Line #122 Funny/Hannibal


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3	!The Series
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5	Yes, even in a show as [[NightmareFuel/{{Hannibal}} dark and disturbing]] as ''Hannibal'', there's still the odd moment of [[BlackComedy twisted humor]] here and there. Examples are divided by season to minimize spoilers, but some can and will be unmarked; proceed at your own risk.
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7	[[folder: Season 1]]
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9	* "Apéritif": Will's [[DeadpanSnarker explanation]] for why he's in the bathroom:
10	--> '''Will''': I enjoy the smell of urinal cake.
11	** Followed by Jack's reply: "Me too." Then some hapless agent comes in, only to scurry right back out again when Jack bellows "'''USE THE LADIES ROOM!'''"
12	* Will's disdain for therapy in "Amuse-Bouche".
13	-->'''Hannibal''': How does that make you feel?
14	-->'''Will''': [[DeadpanSnarker How's it make]] ''[[DeadpanSnarker you]]'' [[DeadpanSnarker feel?]]
15	** Beverly mentions that Zeller wanted to give Will [[BattleTrophy the bullets removed from Hobbs in an acrylic case]], but she warned him that Will would not find it funny; Will agrees. She then adds that she suggested using them to make a [[ExecutiveBallClicker Newton's cradle]]; Will admits that [[ActuallyPrettyFunny he would have found]] ''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny that]]'' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny funny.]]
16	* "Potage":
17	** Abigail has an idea to recreate the phone call that tipped her father off; she suggests that Will play her father, Alana her mother, and says to Hannibal, "And you be the man on the phone!"
18	** When Abigail has a horrified realization that her father [[spoiler: very likely fed parts of the girls he killed to her and her mother,]] Hannibal only calmly replies, "It's very likely."
19	* After Alana finds out about Hannibal stealing Abigail from the hospital in "Œuf":
20	-->'''Hannibal''': You were right.
21	-->'''Alana''': Often am. Have to be more specific.
22	* Also in "Œuf", when Will and Team Sassy Science are discussing family dynamics:
23	-->'''Zeller''': [To Will] Let me guess: only child.
24	-->'''Will''': ...Why do you say that?
25	-->'''Zeller''': Because family friction is usually a catalyst for personality development.
26	* In "Œuf", during an otherwise incredibly dark "murder flashback", Will, taking the part of the killer, scolds one of the daughters in the first murdered family like a parent himself:
27	--> '''Will''': If you don't eat your growing foods, you won't get any dessert.
28	--> ''(The little girl eats a piece of broccoli.)''
29	* "Did you just ''smell'' me?"
30	** And then, how well Hannibal manages to play it off:
31	--->'''Hannibal''': Difficult to avoid. I really must introduce you to a finer aftershave, [[TakeThat that smells like]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_spice something with a ship on the bottle]].
32	--->'''Will''': ...I keep getting it for Christmas.
33	* Hannibal brings Abigail over to his house for dinner, and asks her about her plans for the future.
34	--> '''Hannibal''': Have you thought about applying to schools?
35	--> '''Abigail''': My dad killed girls at all the schools I applied to.
36	--> '''Hannibal''': ''({{beat}})'' Perhaps later, then.
37	* "He should have hopped faster." [[spoiler:Cue a ScareChord and a brief cut to the "rabbit" running for his life, stumbling and taking on a distinctly ''hopping'' sort of gait as he tries to get away.]] Then cut back to Hannibal and Jack.
38	--> '''Hannibal''': Yes, he should have. Fortunately for us, he did not.
39	* The forensic team's reaction to Will's outburst at Jack in "Coquilles". After Jack's "I did not hear that," they quickly scamper off into the background. Although they're probably just trying to save Will the embarrassment of getting chewed out by the boss in front of colleagues, it's reminiscent of siblings getting the hell out of dodge when one of them is about to be scolded by a parent.
40	* Will and Alana taking a subtle dig at Dr. Chilton and his smugness in "Entrée":
41	-->'''Chilton''': I've read your notes, of course. They were more or less helpful, as I conducted my own interviews with Dr. Gideon over the years.
42	-->'''Alana''': ''(very dryly)'' Well, I'm glad I was helpful.
43	-->'''Will''': [[DeadpanSnarker More or less.]]
44	* Quite a lot of "Sorbet" is pretty funny, when it isn't being harrowing.
45	** One moment being Hannibal's clear discomfort with being the subject of Franklyn's [[AbhorrentAdmirer attention]].
46	** A shot of Franklyn's used tissue on Hannibal's coffee table cuts to a shot of Hannibal with a priceless expression of disgust.
47	** Hannibal's obvious disappointment when Will doesn't show up for their appointment. He sits all alone in a dark room, stares at his appointment book, stares at his phone, and ''plays woeful classical music''.
48	** Hannibal's "grocery shopping". He picks a certain business card from his Rolodex, goes to his box of recipes to choose a suitable course, brings the respective organ back, prepares it to cook and puts it in his fridge. And then he does it again. And again. This is cut together with the forensic team examining the bodies and noting the missing organs... and then just how the missing organs are being prepared...
49	** Particularly the bit where Will mentions the missing intestines and Zeller says, "Either short bowels or we're looking for someone with short bowels, or... I dunno, the Ripper's [[{{Squick}} making sausages]]". [[CrossesTheLineTwice Cut to Hannibal doing exactly that]].
50	** And there is this bit.
51	--->'''Jimmy''': We were looking at donor lists for a heart or kidneys. Now we're looking for hearts, kidneys, livers, stomachs, pancreases, lungs... this guy is missing a spleen. A spleen! Who the hell gets a spleen transplant?!
52	* In "Fromage", Franklyn is trying to talk Tobias down, rather aping Hannibal -- and then Hannibal [[spoiler: gets fed up and snaps Franklyn's neck.]]
53	--> [[spoiler: '''Tobias''': I was looking ''forward'' to that!]]
54	** Followed by a shot of a smug Hannibal, clearly thinking "Not half as much as I was."
55	* From "Fromage":
56	-->'''Tobias''': Then why did you invite me here for dinner? Was it just to restring your harpsichord?
57	-->'''Hannibal''': I was going to kill you. (''Tobias glances at the meal he just ate'') I didn't poison you, Tobias. I wouldn't do that to the food.
58	* ''Another'' from "Fromage". After Will [[spoiler:kisses Alana]], he rushes to Hannibal's house to talk about it, unwittingly interrupting Hannibal's extremely tense dinner date with [[spoiler:Tobias]]. The scene that follows is absolutely hilarious, what with Hannibal going to answer the door only to find Will already in his foyer, throwing his jacket on the floor with only a [[spoiler:"I kissed Alana Bloom!"]] by way of explanation before rushing into the house proper, leaving Hannibal to mutter "Well... come in," to the space Will previously occupied. Then Will wanders into the dining room, only to find the place empty, with the door to the snowy backyard, [[spoiler:Tobias]] having fled. Hannibal gives some bullshit story about an urgent call, and Will doesn't question it. Then, while fixing bread pudding for himself and Will, Hannibal rather bitchily complains about Will coming to his house to talk about [[spoiler:the kiss]], and actually stops and stares at Will for a moment when Will responds to a question about [[spoiler:the kiss]] with the phrase "I heard an animal in my chimney."
59	* In "Trou Normand", the killer of the week is informed that his entire life's work was ass-backwards. His entire reaction? Hitting his hand against the armchair as though to say, "[[{{Narm}} Darnit]]."
60	* This gem from Jack in "Buffet Froid".
61	-->'''Will''': He knew her. Someone who cared about her, or thought he did.
62	-->'''Beverly''': [[{{Yandere}} He cared too much.]]
63	-->'''Jack''': So, we're looking for boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, coworkers, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind the guy who bags her groceries.]]
64	* From "Rôti":
65	-->'''Hannibal''': He had a mild seizure.
66	-->[[spoiler:'''Dr. Abel Gideon''']]: That... doesn't seem to bother you.
67	-->'''Hannibal''': I said it was mild.
68	** Earlier, when the killer had hung victims' organs from the trees with their own veins.
69	--> He even tied little bows on some of them!
70	--> Yeah, it's really impressive.
71	* At the beginning of "Relevés". Hannibal brings Will this really fancy meal made of rare, exotic ingredients.
72	-->'''Will''': You made me chicken soup?
73	** And Hannibal looked so ''irritated''. ("-- yes.")
74	* The way that Franklyn, who is by far the most nervous and neurotic character in the show so far, is absolutely oblivious when there are not one but ''two'' lions in the room.
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77	[[folder: Season 2]]
78	* In "Kaiseki", Will's mental landscape[=/=]HappyPlace is a lovely, quiet river. The first time we see him emerging from it, it turns out he's been using it the way any of us would: to ''ignore the hell out of Chilton''. And Chilton is so wrapped up in whatever it is he's going on about that he hasn't noticed. A+ psychiatry, Frederick.
79	** Don't forget Chilton's silent sassy gestures we see while Will blanks him.
80	** He also returns to the river during Chilton's testimony in court. And ''only'' Chilton's testimony.
81	* Most of Chilton and Will's interactions are funny when they're not being horribly sad, like when Chilton tells Will his diagnosis of Will being an intelligent psychopath, though in ''his'' opinion, Will lacks the charm associated with the diagnosis.
82	* In "Sakizuki", when Lecter visits Will in the mental hospital:
83	-->'''Hannibal''': I've been advised to stay on this side of the line.\
84	'''Will''': Select patients have taken to urinating on the therapists.\
85	'''Hannibal''': I would argue that drawing a line might ''encourage'' a pissing contest.
86	** Hannibal's [[spoiler: surprise greeting to the killer]] in the same episode, right before a cut to commercial:
87	--->'''Hannibal''': Hello. I love your work.
88	** Later on in the same conversation:
89	--->'''Killer''': There is no God.
90	--->'''Hannibal''': Certainly not with ''that'' attitude.
91	* Jack wonders why there's a leg missing from [[spoiler: the eye mural]], [[AnswerCut at which point the scene switches to Hannibal's kitchen]], where NBC brazenly shows Hannibal slicing the man's foot off the leg in his culinary preparation, all while an energetic classical piece plays.
92	* Will's reaction to deducing Bedelia's profession. There are no words that give justice to Hugh Dancy's delivery.
93	--> '''Will''': You're Hannibal Lecter's therapist. ''([[{{Beat}} very long beat]])'' What's ''that'' like?
94	* Jimmy ''really'' wanted to get a stool sample from Will. Which then started trending on Twitter.
95	* In "Hassun", when Will's lawyer cross-examines Freddie Lounds, he emphasizes the six libel suits against her. He and Freddie [[NumberOfTheBeast repeat the word "six" several times]], as if to remind viewers of Freddie's devilish nature. And that's ''all'' he does, he doesn't feel the need to even mention her testimony. ThatLiarLies was his entire cross.
96	* Similarly in Hassun, Will's lawyer is blithely discussing how Jack's testimony has helped their defence. While Will squirms at the vulgarity of it, the lawyer casually opens some mail. To both their surprise he tips out what turns out to be...a frozen human ear. The lawyer doesn't miss a beat to calmly quip 'I think I opened your mail'
97	* Later in the same episode, while the Nerds examine the ear and Jack and Hannibal both immediately start to sail the 'Maybe Will IS being framed' ship. Zeller's immediate, 'oh you've gotta be KIDDING me?!' is hilarious.
98	* In "Takiawase", when Price starts going on about the explosive nature of bee orgasms -- "It's audible to the human ear!" -- all Zeller can say is "All right," with an 'I am ''so'' done' look on his face.[[note]]Aaron Abrams said on Twitter that his subtext for this scene was "if I have to listen to this man talk about bee ejaculate one more time..."[[/note]]
99	** When Katherine starts dreamily explaining why it's more beautiful for her patients to die in a meadow, lobotomized and swarming with bees, she explains that she considered eating the honey they'd made, but found the notion too morbid. Price, at a loss for words, just gives her a helpless "uh-huh, keep talking" nod.
100	* "Mukozuke":
101	** When Will is taken to [[spoiler: the observatory where Beverly's body is found]], the look on Matthew Brown's face is pretty amusing. Hell, any scene when he is engaging in his [[spoiler: ObfuscatingStupidity]] as one of the asylum security guards counts as a FunnyBackgroundEvent.
102	** Hannibal's CasualDangerDialogue after being tranquilized, his wrists slit, strung up with a noose around his neck, and effectively crucified; all while being left at the tender mercy of Matthew Brown.
103	--->'''Matthew''': Did you know the phrase to 'kick the bucket' came from exactly this situation? You could kick it out right now yourself and it'd all be over. Quicker than bleeding out.
104	--->'''Hannibal''': You're a nurse at the hospital... Are you setting a new standard of care?
105	** Gideon's line:
106	--->'''Gideon''': You can come closer, Dr. Lecter. I'm a cutter, not a pisser.
107	** When Freddie Lounds bumps into Hannibal as he leaves the asylum:
108	--->'''Hannibal''': What brings you to the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane?
109	--->'''Freddie''': I am interviewing Will Graham, at his request. Imagine that.
110	--->'''Hannibal''': ''({{Beat}}.)'' I'm trying.
111	* Chilton's reaction in "Futamono" to Hannibal's dinner party: his expression while holding the weird-looking squab's claw ''hors d'oeuvre'' has been described, by multiple posts on tumblr, simply as "The hell is ''this''?"
112	** Also his visible relief at the fact that, thanks to his inability to digest animal proteins, Hannibal's only been able to give him salad for their last few dinners.
113	** Chilton also acts as a viewer stand-in and the only sane person to notice the ridiculousness of Hannibal Lecter. Chilton brings up one of Hannibal's not particularly subtle jokes about cannibalism, and notes the irony of someone called Hannibal being a cannibal.
114	** Chilton and Hannibal [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow both knowing that Hannibal is the Chesapeake Ripper, that Chilton knows this, and that Hannibal knows he knows this]] leads to another funny moment at the dinner party where Chilton is staring at Hannibal in abject wide-eyed terror, and Hannibal notices and ''winks'' at him, giving Chilton all the reason he needs to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere haul ass out of there]]. It felt like Creator/AnthonyHopkins took over Mads Mikkelsen's body for that one little moment, just to have Hannibal screw with Chilton in the series like he did in the books and movies.
115	*** In the same episode, the entire exchange with [[spoiler: Gideon]], upon feeding him his own leg.
116	* "Yakimono":
117	** The first thing a traumatized, blood soaked Chilton says to Will after showing up on his porch?:
118	--->'''Chilton''': May I use your shower, please?
119	** It's BlackComedy, but Hannibal calling out "One moment, please!" in the most nonchalant way possible to FBI agents at the door while drugging and choking Chilton is somewhat hysterical. Doubles as a VoiceChangeling moment as well, since he is imitating Chilton's own voice to fool them.
120	** Chilton's rant about how the odds are stacked against him, as compared to the evidence against Will:
121	--->'''Chilton''': Abel Gideon is half eaten in my guest room. I have corpses on my property. You just threw up an ear!
122	** You've just got to pity Chilton a tiny little bit when he pulls a gun on Will and gets rewarded with a hilariously disdainful non-reaction -- in part because Will's almost certainly thinking, "Hannibal's really scraping the barrel if he expects anybody to believe ''you're'' the Ripper," and ''especially'' with Chilton yelling commands like Will's a naughty puppy.
123	* "Su-zakana":
124	** Hannibal and Will [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-fk58J08w enter a stable]] to see a man carefully stitching a dead horse's abdomen shut. Also the fact that Hugh Dancy manages to deliver the line completely straight:
125	---> '''Will''': [[ARareSentence Peter, is your social worker in that horse?]]
126	*** The dish is garnished to perfection by Mads Mikkelsen's sublime acting. You can literally ''see'' Hannibal's thoughts peek through his impassive mask; "This is fucked up even for ''me'' and '''Bitch, I eat people!'''"
127	** Will, being a hyper-empath, knows the man is a tragic victim of brain damage and gently escorts him away. Hannibal, being a MagnificentBastard, has the odd thought that said social worker is not necessarily dead just because he's been sewn up inside of a dead horse, and sticks around long enough to watch (with a face that is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLHuV545R9E pure gold]]'') as said social worker laboriously crawls out of said dead horse, then delivers the most hilarious line of the episode.
128	--->'''Hannibal''': Mr. Ingram. ''[man spins around]'' Might want to crawl back in there if you know what's good for you.
129	** And just what was Hannibal doing before turning around to witness this bizarre spectacle? Petting a sheep.
130	* "Naka-Choko":
131	** While Mason Verger revealing the pig maze has its share of horrifying moments, there are bits that are hilarious in their outlandishness. Like when the meat dummy is first debuted for demonstration.
132	---> '''Margot''': (''completely deadpan'') That's one of my suits.
133	---> '''Mason''': I'll buy you a new one.
134	** Four words:
135	--->'''Hannibal''': [[StealthPun You slice]] [[DoubleMeaning the ginger]].
136	* In "Kō no Mono", after Mason emotionally destroys an orphan child just so he can have a tear in his martini, Mason cheerfully says "Have a chocolate!" before walking away.
137	* Hannibal desperately trying to restrain himself from showing his sheer contempt for Mason, as Mason does such annoying feats as ignoring his instruction and leaving his jacket on the couch.
138	** At one point, Hannibal even gives Mason an incredibly awkward and uncomfortable smile. It's part of the aforementioned hiding of contempt, but also suggests that Mason may be too outright strange even for Hannibal. You know, the guy who eats people on a regular basis.
139	** Taken even further in the next episode "Tome-wan", where Hannibal just stares open-mouthed as Mason puts his feet on his desk and stabs a penknife into his chair. Seeing the normally unflappable Hannibal simply dazed with the intent to kill one of the rudest people he's ever met is quite amusing.
140	* "Tome-wan":
141	** Will's ImagineSpot of feeding Hannibal to pigs being scored with the same music as the cutesy scenes with his dogs.
142	** Hannibal demonstrates his medical training after being '''tazed''', calmly noting that a man bleeding to death should not have removed the weapon acting as a stopper on a wound, only to be tazed again.
143	** Mason's dialogue when he [[spoiler:holds Hannibal hostage.]]
144	--->'''Mason''': The swine may be shy, with starting with the toes, so we need to encourage them ''(in ridiculous Italian accent to Carlo) with a little-a sauce, eh?''\
145	''(Carlo looks on in silence.)''\
146	'''Mason''': [[MoodWhiplash So we're gonna cut your throat.]]
147	*** Really, all of Mason's attempts at [[GratuitousItalian Italian]] count, with him at one point slipping into ''Spanish''.
148	** Funny may not be quite the right word, but Mason's attitude leading up to [[spoiler: being talked into slicing his face off]] is disarmingly chipper. "I am enchanted and terrified," indeed.
149	*** The entire sequence with Mason's [[spoiler:drugging and cutting of his own face, especially when we see the hallucianations from his point of view]], does a very good job straddling the line between Funny and NightmareFuel, with a dash of what can be seen as either {{Narm}} or NarmCharm. It's probably the very height of ''Hannibal'''s BlackComedy -- the actual events make it on one hand ''extremely'' disturbing, but at the same time it's an oddly hilarious sequence because of the atmosphere that Michael Pitt's performance and the background music give.
150	*** Of special note is Mason hallucinating Hannibal grinning and flipping him off with both hands. Apparently, the crew pulled a ThrowItIn.
151	*** Will's utter disregard for Mason's twisted story about how he forced a dog to cannibalize its friend before and Hannibal's abstract explanation of Mason's current condition after the commercial break. His main concern is for his dogs.
152	----> '''Mason:''' I should've put you in a cage with Dr. Lector. I'm curious what would've happened.
153	----> '''Will:''' What are you feeding my dogs?
154	----> '''Mason:''' Ha! Just me. ''(laughs hysterically)''
155	----> ''(cut to commercial)''
156	----> '''Hannibal:''' What Mason is experiencing isn't restricted to reality, so reality has to be forced to adapt.
157	----> '''Will:''' He fed his face to my dogs.
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159	*** There's also this absolutely priceless exchange after Mason has fed a good portion of his face to Will's dogs:
160	----> '''Mason:''' I'm hungry!
161	----> '''Hannibal''' ''(in a very casual and even chipper tone)'': Eat your nose, then.
162	----> '''Mason:''' Eat my... ''(He taps his nose.)'' Eat my nose? ''(He pauses briefly as if pondering it, then slices his nose off and eats it whilst Hannibal and Will watch.)'' I have a taste and consistency to that of a chicken gizzard.
163	----> '''Hannibal''' ''(to Will)'': Taste is housed in parts of the mind that precedes pity. Pity has no place at the table.
164	----> '''Mason''' ''(burps)'': I'm full of myself! ''(He starts to laugh maniacally.)''
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167	[[folder: Season 3]]
168	* "Antipasto":
169	** When a provincial Prof. Sogliato doubts that Hannibal, a foreigner, has any real fluency in Italian or the works of Dante, Hannibal perfectly recites the entire first sonnet of ''La Vita Nuova''. Sogliato, angry and embarrassed, can only respond that impromptu discussions, not recitations, are what count in the lecture hall.
170	** The dinner with Anthony has some hilarious lines:
171	---> '''Hannibal''': Dante wrote that fear is almost as bitter as death. \
172	'''Bedelia''': [[DeadpanSnarker Dante wasn't dead when he wrote it.]]
173	** Bedelia drops an oblique hint about Hannibal eating her to their guest Antony Dimmond:
174	---> '''Bedelia''': My husband... has a very sophisticated palate. He's very particular about how I taste. \
175	'''Antony''': [[EuropeansAreKinky Is it that kind of party?]] \
176	'''Hannibal''' ''([[{{Beat}} after looking at Bedelia as if asking, "Is it?"]])'': It's not that kind of party. \
177	'''Bedelia''': No. It really isn't. \
178	'''Antony''': Shame.
179	** Hannibal's hilariously dismissive put-down to Abel Gideon in the opening scene.
180	---> '''Hannibal''': It’s only cannibalism if we’re equals.
181	* "Secondo": Hannibal admitting to Bedelia that his abruptly stabbing his guest in the head "may have been impulsive."
182	** Then guilt-tripping her that she "technically" killed him, after pulling out the ice pick Hannibal stuck into his brain. When Bedelia criticizes him that two men are now dead, he reminds her that "[he] can only claim one...Technically."
183	* "Aperitivo":
184	** Mason whining over Cordell massaging his face. "I said ow!"
185	** Frederick Chilton has apparently copyrighted the phrase "Hannibal the Cannibal", intending to make some cha-ching out of the ensuing media circus that will surround Hannibal.
186	** He also continues to be a complete ButtMonkey as none of Hannibal's other victims want to play revenge fantasy with him.
187	* "Contorno":
188	** One must wonder how Bryan Fuller got away with Mason Verger's constant references to Alana's former sexual relationship with Hannibal. Fuller [[https://twitter.com/BryanFuller/status/616805325388271617 was cracking up]] when he wrote that line:
189	---> '''Mason''': [Hannibal] likes music, he likes wine, he likes food and he likes you. How did you taste? Sweet, I bet. I'm sure you got a taste of him, too. Spitters are quitters, and you don't strike me as a quitter, Dr. Bloom.
190	** Hannibal reveals that he called the hotline Verger made to track him down, "just for fun".
191	** While [[spoiler:Jack's beatdown of Hannibal]] isn't necessarily funny, the scene's use of Rossini's "The Thieving Magpie" as background music makes for some dark whimsy.
192	* "Dolce"
193	** In the midst of a very intimate conversation, Hannibal asks how Chiyoh is. When Will tells him that she pushed him off a train, Hannibal gives a small grin and says "Atta girl" like a proud father.
194	* "Digestivo":
195	** Hannibal's proud expression when Will takes a bite off Cordell's cheek.
196	** Mason's gleeful recounting of a news story about a German cannibal who cooked and ate a friend's penis, then complained it was overcooked.[[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes It was a real case]], although Mason got a few details wrong.[[/note]]
197	* This exchange from "The Great Red Dragon", about Hannibal’s [[http://www.chicagonow.com/cooking-cop/2014/03/sanguinaccio-dolce-is-a-bloody-good-treat-2/#image/1 sanguinaccio dolce]]:
198	-->'''Chilton''': You’ve made this dessert for me before.\
199	'''Hannibal''': One of my favourite desserts. Traditionally made with pig’s blood, in this case, a local cow.\
200	'''Chilton''': And when you last made it for me?\
201	'''Hannibal''': The blood was from a cow, only in a derogatory sense.
202	* "And the Woman Clothed with the Sun":
203	** Freddie officially dubbed Hannibal and Will "[[AscendedMeme murder husbands]]."
204	--->'''Freddie''': You did [[NotWhatItLooksLike run off to Europe together]].
205	** Alana and Hannibal:
206	--->'''Hannibal''': You've come to wag your finger?
207	--->'''Alana''': Oh, I ''love'' a good finger-wagging.
208	--->'''Hannibal''': Yes you do. ''[{{Beat}}]'' [[LesYay How is Margot?]]
209	** The phone conversation between Will and Molly with Will revealing his mind in the gutter and Molly's relentless teasing of him afterwards.
210	--->'''Will''': I'm lonesome.
211	--->'''Molly''': Hmm...Me too. I'm feeling Randy.
212	--->'''Will''': Me too.
213	--->'''Molly''': Randy's our new dog.
214	--->'''Will''': Oh hell. ''(embarrassed laugh)''
215	* "The Number of the Beast Is 666":
216	** Alana's "oh, ''hell'' no" reaction when Will asks her to help set up a trap for the Red Dragon:
217	--->'''Alana''': [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough I'd have to be a fool.]] ''(AnswerCut to [[ButtMonkey Chilton]] interviewing Hannibal.)''
218	** Hannibal barely suppressing his laughter when Chilton asks him if he thinks he's his nemesis.
219	** Hannibal [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLycjq2qNF4 slurping down]] [[spoiler: Chilton's]] ripped off lip. He justifies himself to Jack, as the latter only needs one for forensics. He then casually talks to Jack and Alana about what a good day he's having.
220	** As if being kidnapped by the Red Dragon wasn't bad enough, Chilton also has to endure him having a soapy conversation with his girlfriend.
221	** Dolarhyde blindfolding Chilton with what looks to be a pantyliner.
222	* "The Wrath of the Lamb":
223	** Zeller and Price mock-imitating Dolarhyde, and being excited about finding out who the body belonged to, apparently not caring that they are talking about a terrible, traumatic event.
224	** Hannibal [[spoiler: casually escaping, pushing dead cops out of a car and then asking if Will is "going [his] way".]]
225	** Will casually sipping wine while watching [[spoiler: Hannibal]] bleed out from a gunshot.
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229	[[folder: Meta]]
230	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAbWmjUyhhs Season 1 Gag Reel.]] 'Nuff said. Especially whenever the actors break character when they realize someone's screwed up, which leads to scenes like Hugh Dancy high-fiving the forensics team, the Scary Music continuing as Hugh Dancy does the Robot, Mads Mikkelsen repeatedly failing to catch a potato with his knife, and Laurence Fishburne pronouncing Dumfries as "dumb fries".
231	** The smooth, refined, classy Hannibal Lecter transmogrifying into Mads Mikkelsen with three words:
232	--->'''Lara Jean Chorostecki (playing Freddie Lounds)''': This is possibly the finest salad I've ever eaten in my life. Shame to ruin it with all that meat.
233	--->'''Mikkelsen''': Shut up, bitch.
234	---> (''entire cast cracks up'')
235	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mEzqp9o2rE Season 2 Gag Reel]]. Highlights include:
236	** Gillian Anderson losing her microphone in her cleavage. This is made even funnier by the fact that Mads Mikkelsen, who is waiting to continue the scene, instinctively reaches out a hand as if to help, thinks better of it, and ends up pacing around awkwardly while she searches.
237	** Mikkelsen completely forgetting how to knot a tie, and fumbling with his waistcoat.
238	** The processing of Chilton's belongings.
239	---> ...cash, one hard candy covered in murderer's lint, one silver cockring, one rusted cockring...
240	* Whoever writes the hashtags for posts on the [[http://nbchannibal.tumblr.com/ nbchannibal tumblr]] is a comic genius; nearly all of them are pure gold. Don't just take our word for it; have a look.
241	* [[https://youtu.be/2Hc_-9PTzHI Hannibal In 5 Seconds]]
242	-->'''Hannibal''': [[MetaphoricallyTrue "Will is my friend."]]
243	-->(Montage of Hannibal [[TheChewToy hurting Will]])
244	-->'''Will''': "You're not my friend."
245	* The official Hannibal collectible figure comes with the plastic murder suit, two knives, a glass of wine, and a ''flower crown''.
246	[[/folder]]
247
248	!The Book
249	[[folder:Book]]
250	* A man phones Starling stating that they have a victim who's been butchered for meat, asking her if this is the right department. Starling just barely stops herself from replying, "Yes, this is the meat department."
251	* The entire scene with [[spoiler:Krendler being lobotomised and his brain being eaten by Hannibal and Starling]] is a combination of NauseaFuel, NightmareFuel, and very, ''very'' BlackComedy. It's such a completely absurd and disturbing situation that you can't help but laugh at it, such as when [[spoiler:Hannibal makes Krendler drink a "parsley and thyme infusion" that will make his brain taste better. Apparently.]]
252	* Hannibal suffering a trip in an airplane's coach section, between a mother and baby and her bratty older son.
253	* The fact that Krendler keeps trying to use a vulgar insult towards Starling, and ever single time he tries, he is interrupted.
254	[[/folder]]
255
256	!The Film
257	[[folder:Film]]
258	* The scene when Starling is listening to tapes being recorded of her sessions with Hannibal. Krendler decides to be a jerk and ogle a nude sketch Hannibal drew of Starling in the letter he sent her, not knowing Starling is in the room with her with the lights barely on. Just to troll him, she yanks her headphones out of the recorder, causing Hannibal's Voice to echo in the loud speakers scaring the living crap out of Krendler.
259	* Just before dinner starts, [[spoiler: Hannibal asks Krendler to say grace. He actually does a fairly good job up until he calls Starling "white trash", which has a very clear effect on Hannibal if his expression is anything to go by. Mind you he was drugged, but seeing him piss off Lecter was funny as hell.]]
260	* During the dinner scene, [[spoiler: a lobotomized Krendler comments that the piece of his brain that Hannibal is sautéing smells good, and Hannibal [[{{Autocannibalism}} allows him to try it.]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice He likes it.]]]]
261	* Mason's opinion of Paul Krendler is summed up in one word [[spoiler: after bribing him to plant evidence that gets Starling suspended in order to trap Lecter]]: "cocksucker"
262	* Gary Oldman's performance as Mason Verger is parts twisted and funny.
263	* Lecter also had his funny moments, albeit in BlackComedy.
264	* Mason, after telling Starling about how he cut off his own face, finishes off the recollection with this:
265	--> "It seemed like a good idea at the time."
266	[[/folder]]

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