Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Funny / FightClub

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** And what makes it even funnier is that HelenBonhamCarter actually had no idea how shocking it was - since they don't use the term [[spoiler: grade school]] in England she thought the line was fairly innocuous, and was ''horrified'' when someone explain it to her later.

to:

** And what makes it even funnier is that HelenBonhamCarter actually had no idea how shocking it was - since they don't use the term [[spoiler: grade school]] in England she thought the line was fairly innocuous, and was ''horrified'' when someone explain explained it to her later.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** And what makes it even funnier is that HelenBonhamCarter actually had no idea how shocking it was - since they don't use the term [[spoiler: grade school]] in England she thought the line was fairly innocuous, and was ''horrified'' when someone explain it to her later.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* "I'd fight Gandhi." "...good answer."

to:

* "I'd fight Gandhi." "...good answer.""
** Who knew that they were fans of ''{{VideoGame/Civilization}}''?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

*** And if you look carefully later in the movie, you'll see the priest as a member in the fight club.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* "I'd fight Ghandi." "...good answer."

to:

* "I'd fight Ghandi.Gandhi." "...good answer."

Changed: 2

Removed: 240

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* the Vibrating Luggage conversation.
* Honorable mention go to Tyler playing with nunchucks in the background in one scene or crashing a bike in the basement in another, or his reaction to being punched in the ear by the Narrator. ("Why the ''ear''?" See EnforcedMethodActing.)

to:

* the The Vibrating Luggage conversation.
* Honorable mention go to Tyler playing with nunchucks in the background in one scene or crashing a bike in the basement in another, or his reaction to being punched in the ear by the Narrator. ("Why the ''ear''?" See EnforcedMethodActing.)
conversation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Especially when one of them tries to goad ''a priest'' into fighting him, and it actually ''works''.

to:

** Especially when one of them tries to goad ''a priest'' into fighting him, him by spraying him with a hose, and it actually ''works''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
It\'s not black, it\'s just badly lit.


* The [[spoiler: big black cock]] reappearing just before the end credits.

to:

* The [[spoiler: "nice big black cock]] cock"]] reappearing just before the end credits.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

*** If you notice, the camera shakes a bit during the priest scene. The camera man was laughing too hard to hold it steady. That, in itself, is a CMOF.

Added: 48

Changed: 73

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* When the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel 3.

to:

* When the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel 3. Not to mention Tyler's AsideGlance into the camera with a genuine smile.
-->'''Tyler''': ''(sweetly)'' A nice. Big. Cock.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* When Tyler gives out his first "homework assignment" to fight a total stranger, and the members of Fight Club start chasing down random people on the street, with many of them running away. It doesn't sound funny, but it's [[BetterThanItSounds Funnier Than It Sounds]].
** Espeically when one of them tries to goad ''a priest'' into fighting him, and it actually ''works''.

to:

* When Tyler gives out his first "homework assignment" to fight a total stranger, and the members of Fight Club start chasing down random people on the street, with many of them running away. It doesn't sound funny, but it's [[BetterThanItSounds Funnier Than It Sounds]].
Sounds.
** Espeically Especially when one of them tries to goad ''a priest'' into fighting him, and it actually ''works''.

Added: 39

Changed: 1

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* "Self improvement is masturbation." Hot damn, Tyler, that is both horribly funny and insightful.

to:

* "Self improvement is masturbation." Hot damn, Tyler, that is both horribly funny and insightful.
* "I'd fight Ghandi." "...good answer."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** The scene in question had the potential to be extremely unsettling, but having the narrator whistling cheerfully while the security guards escort him out of the building rather undercut that.

to:

** The scene in question had the potential to be extremely unsettling, but having the narrator whistling cheerfully while the security guards escort him out of the building rather undercut that.that.
* "Self improvement is masturbation." Hot damn, Tyler, that is both horribly funny and insightful.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* the Vibrating Luggage conversation.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Espeically when one of them tries to goad ''a priest'' into fighting him, and it actually ''works''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... ({{beat}})... BLONDE!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.

to:

* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... ({{beat}})... BLONDE!" [[SureLetsGoWithThat BLONDE]]!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The [[spoiler: cock]] reappearing just before the end credits.

to:

* The [[spoiler: big black cock]] reappearing just before the end credits.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* The Narrator's HannibalLecture to his boss, and later on when he beats himself up in his boss' office. Again, funnier than it sounds.

to:

* The Narrator's HannibalLecture to his boss, and later on when he beats himself up in his boss' office. Again, funnier than it sounds.sounds.
** The scene in question had the potential to be extremely unsettling, but having the narrator whistling cheerfully while the security guards escort him out of the building rather undercut that.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** [[spoiler: You've gotta be pretty balls-to-the-wall crazy to have your hallucination call you nuts. It's kinda cool since it shows that the symptoms "Jack's" schizophrenia isn't just the existence of Tyler, it's more realistic than many Hollywood depictions.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... ({{beat}})... BLONDE!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.

to:

* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... ({{beat}})... BLONDE!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.delivery.
* When Tyler gives out his first "homework assignment" to fight a total stranger, and the members of Fight Club start chasing down random people on the street, with many of them running away. It doesn't sound funny, but it's [[BetterThanItSounds Funnier Than It Sounds]].
* The Narrator's HannibalLecture to his boss, and later on when he beats himself up in his boss' office. Again, funnier than it sounds.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* A subtler one: when the Narrator shows up at the building near the end, and Tyler's there and tells him that he looks "like a crazy person".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... {{beat}} BLONDE!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.

to:

* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... {{beat}} ({{beat}})... BLONDE!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Tyler wearing a rubber glove after having sex with Marla.

to:

* Tyler wearing a rubber glove after having sex with Marla.Marla.
* I don't know why, but the quote "and you are too fucking... {{beat}} BLONDE!" got me. It's probably the LargeHam delivery.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* The [[spoiler: cock]] reappearing just before the end credits.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Tyler:''' OKAY! You are now firing a gun [[spoiler: at your imaginary friend]] NEAR 400 GALLONS OF NITROGLYCERIN!

to:

-->'''Tyler:''' OKAY! You are now firing a gun [[spoiler: at your imaginary friend]] NEAR 400 GALLONS OF NITROGLYCERIN![[MadeOfExplodium NITROGLYCERIN]]!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Tyler:''' OKAY! You are now firing a gun [[spoiler: at your imaginary friend]] NEAR 400 GALLONS OF NITROGLYCERIN!

to:

-->'''Tyler:''' OKAY! You are now firing a gun [[spoiler: at your imaginary friend]] NEAR 400 GALLONS OF NITROGLYCERIN!NITROGLYCERIN!
* Tyler wearing a rubber glove after having sex with Marla.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:

Added DiffLines:

* "I am Jack's smirking revenge."

Changed: 158

Removed: 151

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** How about when the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel 3?
** The scene near the end with Tyler, the narrator and the van full of nitroglycerin definitely qualifies, even if it's also one hell of a skin-curler.

to:

** How about when * When the snooty cat and the courageous dog with the celebrity voices meet for the first time in reel 3?
** The scene near the end with Tyler, the narrator and the van full of nitroglycerin definitely qualifies, even if it's also one hell of a skin-curler.
3.



* In the climax:

to:

* In The scene near the climax:end with Tyler, the narrator and the van full of nitroglycerin definitely qualifies, even if it's also one hell of a skin-curler.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Marla's quote after the first time she has sex with Tyler. Sure it CrossesTheLineTwice, but it's funny as hell.

to:

* Marla's quote after the first time she has sex with Tyler. Sure it CrossesTheLineTwice, but it's funny as hell.hell.
* In the climax:
-->'''Tyler:''' OKAY! You are now firing a gun [[spoiler: at your imaginary friend]] NEAR 400 GALLONS OF NITROGLYCERIN!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* Marla's quote after the first time she has sex with Tyler. Sure it CrossesTheLineTwice, but it's funny as hell.

Top