Funny / General Hospital

Funny moments in General Hospital.

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• Sam's reaction to learning Claudia is pregnant with Sonny's child.
  Sam: I just don't understand why Sonny can't keep it in his pants for like five seconds. He's around someone for five minutes and he impregnates everyone. I don't get it!
  • Bonus points for hanging the lampshade many viewers feel about how many children Sonny has fathered. For the record, he's had seven children: six biological (though one was stillborn) and one by adoption.
• Every year Thanksgiving at the Quartermaine’s is a hilarious disaster.
  • Edward Quartermaine's Nightmare Sequence for Thanksgiving 1996 hilariously reverses everyone's established character traits in ways specifically meant to torment Edward. Extra points go to Ned turning New-Age Retro Hippie, Jax and Sonny being buddy-buddy, Emily's "I've been dying to have QUARTERMAINES RULE tattooed on my thigh!", Jason's "Sonny, what do I think?" and Lila's disgusted "Dominican Republic, here I come!" upon the (only in the nightmare) revelation that Edward is Sonny's father.
• The Lampshade Hanging which introduces Roger Howarth's Todd Manning expy (later revealed to be the character Franco); he resists responding to requests from a stagehand for a person named "Todd" to retrieve paper towels. This new Todd ends up being a janitor.
• Alexis realizing that the father of her eldest child, Sam may have been Julian Jerome of the Jerome crime family, making it the the second(technically the first) time she's had progeny by a member of the underworld.
  Alexis: My god, did I have ANOTHER kid with a mobster?!"
• In a typical "Arguing Quartermaines" scene, everyone takes their turn snapping at AJ, "Shut up, AJ!" in response to his annoying comments. This goes on and on until even sweet, lovely, Grande Dame Lila gets fed up and snaps, "Oh, AJ, SHUT UP!"
• Alan and Lucy's wedding, with her wearing a glaring red dress with a massive hat, including an umbrella-sized brim, that was delivered to her by mistake. Stuart Damon Corpsing every time the hat smacked him in the head is the icing on the cake. Lucy eagerly rushing the wedding vows and having to be reminded that she's supposed to wait for the minister to say them before she repeats them is another nice touch.
  • Scotty snarking at Lucy in their argument before the wedding, calling her out for being a Gold Digger.
    Lucy: I deserve to marry Alan!
    Scotty: Well, that's exactly what you're gonna get! You're gonna have this...this...this loveless marriage to this old fool! You're gonna have (he practically shudders thinking about the Squick factor) horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE sex! But, you're gonna have this great big joint bank account!
• Maxie, organizing the Nurses' Ball in 2023, agrees to take some "suggestions" from Lucy, who's still in hiding, but after Lucy constantly pesters her, Maxie just starts ignoring her, and even lists Lucy's number under "DO NOT ANSWER—CRAZY PERSON" in her phone's contacts list!
  • Lucy's Paper-Thin Disguise outfits when she escapes the safe house to confront Maxie in person; first she resurrects her "mousy librarian" look from 1986 when she debuted on the show, then she wears a ridiculously conspicuous ensemble of Jacqueline Kennedy-style shades and a black fur coat.
• The 2023 rendition of one of the show's signature Running Gags, when Tracy pops up at the Quartermaine mansion out of nowhere and is told that she can't have a bedroom to herself.
  Tracy: (angrily) This is my house!
  Everyone else in the room in unison: (flatly) It's Monica's house. Alan gave it to her.
  Tracy: Because he was an idiot!
• Molly, as the prosecutor for Jason's arraignment in 2024, delivering a Take That! to both Jason and a certain chain of pharmacies.
  Molly: It is worth noting that Mr. Morgan's rap sheet is longer than a CVS receipt.