* [[WackyFratboyHijinx The Incident with the Bear]]: [[spoiler:after Dolokhov won a very thrilling bet, and everyone deciding to go to the brothel, Pierre was so excited and drunk that he brought the young bear along (ItMakesSenseInContext]]. We get a GilliganCut to next chapter, where the salons are discussing the incident: Pierre[[spoiler:'s party was stopped by a policeman, and Pierre ''tied the bear to the policeman and dropped them into the river, where you could see the bear swimming with the helpless policeman tied to his back'']]. The reactions are mixed: some find it scandalous and shameful, others find it ''hilarious''.
* [[YesMan A field-marshall is extremely obsequious to his general]], with lots of little starts and jumps and bows and other enthusiastic gestures of deference. Attached to the general staff is Zherkov, a Cornet of Hussars (and a former friend of Dolokhov's). The hussar walks behind the field-marshall, imitating his every silly gesture perfectly, with a completely serious, deadpan face. Hilarious in and out of Universe.
** Later in the same scene, Dolokhov (having been demoted from a Sergeant Major to a Private) shows such a level of insolence to not just the field-marshal but the ''General himself'' that they both give up to avoid causing drama.
* ANY time Denisov's ElmuhFuddSyndwome comes up in the dialogue.
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