History Funny / HollowKnight

* If you dare attack Grimm while he's bowing at the start of the fight, the guy actually [[NotSoStoic screeches at the Knight]] and starts up the "[[BulletHell pufferfish bullet spread]]" attack he normally only does [[TurnsRed at low health]].

-->Some rare creatures are so weak, so helpless, so inept and so irritating that hunting them gives no pleasure.

* Despite being presented as a Blood Knight, the way the Hunter comments on the creatures in his Journal shows that he's actually NotSoStoic and can write humorous comments if he wants to:

** The Eternal Ordeal. You must fight [[ZergRush an unending horde]] of Zotes who take on several weird forms while humming the background music. The Godseeker does not show up to watch this nonsense. If you defeat fifty-seven Zotes, you can unlock a special title screen with a statue of Zote, and Zote's humming rendition of the main menu theme.

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* For all his bravado, Tiso ends up dying at the Colosseum of Fools before you get the chance to fight him. This is taken a step further in the Godmaster update: A Brooding Mawlek [[DroppedABridgeOnHim falls on him.]]

** The Hidden Dreams Update added a dream boss named Grey Prince Zote, a larger and more dangerous "dream" version of Zote cooked up by [[LoonyFan Bretta]], accessed via a StalkerShrine to Zote found in her basement. The fight takes place in a lavish boudoir where Bretta watches while being waited on by servants who all look like Zote. Every time you defeat the Grey Prince, he becomes stronger and gains an extra title. The full title of the boss is [[OverlyLongName Invincible, Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote.]]

* The Hwurmp enemy, on top of [[InherentlyFunnyWords having a name that's just fun to say]], has very brief Hunter's Notes. "Extremely amusing creature." These are the little guys found in the Royal Waterways that start tiny before puffing up to several times their width when struck, and then loudly deflates when they die.

** The Eternal Ordeal. You must fight [[ZergRush an unending horde]] of Zotes who take on several weird forms while humming the background music. The Godseeker does not show up to watch this nonsense. If you defeat fifty-seven Zotes, you can unlock a special title screen with a statue of Zote, and Zote's humming.

** The Hidden Dreams Update added a dream boss named Grey Prince Zote. The kicker is that the fight takes place in [[LoonyFan Bretta's]] dream, not Zote's. Every time you defeat the Grey Prince, he becomes stronger and gains an extra title. The full title of the boss is [[OverlyLongName Invincible, Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote.]]

* The Hwurmp enemy, on top of [[InherentlyFunnyWords having a name that's just fun to say]], has very brief Hunter's Notes. "Extremely amusing creature." These are the little guys that start tiny before puffing up to several times their width when struck, and then loudly deflates when they die.

* The Hwurmp enemy, on top of [[InherentlyFunnyWords having a name that's just fun to say]], has very brief Hunter's Notes. "Highly amusing creatures." These are the little guys that start tiny before puffing up to several times their width when struck, and then makes a whoopy cushion sound when they die.

Even in a setting as bleak as the ruins of Hallownest, there's humor to be found.

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* Salubra's Blessing is granted to The Knight...in the form of a big, sloppy kiss. And it makes an apparition of Salubra float above their head every time they rest at a bench, dribbling SOUL down onto them. It's as silly as it sounds.

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* For all his bravado, Tiso ends up [[spoiler: dying at the Colosseum of Fools before you get the chance to fight him]]. This is taken a step further in the Godmaster update:[[spoiler: A Brooding Mawlek [[DroppedABridgeOnHim falls on him.]]]]

** In your first encounter with Zote, he's hanging in the jaws of a Vengefly King, muttering in annoyance. You can either save him from the giant insect [[spoiler: or leave him to die.]]

** At the Colosseum of Fools, Zote shows up as a boss. [[spoiler: [[ZeroEffortBoss He is incapable of harming you in this "fight."]]]]
** The Hidden Dreams Update added a dream boss named Grey Prince Zote. The kicker is that the fight takes place in [[LoonyFan Bretta's]] dream, not Zote's. Every time you defeat the Grey Prince, he becomes stronger and gains an extra title. The full title of the boss is [[spoiler: [[OverlyLongName Invincible, Fearless, Sensual, Mysterious, Enchanting, Vigorous, Diligent, Overwhelming, Gorgeous, Passionate, Terrifying, Beautiful, Powerful, Grey Prince Zote.]]]]
** The Eternal Ordeal. [[spoiler:You must fight [[ZergRush an unending horde]] of Zotes who take on several weird forms while humming the background music.]] The Godseeker does not show up to watch this nonsense. [[spoiler: If you defeat fifty-seven Zotes, you can unlock a special title screen with a statue of Zote, and Zote's humming.]]

* As of the ''Godmaster'' update, the Delicate Flower can be delivered to a variety of characters from the grave you're meant to take it to (previously, it could only be delivered to the Elderbug by intentionally not completing the Grey Mourner's quest, and [[VideoGameCaringPotential gave the Elderbug hope for the future]]), such as Eternal Emilitia and the White Lady. For one of the characters that it can be delivered to (namely the [[spoiler: Godseeker]]), the Flower plays an important role. Others, however, merely reject it with varying degrees of politeness, and one accepts it begrudgingly. Given that one of the advertised features of ''Godmaster'' was "expanded romance options", it's hard not to see this as the closest the ''Hollow Knight'' story will get to a dating minigame or romance sidequest.

** At the Colosseum of Fools, Zote shows up as a boss. [[spoiler: [[ZeroEffortBoss He is incapable of harming you in this fight.'']]]]

* As of the ''Godmaster'' update, the Delicate Flower can be delivered to a variety of characters from the grave you're meant to take it to (previously, it could only be delivered to the Elderbug by intentionally not completing the Grey Mourner's quest, and [[VideogGameCaringPotential gave the Elderbug hope for the future]]), such as Eternal Emilitia and the White Lady. For one of the characters that it can be delivered to (namely the [[spoiler: Godseeker]]), the Flower plays an important role. Others, however, merely reject it with varying degrees of politeness, and one accepts it begrudgingly. Given that one of the advertised features of ''Godmaster'' was "expanded romance options", it's hard not to see this as the closest the ''Hollow Knight'' story will get to a dating minigame or romance sidequest.

* Within the Fungal Wastes, there are numerous balloon-like enemy creatures to fight. They loudly deflate upon death.

** In your first encounter with Zote, he's hanging in the jaws of a Vengefly King. You can either save him from the giant insect [[spoiler: or leave him to die.]]

** At the Colosseum of Fools, Zote shows up as a boss. [[spoiler: [[ZeroEffortBoss Zote is incapable of harming you in this fight.'']]

* Within the Fungal Wastes, there are balloon-like enemy creatures. They loudly deflate upon death.

* The Eternal Ordeal. [[spoiler:You must fight [[ZergRush an unending horde]] of Zotes who take on several weird forms while humming the background music.]] The Godseeker does not show up to watch this nonsense.

* The Eternal Ordeal. [[spoiler:You must fight [[ZergRush an unending horde]] of Zotes who take on several weird forms while humming the bachground music.]] The Godseeker does not show up to watch this nonsense.