History Funny / TheShawshankRedemption

* Red: "Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to."

*** Becomes HilariousInHindsight, as part of the prison break in the Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo involves a hidden tunnel, like the one Andy would eventually make. He took Red's suggestion to heart.
** The library includes [[BrickJoke a decently-sized collection of]] Music/HankWilliams [[BrickJoke music]], which Heywood is shown happily singing along to. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Much to the annoyance of another prisoner.]]

-->'''Red:''' Appropriations Committee voted an annual payment of $500, just to shut him up.
* Heywood, of all people, gets a pretty good crack when overhearing Hadley's bitching about [[EntitledBastard inheriting $35,000 from his dead brother.]]
-->'''Heywood:''' [[SarcasmMode Poor Byron. Terrible fuckin' luck, huh?]]\\
'''Red:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Cryin' shame. Some people really got it awful.]]

'''Random inmate:''' Me neither! They run this place [[DeadpanSnarker like a fuckin' prison!]]
** When Hadley comes out to quiet down the noisy inmates, bellowing "What in Christ's sake is this happy horseshit?", one particularly brave random inmate gets off the absolute zinger of a line, "[[DeadpanSnarker He took the Lord's name in vain! I'm telling]] [[TheFundamentalist the Warden]]!"

* As brutal and utterly heinous he truly was, [[FountainOfMemes Captain Byron Hadley]] was a goldmine of unintentionally (?) funny lines:

* The StealthPun reveal that Andy hid his rock hammer inside his Bible...specifically in the Book of Exodus, which happens to be the book in which slaves were freed from the brutal rule of an insane tyrant. To make it even better, "exodus" essentially means a long journey, kinda like travelling from Maine down to Mexico. Seeing the warden being {{troll}}ed so effectively is hilarious, not least because of [[OhCrap his reaction when he realises that's exactly what's happening]].

''[Heywood shows the book as "proof"]''\\
'''Andy''': ''[[Creator/AlexandreDumas Dumas]]''. You know what it's about? You'll like it. It's about a prison break.\\

* As brutal and utterly heinous he truly was, Captain Byron Hadley was a goldmine of unintentionally (?) funny lines:

** This also meant that Red learned what Andy meant about "Easy time in Solitary".

'''Heywood''': Well what the hell is it, then?\\

'''Red''': Well we ought to file that under 'Educational' too, oughtn't we?

** Its also the TropeNamer.

* That poor new inmate slaughtered by Hadley in the beginning? In the credits, he's credited as "Fat Ass". [[BlackComedy Talk about adding insult to injury]].

" If I hear so much as a mouse fart in here the rest of the night I swear by God and sonny Jesus you will all visit the infirmary. Every last motherfucker in here!"

--->'''"Fat Ass:"''' ''([[InelegantBlubbering sobbing to guard]])'' I'm not supposed to be here!\\

* The day the prison receives a shipment of books, they come with a letter for Andy, who's been sending letters to libraries asking for funding. It closes with, "We now consider the matter closed; please stop sending us letters!" He relents... '' slightly...'' byway of sending a letter every ''two'' weeks instead of every week. The man is nothing if not a {{Determinator}}.

* The day the prison receives a shipment of books, they come with a letter for Andy, who's been sending letters to libraries asking for funding. It closes with, "We now consider the matter closed; please stop sending us letters!" Not only does he not listen, he decides to start sending them ''two'' letters a week from then on.

-->'''"Fat Ass:"''' ''([[InelegantBlubbering sobbing to guard]])'' I'm not supposed to be here!\\

--> "You'll be telling him about my baton up your ass!"

--> "You eat when we say you eat. You piss when we say you piss, and you shit when we say you shit. You got that, you maggot dick motherfucker?"
--> "What the Christ is this happy horseshit?"
--> "What is your malfunction, you fat barrel of monkey spunk?"
--> "I ain't going to count to three! I'm not even going to count to '''ONE'''! You will shut the fuck up, or I'll sing you a lullaby!"
--> " If I hear so much as a mouse fart in here the rest of the night I swear by God and sonny Jesus you will all visit the infirmary. Every last motherfucker in here!"

---> "Dumb shit, what do you think the government's gonna do to me? Take a big wet bite out of my ass is what."
---> "Oh that's funny. You're gonna look funnier sucking my dick with no teeth!"
---> "Bunch of ball-washing bastards!"

** And while we're on the subject of BlackComedy... here's Red talking about [[spoiler:Warden Norton after he splatters his brains all over the wall.]]

* Norton's VillainousBreakdown after discovering [[spoiler: Andy's escape.]] What makes it so great is when he [[spoiler: starts throwing rocks around]] Hadley and Red, the sadistic prison guard and the old prisoner, have the exact same expression of befuddlement at both the situation and Norton's behavior. It's a perfect combination of EvilIsHammy and ChewingTheScenery in one perfect package.

* Red: "Andy [[spoiler:crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of shit smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to.]]"

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-->'''Heywood:''' [[SarcasmMode Poor Byron. Terrible fuckin' luck, huh?]]
-->'''Red:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Cryin' shame. Some people really got it awful.]]

-->'''"Fat Ass:"''' ''([[InelegantBlubbering sobbing to guard]])'' I'm not supposed to be here!
-->'''Random inmate:''' Me neither! They run this place [[DeadpanSnarker like a fuckin' prison!]]

--> "Dumb shit, what do you think the government's gonna do to me? Take a big wet bite out of my ass is what."
--> "Oh that's funny. You're gonna look funnier sucking my dick with no teeth!"
--> "Bunch of ball-washing bastards!"
* The StealthPun reveal that Andy hid his rock hammer inside his Bible...specifically in the Book of Exodus - which happens to be the book in which slaves were freed from the brutal rule of an insane tyrant. To make it even better, "exodus" essentially means a long journey, kinda like travelling from Maine down to Mexico. Seeing the warden being [[{{Troll}} trolled]] so effectively is hilarious, not least because of [[OhCrap his reaction when he realises that's exactly what's happening]].

-->'''Norton:''' Lord, it's a miracle! Man up and vanished like a fart in the wind! Nothing left but damn rocks on the windowsill. And that cupcake on the wall. Let's ask her. Maybe she knows. What say there, fussy britches? Feel like talking? Aw, guess not. Why should she be any different? This is a conspiracy. That's what this is. One. Big! DAMN! '''CONSPIRACY'''! '''''AND EVERYONE'S IN ON IT!!''''' Including [[Creator/RitaHayworth HER!]]
** What's funny is that, in a way, he was actually right about Rita's involvement. [[StealthPun She was helping with the cover-up.]]
*** Not Rita. By 1966, it was lovely [[Film/OneMillionYearsBC Raquel]].

'''Heywood''' ''(disgusted)'': Oh, Jesus Chr--\\

* That poor new inmate slaughtered by Hadley in the beginning? In the credits, he's credited as "Fat Ass".
** Um.... ouch. Talk about adding insult to injury.

* Some of the unnamed prisoners are {{DeadpanSnarker}}s, especially with Fat Ass in the beginning.
--> Fat Ass: I want my mommy!
--> Inmate: I had your mother, she wasn't that great.
Then:
--> Fat Ass (to Hadley): You don't understand, I'm not meant to be here!
--> Inmate: Me neither, you people run this place like a fucking prison!

* Norton's VillainousBreakdown after discovering [[spoiler: Andy's escape.]] What makes it so great is when he [[spoiler: starts throwing rocks around]] Hadley and Red, the sadistic prison guard and the old prisoner, have the exact same expression of befuddlement at both the situation and Norton's behavior.

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--> Inmate: Me neither, you people run this place like a fucking prison!

--> Fat Ass (to Hadley)_: You don't understand, I'm not meant to be here!

* Some of the unnamed prisoners are {{DeadpanSnarker}}s, especially with FatAss in the beginning.
--> FatAss: I want my mommy!

--> FatAss (to Hadley)_: You don't understand, I'm not meant to be here!

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--> " What is your malfunction, you fat barrel of monkey spunk?"

''[Red grins with laughter.]]''\\

** Meta-Funny. Its the TropeNamer.