History Funny / BattleOfBritain

* Air Marshal Dowding's doom-laden utterances in every scene he is in, delivered in Sir Laurence Olivier's rich tones, are obviously not intended to be funny but on repeated viewings they come across as comically melodramatic, particularly as they rarely address anything the other characters have said.
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* Air Marshal Dowding's doom-laden utterances in every scene he is in, delivered in Sir Laurence Olivier's rich tones, are obviously not intended to be funny but on repeated viewings they come across as overly melodramatic, particularly as they rarely address anything the other characters have said.

'''Archie:''' He's calling you names again, Arnold.

--->'''Hogs:''' ''[bows gentlemantly, smiles in a friendly way and speaks with heavy accent]'' Good afternoon!\\

--->'''Hogs:''' ''[bows gentlemantly, smiles fondly and speaks with heavy accent]'' Good afternoon!
--->'''Farmer:''' 'Good afternoon' my arse! You Boche bastard! ''[motions with his pitchfork]'' Put your hands up!
--->'''Hogs:''' ''[totally confused]'' Co jest? Ale-- ("What gives? But--") ''[gets interrupted as the farmer physically forces him to raise his arms and then walked away]'' Ale ja jestem polskim pilotem! ("But I'm a Polish pilot!")

-->'''Hogs:''' ''[bows gentlemantly, smiles fondly and speaks with heavy accent]'' Good afternoon!
-->'''Farmer:''' 'Good afternoon' my arse! You Boche bastard! ''[motions with his pitchfork]'' Put your hands up!
-->'''Hogs:''' ''[totally confused]'' Co jest? Ale-- ("What gives? But--") ''[gets interrupted as the farmer physically forces him to raise his arms and then walked away]'' Ale ja jestem polskim pilotem! ("But I'm a Polish pilot!")

-->"'Good afternoon' my arse! Hands up, you Boche bastard!"

*** Followed by their british CO realizing what they're doing and reacting with a wonderful ThisIsGonnaSuck expression and an exasperated "Oh, god's truth..."

-->'''Andy:''' Silly bitch!
-->'''Archie:''' He's calling you names again, Arnold.

** Towards the end of the movie, when the Allied pilots are waiting for another attack, they kill time as best they can. [[{{GeniusBonus}} If you look closely]], Hogs is reading an [[CallBack English-Polish dictionary.]]

-->'''Andy:''' You can teach...
-->'''Both:''' ...''monkeys'' to fly better than that!

-->'''Pilot:''' Talk about a hairy take-off.
-->'''Andy:''' I saw Jimmy buy it. Did Archie get off?
-->'''Archie:''' Oh, I’m with you, old boy, but I’ve left my stomach behind.
-->'''Skipper:''' Ah, shut up, will you?!

*** "SILENCE! IN POLISH!"

-->"'Good afternoon' my arse! Hands up, you hun bastard!"

* One British pilot bails out, and ends up crashing through someone's greenhouse, in front of a stunned boy. While the pilot tries to extract himself, the boy runs inside... and comes back out a box of cigarettes, [[MustHaveNicotine offering one to the grateful pilot.]]

-->'''Andy:''' Bitch!

-->Andy: Bitch!
-->Archie: He's calling you names again, Arnold.

-->Andy: You can teach...
-->Both: ...''monkeys'' to fly better than that!

* A group of English boys standing and watching while arguing over [[SkewedPriorities what type of German bombers]] are about to bomb the city they're in.

* The Germans think they have destroyed half the RAF's fighter force, and that their bombers are only being intercepted because the RAF is bringing in reserves from the north. So they decide to bomb the north with squadrons from Norway, which means they won't have fighter protection. The first raid crews are nervous, and have just gone to action stations. One of the gunners sees something, "Achtung! Spitfire!" ''One'' Spitfire. The entire bomber formation breaks and scatters, and it's several seconds before we see a squadron coming in to attack.

** Towards the end of the movie, when the Allied pilots are waiting for another attack, they kill time as best they can. [[{{GeniusBonus}} If you look closely]], Hogs is reading an English-Polish dictionary.

-->'''Falke''': Yes, Herr Reichsmarshall. [[DeadpanSnarker Give me a squadron of]] [[CoolPlane Spitfires.]]

-->'''Falke''': Yes, Herr Reichsmarshall. Give me a squadron of [[CoolPlane Spitfires]]

-->Both: ...''monkeys'' to fly better than that!

** Towards the end of the movie, when the Allied pilots are waiting for another attack, they kill time as best they can. [[{{GeniusBonus}} If you look closely]], Hogs is reading an English-Polish dictionary.

* "Repeat, please!"