History Funny / Jaws

* Hooper [[http://www.empireonline.com/images/uploaded/threesome-out-to-sea-1.jpg making faces behind]] Quint's back after a rebuke.
* Quint's continual rejection of Hooper produces some [[CrossesTheLineTwice infamous-yet-memorable moments]]

** The vandalization itself, with a spray-painted shark fin, in correct proportion, and a speech balloon coming from the beach bunny: "Help, shark!" Obviously these were particularly well-researched vandals.

'''Hooper:''' All right, all right. Hey, I don't need this... I don't need this working-class-hero crap.

--> '''Brody''': THAT'S GREAT! THAT'S JUST GREAT! NOW WHERE THE HELL ARE WE HUH?! YOU'RE CERTIFIABLE, QUINT, YOU KNOW THAT?! YOU'RE CERTIFIABLE!

--> '''Brody:''' Terrific.

* Hooper's reaction to being plunged into darkness during the night attack.

* When Quint sees the shark cage, he doubts its reliability, saying, "You go inside the cage? Cage goes in the water? Shark's in the water. Our shark," then smiles and starts singing, "Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies! Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain!"

-->'''Brody:''' "On the water?!"
-->'''Hooper:''' [[DeadpanSnarker "Well, if we're looking for a shark we're not gonna find it on the land."]]
-->'''Brody:''' "Yeah, but I'm not drunk enough to go out on a boat!"
-->'''Hooper:''' "Yes, you are!"

-->'''Martin:''' [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight "...I can do anything; I'm the Chief of Police."]]

* "[[GonnaNeedMoreX You're gonna need a bigger boat.]]" Even funnier is how the audience knows ''exactly'' why Brody is [[OhCrap saying that]] when he finally saw the shark.
** It's even more hilarious once you realize that line was completely ad-libbed. Both the book author and the credited screenwriter expressed jealousy at Roy Scheider just making that up on the spot.
** And all through the rest of the scene, Brody is babbling about [[OverlyLongGag calling in a bigger boat.]] Quint keeps ignoring him all the same. Even the editor seems to get tired of it and fades to the next scene while he's still going.

* Hooper doing his best to talk some sense into the town Mayor... but the Mayor is [[HypocriticalHumor more worried about the vandalized]] ''Welcome to Amity'' sign covered with shark graffiti.
** The vandalization itself, with a spray-painted shark fin and a speech balloon coming from the beach bunny: "Help, shark!"
** And the hint that these were particularly well-researched vandals, drawing the fin in correct proportion to the woman.

* Brody and his wife are arguing over whether they should let Michael play in the water.

--> '''Ellen''': Michael! Did you hear your father? Out of the water!

-->'''Hooper:''' (mouth full) "Fascinating. Want a pretzel?"

-->'''Kid:''' (pointing) "He made me do it! He talked me into it..."

-->'''Hooper:''' I think you're going to ignore this problem until it swims up and bites you in the ASS!

** And all through the rest of the scene, Brody is babbling about [[OverlyLongGag calling in a bigger boat.]] Quint keeps ignoring him all the same.

* When Quint sees the shark cage, he doubts its reliability, saying "you go in the cage. Cage goes in the water. Shark's in the water," then smiles and starts singing "farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies! Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain!"

* At one point, Quint crushes a beer can[[note]]Which at the time were made from tin instead of aluminum, so crushing one barehanded was far more impressive[[/note]] in his hand, and Hooper responds by doing the same thing with a styrofoam cup.

-->"Back home we have a taxidermy man! He gonna have a heart attack when he see what I brung him!"

** To be fair, Hooper did actually hold up two fingers as a way to tell Brody to stop filling his glass. Clearly, neither of them wanted too much, anyway.

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** Dreyfuss was 27 when the film was released, which isn't beyond college age depending on what degree is being pursued, especially in the sciences. Most Ph.D students don't finish their degrees until their late-20s, and even that can be prolonged depending on the research. Also, compared to Shaw and Scheider, he was relatively young. It is true, however, that this was a case of casting not matching the script as the script was adjusted for Dreyfuss. And people can start to go grey in even their late teens.

* In a behind the scenes case, Spielberg's friend Creator/GeorgeLucas visited the set and was very impressed with Bruce the shark. As he stuck his head into the mouth for a closer look, Spielberg pranked him by hitting the button to close it...and as usual, the mechanics malfunctioned and it was quite a job to get Lucas unstuck.

* When the first shark sighting on the Fourth of July is revealed to be a practical joke by a couple of kids, the two boys pop up to see the entire police force pointing guns at them, prompting one of them to give this hasty excuse:

'''Hooper:''' I need to have something in the foreground to give it some scale!
''' Brody:''' Foreground my ass!

'''Chief Brody:''' Foreground my ass!

--> '''Brody:''' [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere Size my ass!]]