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->Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. \\

--> ''Bill Shankly''\\

->Hold on, I'm going to put a quote here \\
--> ''Film/TheBigLebowski''\\

->'''Walter:''' Smokey, this is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. \\

[[caption-width-right:330:Mark it ''zero''.]]

[[caption-width-right:330:Mark it ''zero''."]]

-->-- ''Film/TheBigLebowski''\\

[[caption-width-right:330:"This is bowling. There are ''rules''."]]

->''(Smokey has stepped over the line)''\\
'''Walter:''' Over the line! \\
'''Smokey:''' Huh? \\
'''Walter:''' I'm sorry Smokey, You were over the line, that's a foul. \\
'''Smokey:''' Bullshit. Mark it eight, Dude. \\
'''Walter:''' Excuse me! Mark it zero. Next frame. \\
'''Smokey:''' Bullshit. Walter! Mark it eight dude. \\
'''Walter:''' Smokey, this is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. \\
'''The Dude:''' Walter, c'mon, it's--hey man, it's Smokey. So his toe slipped over a little, y'know, it's just a game, man. \\
'''Walter:''' Dude, this is a league game, this determines who enters the next round robin. Am I wrong? Am I wrong? \\
'''Smokey:''' Yeah, but I wasn't over. Gimme the marker Dude, I'm marking it 8. \\
'''Walter:''' ''(pulls out a gun)'' Smokey, my friend, you are entering a world of pain. \\
'''The Dude:''' Walter... \\
'''Walter:''' [[DisproportionateRetribution You mark that frame an 8, and you're entering a world of pain.]] \\
'''Smokey:''' I'm not... \\
'''Walter:''' A world of pain. \\
'''Smokey:''' Dude, he's your partner... \\
'''Walter:''' ''(shouting)'' Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a shit about the rules? Mark it zero! \\
'''The Dude:''' They're calling the cops, put the piece away. \\
'''Walter:''' Mark it zero! \\
''(points gun in Smokey's face)'' \\
'''The Dude:''' Walter... \\
'''Walter:''' ''(shouting)'' You think I'm fucking around here? Mark it zero! \\
'''Smokey:''' All right, it's fucking zero. Are you happy, you crazy fuck? \\
'''Walter:''' ...It's a league game, Smokey.

'''Walter:''' ...It's a league game, Smokey. \\
--> ''Film/TheBigLebowski''\\

'''Walter:''' You mark that frame an 8, and you're entering a world of pain. \\

'''The Dude:''' Walter, come on, it's--hey man, it's Smokey. So his toe slipped over a little, y'know, it's just a game, man. \\

'''The Dude:''' Walter, come on, it's--hey man, it's Smokey. So his toe slipped over a little, you know, it's just a game, man. \\

'''The Dude:''' Hey Walter come on, it's just--hey man, it's Smokey. So his toe slipped over a little, you know, it's just a game, man. \\

'''Smokey:''' Bullshit. Mark it eight Dude. \\

-> ''Film/TheBigLebowski''\\

->''(Kaiba is about to jump off a castle's battlement)''\\
'''Yami Yugi:''' Dude, don't you think you're overreacting a little? I mean, it's just a card game.\\
'''Kaiba:''' Card games are serious business!
-->--''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

'''Yami Yugi:''' Dude, don't you think you're overreacting a little? I mean, it's just a [[CardGame card game]].\\

Serious Business is when a story revolves around an activity where a sizable portion of the in-story population takes it ''far'' more seriously than they should. If the popularity of [[MundaneMadeAwesome some mundane object]] rivals that of Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheBeatles, and Music/MichaelJackson combined; or if there are mainstream ''schools'' devoted to it instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, then it's Serious Business.

'''Kaiba:''' Card games are [[TropeNamer serious business]]!

%%YGO:TAS is not the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]. The phrase predates it by a significant amount of time.

'''Kaiba:''' Card games are [[MemeticMutation serious business]]!

It's often a SillyReasonForWar, and can turn a casual conversation into a heated CavemenVsAstronautsDebate. Frequently "opposed" by the CavalierCompetitor. Compare StopHavingFunGuys. In musicals its often demonstrated that DancingIsSeriousBusiness. For the saying that "TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness", see {{GIFT}}. Related ImNotHereToMakeFriends.

Compare DuelsDecideEverything, ComicalOverreacting. When a relatively minor crime is treated as SeriousBusiness, that's FelonyMisdemeanour.

Compare DuelsDecideEverything, ComicalOverreacting.

Serious Business is when a story revolves around an activity where a sizable portion of the in-story population takes it ''far'' more seriously than they should. If the popularity of [[MundaneMadeAwesome some mundane object]] rivals that of Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheBeatles, or Music/MichaelJackson; or if there are mainstream ''schools'' devoted to it instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, then it's Serious Business.

->''(Kaiba is about to jump off a castle's battlement)''
->'''Yami Yugi:''' Dude, don't you think you're overreacting a little? I mean, it's just a CardGame.
->'''Kaiba:''' Card games are [[MemeticMutation Serious Business]]!

%%YGO:TAS is not the [[TropeNamers Trope Namer]]. The phrase predates it by a signficant amount of time.

Compare DuelsDecideEverything. Contrast NotAGame and MatterOfLifeAndDeath.

%%YGO:TAS is not the TropeNamer. The phrase predates it by a signficant amount of time.

Serious Business is when a story revolves around an activity where a sizable portion of the in-story population takes it ''far'' more seriously than they should. If the popularity of [[MundaneMadeAwesome some mundane object]] rivals that of Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheBeatles, or Music/MichaelJackson; or if there are mainstream ''schools'' devoted to it instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, then it's SeriousBusiness.

SeriousBusiness is when a story revolves around an activity where a sizable portion of the in-story population takes it ''far'' more seriously than they should. If the popularity of [[MundaneMadeAwesome some mundane object]] rivals that of Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheBeatles, or Music/MichaelJackson; or if there are mainstream ''schools'' devoted to it instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, then it's SeriousBusiness.

It's often a SillyReasonForWar, and can turn a casual conversation into a heated CavemenVsAstronautsDebate. Frequently "opposed" by the CavalierCompetitor. Compare StopHavingFunGuys. For the saying that "TheInternetIsSeriousBusiness", see {{GIFT}}. Related ImNotHereToMakeFriends.