History Funny / TheThickofIt

* In 4.06 Robyn recognises Baroness Sureka as having been in the papers. The Baroness is absent for the next hearing.
* Baroness Sureka reading out the jokes made about Mr. Tickel.
-->'''Sureka:''' How do you turn Mr. Tickle into Mr. Happy? Lithium.

* Glenn's meltdown in 4.07 is this crossed with a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome as he roasts Fergus, Adam, Peter, Phil, Emma and Terri. And just when you think it can't get any better, he leaves with this:
-->'''Glenn:''' ''(cheerfully)'' Fuck you all up the wrong 'un! Ta ta!

* Episode 4.05 in general is one of the most consistently funny episodes in the entire series as the multi-department GambitPileup means that everything that could possibly go wrong for every single character does so in frankly spectacular fashion. Watching these characters (most of whom are barely keeping things together at the best of times) lose control of absolutely everything is just incredibly darkly hilarious.

-->'''Jamie:''' You take the piss out of Jolson again, I will remove your iPod from its tiny nano-sheath and push it up your cock! Then I'll plug some speakers up your arse and put it on to shuffle with my fucking fist! And every time I hear something I don't like, which will be every time that something comes on, I will skip to the next track by [[GroinAttack crushing your balls]].

-->'''Malcolm:''' Have you ever travelled, like, a hundred miles per hour, head first, down a tunnel full of pig shit? Because that's what's going to happen to you tonight with Paxman unless... unless you listen to us.
-->'''Jamie:''' He will eat you up, sick you out and grout his fucking wet room with you.
** And then:
--->'''Jamie:''' Let's see you do your stuff, Mr. Television, huh? Immigration is in disarray. Now what are ''you'' going to do about it?
--->'''Ben:''' Well, first of all, I would have to take issue with your contention that immigration is in disarray...
--->'''Jamie:''' OH, ANSWER THE QUESTION, YOU FAT FUCK!

-->'''Jamie:''' Oh, and what ''did'' you find out? That you've been leaking intelligence to them? You're the fucking shittest [[Franchise/JamesBond James Bond]] ever. You're ... you're [[CasinoRoyale1967 David fucking Niven]]!

-->'''Glenn:''' Actually, Malcolm, we still have no word on Dan Miller. I mean he's gone dark. He's not answering his phone...

--> '''Malcolm:''' I'm really sorry, you won't hear any more swearing from us, YOU MASSIVE GAY ''[[PrecisionFStrike SHITE]]''! Fuck off!
* The unnamed "piss woman" who plagues Hugh and Glenn during the factory visit. To wit, Hugh gets out of the car, says hello to the workers, and is suddenly confronted by an angry woman asking him "Do you know what it's like to clean up your own mother's piss?". And she will ''not'' go away.

* Geoff Holhurst’s [[informedattribute tiny head]].

-'''Ollie:''' What film?\\

'''Malcolm:''' --'''FUCKING Ruislip''', he's fucking dead as well! That fucking texting coward! Give me his number. What's his fucking number?! Give me the fucking number of Tim in Ruislip! If you don't give me his fucking number, do you know what I'm going to have to do? I'm gonna have to go to fucking Ruislip, and fucking ''snap the thumb and forefinger'' of every single person I see, who I think resembles the find of ''wanker'' that walks around in this day and fucking age with a name like '''fucking TIM.'''

** Particularly as, in the scene where Olly finds Malcolm in the cafe, the magazine under Olly's arm has a picture of Batman and "The Dark Knight Rises" on the cover.

-->'''Jamie:''' Off the record, union Neanderthals with brains the size of children's bogies couldn't take the heat of Hugh Abbott's ring-stinging, shit-hot public sector reforms, but he's flying back like Harrison Ford with a big whip in one hand and a skinny latte in the other and he's going to whip six shades of shit out of them and save the world.

-->'''Jamie:''' Union Neanderthals with brains the size of children's bogies couldn't take the heat of Hugh Abbott's ring-stinging, shit-hot public sector reforms, but he's flying back like Harrison Ford with a big whip in one hand and a skinny latte in the other and he's going to whip six shades of shit out of them and save the world.
* This exchange from "Spinners and Losers":

'''Ollie:''' ...Star Wars?\\

-->'''Malcolm:''' You breathe a word of this to anyone, you mincing fucking '''CUNT''', I will tear your fucking skin off, I will wear it to your mother's birthday party, and I will rub your nuts up and down her leg whilst whistling [[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian fucking Rhapsody]], alright?

** Bonus from the comments on YouTube
--->Mamaaaa, just killed a man.
--->Now I'm wearing all his skin,

* Jamie's ill-fated attempt to turn Cliff Lawton, who is clearly still bitter about being sacked by Malcolm, into a viable prime ministerial candidate. After a disheartening phone call from Malcolm ("Was the Cillit Bang guy not available?"), he gives up.
-->'''Cliff:''' ''[reading from his notes]'' "To put it simply, I'm back."
-->'''Jamie:''' Oh, fuck off, Cliff.
-->'''Cliff:''' Sorry?
-->'''Jamie:''' Fuck off! You're a busted flush. You're not gonna be prime minister, you're not gonna be anything so fuck off.
-->'''Cliff:''' This your thing, isn't it? Everything has to be an absolute, everything has to be black and white. You know, "I love you, fuck off". There are lots of shades of grey, you know?
-->'''Jamie:''' Oh, I know that, I'm looking at fifteen of them right now.
** Really, the entire scene is full of zingers. Another highlight is Jamie dismissing Cliff's draft statement as "[[{{Wangst}} self-pitying shit]]" that "sucks cock so deep, the bell-end is wearing your appendix as a little hat".
** "Are you a horse? Are you a fucking horse?"
* The food fight that ensues when Jamie discovers Julius has been leaking information.
-->'''Jamie:''' You, Julius Nicholson, being of sound mind, but with a body that looks like a giant sex toy, did knowingly do us up the shit hole by passing confidential information to the enemy!\\
'''Jamie:''' EAT THE FUCKING CHEESE!
** And ''Malcolm'', of all people, is the one to instigate it.
--->'''Malcolm:''' [[TranquilFury Eat that prawn. Eat a bit of fucking prawn]].
--->'''Julius:''' Don't be stupid...
--->'''Malcolm:''' Eat another prawn.
--->'''Julius:''' Stop it!
--->'''Malcolm:''' Have some fucking chow mein!
--->'''Jamie:''' Stuff it in his fucking head! Stuff it in his big baby head!

* This exchange from "Spinners and Losers":
-->'''Glenn:''' Actually, Malcolm, we still have no word on Dan Miller. I mean he's gone dark. He's not answering his phone...
-->'''Malcolm:''' Maybe he's in a hotel with his own huddle. Ring around, try and find him.
-->'''Glenn:''' What, ring every hotel in London and ask if Dan Miller's booked in?
-->'''Malcolm:''' Yeah! Although he could be using an assumed name.
-->'''Glenn:''' So you want me to ring round every hotel in London and ask if anyone, of any name, has booked in?
* "EAT THE FUCKING CHEESE. ''EAT THE CHEESE, NICHOLSON!''"
* "Spinners and Losers" also provides this wonderful collection of words:
-->'''Jamie:''' Union Neanderthals with brains the size of children's bogies couldn't take the heat of Hugh Abbott's ring-stinging, shit-hot public sector reforms, but he's flying back like Harrison Ford with a big whip in one hand and a skinny latte in the other and he's going to whip six shades of shit out of them and save the world.

** The note that Malcolm passes to Jamie, pictured above.

* Three words: Catastrophic. Erectile. Dysfunction.

* Stewart's "thought camp" in 4.03, a glorious parody of the worst kinds of team-building away day.

-_->'''Peter:''' I sometimes buy ''The Big Issue'' out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a fucking ''bank''!

* In 4.03, Fergus and Adam end up buying a bank out of social embarrassment.
-->'''Peter:''' I sometimes buy ''The Big Issue'' out of social embarrassment, I don't buy a fucking ''bank''!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUdOKLxDbo Tucker manages to beat the soundproofing while chewing out Hugh]].
-->'''Hugh:''' We can be quite brutal to each other, because we're actually very, very good friends.

In the best traditions of farce and satire, ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' relies on situations characterized by ever-aggregating absurdity, making it difficult to point to exact time codes that turn the funny UpToEleven. But there are a few unforgettable moments:

* Malcolm's cake iced with "Happy Birthday C*nt", and the serious way he muses, "This could be from anyone." [[spoiler: It's from the Prime Minister.]]

'''Ollie:''' [[spoiler:...Star Wars?]]\\

** [[spoiler: When Mary Drake eventually announces to Stuart that the PM wants him out,]] Peter's reaction says it all.

--->'''Steve:''' I am going to [[spoiler:join Dan Miller's team]] and then we are going to take you down! We are gonna take you down to Funky Town! Funky Town centre, here you come! [[VillainousBreakdown CHOO FUCKING CHOO]]!

* The end of the book, with [[spoiler:Malcolm being blackmailed with the titular missing files by the mysterious 'Paul.' Within a few days 'Paul' has been found, set up, arrested, and later convicted for "gross indecency" mainly focusing on doing disgusting things with lost property.]] Don't fuck with Tuck...er.

-->'''Malcolm:''' You breathe a word of this to anyone, you mincing fucking '''CUNT''', I will tear your fucking skin off, I will wear it to your mother's birthday party, and I will rub your nuts up and down her leg whilst whistling [[{{Queen}} Bohemian fucking Rhapsody]], alright?

* In 4.03, Fergus and Adam end up buying a bank with tax-payer money out of social embarrassment.

* Glenn's meltdown in 4.07 is this crossed with a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as he roasts Fergus, Adam, Peter, Phil, Emma and Terri. And just when you think it can't get any better, he leaves with this: