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1* The Amigos' [[GargleBlaster first tequila.]] Followed up by [[DrunkenSong a performance]] of the frilly dance number "My Little Buttercup" with the participation of terrified banditos who've mistaken them for friends of the German. Once the Amigos leave and the actual badasses show up, though...
2** The bartender also describes tequila as being "like beer".
3--->'''Dusty:''' "Is it fattening?"
4--->'''Bartender:''' ''*confused*'' "...'Fatonez'?"
5* [[BlackComedy This gem]] from the [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes little boy]] in Santo Poco:
6--> "[[IfYouDieICallYourStuff Can I have your watch when you are dead?]]"
7* The Amigos asking, "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint Do you have anything to eat besides Mexican food?"]] when they're ''in'' Mexico. Also, the reason for asking is that they were having trouble getting their burritos to stay in one piece, so they were likely thinking "Mexican food" was synonymous with burritos.
8* When the first group of banditos report back to El Guapo about the Three Amigos, the leader says, "They called us 'scum-sucking pigs'! ...US!" The tough, scuzzy bandito just sounds so ''[[AndThatsTerrible hurt]]''.
9* The Amigos' crying when they realize it's real.
10-->'''Lucky Day:''' It's real. They're going... to ''kill us''.
11** El Guapo doesn't appreciate it.
12--->'''El Guapo''': El Guapo only kills men.
13--->''(The Amigos shuffle nervously)''
14--->'''El Guapo''': He does not kill crying women!
15--->''[[InsultBackfire (Amigos breathe a sigh of relief)]]''
16* The animals singing along to "Blue Shadows". It's so ridiculously over the top even within the movie's comedic context that one can't help but laugh.
17-->'''Tortoise:''' Goodnight, Ned.
18* The singing bush. Probably the best example of the movie's SurrealHumor.
19* When Dusty kills the invisible swordsman by accident.
20-->'''Lucky:''' You were supposed to fire ''up''! ''WE BOTH FIRED UP!'' (''sighs'') It's like living with a six-year-old...
21* One of El Guapo's women tries to prepare Carmen for [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty the fate that awaits her:]]
22-->"Tell me, Carmen, do you know what 'foreplay' is?"
23-->"No..."
24-->"Good! Neither does El Guapo."
25* The "Plethora" scene:
26-->'''Jefe:''' I have put many beautiful piñatas in the storeroom, each of them filled with little surprises.
27-->'''El Guapo:''' Many piñatas?
28-->'''Jefe:''' Oh yes, many!
29-->'''El Guapo:''' Would you say I have a plethora of piñatas?
30-->'''Jefe:''' A what?
31-->'''El Guapo:''' A plethora.
32-->'''Jefe:''' Oh yes, you have a plethora.
33-->'''El Guapo:''' Jefe, what is a plethora?
34-->'''Jefe:''' Why, El Guapo?
35-->'''El Guapo:''' ''(increasingly angry and loud as he continues)'' Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, '''and then find out that that person ''has NO IDEA what it means to have a plethora!'''''
36** As well as the lines after:
37--->'''Jefe:''' Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me? (later, El Guapo reveals he is frustrated that Carmen rejects his advances) Why don't you just take her?
38* When Dusty hesitates at [[PistolWhipping knocking out a sleeping guard]], Carmen becomes impatient and knocks him out herself.
39* During El Guapo's party, you see him dancing with his woman. Then Jefe comes in a dances with another. The camera pans over to the rest of the banditos, and they are dancing with women, alone, or with in groups. [[CargoShip Except for one who is dancing with a bottle of tequila]].
40* El Guapo's exhilarated reaction to being given a sweater as a birthday present by his henchmen, and the fact that he wears it tied around his neck for the rest of the film. (The funny part is that [[AwesomeButImpractical a sweater is all but useless in the central Mexican desert!]])
41* When Lucky Day manages to hold up El Guapo and his men.
42-->'''Lucky''': Not so fast, El Guapo! Or I'll fill you so full of lead you'll be using your dick for a pencil!
43--> ''{{Beat}}''
44-->'''El Guapo''': What do you mean?
45-->'''Lucky''':...I don't know.
46-->'''Jefe (to El Guapo)''': I think he means that if you-
47-->'''El Guapo''': SHUT UP!
48* "That was a good trick, too! HAHAHAAA--HA..." ''[[DieLaughing *dies*]]''
49* This [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} near the end:
50-->'''Lucky Day:''' I'll come back one day.
51-->'''Carmen:''' Why?
52-->''(tender BGM stops)''
53-->'''Lucky Day:''' B- because I thought... Maybe, we could...
54-->'''Carmen:''' ''Ohhh...! (nods in understanding)''
55* Meta-example: Creator/RogerEbert [[http://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/in-memory-of-johnny-carson recalled in his blog]] a time when he and Gene Siskel were on ''The Tonight Show'', with Chevy Chase (as the first guest, promoting ''Three Amigos!'') sitting next to them. When Johnny Carson asked Roger what his least favorite movie of that holiday season was, Roger sheepishly admitted, "Three Amigos!". An awkward silence befell all four men before Chevy cracked, "Looking forward to YOUR next film!"[[note]]Roger said that after the show, Chase took it in stride and even admitted he wasn't fond of the film himself.[[/note]]
56-->'''Johnny Carson''': I wish I hadn't asked you that.
57-->'''Roger Ebert''': I wish you hadn't, too.
58* El Guapo is shy about being forty years old, and so has his inferior lie that he's only 33.
59* The Amigos thinking "infamous" is pronounced "in famous" and means "very famous".
60* Ned says, "Didn't you notice its little balls?" upon identifying a mail plane (as a {{Pun}} on "mail" and "male"). Ned himself is nearly in tears from [[LaughingAtYourOwnJokes cracking up at his own material]] while the other two are craning and squinting to see the plane's balls, clearly not getting the joke.
61* Lucky tries to pull a NobodyHereButUsBirds, but the other two mistake it for a real bird. Finally, he gives up and just yells "Hey you, ''GUYS!''"
62-->"C'mon, work with me. LOOKUPHERE! LOOKUPHERE! Caw! UPHERE! UPHERE! UPHERE!"
63* The Amigos being excited to work with the [[YouKeepUsingThatWord "infamous"]] El Guapo, with Ned prompting the perplexed bandit chief.
64-->'''Ned''': (sotto) Tell us we will die like dogs.
65-->'''El Guapo''': (completely baffled) What?
66-->'''Ned''': Tell us we will die like dogs.
67--> ''El Guapo looks to Jefe, who looks confused, and the other Amigos, who give him encouraging nods''

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