History Funny / OddThomas

-->'''[[DirtyCop Hoss Shackett]]''': I need those [[UsefulNotes/NuclearWeapons nukes]]. I need them, I need them right now. \\

** Also, Odd pretending that he has amnesia.
** Odd ends up trying to beg for mercy from [[spoiler: the enraged spirit of Frank Sinatra]]

-->'''Odd:''' "No! Good Lord! Who would have time for that?"

** During the extremely tense and emotionally charged confrontation at the end of ''Brother Odd,'' Odd and [[spoiler: Brother John]] briefly digress into [[MoodWhiplash a discussion of the latter's]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext electricity bill.]] Due to certain discounts, it's not as bad as you might think.

* In ''Odd Interlude,'' Odd is obliged to steal a truck (long story). To his immense consternation, he ends up stealing it from a sweet, childless widower who is the sole support of his aging parents, spinster sister, and orphaned nephew and who looks like Santa Clause.

* When Odd first encounters the all-powerful, mind-controlling [[spoiler: alien hybrid]] In ''Odd Interlude,'' they quickly descend into hurling playground-style taunts at each other. Odd lampshades how pathetic it is.

* When Odd first encounters the all-powerful, mind-controlling [[spoiler: alien hybrid]] In ''Odd Interlude,'' they quickly descend into hurling playgroun-style taunts at each other. Odd lampshades how pathetic it is.

-->'''[[DirtyCop Hoss Shackett]]''': I need those [[TheDeadliestMushroom nukes]]. I need them, I need them right now. \\

** Later, Odd is temporarily rendered incoherent from the shock of seeing Reverend Moran shoot and kill his own wife. He's cured when Chief Shackett palm-strikes him in the head from behind.
-->'''Moran''': She poured the first drink. She'd have suggested I pour a second. And when my hands were busy fixing the drink, she would have pulled the pistol under ''her'' jacket and shot me. \\
'''Odd''': But. She. You. Your wife. \\
'''Moran''': Of eighteen years. That's why I could read her so well. \\
'''Odd''': Dead. Look. Dead. Why? \\
'''Moran''': The way this blew up, there's not going to be enough money for the both of us. \\
'''Odd''': But. You. Church. {{Jesus}}. \\
'''Moran''': I'll miss the church. My flock. \\
'''Odd''': The bombs? You? Part of that?

* ''Odd Hours'': Odd is temporarily rendered laconic from the shock of seeing Reverend Moran shoot and kill his own wife. He's cured when Chief Shackett palm-strikes him in the head from behind.
-->'''Moran''': She poured the first drink. She'd have suggested I pour a second. And when my hands wre busy fixing the drink, she would have pulled the pistol under ''her'' jacket and shot me. \\
'''Odd''': But. She. You. Your wife. \\
'''Moran''': Of eighteen years. That's why I could read her so well. \\
'''Odd''': Dead. Look. Dead. Why? \\
'''Moran''': The way this blew up, there's not going to be enough money for the both of us. \\
'''Odd''': But. You. Church. {{Jesus}}. \\
'''Moran''': I'll miss the church. My flock. \\
'''Odd''': The bombs? You? Part of that?

'''Odd''': But. You. Church. Jesus. \\

-->'''Moran''': She poured the first drink. She'd have suggested I pour a second. \\

* ''Odd Hours'': Odd is temporarily reduced to single-word sentences from the shock of seeing Reverend Moran shoot and kill his own wife. He's cured when Chief Shackett palm-strikes him in the head from behind.

-->'''[[DirtyCop Hoss Shackett]]''': I need those [[TheDeadliestMushroom nukes]]. I need them, I need them right now.
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Odd]]''': I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve-step program to help you break this addiction.

-->'''[[SaintlyChurch Brother Quentin]]''': We need to know the name of our enemy.
-->'''Brother Alfonse''': We know the name. His name is legion.
-->'''Brother Quentin''': I don't mean our ultimate enemy, Odd, we aren't going up against {{Satan}} with [[WithThisHerring baseball bats]], are we?
-->'''Odd''': If it's Satan, I haven't noticed a sulfurous smell.
-->'''Brother Quentin''': You're being evasive again.

-->'''Odd''': [[DeadpanSnarker I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve-step program to help you break this addiction.]]

-->'''Brother Quentin''':You're being evasive again.

-->'''[[SaintlyChurch Brother Quentin]]''': We need to know the name of our enemy

-->'''Odd''': If it's Satan, I haven't noticed a sulfurous smell."

** During a discussion with a physicist over a plate of cookies, Odd asks about the possibility of a tragic accident happening as a result of his experiments. The physicist replies that it's possible—though highly unlikely—for Odd to die of a brain aneurysm at that moment. Odd's first thought is that he should have had another cookie.

->'''[[DirtyCop Hoss Shackett]]''': I need those [[TheDeadliestMushroom nukes]]. I need them, I need them right now.
->'''Odd''': [[DeadpanSnarker I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve-step program to help you break this addiction.]]

An exchange from ''Odd Hours'':

->'''Odd''': [[DeadpanSnarker I don't want to be an enabler, sir. I'd rather get you into a twelve-step program to help you break this addiction.]]