Funny / The Bad Guys (2022)

"HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY!!!"

While it's not as off the wall as the book series, the movie still has a healthy amount of crazy. Naturally, since DreamWorks Animation films are famously no strangers to wackiness.

Miscellaneous

• A Running Gag is that there are always hundreds of police cops present when our protagonists get caught up in a chase or try to escape. One would wonder how many people the police need to apprehend criminals.
• Every time one of the animals eats another animal, especially Mr. Shark and Mr. Snake.
  Mr. Snake: [inside Mr. Shark] Worth it!
• Just about everything Mr. Piranha does, due to how adorably crazy he can be.
• Ms. Tarantula is full of dry snark and exasperation at her partners' antics.

Film

• The introduction chase sequence is filled with all the classic heist movie action the trailers promised, but it also has a few chuckles.
  • The whole thing opens with Mr. Wolf having a conversation with Mr. Snake about the latter's dislike of birthday parties and his preference for guinea pigs over cake. When said discussion turns to how snakes can smell by tasting the air with their tongues, Mr. Wolf has some...interesting questions.
    Mr. Wolf: So you...you can taste air? What else you got?
    Mr. Snake: (scoffs in annoyance) Forget it.
    Mr. Wolf: W-w-wait. Can you also hear color? Can you see sound?
    Mr. Snake: All right, all right, okay.
    Mr. Wolf: 'Cause we should really be capitalizing on these skills.
    Mr. Snake: Okay, all right, fine. Get it all out. Get it all out now. (horks up an alarm clock) Look at that. 4 PM. Now I know the exact moment our friendship died.
  • On their way out, Mr. Wolf asks for the check. He gets no answer, on account of the fact that the restaurant's staff and patrons have all fled to the furthest corners of the building in fear of him and Mr. Snake. The latter doesn't help by mock-attacking the patrons as a joke.
    Mr. Wolf: Sorry, folks. I'm switching him to decaf.
  • Ms. Tarantula is revealed to have ordered a birthday cake on the go. The delivery biker appears right on cue next to the Bad Guys' car, and freaks out, accidentally skidding backward while the police cars dodge him.
    • This section of the scene also has some Snark-to-Snark Combat from Awkwafina and Marc Maron.
      Ms. Tarantula: I also took over the police dispatch, blurred their satellite imaging system, grounded their chopper... [singsong]...And one more thing~!
      Mr. Snake: You didn't.
      [delivery driver shows up with the cake, freaks out when he sees who he's delivering it to, and skids away as Mr. Wolf picks up the cake and pulls it into the car]
      Ms. Tarantula: Happy birthday, Mr. Grumpypants!
      Mr. Snake: [matter-of-factly] I think I hate you.
  • It counts as a Moment of Awesome, but the thought of Mr. Shark being able to disguise himself without anyone noticing that he's still a huge shark. He's even alright about being Disguised in Drag. He also seems to find it important to point out that he was the construction worker to the others.
    • Mr. Shark, sitting in the back seat, accidentally crushing Mr. Snake, who is sitting in the front seat, due to how gigantic he is.
      Mr. Snake: Watch it, Big Tuna! I'm trying to work here!
      Mr. Shark: Keep it cool, baby. [puts a party hat on Snake's head] Birthdays should be chill.
  • Mr. Piranha's Establishing Character Moment — he bursts out of the glove box in a cop car, attacks the driver, then launches himself into the open sunroof of the gang's car, all while grinning maniacally.
    Mr. Piranha, kicking his feet in excitement: Santo Cielo, that's a lot of popo!
    • Mr. Piranha farting in the car when he is asked if he got Snake's present. He claims that he only farts when he is nervous, but Ms. Tarantula points out that he gets nervous when he lies. Cue Mr. Piranha farting and a HUGE cloud of green gas smoking out from the car, forcing the others to stick their heads out of the window. The gas even causes a few unlucky police cars to spin out of control.
    • After he farts, he gets scolded by Ms. Tarantula in her best "disappointed mom" voice.
  • As the Bad Guys are chased after the hot-headed Chief Luggins, they give this gem to her.
    Mr. Shark: Chief, do you want some cake? You seem a little hangry!
    • After this, Wolf casually interrupts Luggins to tell her that she's missed a spot check;
    Chief Luggins: Get that thing out of my face before I-
    Mr. Wolf: Excuse me, Chief?
    Chief Luggins: What?
    *Wolf casually points forwards, directing Luggins' attention to the rapidly-nearing bus. Naturally, she panics and lets go of the car with a scream to avoid the bus...allowing the Bad Guys to pull further ahead.*
  • The Bad Guys end up driving down a VERY steep hill. They are lucky that their car didn't turn up worse in the end.
    • The police cars crashing into each other. There are so many of them that they create a mountain-sized pile-up, complete with a few cops flying out!
    • Everyone, with the exclusion of Wolf, nearly flying out of the car.
    • The gang screaming as they ride down. The cake falls back, layer by layer. There's a Beat as they all look at it in surprise, then they resume screaming their heads off.
    • Cut to the bottom of the hill and the music coming to a halt…until the car hits the bottom and continues riding as if nothing happens. The Bad Guys are understandably horrified, with Mr. Wolf having an anime-like Sweat Drop before all of them quickly put their seatbelts on.
• Back at the hideout, the Bad Guys celebrate Mr. Snake's birthday, culminating in the following toast:
  Mr. Wolf: To Mr. Snake...and his strange dislike of birthdays.
• Snake, our favorite cake-hater, tells the gang to eat his cake as he searches for other food. Piranha wastes zero time in ferally devouring the cake, to the disgust of the others.
  • Snake then finds a push pop in the fridge. Shark suddenly comes from behind him, saying how he forgot about those push pops and how hungry it is. Snake baits him into thinking he’ll give it, and Shark falls for it. Wolf watches the following conversation with a thoroughly amused expression.
  Ms. Tarantula: Y’know he’s not gonna give it to you, right?
  Mr. Shark: No. Deep down, I believe Snake is a kind and generous soul.
  Ms. Tarantula: …Why?
  • Then, Snake eats the push pop. Shark sadly tells him about how he’s gonna make him all aggressive, and then, charges at him, demanding he spit it out. Snake valiantly defies him by screaming "NEVER". Wolf’s demeanor implies that, yes, Shark has been baited before, and yes, they have fought violently over a push pop.
• Then, Wolf puts on the TV and calls the Bad Guys, telling them they’re on TV. The shot cuts to the rest of the gang, who stop fighting. Shark spits out Piranha.
  • Why, yes, the gang is resentful of the world for treating them like villains for their species. But they do not waste an opportunity to make fun of them.
  Tiffany Fluffit: (preaching about the Bad Guys’ misdeeds) …Proving once more they are the most diabolical villains of all time.
  Mr. Shark: Y’know what that sounds like? A cologne. Diabolical.
• After watching the rather shocking speech from Diane Foxington, Ms. Tarantula gives this response:
  Ms. Tarantula: I can't believe I voted for her!
  Mr. Piranha: You voted for her?!
  Ms. Tarantula: What? She's good on climate change.
  • Mr. Snake's reaction also counts. Also keep in mind that this is coming from the snake whose favourite food is Guinea Pigs.
  Mr. Snake: What's on the food network?
  • With the Bad Guys being Affably Evil, the fact that any of them are able to vote at all. Justified, as Ms. Tarantula is the hacker, but one would wonder why she went out of her way to join in on the voting system.
• Mr. Wolf, disguised as Mr. Poodleton, strikes up a conversation with Diane while she's near a statue, saying it looks like trash. Diane counters that trash can be repurposed into something beautiful. Mr. Wolf then asks to take a selfie with Diane ^Explanationto get a clear view of her eye for a security measure that requires her eye to open a door, saying that he'll never get the chance to take a selfie with the governer and a pile of garbage. Diane agrees, saying this:
  Diane: Please, Mr. Poodleton. You're too hard on yourself.
  Mr. Wolf: Yeah... hey--
• While disguised at the gala, Mr. Shark is approached by a man.
  Man: A drink for the pretty lady?
  Mr. Shark: No thank you, my life is complicated enough already. (takes the offered glass and the man's own glass)
• Mr. Shark's 'distraction'.
  Mr. Shark: Oh, do I get to improvise?
  Mr. Wolf: Fine, but keep it subtle.
  Mr. Shark: [calmly spills his drink on the floor...before flipping a nearby table] I'M HAVING A BABY! Is there a doctor, or perhaps several security guards, who can leave their post and help me?!
  • How well does this work? Right when it gets called off, there are no less than ten people, including three security guards, helping "her" out or standing around concerned.
  • And how does he get out of this? "Oops, sorry, I forgot, I'm not pregnant." And then he just walks away.
• Ms. Tarantula is struggling to get through the security system while Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake are dangling in front of the security lasers. They desperately urge her to hurry, leading to this exchange:
  Ms. Tarantula: It's not letting me in!
  Mr. Wolf: Check your system preferences!
  Mr. Snake: You probably need to download a driver!
  Mr. Wolf: Try rebooting!
  Ms. Tarantula: Oh my gosh, you fixed it!
  Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake: Really?
  Ms. Tarantula: NO!
• Mr. Piranha's fart gas is apparently powerful enough to reach the security room where Ms. Tarantula is, causing her to almost pass out before she can disable the security system.
  Ms. Tarantula: Piranha! Are you kidding me!?
  Mr. Piranha: Sorry!
  • As he farts, the action can be heard in the room where Diane and Marmalade are. Everyone pauses before an extremely weirded-out Marmalade continues with his speech.
• Tarantula's last obstacle before deactivating the security system around the Golden Dolphin? A captcha asking if she's a tarantula.
  • Also, a couple of rewatches show that it's called a "weGOTCHA" and that it somehow knows she's a tarantula if the box filling with an X instead of a checkmark is any indication.
• As the Bad Guys are about to leave, Mr. Wolf accidentally gets them all caught when his disguise mustache falls off. Two of the partygoers alert everyone, leading Chief Luggins — from nowhere — to push them aside, bellowing 'ARREST THEM!' Cue hundreds of police cops surrounding the Bad Guys. They mean BUSINESS.
  • The poor attempt of the gang claiming they didn't steal the Golden Dolphin.
    Mr. Wolf: [coolly] C'mon! You can't prove that!
    [The trophy drops down from Mr. Shark's dress. A long Beat.]
    Mr. Shark: MY BABY!
  • Mr. Wolf attempting to pull his gang out of the gala by using his grappling gun. It fails utterly when the hook clips onto his pants and instead rips them off, revealing him to be wearing pink boxers with white hearts. There is an awkward beat as everyone can only stare at him, stunned.
    Mr. Wolf: Well, this just got…a little weird.
  • Mr. Piranha kicking his legs and spreading his arms out like a bird when Mr. Wolf holds onto him deserves an adorable mention.
  • Note that the cops don't do anything at all as Mr. Wolf takes out the grappling hook, watching him with frozen glares. They don't actually need to immediately tackle the gang, although they would've had no way of knowing since his grappling hook eventually proves to be faulty anyway.
• When the Bad Guys arrive at Professor Marmalade's home, they notice the meteorite lamp, and Mr. Piranha immediately assumes it's a butt.
  Mr. Piranha: A giant butt!
  Professor Marmalade: Er... It's not a butt. It's a lamp. In the shape of the Love Crater meteorite. My greatest—
  Mr. Piranha: I wonder whose butt it is.
  Professor Marmalade: Once again, it's not a butt, thank you. It's a heart. Now, as I was saying—
  Mr. Piranha: Why are there cheeks?
  Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, and Ms. Tarantula: Shh, shut up!
  Mr. Piranha: What, I've never seen a heart with cheeks!
  Mr. Wolf, Mr. Snake, Mr. Shark, and Ms. Tarantula: (big "Oh, Crap!" Smile)
  Professor Marmalade: Aheh... It's not a—
  Mr. Piranha: BOOTY!!!
  Professor Marmalade: IT'S NOT A BUTT!! IT'S NOT A BUTT!!
  Mr. Piranha: Does he know what a butt is?
  • This is the starting point of a minor Running Gag about Piranha, the meteorite, and it looking like a butt to him.
• The Bad Guys enter Professor Marmalade's compound to begin creating their good-guy image, and he… tries to teach them how to be nice.
  • Quite a bit of Fridge Logic, as the gang states that they are only good in robberies, crimes, and heists. So, Marmalade's efforts of teaching them how to live the 'good and normal life' probably wouldn't have worked on them at all anyway.
  • Professor Marmalade getting Mr. Snake to share a push pop with Mr. Shark. Mr. Shark isn't having it this time when the former refuses to share once again.
    Mr. Shark: [sniggers in schadenfreude]
    Mr. Snake: Ohhhh no! No way!
    Mr. Wolf: Snake.
    (Beat as Wolf sternly eyes Snake)
    Mr. Snake: Oh, alright, alright...
    Mr. Shark: This is going to taste extra sweet, 'cause I know how baaaad you want it.
    Mr. Snake: [struggles, clearly reluctant to share the push pop]
    Mr. Shark: Pop me, please. [opens wide his mouth]
    Mr. Snake: [struggles, even more, quivering and sweating under the superhuman strain of sharing with a friend] Nope! [slurps down the push pop in one gulp] Sucker!
    Mr. Shark: THAT'S IT! [grabs Mr. Snake] I'LL TEACH YOU TO SHARE! [proceeds to swallow Mr. Snake whole, much to everyone's surprise] I like sharing, he's yummy! Mmmmm!
    Mr. Snake: [from inside Mr. Shark's stomach] Totally worth it!
    Professor Marmalade: [petrified] Well, that's terrifying. Let's...try something simpler.
    • Just as Snake attempts to share the push pop, he takes a deep breath to ready himself for the perilous effort of giving a popsicle to his friend.
  • Next, they try out the old 'helping grandma cross the street' scenario. In an ironic twist for the 'Big, Bad Wolf', they get Wolf to dress up as the 'grandma'. Wolf is not amused, and his friends laughing their asses off does not help.
    • The way Mr. Piranha sickly sweetly says 'Here you go, ma'am!'
    • When Ms. Tarantula provokes him, Mr. Piranha threatens her. Unfortunately, this distraction causes Wolf to be hit by a speeding truck, sending him flying and splattering onto the road.
      Ms. Tarantula: He is totally gonna blow it.
      Mr. Piranha: What was that? What did you say?! You think I can't do this?!
      Mr. Wolf: No no no! Piranh… [is hit by a truck, flying up into the air and landing with a splat on the road]
    • The split-second before Wolf gets hit by the truck, you can see his snout droop in full This Is Going to Suck fashion.
    • Professor Marmalade's reaction to all this:
      Professor Marmalade: (beat)Maybe... simpler?
  • Next, we have them being given a third test: the common stereotype of saving a Cat Up a Tree.
    Mr. Wolf: Heyy, look! It's a cat, stuck in a tree!
    Professor Marmalade: It doesn't get much simpler than that. Now, what in this scenario would give you that good tingle?
    Mr. Snake: Eating it. (enthusiastically reveals two bread slices) This is why I always carry two pieces of bread with me.
    Professor Marmalade: (with a strained smile) No. I want you to s… (gestures for the gang to answer)
    (The gang tries to think.)
    Mr. Wolf: Smack it!
    Mr. Snake: (still confused) Skin it?
    Mr. Shark: Stab it.
    Ms. Tarantula: (bluntly) Sauté it.
    Mr. Piranha: (innocently) Sing to it?
    Professor Marmalade: (incredulously) Save it. I want you to sa... I set this up, it was so obvious—I want you to save it!
    The Bad Guys: Ohhhhh! Right, right…
    (The gang slowly looks up at the cat with grins, then…)
    The Bad Guys: [baring fangs and sporting feral looks] HERE, KITTY, KITTY, KITTY!!!
    (The terrified cat rushes up further to the top of the tree.)
    Mr. Snake: Whoa! That cat is obviously defective.
    Mr. Piranha: What is wrong with you?! You're gonna give it a heart attack! I'll handle this.
    (Mr. Piranha strolls over to the base of the tree, the trembling cat watching from above. Then...)
    Mr. Piranha: [leaps up to eye level with the cat, shouting at the top of his lungs] WHAT'S UP, PAPA?!
    (With a yowl, the cat reflexively falls out of the tree, lands on Mr. Wolf's face, and goes berserk in terror.)
    Mr. Wolf: AAAAAAAH! Get him off my face! He's on my face!
    Prof. Marmalade: No, no, no, no, no! Listen, wh-what are you doing?!
    • Note that this is what happened in the first book. Here, they look VERY enthusiastic in getting the cat down like a bunch of school kids wanting ice cream. No wonder why the cat rushes to the top when they roar!
• Breaking into Sunnyside Labs to save the guinea pigs is a walk in the park. It's everything else about the plan that goes off the rails.
  • As they pull up to the building, Marmalade explains to the Bad Guys about the guinea pigs trapped inside. In the following shot, Mr. Snake is sporting an absolutely crazed grin.
    Mr. Snake: I volunteer!
    Mr. Wolf: (with an uncharacteristically exhausted expression) Snake.
  • Professor Marmalade gives the Bad Guys the "makeover" they need to appear less menacing. Cue the gang dressed in ridiculously cute animal onesies, standing in Stunned Silence while a laughing Marmalade rides off.
    Ms. Tarantula: Well, there goes our street cred.
    Mr. Piranha: [admiringly] At least it's comfy.
  • Mr. Shark distracts a lab employee by pretending to be the man's father and convincing him to play catch.
  • Seeing an open window, Mr. Snake gets Mr. Wolf to try to throw him through it, boasting that there's a high percentage that he'll get through it without issue. Every time Mr. Snake ends up hitting one of the adjacent closed windows instead, his quoted percentage gets steadily lower. Then, as Mr. Shark successfully distracts the scientist, and helps him up:
  Mr. Snake: Maybe 50... what day is it? Who am I?
  • The big flaw in the plan, however, is that Mr. Snake can't resist his hunger for guinea pigs. When he ends up being the first into the room where they're kept, he smacks his lips eagerly. The Gilligan Cut shows how much of a Big Eater he is.
    Mr. Wolf: C'mon, Snake. Open up.
    Mr. Snake: [opens the door drunkenly] Relax. These doors are complicated. [slides the door further to reveal his now massively giant belly with the guinea pigs inside squirming around]
    Mr. Wolf: Snake!
    Ms. Tarantula: Are you KIDDING ME??
    Mr. Wolf: What do you think you're doing?! We're supposed to save them! Not eat them!
    Mr. Snake: Well, I'd say they've gone to a better place!
  • Chaos ensures as the gang tries to get all the guinea pigs sorted out, with Mr. Wolf swinging Mr. Snake around like a lasso to get him to spit out all the guinea pigs. Ms. Tarantula ends up riding one, Mr. Piranha starts punching one of them, and Mr. Shark has at least three guinea pigs fly right into his mouth. When one of the guinea pigs accidentally hits the exit button, the door opens and the crowd is presented with the image of the Bad Guys seemingly assaulting the guinea pigs.
    Mr Wolf: (sheepishly smiles) It's Not What It Looks Like.
    (The alarms go off.)
  • When the door opens, a massive flood of guinea pigs come running right out of it. Professor Marmalade tries to book it, only to be thrown around by the horde and land with a goofy look on his face.
• There's a funny little pun exclusive to the Italian dub of the film. In Italian, the phrase "in bocca al Lupo" ("May you end up in the wolf's mouth") means "good luck", so when preparing to rescue the guinea pigs, Marmalade wishes the gang good luck by pointing at Mr. Wolf and saying "in bocca a Lui" ("May you end up in his mouth").
• When Wolf tries to charm Diane by explaining the fiasco that was their attempted rescue of guinea pigs from the lab, both Mr. Shark and Diane refer to it as 'going full Clooney' on her... which implies that George Clooney is a well-known suave actor in their world too, and possibly what Mr. Wolf based his Gentleman Thief persona on.
• While it is an emotional conversation between the two, Diane asks Wolf what he would have to lose in trying to find a better life.
  Mr. Wolf: I don't know. My dignity?
  Diane: [raises an eyebrow before glancing at his onesie suit] Yeah. Well, that ship has already sailed.
  • Note that her eyes dart at his stomach. In his regular clothes, Mr. Wolf has a slim and attractive build. In the onesie, he looks a little bloated. It's possible that Diane thinks he's grown a gut in the span of days.
• For the second heist, the Golden Dolphin is in a glass display case locked with a randomly generated 5-digit numerical code. The only printed copy of the code is in a locked briefcase handcuffed to Chief Luggins. After going through a lot of pain to open the case, Mr. Snake finally sees the code... and it's "12345". His exasperated sigh sells it.
  • Also from the second heist, Chief Luggins is a few seconds away from catching Mr. Snake in the act when Mr. Piranha, thinking quickly, rushes to the stage and starts singing. It segues into a truly awesome song, but it starts off with Mr. Piranha having a look on his face that clearly screams: I have no idea what I'm doing!!
    Mr. Piranha: Loo-oooooooooooooo-ook at me~! [Beat, then as Luggins starts to turn away] Tell me wha-aaaaaaaaaa-aat you see...~!
    • During Piranha’s singing and Wolf’s & Diane’s dance, one of billionaires gives charity in form of gold bars , much to donation collecting kid's chagrin.
    • EVEN Chief Luggins joined dancing.
• The reveal shortly after Marmalade’s true colors. We get this gem:

  Webs: You should’ve eaten him when you had the chance.
  Snake: Yep.

  • As Marmalade explains why the meteorite is so valuable to him, Piranha asks if he means the butt rock. Marmalade immediately shrieks "IT'S NOT A BUTT!" and then inhales and carries on.
• While the whole fighting scene of the mysterious ninja battling against the prison guards is Awesome, they even zip down one of the guards' pants to distract him.
  • The fact that the Bad Guys can only watch in Stunned Silence. Even the guards holding back Mr. Wolf and Mr. Snake stand and stare! When the ninja turns on them, the guards try to pull a Screw This, I'm Outta Here, but the ninja isn't having any of it and proceeds to kick their butts.
  • In addition, the scene just before their introduction:
  Prison Guard: (holding back Mr. Snake) Hey, hey, hey! Prison is no place for violence—!
  (A male prison guard lands face floor on the ground from the second story.)
  Male Prison guard: Tell... that... to him...!
• After Diane comforts Wolf following the prison rescue, talking about her own time as the Crimson Paw, she grins and says:
  Diane: Now c'moooon. You look like you just busted outta a prison—
  (A guinea pig lands on her car, causing both of them to yelp in alarm. It crawls onto the roof.)
  Diane: Guinea pigs??
• Even after The Reveal regarding the Crimson Paw, Diane delights in showing all the cool tricks she has up her sleeve:
  • Later, after bringing Mr. Wolf to a plain-looking suburban house, the latter seems playfully unimpressed with the "lair of the great Crimson Paw." Cue Diane entering a code on a microwave that opens a secret elevator, tugging a surprised Mr. Wolf into it, and adjusting his collar for him as the elevator descends into her real hideout.
  • As Mr. Wolf geeks out over Diane/the Crimson Paw's wall-mounted arsenal of gadgets, he spots what looks like a tube of lipstick. As he questions its presence while toying with it, the "lipstick" unleashes a lightsaber-worthy jet of flame that makes him recoil in alarm.
    Diane: (grinning) Yeah, that's a blowtorch. Also, not really your color.
  • When Diane hacks a government satellite to try and figure out what Marmalade is scheming...
    Mr. Wolf: But you're the governor. Couldn't you just ask?
    Diane: Yeah, but. [quick raspberry] The paperwork.
  • As the two of them suit up and select gear for raiding Marmalade's compound, Mr. Wolf questions bringing along a grapple gun, given how his own use of one turned out:
    Mr. Wolf: I wouldn't take that. Those things rip your pants right off.
    Diane: Huh. Try wearing clean underwear, just in case~
  • And how are they going to get to Marmalade's compound? Well, when Diane went to the Bad Guys' hideout, she didn't have everything repossessed by the city...
    Mr. Wolf: (impressed) Wha...you stole my car? Respect.
• When Snake finally gives a push pop to Shark, triggering the rest of the gang's Heel Realization / Good Feels Good / Heel–Face Turn for real:
  Ms. Tarantula: Er... Snake? What did you just do?
  Mr. Snake: What? My friend was sad, I was just cheering him up.
  Mr. Shark: You... You did a good deed?! For me?!
  Mr. Snake: Don't be ridiculous. I just put your needs before my own.
  Ms. Tarantula: Yeah, you're being good!
  Mr. Snake: I'm not! I was just making a sacrifice so Shark could be happy.
  Ms. Tarantula: That is the actual definition of being good!
  Mr. Shark: Snake! You! The worst one of us! The most selfish!
  Ms. Tarantula: Spiteful!
  Mr. Shark: Terrible!
  Mr. Piranha: Sneaky!
  Ms. Tarantula: Dishonest!
  Mr. Shark: Insensitive!
  Ms. Tarantula: Manipulative!
  Mr. Piranha: Snake-like!
  Mr. Shark: Stanky!
  Mr. Snake: And your point is?
  • It must be added all three of them are wearing huge shit-eating grins as they list down all of Snake's flaws.
  • The manner in which Snake (if begrudgingly) gives Shark the push pop. It's less like he's simply sharing and more like he's comforting a crying baby with a bottle or a pacifier.
• Diane finally getting caught out. After Wolf gets them both captured by Marmalade, she's giving him a mighty Death Glare, until it's revealed Marmalade also figured out she was the Crimson Paw, as she was cocky enough to wear the stolen Zumpango Diamond as her ring. She gapes for a moment before giving an "Oh, Crap!" Smile, knowing Wolf's loving this.
  Wolf: *amused* You gotta be kidding me!
  Diane: *embarrassed* What? I'm sentimental!
• When the rest of the Bad Guys (except Snake) come to rescue Wolf and Diane from the Death Trap they're in after finally turning good for real, Wolf, Shark, and Piranha waste time gushing about how awesome the tingling feels. Between Shark and Piranha beatboxing and Wolf's "told ya" uber-smug smirk, even though he's being lowered into the Death Trap, it's difficult to say what's the funniest.
  • Thank God Diane and Tarantula are there...
    Diane: This is super moving, but can we do this later?!
    Mr. Shark: Feels like I got a rhythm section in my fin! (he and Mr. Piranha start beatboxing)
    Mr. Wolf: (still smirks smugly and nods appreciatively)
    Diane: COME ON!!! SPINNING BLADES!!!
    Mr. Shark: Oh yeah, right!
    Ms. Tarantula: (pulls the lever to turn off the trap) I got it.
• After they get the meteorite, they almost book it, but not before Wolf makes a pit stop to take the cat in the tree with them.
• During the first part of the climax, when Diane and Ms. Tarantula go "on a girls' trip" (aka on a bike chase), Mr. Piranha whines that he wants to go on the girls' trip too.
• A few moments later...
  Mr. Shark: You're insured, right?
  Mr. Wolf: Yeah, why?
  Mr. Shark: (rips off the entire roof of the Bad-Guys-mobile with his bare hands)
  Mr. Wolf: HEY! THAT'S MY CAR!
• Once Tarantula manages to hack the trucks...
  Diane: Where'd you learn to do that?
  Ms. Tarantula: Oh, you know, I'm kind of a natural.
  Diane: (Gives a "for real, girl" look)
  Ms. Tarantula: Mostly YouTube...
• Professor Marmalade objects to the Bad Guys foiling his plan with the following complaint:
  Marmalade: No, no, no! That's my stolen money!
• While hanging from the ruined highway over the crater, Mr. Wolf starts to pull himself up, only to see Chief Luggins looming over him. He immediately tries going back down.
• While it’s mostly a Moment of Awesome, seeing the faces of Chief Luggins, Tiffany Fluffit, the police force, and especially Marmalade as the meteorite blows up with Marmalade’s mansion is hilarious.
• Professor Marmalade's Villainous Breakdown as he gets "exposed" as the Crimson Paw and hauled off to prison, with Diane Foxington smugly waving goodbye the whole time.
  Professor Marmalade: No! No! I'm not the Crimson Paw! Sh-She's the Crimson Paw! She's the Paw! I'M A FLOWER OF GOODNESS! NO!!
• In The Stinger, when the team wonders how to go back to town...
  Mr. Piranha: Steal a car?
  Mr. Wolf: Piranha.
  Mr. Piranha: I was joking! It was a joke.

The Maraschino Ruby

• The reason the Bad Guys decide to heist the ruby even though we're after the movie? Chief Luggins refuses to accept they're reformed and insulted them in the newspaper.
  • What pisses them off the most isn't the fact that she calls them stupid, but that she does it twice. Snake, who was trying to convince Wolf that it wasn't worth it, immediately changes his mind when he learns about that.
  • Turns out she did it on purpose to push them to try and fall into her trap.
  • When they face each other in jail, the first thing Wolf says?
    Mr. Wolf: (holding up the newspaper) That's two "stupids" too many, Chief.
• The reason they're in jail? Theft of a Push Pop.
  Mr. Snake: Allegedly. (starts licking said Push Pop before realizing too late his mess up and making an "Oh, Crap!" Smile)
• While Piranha and Webs barely have one line each, Shark gets a big scene as he plays the lawyer for the gang. And boy, does he make the most of it!
  Mr. Shark: I am outraged - OUTRAGED - to see my poor clients being interrogated without their lawyer present, which I am! EXHIBIT A!!
• The way Luggins' trap completely blows in her face.
  Mr. Shark: Furthermore, planting a fake ruby for them to steal is called entrapment, which is an illegal crime! (To Bob:) Officer, arrest this officer!
  Luggins: What?! That is ridiculous- (Bob handcuffs her) Is that?!
  Bob: It's true, sorry. Major legal infraction.
  Luggins: But...
  Mr. Wolf: Hold on, Chief. We won't press charges if you'd like to retract a certain statement...
  • The juxtaposition between Wolf's schadenfreude-savoring smirk and Luggins' This Is Gonna Suck cringe really sells it.
• Just to rub salt in Chief Luggins' wounded pride, she doesn't even get to claim she found and returned the Maraschino Ruby — the Bad Guys pickpocketed it from her, snuck into the museum, and returned it to its rightful place with none the wiser!
  Luggins' Subordinate: Wow, I guess they're not so bad after—
  Chief Luggins: Don't! Even! Say it! AAAAARRRGH!
• The Reveal that the gang smelled the trap a mile away and turned it to their advantage. The so-called Push Pop theft? Snake's Too Dumb to Live moment? All According to Plan.
  Mr. Wolf: I can't believe how easy it was!
  Mr. Snake: Like taking candy from a big, angry baby! (Eats the fake candy ruby.)

Meta

• The official art book includes a short comic where the book versions of the gang detail how various movies inspired Aaron Blabey for The Bad Guys. It's pretty hilarious:
  • The comic is titled Who doesn't like an origin story?, and next to it, Mr. Wolf does jazz hands while saying "Let us take you baaaaaack..."
  • 1978: Mr. Shark drags a 4-years-old Aaron away from a poster for Jaws 2.
    Mr. Shark: Sadly, he is too young to appreciate the excellent tagline.
  • 1982: Mr. Snake describes how Aaron sees for the first time "a movie about some guy with a hat and whip who has a very negative attitude towards snakes."
    Mr. Snake: For some reason though, the dumb kid enjoys it. I mean he, like, really enjoys it.
  • 1983: Mr. Wolf explains that Aaron is charged to choose a movie for a friend's birthday slumber party. He chooses An American Werewolf in London. While everyone else is traumatized, Aaron sports a shit-eating grin.
    Mr. Wolf: The evening is emotionally charged but the kid is buzzed and unrepentant. (And you gotta love that 1980s parental supervision, huh?)
    Mr. Wolf: You can practically HEAR his subconscious filing it away, can't you?
  • 1984: Mr. Piranha talks about how Aaron's now a movie addict and his new favorite is "a breathtaking piece that features a flying piranha".
    Mr. Piranha: WHAT?! WHAT DID YOU SAY?! HEY YOU, IN THE BACK!! YOU GOT SOMETHING AGAINST CULT CLASSICS?! THAT FILM IS JAMES CAMERON'S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT AND GAVE MILLIONS OF PIRANHA CHILDREN THE DREAM OF MAJESTIC FLIGHT!!
  • 1992: Mr. Snake shows an 18-years-old Aaron watching Reservoir Dogs.
    Mr. Snake: He, like, really enjoys it.
  • 2014: Mr. Wolf reads how, while he was reading a lame storybook to his kids, Aaron thought he could write better than that. Thus were born The Bad Guys.
  • 2022: The gang watches the movie.
    Yep! They were born of movies, folks! And now they're back where they belong! And how!
    Mr. Wolf: I look gooood...
    Mr. Snake: I'm just so likeable...
    Mr. Shark: I have legs?!
    Mr. Piranha: The tarantula is a señorita?!
  • Aaron's thanks to Dreamworks.
    You've made that kid's wildest dreams come true. And he, like, really enjoyed it.

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