Funny / The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Episode 1 - A Shadow of the Past

• Our first scene with Elrond, he's lounging in a tree, writing a speech, and muttering to himself as he dislikes some of his word choices. Later on we see the High King giving this speech, and when he gets to the part Elrond rewrote, Elrond looks insufferably pleased with himself - making it even funnier is the fact that you can see him mouthing along with the parts he wrote as Gil-Galad says them in the most adorkable way possible.

Episode 2 - Adrift

• Nori and Poppy moving the unconscious stranger in a wheelbarrow. They stop to argue, not realizing that the wheelbarrow is sliding back downhill.
• Upon reaching Khazad-dûm, Elrond tells Celebrimbor that they will be welcomed warmly as friends. When met by the dwarf at the door, Elrond tells him that they seek an audience with Prince Durin.
  Dwarf: No. [closes window]
• Elrond begs that Durin at least let him meet his wife and apologize in person. Durin grudgingly agrees, but is absolutely insistent that he will not be staying long, and he will absolutely not be staying for dinner. So of course, his wife immediately invites him to dinner.
• Durin's children playing with two gigantic statue heads their father was working on.
  Durin: I told you two to stay out of my heads!
• Disa tells of how she and Durin met: she was working with a mining team, and the prince arrived to inspect their work. Then he came again next time. And the next time. Aaand the next time.
  Disa: It took him weeks to work up the courage to court me properly!
  Durin: Two weeks, max.
  Disa: It was five.

Episode 3 - Adar

• When brought before the Queen Regent, Galadriel introduces herself with her name, house, and accomplishments. Halbrand lamely introduces himself as "Halbrand. [Beat] ...of the Southlands."
• Likewise, early in the introduction, Halbrand quietly tells Galadriel to kneel before the Queen Regent. She obliges, only for Queen Regent Miriel to instantly declare "we don't kneel in Númenor". Halbrand can only side-eye Galadriel and sheepishly mutter "...sorry".
• Galadriel threatening the Queen over passage to the main land becomes this when you realize it's yet another instance of Noldor trying to get boats via violence. Only she doesn't have an army or even a weapon.
  • For added bonus, watch Halbrand's face as Galadriel asks for the boat. It's a glorious mixture of "What is she doing?!" and "Oh we are so screwed."
• Nori's attempts to sneak through Sadoc's hut must be seen to be believed as she clumsily hides herself and Poppy attempts to distract Sadoc with some truly spectacular acting.
• Amid a somber scene of listing the names of their people who died, Sadoc brings giggles at one name.
  Sadoc: Blovo Blogerbuck. Bees. (laughter) We all loved him, but he was an idjit.

Episode 4 - The Great Wave

• Galadriel's claim of Halbrand being a king in exile gets the response expected.
  Miriel: And I suppose Elendil here is a Rhunic emperor.
  Elendil: [smiling] Just a petty lord, actually.
  [Miriel glares daggers at Elendil, whose smile instantly fades.]
• Galadriel does a grand speech on demanding a right to be heard and given what she wants. What is even funnier about the scene is how the trailers build-up this to be some bossgirl power moment, only for the actual scene to subvert the expectations.
  Galadriel: There is a tempest in me. It swept me to this island. And it will not be quelled by you, Regent.
  [Gilligan Cut to Galadriel thrown into a cell next to Halbrand.]
  Halbrand: Don't tell me... tavern brawl.
  Galadriel: [smirking slightly] Sedition.
  Halbrand: [Laughs]
• While Galadriel does take Halbrand's advice, she gets pretty worked up about the metaphor he keeps using.
  Galadriel: Cease comparing me to a horse!
• Elrond knows Durin is keeping whatever he's working on secret. He tries to pry it out of Disa by admitting to his suspicions, so Disa has some fun with him.
  Disa: Are you suggesting Durin's got himself a wee girlfriend?
  Elrond: There is none other than you, milady.
  Disa: I know. Who'd have him?
• Disa asks how Durin and Elrond met, as Durin claimed it was when he saved Elrond from two trolls. Elrond promptly replies that no, he saved Durin from three trolls and that Durin Screams Like a Little Girl.

Episode 5 - Partings

• While at dinner with the Elves, Durin claims that the table they're dining on is carved from stone that can only be found deep underground, and due to its rarity the Dwarves reserve it for sacred items such as tombs and monuments. Gil-Galad makes a show of apologising for the insult and promises to let Durin take the table when he returns home. Some time later Durin and Elrond are watching a group of Elves carry the table out of Lindon. When one of them stumbles, Elrond notices Durin chuckling, and that's when he realises what just happened.
  Elrond: You made it up, didn't you?
  Durin: Disa's been wanting a new table for years.
  • Even better is Elrond's reaction of "I can't believe I fell for this," but then chuckling with an Actually Pretty Funny smile.
• Durin has to make Elrond repeat how "the fate of the entire elven race is in your hands." The first time, it's to make it clear how important the stakes are. Then Durin asks, "whose hands?" and with a light sigh, Elrond does so just because he knows Durin is loving the idea.
• Isildur comes up to Valandil to apologize, but Valandil snaps that he knows Isildur is only sucking up to join the expedition now that Valandil has been promoted. Isildur spends five seconds looking outraged at the idea...then asks, "can you?" With an eye roll and "see?" expression, Valandil extends a hand to Ontamo, who sighs and puts some money in his hands. Isildur gawks at the realization the two wagered how long it was going to take for him to ask for this.
  Ontamo: I just want to say, I wouldn't have accepted instantly. But I am glad that you apologized.
  Valandil: No, he didn't!
• Isildur finally agrees to let them have a hit, "gut, jaw, your choice." He clearly hopes this is enough...only for the pair to start stalking toward him and realizes they're taking the offer seriously.
  Valandil: Three.
  Isildur: Uh, two. Actually...
  (Valandil punches him in the jaw and gut)
  Isildur: (grunting in pain) That felt like three.
• When Valandil calls Isildur "my best friend," Ontamo gives an insulted "what?" and Valandil just holds up a hand with "not now." Ontamo then assures Isildur he'll take care of his horse as Isildur realizes his horse is considered more trustworthy for this journey than him.
• Isildur finds that while some last-minute heroics have earned him a place on the expedition, it still hasn't entirely gotten him out of the doghouse with his father...
  Elendil: Soldier. Report to the horse master.
  Isildur: Thought I was in cavalry.
  Elendil: You are. (hands over a shovel) Stable sweep.
• It's a bit of Black Comedy, but Waldreg going from gleefully swearing allegiance to Sauron to "I'll swear allegiance to whoever you are" when Adar reacts badly to Sauron's name is pretty amusing.

Episode 6 - Udûn

• When the villagers push a flaming cart to block the Orcs' path, one Orc mocks them for missing them. He immediately gets hit by another one.

Episode 7 - The Eye

• The eruption of the faraway volcano spewed fire-rocks that turned the Grove trees to ash, so the Hobbits asked the Stranger to see if could do something to help. The Stranger starts touching the trees and whispering unknown words.
  Malva: What is he muttering?
  Sadoc: Likely little words, so the tree will understand.
  Malva: Sadoc, trees don’t talk.
  Sadoc: Some do!
• Disa is angry to learn that Durin’s father refused to mine for Mithril, thus condemning the elves to potential death, but even as she insults him she understands he is their king.
  Disa: All right, fine! I shouldn’t have said he had lice in his beard. ...or called him a fool. No, no, I detest it when you heap slag on my mother -
  Durin: Well, in your mother’s case, she actually does have lice in her… [Realizes that Disa's giving him a glare] I’m joking, I’m joking.
• Sadoc is sending the Stranger to the big folk settlement Greenwood the Great, where he may have a better chance at finding the location of his Star constellation.
  Sadoc: All I can tell you is, Harfoot-folk haven’t seen them since the days our ancestors lived in parts unknown over a thousand years ago. And that’s a long time to wander, even for a fellow with big legs.
• Galadriel finally speaks of her husband Celeborn, missing and presumed dead in the war. She describes how they first met and their last meeting.
  Galadriel: We met in a glade of flowers. I was dancing and he saw me there.
  Theo: You? Were dancing?
  Galadriel: The war seemed so far away then. When he went to it I chided him, his armor didn’t fit properly, I called him a silver clam. I never saw him again after that.
• The moment Sadoc gets voluntold to help Nori and all the other Hobbits volunteering to find the Stranger.
  Malva: Brandyfoot girl was right to help him, was right all along, and if you think Malva Meadowgrass is too proud to admit it, well, what’s the good of living, Sadoc, if we aren’t living good?
  Sadoc: You know, Malva, just once, once, it would be grand if you weren’t right all the time […] Doesn’t matter anyway, we’re all going to die.
• And later:
  Nori: Think we’re going to find him?
  Sadoc: He’s a bloody giant, how could we miss him?

Episode 8 - Alloyed

• After the tension-building scene with the Mystics and the Stranger potentially losing control of his powers, the hobbits appear and Sadoc complains “In the grand tradition of bad ideas, this might be the worst yet.” The others ask him if he had any better ideas, quickly silencing him.
• When exchanging farewells, Nori’s family tells her to go before she loses her nerve, then freely admit they are just likely to lose theirs.
• Malva looks at a map and announces the Harfoots will have days of easy downhill trails. Then Poppy points out that she's looking at it upside-down.
• A small one; When the three elf rings of power are complete, Galadriel looks excited by the sight of some pretty jewellery. Even millennia-old elf maidens have their girly moments.