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Welcome to Madame Trinkett's
- The majority of the episode is oddly amusing through its sheer awkwardness, essentially being a completely aimless chat between a senile old woman and a young boy who's really not interested in the conversation.
Like Father Like Son
- Cooper giving The Salesman the status on the Parrot King.Cooper: Um, there's a parrot up here and it looks like he's wearing a crown.The Salesman: Looks like or is? This is very important.
- Cooper looking up as he approached the Parrot King.
- The way everybody just stands around while Cooper gets thrown around the room and attacked by the King Parrot, not even bothering to help. The Limited Animation here really emphasizes their lack of concern.
Living Life Underground
- The way the orphanage director just doesn't give a single fuck about the safety, well-being, or even lives of his orphans, only caring about the green he rakes in from his job.Orphanage Director: Look, we can't have a funeral every time somebody doesn't come back.Orphan: Yes, but less orphans means less profits, so...Orphanage Director: Fine, what's his name?
- The Salesman telling Clinton to use a red feather for cleaning up the blood. Apparently, it'll blend in better.
- The Salesman accidentally wiping his tears away with his shaving feather. Twice.
- The song listing the various wonderful things you can do in the basement, all of which are extremely boring.Orphans: Hang on the rafters. Sit on the floor. Pick up some feathers. Paw at the door.
- Actually, this whole musical number in general is hilarious. Not only are these kids acting all happy about being imprisoned in a basement against their will, but the fact that all these kids are performing a high-production well-choreographed musical number without any rehearsal or talent, whatsoever is just so funny.
- And lastly, there Couper's beautiful big finish.
Couper: ...the groooouuuuund~.
Tunnel Vision
- Hank and Carol reading through the orphan catalog and being very objectifying to the kids, acting like they're shopping for a car or a house or something.
- Then of course there's Carol's play on words, with the "Children's Menu" gag.
- Cooper's extra long scream, when The Salesman jumps down into the basement and screams it him to not interrupt him.
Lost Love
- Madame Trinkett eyeballing a potential victim and then immediately losing interest, as soon as she finds out he has raven hair.
- Hank and Carol having a straight-up makeout session, tongue and all, right in front of a child.
- What arguably makes this better is the fact that said child doesn't even notice, being fairly preoccupied with the parrot speaking Captain Trinkett's last words to him. Combined with the fact that the parrot doing so to him specifically goes unexplained makes the whole scene delightfully weird.
It's a Ginger Christmas, Cooper Orphan!
- The gradual realization undergone by Cooper, and likely the audience, that the majority of the items in the Salesman's song are all just parrots.
- A small one, but Cooper frustratingly telling the Salesman that he flat-out hates him is fairly charming.
Saltrot's Shanty
- During the titular shanty, a young Madame longingly stares at a framed picture of her offshore, and soon to be deceased, husband, patiently waiting for him to return by her side. And then she starts scratching at it.
- Cooper dropping the f-bomb in response to Saltrot Joe's musical number. Mostly because this was the first time in the series anyone had ever sworn.Cooper: Seriously. Get. Me. The. Fuck! Out! Of! Here!
- Then there's the way his profane outburst is just followed by another reprise of the song's chorus, creating for a wonderful juxtaposition to cap off the episode with.
The Roots of Coincidence
- While the scene as a whole turns sour very quickly, Madame Trinkett briefly sliding on a piano while rushing to see her husband is pretty funny.
- The Salesman holding open the door to a potential customer's home, while maintaining his gigantic smile, is oddly charming in its creepiness.
- The Salesman's business is doing excellently, with him swinging one of his vacuums in excitement...before abruptly bludgeoning an innocent woman with said vacuum, cutting off both the jaunty music and her lifespan. The Salesman then proceeds to vacuum up the victim's blood, with the music starting up again and everything.
Circle
- Saltrot Joe being allergic to his hat, and continuing to wear it.
- As a baby, Cooper had parrots on his mobile. Arguably counts as Heartwarming, due to how cute it is, even if it's undercut by what happens next.
- The Salesman slamming the door, keeping everyone trapped inside, in a Black Comedy sort of way.
- While it is admittedly frightening, the story circle turning into what can best be described as a ritualistic sacrifice, glowing red while the rest of the orphans chant, can be oddly funny due to how out-of-nowhere it feels.
- The horrifying scene of The Salesman killing Clayton in cold blood, while Cooper screams in terror and gets blood splattered on his face, immediately cutting to Madame Trinkett just sleeping in her bed and listening to a happy little tune of Turkey in the Straw on her old record player.
Lil' Mitts Come Home!
- Hank throwing a hammer through Sandy's car window, setting off the alarm, and Sandy just casually shutting on the alarm and calmly apologizing for startling him.
- Carol doing an ape attack on Sandy Socks. Not only is calling it an "attack" ridiculous on its own, considering Carole doesn't even touch Sandy, but the fact that she was doing this to a fucking cop, of all people, speaks volumes to either their arrogance or their stupidity. Probably both.
- The mere implication that Hank and Carole have prepared an "ape attack."
- Cooper's action shot of smacking the Parrot King out cold to save Vanessa.
The Trial of Cooper
- The Salesman's utter incompetence as a lawyer.The Salesman: Is that why you killed the King Parrot, ya guilty glass of sour milk?[Cut to the Parrots Observing them hatefully.]The Salesman: Uh...allegedly.
- The revelation that the Salesman's father sold him to the orphanage solely to get another mop. That's only mildly absurd in isolation, but think about it for a second: An untold number of murders, the lack of escape attempts by the orphans, and about half the conflict in the series was all started because of a mop.
- Hank and Carol just not really giving a damn about the dramatic weight of The Stranded Man's story.Carol: Hmmm... Soooo, how long have you been stranded?
- The police chief cussing at Sandy. Mostly because it sounds less like someone's theory being denied and more like a scorned lover.Police Chief: OKAY, YOU'RE RIGHT! I'M WRONG! DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I FUCKING BOTHER ANYMORE!
- The revelation as to why Sandy didn't notice the extremely obvious connection between all of the victims; Her shades blocked out any and all color.
- That's fairly amusing on its own, but consider that this case has been going on for quite a while, with Sandy showing particular interest. This has likely been happening for years, and only now did she think to take her shades off to get a closer look.
- The Salesman cutting Cooper off after every other word, while Cooper attempts to drop him as a lawyer.Cooper: Um, well, what I meant was-The Salesman: Mmm-hmm...Cooper: I, uh-The Salesman: Go on...Cooper: Think it would be-The Salesman: Uh-huh...Cooper: In-The Salesman: Yeees?...Cooper: My best-The Salesman: Yeees!...Cooper: Interest-The Salesman: You were saying...Cooper: Find a-The Salesman: Please continue...Cooper: New lawyer?The Salesman: ... oh.
- Sir Trinkett's sexy abs picture.
- Cooper answering bluntly and honestly to The Salesman asking questions about the ethics of his "morally ambiguous" crimes.The Salesman: Was he a monster?Cooper: Yes.The Salesman: A homicidal troll?Cooper: YES!
- Madame Trinkett driving in the rain with her convertible car's top down.
- Hank and Carol's reaction to Madame Trinkett crash landing on the island.Hank: Well, I wish she was as good at flying as she was at SURVIVING CRASHES!
