History Funny / ShovelKnight

* If you spend some time around Armor Outpost, you can find a rare [=NPC=] that looks exactly like Shovel Knight without his helmet. [[spoiler:He has a fish head!]]

** And if you're wearing the Ornate Armor, [[spoiler:he pulls a complete 180 and compliments your armor choice, pleased that his style is obviously rubbing off on you.]]
--->'''King Knight:''' [[spoiler:... Although I must say, your armor is ''resplendent''. I can see you've picked up on my style!]]
*** And King Knight in the ending? [[spoiler:He is forced to scrub Pridemoor halls as punishment; he then throws the cloth he's using to clean on the ground and raises his fist clenching it. You can almost hear him say "Curse you, Shovel Knight!"]]
*** To add insult to injury, if it's the Plague Of Shadows DLC, [[spoiler:King Knight will be scrubbing the floor while he watches as ''Plague Knight'' is officially knighted with Mona by his side, despite the fact that Plague Knight was ALSO a part of the Order Of No Quarter.]] [[ButtMonkey King Knight has it ROUGH!]]
*** [[UpToEleven To add salt to the wound that is already bleeding]], scrubbing the floors of the castle [[spoiler:was just what he told King Pridemoor to do at the end of his campaign. [[WhosLaughingNow It’s hard to not imagine King Pridemoor at least chuckling to himself about the irony while assigning this task to King Knight.]]]]

** The set-up of the BossRush is equally hilarious. [[spoiler:You unexpectedly drop in on the Order of No Quarter having dinner. The battles take place on top of the dinner table and they are just as hectic as they were before, such as Specter Knight turning off the lights and flashing them back on, Tinker Knight's use of the Tinker Tank, and Plague Knight flinging explosive chemicals all over the place, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight yet watch as your opponent's fellow knights just sit at the table as usual, undisturbed]]. It's taken UpToEleven with Treasure Knight, who fills up the room with water, yet the other knights are ''[[WaterIsAir still sitting around as usual]]''. Bonus funny points if Tinker Knight is the first to fight you-- the resulting ChainOfPeople is being held up by such a small guy!]]
* Want to know a quicker way to defeat the [[ZeroEffortBoss pathetically easy Tinker Knight?]] [[spoiler:Ride the Mobile Gear right into him, bringing him down in one hit. Bonus points: Specter of Torment shows that the Mobile Gear is one of [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Tinker Knight's own weapons.]] You'll still have to fight his mech, though.]]

** Feeling a bit cruel and want to KickTheDog without any karma? [[spoiler:Hit Baz after you defeat him; he will cry even harder and the game will ''reward'' you with some gems]].

* In order to get into Mona's secret lab under the village, you have to go around to a little house where one of Plague Knight's students lives. Unfortunately, he lost the key so [[spoiler:you explode the whole building to get in, to the student's dismay]]. Even more funnier when you think about why Plague Knight [[spoiler:didn't just blow up the door instead of the entire house]] or why were there [[spoiler:were barrels of explosives near the house out in the open to begin with]].

* Upon reaching the Armor Outpost, Percy claims his catapult will launch you to a place that's filled with unguarded treasure and armor free for the taking. He only needs 50 cipher coins to make repairs. Upon fixing the thing and using the catapult, you're launched [[spoiler:straight into the middle of the outpost where you have to do battle with waves of guards. Upon beating them, all the civilians crowd into the Aerial Anvil to escape, leaving you free to get into an argument with Mr. Hat on whether or not hats are better then hoods.]]

** The [[spoiler:hat versus hood argument]] becomes more hilarious in retrospect come ''Shovel of Hope''[='s=] Body Swap mode; [[spoiler:the female Plague Knight's hood looks like a witch hat. Apparently she decided "[[TakeAThirdOption both]] [[WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado is good]]"]].
* Troupple Pond is completely empty until you get the Troupple Chalice from the acolyte. Even then, the Troupple King refuses to help Plague Knight until he promises that his help will only be used for noble ends. Only then, does he teach him how to dance and provide him with ichor, [[spoiler:by spewing it all over him in lieu of armor upgrades.]]

* When you meet up with the Baz as Plague Knight, he's taken his YouKillItYouBoughtIt methodology to InsaneTrollLogic levels, believing that by defeating a master Alchemist, he'll become one, to Plague Knight's incredible bemusement. [[spoiler:And after you defeat him, you have the option to recruit him, accepting will have him don the Minion gear, which looks hilarious on him, especially since he's still wearing his armor underneath and the spikes are ripping out of the robes.]]
* The boss of the Explodatorium is [[spoiler:Shovel Knight himself, in one long chain of funny moments. Rather then just being the Black Knight all over again, Shovel Knight makes full use of his Relic collection, heals himself with ichor, and generally fights exactly as erratically as you'd expect a player controlled character would. Upon defeat, he drops three bags of floating money, just like when you control him. Shovel Knight then gets back up and charge slashes you in the back mid-victory pose and then does that one-pixel crouch repeatedly, taking back his treasure and essence and playing his own victory theme. THEN it cuts to the standard Shovel Knight campfire scene as Plague Knight sneaks in and steals the essence back!]] His reappearance in the boss rush is hilarious as well. Plague Knight falls down, and right after he lands, [[spoiler:Shovel Knight falls right after him. He doesn't really stick the landing, so he tumbles down from the table and falls into one of the seats, passed out. He stays this way until you defeat the rest of the Order, after which he finally regains consciousnesses and fights. Like before, he gets back up and slashes you in the back, but the funniest part has to be when King Knight begs Shovel Knight to save them. ''He just walks off like the Order isn't even there.'' And then Plague Knight decides to Bomb Burst off the screen, and he is ''still'' unharmed.]] Mona's reaction to the whole ordeal brings it together.

* [[spoiler:During the boss rush, Shovel Knight will sometimes wake up from time to time before it's his turn, looking around in bewilderment before he decides to nod off again, as if thinking "Screw this, this is too crazy for me to handle right now, I'm going back to sleep."]]

* After defeating King Knight and Specter Knight, Mona will be seen dancing in the lab. The player could enter at any time, [[spoiler:though waiting long enough yields an achievement: [[ThePeepingTom Creep]].]] When Plague Knight does enter, things get awkward between them for a moment.

* Treasure Knight is normally cool and unflappable, and is said to be able [[StoneWall "to handle extreme physical and mental pressure"]]. The one time he ''[[OutOfCharacterMoment completely flips out]]''? [[spoiler:When Plague Knight suggests money isn't everything]].
-->'''Treasure Knight:''' [[spoiler:''More important than gold?!'' Now you're just being ridiculous.]]

* To reward Plague Knight for his victory, Reize tells him his best joke: "How many tickles does it take to make an octopus laugh? [[spoiler:Ten tickles!]]" He actually succeeds in making Plague Knight [[ActuallyPrettyFunny crack up with laughter.]]

* While the ending is mostly more Heartwarming if anything, there is one hilarious part in the scene right before the credits. [[spoiler:After spending the entire game thinking she's crushing on Plague Knight, Magicist upon Plague Knight and Mona returning to the Potionarium, apologizes to the former for leading him on...because she's found a better man: '''Percy'''. Both of them proceed to just stand in VisibleSilence in what could only be best described as a FlatWhat reaction at the news.]]

** The best part is that Baz comes in [[spoiler:after Reize has [[BrainwashedAndCrazy been corrupted by the Enchantress's evil]], and [[JerkAss constantly derides Specter Knight at every opportunity]]. This part marks the ''only'' time the two actually agree with each other and get along]].
** [[spoiler:[[RuleOfThree Then Black Knight crashes in through a wall once you finish all the levels.]]]]
* Of all things, one of the characters to get a backstory here is... [[spoiler:The Dancer you find in the Juice Bar in Shovel Knight's campaign. She tries to show off her dance to him only for him to turn around cutting out the music. Multiple times. After her heart is broken, she runs off declaring that she will have revenge]].
* One of the characters in the Tower of Fate is Gall, who is working on a skill called the "Kiss of Death" which he immediately uses on Specter Knight when you talk to him. Either [[spoiler:Gall dies or Specter Knight dies]].

* Like ''Plague of Shadows'', you can get the ability to dance. The kicker: Specter Knight does Michael Jackson's moonwalk. But only when [[spoiler:wearing the Donovan set.]]
* Normal Specter Knight, meanwhile, gets the 'cold shoulder' ability [[spoiler:by interacting with The Dancer]], which makes him stand around with his arms folded looking aloof.

* It's easy to let it slip under the radar, with The Enchantress' grand [=entrance/exit=] and all, but Terrorpin's [[JawDrop gawking reaction]] upon seeing her and [[spoiler:immediately making the connection on The Enchantress' identity]] [[https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/925926525721755944/9AFBD61805A9B51A2C183EFA30F17C35FE52A2D8/ is hilarious]].

* In the Void Crater, after Mr. Hat's Shop moved from there to the Glidewing, there's a horse character standing at the edge. Talking to him will have him cryptically talk about the abyss and him taking you there. [[SchmuckBait Replying with a yes]] [[spoiler:without consuming a Decree of Rejuvenation beforehand]] will result in ''the horse bearhugging King Knight and suplexing the both of them to the crater's bowl, killing both himself and King Knight''. Both characters are fine from the ordeal, but it's still hilarious how out of nowhere the suplex was. At least Gall gave you a warning that he's practicing a KissOfDeath and it fails a couple times!

* [[spoiler:Who was the one founded the Joustus game and crown? ''The Enchantress.'' Yes. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer You read that right.]] It was the Enchantress who invented the Joustus card game and tournament in order to distract everyone, including ''Black Knight'', while she forms the Order of No Quarter. And it actually ''works''.]]
** [[spoiler: As King Knight begins to raid the Tower of Fate, he looks up at the gate, as if waiting for something to happen...and then the Glidewing's crew decide to ram the ship through the window, thus smashing it and allowing King Knight to enter via said window. Meaning that at least four separate people have broke into the Tower of Fate by just smashing through the walls, and three of them did it through the windows. No wonder Specter Knight contemplates getting them barred.]]

* Plenty of playables involved in the mirror incident have no real agency in the greater story, so they have to occupy themselves otherwise. Mona? She happens upon the Liquid Samurai who got dragged in, becomes utterly intrigued by its sapient-yet-fluid nature, and spends the rest of her story mode ''hunting down'' the poor thing. [[spoiler:She gets it in a glass jar by the end and uses it to progress research for the Ultimate Potion.]]

* Mole Knight's exchange with Treasure Knight. [[spoiler:After Treasure Knight attempts to get Mole Knight to fork over his collected gold, Mole Knight is incredulous...''because he was seconds away from betraying Treasure Knight''.]]

** Specter Knight's real name [[spoiler:before they settled for Donovan]] was [[spoiler:''Johnny Specter'']]. This is why the cheat code to [[spoiler:always look like Donovan is SP&JOHNY]]. It's hilarious in itself with the idea edgy Specter Knight came close to nearly having [[spoiler:a common first name with an almost a little too on point surname]], but even more so as said name [[spoiler:sounds a lot like WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom]].

* Can you guess Specter Knight's FanNickname before his official reveal? [[spoiler:If you guessed Banana Knight, you are correct.]][[labelnote:Explanation]]His sprite's silhouette looked like a banana with an obvious scythe.[[/labelnote]]

* Due to how Specter Knight reacts to losing his Phase Locket, someone made [[https://twitter.com/pockles4nockles/status/775607988044169216 this]], believing it to be the plot of "Specter of Torment". [[spoiler:It's a parody of the children's book ''Literature/IWantMyHatBack''.]]

* Percy being a boss fight at all. He's basically just kicking and flinging himself around the lab to fend off King Knight. After you beat him, Plague Knight reappears to fight King Knight, and also to chastise Percy for making a mess of the lab.
** The fact King Knight comes into the lab...because the door was open.

* Plenty of playables involved in the mirror incident have no real agency in the greater story, so they have to occupy themselves otherwise. Mona? She happens upon the Liquid Samurai who got dragged in, becomes utterly intrigued by its sapient-yet-fluid nature, and spends the rest of her story mode ''hunting down'' the poor thing. [[spoiler:She gets it in a glass jar by the end.]]

* One of Tinker Knight's moves is called the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Definitely Intentional Trip]], where he trips, damaging anyone he bumps into while doing so, before throwing wrenches everywhere. Then one of his win quotes has him [[IMeantToDoThat claim he tripped on purpose]], though it's heavily implied he's lying and ''did'' trip by accident.

--->'''Mona:''' C'mon now, we have to fight each other!! I won't hold back! ''Eat potions, Plaguey!''
--->:'''Plague Knight:''' ''Ahhh!''

** Mona's story mode implies how Mona acts in ''Shovel of Hope'' is partly because she's genuinely bored out of her mind during her day job.

* One of Tinker Knight's moves is called the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Definitely Intentional Trip]], where he trips, damaging anyone he bumps into while doing so, before throwing wrenches everywhere. Then one of his win quotes has him claim he tripped on purpose, though it's heavily implied he's lying and ''did'' trip by accident.

** ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' He gets into another battle with Plague Knight.

** ''VideoGame/CryptOfTheNecrodancer'' SK fighting off against multiple Treasure Knights before going to a store with the Bard.

** ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' SK is about to open a chest until a giant appears behind him, making him run for his life.

* After defeating King Knight and Specter Knight, Mona will be seen dancing in the lab. The player could enter at any time, [[spoiler:though waiting long enough yields an achievement: [[PeepingTom Creep]].]] When Plague Knight does enter, things get awkward between them for a moment.
--> ''Feat Achieved'': '''[[PeepingTom Creep]]'''

-->'''Troupple King:''' '''WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, MORTAL?!'''

* The boss of the Explodatorium is [[spoiler:Shovel Knight himself, in one long chain of funny moments. Rather then just being the Black Knight all over again, Shovel Knight makes full use of his Relic collection, heals himself with ichor, and generally fights exactly as erratically as you'd expect a player controlled character would. Upon defeat, he drops three bags of floating money, just like when you control him. Shovel Knight then gets back up and charge slashes you in the back mid-victory pose and then does that one-pixel crouch repeatedly, taking back his treasure and essence and playing his own victory theme. THEN it cuts to the standard Shovel Knight campfire scene as Plague Knight sneaks in and steals the essence back!]] His reappearance in the boss rush is hilarious as well. Plague Knight falls down, and right after he lands, [[spoiler:Shovel Knight falls right after him. He doesn't really stick the landing, so he tumbles down from the table and falls into one of the seats, passed out. He stays this way until you defeat the rest of the Order, after which he finally regains consciousnesses and fights. Like before, he gets back up and slashes you in the back, but the funniest part has to be when King Knight begs Shovel Knight to save them. ''He just walks off like the Order isn't even there.'' And then Plague Knight decides to Bomb Burst off the screen, and he is '''still''' unharmed.]] Mona's reaction to the whole ordeal brings it together.

'''Spectre Knight:''' We should really get some bars for the windows.

* The opening shot of the first footage video for ''King of Cards''? King Knight laying face down on the floor before he attempts to get on his feet dramatically, only for his crown to slip and him having to quickly adjust it before resuming his intended pose. Even funnier as the demo reveals this is a variation of his normal level start animation (in which he falls from the sky and lands on his feet before posing), but in this case, he lands on his face instead of his feet.
** The fact that King Knight's playstyle is basically ''Wario's''.

* In the Void Crater, after Mr. Hat's Shop moved from there to the Glidewing, there's a horse character standing at the edge. Talking to him will have him cryptically talk about the abyss and him taking you there. [[SchmuckBait Replying with a yes]] [[spoiler:without consuming a Decree of Rejuvenation beforehand]] will result in ''the horse bearhugging King Knight and'' '''''suplexing the both of them to the crater's bowl, killing both King Knight and the horse'''''. Both characters are fine from the ordeal, but it's still hilarious how out of nowhere the suplex was. At least Gall gave you a warning that he's practicing a KissOfDeath and it fails a couple times!
* You can meet Madame Meeber regardless of what version you're playing through falling in the Void Crater with a Decree of Rejuvenation, with whatever fairy King Knight selects being crowned the King of Fairies, to his horror. [[AllJustADream It turns out to be a bad dream]] from the fall. In order to make it funnier for those that never entered King Knight's room up until this point, this is followed by the player achieving the feat "Get Out of My Room!".

* [[spoiler:Who was the one founded the Joustus game and crown? '''''The Enchantress.''''' Yes. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer You read that right.]] It was the Enchantress who invented the Joustus card game and tournament in order to distract everyone, including the '''''Black Knight''''', while she forms the Order of No Quarter. And it actually ''works''.]]

* Specter Knight '''''hates''''' King Knight. He hates him so, ''so'' much.[[note]]There's FridgeBrilliance aplenty here in the former being the edgiest character by far, a fact the game itself lampshades, while the latter is the buffoonish lead of a very Monty Python-esque adventure.[[/note]]

* When Yacht Club Games [[http://yachtclubgames.com/2015/10/retail-update/ announced]] that the retail release of ''Shovel Knight'' will be delayed, they also announced rising its price to prevent the game from ending up in bargain bins (and thus ending up among, ''ahem'', UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}). This was accompanied by a crossed out photo of a bargain bin captioned "No Shovel Knight! You've dug too far!"

*** To add insult to injury, if it's the Plague Of Shadows DLC, [[spoiler:King Knight will be scrubbing the floor while he watches as ''Plague Knight'' is officially knighted with Mona by his side, despite the fact that King Knight is ALSO a part of the Order Of No Quarter.]] [[ButtMonkey King Knight has it ROUGH!]]

* When wearing the Gaudy Garb, Plague Knight's victory animation is twirling his staff... and ''drinking'' from the bomb in his off hand. Either he's incredibly tough and used to sipping the contents of his bombs, or he's learned how to [[EdibleAmmunition make explosive juice bombs]]. Or maybe he just has a very unique style of juice box.

* Before aforementioned Boss Rush, Specter Knight of all people says his only hilarious line to date. He might be a very serious character, but he is so brutally honest it's funny:

--> ''Feat Achieved'': '''[[PeepingTom Creep]]'''.

* One of the new cheats added alongside King of Cards and Showdown makes the entire environment endlessly wobble and ripple, an effect not unlike "[[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy]]". And another cheat makes the camera [[InterfaceScrew endlessly spin around]]. And another cheat makes the [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs world wobble]] ''[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and]]'' [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs spins the camera]].

* You can meet Madame Meeber regardless of what version you're playing through falling in the Void Crater with a Decree of Rejuvenation, with whatever fairy King Knight selects being crowned the King of Fairies, to his horror. [[AllJustADream It turns out to be a bad dream]] from the fall.

-->'''Mona:''' I work with explosives near an active volcano! I don't scare easily! Now how about that sample?

** [[spoiler: As King Knight begins to raid the Tower of Fate, he tries bashing the gate in... then gets tired of waiting for something to happen and breaks in through the window. Meaning that at least four separate people have broke into the Tower of Fate by just smashing through the walls, and three of them did it through the windows. No wonder Specter Knight contemplates getting them barred.]]

* One of the Stingers features a long line of monsters in Treasure Knight's ship, just lining up to be payed, like it's an average office job. There's even a SPINWULF in the line!
* After completing Polar Knight's stage, you can find a tundread enemy who comments that he likes walking, but wishes he could slide around with the rail mail. If you buy the rail mail and slide around in front of him, he stands in place [[JawDrop staring at you with his mouth agape.]]

-->'''Specter Knight''': Joustus. A game for children. [[SeriousBusiness I know more of it than your tiny mind can possibly fathom.]]

-->'''King Knight''': Relax, Oolong-- a full brain is a sad brain. I never think about anything, and I'm totally happy!
* Meeting Baz for the first time. The reason why Baz thinks beating someone grants the victor the loser’s title? Because he misheard King Knight talking about becoming the next “King of Cards!”

-->'''Mona''': I work with explosives near an active volcano! I don't scare easily! Now how about that sample?
* Mole Knight's exchange with Treasure Knight. [[spoiler: After Treasure Knight attempts to get Mole Knight to fork over his collected gold, Mole Knight is incredulous...''because he was seconds away from betraying Treasure Knight''.]]

* When Yacht Club Games [[http://yachtclubgames.com/2015/10/retail-update/ announced]] that the retail release of ''Shovel Knight'' will be delayed, they also announced rising its price to prevent the game from ending up in bargain bins (and thus ending up among, ''ahem'', UsefulNotes/{{Shovelware}}). This was accompanied by a crossed out photo of a bargain bin captioned "No Shovel Knight! You've dug too far!".

* Walmart's website [[https://twitter.com/YachtClubGames/status/690604059032551424 accidentally listing]] the Shovel Knight amiibo under the "Gardening tools" section.
* Due to how Specter Knight reacts to losing his Phase Locket, someone made [[https://twitter.com/pockles4nockles/status/775607988044169216?lang=en this]], believing it to be the plot of "Specter of Torment". [[spoiler:It's a parody of the children's book ''I Want My Hat Back''.]]
** [[spoiler:Although it may be less funny now knowing the story behind Specter Knight’s locket...]]

* Reize and The Baz are scripted encounters in Specter of Torment where they interrupt your teleportation spell by crashing in through the window. Specter Knight [[GetOut flat out tells The Baz to go away]] before commenting that they should get some bars for the windows.

** If you beat Mona in the Cavern of Joustus and then unlock Plague Knight as a Joustus opponent, Plague Knight becomes nervous because of her presence, though he quickly tries to hide it