Funny / Mazinger Z

• After wittnessing his grandfather's demise, Kouji sits for first time on the Hover Pilder, the tiny aircraft must be connected to Mazinger's head to get the robot running. Feeling uncertain (because he does not know how piloting it) and frustrated (because his little brother is nagging him about it being NOT a good idea), Kouji presses a random button... and the Pilder's glass hatch lowers suddenly, almost cutting his head off!
  • Finally, Kouji manages landing the Pilder down on Mazinger and starting the robot. Then, Mazinger goes on a rampage because Kouji has absolutely NO idea of what he is doing. Mazinger emerges out of the lab, destroying what was left of Kouji's grandfather's manor, wastes the place, almost kills Shiro several times, and its rampage only ends up when Aphoridte shows up, holding the Mazinger's leg to prevent it from stomping Shiro. Then Mazinger kicks Aphrodite accidentally. A beautiful beginning for the prototypical Takahashi Couple.
• Episode 12. Baron Ashura is tasked with finding something to enlarge and have it fight Mazinger Z. There is only one charge on the gun so it has to make it count. With an Iron Mask they go driving around looking for candidates. First the Iron Mask suggests a lizard, Ashura has an image spot of the lizard growing and losing to Mazinger Z so it's a no go. Then the Iron Mask suggests a dog and we see another image spot with the giant dog losing. The last suggestion is a pig and that's when Baron Ashura loses it's temper and hits the Iron Mask, demanding no more jokes.
• Yuri, Sayaka's cousin. She was cranky, demanding, a tad proud, demanded all went her way and everybody paid attention to her and seemingly had a crush on Kouji. Kouji remarked she was DEFINITELY and UNMISTAKABLY Sayaka's cousin, much to the annoyance of his battle partner.
• Episode 19. Boss. "Hi, all! I am celebrating my birthday. Everyone is invited, but you will have to pay up to assist. Take your tickets... Why is everybody running away?". The worst part is Kouji had to try and explain him why.
• In episode 27, Ashura captures and scans Aphrodite A in order to learn to build a photong engine. The records are destroyed and Ashura is stricken, but Dr. Hell remains calm and states surely he/she can recall some detail of the scan. Then Ashura stammers since the computer was recording it, he/she did not commit anything to memory. Dr. Hell's tantrum was simply beautiful.
• Episode 28: Kouji and Boss accidentally headbutting each other as playing soccer. They fall down and remained lying face up for a while, watching clouds and remarking it is a very peaceful day (and Kouji states he does not want thinking about Dr. Hell today. Cue Kikaiju attack).
• Episode 29: Kouji sees a Kikaiju is approaching the town. He remembers Aphrodite had walked by shortly before, and he panics out thinking of Sayaka. He gets so freaked out he gets on a bike and rides away... without realizing it is not HIS bike. Seconds later the real owner shows up, yelling: "You thief! That is my bike!"
  • Later, Boss is in the Institute, panicking about Mazinger losing. One of scientist states off-handily: "Then all of us will die". Right then Boss sees the Kikaiju marching towards the Institute, and faints. Shortly after he wakes up, sees the Kikaiju and faints again.
• Episode 30: Shiro is breeding carrier pigeons. After Kouji and Sayaka mock from him, telling he should keep up with the times, he got mad and stormed off. Shortly after Boss and his group suggested him paying his brother back by writing a letter full of insults and sending it to him by pigeon. Later the four of them were trapped inside a mine by Brutus M3, so they sent a pigeon to Kouji to warn him. After waiting for a while, Shiro realized he had sent the insulting note, so he wrote another letter explaining the situation and begging his brother help with this one-liner: "In God, Buddha and Kouji Kabuto we trust!"
• Episode 48 (Boss Borot's first appearance) is a CMOF from beginning to the end. Highlights include:
  • Boss, Nuke and Mucha using very shabby, goofy-looking robes and toy guns to pretend they were a terrorist group, and kidnapping the Three Professors to force them to build a Humongous Mecha using junk and scrap metal.
  • Sayaka supporting the plan after learning about it because she figures she and Boss could team up and upstage Kouji.
  • The Institute's lab assistants analyzing one of the "guns" left by the kidnappers several times because they did not believe it was exactly what it looked like – a toy.
  • Boss listing all the weapons he wanted his Humongous Mecha to be fitted with, as Morimori very patiently explained it couldn't use them (funnily enough, it could be seen as a Super Robot Deconstruction).
    Boss: Hey, Doc? It can use Breast Fire, right?
    Morimori: Idiot! If a robot made of scrap used Breast Fire, it'd melt itself instantly!
    Boss: How 'bout a Rocket Punch?
    Morimori: It'd be blown to bits by the recoil!
    Boss: How 'bout Photonic Beam?
    Morimori: We can't generate more photonic energy until the Institute's rebuilt.
    Boss: Rust Hurricane?
    Morimori: Out of the question!
  • Aphrodite A unwillingly dancing with Boss Borot as Boss had no idea how to pilot it.
  • Baron Ashura and Professor Yumi having identical reactions on seeing Boss Borot for first time.
  • Kouji (of all people!) getting jealous not only because he needed Sayaka and Boss to win the fight but also because Sayaka was gleefully rubbing salt on the wound by going out with Boss.
• Count Brocken's body punching Count Brocken's Head. Also, Ashura's male and female sides arguing with themselves before coming to blows.
• In one of the late chapters, Sayaka thinks Kouji is dead and she hugs his fallen body, crying and and telling she loved him. Then she realized he was just pretending being dead. Then she decided killing him for real.
• In the Go Nagai episodes -and long after in Shin Mazinger - Boss, Mucha, and Nuke have since played soccer with Count Brocken's head. And it was glorious.
  • As said in an imageboard: Brocken ball! The game where everyone wins, except the ball. Which is Brocken.
• In episode 54, Mazinger Z has to ski down Mount Fuji. Oh, my insides...
• In Episode 77, while Baron Ashura is in charge of the Ghoul after Count Brocken got bisected, s(he) has to often bash in the head an Iron Cross goon who's protesting his/her orders. The fourth time Ashura does this, the goon has garden shears to block it.
  • And near the end of the episode, after defeating Blaster A7, after realizing there's a time bomb in the decapitated head. Kouji decides to (instead of run) pick up the head and toss it… and it lands on the rear thrusters of the Ghoul, setting it on fire when Dr. Hell given Baron Ashura the order to retreat… and it shortly crashes into Hell Island's control tower.
• From the Mazinger Z Infinity movie after all the action is done and Kouji wants to ask Sayaka something. Sayaka...let's have a baby! Sayaka: You're going to ask me that here in front of everyone!? It makes sense in context.

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