History Funny / CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger

* Steve, to Peggy, when she asks why [[CannotTalkToWomen he doesn't know how to talk to a woman]]: "Women aren't exactly lining up to dance with a guy they might step on."

* From the tie-in comic book: Cap breaching a German armored car.
--> "[[IncomingHam WHO WANTS TO BUY WAR BONDS!]]"

* [[LikeFatherLike Son As does his future son]] in ''Film/IronMan2'', Howard [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight has very little interest]] in making good use of the vibranium shield. In his defense, it's very rare metal and said shield is just a single prototype. He eventually gave it to Steve, however.

* LikeFatherLikeSon. As is his future son in ''Film/IronMan2'', Howard somehow [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight has very little interest]] to make good use of the vibranium shield. In his defense, it's very rare metal and said shield is just a single prototype. He eventually gave it to Steve, however.

** However, after the procedure she's NotSoStoic. She's as gobsmacked as everyone else, and actually sneaks a feel of the dazed and newly transformed Rogers, before pulling back.
*** The best bit about it? [[ThrowItIn It was actually a blooper]].

* Steve's time playing "Captain America" in a propaganda show is one gigantic moment of funny from the moment Steve appears onstage, [[Mythology Gag wearing the classic Captain America outfit]] [[StylisticSuck in all its cheesy glory,]] reading his lines off a script taped to the back of his shield.
** But the highlight has to be when the film recreates [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Captainamerica1.jpg the iconic image of Cap punching Hitler out]] by having him throw a poorly-choreographed punch at an actor in a low-quality Hitler costume.
** Gotta love the part when some kids in the audience notice the Hitler impersonator sneaking onto the stage, and say things like, "There he is, Cap! LookBehindYou!"

* When presented the challenge of grabbing a flag on a very high flagpole (the reward is a jeep ride back to base with Carter), something no soldier has managed in over 17 years. The other soldiers scramble all over each other trying to scale the pole, but (pre-Super-Soldier) Rogers [[GuileHero outsmarts]] his stronger squadmates by simply [[CuttingTheKnot detaching the pole's anchor bolts and letting it fall over]], rather than trying to scale it.

* Steve's time playing "Captain America" in a propaganda show is one gigantic moment of funny from the moment Steve appears onstage, [[StylisticSuck wearing a goofy outfit,]] reading his lines off a script taped to the back of his shield.
** For bonus points, his cheesy costume is actually [[MythologyGag the classic Captain America outfit.]]

** Another moment from Falsworth: When Cap, Bucky and the others area bout to jump onto the train, he warns them to "mind the gap". Any Brit who's ever taken the London Underground will find this hilarious.

--> '''Erskine''': ...Not as much as I should have.

* When presented the challenge of grabbing a flag on a very high flagpole (the reward is a jeep ride back to base with Carter), something no soldier has managed in over 17 years. The other soldiers scramble all over each other trying to scale the pole, but (pre-supersoldier) Rogers [[GuileHero outsmarts]] his stronger squadmates by simply [[CuttingTheKnot detaching the pole's anchor bolts and letting it fall over]], rather than trying to scale it.

* Steve chasing after the HYDRA assassin just after he gets his Super-soldier powers. As this is just after he's gotten his powers, he ends up apologizing all over the chase, as he slams into people and store windows.

* Bucky, who's never heard of Super Soldier Serum and has no idea why his tiny friend is suddenly 6'2", has some questions:
-->'''Bucky:''' Did it hurt?\\
'''Steve:''' A little.\\
'''Bucky:''' Is it permanent?\\
'''Steve:''' [[DeadpanSnarker So far!]]

* Peggy's response after Steve tried to explain his kissing moment is NotWhatItLooksLike: [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial "I didn't think anything, Captain. Not one thing."]]

* Trying to make a point about how someone else should get the Super Soldier Serum besides Rogers, Colonel Phillips declares you win a war with guts, then throws a dummy grenade among the troops. When Steve [[HeroicSacrifice throws himself on the grenade]], showing he, indeed, has the guts, Phillips can only sourly reply, "He's still skinny."
* When Senator Brandt starts demanding answers for how a HYDRA agent got into the testing area, Colonel Phillips counters by saying "Great, why don't we start with how a German spy got a ride to ''my'' secret installation in ''your'' car."

--> '''Col. Chester Phillips:''' ''[pumps shotgun]'' Let's go find two more!

'''Phillips:''' ''[[NoYay I'm]]'' [[NoYay not kissing you!]]

--> '''Col. Chester Phillips:''' When you brought a 90 pound asthmatic onto my army base, I let it slide. I thought what the hell, he might be useful to you, like a gerbil or something.

'''Phillips''': Sit down.\\

'''Phillips''': Steak.\\

'''Phillips''': [[MathematiciansAnswer Cow.]]\\

'''Phillips''': Doctor, do you realize how hard it is to get a-hold of a prime cut like that out here?\\

'''Phillips''': Why not?\\

'''Phillips''': What about [[CyanidePill cyanide]]? Does that give you the "rummbly tummy," too?

'''Phillips''': I brought you dinner?

* Steve reuniting with BFF ComicBook/BuckyBarnes, who notes his friend's transformation.
--> '''Bucky:''' Is it permanent?
--> '''Steve:''' So far.
--> '''Bucky:''' [[ChickMagnet You're going to get so many girls.]]
** When Cap finds Bucky, he exclaims in relief, "I thought you were dead." Bucky, who is totally out of it and has never heard of Super Soldier Serum, replies, [[RunningGag "I thought you were smaller."]]
** As they're leaving, the US Army gets the best advertising they could ever hope to get:
--> '''Bucky:''' What happened to you?
--> '''Steve:''' I joined the Army!

--> "Where are you from?"
--> "Queens. 73rd Street and Utopia Parkway. ...before that, Germany."

Howard Stark's hamminess in general, rivaling Col. Phillips' snark.

* There's something to be said about Steve Rogers doing girl-pushups.
** And then there are those jumping jacks he does.
** It's even funnier seeing Creator/ChrisEvans do them behind the scenes!

* When presented the challenge of grabbing a flag on a very high flagpole (the reward is a jeep ride back to base with Carter), something no soldier has managed in over 17 years. The other soldiers scramble all over each other trying to scale the pole, but (pre-supersoldier) Rogers [[GuileHero outsmarts]] his stronger squadmates by simply [[CuttingTheKnot detaching the pole's anchor bolts and letting it fall over]], rather than trying to scale it. The soldiers' and drill instructor's faces when he pulls it off are priceless.
** Peggy is definitely impressed and amused.
* Steve not knowing what "fondue" is, and assuming it is [[{{UnusualEuphemism}} something sexual]].

* The first time Steve appears as Captain America in a propaganda stage show, [[StylisticSuck with him wearing a goofy outfit, reading his lines off a script taped to the back of his shield, and throwing a poorly-choreographed punch at an actor in a low-quality Hitler costume]].
** The best part is that Steve's getup is actually [[MythologyGag the original Captain America outfit.]]
* They got [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Captainamerica1.jpg the image of Cap punching Hitler out]] into the movie in the funniest way humanly possible.

* When Cap has rescued the prisoners and tells them to clear out while he searches for Bucky, we get this exchange:
--> '''Soldier:''' Wait. You know what you're doing? \\

* He gets the lion's share of the DeadpanSnarker lines.

* Colonel Phillips providing the best counter ever to HYDRA's motto:

--> When you brought a 90 pound asthmatic onto my army base, I let it slide. I thought what the hell, he might be useful to you, like a gerbil or something.

* Just about every word that comes out of [[Creator/TommyLeeJones Colonel Phillips']] mouth, but his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJU-cKMmuvk interrogation]] of Arnim Zola takes the cake... Or is that steak?

* When Senator Brandt starts demanding answers for how a HYDRA agent got into the testing area, Colonel Phillips counters by saying "Great, why don't we start with how a German spy got a ride to ''my'' secret installation in ''your'' car."

* Later:
--> '''Jones''': You sure you know what you're doing?
--> '''Captain America''': Yeah. I've knocked out Hitler over two hundred times.
** Dum Dum mouthing "what?" just sells it.

* Howard Stark explaining what fondue is. Actually, Howard Stark's hamminess in general.
-->'''Howard Stark''': Fondue is just cheese and bread, my friend.

** Also kinda counts as a moment of awesome for the kid.
** Especially because 70 years later, he'll get to boast to his retirement-home buddies about how he was the ''first'' New Yorker ever to be saved by an Avenger.

* Right after Steve is transformed, a nurse in the lab goes to offer him a shirt, [[DistractedByTheSexy takes a look at him]], [[EatingTheEyeCandy then doesn't give him the shirt.]]
* When Senator Brandt starts demanding answers for how a HYDRA agent got into the testing area, Colonel Phillips counters by saying "Great, why don't we start with how a German spy got a ride to ''my'' secret installation in ''your'' car."
* More meta than anything, but during the end credits, wherein we all learn the origin of [[http://angryafrican.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/how-about-a-nice-cup-of-shut-the-fu.jpg this image.]] [[HilariousInHindsight How about a nice cup of freedom?]]
* Red Skull's first meet with Cap: "Captain America! How exciting! I'm a great fan of your films!" in an obviously-mocking tone.
-->'''Steve:''' I can do this all day!\\
'''Red Skull:''' Of course you can! Unfortunately, I am on a VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE!
* When the Skull and Zola are fleeing from their exploding lab, Zola points out that the Skull's escape [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triebflugel Triebfluegel]] only seats one. The Skull responds by calmly turning to Zola and handing him the keys to his car.
** It's the fact that you think that the Skull is going to just leave Zola behind, but then...
-->'''Zola:''' What about me? Where will I sit?\\
'''Skull:''' ''[hands Zola the keys]'' [[WatchThePaintJob Not a scratch, Doctor. Not a scratch.]]
** Followed by the sight of Zola looking pretty gleeful as he drives away in [[CoolCar the HydraMobile]].
* When Schmidt is being chewed out by the SS officers, he makes a hysterical 'One Two Three' motion with his fingers, pointing at the Nazis, just so he can adjust his death ray properly. All without pausing in his speech.
** And when one of them starts to yell at him and declares he will be punished by Hitler for his treachery, Schmidt raises his eyebrows and makes a head motion to the effect of "oh really?" Then when he begins firing, one of them dodges a couple shots and he scowls, like he's thinking "Oh come on!". Finally, when he connects with the next shot, he gives a little nod, as if thinking "There that's better."
** On a similar note, as Schmidt is preparing his death ray, there's a technician sitting behind the SS officers who immediately and casually walks out of the way.
* Schmidt and Zola survey a destroyed HYDRA base and meet the last survivor, who says "We fought to the last man!" Zola closes his eyes and looks away ''before'' Schmidt [[YouHaveFailedMe executes the survivor]]. He knows what's coming.
* When Steve is chasing the Hydra agent that killed Erskine. It's an awesome moment as we see first hand what the Captain is capable of. But just the entire thing is hilarious in the Agent's point of view. He remains unfazed when Cap first starts chasing him. Which is understandable since, in a normal chase a man chasing a car would eventually tire out. But when he looks again and sees that Steve is still chasing him, not only keeping up, but catching up to him, his look changes to OhCrap. When he tries to escape by sub thinking he's long gone, he sees Steve catching up to him swimming, making the look seem like he's thinking "Leave me alone already!!!"
* How did Creator/RobertDowneyJr convince Creator/ChrisEvans to audition for the role of Captain America? [[http://newtcave.blogspot.com/2015/07/recap-captain-america-first-avenger.html This blog]] has a theory.

* Steve chasing after the HYDRA assassin just after he gets his Super-soldier powers. Apologizing all the way. He can't corner worth a damn.

* Trying to make a point about how someone else should get the Super Soldier Serum besides Rogers, Colonel Phillips declares you win a war with guts, then throws a dummy grenade among the troops. When Steve [[HeroicSacrifice throws himself on the grenade]], showing he, indeed, has the guts, Phillips can only sourly reply, "[[SourGrapesTropes He's still skinny.]]"

* Phillips' "He's making me cry" line regarding Steve really cracks me up. It has everything to do with Tommy Lee Jones' delivery and expression, which is completely deadpan as usual.

* "That wasn't so bad." "...That was ''penicillin''."

** Becomes possible FridgeHorror if you know Fresno was at one point the site of a Japanese internment camp and the only real way to leave the camps was to join the military.

** [[spoiler:This one is a bit less funny if you take it as [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier foreshadowing]].]]

* "[[SourGrapesTropes He's still skinny.]]"

-->'''Bucky:''' Did it hurt?
-->'''Steve:''' A little.
-->'''Bucky:''' Is it permanent?
-->'''Steve:''' [[DeadpanSnarker So far!]]

--> '''Steve:''' ''[face still frozen in shock]'' I have some ideas about the uniform. (hands note to Howard)\\

--> '''Steve:''' (face still frozen in shock) I have some ideas about the uniform. (hands note to Howard)\\
'''Howard:''' (same expression) Whatever you want, pal. (takes note)

'''Steve''': ''(stops, looks at Phillips)''\\

-->(''Zola nervously studies his cell... thinking "[[OhCrap is that blood beneath that operating table]]...?"'')\\

(''Phillips puts down a tray of food at a table.'')\\

''(Dr. Zola stares at it dubiously.'')\\

--> '''Buck:''' Don't do anything stupid until I get back.
--> '''Steve:''' How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you.
--> ''Buck gives Steve one last ManHug before leaving.''
--> '''Buck:''' [[InsultOfEndearment You're a punk.]]
--> '''Steve:''' [[InsultOfEndearment Jerk.]]

--> (''to Steve, totally serious and terrified'') "You don't have one of those, do you?"

--> '''Steve ''': (''awkwardly'') I'm...I'm Captain America.

-->'''Howard Stark:''' Emission signature is unusual. Alpha and beta ray neutral, though I doubt Rogers picked up on that. Seems harmless enough; hard to see what all the fuss is about.
-->(''Stark zaps the fragment with electricity, at which point it '''explodes''' and hurls him across the room.'')
-->'''Howard Stark:''' (''{{beat}}'') Write that down.

-->'''Steve:''' I can do this all day!
-->'''Red Skull:''' Of course you can! Unfortunately, I am on a VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE!

-->'''Zola:''' What about me? Where will I sit?
-->'''Skull:''' ''[hands Zola the keys]'' [[WatchThePaintJob Not a scratch, Doctor. Not a scratch.]]

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** The best part? Steve's getup is actually [[MythologyGag the original Captain America outfit.]]