History Funny / MiddleEarthShadowOfMordor

** This includes killing the [[spoiler:Great White Graug]]. Torvin kicks it several times just to make sure.

** After the [[spoiler: destruction of the Gorthaur, the Hammer of Sauron inspects what's left of the monument and then [[SurroundedByIdiots demands to know why the local Warchiefs did nothing to prevent it]]. The mob of Uruks he's addressing all turn to look at Ratbag, who [[OhCrap looks none too happy]] about his chances of talking his way out of things, before the mob shove him in front of the Hammer to start talking]].

--->'''Ratbag''': [[spoiler: They all [[BlatantLies perished in battle]], milord. All except me, [[DirtyCoward Warchief Ratbag]].]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Hammer of Sauron]]''': [[spoiler: ''([[FalseReassurance chuckles]])'' [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, you are still alive]]!]]\\
''([[spoiler:Ratbag laughs nervously, thinking he's off the hook...[[YouHaveFailedMe and then the Hammer smashes his head in]].]])''
** Retroactively made even funnier in the sequel [[spoiler: where it's revealed Ratbag was [[IronButtMonkey barely phased]] by a blow that sent him flying.]]

* One curious player wondered what would happen if you spent the game avoiding any potential rivalries up to the Lord of Mordor mission, [[spoiler: where your Nemesis comes back for one last fight against you.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv5TRD47jeE He carried out this experiment]] and found that [[spoiler: the game just brings back [[AnticlimaxBoss Ratbag]]. It's probably a glitch, due to Nemesis!Ratbag not being voiced by Creator/PhilLamarr, but it's a hilarious surprise all the same.]]

** It's possible to [[OneHitKill instantly kill a Warchief]] [[AchievementsInIgnorance without knowing his weakness,]] [[ButForMeItWasTuesday or even that he]] ''[[ButForMeItWasTuesday is]]'' [[ButForMeItWasTuesday a Warchief]] until the game stops to tell you.

** One of the possible Nemesis names is [[UnfortunateNames Dûsh]]. [[AccidentalInnuendo Please say that out loud in order to not take it seriously ever]]. What makes it ''hilarious'' is the Wraith's habit of saying the names of Nemeses you examine in [[TheComicallySerious deadpan seriousness, including that one, without a hint that it is any different from any other name]]. Even funnier if the Dûsh in question is a Warchief, [[VariableMix because the Uruk chant that starts up whenever you fight a Warchief]] [[SayMyName consists entirely of the Warchief's name]] [[LargeHam at the top of the singers' lungs]].

--->'''War Chant:''' '''[[{{Narm}} DÛSH!]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar DÛSH!!]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome DÛSH!!!]]'''

-->'''Orc Narration''': Once again, the filthy humans sided with the Dwarves who had help from [[OurElvesAreBetter those sanctimonious bastards the Elves]] who were rescued by - and [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer I am not making this up]] - the damned giant Eagles to slaughter thousands of our brethren in what we ''should'' be calling [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality the battle to unfairly gang up on the Orcs.]] Our lands get invaded, our chieftains killed, and our people murdered. Where does it end? Well, I tell you, it ends ''here''. And it ends right now! They can't stop the march of progress. They can't stop us!

* Among the Artifacts you collect, you find evidence that Saruman sent a spy to Mordor to report back to him what they are doing. The spy does his job rather well, but by the third (and final) report, he's been driven insane by the very presence... of Morgai flies. ''You'' try to listen to his report without sniggering. Though the flies are also implied to be extensions of Sauron's will which may dilute the comedy of it.

* This troper had a nemesis. He had the Humiliator modifier, and was a green-skinned berserker. [[Creator/TearOfGrace Prak Jaws is rolling in his grave.]] Anyway, he had a fear of betrayal, which roughly translated to anytime a branded orc got anywhere near him, this otherwise badass and imposing warrior would ''run for the goddamn hills''. One time, he showed up to a duel as a bodyguard, and ''revealed himself to me by running the fuck away'' in usual fashion.

* In the "Blade of Galadriel", Elteriel can overhear an orc declaring there are two kinds of Orcs in the world: those who do it for the killing, and those who do it for the power. Another Orc will pipe up, saying there are some Orcs who do it for the grog and meat. The first orc will sigh and mutter, "What do you have to be so difficult?"

* Among the Artifacts you collect, you find evidence that Saruman sent a spy to Mordor to report back to him what they are doing. The spy does his job rather well, but by the third (and final) report, he's been driven insane by the very presence... of Morgai flies. ''You'' try to listen to his report without sniggering.

** Uruk the Poets are...not very good at the whole poem thing.

** The randomly-generated orcs can lead to this. Take a warchief whose only weakness is "Fear of his Rival" so if see that rival, he will leg it. It's entirely possible for the RandomNumberGod to cause said rival to be ''his own bodyguard''. The result? As soon as you begin the mission to fight that warchief and he spawns, immediately spots his bodyguard (who spawned alongside him) dutifully escorting him, screams in fear and immediately [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere legs it out of here]], ''in the middle of his introductory cutscene, as the chorus ominously shout his name''. Even funnier if the Warchief also has the "Fast Runner" trait as he'll run away at an almost cartoonishly comical speed.

* This troper had a nemesis. He had the Humiliator modifier, and was a green-skinned berserker. [[TearOfGrace Prak Jaws is rolling in his grave.]] Anyway, he had a fear of betrayal, which roughly translated to anytime a branded orc got anywhere near him, this otherwise badass and imposing warrior would ''run for the goddamn hills''. One time, he showed up to a duel as a bodyguard, and ''revealed himself to me by running the fuck away'' in usual fashion.
* Some of the threats the Captains utter when they spot you can be incredible, erm, ''jovial'', such as:

** You don't need to imagine it, just watch Creator/TearOfGrace and his Shadow of Mordor series. He usually plays a snippet of the theme every time he gets killed by an Captain with the trait.

* If you have excellent timing, you can light a warchief on fire right as they spawn. The result is the warchief's introduction, complete with zooming, TimeStandsStill, and OminousLatinChanting, will play as he stumbles around, burning and panicking.

* More of a meta example, but [[http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/fd00gy/middle-earth--shadow-of-mordor-behind-the-scenes--troy-baker-and-nolan-north in a behind the scenes interview]], Creator/TroyBaker and Creator/NolanNorth [[LampshadeHanging hangs a massive lampshade]] on their FandomRivalry.

-->'''Torvin:''' [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge DIE, YA RANCID BASTARD!]]
-->'''Talion:''' [[DeaderThanDead I think it's dead.]]

-->'''Ratbag''': [[spoiler: They all [[BlatantLies perished in battle]], milord. All except me, [[DirtyCoward Warchief Ratbag]].]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Hammer of Sauron]]''': [[spoiler: ''([[FalseReassurance chuckles]])'' [[SarcasmMode Fortunately, you are still alive]]!]]
-->''([[spoiler: Ratbag laughs nervously, thinking he's off the hook...[[YouHaveFailedMe and then the Hammer smashes his head in]].]])''

--->'''Ratbag:''' Now I know what you're thinkin', Ranger. This was not my fault. I got to tell the Chief I've killed his bodyguard. He turns around... got the exact same face as the dead maggot I just killed... we just killed! Twins! What are the odds of...?!\\

* If you manage to Dominate all of a Warchief's bodyguards then do a betrayal, he may come up with this winning line:
-->'''Warchief:''' Turning Orcs against their Master?! That's ''low''... ''{{{beat}})'' WhyDidntIThinkOfThat

** Having a warchief appear epic with all the war chanting and fanfare, only for him to practically mere seconds uafter arrival ''ruin it all'', via running away because one of his fears was already present before he even arrived.

-->''([[spoiler: Ratbag laughs nervously, thinking he's off the hook...[[YouHaveFailedMe and then the Hammer smashes his head in]].]]