History Funny / Hannibal

** Particularly the bit where Will mentions the missing intestines and Zeller says, "Either someone's got short bowels or someone's [[{{Squick}} making sausages]]". [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cut to Hannibal doing exactly that]].

** Hannibal's proud father expression when Will takes a bite off Cordell's cheek.

* The entire scene with [[spoiler:Krendler being lobotomised and his brain being eaten by Hannibal and Starling]] is a combination of Nausea Fuel, Nightmare Fuel, and very, ''very'' BlackComedy. It's such a completely absurd and disturbing situation that you can't help but laugh at it, such as when [[spoiler:Hannibal makes Krendler drink a "parsley and thyme infusion" that will make his brain taste better. Apparently.]]

--> '''Will:''' Peter, is your social worker inside that horse?

* Gary Oldman's performance as Mason Verger is part twisted and funny.
* Lecter also had his funny moments, albiet dark ones.

* Mason's opinion of Paul Krendler is summed up in one word after [[spoiler: bribing him to plant evidence that gets Starling suspended in order to trap Lecter]]: "cocksucker"
* Gary Oldman's performance as Mason Verger is part twisted and funny.trap

* In the film adaptation, [[spoiler: a lobotomized Krendler comments that the piece of his brain that Hannibal is sautéing smells good, and Hannibal [[{{Autocannibalism}} allows him to try it.]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice He likes it.]]]]

* Mason's opinion of Paul Krendler is summed up in one word after [[spoiler: bribing him to plant evidence that gets Starling suspened in order to trap Lecter]]: "cock-sucker".

* Gary Oldman's performance as Mason Verger was part twisted and funny.

* Mason's opinion of Paul Krendler is summed up in one word after [[spoiler: bribing him to plant evidence that gets Starling suspened in order to trap Lecter]]: "cock-sucker".

** Hannibal [[http://i.imgur.com/stvni7m.gif slurping down]] [[spoiler: Chilton's]] ripped off lip. He justifies himself to Jack, as the latter only needs one for forensics. He then casually talks to Jack and Alana about what a good day he's having.

** Followed by a shot of Hannibal, clearly thinking, ''not half as much as I was.''

Yes, even in a show as [[NightmareFuel/{{Hannibal}} dark and disturbing]] as ''Hannibal'', there's still the odd moment of [[BlackComedy twisted humor]] here and there.

* Hannibal's [[spoiler: surprise greeting to the killer]] in "Sakizuki", right before a cut to commercial:

*** Made even better by Hannibal's reactionary shot, a stoic version of "WTF?"

--->'''Chilton:''' May I use your shower, please?

--->'''Chilton:''' Abel Gideon is half eaten in my guest room. I have corpses on my property. You just threw up an ear!

--->'''Hannibal:''' You might want to crawl back in there if you know what's good for you.

---> '''Will:''' Peter, is your social worker inside that horse?

* While Mason Verger revealing the pig maze in "Naka-choko" has its share of horrifying moments, there are bits that are hilarious in their outlandishness. Like when the meat dummy is first debuted for demonstration.
--> '''Margot''': (completely deadpan) That's one of my suits.

* In "Naka-Choko":
-->'''Hannibal:''' You slice the ginger.

* "Apéritif":
** Will's [[DeadpanSnarker explanation]] for why he's in the bathroom:

*** Followed by Jack's reply: "Me too." Then some hapless agent comes in, only to scurry right back out again when Jack bellows "'''USE THE LADIES ROOM!'''"

* In "Potage":

* This gem from Jack Crawford in "Buffet Froid".

* In "Mukozuke":

** Gideon's line, "You can come closer, Dr. Lecter. I'm a cutter, not a pisser."

* In "Yakimono":

* In "Su-zakana":

* From "Tome-wan":

* Will's [[DeadpanSnarker explanation]] for why he's in the bathroom:

** Followed by Jack's reply: "Me too." Then some hapless agent comes in, only to scurry right back out again when Jack bellows "'''USE THE LADIES ROOM!'''"
* Abigail has an idea to recreate the phone call that tipped her father off; she suggests that Will play her father, Alana her mother, and says to Hannibal, "And you be the man on the phone!"
* When Abigail has a horrified realization that her father [[spoiler: very likely fed parts of the girls he killed to her and her mother,]] Hannibal only calmly replies, "It's very likely."

* Will's disdain for therapy in "Amuse-Bouche".
-->'''Hannibal:''' How does that make you feel?
-->'''Will:''' [[DeadpanSnarker How's it make]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker you]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker feel?]]

* After Alana finds out about Hannibal stealing Abigail from the hospital:
-->'''Hannibal''': You were right.
-->'''Alana''': Often am. Have to be more specific.

* In "Trou Normand", the killer of the week is informed that his entire life's work was ass-backwards. His entire reaction? Hitting his hand against the armchair as though to say, "[[{{Narm}} Darnit]]."

* This gem from Jack Crawford in "Buffet Froid".
-->'''Will:''' He knew her. Someone who cared about her, or thought he did.
-->'''Beverly:''' [[{{Yandere}} He cared too much.]]
-->'''Jack:''' So, we're looking for boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, coworkers, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind the guy who bags her groceries.]]

** Don't forget Chilton's silent sassy gestures we see while Will blanks him
** He also returns to the river during Chilton's testimony in court. And only Chilton's testimony.

* When Will is taken to [[spoiler: the observatory where Beverly's body is found]], the look on Matthew Brown's face is pretty amusing. Hell, any scene when he is engaging in his [[spoiler: ObfuscatingStupidity]] as one of the asylum security guards counts as a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
* Hannibal's CasualDangerDialogue after being tranquilized, his wrists slit, strung up with a noose around his neck, and effectively crucified; all while being left at the tender mercy of Matthew Brown.

* Gideon's line, "You can come closer, Dr. Lecter. I'm a cutter, not a pisser."
* When Freddie Lounds bumps into Hannibal as he leaves the asylum:

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAbWmjUyhhs Hannibal Season 1 Gag Reel.]] 'Nuff said. Especially whenever the actors break character when they realize someone's screwed up, which leads to scenes like Hugh Dancy high-fiving the forensics team, the Scary Music continuing as Hugh Dancy does the Robot, Mads Mikkelsen repeatedly failing to catch a potato with his knife, and Laurence Fishburne pronouncing Dumfries as "dumb fries".

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEzqp9o2rE Season 2 Gag Reel]]. Highligts include:

* The Scene when Starling is listening to tapes being recorded of her sessions with Lecter. Krendler decides to be a jerk and ogle a nude sketch Hannibal drew of Starling in the letter he sent her, not knowing Starling is in the room with her with the lights barely on. Just to troll him, she yanks her headphones out of the recorder, causing Hannibal's Voice to echo in the loud speakers scaring the living crap out of Krendler.

* Jack wonders why there's a leg missing from [[spoiler: the eye mural]], at which point the scene switches to Hannibal's kitchen, where NBC brazenly shows Hannibal slicing the man's foot off the leg in his culinary preparation, all while an energetic classical piece plays.

** As if being kidnapped by the Red Dragon wasn't bad enough, Chilton also has to endure him having a soapy argument with his girlfriend.

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** Made even better by Hannibal's reactionary shot, a stoic version of "WTF?"
*** While Mason Verger revealing the pig maze in "Naka-choko" has its share of horrifying moments, there are bits that are hilarious in their outlandishness. Like when the meat dummy is first debuted for demonstration.

---> "I enjoy the smell of urinal cake."
** Followed by Jack's reply: "Me too." Then some hapless agent comes in, only to scurry right back out again when Crawford bellows "'''USE THE LADIES ROOM!'''"
* Abigail has an idea to recreate the phone call that tipped her father off; she suggests that Graham play her father, Bloom her mother, and says to Lecter, "And you be the man on the phone!"
* When Abigail has a horrified realization that her father [[spoiler: very likely fed parts of the girls he killed to her and her mother,]] Lecter only calmly replies, "It's very likely."

* "He should have hopped faster." [[spoiler:Cue a ScareChord and a brief cut to the "rabbit" running for his life, stumbling and taking on a distinctly ''hopping'' sort of gait as he tries to get away.]] Then cut back to Lecter and Crawford.
--> '''Lecter''': Yes, he should have. Fortunately for us, he did not.

* The forensic team's reaction to Will's outburst at Jack in "Coquilles". After Jack's "I did not hear that," they quickly scamper off into the background. Although they're probably just trying to save Will the embarrassment of getting chewed out by the boss in front of colleagues, it's reminiscent of siblings getting the hell out of Dodge when one of them is about to be scolded by a parent.

-->'''Dr.Chilton:''' I've read your notes, of course. They were more or less helpful, as I conducted my own interviews with Dr. Gideon over the years.

** Hannibal's 'grocery shopping'. He picks a certain business card from his Rolodex, goes to his box of recipes to choose a suitable course, brings the respective organ back, prepares it to cook and puts it in his fridge. And then he does it again. And again. This is cut together with the forensic team examining the bodies and noting the missing organs...and then just how the missing organs are being prepared...
** Particularly the bit where they mention the missing intestines and they actually say "Either someone's got short bowels or someone's [[{{Squick}} making sausages]]". [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cut to Hannibal doing exactly that]].
* Also from "Sorbet":
-->'''Jimmy''': We were looking at donor lists for a heart or kidneys. Now we're looking for hearts, kidneys, livers, stomachs, pancreases, lungs... this guy is missing a spleen. A spleen! Who the hell gets a spleen transplant?!
* In "Fromage", Franklyn is trying to talk Tobias down, rather aping Lecter -- and then Lecter [[spoiler: gets fed up and snaps Franklyn's neck.]]

-->'''Bev:''' [[{{Yandere}} He cared too much.]]

* Gideon's line, "You can come closer, Doctor Lecter. I'm a cutter, not a pisser."

* Chilton's reaction in "Futamono" to Hannibal's dinner party: his expression while holding the weird-looking squab's claw ''hors d'oeuvre'' has been described, by multiple posts on tumblr, simply as 'The hell is ''this?' ''

* In "Su-zakana", Hannibal watches (with a face that is ''pure gold'') as a serial killer laboriously crawls out of a dead horse, then delivers the most hilarious line of the episode.
-->'''Hannibal:''' You might want to crawl back in there if you know what's good for you.

* Close competition for most hilarious line of "Su-zakana", made CrazyAwesome by the fact that Hugh Dancy manages to deliver the line completely straight:
--> '''Will Graham:''' Peter, is your social worker inside that horse?

* While Mason Verger revealing the pig maze in "Naka-choko" has its share of horrifying moments, there are bits that are hilarious in their outlandishness. Like when the meat dummy is first debuted for demonstration.

** Hannibal [[spoiler: casually escaping, pushing dead cops out of a car and then asking if Will is 'going in his direction'.]]

** The smooth, refined, classy Lecter transmogrifying into Mads Mikkelsen with three words:

--> '''Will:''' You're Hannibal Lecter's therapist. ''([[Beat very long beat]])'' What's ''that'' like?

* The way that Franklyn, who is by far the most nervous and neurotic character in the show so far, is absolutely oblivious when there are not one but ''two'' 'lions' in the room.

* Jack Crawford wonders why there's a leg missing from [[spoiler: the eye mural]], at which point the scene switches to Hannibal's kitchen, where NBC brazenly shows Hannibal slicing the man's foot off the leg in his culinary preparation, all while an energetic classical piece plays.

--> '''Will:''' You're Hannibal Lecter's therapist. ''(very long beat)'' What's ''that'' like?

-->'''Brown:''' Did you know the phrase to 'kick the bucket' came from exactly this situation? You could kick it out right now yourself and it'd all be over. Quicker than bleeding out.
-->'''Lecter:''' You're a nurse at the hospital... Are you setting a new standard of care?

-->'''Lecter:''' What brings you to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane?

-->'''Lecter:''' ''({{Beat}})'' I'm trying.

** Chilton and Hannibal [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow both knowing that Hannibal is the Chesapeake Ripper, that Chilton knows this, and that Hannibal knows he knows this]] leads to another funny moment at the dinner party where Chilton is staring at Lecter in abject wide-eyed terror, and Lecter notices and ''winks'' at him, giving Chilton all the reason he needs to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere haul ass out of there]]. It felt like Creator/AnthonyHopkins took over Mads Mikkelsen's body for that one little moment, just to have Hannibal screw with Chilton in the series like he did in the books and movies.

* In "Yakimono", the first thing a traumatized, blood soaked Chilton says to Will after showing up on his porch?:
-->'''Chilton:''' May I use your shower, please?
* It's BlackComedy, but Hannibal calling out 'One moment, please!' in the most non-nonchalant way possible to FBI agents at the door while drugging and choking Chilton is somewhat hysterical.
* Chilton's rant about how the odds are stacked against him, as compared to the evidence against Will: "Abel Gideon is half eaten in my guest room. I have corpses on my property. You just threw up an ear!"
* You've just got to pity Chilton a tiny little bit when he pulls a gun on Will and gets rewarded with a hilariously disdainful non-reaction -- in part because Will's almost certainly thinking, "Hannibal's really scraping the barrel if he expects anybody to believe ''you're'' the Ripper," and ''especially'' with Chilton yelling commands like Will's a naughty puppy.

* In "Kō No Mono", after Mason emotionally destroys an orphan child just so he can have a tear in his martini, Mason cheerfully says "Have a chocolate!" before walking away.

** Taken even further in the next episode "Tome-Wan", where Hannibal just stares open-mouthed as Mason puts his feet on his desk and stabs a penknife into his chair. Seeing the normally unflappable Hannibal simply dazed with the intent to kill one of the rudest people he's ever met is quite amusing.

--->'''Mason''': "The swine may be shy, with starting with the toes, so we need to encourage them (In ridiculous Italian accent to Carlo) ''with a little-a sauce, eh?''"\\

'''Mason''': [[MoodWhiplash "So we're gonna cut your throat."]]

*** The entire sequence with Mason's [[spoiler:drugging and cutting of his own face, especially when we see the hallucianations from his point of view]], does a very good job straddling the line between CrowningMomentOfFunny and NightmareFuel, with a dash of what can be seen as either {{Narm}} or NarmCharm. It's probably the very height of ''Hannibal'''s BlackComedy- the actual events make it on one hand ''extremely'' disturbing, but at the same time it's an oddly hilarious sequence because of the atmosphere that Michael Pitt's performance and the background music give.

* Hannibal admitting to Bedelia that his abruptly stabbing his guest in the head "may have been impulsive."

* "The Number of the Beast Is 666...":

* Hannibal reveals that he called the hotline Verger made to track him down, "just for fun".

** Will casually sipping wine while watching [[spoiler: Hannibal]] die from a gunshot.

** Gillian Anderson losing her microphone in her cleavage
** Mikkelsen completely forgetting how to knot a tie, and fumbling with his waistcoat
** The processing of Chilton's belongings