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  • The Mads' invention exchange consists of Dr. Forrester stealing Frank's money and putting it into Unhappy Meals. There's something funny about how Frank tries to stand up to him at the end, in that he isn't all that convincing.
    Dr. Forrester: Push the button, Frank.
    TV's Frank: No, I want my money back.
    Dr. Forrester: Forceps, Frank. Pain.
    TV's Frank: I don't care; I want my money!
    Dr. Forrester: Electro-shock, Frank.
    TV's Frank: No!
    Dr. Forrester: Push the button!
    TV's Frank: No!
    Dr. Forrester: The box, Frank!
    TV's Frank: Pushing the button.
  • Gypsy's one-woman show as a whole, where she describes herself leaving her boyfriend, going on a journey, wearing the same outfit twice a day, and describing how some people see her as simple-minded as she runs the satellite's functions, when she in reality, has a huge heart. The entire segment came across as a well-deserved satirization of the many famous yet pretentious one-woman shows, and you can’t deny that this is one of her crowning moments on the entire series.

Here Comes the Circus:

  • Circus shorts tend to bring out the dark humor in the cast. In Here Comes the Circus, Joel chides the bots for it...
    [Clowns are waving to kids in the stands]
    Crow: Now make way for the Ku Klux Klowns! Wooo...
    Tom: Yes, children of all ages are confronted by forces they can't begin to understand.
    Crow: "Sieg heil!"
    Tom: "Sieg heil, kids!"
    Joel: Hey, guys; c'mon, lighten up...
    [Later, during the elephant act...]
    Joel: An elephant snaps its tether and kills a coolie!
    [The bots gasp]
    Tom: Now who's getting dark? Heh heh, I mean I like it, but...
  • The infamous scene where two clowns perform a trapeze act that involves spanking each other.
    Tom: Whuh... oh no, no, no, they're doing it clown style, no!
    Crow: And Madonna thinks she's innovative!
    Joel: Oh, please tell me this isn't happening!
    Crow: "More, more; I'm a bad clown"!
    Tom: Yes, children's windows of perception are open for only a second only to take in the horror that is the circus!
    • Along this track, their constant fear of clowns.
    Tom: [As a clown] Hoo-hoo, let the nightmare begin!

The Day the Earth Froze:

  • Crow's hilarious impression of Bullwinkle.
    "Will somebody please put me out? I seem to be on fire!"
  • The "failure celebration" after Lemminkäinen destroys the Sampo, especially Tom's delivery on this line:
    "Let us be gay, for he is a dickweed!"
    • Just about everything regarding the hero's ineptitude, really.
  • The scene where a small songbird lands on Anniki's hand.
    Crow: (falsetto voice) Ah, dinner!
  • Joel's reaction to seeing the bags of wind:
    Joel: "The Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man in chains?!"
  • The wedding scene is cited by some fans as the most hysterically funny moment in the entire series, from the "He's a failure" song to "Are you with the bride or the failure?"
  • Joel and the bots (who weren't paying attention during the opening monologue to the movie) trying to figure out what exactly is a Sampo.

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