History Funny / ChildOfTheStorm

* Carol doesn't want to interrupt [[ElegantClassicalMusician Harry while he's playing the flute and entrancing his audience]], because then he'd stop. Therefore, she doesn't want him to notice she's there. Then, he suddenly shifts pieces and Glory Grant, a band girl, cracks up and says he's ''definitely'' noticed. Why? He's started in on a rendition of [[Music/RoyOrbison "Pretty Woman"]].

** Which implies that, in this universe, "being a fucking idiot" is an actual criminal charge. Since this was proclaimed only a few chapters before WordOfGod wondered in an A/N if Wisdom was starting to take on certain personality traits from [[{{Series/Discworld}} Commander Vimes]] and the Laws and Ordinances of Ankh-Morpork ''do'' have a 'Being Bloody Stupid' Act on the books, you wouldn't rule it out.

-->[[{{Series/Discworld}} "Probably something to do with quantum."]]
* Harry's dramatic explanation of his elegant scheme to turn the Grandmaster's strength against him and create a Phoenix HiveMind falls hilariously flat, because Anakin is flabberghasted and the Grandmaster just can't wrap his head around the concept of sharing. Cue Harry awkwardly adding that he couldn't normally do this, because in normal reality, it would blow up a universe. Or five.

-->'''Hal''': So, ''they'll'' be fine, it's just the rest of us who'll be vaporised. Great.

* Julie's clutch transforms into a TARDIS door, opening to reveal Mars in the present. Because of course it does. She also adds that Sunniva can visit the 21st century too... and hits on her, ever so slightly, in the process.

* Wanda lampshading how {{Three Point Landing}}s are [[Film/Deadpoo2016 terrible on the knees.]]

---> [[Film/{{Deadpool2016}} "Like I should have brought the brown pants."]]

* Wanda lampshading how {{Three Point Landing}}s are [[{{Film/Deadpool}} terrible on the knees.]]

* Maddie's [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] how Jono constantly says "Bloody hell."

* When discussing famous magical musicians later in the class, there's a nice bit of DramaticIrony when Hermione mentions Taliesin to Professor Bach. [[IncrediblyLamePun Strangely]] enough, they have the exact same name.

* Upon Cedric noting that Harry is taking the lion's share of attention, Harry wryly notes that he's a Gryffindor, and so [[IncrediblyLamePun taking the lion's share is natural]].

*** What makes it even better is that Carol then informs Harry that he wasn't as blind as Clark - he was ''worse''. Yes, he was even more oblivious to love than Clark, ''despite'' being the third most powerful telepath in human history, '''and''' having a ''psychic connection to the person in question''. Carol is quite clearly still a touch exasperated about this.

* Harry inwardly notes while summarising his own experiences and trying to elide the more nerve-wracking parts for Sue's benefit, that it ''really'' doesn't help when [[{{Troll}} Julie]] interjects, ''[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling "it's do or die; hey, I've died twice"]]''. The fact that it's in perfect soprano only makes it even worse.

* While discussing the Green Lantern Corps, almost everyone assumes that its founder was an ancient goddess who created the first Ring. Harry takes great pleasure in informing them that actually, "the damn thing wouldn't leave her alone," and that she's his girlfriend.

** Particularly funny is that the episode that line comes from probably hasn't yet aired in-universe, meaning that even if Sue and Reed are ''Doctor Who'' fans, no one else would get the reference.

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* Harry giving Anakin a CooldownHug and a PatrickStewartSpeech as a way of defusing the conflict and beginning to bring him back to the Light, and generally ending the fight, is very heartwarming. Anakin's palpable confusion and fury is tragic. The fact that he's essentially glomped a furiously squirming Anakin and refusing to let go is downright hilarious.

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* Muninn and Huginn fiercely defend Harry in front of the Skyfathers' Council with their most impassioned speech. [[FunetikAksent In very]] [[TheUnintelligible thick Brooklyn accents.]] The main result is absolute bafflement.

*** We also learn the one thing he seems to be afraid of: [[MamaBear Mrs Weasley]]. That's right: He's second only to Loki in raw power, survived a duel with Gravemoss, crushed an amped Grindelwald, threw down the gauntlet to the ''entire'' White Council, takes on one EldritchAbomination after the next for a living, and is fairly dismissive towards [[BadassTeacher Charles Xavier]]... but he's worried about Molly Weasley.

** There's also a variation on [[{{Film/Superman}} the classic exchange]] after he catches her, with this version of Lois demonstrating that she's definitely an army brat.

* When Deadpool asks if Project Pegasus has any unicorns, Strange says yes, but that he's not letting [[BestialityIsDepraved Wade]] anywhere near them without his wife there to reel him in.

** Carol grudgingly revealing, after Harry prods her a little, that he is not the only one who has had underwear stolen - her youngest brother, Joe junior was pretending to be a pirate one day and stole one of her bras to use as an eyepatch. Harry ventures that since Joe is about 9, and Carol is, ahem, very much the great-granddaughter of [[BoobsOfSteel Peggy Carter]] in [[BuxomBeautyStandard a number of respects]], surely it would have been a bit... big? Carol grumbles that it was. Harry then spends the next couple of minutes trying very hard not to laugh, and ultimately fails miserably, and even Carol admits that it was ActuallyPrettyFunny.

* After the whole debacle with the Fallen Fortress, Sirius is escorting Harry, Ron, and Krum to the Room of Requirement to talk things over. Along the way they run into Finch, and Harry -- not in the mood to deal with him -- uses a Jedi mind trick (complete with direct ''Star Wars'' ShoutOut) to get him to go away. Humorously, it works on Mrs. Norris too.

-->'''Finch''': These are not the droids I'm looking for.

-->'''Carol''': You say that like I’m not dating the Boy Who Has Been Repeatedly Fried By His Own Powers.

* Crossing over with Awesome, Merlin being completely unfazed by Doctor Strange's [[CreepyGood eldritch]] [[GoodIsNotNice demeanour]], and not only using his real name, but telling him off in 6th century Welsh in front of ''everyone'' for freaking out Monica. Then, Strange tries a DeathGlare, one that has apparently brought gods and archdemons to their knees across time and space. Merlin, however, {{No Sell}}s it. Not only that, his expression? "Not angry, just disappointed." He actually manages to ''shame'' Strange, without saying anything else. You can see why Strange referred to him as his big brother.

** Furthermore, it's also an allusion to how Carol spent a good while insisting that he's basically Luke Skywalker. One could argue that he responded by becoming Obi-Wan Kenobi instead.

* In one of the short stories, there's the running gag of Jean being ObliviousToLove on ''both'' ends (hers and Scott's), while Scott seems oblivious to her love for him and either hasn't wised up or plucked up the courage to ask her out.

** Particularly funny is that the episode that line comes from probably hasn't yet aired in-universe, meaning that no one else would get the reference.

** Per WordOfGod, as seen on the Word Of God page, Nabu is basically Strange's SitcomArchnemesis, and after Nabu made a few snide comments about Wanda's chaos connections early in her apprenticeship, Strange stuck his helmet on increasingly undignified objects. It started with a coat rack. It ended with a toilet brush.