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7	[[caption-width-right:350:Let's give the Pharaoh a happy face!]]
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12	This may be a Biblical epic-albeit one aimed at kids-, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few moments of levity.
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14	* Moses and Rameses are chariot racing. Rameses drives up to a ledge and the brothers exchange banter.
15	-->'''Rameses:''' Come on, Moses, admit it! [[LiteralMetaphor You've always looked up to me]]! \
16	'''Moses:''' ''[looks up to see Rameses' rear exposed as his kilt ripples in the wind]'' Yes, but it's not much of a view!
17	** At one point in the race, they drive up the scaffolding for workers building a statue of Seti. One of the workers, holding a paintbrush, falls off his ladder and ends up painting a smiley face (or rather, an upturned mustache) on the statue.
18	*** Immediately thereafter, its [[MonumentalDamage nose]] is broken off by a load of falling bricks. Considering that Creator/RalphFiennes, who voices Ramses, is known for playing [[Literature/HarryPotter a certain other villainous character, with no visible nose]], it becomes HilariousInHindsight.
19	* [[TemptingFate "You don't think we'll get in trouble for this, do you?" "No, not a chance!"]]
20	** [[GilliganCut Jump ahead to]] Seti chewing them out for what they've done.
21	---> "Why do the gods ''torment'' me with such reckless, destructive, blasphemous sons!?"
22	** Later in the same conversation:
23	--->'''Seti:''' I seek to build an empire, and your only thought is to amuse yourselves by tearing it down! Have I taught you nothing?\
24	'''Hotep:''' You mustn't be so hard on yourself, Your Majesty; you're an excellent teacher.\
25	'''Huy:''' It's not your fault your sons learned ''nothing.''\
26	'''Hotep:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Well, they learned blasphemy]].\
27	'''Huy:''' True.
28	* Immediately after saying Rameses needed a chance to prove himself, Moses drops a wineskin onto the priests, who promptly blame Rameses. Who then dumps the entire bowl of wine on them with a look that just screams, "Why the hell not?"
29	-->'''Hotep:''' Rameses! You're in trouble, young man!\
30	'''Huy:''' Get down here! I think you owe us an apology!\
31	'''Hotep:''' OH, MY NEW THING!\
32	'''Huy:''' [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry I AM SO UPSET!]]\
33	'''Moses:''' [''holds out the bowl with a grin''] You might as well.\
34	'''Hotep:''' You'll pay for this!\
35	'''Huy:''' We're gonna tell the Pharaoh!\
36	(''Rameses grabs the bowl and dumps the whole thing on the priests'')\
37	'''Hotep & Huy:''' AWWW!\
38	'''Hotep:''' Look at me! I'm drenched again!
39	** And later on, the [[TemptingFate same thing occurs]] at the party:
40	--->'''Rameses:''' I'm done for! Father will kill me!\
41	'''Moses:''' Don't worry, nobody will even notice us coming in!\
42	''[They walk in; '''[[InstantlyProvenWrong the entire crowd]]''' sees them and cheers loudly]''\
43	'''Rameses:''' [[SarcasmMode "Nobody will even notice."]]\
44	'''Moses:''' ''[guilty laugh]''
45	** And to top it all, their mother immediately realizes that they're both late and calmly tells them what just happened under the cover of greeting them with a hug.
46	* When Moses meets his biological siblings for the first time, Miriam assumes that he's finally come to help them.
47	-->'''Miriam:''' I ''knew'' you cared about our freedom!\
48	'''Moses:''' ''(chuckles)'' Freedom? [[InnocentlyInsensitive Why would I care about that?]]
49	** When it becomes apparent that Moses doesn't know what Miriam is talking about, Aaron desperately tries to get her to shut up.
50	--->'''Aaron:''' Oh, my good prince...um, she-she's exhausted from the day's work. Not that it was too much, we-we [[BlatantLies quite enjoyed it]]. But-But she's confused and knows ''not'' to whom she ''speaks!''\
51	'''Miriam:''' I ''[[BoldInflation know]]'' to whom I [[BoldInflation SPEAK]], Aaron!
52	** Aaron nervously saying "Miriam, you're gonna get us flogged" in sotto voce.
53	** Aaron's facial expression throughout the whole scene.
54	* "... That's why Papa says [Tzipporah]'ll never get married." Ephora's timing, delivery, and expression, coupled with the musical cue used for the "punch," make this one of the biggest laughs in the whole movie.
55	** Plus, right before that: "Hey, you! Aren't these your camels?" And Moses [[EpicFail falling into the well]] right after rescuing the girls from two upstart shepherds.
56	*** "'[[ARareSentence Trying to get the funny man out of the well]]'. Well ''that's'' one I haven't heard before." hears Moses in the well [[OhCrap Gasp "Oh, my! Uh-don't worry in there! We'll get you out! Hold on!"]] Plus, you can see as she's walking up to the girls, Ephora and Ajolidoforah are pulling and Jethrodiadah is just sort of helpfully holding the rope at the back.
57	*** Then she ''sees'' Moses, and gives him a YouExclamation. Moses responds with an "OhCrap" face, right before Tzipporah drops him right back into the well.
58	*** And just before THAT? Moses is buried up to his scalp in a sandstorm. A passing camel tries to graze on his head, and after a groan of pain, Moses latches on to the camel, the first sign of life he's seen since fleeing Egypt. Clinging for dear life, he's dragged up to a watering hole for the SHEEP and immediately plunges his head into the water to quench his thirst. He groggily raises his head, meeting the gaze of a ram with possibly the greatest WTF face in animation history.
59	*** The ram just does a JawDrop at the sight of Moses drinking from the watering hole. In any other movie, it would be the human being disgusted to drink from the same place as an animal, ''not the other way around!''
60	*** And after that: "Ladies, you've cleaned every inch of me! WHOA! I- I was wrong..."
61	*** Followed by Moses holding a washcloth to cover what little of his naked body he can.
62	*** And Jethro's daughters are watching and giggling at him.
63	** Everything with Jethro, the father of Tzipporah and her sisters, really. The guy is a giant walking ball of hilarity. Especially how he reacts to news that Moses wishes to marry his oldest daughter; he gives a "why not" gesture and [[BearHug bear hugs]] the couple.
64	* The first thing Moses does when he encounters God as the burning bush? Prod it with his staff.
65	-->'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5BQWubuC8g&lc=UggrQDQrrjtYbngCoAEC YouTube comment]]:''' You have met a manifestation of God. Do you: A.) Immediately kneel down and pray. B.) Run like hell. '''C.) Poke him with your stick'''
66	* God's reaction to Moses saying "you've chosen the wrong messenger" is to blow up at him, taking Moses' obvious sense of self-reproach as secondary to the fact that he just questioned the Almighty's overall ability to pick a good messenger.
67	* Hotep and Huy's response to Moses' return.
68	-->'''Hotep:''' Um, your majesty... we are compelled to remind you that this man has committed a serious crime against the gods.\
69	'''Huy:''' (''grinning'') [[BlatantLies We are loathe to bring it up, mind you.]]\
70	'''Hotep:''' Yet the law clearly states that the punishment for such a crime-\
71	'''Huy:''' (''still cheerful'') Death!\
72	'''Hotep:''' We hesitate to say it...
73	* The priests' attempt to mimic Moses turning the river into blood by making what's basically the Ancient Egyptian equivalent of a powdered drink mix.
74	-->'''[=YouTube=] comment:''' [[LargeHam BY THE POWER OF RA,]] [[MundaneMadeAwesome WE GIVE YOU KOOL-AID.]]
75	** Rameses is convinced by this false trick after dipping his own hand into the bowl, but it's plainly obvious to the viewer that the red-tinted water on his hand is a completely different substance from the actual blood in the river.
76	* When a fully adult Moses and Ramses are discussing their childhood and reminiscing about switching the heads of the temple idols. Overall, it's a very sad scene showing how vast a chasm has grown between their relationship and perspectives, but Ramses details which gods' heads Moses switched and finishes up with: ''"…and the priests thought it was a horrible omen and fasted FOR TWO MONTHS!"'' It actually ''is'' sad that this still bothers Rameses years later when he didn't even like the priests, as proof of his father-pleasing guilt complex that's about to ruin his life; but the story itself is (and the priests are) so ridiculous that it's still funny. (And it doesn't help that Moses thinks so, too, as evidenced by his faint chuckle at the memory.)
77	* Surprisingly, "The Plagues" has a couple funny moments, both involving Hotep and Huy.
78	** When an Egyptian woman runs past them, freaking out about the plague of frogs, one of them looks at the other with a "what's ''her'' problem?" expression...before they both find bugs in their food.
79	** Though it's in a very dark moment, during the Ten Plagues of Egypt, Hotep and Huy are as helpless as anyone; Rameses walks in on them desperately trying all manner of potions to get rid of the boils affecting them from that plague, does a double-take, then [[FlippingTheTable overturns the table in his fury]] and [[GetOut orders the pair of charlatans out]].
80	* When the Hebrews are travelling through the parted Red Sea, an ''exhausted camel'' rests its head on Aaron's shoulders. Aaron commiserates.
81	-->'''Aaron:''' Yeah, me too.
82	** The same Camel earlier also tries to eat Aaron's hair and it gets funnier when you remember that [[IronicEcho the same thing had happened to Moses]]. Apparently, the men in Moses's biological family have delicious hair.

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