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* Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.

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* Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.confusion, and kicking the 'boot' in case it might come off.
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-->'''Lee''': Shut up, Hester.

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-->'''Lee''': Shut up, Hester.Hester.
* Father Macphail doesn't know what a blanket fort is.
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-->'''Lee''': Yeah.

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-->'''Lee''': Yeah.Yep.

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* Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.



* Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.

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* Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he Serafina Pekkala has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.just dropped the bombshell of Lyra's destiny on Lee and Hester, putting her under Lee's protection before flying away.
-->'''Hester''': Impressive.
-->'''Lee''': Yeah.
-->'''Hester''': And they want ''you'' on their team?!?
-->'''Lee''': Shut up, Hester.

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-->''John Faa'': I remember you as a younger man, Coram. You weren't much to look at even then.

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-->''John Faa'': -->'''John Faa''': I remember you as a younger man, Coram. You weren't much to look at even then.


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* Lyra successfully bullshits Lee into joining the expedition by claiming to represent John Faa. When she gets caught in the lie:
-->'''John Faa''': Who's this?
-->'''Lee''': (Beat) You told me he'd asked for me!
-->'''Lyra''': No, [[ExactWords I told you he'd be grateful for you]].
-->'''Lee''': I was working on him already being grateful. You have entirely messed up my sales pitch.
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* Fader Coram worries that their years apart and MayflyDecemberRomance will have made him undesirable for Serafina. John Faa disabuses him of the idea that his appearance is a factor.
-->''John Faa'': I remember you as a younger man, Coram. You weren't much to look at even then.

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* In the TV series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.

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* In the TV series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.



-->'''Iorek:''' (''cheerfully'') It's good to see you, too!

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-->'''Iorek:''' (''cheerfully'') It's good to see you, too!too!
* Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.
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-->'''Lyra''': You mean you brought one for yourself.

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-->'''Lyra''': You mean you brought one got an extra for yourself.
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-->'''Roger''': ([[Beat]]) This may be true.

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-->'''Roger''': ([[Beat]]) (Beat) This may be true.
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* Roger serving Lyra breakfast:
-->'''Roger''': I brought you an extra sausage.
-->'''Lyra''': You mean you brought one for yourself.
-->'''Roger''': ([[Beat]]) This may be true.
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* Pantalaimon's CharacterEstablishingMoment in the first chapter of the first book:

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* Pantalaimon's CharacterEstablishingMoment EstablishingCharacterMoment in the first chapter of the first book:



** Asriel deliberately knocks a decanter of wine off a table, shattering it. For a moment, James McAvoy becomes a typical internet cat knocking objects off tables on purpose.

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** Asriel deliberately knocks a decanter of wine off a table, shattering it. For a moment, James McAvoy Creator/JamesMcAvoy becomes a typical internet cat knocking objects off tables on purpose.

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* Pantalaimon's CharacterEstablishingMoment in the first chapter of the first book:
--->'''Lyra:''' I can't just sit here and watch them give him poison!
--->'''Pan:''' Come somewhere else, then.
--->'''Lyra:''' You're a coward, Pan.
--->'''Pan:''' Certainly I am.
* Lyra making an omelette in the second book.
* Many of Lyra's fanciful embellishment in the first half of the first book, especially descriptions of Lord Asriel's duels and epic cunning.
* In the TV series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.

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* Pantalaimon's CharacterEstablishingMoment in the first chapter of the first book:
--->'''Lyra:''' I can't just sit here and watch them give him poison!
--->'''Pan:''' Come somewhere else, then.
--->'''Lyra:''' You're a coward, Pan.
--->'''Pan:''' Certainly I am.

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* Pantalaimon's CharacterEstablishingMoment in the first chapter of the first book:
--->'''Lyra:''' I can't just sit here and watch them give him poison!
--->'''Pan:''' Come somewhere else, then.
--->'''Lyra:''' You're a coward, Pan.
--->'''Pan:''' Certainly I am.



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* Lyra making an omelette in the second book.
* Many of Lyra's fanciful embellishment in the first half of the first book, especially descriptions of Lord Asriel's duels and epic cunning.
* In the TV series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.
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* Also in the BBC/HBO series, Lyra in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so. He's not even mad.

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* Also The subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) ways in which the series plays up the AnimalStereotypes, so that people act like the animal their daemon takes the form of.
** Asriel deliberately knocks a decanter of wine off a table, shattering it. For a moment, James McAvoy becomes a typical internet cat knocking objects off tables on purpose.
** Lee's fighting style is based on his Arctic Hare daemon Hester. This manifests in him frequently kicking attackers
in the BBC/HBO series, balls with both feet.
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Lyra is in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so. He's not even mad.

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-->'''Children''': ''AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!''

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-->'''Children''': ''AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!''''AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!''
* ''Iorek'' of all characters gets a funny moment in the Battle of Bolvangar.
-->'''Lyra:''' What took you so long?
-->'''Iorek:''' (''cheerfully'') It's good to see you, too!
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* Also in the BBC/HBO series, Lyra in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so. He's not even mad.

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* Also in the BBC/HBO series, Lyra in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so. He's not even mad.mad.
* In the series, Dr Rendal and two of the Tartars corner the fleeing children at Bolvangar. Because he's quite a nice-seeming and personable guy, the children don't panic:
-->'''Dr Rendal''': All right, children, let's not get excited now. Let's not get silly. Let's just do as we're told, shall we?
-->[''The children look like they might do it. Then Ma Costa and two Gyptians appear and the Tartars get skewered. Ma Costa shoves Dr Rendal up against the wall and grabs him by the head. The children stare in horror.'']
-->'''Ma Costa''': Tell me, do you remember Billy Costa?
-->'''Dr Rendal''': [''panicking''] It wasn't my fault. It was just obeying orders.
-->'''Ma Costa''': He was only a boy!\\
[''She breaks his neck. The children stare at her in horror. She turns to them and tries to give them a reassuring smile.'']
-->'''Ma Costa''': We've come to rescue you!
-->'''Children''': ''AAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!''
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* In the BBC tv series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in confusion.
* Also in the BBC/HBO series, Lyra in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so.

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* In the BBC tv TV series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in very visible confusion.
* Also in the BBC/HBO series, Lyra in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so. He's not even mad.

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--->'''Lyra:''' I can't just sit here ane watch them give him poison!

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--->'''Lyra:''' I can't just sit here ane and watch them give him poison!



* In the BBC tv series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in confusion.

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* In the BBC tv series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in confusion.confusion.
* Also in the BBC/HBO series, Lyra in Trollesund persuading Lee Scoresby to work for her and the Gyptians, and eating literally all the bacon off his breakfast plate while doing so.
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--->'''Lyra:''' You're a coward, Pan.
--->'''Pan:''' Certainly I am.
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* Pantalaimon's CharacterEstablishingMoment in the first chapter of the first book:
--->'''Lyra:''' I can't just sit here ane watch them give him poison!
--->'''Pan:''' Come somewhere else, then.
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* Many of Lyra's fanciful embellishment in the first half of the first book, especially descriptions of Lord Asriel's duels and epic cunning.

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* Many of Lyra's fanciful embellishment in the first half of the first book, especially descriptions of Lord Asriel's duels and epic cunning.cunning.
* In the BBC tv series, Lord Boreal clearly doesn't get how parking functions in our world. The first time we see him cross over, he has several parking tickets. The second time, he's been clamped, leaving him staring at his grounded car in confusion.
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* Lyra making an omelette in the second book.

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* Lyra making an omelette in the second book.book.
* Many of Lyra's fanciful embellishment in the first half of the first book, especially descriptions of Lord Asriel's duels and epic cunning.
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'''Pan:''' It'll say you have an unhealthy obsession, and you ought to take up playing the recorder.

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'''Pan:''' It'll say you have an unhealthy obsession, and you ought to take up playing the recorder.recorder.
* Lyra making an omelette in the second book.
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* -* On getting Iofur Raknisson to cooperate:
-->'''Pan:''' Flatter him. Tell him he smells nice.

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* -* ** On getting Iofur Raknisson to cooperate:
-->'''Pan:''' --->'''Pan:''' Flatter him. Tell him he smells nice.
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** On getting Iofur Raknisson to cooperate:

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** *-* On getting Iofur Raknisson to cooperate:



-->'''Lyra:''' It's really like a window?\\

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-->'''Lyra:''' --->'''Lyra:''' It's really like a window?\\



-->'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\

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-->'''Lyra:''' --->'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\
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** On locating the window through the worlds:
-->'''Lyra:''' It's really like a window?\\
'''Will:''' Yeah -- only -- it's not like anything you've ever seen before as well.\\
'''Pan:''' That's helpful. "Like a window you've never seen before." Huh!
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'''Pan:''' You've got a thing about skulls.\\
'''Lyra:''' I haven't!\\

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'''Pan:''' You've got a thing about skulls.\\
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'''Lyra:''' I haven't!\\ haven't!\\
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-->>'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\

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-->>'''Lyra:''' -->'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\
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-->>'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\

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-->>'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\ Grumman's!\\
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* There aren't many laughs to be found in the series, though the BBC radio drama adaptation is slightly more campy and includes a few more funny lines -- quite a few of them courtesy of Pantalaimon, who's become a bit of a DeadpanSnarker in this version.
** On getting Iofur Raknisson to cooperate:
-->'''Pan:''' Flatter him. Tell him he smells nice.
** In the museum:
-->>'''Lyra:''' A human skull with holes in it? And there's Stanislaus Grumman's!\\
'''Pan:''' You've got a thing about skulls.\\
'''Lyra:''' I haven't!\\
'''Pan:''' Have. \\
'''Lyra:''' The museum's deserted. Let's ask the alethiometer about it.\\
'''Pan:''' It'll say you have an unhealthy obsession, and you ought to take up playing the recorder.

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