Funny / Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

Heavy is the head that balances on those shoulders.

Adventures across a colorful post-apocalyptic world sure provide a great deal of laughs.

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Season One

Burrow Girl

• Kipo chilling in a slug convertible after a fashion montage while rave music is playing. Made funnier when she leaves to catch after Mandu, letting us see that she really was listening to rave music, courtesy of some dubstep bees that decided to follow her.
• Kipo finds a guitar and starts improvising a song about her plight. After a while, she seems to start to get into it... only for a giant bird to suddenly peck through the roof midsong, causing her to scream and run away.

Explosion Berries

• Benson tricks the mod frogs into thinking that he has the contagious “explosion berry disease”, making it appear as if he has exploded.
• Dave revealing that one of his molt forms is capable of flight and super-strength... but still isn't much bigger than his other forms.
  • The fact this transformation happens after all the trouble with Jamack and the Mod Frogs is over, with this super form never appearing when needed becoming a Running Gag for the rest of the show.

Real Cats Wear Plaid

• When all the Timbercats start spitting up hairballs Benson asks Dave in confusion just how much fur they put in the flapjacks. Cue the camera panning to the Timbercat outside who Benson and Dave were using to put fur in the flapjacks and who had long overgrown fur when they started. He's now bald from ear to tail but doesn't seem to have noticed a thing.
• After a big heart-to-heart, Kipo finally convinces Yumyan to come down from the tree. Then she tackles him off the tree before he has a chance to change his mind.
• Yumyan declares that Kipo has the friendship of the Timbercats from now on and gives her an item to summon them if she ever needs their help—wherever she is, they will hear it and come running. The item? A tuna can.

Cactustown

• Dave and Benson discussing throughout the episode whether or not to ditch Kipo.
  Dave: Don't get me wrong, I like Kipo.
  Benson: I mean, who doesn't? We want her to find her family, but—
  Dave: But do we like Kipo as much as we like living?
  Benson: You pose an excellent question, my friend.
• When the Timbercats try to lift their Scratching Tree, there's a scene with the classic animation loop of everyone pushing without anything happening... this is immediately Lampshaded by an undefined Timbercat:
  "Maybe if we keep moving up and down, something different will happen!"

The Astronomers in Turtlenecks

• Firstly the concept of wolves becoming science loving geeks in turtlenecks will make you crack a smile. That doesn't mean their predator instincts have diminished, however.
• With Kipo, the only one in the pack who knows anything about astronomy, sneaking out to find the telescope, Dave is left to his own devices about his knowledge of the universe.
  Dave: The earth is flat! That's just common sense.
  (Newton Wolves staring at him in Stunned Silence)
  Benson: Oh, we are so dead.

Mulholland

• Benson's dream contains him spitting a rainbow after eating a candy from flying drinking fountains he mistook for satellites (likely a (good-natured) joke about him being gay).
• Dave revealing that not only was he fully aware that they were in a fantasy world created by Mulholland the entire time, but that he even made T-shirts that say “I went to Benson & Dave’s Super Sick House Party and all I got was nothing because IT’S NOT REAL.”
• Wolf's dream is that she and Kipo are both six feet tall with incredible Heroic Builds and spend their days hunting mega-mutes by punching them in the face. Kipo's gravelly tough-girl voice in the dream really puts it over the top.

Twin Beaks

• Dave managed to climb up to retrieve a lunchbox that has the next clue to find Kipo's father. He then tosses it, way too hard into a massive pit. Everyone shoots him a Death Glare for this.

Mute-Eat-Mute World

• After falling into a Mega Bunny’s warren, Jamack has a minor Freak Out at the sight of its babies, while Kipo has to literally restrain herself from the urge to pet them.
• Kipo hysterically ranting about her newly discovered mutant powers to a very uncomfortable Jamack, including the previously unmentioned fact that she can now smell everything, something that she does NOT like.
  Kipo: I have fur that grows out of my arm, then goes away! WHERE DOES IT GO?
  • Dave is offended when he realizes he is the last one of the group to find out.
  • Jamack actually sitting down to comfort Kipo after this, explaining why Wolf reacted the way she did, is a heartwarming moment. One that is immediately made hilarious when he states the best course of action would be to use her new abilities to subjugate humanity and enslave her friends so that they can never run away again.

Season Two

Paw of the Jaguar

• Kipo's father finally explains that he and her mother had secretly experimented on her as an infant and made it so she'd eventually have the ability to turn not just into a Mute, but a Mega-Mute. He's braced for a bad reaction, which considering Kipo has spent the past few days angst-ing about everything involving her mutant abilities, would be expected. So naturally, our heroine reacts to this with... complete and utter joy and excitement.
  • When she discovers the actual research notes in "Fun Gus Part 1", she's even more ecstatic. When asking the others to confirm how cool this revelation is, their faces have the expected reaction to Kipo being used as a living science experiment by her parents.
• In order to endear Kipo's Burrow friends to the Timber Cats, Wolf and Benson decide to let Asher and Dahlia take a shot at leashing Pierre.
  Benson: It'll be super easy once we give him his favorite dessert... (Cut to Asher and Dahlia looking horrified) ... maple syrup!
  Asher: Oh thank god!
  Dahlia: I thought you meant we were going to be the dessert-
  Wolf douses them in maple syrup and throws them at Pierre.
  • Afterwards they try to teach them how to use an axe by having them chop wood. Troy and Asher get a decent chop in. Dahlia... goes right through an entire tree trunk in one swing. And then starts chopping up the rest of the tree as she screams in anger.
  Asher: Give her a minute. It's been a day. I... I think she needs this.

The Goat Cheese Prophecy

• Mandu is visibly awestruck by the Chevre Sisters' enormous guard boars, who are four-eyed and six-limbed like her. After alternately gawking and trying to impress them through the episode, she finally runs up to them with a pair of plastic straws clamped in her mouth to imitate their tusks.
• Dave finally asking the obvious question about the three blind goats' cheese that no one else seemed to think about, only to be interrupted by the credits.
  Dave: Wait, where did you guys get the milk? (Cue end credits.)

The Ballad of Brunchington Beach

• Jamack's insistence that he doesn't care about Kipo that absolutely no one believes.
• The entire scene with Dave "stealthily" sneaking into the kitchen to steal some keys. Which means in this case repeatedly going through on a circular conveyor belt in a definitely not sneaky fashion, cycling through his life states each time while Jamack freaks out.
• When the mutes find out that there are humans hiding in the costumes, they begin to boo them when they're unmasked... Then they erupt into cheers when they unmask one of the otters in costume.
• After Kipo and the others fight off Scarlemagne's forces, Jamack decides to leave with The Otters. Kipo asks if Jamack wants to join them instead and Jamack looks at Dave (who he was stuck with throughout the episode). Dave smiles knowingly at Jamack as the music swells and then...
  Jamack: Absolutely not.
  Dave: Good call.

Heroes on Fire

• While fighting Scarlemagne, Wolf is at a disadvantage due to having her signature weapon broken in a previous episode. They take a moment in the heat of the chaotic battle to have this exchange.
  Wolf: I miss Stalky.
  Kipo, genuinely sympathetic: Aw, what happened to Stalky?

Season Three

Everything is Crabs

• The Wolves casually mentioning that they ate someone named Jeff the Squirrel is a bit of Dark Humor.
• The Timber Cats decline attending the meeting because they have a prior engagement watching a large ball of yarn unravel. (While they do think the meeting is a waste of time, they're not just making an excuse; they're totally invested in this ball of yarn.)
  Dave: "Hey, is the meeting mandatory? Because something just came up for me." Beat "It's the yarn thing."
• Because their centrifuge is missing, Bad Billions has decided to improvise... by spinning around as fast as he can while holding some moon rocks. He continues spinning while Kipo tries to have a civil conversation with Good Billions, and occasionally interjects.
  Bad Billions, regarding the Theotters play: "I love that play! That frog's voice made me feel things!"
• Kipo tries to stop the different Mute groups from arguing, by only transforming her head into the Mega Jaguar and roars to shut them up. But judging by the Mute's reactions, it's unclear if they shut up from the Mega Jaguar roar or because they were uncomfortable with how a Mega-Mute's head looks on a human body.
• Shortly after the mega crabs arrive:
  Kipo: Someone do something!
  Wolf: Kipo, that's your job.
  Kipo: Right, right, right, right.

Code Word Milkshake

• The running gag of Kipo being needed to be reminded that Boom Boom who was also captured in need of rescue.
• When the Mutes are rescued they mention Greta to be the worst torture out of all of them.
• Dave, excluded from the mission since it's dangerous for Mutes, forces his company on Leo and Roberto. Roberto manages to excuse himself. The "How dare you abandon me?" look on Lio's face is priceless.
• Later in the evening, Lio is seriously sleep-deprived and acts like he's drunk.
• When Doag is trying to rescue Hyun-Soo, he mentions in Korean that she can just push him into the water and he can swim to freedom. Doag, not understanding a word he says, insists that she can save him and the others. The look on his face sells it.
• The narwhals have six packs. That's hilarious in and of itself.

A Wolf in Wolf's Clothing

• While Wolf is fighting with Margot Kipo, unlike most protagonists, quote "respects [Wolf's] boundries" and doesn't immediately jump in to help out after being told not to join in the fight.
• Despite being a tense moment when Wolf chases and fights with Margot, Scarlemagne's reaction to the situation is hilarious when the fight reaches his cell.
  Wolf: If you're not trying to kill me, then why did you trap me?
  Margot: Because I knew you'd try to kill me!
  Wolf: Well you got one thing right!
  Scarlemagne: Um, I'm sorry, but who is this?
  (Margot and Wolf fight and Wolf knocks Margot to the floor)
  Margot: Please, I... I just need your help.
  (Wolf slowly lowers her weapon)
  Scarlemagne: Oh, it's over? But you're both still alive.
• When Kipo tries to get Scarlemagne to apologize to the Mutes for what he did last season, a montage shows him constantly breaking things then running away, leading to Kipo transforming into the Mega Jaguar several times to prevent him from escaping, much like a mother would drag a trouble-making child back for punishment.
  • Scarlemagne being handed one of the snakes' guitars is particularly... noteworthy.
  Scarlemagne: Is this acoustic? You know, the secret to tuning a guitar is- [smashes it] YAH! AHAHAHA~!
  • As is when he helps the Raccoons with their aerobics. He actually starts to get into the dancing along with Kipo... until Label joins in and starts dancing way too enthusiastically right next to him. Cue the smash and laughter while running off again.
• Benson and Dave take their job of protecting Wolf from Margot very seriously. To the point that they fear Margot has literally stabbed her in the back in the brief moment they were sneezing.
  Benson, after Wolf and Margot go to talk to the Mega-Dogs: "Oh, no! You're too far away! I can't see if she's stabbing you!"
  Dave: "Is she stabbing you right now?"
  Both: "How about now? How about now? Now?"

Song Re Mix

• When Kipo asks the Mute what humans are usually afraid of, they suggest clowns, other humans, diversity, public speaking, giant big cockroaches, their past and a Mega Monkey (which they don’t have it anymore).
  • When Benson suggests Death Ivy, Kipo thanks him for having a workable idea. He admits that he was the one who suggested clowns. "But I got there."
• Dave promises to find both Yumyun and whoever was responsible for losing him in the first place.
  Benson: "That was us."
  Dave: "Then we're halfway there."
• Anytime Song talks to the Dubstep Bees using their language.
• Back at the Timber Cat village the antics that Benson, Dave, and the Timber Cats go through while looking for a recently "cured" Yumyan are hilarious.
• In a moment of frankly impressive Black Comedy, Benson accidentally steps on a bug, and Dave, seemingly heartbroken, demands a "small, tiny human to squish"... ie, a baby. Benson's voice goes through a lot of Inopportune Voice Cracking before Dave reveals it was a joke.
• Eventually, the searchers realize that they never actually checked to see if Yumyan was still in the kitchen. They just figured he'd left. He was there the whole time.
• While Kipo is in danger of dancing to death, the sight of a gigantic six-limbed jaguar dancing to dubstep music is rather amusing.
  • Before that, Lio tries to stop Kipo from dancing. Keyword “tries”:
  Lio: On it! (He blocks Kipo’s arms, only to be accidentally beaten and thrown away by her) Off it!

It's a Trap

• While this episode isn't exactly the funniest in the series, there is at least one gem:
  Greta: "First one through gets to be the first one through!"
  Hoag: "Not if I'm the first one through."
• Wolf pranking Benson and Dave by catching them both in a booby trap and shooting the latter full of arrows.
  Wolf: Haha! Prank!
  Dave: (to Benson) Why'd you have to go and tell her about pranks? Now I look like a porcupine!

Requiem For A Dave

• Dave’s backstory. First off, apparently Dave is the name of his whole species and his brethren were all pretty much copies of him. Secondly, turns out he was in a brutal and horrific war. What was said war about? A fan. As in an entire tribe of humans and a whole army of beetle mutes went to war over a single fan and it was treated with as much seriousness as the war of 1812.
• When trying to convince Kipo to change her mind, Dave promises to tell her a story that will make her turn 360.
  Kipo: "360. So I'll be exactly where I am right now?"
  Dave: "Probably! I don't know circle math."
• Doag's Calling the Old Man Out moment.
  "You're not doing this for Doag... you're doing this for Hoag." [stylishly dances away while he stares in shock]

Hidden Treasures

• When Kipo asks the humans to Prahm, Emilia tries to convince the rest of the humans that it's a trap. It doesn't work because when she asks "who throws a party in the middle of a war?" the entire boat choruses "Kipo."
• When the mutes are mentioning the mutes who the humans cured, one of them mentions Jeff the squirrel before being reminded that Jeff was killed by the Newton Wolves.
• Scarlemagne's lack of even attempting to hide his annoyance and disdain for the two very forgetful squirrel girls.
• All the Mutes' reactions to the humans' apology performance. They range from being just uncomfortable expressions to WTF faces.
  • One of these performances includes Troy, Benson and Wolf inviting Fun Gus to Prahm, even though he can't physically go. One Gilligan Cut later and the trio are running away from Fun Gus's spore tentacles.

Prahmises

• When Wolf and Scarlemagne are trying to get answers out of Greta, Wolf is doing all the fighting while Scarlemagne... does aerobics off to the side to try and work up a sweat so he can help Wolf with his pheromones.
• When Hoag goes to dance with Doag on stage, he is shown to be just as good a dancer as she is. Even Kipo is suprised.
  Kipo: Huh. So that's where she gets it from.
• Troy's close-up magic trick for one of the Scooter Skunks.
  Troy: "Is this your card."
  Skunk: "No."
  Jamak: "Check under your hat."
  Skunk: "I'm not wearing a hat. This is a helmet."
  Troy: "Are you sure about that?"
  The camera pans up to reveal the skunk is now wearing a top hat over her helmet. She removes it and a card flutters out.
  Skunk: "Whoa! How'd you do that?"
  • The delivery sells it, but the best part is that there's an obvious solution. Jamack, who's in on the trick, is standing right behind her, perfectly positioned to place the hat on her head, which she wouldn't notice thanks to the helmet. But she's just mystified by the "magic."

The Age of Wonderbeasts

• In the epilogue, Dave gets a second chance sharing his knowledge with the Newton Wolves (among others). This time, he announces that the world is not flat. The reason we don't fall off? Because we are all made of magnets! Billions is suitably shocked.
  Lio: "We have to stop letting him guest lecture."
  Song: "I mean, how do you know we're not made of magnets, hm?"

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