a vigilante and went about executing acquitted murder suspects. |
| tftc1989e6x03 | major | Rolanda was doomed to repeat the fateful day of her firing from the Tales from the Crypt comic book publishing unit. |
| ahh1x15 | minor | Andrew thought the leave of absence was tantamount to getting fired, and told his boss he'd quit instead. |