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* Happened during ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' 's yearly ThanksgivingEpisode. Some notable fights included Jackie and Bev fighting about Jackie's cop job, Nana Mary talking about her two abortions prior to having Bev, Jackie and Roseanne finding out about their father's decades of infidelity, and Bev [[ComingOutStory coming out]] as a lesbian.
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* Happened during ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' 's yearly ThanksgivingEpisode. Some notable fights included Jackie and Bev fighting about Jackie's cop job, Nana Mary talking about her two abortions prior to having Bev, Jackie and Roseanne finding out about their father's decades of infidelity, infidelity (though they wouldn't find out it had been decades until the following episode), and Bev [[ComingOutStory coming out]] as a lesbian. Not that it's restricted to Thanksgiving, of course; one family dinner with Bev in attendance featured Roseanne throwing biscuits across the table and Darlene bragging about being groped by a male friend.
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Not to be confused with AtTheOperaTonight where people go to have dinner and watch a show. In this trope they are part of the "show".
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* In ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons'', the family dinner turns into a kung fu fight between Frani and her brothers, armed with spaghetti and meatballs, while the rest of the family cheers.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', when Manny, Sid and Diego steal a melon from the dodos, the dodos fight back hysterically (and ineffectually) prompting Manny (played by Ray Romano, who's [[Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond seen this trope played out many times before]]) to comment, "Wow, dinner ''and'' a show."
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* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', when Manny, Sid Sid, and Diego steal a melon from the dodos, the dodos fight back hysterically (and ineffectually) prompting Manny (played by Ray Romano, who's [[Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond seen this trope played out many times before]]) to comment, "Wow, dinner ''and'' a show."
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* ''Film/FourHolidays'' featured the protagonists being forced to suffer through four meals with four dysfunctional families they usually left the city to avoid over Christmas.
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* In ''Film/ThePest'', while Pest is have dinner with his girlfriend's parents, a tracker chip placed in his underwear starts to overheat, causing him to get up and flail around on the floor to stop the burning.
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When a family gets together in a SitCom for a big family dinner, expect [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]]. Sometimes this is treated as just normal craziness that happens when everyone gets together. Frequently there's overlap with DysfunctionalFamily, ObnoxiousInLaws, and BigScrewedUpFamily. There's usually someone who's outspoken and critical of other family members' lifestyle, choice of partner, job, etc. Sometimes, there's a RacistGrandma (or other relative) who likes to stir the pot, especially after one too many drinks, and who [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior doesn't think that the rules of decorum apply to them]]. Occasionally, it's a relative announcing an engagement to someone the other family members don't like, or [[FourthDateMarriage someone they haven't been seeing for very long]].
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When a family gets together in a SitCom for a big family dinner, expect [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]]. Sometimes this is treated as just normal craziness that happens when everyone gets together. Frequently there's overlap with DysfunctionalFamily, ObnoxiousInLaws, ParentalMarriageVeto, and BigScrewedUpFamily. There's usually someone who's outspoken and critical of other family members' lifestyle, choice of partner, job, etc. Sometimes, there's a RacistGrandma (or other relative) who likes to stir the pot, especially after one too many drinks, and who [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior doesn't think that the rules of decorum apply to them]]. Occasionally, it's a relative announcing an engagement to someone the other family members don't like, or [[FourthDateMarriage someone they haven't been seeing for very long]].
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* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': The night of Sam's return to Horn Hill with Gilly and the baby Sam in "Blood of My Blood".
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BigScrewedUpFamily. There's usually someone who's outspoken and critical of other family members' lifestyle, choice of partner, job, etc. Sometimes, there's a RacistGrandma who likes to stir the pot, especially after one too many drinks, and who [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior doesn't think that the rules of decorum apply to them]]. Occasionally, it's a relative announcing an engagement to someone the other family members don't like, or [[FourthDateMarriage someone they haven't been seeing for very long]].
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* In ''Film/TheDoors'' by Creator/OliverStone, we get a good one, complete with infidelity, LSD, celebrities, and a curb-stomped duck.
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* When the Leonides family sits down to dinner with Charles in ''Film/CrookedHouse'', it isn't long before the family's dirty laundry starts being aired: with accusation of everything from murder to Communism.
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* Michael and Jan's dinner party in "The Dinner Party" episode of ''TheOffice'' descends into a bitter fight between the two and utter chaos, much to the simultaneous amusement/horror of their guests.
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An unfortunate bit of TruthInTelevision, as any advice column published around the holidays can attest to, as relatives who can get along when they keep a respectful (hundred miles or more) distance from one another can end up uncomfortable with one another if they have to be in the same room, especially if the stress of major holidays and the social pressure to present a joyful facade reach a boiling point.
An unfortunate bit of TruthInTelevision, as any advice column published around the holidays can attest to, as relatives who can get along when they keep a respectful (hundred miles or more) distance from one another can end up uncomfortable with one another if they have to be in the same room, especially if the stress of major holidays and the social pressure to present a joyful facade reach a boiling point.
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* In Creator/JamesJoyce's ''Literature/APortraitOfTheArtistAsAYoungMan'', the Dedaluses' [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas dinner]] early in the novel soon degenerates into an angry debate about Charles Stewart Parnell[[note]]MP who had almost gotten an Irish home-rule bill passed in the 1880s until he was brought down by a sex scandal[[/note]] and the role of the Catholic Church in Irish politics between Stephen's father and his aunt.
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* In ''Film/{{Elle}}'', the dinner party Michèle hosts for her friends and family goes south when her mother announces she's engaged in, to Michèle's displeasure.
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* Fodder for many an AntiChristmasSong. A good example would be Music/TheArrogantWorms [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCgxJR5dixA "Christmas is Here,"]] where everyone is already tense, but then one member who has been drinking heavily insults his in laws, followed by announcing his wife's affair [[SleepingWithTheBoss with the boss]], causing the wife to start a FoodFight, escalating to knives and shotguns being picked up, and finally the cops arriving to find a massacre.
* Fodder for many an AntiChristmasSong. A good example would be Music/TheArrogantWorms [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCgxJR5dixA "Christmas is Here,"]] where everyone is already tense, but then one member who has been drinking heavily insults his in laws, followed by announcing his wife's affair [[SleepingWithTheBoss with the boss]], causing the wife to start a FoodFight, escalating to knives and shotguns being picked up, and finally the cops arriving to find a massacre.
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* Happened during ''Series/{{Roseanne}'' 's yearly ThanksgivingEpisode. Some notable fights included Jackie and Bev fighting about Jackie's cop job, Nana Mary talking about her two abortions prior to having Bev, Jackie and Roseanne finding out about their father's decades of infidelity, and Bev [[ComingOutStory coming out]] as a lesbian.
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* On ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'', this is how Trip describes T'Pol trying to eat with chopsticks.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'', when Manny, Sid and Diego steal a melon from the dodos, the dodos fight back hysterically (and ineffectually) prompting Manny (played by Ray Romano, who's [[EverybodyLovesRaymond seen this trope played out many times before]]) to comment, "Wow, dinner ''and'' a show."
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* One Series/SaturdayNightLive sketch was an advertisement for the greatest hits of dysfunctional family holiday dinners (for those who can't make it home this year). Each one ended with the father (Will Ferrell) yelling "*BLEEP* this, I'm leaving!" and flipping his dinner plate into the air. What really made this funny was that Ferrell's plate flips just got harder every time until the last one where he practically launches it across the table.
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* One Series/SaturdayNightLive ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' sketch was an advertisement for the greatest hits of dysfunctional family holiday dinners (for those who can't make it home this year). Each one ended with the father (Will Ferrell) yelling "*BLEEP* this, I'm leaving!" and flipping his dinner plate into the air. What really made this funny was that Ferrell's plate flips just got harder every time until the last one where he practically launches it across the table.
