History Funny / ResidentEvil2

* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil2'' has a moment where Leon catches up to FemmeFatale [[LadyInRed Ada]] [[ChineseGirl Wong]], and attempts to make conversation. Keep in mind Leon is wearing a blue police uniform with insignia everywhere and the giant letters R.P.D. emblazoned on his back.

* The way Mr. X smashes the camera in Leon/Claire B, Donkey Kong-style, can elicit a chuckle.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy-sbHKP5-g ADA! WAIT!!]]

* Ada, WAIT! ADA! WAIT!!

* The whole entire exchange with Claire Redfield and Robert Kendo is hilarious. The way he calls her "babe" and other sexual innuendos is kind of funny because it sounds like the audio has been horribly redubbed compared to the Leon version of the dialogue.

** Especially refreshing considering how Sherry is twelve in the games but acts like she's five.

!!Original

** Especially refreshing considering how Sherry is twelve in the games but acts like she's five.

!!Remake
* A perhaps unintentional one happens in the remake's reveal trailer, when we get a sudden, random shot of a bathroom. It's almost as if, after 20 years of enduring the "R.P.D. has no bathroom" meme, this was Capcom's way of saying, "''There'', it finally has a bathroom. Happy now?"
** The Playstation gameplay stream confirms that is PRECISELY what they meant, from the developer's mouth, as the player picks up a healing spray from one of the stalls.
* A meta example. Ada's new appearance in the remake has caused many fans to quip that she looks like a rich Asian mom.
--> '''Website/YouTube commenter:''' Was supposed to appear in Film/CrazyRichAsians but got lost in Raccoon city
* The remake also isn't afraid of establishing Leon's DeadpanSnarker traits when he and Ada stare down a dark tunnel with no idea what's in store for them.
--> '''Ada:''' After you.
--> '''Leon:''' Gee, thanks.
* Leon will occasionally swear when a zombie will rise, miss a shot, or his gun comes out empty. In the sewers, when he has to slide down a slope, he will say "Shit" in disgust.
* At one point, you run into a very fat cop pathetically banging away at a snack machine, almost as if to say that he's got one hell of a sweet tooth ''even in un-death''. Better yet, he only attacks if you attack him, meaning its perfectly fine to just ignore you.
** Even better: [[FailedASpotCheck the plexiglass window is broken]].
* The newest trailer at the end of the One-Shot Demo depicts the events of the main game like a movie trailer preview, only to cut to the fan-favorite HUNK's return - [[MoodWhiplash followed by]] ''Tofu'' wandering through the sewers and still complaining in high-pitched Japanese!
* Leon finally averts his inherent nature as a CaptainCrash, bringing the acquired cop car to a stop in the intro thanks to no sneaky zombie in the backseat. And then zombies surround it anyway. Not even a minute later it gets crashed into and turned into an explosive wreck by the semi-trucker by pure accident. You'd think someone at Capcom has [[RunningGag cursed Leon to turn every car he touches into destruction.]]
* At the gas station at the very beginning of the game, there's a freezer containing ''Herb Ice Cream'' (now in green!). The sheer absurdity of it makes you wonder just how obsessed with herbs the Raccoon City populace actually is.
* A temporarily Japan exclusive DLC[[note]]The DLC will be released worldwide a couple months after the game's initial release.[[/note]] gives the player the choice to use (slightly updated) [[ModelDissonance blocky, low-poly character models]] from the original PS game as costumes for Leon and Claire. As you might have reckoned, these models combined with the significantly more lifelike character animation look quite surreal.
* In a 2nd Run's beginning where your character has to take an alternate route into the Police Department, your first item box room has a poster on the wall of none other than ''Brad Vickers'' advertising the RPD and S.T.A.R.S. [[MythologyGag Now why would a poster of him be in an underpass beneath the front entrance..?]]
* Many a fan was left scratching their head as to [[RiddleForTheAges just whose picture Jill kept on her desk]] in the original game, which Leon and Claire speculated was her boyfriend, and Jill herself offers no comment on at all when she visits the office in ''[=RE3=]''. In the remake, the photo on her desk is finally visible, and it shows [[spoiler:a big, friendly-looking dog]], which apparently (at least, we ''hope'') is the creative team's way of saying "[[WriterCopOut Never mind. Look, we're sorry we even brought it up.]]"
* Near the end of the true ending, Leon, Claire, and Sherry see an incoming truck, and Leon tries to figure out if the driver is friendly or hostile. The driver just flips him off as he passes by, leading to Leon quipping "Well, he was friendly..."
** Though in true BlackComedy fashion, compared to everything else in a two hundred km radius wanting to eat Leon's face off or slash him to pieces -- by comparison a flippant driver giving him the middle finger IS friendly. Beggars can't be choosers, especially when you're looking for a sign you've gotten out of dodge from the apocalypse.
** Also, the same driver is headed to a zombie-infested Raccoon City just before a thermobaric explosive detonation courtesy of the U.S. military. It serves as both LaserGuidedKarma and TheresNoKillLikeOverKill.
* When Sherry asks Leon and Claire are they a couple, both adults are left stuttering trying to tell her that they only met the previous night. This is follow by all three of them holding hands like a family.
* Though he's really terrifying in this version, Mr. X can be the comically serious. For instance, if you're running from him and a zombie's in the way, he'll shove the zombie like an angry bouncer. Also, as mentioned on the main page; it's almost comical to see a serious Tyrant monster get really upset about losing his favorite hat enough to start running after you.
** If you manage to stagger Mr. X with a powerful weapon, such as a shotgun or [[AKA47 Lightning Hawk]] with a shot to the head and watch as he recovers, he'll stop and quickly crack his neck as if to say "okay, ''that'' hurt", before chasing after you like nothing happened.
** [[TacticalDoorUse Due to the way doors work in the remake]], if you hide yourself behind one that you know Mr. X will be going through, he will open it, walk a few steps in the wrong direction, and then turn around after it closes as if doing a "Hey, wait a minute..." DoubleTake, before proceeding to beat the snot out of you again.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh9AfN78-mI Mr. X reconsiders the situation.]]
* In case you were wondering, yes, you can shoot Mr. X's hat off. Then things go [[MoodWhiplash right back]] to NightmareFuel when you suddenly realize he is now '''running towards you in a [[BerserkButton berserk rage]]'''.
* During his first encounter with Marvin, Leon gives a very brief "This is going to be one of those days." expression after his superior strictly tells him to go on without him.
** Claire's reaction when Marvin tells her Chris took a vacation (meaning she came all the way to Raccoon City and trapped herself in a highly dangerous, zombie-infested hellscape for ''nothing'') is likewise darkly amusing.
* The fact that Tofu, a JokeCharacter, gets a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d6OkQV7RyE badass metal song]] as his theme while running through the Raccoon City Police Department that sounds like it came straight out of ''VideoGame/Doom2016''.
* There are now several unlockable variants, or should we say, ''[[JustForPun flavours]]'' of Tofu for use in his mode, each with their own backstory, gender and Japanese voice set.
** All Tofus spend the mode talking to Nighthawk in their native Japanese language no matter what language you set the voices too. The funny comes in that Nighthawk's dialogue remains unchanged from the HUNK scenario so no matter how much Tofu yells at him in [[KansaiRegionalAccent Kansai dialect Japanese]], Nighthawk seems to understand him perfectly. Such [[{{Omniglot}} training.]]
** Some of the Tofus' lines basically just amount to screaming, too.
* The fight with G-2 requires the player to [[spoiler: use a crane holding onto a large metal crate to swing it right into him.]] However, It's completely possible [[spoiler: for the player to bungle this and be on the receiving end of their own trap resulting in a game over.]] While morbid it is somewhat amusing. Capcom later revealed that in a statistical analysis of in-game accomplishments, a whopping ''78%'' of players smashed themselves with the crane, with 64% of that being from a first playthrough, meaning there are still ''14%'' of the playerbase somewhere who got [[HoistByHisOwnPetard hoist by their own petards]] more than once.
** Made better by the supremely [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] loading screen tip the game displays if this happens:
--> [[spoiler: When using the crane, [[CaptainObvious don't get caught in your own trap]]]]
* Some of the notes you can find can be amusing, some [[BlackComedy darkly so]]:
** The "Storage Locker Terminal Memo" note is straightforward enough on how to fix the locker room keypad but has this added message at the bottom, showing just how angry the person who wrote the memo is:
-->"(You know who you are, bastard. Who else'd fuck it up this badly!?)"
** The "To any survivors" note written by David which warns readers about the Lickers roaming the police station. For anyone who's a veteran of the series, they know how to avoid these monsters. However, for new players who don't know any better, it seems that David is mocking them with this following line:
-->"So long as you don't run around like a total idiot, guns a-blazing, you should be able to slip right by them...probably."
** Then there's the "Letter to S.T.A.R.S. Members" from none other than Chris Redfield himself. The letter is full of [[DoubleEntendre double meanings]] that it becomes hilarious because of how much Chris is playing up his vacationer act in order to not arouse any suspicions from Umbrella or Irons.
** Some delicious BlackComedy after the first encounter with Irons in Claire's story, has an article [[VillainWithGoodPublicity praising him for]], among other things, supporting charities for abused women. Note that you find said article less than five minutes after he pistol-whips Claire in the face.
* When you infiltrate the dining room at NEST, the room is instantly filled with the sounds of a zombie loudly munching down on a corpse. Approach said zombie and cue the affable electronic lady voice:
-->"Our menu is designed for your nutritional needs using our latest biological research. Please enjoy our tasty selection of healthy foods."
** On note of NEST, when Claire is checking a computer with an open email displayed on it, a few...specific...email groups are shown along the sidebar:
-->'''Official Stuff\\
My Work\\
Bullshit\\
More Bullshit'''
* When Leon takes the G-Virus sample (from the unlocked case, by the way), he quips [[TemptingFate "That was easy."]] Not ten seconds later, the self-destruct system designed to keep the G-Virus from leaving the lab without proper authorization activates. His reaction doesn't show it, but Leon's probably thinking to himself "Fucking seriously!?".
* A zombie trying to make a grab at you, only to fall over another zombie you've just shot the head/leg/s off. This can completely break the tension of being trapped in a hallway full of them while at danger health, but it's worth seeing for the sheer hilarity.
* When you climb the staircase next to the darkroom in the police station there is a pretty good chance you'll see at least one zombie will fall over the railing and make a good splat when they hit the floor.
** Even funnier is when you approach the darkroom in a 2nd Run playthrough, as there's a pretty good chance you'll see at least one zombie go splat right in front of you.
* Normally this cannot be seen in the game by regular means. But if you were with a bit of technical know-how, to have the camera pan around to Claire while she is riding her motorcycle in her intro cutscene you will find that she is sporting an incredibly goofy grin.
* Youtube user DPO23 has done a number of videos on the PC version of the game [[GameMod modded to]] ramp up the characters' facial animations to 500%. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvqsXWTlVY The result, if you're]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEZW91Vowz8 not bothered by facial horror]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MZs-C2fFmk is pure hilarity and turns an otherwise scary game into a cartoonish, emotive dark comedy.]] Especially Leon's concerned face in the first video, which ended up becoming a meme in itself.
* Speaking of mods, we all knew this one was coming: Fuck waitin' for you to get it on your own, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svWFk7h0OdM X GON' DELIVER TO YA!]]''
* One of the puzzles both characters need to do is activating the clock tower in order to get a part for the electronic door that holds the garage key card. Claire's line when she completes it is simply "That worked!". Leon's line, on the other hand, marks the beginning of his snarky tendencies:
-->[[DeadpanSnarker "I hope I don't have to write a report on this..."]]
* Since ''[=REmake2=]'' along with the ''Resident Evil'' series are BannedInChina, the sellers [[https://www.reddit.com/r/residentevil/comments/aln1c5/remake2_is_banned_in_china_so_the_sellers_got/ got creative in order to circumvent the ban and get the game past the radar]]. They do so by making a hand-drawn cover and using cipher titles such as "My first day of work in a police department" (我來警察局上班第一天) and "Beating a Dead Horse 2" (炒冷飯2) in order to get past the ban.
* Administering the finishing blow to Mr.X at the end of the Leon campaign; and that faux latin singing sounds to end with "Had enough of his shit!"
* While both Leon and Claire encounters Mr. X, only Leon has to deal with him until the end of the game. Leon's first few encounters has him being rightfully terrified of the monster. However, by the time he's making his escape from the lab, Mr. X drops in once again in order to stop him from leaving. Leon's response is just one of pure exasperation at his terrible luck:
-->'''Leon:''' Ugh, is this a ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke''!?
** Similarly, in Claire's campaign, when you have to fight G-Birkin's ''fourth form'' on the descending cable car platform, Claire starts by saying the one thing that '''''every single player''''' must be screaming internally:
--->'''Claire:''' ''Why can't you just'' '''''die?!'''''
** If playing as Claire during the 2nd Run mode, she's the one who gets to fight Stage 5 G. Her opening line for the final battle fully cements Claire developing into a DeadpanSnarker:
--->'''Claire:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue We really got to stop meeting like this.]]
* The accessories you unlock as you play the Ghost Survivor DLC. As somber and horrific as the modes themselves might be, there's something quite silly running around with a raccoon latched to your head, or wearing a crocodile-head for a hat. Or straight-up having the head of G, an Ivy, or even [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 a Molded]] wobbling and writhing on your head.
** Even better is with the Cat Ears accessory that also gives you infinite ammo for all of your weapons in the [=DLC=]. If you have it equipped, the cat ears actually ''twitch''.
* The following loading screen tip, for just how hammy and [[CaptainObvious obvious]] it is:
--> Most weapons are but peashooters before the mighty Tyrant
* A bit of black humour when you enter the corpse-littered NEST cafeteria:
-->'''NEST AI:''' ''(While a [[{{Squick}} zombie is noisily eating a corpse in front of you]], completely ignoring you unless you attack it)'' Our menu is designed for your nutritional needs using our latest biological research. Please enjoy our tasty selection of healthy foods.

-->'''NEST AI:''' ''(While a [[{{Squick}} zombie is noisily eating a corpse in front of you]])'' Our menu is designed for your nutritional needs using our latest biological research. Please enjoy our tasty selection of healthy foods.

* A bit of black humour when you enter the NEST cafeteria:
-->'''NEST AI:''' ''(While a zombie is noisily eating a corpse in front of you)'' Our menu is designed for your nutritional needs using our latest biological research.

--> Most weapons are but peashooters before the mighty Tyrant

** Even better is with the Cat Ears accessory that also gives you infinite ammo for all of your weapons in the [=DLC=]. If you have it equipped, the cat ears actually ''twitch''.

* The accessories you unlock as you play the Ghost Survivor DLC. As somber and horrific as the modes themselves might be, there's something quite silly running around with a raccoon latched to your head, or wearing a crocodile-head for a hat. Or straight-up having the head of G, an Ivy, or even [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil7 a Molded]] wobbling and writhing on your head.

--->'''Claire:''' ''Why can't you just'' '''''die?!'''''

-->'''Leon:''' Ugh, is this a ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke''!?

* Since ''[=REmake2=] along with the ''Resident Evil'' series are BannedInChina, the sellers [[https://www.reddit.com/r/residentevil/comments/aln1c5/remake2_is_banned_in_china_so_the_sellers_got/ got creative in order to circumvent the ban and get the game past the radar]]. They do so by making a hand-drawn cover and using cipher titles such as "My first day of work in a police department" (我來警察局上班第一天) and "Beating a Dead Horse 2" (炒冷飯2) in order to get past the ban.

-->'''Leon:''' Ugh, is this a ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke''!?
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-->''Leon:'' Ugh, is this a ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] joke''!?

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* Many a fan was left scratching their head as to [[RiddleForTheAges just whose picture Jill kept on her desk]] in the original game, which Leon and Claire speculated was her boyfriend, and Jill herself offers no comment on at all when she visits the office in ''[=RE3=]''. In the remake, the photo on her desk is finally visible, and it shows [[spoiler:a big, friendly-looking dog]], which appears to be the creative team's way of saying "[[WriterCopOut Look, never mind; we're sorry we even brought it up.]]"

* Since the ''Resident Evil'' series is BannedInChina, the sellers [[https://www.reddit.com/r/residentevil/comments/aln1c5/remake2_is_banned_in_china_so_the_sellers_got/ got creative in order to circumvent the ban and get the game past the radar]]. They do so by making a hand-drawn cover and using cipher titles such as "My first day of work in a police department" (我來警察局上班第一天) and "Beating a Dead Horse 2" (炒冷飯2).

* Speaking of mods, we all knew this one was coming: Fuck waitin' for you to get it on your own, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_yq5jYX1uc#t=20m18s X GON' DELIVER TO YA!]]''