Line #51 Funny/Primeval


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2	* In a season 1 episode, Cutter is examining Claudia after she was attacked by the MonsterOfTheWeek.
3	-->'''Claudia:''' "What are you doing?"
4	-->'''Cutter:''' "I have no idea. I've just seen it on E.R."
5	* In the first episode, Lester’s team is doing a bad job handling Rex, prompting Abby to let Lester know that Rex can fly. Of course, Rex does fly away leaving Cutter and Lester to observe the situation while Abby and Claudia chase after him.
6	* The dodo chase in 1x04.
7	** Even better, the massive MoodWhiplash that starts it; the team is all lined up in front of an anomaly that's opening before them, ready for whatever big, horrible monster is about to come out and try to kill them--and then a whole flock of dodos pop out of the anomaly, squawking, running around and looking very, very confused.
8	** One of the dodos tries to run away from someone through a shelf...only to find that its butt is too big for it to fit through!
9	* Connor finding out he inadvertently brought Rex to work with him, and has to try and catch him before Abby and the others find out.
10	-->'''Connor''': ''[chasing Rex]'' You know what?! When I catch you, you're gonna be the first creature to become extinct twice!
11	* In the episode with the deadly ''Anurognathids'', a temporarily blinded Claudia grabs a golf club to fight them with. Guess what she says when she hits one:
12	-->'''Claudia''': Hole in one!
13	** The reason Claudia is temporarily blinded in the first place is a masterful example of BlackComedy: After the ''Pteranodon'' gets tranquilized, Claudia immediately begins chewing out Nick for his recklessness and declares that from now on, she makes the decisions. Cue the half-conscious pterosaur [[MoodWhiplash smacking her in the face with its beak]].
14	** They also say they need something red to lure the thing back. Claudia goes OhCrap as she realises her blouse is red. Fortunately for her, Stephen is wearing a red t-shirt under his jumper.
15	* Claudia in the final episode of season 1, who closes out a conversation with Nick by bringing up a kiss they shared. She tells him that sexual harassment is frowned upon in the civil service and saunters out with a very faint smirk on her face. The shock on his face is priceless.
16	** From the same episode, when the two kiss (right in front of [[ManipulativeBastard Helen]]) before Nick enters the Permian. As Helen and Nick walk toward their destination...
17	-->'''Helen:''' "I take it you enjoyed that."\
18	'''Nick:''' grinning like an idiot "Yep."\
19	'''Helen:''' "I suppose the object of the exercise was to punish me somehow."\
20	'''Nick:''' STILL grinning like an idiot "Actually it wasn't about you ''at all.''"
21	** Nick also gets another funny moment when he says "If I don't come back, push Lester through the worst anomaly you can find," before entering the Permian anomaly.
22	* Season 2, episode 1: Connor [[EpicFail spectacularly failing to tranquilise a baby Velociraptor]]...he misses the dinosaur and [[ShotInTheAss shoots Abby in the behind]].
23	** The teenagers who Cutter and Stephen borrow the motorbikes from calmly giving a "review" of the raptor they assume is radio-controlled. One of them is impressed by how "real" it looks, the other one isn't.
24	* Season 2, episode 2. A giant worm grabs Jennifer, and Cutter grabs a katana off a decorative mount in the hall to kill it with. Immediately afterward, another worm grabs Nick by the thigh. Jennifer grabs the sword and decapitates the worm, missing Nick's [[GroinAttack groin]] by about four inches. Nick responds the way any man would.
25	-->'''Nick:''' '''''"WATCH!!!!''''' Where...you're swingin' that thing!"
26	* Lester at the end of season 2, when he asks Leek, who is holding Cutter hostage, to hurry up because the snooker is on the other channel.
27	* The ''[[NeverSmileAtACrocodile Pristichampsus]]'' in season 3's first episode gets trickeed into falling out a window, and when it recovers, [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere decides to go back home very fast]].
28	* Danny and Connor's subplot in Episode 7 of season 3 has some hilarious moments, owing to its FishOutOfTemporalWater plot (they're chasing a medieval knight who came through an anomaly chasing a dinosaur in the belief it was a dragon). Highlights include;
29	** Danny getting into a BarBrawl with Sir William, the knight in question (after he's already singlehandedly thrashed a biker gang).
30	-->'''Danny''': ''(pointing up at the ceiling)'' [[LookBehindMe Hey, look up there!]] ''(Sir William looks and Danny punches him...[[DidntThinkThisThrough in the centre of his breastplate]]. Sir William gives him a WTF look as Danny tries again, with no effect. Danny sighes)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck That's just made you cross, hasn't it]]? ''(A grinning Sir William nods and then punches him)''
31	** Connor tries to help Danny by smashing Sir William over the head with a beer bottle...which thanks to his helmet [[NoSell does absolutely nothing]]. When a pissed off knight rounds on Connor and draws his sword, Connor responds by grabbing the sharpest object on hand...a dart out of the dartboard on the wall. Sir William takes one look at Connor and declares him NotWorthKilling.
32	** After Sir William leaves the pub with Danny and Connor in pursuit, the pub landlord shouts after them about the damage:
33	-->'''Landlord''': Look at the state of this place! This is worse than the missus's hen night! ''(he spots the biker gang Sir William thrashed [[DirtyCoward cowering under the pool table]])'' Oh you can come out now!
34	* Also later in the episode, when Danny gets into a swordfight with William:
35	-->'''William Mornay''': You are an infernal imp, sent to torment my soul!
36	-->'''Danny''': [[CasualDangerDialogue You sound just like my mother!]]
37	* Also from the same episode; Connor finds out Abby's no-good brother Jack inadvertently lost Rex in a poker game and the guy he lost Rex to has the lizard up for auction on eBay. At the episode's end, Connor goes round to the seller's place and tells him to hand Rex over or Connor'll take him back. The guy asks "YouAndWhatArmy" only for Connor to point out Becker and the two armed soldiers standing behind him. [[KnowWhenToFoldEm The guy wisely hands Rex over]].
38	* Matt's first appearance in Webisode #1 already showing his DeadpanSnarker tendencies.
39	-->'''Interviewer''': ''(After showing Matt footage of a Stegosaurus attacking Parliament)'' You don't seem very surprised.
40	-->''Beat.''
41	-->'''Matt''': I've been told I don't have a very expressive face.
42	** Somehow it's even funnier when you know that [[spoiler: Matt has come back from the future with the explicit intention of being employed by ARC to stop an apocalyptic disaster. He could not look less arsed about getting the job.]] Come on, Matt. Put some effort in.
43	* Lester "being Jess" in Season 4, episode 5 where we basically learn he has no business being in front of a computer.
44	* This little segment from Season 4, episode 6 when Connor and Abby, while looking for another creature in a private manor house, stumble onto their old colleague Jenny Lewis, and she quickly figures out they're not there as surprise guests for her wedding...
45	-->'''Jenny''': How did you know I was getting married?
46	-->'''Abby''': Married?
47	-->'''Jenny''': [[OhCrap Oh God, you're here and there's an anomaly]]…I'm not [[Bridezilla a demanding bride]], really I'm not. Rain, I can handle. Wrong flowers, not a problem. But ''dinosaurs''?! I draw the line!
48	-->'''Connor''': [[SkewedPriorities Actually, they're more like prehistoric dogs this time]]. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Kinda cute in a non-raptor way]]...''(realises Jenny and Abby are [[DeathGlare glaring at him]])'' I'm just gonna shut up.
49	* Any scene that has Lester and Connor in it. Go on, pick any one. It's bound to be hilarious.
50	-->'''Lester:''' Oh, and if I ever find you socks in the bread maker again, you're fired.
51	-->'''Connor:''' I was keeping 'em warm...
52	** For that matter, any scene with Connor ''or'' Lester works as well.
53	* The very beginning of series 5.
54	-->'''Lester:''' on the phone in a traffic jam Yes I've got an anomaly for you Jess. One of the greatest anomalies known to the western world. Why they call them roadworks...winds down window and yells at builders who are mostly brewing tea '''WHEN THERE'S NEVER ANY WORK GOING ON!'''
55	* Lester's reaction to finding out the knighthood he was hoping for was always going to [[SmugSnake Phillip]]. He repeats "Good, good, good, very good..." over and over as he calmly walks into his office and the door slowly swings shut. We then have [[{{Beat}} a moment of silence]], followed by a muffled scream of rage.
56	* Season 5, episode 4. Jess is having an allergic reaction and Becker is trying to make her take some water.
57	-->'''Jess:''' You're mean.
58	-->'''Becker:''' Yes, I know, I'm very mean. Drink this.
59	-->'''Jess:''' I hate you.
60	-->'''Becker:''' No, you don't.
61	-->'''Jess:''' I'm sorry. You're nice really. You've got nice...hair...
62	** It's Ben Mansfield's expression that sells it, really...
63	* Becker and Jess have another crowning moment of funny when Becker [[spoiler:is busy storming a building which they think contains the psycho Ethan]] and Jess tells him to "Be careful, and keep warm." Again, Ben Mansfield's expression is what makes it perfect.
64	* Also from 5x04, Becker ordered Emily to leave the building with the "other nonessential staff" when there's an incursion in the ARC. Emily, being [[ActionGirl Emily]], ignores him and shows up later.
65	-->'''Becker:''' What the hell! I gave you a direct order.
66	-->'''Emily:''' I know. I just thought you were wrong.
67	** It leads to another when Becker basically complains to Matt about it:
68	-->'''Becker:''' She disobeyed a direct order.
69	-->'''Matt:''' Yeah? Get used to it.
70	* Again from 5x04, Matt and Connor discuss Connor's plan to [[spoiler:collapse an anomaly to kill the beetle swarm with a gamma ray burst]] and exactly how likely it is that they'll survive...
71	-->'''Matt:''' So what are we lookin' at here, fifty/fifty?
72	-->'''Connor:''' silence
73	-->'''Matt:''' Sixty/forty? I could live with those odds.
74	-->'''Connor:''' Let's just say it's...better than winning the jackpot in the National Lottery.
75	-->{{Beat}}
76	-->'''Matt:''' That's like ''ten million to one.''
77	-->'''Connor:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Yeah...]] I did say "better than"
78	-->'''Matt:''' Well, if you're not in it, you can't win it.
79	* The entirety of Becker's introduction in 3x01. There's the quote that's on the main page header, and Lester's summation of the ARC team and Cutter in particular:
80	-->''(on the team)'' You will be dealing with [[BunnyEarsLawyer a highly strung and temperamental team of rank amateurs who just happen to be brilliant at what they do]].
81	-->''(on Cutter)'' Oh, and by the way, Professor Cutter won't like you, and he'll go out of the way to make your job as difficult as possible. Try not to take it personally.
82	** Lester and Becker's dueling DeadpanSnarker personalities is what sells it.
83	--> '''Becker:''' Well, I have [[BlatantLies extensive experience]] in dinosaur hunting, sir. I assumed that was why I was picked for the job.
84	-->'''Lester:''' ''(a bit later)'' And in future, I'll do the jokes.
85	*** I've lost count how many times Lester has told Becker off for being snarky, when its clearly Lester's job.
86	* Virtually any and all awkward conversations shared between Connor and Abby in the first few episodes of season 1. Especially when Connor finds out that Steven [[note]]who Abby had a crush on at the time[[/note]] has a girlfriend.
87	** In 1.3, when Connor casually asks Steven if he's taken so that he can have Abby to himself. He ends up making it sound like he's hitting on him. [[MistakenForGay Steven's reaction]] is priceless.
88	* The skirmish with the male raptor in 2.1, particularly the ridiculous motorcycle chase.
89	** Becomes HilariousInHindsight [[{{Film/JurassicWorld}} after a certain major motion picture also decided to mix raptors and motorcycles]].
90	** When Cutter and Steven get into the elevator to escape from the raptor. Cutter punches it in the face to keep it from getting in with them. Cut to a shot of the elevator going up, ''with the raptor clinging to the bottom''.
91	* 3.4, after Danny Quinn [[spoiler:lures the ''Giganotosaurus'' back through the anomaly in a helicopter]], returning without the helicopter.
92	--> "Do you want me to go back and get it?"
93	* From 03x02, Connor and Jenny trying to have a serious conversation with Ryan Mason about the abandoned house... while on a moving merry-go-round. The jaunty carnival music is really what makes it.
94	* That bit of BlackComedy at the beginning of 3.5, when the business agent, infected with the fungus, tries to speak to his boss on the phone but only being able to cough and choke. Finally, he vomits up a bunch of spores with the speaker still held against his mouth.
95	--> "Alright, you're fired."
96	** And in the same episode, after one of Christine's team is infected and reanimated, Lester gets this gem.
97	--> "Good news, he's alive. Bad news, he's transformed into a mushroom!"
98	** Again, in the same episode, when Danny is going out to incinerate the fungus creature, Lester drops this immortal line:
99	-->'''Lester:''' I don't want any more [[Literature/FungusTheBogeyman Fungus the Bogeymen]]!
100	* In Series 3 Episode 3 when it's revealed [[spoiler: that Helen has a clone of Cutter]], Lester's only response is: [[spoiler: "Two versions of Cutter? It's like some sort of nightmare.]]
101	* When the gang are at Jenny's wedding in season 4, Connor suggests to Abby that they should get married in the same place. Abby nearly chokes on her wine, thinking he's proposing instead of being hypothetical.
102	--> '''Jenny:''' Connor, it's customary to propose to the girl before you start planning the wedding.
103	* Lester's reaction to Helen's death:
104	--> '''Lester:''' Tell me. Helen Cutter. Dead?\
105	'''Danny:''' As a dodo.\
106	'''Lester:''' ''Excellent.''
107	* Nigel Marven, wildlife expert and presenter of the ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'' specials, being eaten alive in his DeathByCameo.
108	** Even funnier, ''he would only make a cameo on condition that he got eaten''.
109	* The first episode of Season 4. They've cornered a dinosaur in an arena, so how does Abby distract it? By playing "Don't Stop Moving" by Music/SClub7 - as an obvious nod to Hannah Spearritt's past with them.
110	* Behind the scenes when casting Christine, the producers told the actress Belinda Stewart Wilson that she'd be acting alongside Ben Miller - asking if she was familiar with him. She responded something along the lines of "I hope so. [[CreatorCouple I am married to him]]."
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Context Funny / Primeval