%%* There's one overt moment of humor, though, prior to the nukes; only two words... stolen diaphragm.
* A second or two of possibly unintentional visual humor during the blast. Just after all unprotected people have been vaporized, an apparent [[NoKillLikeOverkill third]] bomb creates massive blast that punches through a grove of trees and bends them back, only for them to spring back up like a children's toy in the resultant vacuum. Of course, this comes from StockFootage of the Encore shot (27 kt airburst, effects test) of Operation Upshot-Knothole, these trees were part of a simulated forest.
* In a FreezeFrameBonus in the lead-up to the attack, after Bruce Gallatin exits a supermarket overwhelmed by panic-buyers, a sign in the window says that this was its grand-opening sale. Suffice to say, the store made a healthy profit that day, but [[WorthlessYellowRocks couldn't really do anything with the money.]] BlackComedy at its finest.