Funny / SPY Fox

Between the parental bonuses, cartoon slapstick and desert-dry wit, it's easy to see why SPY Fox is widely considered to be the funniest game series Humongous Entertainment ever created.

General

• In the later games, if you called Monkey Penny, she'd always be doing something really random and completely unrelated to Spy stuff, such as playing bagpipes in Scotland or working in a racecar pit crew.
• The fact that we only see the chief's massive hands and nothing else. Not only are they big enough to hold normal-sized objects between his thumb and forefinger, but pounding his fist caused Spy Fox to bounce in place.
• Monkey Penny getting annoyed with you if you call her while still inside the mobile command center. In the second game, he says he's trying to see if it could pick up cartoons.
• All of the puns. All of them!
• The Running Gag of Professor Quack eating his blueprints of the SPY gadgets.

Dry Cereal

• Really, just the plot alone: the head of a goat milk company kidnaps all of the world's dairy cows, then uses their milk for an elaborate blackmail plan involving a "Milky Weapon of Destruction" to flood the US Capital, blame the dairy cows, then take over the dairy industry. Just try to say it out loud without cracking up.
• Spy Fox's introductory scene on the airplane.
  (Fox is reading a newspaper when a cheerful flighty attendant comes by with an airplane meal)
  Flight Attendant: Would you like our Italian entré, sir?
  Spy Fox: No thanks. It gives me hives.
  Flight Attendant: Our vegetarian dinner, then?
  Spy Fox: Nope, gives me the vapors.
  (Flight Attendant flips down the tray table and leans in to whisper, looking around as she does, revealing that she's also a spy)
  Flight Attendant: Then may I recommend the Greek plate? It's delicious?
  Spy Fox: Alright, if you insist.
  (Flight attendant goes back to smiling as she walks off)
  Flight Attendant: Enjoy!
  • The funniest part? If you look around Spy Fox this entire scene, you'll notice he's the only passenger on the plane!
• Each object hidden in the four pen gadgets you can pick from as you're falling to the ground from the airplane comes with a unique side comment from Spy Fox.
  • A piano. "I'm in no mood to tickle the ivories now."
  • An anchor. "A bit weighty for me."
  • A small tank. "Tanks but no tanks."
  • A safe. "This isn't such a safe bet."
  • A balloon. "What good is this without helium?"
  • A birthday cake. "I don't think I can have my cake and eat it too."
  • An anvil. "So THAT'S where I left my anvil."
  • A whoopie cushion, which he uses to break his fall (with expected results). "I knew I shouldn't have eaten that airline meal."
  • A fishing rod, which he uses to swing down from a passing helicopter. "If you thought that was impressive, you should've seen the one that got away."
  • And if you Take Your Time, he'll start to notice. "Am I falling, or is the ground just coming towards me?"
• The pelican guy: "Hey, wanna see my tattoo?"
  Spy Fox: Your mother must be so proud.
  • It's even better if you try and ask him about anything related to the case.
    Pelican Guy: I don't know anything about that...but do you wanna see my tattoo?!
• Fox trying to use the laser toothbrush as a normal toothbrush, followed by his sheepish expression as he slowly lowers it from his mouth when Monkey Penny tells him not to do that.
• Mr. Udderly exaggerating some of the details of his kidnap, describing it as being in the middle of extremely important managerial duties (he was sharpening pencils), being attacked by dozens of goons (there were two), then fighting them off with his bare fists (he cowered in fear) until he was jumped, thrown in a bag and whisked away (he calmly got into the bag and then followed the bad guys voluntarily).
  • "My whole body's a weapon." Even funnier is that Udderly is based on Don Knotts.
• The childlike crayon drawing presentation of William the Kid's evil plan, complete with arrows pointing to what certain things are.
• Quack venting his frustration over how toy companies stole his idea for his "spy putty" after Spy Fox remarks that it "looks rather silly."
• Fox announces to Mr. Udderly about using the X-ray gum on him to look for the weapon-disarming note inside one of his four stomachs. Mr. Udderly asks if it's not going to hurt him because pain or even saying the word "pain" makes him dizzy... which causes him to faint on the spot. Fox just shrugs and uses the gum on him while he's lying down.
• The Running Gag of the souvenir stand owner being too short to reach anything on the wall of his shop (save for the sailor's cap in the "White Water" path).
  • His excuse for not being able to get the stuffed cat is the best one.
    Vendor: I can't sell you that cat. It's still alive. Meow. Did you hear that? Me-ow. There it goes again.
• The chicken knuckles (in the "Alligator Room" path), which are required by law to be served as "to go" meals because they make people go to the bathroom after eating them.
  Bea Bear: It's your funeral, honey.
• The doorman for the deck party being a literal and figurative weasel, the absolute crowner being when you show him the forged invitation after having been previously turned away.
  Weasel: Not you again! How many times do I have to tell you? This is a private party and without an invitation, you are not allowed to go on board! Sheesh!
  (Spy Fox coolly whips out his invitation)
  Weasel: The nerve of some people. You'd think they would... YEEHEE!!! Let me see that. "Signed, Russian Blue." (Suddenly nicer) Oh sir! We are ever so honored to have you on board with us today. Please, feel free to come and go as you wish.
  Spy Fox: (dryly) Why thank you. How gracious of you. (to the player) What a weasel.
  • He later offers to "kiss up to you in any way" when you board.
  • Trying to go on board after he turns you away and without giving him the invitation will sometimes give you this line:
    Spy Fox: XYZ, uh, PDQ.
    Weasel: Nice try, sir. But perhaps if you were more observant you will notice I'm not wearing any pants.
• Russian Blue flirting with Spy Fox, the first sign that he's Not So Stoic.
  Spy Fox: Would you care to dance, Miss Blue?
  Russian Blue: I would love to, Mr. Fox. But there is only one dance on this planet I will dance to, and that is the tango. I love the tango. (Grabs him by the tie and pulls him nose-to-nose with her) Do you know why I love the tango, Mr. Fox?
  Spy Fox: That funky beat?
  Russian Blue: (sensually) Because... it takes two to tango.
  Spy Fox: Interesting. I've never done the math on that.
  (Fox wobbles away, then pulls at collar as steam escapes)
  • The hypnotic trance, complete with Eye Twitch and her tail poofing out when the tango music starts.
  • The goofy poses Spy Fox strikes during their dance.
  • Russian Blue's known felonies, as related by Monkey Penny: "Indecent Tangoing (acquitted)," "dancing with intent to tango (acquitted)," "jay-tangoing (acquitted)" and "tangoing out of season (acquitted)." Complete with an unflattering mugshot of Russian Blue in a filthy flannel shirt and looking like a grungey punk.
    • Even funnier in the UK dub, where one of her aforementioned felonies is replaced with "Drinking and Tangoing."
• While at the ancient ruins leading to Kid's secret lair, Fox comments that this was probably a nice place "until someone came along and ruined it."
• Spy Fox's making a funny face at the security camera in Kid's factory, followed by a hand and a boot extending from it to pick him up and kick him, respectively.
  "That thing is not only giving me the eye, it gave me the boot!"
• Far and away the worst pun in the game: "I'm from the accounting office. I was asked to count all of the offices."
• William the Kid referring to his escape vehicle as "my giant metallic getaway blimp."
• William the Kid gloating to Spy Fox as he goes to board his blimp, only to get his ascot stuck in the closing doors and torn off. Spy Fox thanks him for leaving a little clue to where he went.
• Spy Fox pressing the eject button in the truck he's driving to chase down Kid... which ejects the cassette tape with the chase music.
• "But what about the sequel?" "There'll be other super villains out there. We'll be fine."
• Kid to Spy Fox: "I'm really getting tired of you ruining my dairy domination plans!" "Yes, well I do have a tendency to show up and ruin evil villains' schemes."
• William the Kid is sent screaming and flying into Evil Villain Jail via a toaster-powered ejecting seat, while Spy Fox lands safely with the only parachute in the blimp.
  Spy Fox: That looks painful. I guess Kid will be serving his goat by-products in Evil Villain Jail from now on.
• William the Kid's declaration of revenge against Spy Fox is unceremoniously cut short when he realizes he doesn't know how to break out of jail, so he starts making Tally Marks on the Prison Wall.
• And what does Spy Fox get as a reward for bringing William the Kid to justice? A big cookie, the nation's highest honor.

Some Assembly Required

• The Running Gag of "Well of course it's smelly if you got it out of [the garbage]." "Not 'smelly.' S.M.E.L.L.Y! 'The society for evil meaningless larceny, lying and yelling'." Followed by someone adding "Our evil nemesis" along with a dramatic sting.
  • The first time Spy Fox uses this pun on Agent Gracefully, he adds "You need a hobby."
• Agent Gracefully telling Spy Fox not to say her name too much because she's trying to travel incognito.
  "Actually, you're traveling in the Alps."
• All of the slapstick when you're escaping the pig goons in the Alps.
  • If you take one escape path in the Alps, you'll be led through a cave where an abominable snowman jumps out from behind some stalagmite to scare you, then grimaces that you didn't notice it.
• The details on the box for the robot dog: "One Giant Evil Robot Dog; 'Some Assembly Required'; Do not put in mouth; 1/1,000 scale; 'It's FUN!'
• One of the more direct (and therefore funnier) James Bond references is when Spy Fox says that he's "shaken but not stirred" by a crash landing.
• "[I]t looks like it's up to you, me and Professor Quack to get to the bottom of it!" Cut away to Quack's head nearly getting blown off by an invention. "Well, you and me, anyway, Monkey Penny."
• The fact that you can just idly chit-chat with Le Rouche at any given moment (and he only seems mildly annoyed that you keep escaping).
• Le Rouche showing a scale-model of his world domination plan with a normal-sized wind-up dog-bot, showing how it will go on a horrifying rampage of destruction. Cue the dog-bot taking one step, falling over and bursting into flames.
  • The fact that he says "maxicam papasity" instead of "maximum capacity."
• Although the Dog-bot's rampage is horrifying for the people in its wake, it has its moments. If the player lets the Dog-bot's rampage go on long enough, the Dog-bot will crush a stand selling "Rampaging Robot Disaster Insurance."
• You can't ask Bea Bear about anything and not get a massage. And by the look on Fox's face, they're really intense.
• The little bonus animation of what happens to the ID machine after it's done its job.
  Spy Fox: (as the machine is shaking violently) Professor Quack, what does it mean when the ID machine does this?
  (Quack rushes down and stars frantically trying to fix it with a hammer and saw - and a rubber duckie - while Fox backs away nervously. Quack ponders for a second, presses a button and the think explodes in his face, leaving him ash faced and with his bill turned up a'la Robin Hood Daffy)
  Quack: (unamused) I believe it means that the machine is broken.
  • Then Fox pats him on the back, causing Quack to cough up some ID cards before going back to work.
• Le Rouche's back-up plan is to create a giant grey cloud that will hang over the World's Fair for the next ten months, "much like Seattle".

Operation Ozone

• Similar to William the Kid's scheme in Dry Cereal, the crux of the villain's plot is made significantly less terrifying by the absurd heights of their greed. In this case, Poodles wants to destroy the ozone layer to boost sales of her sunscreen.
• During the first chase scene, when Fox gets in his car, and speeds across the bridge with a guard he previously encountered on his tail. Fox speeds off the edge of the bridge, destroying a fruit stand in the process and gets away in the water below. The kicker? The guard ACTUALLY tried to follow him in, and can be seen angrily shaking his fist at Fox as he descends.
• Fox has a couple of great lines while disguised as a member of Poodles' bowling team.
  (After putting on how bowling shirt) "Now this is a fashion statement, and it's saying 'Hey, look at me, I'm a bowler'."
  (Looking at Prof. Pushpin tied up to resemble a bowling pin) "That's the third ugliest bowling pin I've ever seen." Kind of makes you wonder what the other two bowling pins looked like...
• Spy Fox's explanation for wanting a pair of swimming fins that just happen to be behind the counter at the bowling ally (which is a hundred miles from any body of water) when the clerk asks him what he wants them for: "I like to put them on and pretend I'm a duck."
• How does Poodles Galore get rid of her competition? Invite them to a meeting in her giant hair spray can space station, trap them in giant bottles and eject them into space!
• Spy Fox finding the oyster containing the pearl for the pill only to find it's clamped shut. After using a jackhammer, a crowbar, and a flame burner to get the shell to open up, to no avail, he finally succeeds by simply tapping on it.
• Prof. Pushpin will eat the Prickly Pear Pizza instead of stuffing it into the pill like all the other ingredients (including the Secret Donut XL in the other path). He then explains the pizza's vitality in that it'll prevent him from collapsing from hunger.
• The first time Fox attempts to sabotage the aerosol, he declares his presence to Poodles Galore. She promptly catches the congeal pill before it can reach the aerosol and captures our questionably intelligent hero. Once Fox busts loose and is ready for take two, he ruminates on how he's learned from his mistakes.
  "This time, I'l keep my actions to myself!"
• Fox drops the congeal pill into the aerosol, he calls out "Congeal, pill."^note As in he commands the pill to congeal. Trust us, it's funnier when he says it.
• Spy Fox's claim of being a Cock-a-Doodle-Fu master is proven wrong twice. The first time, he gets trapped in a steel net. The second time, Poodles lifts him over her head, requiring Monkey Penny to save him...by breaking one of Poodles' finger nails.
• Near the end after Spy Fox infiltrates Poodles Galore's moon base, he walks to the left to find a giant powder puff. Fox has some excellent lines for when he gets pummeled with the puff.
  (1st Attempt) "Oww! Agh! The humanity! Ugh! *cough*" (Spy Fox runs back out of the way.) "*cough!* Pickled potatoes...! I've been pummeled by an enormous pink powder puff. What a humiliating trap!"
  (2nd Attempt) "I'll try Sneaky Spy Maneuver #37! It never lets me down." (Spy Fox puts on some sunglasses and attempts to moonwalk across. The giant pink powder puff pummels the heck out of him anyway. "Oww! Augh! S-Stop this crazy thing! AGH!" (Spy Fox runs back out.) "Ugh...! So much for Sneaky Spy Maneuver #37!"
  (3rd Attempt) (After trying to get to the turn-off switch, Fox gets teleported down.) "Now to shut off the–" (the puff lowers) "...the—" (the puff lowers again) "Puff—" (Then the puff proceeds to pummel him as normal) "Ow! Oh! Agh! Where's my stunt double?!" (Spy Fox runs out once again, coughing.)
  (4th attempt) "Maybe if I'm real quiet..." (Spy Fox attempts to tip toe past the powder puff only for it to pummel him again.) Aah! Ow! You pink nightmare! (Spy Fox runs out once again, coughing.)
  • Once Spy Fox disables the puff, he attempts to go pass it again only it for to lower again. He screams... but thankfully only some powder dust lands on his nose.