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  • The introduction of Jude Law's Bradley Fine, a Bond expy who moves through the mission with hypercompetence...until he accidentally sneezes and shoots his mark in the head during an interrogation.
    Fine: Oh fuck!
    Susan: Oh my God, why did you do that?!
    Fine: I didn't do it on purpose, there's like a lot of pollen in here!
  • Susan as his Mission Control trying to keep him alert from impending danger while dealing with several annoyances in her office, from loud conversations from coworkers in the break area to a bat infestation.
  • On a dinner outing, Fine hands the smitten Susan a small black box as a token of appreciation. It's a ghastly necklace featuring a kooky cupcake. Jude Law imitating the expression makes it doubly funny.
    • He then asks her to lean in closer...and he points out that it appears she might be getting pinkeye. Cut to the next scene where Susan has a horrible case of pinkeye, much to Elaine's disgust.
  • Nancy blows a raspberry at The Ace Karen Walker, but while Karen is still in earshot. Nancy passes it off as Susan having stomach issues.
    Nancy (to Susan): I'm sorry, I panicked!
  • The footage of Badass Bookworm Susan at The Farm, destroying the physical course and her handlers trying to restrain her. Current day Susan, ashamed as she watches the footage, mumbles excuses about what's happening "Someone must've sped up the footage" "Oh at this angle it looks more..." "Look its taken out of context" assuming that Elaine's thinking the video reflects poorly of Susan's skill, only for Elaine to bluntly declare:
    Elaine: I must've watched this 15 times now, because what the fuck? I almost put it on YouTube!
  • The introduction of Jason Statham as Ford, who is not just showing up to play his tough-guy archetype, but to send it up by being a complete moron.
    Ford: I've got an idea; I go into the Face/Off machine, get a new face...no one will know it's me.
    Elaine: Do you have quarters, because it costs fifty cents.
    Ford: What, I have to pay?!
    Elaine: No, because it doesn't exist.
    Ford: Yes it does! I heard Chris and Wright talking about it in the shitter.
    Elaine: I'm pretty sure they were pulling your leg.
    Ford: You pair of fucking vaginas!
    • Ford storms out after being refused the assignment.
      And I know there's a fucking Face/Off machine! You're just keeping it secret from me!
  • The increasingly terrible personas (and outfits) Susan is forced to go undercover as.
  • On a similar note, the embarrassing (but useful) gadgets she's given.
    After quartermaster Patrick hands Susan a security system bypass that doubles as pepper spray, disguised as a foot fungal spray with disgusting toe-fungus image.
    Nancy: Why not just have it look like pepper spray?
    Patrick: Oh....that's actually a good idea. Maybe next time.
    Susan: I don't mind waiting if you want to print a new label.
    Patrick: ...No, 'cause then I'd have to turn on the printer and I don't really want to do that.
    • Then his words of encouragement before she leaves.
    Patrick: It's so brave you're sacrificing your life for your country.
    Susan: I'm coming back!
    Patrick: ...Let's see.
  • Ford's increasingly impossible tales of the trials he's been through, including reattaching a severed arm with his good arm. He also gets into a No, You argument with Susan that devolves into Jason Statham declaring "No you are, times infinity!"
    Ford: During the threat of an assassination attempt, I appeared convincingly in front of Congress as Barack Obama.
    Susan: In blackface? That's inappropriate.
  • Susan kills a mook who snapped her photo and almost blew her cover, causing him to fall to his death and get impaled by rebar in typical action slo-mo fashion. She looks at the mess below and promptly hurls in similar slo-mo fashion.
  • Susan dressing down Anton at every opportunity.
    Susan: I'm the person who's gonna cut your dick off and glue it to your forehead so you look like a limp-dick unicorn!...you wanna deal with Cagney and fuckin' Lacey?! [raises fists] Cagney is going in your mouth and Lacey going up your ass and they're going to meet in the fucking middle and play your heart like a fucking accordion!
  • Nancy mocking one of Ford's disguises.
    He looks like he's from the cast of Newsies!
  • Susan spots that a bomb was planted on Ford without him knowing. She chases him into a crowd at a Verka Serduchka concert. Susan rushes onstage looking for a microphone to grab his attention, and fights her way through the dancers and singers before reaching the mic...which is AutoTuned to the point it garbles her speech.
    Riiiiiiiiick FoooooOOOOOOOooooRRRRrrrdddd!
  • The endless volleying insults between Susan and Rayna, focusing on Susan's sadsack persona and appearance and Rayna's beehive hairdo.
  • Aldo's endless (and not hands-free) admiration of Susan.
    Aldo: Susan Cooper, lady super spy, one day...I will fuck you.
  • Susan trying to smoothly enter DeLuca's card game at the casino while undercover, only to be told that the seat's reserved while the female attendant again reminds her she's not even on the list to be inside the casino in the first place.
  • Susan passing out after the assassin who tried to poison Rayna gets his throat dissolved.
    Susan: How long was I out?
    Rayna: Long enough for us to laugh at you.
    • Then Rayna asks two of her mooks to take care of the bodyguard who was supposed to make sure no one messed with her drink:
    Rayna: Give him a stern talking-to.
    Susan: That's fair, dock him a day's wage ...
    *gunshot*
    Susan, still in a non-plussed tone: ... or shoot him in the head, that always works!
  • While Susan and Nancy shut down the power to the casino to help Ford escape, Susan pushes Rayna over. When the power comes back on, Susan hurries to her aid.
    Susan: It's a good thing your hair broke your fall!
  • Rayna drugs Susan, who tries to reach for her antidote pills but passes out before she gets there. When she awakes:
    Rayna: I never seen someone dive for stool softener.
    • Rayna continues to explain why she drugged Susan while fiddling with her phone. When Susan snaps for her to stop texting, Rayna replies "I'm playing Candy Crush, I'm up to level 95."
  • 50 Cent helping Nancy save the day with the weapons cache in his helicopter.
    Fiddy: I stopped a terrorist, you ever see Kanye do that shit?!
  • During the kitchen fight with Elite Mook Lia, Susan impales Lia's hand with a kitchen knife; Lia simply yanks it out to Susan's disgust.
    Lia: Thanks for your weapon.
    Susan: That's already been inside you, so I don't think it should go inside me...
    • Slo-mo baguette to the face.
  • De Luca's Deadpan Snarker.
    "What is going on at the CIA? Drones taking all the fun assignments?"
  • The part where Susan steals a scooter with a roof to chase down the assassins that are after Rayna...Then promptly falls sideways into the road because she can't drive it.
    Susan: Who puts a roof on a scooter? What are you, the Pope?
  • Susan asks Rayna why she's treating her so kindly, only for Rayna to respond that she reminds her of her mother. We then get to see a picture of her mother, who looks like a drug addled crack ho.
  • Held captive, Rayna tries to mock Susan but it fails as she can't remember her last name.
    Rayna: Poor Susan Coleman.
    Susan: That's not my name so it's not much of a burn.
  • When everyone is confronting De Luca, Ford comes barging through the door, gun drawn as he prepares to save the day. He then gets his coat caught on the door handle, sending him flying and causing his weapon to skid across the floor. This earns him a well deserved Face Palm from Susan.
  • One of Rayna's Mooks trying to kill her, for being such a Bad Boss that she doesn't even remember their names.
    Rayna: Calm down, Colin.
    Frederick: I'm Frederick! Colin hasn't worked here in six months!
    • Mere moments later
    Rayna: I can give you a very comfortable life, Col... , um...
    Frederick: You forgot my name already, didn't you?!
    Rayna: No, I didn't—
    Frederick: Then what is it, and DON'T SAY FUCKING 'COLIN'!
    Rayna: ......
    • Even the credits get in on this, with the character in question being credited as "Colin Frederick!"
    • She can't even remember Susan's last name (Cooper), which was said literally a minute earlier, then comes up with increasingly ridiculous guesses.
  • De Luca takes a breath in between screams as he falls to his death.
    • Also, Nancy's very enthusiastic "I shot a man!"
  • Ford driving off on a boat at the end... only for Nancy to point out he's in a lake.
  • Before the credits roll, Susan finds herself in bed with someone else. You'd think it'd be Aldo or Fine. Nope. It's Ford. Her scream as she realises this is priceless.

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