History Funny / TheHardyBoys

* In ''Shadows at Predator Reef'', the brothers rescue a kidnapped sea turtle and bring it back to the aquarium just in time to interrupt [[Da Chief the local police chief's]] press conference about how he has been unable to solve the case. Even more hilariously, the chief doesn't notice for several seconds and keeps talking about his lack of success while growing puzzled by how animated the crowd is getting.

* In ''Showdown at Predator Reef'', the brothers rescue a kidnapped sea turtle and bring it back to the aquarium just in time to interrupt [[Da Chief the local police chief's]] press conference about how he has been unable to solve the case. Even more hilariously, the chief doesn't notice for several seconds and keeps talking about his lack of success while growing puzzled by how animated the crowd is getting.

* In "The Prime Time Crime", two rival {{Amateur Sleuth}}s plant a video camera in the office of a suspect at a TV station, but accidentally hook it up to the live TV, broadcasting his sloppy eating habits for all to see. The guy then sees himself on TV and snarls he's going to murder those kids.

--> Frank felt a bubble to excitement growing in his mind. "Are you saying that your ancestor, the guy who hid the treasure, made a point of telling his family they would find wealth around the fireplace? [[IdiotBall And none of them bothered to search there?]] Frank looked around the circle of stunned faces. "Could a couple of you go get a long ladder?" he asked.

* In ''The Sky Blue Frame'' the brothers and Chet are staging a mystery weekend (which gets hijacked for a genuine crime spree) with Chet as the culprit. Early in the story, Joe gets in a good zinger at an obnoxious guest.

* Frank's EurekaMoment at the End of "The Castle Conundrum", solving the treasure hunt subplot after hearing the family motto.

** Later on, Joe expressing doubt that anyone whose favorite song is Bohemian Rhapsody (and who only made him do one push up for bungigin the recital) can be ''that'' bad.

-->'''Chet:''' "The CSA stands for 'Can't Stand the Army.' The guns stacked up means they're going to stop fighting and sit down under that tree and eat breakfast. That big round thing's an egg."
-->'''Joe:''' "What about the numbers?"
-->'''Chet:''' "That's just to confuse us!"

* "Mystery of the Chinese Junk" had the boys and their friends getting their fortune cookies. Everyone had a laugh at each fortune, but ESPECIALLY at what Chet's reads:

* In "The Prime Time Crime" two rival AmateurSleuth's trying to plant a video camera in the office of a suspect at a TV statin accidentally hook it up to the live TV and play him being a sloppy eater. The guy then sees himself on TV and snarls he's going to murder those kids.

* Most of what comes out of Playback the parrots mouth in the ''Undercover Brothers'' series.
* In the "Super Mysteries" Book "Bonfire Masquerade" the brothers are trying to go undercover as thieves and overhear a teenaged girl talking about breaking into a car and go over to try and pose as crooks wanting to fence some stolen merchandise. It turns out the girl was talking about a ''video game'' she was playing and she shouts out that these two guys just approached her to sell stolen merchandise. Cue to the brothers having to flee from a bunch of public spirited locals trying to make a citizens arrest.
* In the Digest book "Trouble in Warp Space" Chet gets a bit part on a TV show and during the fight scene he and Geoff, one of the actors get into a real fight, partially because Chet accidentally hit Geoff too hard and partially because he's jealous of the interest his co-star and crush Jerri is showing in Chet. Jerri in the meantime is lying on the floor, trying to stay perfectly still and act unconscious as they come very close to stepping on her, muttering that if they do so then she's taking the rest of the day off.

* In "Wreck and Roll" When the Brothers describe their conclusions that the sabotage of the band was only aimed at the drummers, Ray the keyboard player suggests that maybe he and Jackie the drummer were trying to take over the band for themselves, complete with an EvilLaugh.
-> '''Jackie:''' The drummer and the keyboard player trying to oust the lead singers and guitarists? [[SarcasmMode That makes sense]].

* Most of what comes ut of Playback the parrots mouth in the ''Undercover Brothers'' series.
* In the "Super Mysteries" Book "Bonfire Masquerade" the brothers are trying to go undercover as thieves and overhear a teenaged girl talking about breaking into a car and go over to try and pose as crooks wanting to fence some stolen merchandise. It turns out the girl was talking about a ''video game'' she was playing and she shotus out that these two guys just approached her to sell stolen merchandise. Cue to the brothers having to flee from a bunch of public spirited locals trying to make a citizens arrest.

* The pranks pulled by Chet in the original version of ''The Secret of the Old Mill''.

* At the end of ''Acting Up'', a Bollywood star they befriended decided to have a little fun and directed a few of his fans to ask Frank for an autograph, introducing the latter as a foreign star. Joe couldn't keep a straight face and wanted to kid Frank about it, but Frank got the last laugh when he told Joe he signed the autographs in ''Joe's'' name.
* During an undercover mission infiltrating a foreign military base, Frank gave what he ''thought'' was "Here are our passes." to a guard in the latter's native tongue, but the guard immediately raised an alarm, and the boys' cover was blown. At the end of the story, Joe consulted their translator, and told his brother what he really said. "Here are our ''shoes''."

* During an undercover mission infiltrating a foreign military base, Frank gave what he ''thought'' was "Here our passes." to a guard in the latter's native tongue, but the guard immediately raised an alarm, and the boys' cover was blown. At the end of the story, Joe consulted their translator, and told his brother what he really said. "Here are our ''shoes''."

* In the earliest books, Chet Morton was often portrayed as an irrepressible prankster, and often the books would have a chapter concerning one of his pranks as filler material or to help the plot (IE: in "Tower Treasure", to prevent the bumbling police detective Oscar Smuff from ruining Fenton Hardy's interrogation of a dying criminal, [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Chet comes up with an idea to make a fake "bomb" by putting an alarm clock in a box and hiding it under a fruit stand, and has another boy find it under there. The proprietor alerts Chief Collig and Detective Smuff, causing a major fuss and thusly making the policemen miss their train]]). Sometimes it could come off as being a bit douchey.

* Bowling as ''Aunt Gertrude's'' hobby is funny in of itself already, but the fact that she does it to ''relieve stress'' makes it even more hilarious.

* The always-stoic Gray Man once treated the boys to a meal, and he complains that they almost ran his paycheck dry with the bill.