Funny / Trials of Mana

• Trying to enter Duran's house with both Duran and Angela in the party grants you the following conversation in the Fan Translation (along these lines):
  Duran: Let's skip this one house, it's mine. I promised not to return until I defeated Koren^note Officially known as the Crimson Wizard.
  Angela: Aw, I wanted to see your room. But if you're hiding anything, like your porn collection, I understand.
  Duran: [flustered] Oh, SHUT UP!
  • The remake keeps the same conversation, however Angela instead describes it as "Skeletons in the closet and secrets under your bed". Duran remains flustered to the implication clearly there.
• Infiltrating the Koropokkur Woods with Hawkeye in the Fan Translation.
  Hawkeye: I'm Hawk^note His full name, Hawkeye, was too long for the original font used, but everyone calls me Papa Smurf!
• Strangely enough, there's an X-rated magazine in Valsena's library. Read it with any of the characters and their reaction is: "... ... ... !!!". Except for Charlotte, that is — read it with her and you get the more comical reaction of "... ... ... ???"
  • In the remake, since Charlotte cannot read, the Faerie will read for her, instead, if she is selected as the main character. This "X-rated magazine" is instead called a "naughty novel". Awkwardly, the Faerie suggests that Charlotte wait a few years before she describes the contents of said novel to the half-elf.
    Duran: Oops!
    Angela: Oops!
    Hawkeye: Whoops!
    Riesz: Oh my!
    Kevin: Ack!
    Faerie: Uh... Let’s wait a few years before reading this one, okay?
• If Hawkeye is your main character, you'll get this speech upon trying to exit the Sanctuary of Mana.
  Hawkeye: Goremand! Are you the one who abducted the faerie?
  Goremand: Oh, heavens no! If I had, I wouldn't be lollygagging around here! I'd be waiting behind you in ambush, preparing to take you with the element of surprise!
  Hawkeye: Hmm, should we walk back out, come in again and pretend you're not here...?
• Goremand's response to the party if the Masked Mage is undone by the Dragon Lord or Dark Majesty has him heap accolades on the person he's been made messenger for in what is obviously sarcasm. He goes so far as to say they're the epitome of evil as if it's a compliment before prancing off to make his escape.
• The Official Translation gives Charlotte Elmer Fudd Syndrome, and it is never not goofy, especially not combined with her (having been so sheltered) descending into Angrish whenever she gets upset. It's even funnier in the voiced remake as not only does she still have the lisp, but also an inexplicable Brooklyn accent and a vocal range that doesn't match her pint-sized body at all.
• In the remake, if Angela is with the party when fighting the Machine Golems on Stone Gap Bridge, she declares her motivation:
  Angela: I refuse to die in these dirty, wet clothes!
• Angela in general is a walking bundle of funny moments in the remake. In the original, her prankster, bratty personality was more of an Informed Attribute (especially considering most of the scenes where she speaks deal with the fact her kingdom is trying to capture her so it can ritualistically sacrifice her), but in the remake it comes out whole hog in her dialogue with herself and her allies; she's exactly the kind of Valley Girl who would rather nap than go on adventures (after all, she definitely doesn't want to sleep in dirty, wet clothes!). She'll even worry about her complexion despite the fact she just escaped from beastmen after escaping from Altena.
  • Angela tends to have pretty funny quips if she's the hero and you've beaten a battle. For example, if you have a surplus of lucre (money):
    Angela: We. Have. So. Much. Lucre. If you don't want it, I'll take it.
  • When using her Ton Annihilation attack, (Spellbinder Class Strike) the 10-ton weight she drops as Rune Seer simply bounces off the wall of ice she throws up first. Angela throws a small tantrum in annoyance, before dropping a 1000-ton weight.
• The Jadd stronghold breakout is hilarious (and awesome) no matter who is the one doing it.
  • Angela literally tells the guard she's having trouble taking her clothes off and then smacks him upside the head when he enters. The remake actually makes this scene funnier with the addition of Angela's voice acting and all the closeups.
  • Duran pulls the same "goad the guard into coming into the cell to teach the prisoner a lesson" trick as Crono, but being a voiced character, Duran lays down some blisteringly hilarious (and nasty) insults.
  • Hawkeye already had the lock picked and could have left any time he wanted to, but he tricks the guard into locking himself into the cell as the cherry on top.
  • Kevin gets out by leveraging his status as the heir apparent to the Beast King.
  • Riesz Cannot Tell a Lie to save her life, but she still manages to fool the guard with her Bad "Bad Acting" and claiming that someone is trying to tunnel in the cell from the backside.
  • If you already have three characters at the end of the Jadd breakout sequence, whoever helps you bust out of that cell gets left behind; if this is Duran, not only does he not complain, but he gives you valuable information about how the Beast kingdom invasion was repelled and that he rode one of their eagles out!
• If Angela and Charlotte are in the same party after obtaining the Minor Mallet, Angela makes comment about what it would do to the already small Charlotte, who gets indignant about her height. Angela then jokes to Charlotte to be careful not to get blown away with the pollen once they use the Minor Mallet on themselves.
• When the main character is cursed on the Ghost Ship, they'll look around when Faerie mentions that the curse can be passed on. The other two party members immediately run away and hide outside the cabin and Faerie calls the MC out for considering switching places.
  • In the original, while most of the party will only flee when the cursed character begins contemplating switching with one of them, when Angela gets cursed the party runs from her the moment they realize she could switch because they know she won't even bother asking.
  • The cutscene right before the leading character is turned into a Ghost isn't all that impressive... Except in the remake, where Matelo's ghost voice has a warble filter on, and the deliver is far more casual than it should be:
    Matelo: It's me, Matelo the supernatural enthusiast! I have fulfilled a dream of mine... I'm a ghost! But now that I've tried it out, I think I'll go home. Now it's your turn to try! Farewell...
  • Each character has a different reaction to when they realize they have become a ghost. And then there is Charlotte:
    Charlotte: (happily) Whoa! Ha ha! I'm see thwough!
• Hawkeye Lampshading the Schmuck Bait trope during his post-game quest to obtain the Loyal Sphere when one of the other party members opens a very obviously trapped chest, requiring the team to fight the Mimiqueen.
• Kevin swims to Jadd during his intro and, if he's the main character, it becomes a Running Gag when he suggests swimming everywhere rather than taking boats. After the Ghost Ship, he declares he's done with boats and says he's only swimming from then on. It technically comes true as Vuscav (who is a swimming...whatever he is) immediately becomes the party's main transport after that.
• Nevarl's means of entering the Mana Hoyland. While the Altena's use a cool airship and the Beastman giants birds to enter, the Nevarl's just use a boat that kept afloat with balloons.
• Have Kevin and Duran in the same party? On the way to Beiser in the remake, Kevin and Duran will compliment each other's strength and offer to spar with each other when all this is over. The third party member just snarks about the testosterone overload.
  Kevin: Duran, you are... very good with swords. Good enough to protect kings.
  Duran: You're not so bad yourself, Kevin. Be fun to cross swords... or whatever with you sometime.
  Kevin: First we get the Mana Sword, then yes!
  • 3rd character
    Angela: I mean, I do like a man with a sword...
    Riesz: It is admirable that you both wish to learn from each other! Please allow me to join your sparring session later!
    Hawkeye: Wow, you can hear the testosterone talking.
    Charlotte: If you knuckoweheads wanna go at it, knock youwsewves out. As wong as you'we having fun.
• All-male and all-female parties all have trouble with the extreme temperatures of Altena and Nevarl.
  • In the former, there is talk from everyone about how the temperature is too cold to walk around in, obviously. Duran tries to work it off as exercise while Kevin and Hawkeye are freezing like mad, the latter moreso because he grew up in the desert. For the girls, the only one not complaining about the cold (at first) is the modestly-dressed Charlotte. Eventually, it gets to her, though, and the other two party members attempt to give justifications for their outfits- which, by the way, bare their shoulders, expose their panties, and in Angela's case include heels.
    Charlotte: Awen't you two fweezing out hewe?
    Riesz: Perhaps it is a little chilly, but this equipment is easy to move in.
    Angela: You know what they say- it isn't easy to look this good. You'll understand when you're older, Charlotte.
    Charlotte: Hey! Awe you making fun of me again? I hope you catch a cowd in those cwothes!
  • Kevin: You two are cold?
    Hawkeye: The desert can get cold. This isn't unbearable...
    Duran: Hm. If you're cold, just move around a lot. It gets the blood pumpin'!
    Kevin: Really? Move around? Okay!
    Hawkeye: Ha ha... Not even frostbite can get you guys down, huh?
  • Also of note - Charlotte spends the entire time in Altena wondering if she can build snowmen, make snow angels, and just play in the snow in general. Kevin does this as well, adding in that the next time they return, he'll make shaved ice.
  • The latter discusses the heat of the midday desert, even if you go out there in the night. For the boys, Duran tries to pass it off as training again while Kevin (who lived in the perpetual night of Duskmoon Forest) complains about the sun bearing down on him, and Hawkeye snarks that Duran has no sense of humor while complaining about how their group consists of only dudes. All the girls, however, just agree that they're going to need a bath after their journey in Nevarl territory is done.
    • Angela: It's. So. Hot. I can't take it anymore!
      Charlotte: I'm sweating thwough my cwothes...
      Riesz: Yes. If only there were a pool of water somewhere...
      Angela: Let's just get the Firestone so we can go back and take a bath!
    • Kevin: Too... hot... Can't... keep going...
      Hawkeye: Maybe we should try keeping a cool head about this.
      Duran: Stop whinin'. We got a Firestone to find!
      Hawkeye: Poor Duran. Humor is lost on him. Oh, if only we had more than sweaty men in this party.
• If Charlotte's the main character during the siege of Laurent, she'll approach Belladonna with a Dynamic Entry and...then promptly lose all her bluster as she tries to figure out who Belladonna is. As usual, it is made funnier by Charlotte's voice acting:
  Charlotte: We have you suwwounded! Give up the citadew, you...you...Um, who awe you?
• Having Charlotte as the main character makes the scene where she decides to pull out the Sword of Mana hilarious. See, the Sword of Mana, while by no means huge, is longer than she is tall. When Charlotte tries to pull out the Sword of Mana, she literally needs to hop to even try to get the leverage needed to pull the Sword of Mana from the tree root.
• One of the voice actors in the English version is literally credited as Rusty Shackleford. Which is even more hilarious when you consider this is evidently a real person.
• Salamando's English VA tries really hard to make Salamando sound like he's burning with anger...but even by this game's standards, the results are laughable. It really wouldn't sound that out of place in an English dub of an 80's anime or an early game with voice acting, like Last Alert or House of the Dead.
• After your party is rescued by the Ruler of the Seas, Vuscav, if Charlotte and Kevin are in the party, Kevin will comment on Vuscav being cute. Charlotte will say that he needs glasses. "You think?" he asks, and she replies that he definitely needs them if he doesn't think she's a hundred times cuter than Vuscav.
• The new voice acting added in the remake can cause a character to say a certain phrase when they land the killing blow on an enemy. Kevin's is "One down!", which can be mildly amusing to hear if the enemy he just defeated happens to be a boss, making him sound very dismissive of the powerful foe he just beat.

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