Funny / Captain America

• Steve and Sharon's first date, during which he proposes to her, even though he doesn't know her real name.
• Unintentional as it may be, that one time where Steve and Bucky were forced to dress as an old lady and a stereotypical 1940s kid, respectively. (It Makes Sense in Context, though.)
• This infamous◊ typo◊ from Tales of Suspense #92.
• Steve once described Machinesmith as just like the Internet, only more evil.
• Shortly after the Punisher refuses to fight Cap, Cap delivers this hilarious zinger:
  "Frank Castle is insane."
• During a cross-through with Squadron Supreme, Captain America finds Nighthawk fighting three supervillains in an over-sized props warehouse. Cap is more concerned about talking with 'hawk than he is with the rapidly approaching supervillain, so much so that when he throws his shield at the villain, defeating them in one hit, he doesn't even bother to look.
• It happened in The Amazing Spider-Man, but this exchange is pure gold:
  Doctor Doom: Such incompetence would not be permitted in Latveria of DOCTOR DOOM.
  Captain America (disguised as a security guard): How do you do that?
  Doctor Doom: Do what?
  Captain America: Speak in all capitals like that?
  Doctor Doom: Silence, minion.
• Steve's appointment of Sam as Captain America is awesome, but there's a hefty dose of humor sprinkled throughout.
  • The meeting starts with several heroes complaining about the snack situation.
    Luke Cage: Who calls together this many people and only puts out a single tray of snacks? We can take down Thanos but calling for Thai is a non-starter.
    Hercules: There were mini-chimichangas and pizza rolls.
    Iron Man: Beast ate them.
    Quicksilver: He's not even an active Avenger right now!
    Thor: Said the pot to the kettle.
    Hulk: I ate the pizza rolls.
    Spider-Man: She-Hulk, you're a law-knowing type, can we revoke Hulk's membership for eating all the noshibles?
    She-Hulk: You have to prove damages.
    Hawkeye: Okay, thank you all for coming today. I have important news to tell you. I know you're wondering what's going on, so I'm just gonna come out and tell you. The mini-chimichangas are all gone. The pizza rolls too.
    Spider-Man: I think it was the Vision.
  • Vision claiming mini-chimichangas give him gas, and the Scarlet Witch interjecting that it's why they broke up. Spidey eventually realizes they're joking, much to his confusion, prompting Vision to remark "Do you think you hold a copyright on capering antics?"
  • Hawkeye and Steve sniping at each other.
    Hawkeye: What's the big news, Steve? It's not that I'm too important to waste my time with board meetings...but I'm too important for board meetings.
    Steve: What is it, Hawkeye? Has Eightball gone on a crime spree? That is your arch-enemy, right?
    Hawkeye: All right, calm down, grandpa. I'm not changing your depends if you get overexcited. Okay! Hey—listen up everyone, an old person is speaking!
  • Steve claiming that he's taking on the moniker of 'General Geriatric' since he can no longer serve as Captain America. The entire room just stares at him stone-faced.
    Hawkeye: Somebody want to make fun of that joke? Take the heat off me?
    Iron Man: Ugh—that was really bad, Steve.
  • Vision's confusion/exasperation on everybody ribbing him about whether or not he understands humor when he's the only person who's told an actually decent joke.
  • The full page shot of Sam as Captain America is accompanied by a little meta-commentary by Sam:
    "You guys all knew it was me, didn't you? There's literally no drama left in this reveal."
• In All-New Captain America: Fear Him, Sam tries his hand at throwing the shield.
  Steve: So you did miss.
  Sam: I didn't miss!
  Steve: First time for everything.
• Again in All-New Captain America #1, only this time with Ian.
  Ian: Have you ever thrown this thing at all?
  Sam: This is actually the first time I missed. I knocked out three guys earlier. It was pretty cool.
• In Captain America: Sam Wilson, while Sam's approval ratings are in the toilet, Redwing's approval rating is still at 93%.
• Three issues later...
  Misty Knight: You hope and pray, but you never really think it's gonna happen — CAP-WOLF IS BACK!
  • And yes, Sam is humorously annoyed about this for the entire time it's a thing.
  • And it's not the first time this had happened to him either.
• If Nick Fury and Bucky Barnes are speaking to each other for any length of time, expect this to happen at least once. In the Winter Soldier: Winter Kills Civil War (2006) tie-in:

  Fury: Heh... [The Young Avengers] Remind you of anyone?
  Bucky: No."
  Fury: Really? Sixteen-year-old kid, can't take no for an answer...?
  Bucky: Go die.

• The first Winter Soldier ongoing was painted as (and generally is) a gritty black-ops series. But what does the first issue open with? Bucky being fired at by a machine-gun wielding gorilla.
• From "The Captain", as part of a sting operation, Freedom Force pretends to hold a trial for a captive Quicksilver (actually Mystique pretending to be him) to lure the Mutant Resistance into the open. Apparently, while waiting, they got bored, since inside the courtroom they're staging an actual trial (despite everyone there being either Guardsmen or Freedom Force). Blob is the judge. Pyro's a lawyer. And they all get really into it... until they remember it's a fake trial and they can just do whatever they like.

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