History SeriousBusiness / Film

* In ''AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas'', Harold's father-in-law (played by DannyTrejo) takes Christmas and especially Christmas trees very seriously. Naturally the tree he brought is destroyed by Kumar and the title characters have to go out and find a replacement.

* Another Disney Channel example would be AlleyCatsStrike. however, despite first guess, the SeriousBusiness isn't so much bowling itself, but rather the rivalry between the city's two schools. Though in this case the {{Nakama}} are as bewildered by their schools behavior as anyone else would be.

* In ''[[{{Film/Ptitleg61am70o3b3w}} The MASH Movie]]'', the priest lets the main character know that one of the others is severely depressed and considering suicide by stating "He said poker is only a game"

* ''TheMightyDucks'': The local newspaper not only covers the games of a bunch of 12-year olds, but features them with ''headlines'', one including a dramatic "Face-Off" of the two coaches before the final game.
** That's nothing compared to the 'villain coach'. During the game, he tells his team to intentionally hurt a player on the Duck's team due to him being on the Duck's due to re-zoning. Jesus Christ man, it's a game between 12 year olds. Most men buy flashy sports cars to overcompensate, not try to turn a pre-teen game into a blood sport.

* In ''Mean Machine'' and ''The Longest Yard'', association football and American football are SeriousBusiness to convicted felons.

* Christopher Guest's line of {{mockumentary}} comedies each deal with a different subject in this trope: community theater in ''Waiting for Guffman'', dog shows in ''BestInShow'', and folk music in ''AMightyWind''.

* ''{{King of Kong}}'' is about all the drama behind ''DonkeyKong'' world records. "''DonkeyKong'' kill screen coming up..." There was even more serious business behind the scenes. Careful editing played up the rivalry and made a more obvious villain out of one of the players. The fandom went apeshit at the CharacterDerailment. The film's director claimed that he actually tried to downplay Mitchell's general assholery, because it would have made the documentary too dark and depressing.

* ''TheWizard'' plays with this trope in that in the world of the film, Nintendo is an integral part of the culture. Everyone knows it, everyone plays, and everyone's plugged in, to the point where "Video Armageddon" is greater than the Super Bowl.

* Jack Black's character puts it in exactly these terms in SchoolOfRock: "Now, this is serious business here. We've got a mission. Putting on a great rock show is the most important thing. One great rock show can change the world."
* Another Disney Channel example would be AlleyCatsStrike. however, despite first guess, the SeriousBusiness isn't so much bowling itself, but rather the rivalry between the city's two schools. Though in this case the {{Nakama}} are as bewildered by their schools behavior as anyone else would be.

*** Unfortunately TruthInTelevision applies here. Many parents and coaches invovled in youth sports take it way too far.

* ''{{Wallace and Gromit}}: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' is what the writers call "perhaps the first vegetarian horror movie." To keep some kind of tension, given that the monster is no threat to people, it turns out that everyone in town is insanely protective of their vegetables. For them, country fairs are serious business. "We're simple folk! It's all we have!" Competitive growing ''is'' sometimes taken quite seriously, with incidents of sabotage and theft.

** Very flagrantly TruthInTelevision: dares are absolutely serious business for children. It has a lot to do with the fact that if you follow through on a dare, in a week you'll just be that nutjob who kissed crazy Mrs. Tinkwaller's cat on the butt, but if you ''don't'', you'll be that guy who was too much of a pussy to lick a worm ''for the rest of your public school career'', during a period of your life when you're not even old enough to seriously believe it will ever end. It says something about children that Hollywood can't accurately portray their behavior except when they're being assholes to one another.

* ''{{King of Kong}}'' is about all the drama behind ''DonkeyKong'' world records. "''DonkeyKong'' kill screen coming up..."
** It's a very bizarre thing to hear a little boy telling ''his dad'' to stop playing video games.
** There was even more serious business behind the scenes. Careful editing played up the rivalry and made a more obvious villain out of one of the players - the fandom went apeshit at the CharacterDerailment, taking sides and flinging poo at anyone who popped their head out to say they thought it was biased/unbiased.
*** The funny thing is that according to the film's director, he actually edited the film to severely downplay Mitchell's general assholery, because it would have made the documentary too dark and depressing.

* ''{{Wallace and Gromit}}: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'' is what the writers call "perhaps the first vegetarian horror movie." To keep some kind of tension, given that the monster is no threat to people, it turns out that everyone in town is insanely protective of their vegetables. For them, country fairs are serious business. "We're simple folk! It's all we have!"
** This is verging on TruthInTelevision - while the precautions might not be so charmingly over-the-top, competitive growing ''is'' sometimes taken as seriously as this, and sabotage and theft are far from unknown.

** TruthInTelevision. Similar message in [[strike: ''Mean Machine'']] ''The Longest Yard'', in which [[strike: association]] football is SeriousBusiness to convicted felons.

** ''Fanboys'' gives ''StarWars'' fans the same treatment.

* Jack Black's character puts it in exactly these terms in SchoolOfRock: "Now, this is serious business here. We've got a mission. Putting on a great rock show is the most important thing. One great rock show can change the world."

* Walter in ''TheBigLebowski'' has bowling. He's willing to pull a gun over a rules infraction, and he'll even break the sabbath to prevent a team member from quitting. He's also obsessed about Vietnam, but that really was serious business.
** After 1975, the VietnamWar has become increasingly less serious.

* In ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/Ptitleg61am70o3b3w The MASH Movie]]'', the priest lets the main character know that one of the others is severely depressed and considering suicide by stating "He said poker is only a game"

* Christopher Guest's line of "mockumentaries" each deal with a different subject in this trope: community theater in ''Waiting for Guffman'', dog shows in ''Best in Show'', and folk music in ''AMightyWind''.

* The zombie film ''HideAndCreep'' has a precious moment of this toward the beginning, where one of the main characters enters a diner and orders Coke, only to find out that they only serve Pepsi. He then goes into a massive pro-Coke/anti-Pepsi rant, finally summing up that the diner was "like red China" for not giving the diners their choice of cola.

* The zombie film ''HideAndSeek'' has a precious moment of this toward the beginning, where one of the main characters enters a diner and orders Coke, only to find out that they only serve Pepsi. He then goes into a massive pro-Coke/anti-Pepsi rant, finally summing up that the diner was "like red China" for not giving the diners their choice of cola.

* The sport Baseketball from the film {{Baseketball}} becomes serious business to many people very quickly, becoming one of the most popular sports in America only a few years after being invented by two drunk guys. And then the plot of the film is based around one of the team owners trying to make it ''Serious'' Business, trying to get the rules changed so making serious money is more possible.

* The film ''AkeelahAndTheBee'' has a character named Dylan, whose father ''insists'' that he be AsianAndNerdy and beat the titular character in the national spelling bee by saying that if he comes in second place in anything, he'll be second place for life.

* ''GodOfCookery'' is a film about a disgraced chef battling to regain his honour.

* Wrist-cutting and being a ganguro in ''[[{{ptitlekeueal74}} Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl]]'' is treated like this.