A rather subtle joke in the beginning. When Roddy brings the doll back to the house after the movie, a male doll is next to where Roddy dumps her, and it looks as if it were a father ready to scold her.
Sid being completely unfooled by Roddy trying to get him into the "jacuzzi": pushing him in and flushing. Doubles as Awesome.
Sid:(laughing) You think I don't know a toilet when I see one?! You were gonna flush me down the loo.
When Le Frog orders his goons to attack...after a fashion.
The entire opening scene of Roddy in his house, from the subtle shout-outs to the various ways in which the dolls are mutilated.
At one point, after accidentally decapitating a bunch of dolls, he says nonchalantly, "Oops, sorry!".
When Roddy tries to replicate Rita’s graceful descent, he lands groin first on four different things (including a boot at one point!) before receiving a fifth shot to the groin via some kids playing with a soccer ball. The drawn out suffering is hilarious!
Roddy's freak-out when he first arrives in the sewer:
Roddy:(to himself) I'm gonna open my eyes and be home. This is all a bad dream. (Opens his eyes, realises he's not dreaming) Oh, I'm not home, I want to go home! (Slaps himself in the face) Shush! Stop it! Stop it, Roddy! I want to go home. Pull yourself together! I can't. I'm frightened. (Slaps himself in the face three times) Stop it, Stop it, Stop it!
Special mention goes to the one who ominously says, "Beware, beware!"
And the piece of dialogue that comes before it.
Pegleg:(voice echo) And remember, the name of the boat's the Jammy Dodger. Roddy: Uh, thanks for bringing me this far. (cut to reveal Pegleg holding a water bottle like a speakerphone) Pegleg:(into the water bottle) You're welcome!
Toad's treasure room, especially when he gets to talking about the ruby.
Roddy: Your ruby certainly is a biggie. Toad: Indeed. How did it ever find me? Here in the underbelly of the world... in this dark, low place? (his eyes slowly slide into facing opposite directions before closing)
Roddy: "Didn't you say I'd find it amusing?" Toad: "I said you'd find it 'diverting', NOT AMUSING!"
Spike and Whitey try to follow Roddy and Rita via the zipline, but it breaks, sending the thugs falling.
Spike: Keep your legs straight when you hit the water! (Whitey lands safely in the water, while Spike hits a cement stone) Whitey: I kept me legs straight, Spike. (Spike groans in pain. Then a power cord lands on him.) Spike: Ouch!
Rita's grandmother, who believes Roddy to be Tom Jones. Even funnier, Roddy obliges her and sings in his style.
When Roddy tries to get Collin, a policeman in Ratropolis, to arrest Harold, the prophet of Ratropolis. It turns out that not only does the two know each other, but Harold also tells Collin to keep an eye on Roddy.
Roddy:(grabs onto Rita by her belt, which starts breaking as they slide down on a zipline) Oh, no! No, no, no, don't break! There are things I want to do, sights I want to see! (Rita's belt breaks, and Roddy grabs her legs, inadvertently pulling down her pants) That wasn't on the list.
Roddy's hair is on fire, but he doesn't notice until Rita says, "Your hair's on fire.", prompting him to frantically slap at it.
Roddy singing The Diss Track to Rita, titled "Ice-Cold Rita."
Even better, that song was improvised. Roddy was supposed to sing something else, but for whatever reason that song was unavailable. So Hugh Jackman just grabbed a guitar and made that one up on the spot.
When Whitey says he likes happy endings, Spike says, "You've gone soft! I like unhappy endings with lots of violence!" He then gets hit by the wine cork.
What makes it even more hilarious is how Whitey delivers the line. It's not sarcastic at all. He's in total Sincerity Mode, wondering if Spike is more happy with the ending.
The entire exchange between Whitey and Spike, in which Spike tells Whitey that it's un-hitman-like to wear mittens, and Whitey teases Spike about having "lady's hands".
Spike: Blimey, it's cold! Whitey: That's why I wore me mittens. (reveals his paws clad in a pair of bright pink mittens) Spike: Huh? HITMEN DON'T WEAR MITTENS! Take 'em off! You're embarrassing me! Whitey: Well, it's alright for you. You got little hands. They don't get as cold. Spike: I ain't got little hands! Whitey: Yeah, you have. You got lady's hands. Spike: They might be small, but they're lethal weapons! Whitey: You got your mother's hands.
After the huge wave that threatened to wash away the mouse city is frozen, and everyrat is cheering, we see a frustrated surfer, who angrilly throws down his surfboard, because he didn't get to ride the wave. Unlike the slugs, who did!
One slug to another: "High Five!" (Beat) "Oh... Yeah..."Explain the joke?Because slugs don't have arms, much less hands.
During the chase scene, a couple of rats follow Roddy and Rita on electrical appliances like egg beaters acting as motor-boats. One rat was particularly unlucky or stupid enough to use a toaster, promptly electrocuting himself before the chase could begin.
When Roddy and Rita are tied together, trying to escape.
The Toad monologuing to his legions of tadpoles, switching between a cutesy baby voice—including referring to the rats' fate as "they'll all be deady-weady"—and a booming evil voice. And then accidentally using the baby voice when the henchmen return. Then the Toad explains to Spike and Whitey that he wants them to retrieve the cable that Rita stole from him.
Toad: Poor Daddy! Surrounded by filthy rats in this JOYLESS, SUNLESS VOID! But don't worry, little men...Daddy will GET RID OF THEM ALL! He will. They'll all be deady-weady. [kisses the tank, then hides the tank just as Spike and Whitey return; baby voice] Did you find it? Spike: Huh? Toad: [angered ] Grr! Did you find it?! Spike: Well, we got most of it, Boss. (he and Whitey hold up the shattered fake ruby) Toad:(slaps ruby away)FORGET THE RUBY! It's the master cable that I want! The one that grubby creature Rita took! Spike & Whitey: Oh... Toad: Without it, my plan is ruined! (leans towards Spike and Whitey, nearly pushing them off the balcony) Spike: OK, chief. Forget the ruby. Ruby's gone. See? See? Moving on. We are now your cable guys. Whitey: Focused. Cable-centric, Boss. Toad: You need to be back in time for the World Cup Final. Spike: Oh, GREAT! Are we watching the game together? [The Toad growls in frustration] Toad:JUST...GET...THE CABLE!!! [kicks Spike and Whitey out the window] Whitey:Keep your legs straight!
What's even funnier you can just hear Ian McKellen shifting from his Large Ham tendencies to a babyish voice in just one take.
When Roddy meets Whitey and Spike for the first time, and Spike is searching for the stolen ruby on Rita's boat:
Spike: It's here, I know it is! I can feel it in me guts...
Spike-as-the-Persuader: You'll be singing like a tea kettle!
Spike: Haha! Good one, Persuader!
When Spike and Whitey search for Roddy and Rita but no success when Thimblenose Ted comes in with the hero's location.
Spike: Where are they hiding?! Think! Think! Whitey: To find a rat, you gotta think like a rat. (gnaws on a stool) Thimblenose Ted: Hey, guys. I just had a tip-off. They're heading west to Kensington. Spike: Bingo! Whitey:Scrabble! Spike:Enough games!To the Ratmobiles! (Da-da-da-da-a!!!)
The cockroach living behind Rita's family's stove is reading The Metamorphosis. In French.
And to make it even funnier, if you look closely, Whitey doesn't actually HAVE a watch...
Le Frog's Henchfrogs assemble
Le Frog: "HENCHFROGS! We have a mission! We leave immediately!" (Waddles out) Henchfrog: "What about dinner?" (Le Frog comes back) Le Frog: "We leave...in five hours."
(Doubles as an Awesome) When Roddy notices that Spike is about to be yanked off the Jammy Dodger when his cord stretches to his limit.
It doesn't stop there. Spike goes ricocheting against several pipes (against the face AND groin) and he crashes through his and Whitey's boat, sinking it.
Roddy falling from the sky, and it seems he's falling back "up top"... but then it turns out that he's landed on a sketch of London from the sky. A man with a thick Italian accent complains that it took him three years to draw and he just finished it that morning.
Roddy: "I'm terribly sorry, I — three years?!"
Man: "And I just-a finished it this morning!"
Roddy: "Three YEARS?! Good grief!"
The Game
The shady merchant rat who speaks like a wise Chinese man has a habit of losing his fake accent when he becomes annoyed.
Merchant: (in Chinese accent) As Confucius once say. "If merchandise not to customer's liking, customer should (drops accent) git out o' me shop!"
