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Business as Unusual

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Business as Unusual	comment	One member of our rascally group of oddballs inherits (or has had a lifelong dream of running) a certain type of business — something our rascally group is completely inappropriate doing. Maybe it's a biker gang that suddenly has to serve as the fire department, or the strippers run a gas station, or a group of teenagers try to run a ship, laundromat, or house-painting company. One common variation has the villains taking over the business in order to ambush the heroes or evade capture. The key is that they do so poorly, and usually for laughs. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })When used as one arc of a longer narrative, it often gives way to a Montage. Also a good opportunity to demonstrate the team bonding. Related to New Job as the Plot Demands. Subtrope of Fish out of Water. Examples:
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Business as Unusual / int_261c8d3f	comment	The Simpsons:
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Business as Unusual / int_3adfb1ba	comment	In House of Mouse, Mickey, Donald and Goofy get cast in this kind of cartoon every few episodes. Generally what makes hilarity ensue isn't that they're unfit to do it, it's that the business itself is ridiculously specific, they end up working for a Jerkass, or their efforts only make some problem worse.
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Business as Unusual / int_3cd90f30	comment	One episode of Arrested Development has Lindsay take over the business for a day, over the course of which the business literally falls apart. Actually, it just moved downstairs when she wasn't looking.
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Business as Unusual / int_90a3a7f4	comment	Kim Possible: Dr Drakken once owned a muffin company. It was more successful than the original evil plan. But he recognised the success and was going to cancel the original plan.
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Business as Unusual / int_a145ed29	comment	Laverne & Shirley: Lenny inherits his uncle's diner ("Laslo's Place"), which he & Squiggy decide to rename ("Dead Laslo's Place") and run themselves, hiring Laverne to be the cook and Shirley as the waitress.
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Business as Unusual / int_bd91db47	comment	During the first season of Pokémon, Giovanni leaves Jessie and James in charge of the Viridian City Gym while he goes out. It ends about as well as you'd expect.
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Business as Unusual / int_d148f51d	comment	This is how Speedy Gonzalez ended up running his pizza place in The Looney Tunes Show. Years ago, the pizzeria was owned by Cool Old Guy Mr Girardi, who eventually decided to retire and move away. Bugs Bunny didn't want his favourite hangout spot to close down, so he bought the place. Of course, he couldn't run it on his own and had to ask Daffy for help. After Bugs named him "Commander-in-Chief of Pizza Operations to get him on board, Daffy started to take the job a little too seriously. They ended up hiring Marvin the Martian, Pete Puma and their friend Porky, and their first day running the restaurant was such a disaster that the local Chinese restaurant sent them a gift basket to thank them for all the costumers their awful service had sent their way. Speedy called Bugs out on the decision to buy the restaurant like this, since he never wanted to run a restaurant and his "I want a place to hang out with my friends" problem could be fixed by converting his garage. Bugs didn't convert his garage, but he wised uo: He locked Daffy, Marvin and Pete in the fridge so they wouldn't get in anyone's way, and let Speedy take care of all the work since he was fast enough, responsible enough, and genuinely passionate about making people happy and being surrounded with cheese all day. Eventually, the only decision that made sense was to give the restaurant over to Speedy.
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Business as Unusual / int_f0a86c12	comment	On How I Met Your Mother, Ted and Barney convinced the owner of McLaren's not to close early and let them lock up. They open the bar for a couple of hotties they had been trying to hook up earlier and a few of their friends... the entire Arizona Tech marching band. Oh, and they break a few glasses imitating Tom Cruise in Cocktail.
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Business as Unusual / int_f655ed11	comment	Frasier and Niles take over a restaurant— and their father later recounts it as the craziest blunder they ever make.
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Business as Unusual / int_ff4e1b34	comment	Dharma & Greg once broke into a small-town diner to use their phone, but when caught by the police, claimed to be relatives of the owners there to run it while they were away. One thing leads to another, and at closing time, they ended up with quite a bit of money in the till for the owners (despite "Ike's" wooden leg).
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