History Funny / TheDeathOfStalin

---> '''Zhukov:''' ''(smiling pleasantly)'' "Tell me something. Why has the army... been replaced by the NKVD all over Moscow?" ''(chuckles; slowly shifts to DeathGlare as he speaks)'' "I mean, I'm smiling! But I am ''very [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] furious''".\\
'''Beria:''' [[ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject "Perhaps this is a good time for Comrade Yudina to go prepare those precious fingers"]]

** When the Presidum gathers the nearest doctors they can find to operate on Stalin, Svetlana remarks that with the good doctors gone, they look like mental patients.

** Incidentally, ''this actually happened''.

-->'''Khruschev:''' Our General-Secretary is lying in a puddle of indignity! I think he's saying 'Get me a doctor now!'\\

** Afterwards, Zhukov confronts Beria and Khrushchev about why the Soviet Army has been replaced by the NKVD all over Moscow. See the page image.

** Mid-rant, Vasily sees Zhukov coming for him and only has time to shout "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Medic!]]" before being decked, kicked repeatedly in the stomach, and called a stain on the uniform. It's made even funnier by the sound of the other officials frantically trying to smooth things over with Enlai in the background.

-->'''Svetlana''': Who did this?
-->'''Zhukov''': [[BrutalHonesty I did. And I enjoyed it.]] [[AssholeVictim It's been a long time coming.]]

-->'''Zhukov''': [[SarcasmMode Right, that's me told then.]] I'm off to represent the entire Red Army at the buffet!

* Throughout the film, Malenkov tells people that ''he'' is in charge now, complete with hammily pointing to himself for emphasis.

--> Well, that's got it done.

-->'''Khruschev:''' Our Secretary General is lying in a puddle of indignity! I think he's saying 'Get me a doctor now!'\\

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I mean, [[StepfordSmiler I'm smiling]], but I'm [[TranquilFury very]] '''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[TranquilFury furious]]."''''']]

* The Presidium and Zhukov, the powers of the Union, referring to each other with nicknames like "Georgy" and "Nicky". TruthInTelevision: It wasn't uncommon, as evidenced by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy-Nicky_correspondence The Willy-Nicky Correspondences]].

** Vasily announces to the Committee that they've somehow made "a deadly mistake", before making an obvious attempt for a guard's gun while they all groan in annoyance. His drunken effort to grab it is so feeble that everyone, including his own sister, just stands around in awkward embarrassed silence for over half a minute, waiting for Vasily to tire himself out. In a blink and you miss it moment, Khrushchev shoots Beria a look to silently ask if Beria is going to ''do'' anything, prompting the latter to finally order his men to break up the fight; meanwhile, a fed-up Malenkov just walks out.

** Vasily announces to the Committee that they've somehow made "a deadly mistake", before making an obvious attempt for a guard's gun. His drunken effort to grab it is so feeble that everyone, including his own sister, just stands around in awkward embarrassed silence for over half a minute, waiting for Vasily to tire himself out.
** At this a fed-up Malenkov just walks out.
*** In a blink and you miss it moment, Khrushchev shoots Beria a look to silently ask if Beria is going to ''do'' anything, prompting the latter to finally order his men to break up the fight.

-->'''Malenkov:''' I-I think we should wait for the rest to arrive and quorate.\\

'''Beria:''' ''(to Georgy)'' I told you you'd be tested, and right now you're being tested by a shouty man in pajamas! ''(to Khruschev)'' Have you got a nappy under those too? ''[nods at Stalin]'' Too late for him. Heheh.

** Malenkov futiley tries to assert himself as anything other than a puppet for others before summing up his entire personality in two sentences.

** Mid-rant, Vasily sees Zhukov coming for him and only has time to shout "[[ThisIsGonnaSuck Medic!]]" before being decked, kicked repeatedly in the stomach, and called a stain on the uniform. It's made even funnier by the sound of the other officials frantically trying to smooth thins over with Enlai in the background.

* As the Committee waits for the Red Army to neutralize the [=NKVD=], Zhukov handcuffs in the lavatory, but then sees one of Malenkov's portaits there.

** Mid-rant, Vasily sees Zhukov coming for him and only has time to shout "Medic!"

-->'''Zhukov''': [[SarcasmMode Right, that's me told then.]]

* Malenkov spending a good chunk of the filme trying to find the right little girl for his appearance on the balcony, when he finally makes the balcony appearance, said little girl is too short to be seen.

* During the [=NKVD=]'s nightly hunt for Muscovian dissidents, a young man gives them directions to his father's apartment, who is promptly dragged away. Later on, the Presidium institutes a moratorium on the purges and all low-level prisoners are released. The father comes home, hugs his wife, and shoots the mother of all [[DeathGlare Death Glares]] at his son, while the youth [[OhCrap sits rigid in his chair.]]

'''Khruschev:''' Because I ''act'', Lavrentiy! Decisively and with great speed.\\
'''Beria:''' ''(to Georgy)'' I told you you'd be tested, and right now you're being tested by a shouting man in pajamas! ''(to Khruschev)'' Have you got a nappy under those too? ''[nods at Stalin]'' Too late for him. Heheh.

-->'''Zhukov:''' [[BrickJoke Fuck me, Georgy's eyes really]] ''[[BrickJoke do]]'' [[BrickJoke follow you around the crapper. Weird.]]

'''Beria:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Are you wearing pyjamas?]]\\

'''Khruschev:''' Because I ''act'', Lavrenti! Decisively, and with great speed.\\
'''Beria:''' ''(to Georgy)'' I told you you'd be tested, and right now you're being tested by a shouting man in pyjamas! ''(to Khruschev)'' Have you got a nappy under those too? ''[Nods at Stalin]'' Too late for him. Heheh.
** Everyone's slow-motion introduction is ridiculous. Kaganovich in particular bursts in yelling "Out of my way, you ''ffffannnniiiieeees''!"

'''Beria:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Are you wearing pajamas?]]\\

'''Beria:''' ''(to Georgy)'' I told you you'd be tested, and right now you're being tested by a shouting man in pajamas! ''(to Khruschev)'' Have you got a nappy under those too? ''[Nods at Stalin]'' Too late for him. Heheh.

'''Khruschev:''' Oh, for G - Yes!\\

'''Khruschev:''' Why?! Because I ''act''!\\
'''Beria:''' ''(to Georgy)'' I told you you'd be tested, and here you are being tested by a man in fucking pajamas! ''(to Khruschev)'' You got a nappy under there too? ''[Nods at Stalin]'' Too late for him. Heheh.
** Everyone's slow-motion introduction is ridiculous. Kaganovich is yelling "Out of my way, you fannies!"