* ''GalactikFootball'' to the point that most of the characters care more about the matches than about the conspiracies, kidnappings and political manipulation taking place. To be fair, their version of football involves the Flux, which itself is a perfect example of ''MundaneUtility''.
* Much to the dismay of TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, most of the world of ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' worships the Heavy Metal band "Dethklok" as living gods; allowing them to do anything, including destroying nations.
** Dethklok are so popular, their fans will go to their concerts despite the ridiculously high risk of dying, some will ''kill themselves'' if an album is delayed, a secret agency exists whose sole goal is to kill Dethklok, they have thousands and thousands of workers constantly putting their lives in danger just to serve every single one of Dethklok's (often ridiculously stupid) desires, Florida's governor was killed by rabid fans just for a negative comment about Nathan, people who download their music are ''tortured'' (often by Dethklok themselves), and the band themselves are ''the world's twelfth largest economy''. In Metalocalypse, '''everything''' Dethklok related is very SeriousBusiness.
*** It's subverted as well, because the band members themselves do not take anything seriously and frequently display outward hatred towards everyone who worships them. They are, in fact, in it only for the music, the money, and the sheer decadence that comes from the first two.
** In fact, Dethklok IS a nation, with the world's 12th highest GDP. And it's just 5 guys and the people that work for them.
** Dethklok is also a god, their songs have the power to form whirlwinds and summon ancient beings.
* Would you believe noodles? In the European/Korean animated series ''{{Pucca}}'', the noodles made at the local Chinese restaurant are such SeriousBusiness that in one episode, when the chefs believe themselves disgraced because of a just-barely-unfinished bowl of noodles, they go to a '''''{{DEATH COURSE}}''''' to redeem themselves, while in another, when they split up into three separate restaurants over a fight, it causes a sort of ZombieApocalypse, with most of the inhabitants of the village wandering as an aimless, lifeless, pathetic mob, mumbling and moaning about the lack of noodles until they reunite.
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* The students of ''CloneHigh'' take everything seriously, including cross-country, film festivals, student council, raisins and litter.
** Considering that Ponce De Leon meets a [[BloodyHilarious grizzly death from a stray plastic bag]], they kind of have a point on that last one.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' typically had Dad being the progenitor of Serious Business. In one episode he goes to insane lengths to get at his wife's fresh-baked muffins as quickly as possible. In another, he insists that Dexter be able to defeat Dee Dee at a snowball fight because Dad used to be a snowball god until he was defeated by...Mom, who explains that she just playfully lobbed a little snow at him one day and he [[FreakOut freaked out]], at which point Dad realizes he ''was'' making a big deal over nothing.
--> '''Dad:''' Dexter, since the dawn of time man has gone fishing. And not just for our little aquatic friends, but fishing for answers! For understanding! ''For meaning!'' So awake, my son, and ''join your old man in the quest... for KNOWLEDGE!'''
* On ''TheFairlyOddparents'', the weather is serious business to the people of Dimmsdale, to the point where a TorchesAndPitchforks mob chases the weatherman out of town every time he makes an incorrect forecast.
** Because everyone wants to go fishing.

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* The basis of ''{{Fillmore}}!'' is every aspect of middle-school life is overblown to something everyone's life revolves around. EVERYTHING is SeriousBusiness, including the Bocci Ball team, Standardized Tests, the School Mascot, a Mini-Golf tournament, Macaroni Art, the world's longest-living Tomagotchi {{Expy}}, Baseball Card Forgery, Abstract Art, Graffiti, and tricking kids into stealing scooters so he can look good by giving them to poor underprivileged kids in Russia.
** MINIATURE GOLF
* In one episode of the ''{{Flintstones}}'' small-league baseball was a serious business to the parents, just like in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' example above. Right to the point that after Fred, who was an umpire, made a decision that resulted in home team loss, kids' parents were threatening him in very serious and disturbing way. And Barney insulted him with a words that are "very hard to forgive". Fred was treating his job very seriously too, and proclaimed that he is a judge so [[AGodAmI what he say is saint]].
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** Then ''Franchise/StarTrek'' has actually become a [[IntellectualPropertyReligion religion]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. As explained by Nichols: "As country after country fell under its influence, world leaders became threatened by the movement's power." Since then, all the episodes and movies have been dumped on Omega 3 (a forbidden world) - and it became forbidden to use the words "Star" and "Trek" in the same sentence.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Really, at this point making a list of episodes that DON'T feature this trope would be much, much shorter.
** Special mention must be given to Randy Marsh who is so melodramatic and over-the-top, he's virtually a walking example of this trope.
** A clear sign of this trope is whenever Eric Cartman belts out his infamous "[[LittleNo No!]] [[BigNo Noooooooooooooooo!]]" {{catchphrase}}.
* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', barbershop quartet music is Serious Business: Homer and the Be-Sharps start touring around the world, and as Homer's agent put it, "women are going to want to have sex with you". Granted, it was a spoof of Beatlemania, but still.
** In the episode, "Catch 'Em If You Can" during a GoLookAtTheDistraction moment.
-->'''Airport Worker:''' I'm sorry we're not supposed to give out passenger's itineraries.
-->'''Bart:''' I understand. Hey what's that crazy girl doing?
-->'''Lisa:''' I'm going into the gold medallion club, with silver level membership! ''(laughs)''
-->'''Airport Worker:''' The hell you are! ''[[DramaticGunCock (grabs a gun)]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
** Everyone slowly becomes addicted to a jigsaw/card game thing called "Ajimbo", becoming like zombies that forget how to play other games like kickball. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] (kinda) with the implication the puzzle is an addictive ArtifactOfDoom.
** In one episode, collecting and trading "Monstickers" escalates to the point where it became the playground's currency. Everything has a fee, even such activities as laying on the grass. It gets even worse when T.J., driven to become the richest kid on the playground, monopolizes every activity, and starts charging kids stickers for standing around because they can't afford to play anything (he calls it a "loitering fee").
** There's also the episode where they find the book of King Morty's rules. In the world of Recess, playground monarchs are serious business.
** In the episode where the word "Whomp" is branded a swear word, ''SWAT helicopters'' come in when the word goes out of control.
** Missing recess in general? Having your soul ripped from your body is [[FelonyMisdemeanor a better fate than missing recess]]!
* On paper the games in ''ReBoot'' sound like it is serious business, but it is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because these games are a life-or-death matter for the people ''inside'' the computer.
** Actually, being nullified is more an AndIMustScream, but still...

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* The BeachEpisode from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' hangs a lampshade on such things with Azula, Ty Lee, Zuko, and Mai playing a friendly game of volleyball at the beach. First, Azula confers with her team and points out that a player on the opposite team has a slightly bad leg, probably weakened by a childhood injury, so they should [[FlawExploitation aim at that leg to defeat her]]. When Azula spikes the ball and scores the game point, she makes the ball ''explode'' and completely loses it:
-->'''Azula:''' Yes! We've defeated you for all time! You will NEVER rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!... Well that was fun!
** As is dating, (she's only just met the guy and had her first kiss):
--->'''Azula:''' [[UnholyMatrimony Together, you and I will be the strongest couple in the entire world. We will dominate the Earth!]] ''(columns of blue fire burst from her hands)''\\
'''Chan:''' Uh... [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon I gotta go]].
* The basis of ''{{Fillmore}}!'' is every aspect of middle-school life is overblown to something everyone's life revolves around. EVERYTHING is SeriousBusiness, including the Bocci Ball team, Standardized Tests, the School Mascot, a Mini-Golf tournament, Macaroni Art, the world's longest-living Tomagotchi {{Expy}}, Baseball Card Forgery, Abstract Art, Graffiti, and tricking kids into stealing scooters so he can look good by giving them to poor underprivileged kids in Russia.
** MINIATURE GOLF
* For most of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', this is averted, with food only being given relatively reasonable import (it ''is'' a movie about chefs, after all, so a little of this is to be expected)... until the climax, [[spoiler:when Remy's cooking -- and the revelation of his role as the chef -- are enough to ''induce a HeelFaceTurn'' in a sadistic critic.]]

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* In one episode of the ''{{Flintstones}}'' small-league baseball was a serious business to the parents, just like in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' example above. Right to the point that after Fred, who was an umpire, made a decision that resulted in home team loss, kids' parents were threatening him in very serious and disturbing way. And Barney insulted him with a words that are "very hard to forgive". Fred was treating his job very seriously too, and proclaimed that he is a judge so [[AGodAmI what he say is saint]].
** This was only the parents though, at the end of the episode the kids from the team came to Fred's house and said they thought he made a fair call and accepted it with no hard feelings.
* On ''TheFairlyOddparents'', the weather is serious business to the people of Dimmsdale, to the point where a TorchesAndPitchforks mob chases the weatherman out of town every time he makes an incorrect forecast.
** Because everyone wants to go fishing.
* The students of ''CloneHigh'' take everything seriously, including cross-country, film festivals, student council, raisins and litter.
** Considering that Ponce De Leon meets a [[BloodyHilarious grizzly death from a stray plastic bag]], they kind of have a point on that last one.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': In the episode "Date With Destiny" Starfire has a CatFight with Kitten and ends up getting chocolate cake onto Kitten's dress. Kitten's response? "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU! RUINED! MY! DRESS!!!!!!]]"
* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' where Spongebob loses his Krusty Krab nametag. Spongebob spends most of the time searching for said nametag while also lamenting his supposed LossOfIdentity. At the end of the episode, after telling the story to a bunch of people at a diner, he addresses the waitress by the name on ''her'' nametag. The woman corrects him, pointing out that she is wearing another waitress's uniform and nametag because her own was dirty. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Spongebob is utterly baffled at how nonchalant she is about it.]]
** Spongebob, himself, is a walking example of this trope, actually. He cries and freaks out over things that aren't that serious. He once cried about ''[[{{Facepalm}} arriving to the Krusty Krab one minute late.]]'' Even '''[[{{Greed}} Mr. Krabs]]''' lampshades this and says that Spongebob arriving one minute late wasn't that serious.
** The [[PoliceAreUseless police are mostly useless]], but it's shown several times that they take littering very seriously.
*** Granted. They live underwater and littering makes underwater unhealthy for sea creatures to live in.
** Mr. Krabs falls under this trope. He will put other people's lives in danger, ''even his own'', just to get the least amount of money.

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* The Daffy Duck featured in ''TheLooneyTunesShow'' takes everything way too seriously like he thinks that getting his newspaper is more important than anything (he doesn't read it he uses them to make a float of himself) and thinks that if it doesn't arrive one day that means someone stole it, and he nearly ends his friendship with Porky Pig because he took some fries from his basket, the fries were for everyone.
* Much to the dismay of TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness, most of the world of ''{{Metalocalypse}}'' worships the Heavy Metal band "Dethklok" as living gods; allowing them to do anything, including destroying nations.
** Dethklok are so popular, their fans will go to their concerts despite the ridiculously high risk of dying, some will ''kill themselves'' if an album is delayed, a secret agency exists whose sole goal is to kill Dethklok, they have thousands and thousands of workers constantly putting their lives in danger just to serve every single one of Dethklok's (often ridiculously stupid) desires, Florida's governor was killed by rabid fans just for a negative comment about Nathan, people who download their music are ''tortured'' (often by Dethklok themselves), and the band themselves are ''the world's twelfth largest economy''. In Metalocalypse, '''everything''' Dethklok related is very SeriousBusiness.
*** It's subverted as well, because the band members themselves do not take anything seriously and frequently display outward hatred towards everyone who worships them. They are, in fact, in it only for the music, the money, and the sheer decadence that comes from the first two.
** In fact, Dethklok IS a nation, with the world's 12th highest GDP. And it's just 5 guys and the people that work for them.
** Dethklok is also a god, their songs have the power to form whirlwinds and summon ancient beings.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks'', the titular Ducks' homeworld of Puckworld (ItMakesSenseInContext... ''sorta''), ice hockey is a way of life.
** [[SnarkBait So, it's Canada?]]
*** In the same way that [[EagleLand America is rednecks and football, yes.]]

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* The ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' episode "Mr. Tux" turned Miniature Golf into this when an armadillo (The Amarillo Kid) showed up demaning Private give him the satisfaction of one last game of mini golf with Mr. Tux (Private's alterego in a former life). Even Mort remarks on the "high stakes" of the situation when the Amarillo Kid threatens to blow up the zoo if Private loses.
* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb
** In "Does This Duckbill Make Me Looke Fat?", Perry ([[ItMakesSenseInContext in Candace's body]], but that's another story) stops Doofenshmirtz from stealing every fast food restaurant clown figure in Danville. Even though we ''are'' talking about a massive theft of property here, it still seems rather silly that both Major Monogram and the local police give this matter top priority.
** Speaking of Candace, the whole "busting my brothers" dream is practically her way of life.
** It's Doofenschmirtz's whole schtick. Often it's lampshaded that he could solve whatever's bugging him quite simply (e.g. moving a chair to another window), but usually dismisses it as "too much hassle" and instead builds is Inators to change everything else (e.g. moving a building blocking his view).
* Would you believe noodles? In the European/Korean animated series ''{{Pucca}}'', the noodles made at the local Chinese restaurant are such SeriousBusiness that in one episode, when the chefs believe themselves disgraced because of a just-barely-unfinished bowl of noodles, they go to a '''''{{DEATH COURSE}}''''' to redeem themselves, while in another, when they split up into three separate restaurants over a fight, it causes a sort of ZombieApocalypse, with most of the inhabitants of the village wandering as an aimless, lifeless, pathetic mob, mumbling and moaning about the lack of noodles until they reunite.
** And God help you if you run out of chopsticks. The world will scream.
* For most of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', this is averted, with food only being given relatively reasonable import (it ''is'' a movie about chefs, after all, so a little of this is to be expected)... until the climax, [[spoiler:when Remy's cooking -- and the revelation of his role as the chef -- are enough to ''induce a HeelFaceTurn'' in a sadistic critic.]]
* On paper the games in ''ReBoot'' sound like it is serious business, but it is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because these games are a life-or-death matter for the people ''inside'' the computer.
** Actually, being nullified is more an AndIMustScream, but still...
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}''
** Everyone slowly becomes addicted to a jigsaw/card game thing called "Ajimbo", becoming like zombies that forget how to play other games like kickball. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] (kinda) with the implication the puzzle is an addictive ArtifactOfDoom.
** In one episode, collecting and trading "Monstickers" escalates to the point where it became the playground's currency. Everything has a fee, even such activities as laying on the grass. It gets even worse when T.J., driven to become the richest kid on the playground, monopolizes every activity, and starts charging kids stickers for standing around because they can't afford to play anything (he calls it a "loitering fee").
** There's also the episode where they find the book of King Morty's rules. In the world of Recess, playground monarchs are serious business.
** In the episode where the word "Whomp" is branded a swear word, ''SWAT helicopters'' come in when the word goes out of control.
** Missing recess in general? Having your soul ripped from your body is [[FelonyMisdemeanor a better fate than missing recess]]!

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words "Star" and "Trek" in the same sentence.
* In an episode of ''TheSimpsons'', barbershop quartet music is Serious Business: Homer and the Be-Sharps start touring around the world, and as Homer's agent put it, "women are going to want to have sex with you". Granted, it was a spoof of Beatlemania, but still.
** In the episode, "Catch 'Em If You Can" during a GoLookAtTheDistraction moment.
-->'''Airport Worker:''' I'm sorry we're not supposed to give out passenger's itineraries.
-->'''Bart:''' I understand. Hey what's that crazy girl doing?
-->'''Lisa:''' I'm going into the gold medallion club, with silver level membership! ''(laughs)''
-->'''Airport Worker:''' The hell you are! ''[[DramaticGunCock (grabs a gun)]]''
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Really, at this point making a list of episodes that DON'T feature this trope would be much, much shorter.
** Special mention must be given to Randy Marsh who is so melodramatic and over-the-top, he's virtually a walking example of this trope.
** A clear sign of this trope is whenever Eric Cartman belts out his infamous "[[LittleNo No!]] [[BigNo Noooooooooooooooo!]]" {{catchphrase}}.
* PlayedForLaughs in an episode of ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' where Spongebob loses his Krusty Krab nametag. Spongebob spends most of the time searching for said nametag while also lamenting his supposed LossOfIdentity. At the end of the episode, after telling the story to a bunch of people at a diner, he addresses the waitress by the name on ''her'' nametag. The woman corrects him, pointing out that she is wearing another waitress's uniform and nametag because her own was dirty. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Spongebob is utterly baffled at how nonchalant she is about it.]]
** Spongebob, himself, is a walking example of this trope, actually. He cries and freaks out over things that aren't that serious. He once cried about ''[[{{Facepalm}} arriving to the Krusty Krab one minute late.]]'' Even '''[[{{Greed}} Mr. Krabs]]''' lampshades this and says that Spongebob arriving one minute late wasn't that serious.
** The [[PoliceAreUseless police are mostly useless]], but it's shown several times that they take littering very seriously.
*** Granted. They live underwater and littering makes underwater unhealthy for sea creatures to live in.
** Mr. Krabs falls under this trope. He will put other people's lives in danger, ''even his own'', just to get the least amount of money.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': In the episode "Date With Destiny" Starfire has a CatFight with Kitten and ends up getting chocolate cake onto Kitten's dress. Kitten's response? "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU! RUINED! MY! DRESS!!!!!!]]"
* In ''ThomasTheTankEngine'', everything on the Island of Sodor is somehow connected to the railway to such an extent that every delivery made on Sodor is delivered by rail.
** Similarly, racing is something nearly all the locomotives take seriously.
* The bad guys in ''TotallySpies'' take completely mundane things seriously as part of their evil scheme/revenge. An evil toy maker brainwashes adults to be kids again, because they stopped playing with his toys. Or an evil fashion designer mutating people into animals and use their fur to make her design clothes.
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