History Funny / JonathanCreek

* "The Omega Man" opens outside a theatre, showing a poster for a stage production of "Theatre/TheOddCouple", apparently starring Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/HarrisonFord. Jonathan and Maddy walk out, distinctly unimpressed to say the least: "If Steve Harrison and Martin Ford get out alive, it'll be a miracle."

-->'''Polly''': I'm not laughing. Really and honestly, I do empathise. Cos that must have been so disappointing! (''Struggling not to laugh'') Poor thing. Was expecting to meet a serious ornithologist and what happens?

* All of Ridley's parodic {{Sherlock Scan}}s with EntertaininglyWrong conclusions in "The Letters of Septimus Noone" - specifically mercilessly mocking ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. The fact that his actor strongly resembles a young DavidTennant just adds a surreal twist to it.

* Maddy and Jonathan, mid-case, stopping to have an extended argument about the lyrics to the chorus of "My Friend the Witch Doctor", as well as who sang it (Maddy claims it was Charlie Drake, somehow getting it mixed up with "My Boomerang Won't Come Back".) It almost qualifies as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment considering it has absolutely nothing to do with anything they've been discussing in the episode up until that point, and is never mentioned again (though it's mentioned that the argument started offscreen earlier in the episode, and was somehow precipitated by a suspect's interest in voodoo.) It also serves to illustrate the fact that despite their sniping at each other, the two of them are most happiest when they're squabbling over nothing.

-->"''Jonathan''': Well, quite patently I missed the space out! It's a tad of a non-sequitur, wouldn't you say?

-->'''Horace''': Well, I'm sorry. I was under the impression you took an interest in these things.
If you knew how long it took me this morning to round this one up in the garden. It was only by the grace of God and three large tins of sardines I eventually managed-

* Maddy and Jonathan, mid-case, stopping to have an extended argument about the lyrics to the chorus of "My Friend the Witch Doctor". It almost qualifies as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment considering it has absolutely nothing to do with anything they've been discussing in the episode up until that point, and is never mentioned again. It also serves to illustrate the fact that despite their sniping at each other, the two of them are most happiest when they're squabbling over nothing.
** The argument was probably born out the fact that one of the suspects in the case was heavily obsessed with voodoo, but yes - otherwise a totally random and pointless argument in the middle of nowhere.

* In Angel Hair, Jonathon orders a ventriloquist's dummy for a new trick from a maker he notes is "slightly dotty". When he calls to confirm that the dummy will come with "12 feet" (spares since the trick involves sawing it in half), we cut to the maker, who is working on a 12 foot high dummy. The fact that the show actually made a freakishly large dummy for the gag makes it all the funnier.

* When Adam's latest GirlOfTheWeek (an Austrian seamstress) misinterepts his need for a "frog-coat" for a Jack-the-Ripper sketch and ends up making him a giant frog costume, complete with paper-mache head and flippers for his feet. Even better is Jonathan's reaction to it:

* All of Ridley's parodic {{Sherlock Scan}}s with EntertaininglyWrong conclusions in "The Letters of Septimus Noone" - specifically mercilessly mocking ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. The fact that his actor strongly resembles a young DavidTennant just adds a surreal twist to it.

* Come to think of it, pretty much every single episode where Adam has a prominent role in the subplot probably counts.
* This troper particularly remembers Maddy and Jonathan, mid-case, stopping to have an extended argument about the lyrics to the chorus of "My Friend the Witch Doctor". It almost qualifies as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment considering it has absolutely nothing to do with anything they've been discussing in the episode up until that point, and is never mentioned again. It also serves to illustrate the fact that despite their sniping at each other, the two of them are most happiest when they're squabbling over nothing.

* Nigel Planer's cameo in ''The Reconstituted Corpse'' as Maddy's blind date. A stereotypical British gentleman, reminiscent of John Cleese, who briefly speaks of sex in a rather loquacious fashion.
** He also returns from the toilet in a restaurent with water all down the front of his trousers and loudly declares "It's not urine so it won't stain!"

--> ''"Interesting security system."''

--> '''Jonathan''': Oh no - he told me he was doing something with your computer.
--> '''Maddy''': He was. He was '''stealing''' it!

* In ''Black Canary'', Rik Mayall cameos as DI Gideon Pryke who saves Jonathan from having his neck broken by a thug in a car park:

-->'''Pryke''':(''whipping his police badge out'') This. What's yours, tiddlywinks?
* In '''The Curious Tale of Mr. Spearfish,''' Maddie has Jonathan do her laundry. This includes his ironing her bra.
* All of Ridley's parodic [[SherlockScan Sherlock Scans]] with EntertaininglyWrong conclusions in "The Letters of Septimus Noone" - specifically mercilessly mocking ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. The fact that his actor strongly resembles a young DavidTennant just adds a surreal twist to it.

* In '''The Curious Tale of Mr. Spearfish,''' Maddie has Jonathan do her laundry. This includes his ironing her bra.

-->'''Pryke''':(''whipping his police badge out'') This. What's yours, tiddlywinks?

* The time when, due to not paying attention to what the man on the other end of the phone line was saying, Maddy ended up at a nudist meeting.

--> ''"Interesting security system."''

* Almost any time Adrian Edmondson is on-screen as Carla's pompous, pretentious but strangely loveable husband Brendan.

* Nigel Planer's cameo in ''The Reconstituted Corpse'' as Maddy's blind date. A stereotypical British gentleman, reminiscent of John Cleese, who briefly speaks of sex in a rather loquacious fashion.

* Adam's attempt to cash in on the success of Derren Brown, which ends with him being attacked by an angry mob of persons of small stature. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)
* This troper particularly remembers Maddy and Jonathan, mid-case, stopping to have an extended argument about the lyrics to the chorus of "My Friend the Witch Doctor". It almost qualifies as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment considering it has absolutely nothing to do with anything they've been discussing in the episode up until that point, and is never mentioned again. It also serves to illustrate the fact that despite their sniping at each other, the two of them are most happiest when they're squabbling over nothing.

* This troper particularly remembers Maddy and Jonathan, mid-case, stopping to have an extended argument about the lyrics to the chorus of "My friend the witch doctor". It almost qualifies as a BigLippedAlligatorMoment considering it has absolutely nothing to do with anything they've been discussing in the episode up until that point, and is never mentioned again. It also serves to illustrate the fact that despite their sniping at each other, the two of them are most happiest when they're squabbling over nothing.

* Nigel Planer's cameo in ''The reconstituted corpse'' as Maddy's blind date. A stereotypical British gentleman, reminiscent of John Cleese, who briefly speaks of sex in a rather loquacious fashion.

--> '''Jonathan''': Is this it then, is it? Through the swirling fog of Victorian London a young girl is slashed to ribbons by ''Toad of Toad Hall''!

* When Adam's latest GirlOfTheWeek (an Austrian seamstress) misinterpts his need for a "frog-coat" for a Jack-the-Ripper sketch and ends up making him a giant frog costume, complete with paper-mache head and flippers for his feet. Even better is Jonathan's reaction to it:

* The episodes featuring Adam's attempts to play FollowTheLeader with David Blaine are also strong candidates.

* Adam's attempt to cash in on the success of DerrenBrown, which ends with him being attacked by an angry mob of persons of small stature. (ItMakesSenseInContext.)

-> ''Maddy'': What if they give me some kind of truth serum?!
-> ''Jonathan'': It wouldn't stand a chance.

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