The constant Running Gag of every possible problem being bears. Emma gets the gun in the storeroom for bears, Dylan tries to justify taking the gun the first time in the office for bears, Ryan says the cameras in the forest are for bears, Jacob stammers that Emma must've been attacked by a bear right after she says it definitely wasn't that. The most ridiculous one comes around when Dylan and Ryan are in the office the second time and the power goes out.
Ryan: Maybe it was the... bears? Dylan:Bear.Why does everyone blame everything on bears? Okay, so for the sake of argument, what if that 'bear' that cut our phone line and just cut out all the power- what if that bear is waiting for us out in the hallway? Ryan: Fair point.
In the prologue, Laura tells Max that they're lost by referring to their current state subtly as the "L-word." Max responds with "Lesbians?" as if there was legitimately a real chance that that's what Laura meant to say.
Doubly funny in some playthroughs done on YouTube or Twitch if the person playing answers with "Lesbians?" just before Max does, as him answering that way is unexpected the first time through.
One of the first things that happens after the player takes control of Jacob for the first time? Jake heads over to ask for Dylan and Nick's help moving the gang's bags into the van, only for Dylan to tell him that they're too busy fixing the broken door.
When climbing in the lodge window as Jacob, he will punctuate it by saying "Skill!" Choosing to climb back out the window will have him add "Double skill!"
During the scene where Jacob and Emma break into the store for supplies for their campfire party, while Jake is lockpicking the door, Emma can interrupt by kicking the door in.
She can do this to another door inside, although this one is more secure and Emma just ends up hurting her foot while doing this.
Emma: Ow! Mother... Hubbard!
Similarly, Max trying to kick open his cage can elicit this response.
Max: Ow! Son of a... binky bonky!
Emma can find a Monster Clown mask in the camp store and attempt to scare Jacob with it. After buildup that involves her getting a recording set up and coaxing him over to tense music... her Jump Scare receives no response whatsoever, and when she asks Jacob if he isn't scared of clowns, he earnestly replies that "No... They're funny!" Already entertaining, but Emma then opts to take things a step further by trying to seduce him in the mask instead, and she starts to succeed before she decides she's done with the bit.
Emma: Moment's gone. Jacob:(Sighs) ...But not forgotten.
Alternatively, if Jacob found a spider in an empty chip bag back in his first segment to establish his arachnophobia, Emma can prank him by throwing a large fake spider at him. Go this route and you easily might find yourself thinking that it being a wee bit mean-spirited is a small price to pay for how well Zach Tinker absolutely sells his resultant reaction.
When Nick and Abi start their walk to collect firewood, the player (as Nick) can choose to have them take one of two routes. In a game wherein first-time players can't be sure which choices will put characters in danger, if they choose to have them walk through the Shady Glade, only a few moments will pass before a Jump Scare wherein Nick screams accompanied by a musical sting... only for the game to immediately reveal that he merely slipped and fell down a short slope in front of Abi, and is totally fine.
After surviving his encounter with the boar, Nick can quip that it'll make a good story for the boar's husband. Abi asks him how he knows it was the mother, and Nick responds that he got a pretty good look. Abi's reaction is priceless.
Jacob waxes nostalgic about a packet of Butterpops he's found, sidestepping questions about its expiration date.
Jacob:Pop-pop Peanut Butter Butterpops! Pop-pop pop 'em in your mouth!
While it's not surprising to see a goofy, outgoing character like Jacob sing a jingle and do a silly dance out of excitement for an old favorite snack (even if it's still funny), he later shows the bag of Butterpops to the soft-spoken and unobtrusive Nick, who bursts into the same song and dance in sync with him.
During Truth or Dare, the player (as Ryan) can choose to give Jacob a turn. If they do, he picks dare, and Ryan dares him to jump over the fire pit naked. Jacob is incredibly stoked to receive the dare and promptly starts stripping, and while he's ultimately talked down by Kaitlyn emphasizing what a bad idea it is, Emma… is of a different mind to her.
During their swimming scene, Jacob can get out of the water and flirt by striking a suggestive pose for Emma, telling her to take a picture of him and quipping that she can use it in a post for her social media followers - "Top 10 Guys Who Will Keep You Satisfied At Summer Camp." Emma, as usual, doesn't let the opportunity to roast him pass her by.
Emma: Oh, so I get nine more?
Perhaps only funny after having experienced the scenes in question at least a couple times, but many players have claimed that Jacob is the one counselor who tends to get most of the more "self-induced" deaths, at least in the early game (a notable exception to this is Emma, who, in Chapter 4 on the island, can make a quip about checking the trapdoor in the treehouse and dying horribly as a result, only for that exact chain of events to happen should the player actually make that choice in that moment before checking the bag nearby so that they have the taser and bear spray). As for Jacob's relatively "self-induced" deaths, if you choose to remove the rotor arm rather than cut the fuel line in Chapter 1, Jacob will lose the arm in the lake in Chapter 3 and can potentially drown when diving to retrieve it after he gets trapped in some barbed wire underwater. What's funny and perhaps "self-inducing" about the situation (at least on the 2nd+ time through) is that the choices that Jacob can make to get out are literally labeled "pull" and "detangle." Perhaps YMMV; but most people would think that unless you didn't turn your brain on for this particular segment OR unless you're deliberately trying to get Jacob killed at this exact point for whatever reason, the obviously "correct" choice when it comes to keeping Jacob alive is detangling him. Regardless, you can elect to drown him at that moment.
If the player chooses to have Jacob throw a fistful of dirt at Bobby instead of letting him pour blood on him, Jacob will yell, "DISTRACTION!" as he does so before he runs off. At least one LPer has noted the moment's similarity to "POCKET SAND!"
The night really not going well for Jacob persists through his return to the bonfire wearing nothing but his skivvies, provided the player doesn't have Ryan shoot at him before he can identify himself. He'll do a really bad job at explaining why he's in the position that he's in, remember that he left Emma alone, try to take Kaitlyn's gun to go back for her, (potentially) smack himself in the face with it in slapstick fashion during a brief scuffle with Ryan, and find himself openly berated by Kaitlyn, which elicits a spacey-sounding yet open chuckle from Ryan that gets him scolded as well.
If both Emma and Jacob are still alive after the former's encounter with transformed Max on the island and the latter's opportunity to accidentally sneak up on Ryan, Kaitlyn, and Dylan at the bonfire, Jacob's next playable sequence will involve him wandering through the woods in search of Emma and then reuniting with her - with a two-turns-each Reactive Continuous Scream.
Emma and Jacob's conversation after meeting back up at the boathouse shortly after Emma escapes Max on the island is a minor one. Jacob hears that Emma was attacked and immediately enters "protective boyfriend mode."
Jacob: What?! Who?! When?! Emma: ...Why?
Basically every scene involving Dylan. The guy is just dripping with snark.
These three scenes in particular stand out due to them providing some much-needed levity during high tension moments.
His entire radio call for help is incredibly awkward and rambling, referencing a "swarm of bears." It could not be more obvious that improvisation is not Dylan's strong suit. Even funnier when you know that Miles Robbins actually did improvise the speech.
In the Spanish dub the joke is changed from "manada" (herd) to "mamada" (blowjob), with Dylan commenting that he "doesn't want to receive a blowjob from a bear."
If Emma did not get infected on the island, Dylan will open the minivan door and get sprayed in the face by her. Dylan will start screaming about getting maced, before Kaitlyn hilariously reveals it was actually air freshener. Of course, if Emma was infected on the island, a werewolf will pop out that can gruesomely murder Dylan instead...
While in the scrapyard with Kaitlyn, Dylan is startled by a light going out, causing him to emit an extremely weird and forced-sounding yell before matter-of-factly apologizing for getting scared. Kaitlyn calls him out on THIS being what scared him, while they're being actively pursued by werewolves.
After Chris leaves the group at the camp early in the game, Dylan and Ryan will go to his office to charge their phones. Examining the phones will prompt Ryan to ask if there's anything Dylan can do to speed things up.
Ryan and Dylan revisit the office after Nick and Abi are attacked to call 911. The phone dies as soon as they start the call, prompting Dylan to lean in and start repeatedly tapping the switch hook, stating that it's what people do when the line goes dead in movies. When Ryan counters that they're not in a movie, Dylan's response is an awkward yet abundantly dry:
Dylan: Yeah, well… How do you know that?
Dylan coming out of Mr. Hackett's office with the shotgun, waving it around like he's trying to clear the room. A clearly exasperated Ryan can be heard muttering "oh, my God."
In Chapter 6, if Dylan's hand got cut off in Chapter 5, Kaitlyn will give him painkillers to soothe the pain. Dylan just takes it in stride:
Kaitlyn:[Handing Dylan a small but assumedly full bottle of painkillers.] This is all I have left from the nurse's station. Dylan: Ooh, fun!! [Swallows the entire contents of the bottle in one gulp without even a drop of water.]
When the rest of the group meets Laura, she tells them why she and Max never showed up when camp started, and his theory about what attacked them that night.
Max: I'm just saying. You know, maybe there's a slight chance… it was a werewolf. Laura:[Beat] Are you out of your— (Smash Cut to Ryan) Ryan: —goddamned mind?! Werewolves? Seriously- what the fuck? (Notices Laura laughing.) What? What- What’s so funny? Laura: I said literally the exact same thing.
Max's relentless snark about Laura's "prison break" plan, which she makes despite having no knowledge of how prison works.
Laura: Knock him out? Max: Knock- Laura, you know that's kind of a movie thing only, right? I mean, you bang someone on the head you're more likely to kill them or leave them with permanent brain damage... not just "knock 'em out."
"Can we have codenames? If we're doing codenames, I have dibs on 'Golden Thunder.'"
While in jail, Laura and Max can try to win Travis over to their side.
Max: Aw come on, T-Money, lighten up, man- there's no reason we can't be buds, right? Travis: I can think of seven. Laura:[If "Skeptical" is picked] Really? Seven? Travis:[Ticking off his fingers] Failure to comply, trespassing, dangerous driving, breaking and entering, resisting arrest, endangering local wildlife... [Beat] And you keep calling me names!
When Chris arrives at the police station to confront Travis about Laura and Max's disappearance, he finds out that Travis is the one who shot him the night he bit Max. His response is absolutely hilarious coming from the mouth of a forty-eight year-old man:
Chris:You shot me? I'm telling Mom!
Ryan's epic comeback against Bobby after successfully evading him.
Bobby: YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM ME IN MY OWN HOUSE, FUCKER! Ryan:You'rea fucker.
Bobby can have a Major Injury Underreaction if the player chooses to have Ryan stab him in the chest to retaliate to being cornered.
Bobby: Ow! You stabbed me! Ryan: Yeah! It fuckin' hurts, don't it?! Bobby:(Awkwardly standing in place.) I ain't never been stabbed before! Ow... It really hurts...(Finally wanders off.)DAAAAAAAAD!
At the scrapyard, after seeing that the car they need for parts is hanging from the magnetic crane, Kaitlyn asks Dylan if he can work the crane.
Dylan: I actually used to be pretty damn good at the claw game at my local arcade. The kids used to call me "The Grabber." Kaitlyn:(Disgusted silence.) ...Nah, nope, uh-uh. Dylan: Yeah, I hear that now...
In Chapter 9, if you (as Laura) fail to keep the gun away from Constance, you will be given two options: Run, or Distract. Should you pick Distract, Laura will proceed to make a bizarre, high-pitched whining noise. This goes on for several seconds with all of the (non-infected) Hacketts, plus Ryan, staring at her in confusion.
Constance: What the fuck is she doing? Hey, little bitch, you're singin' off-key.
And then, once Ryan is stabbed by Bobby and escapes, you can choose to spit at Constance. If you don't, Laura will CONTINUE making that high-pitched whine until Constance shoots her in the head.
If Ryan kills Chris, a freshly-cured Max will find that he's suffered the usual werewolf Clothing Damage and head into the treehouse to put something on. There's a good chance Emma will have taken his clothes earlier, leaving Max to mutter that he can't find them as he looks through his and Laura's supplies before letting out a defeated "You've gotta be kidding me." Cut to Max, who has up to now only been seen in rather dressed-down and loose outfits, climbing down from the treehouse in Laura's clothes, which are so clearly too small for him that the top bares a good amount of his midriff. Doubles as Fanservice; once the initial comedically-timed surprise wears off, you'll find a good number of LPers noting that they like the look on him.
If both Kaitlyn and Dylan are alive for the standoff with werewolf Caleb at the lodge, before Caleb's arrival, Kaitlyn will try to up the morale by softly singing the Hacketteer theme song to herself. Dylan will join in... by stiffly sway-dancing and mumbling along with the last couple words of each line, earning a look from Kaitlyn once she's done.
Kaitlyn: ...Two months and you never learned the words?
There's a character named Jacob that can gain the ability to turn into a (were)wolf, is unable to gain the affection of the girl he's in love with, and spends most of his screen time running shirtless through the woods. The only thing missing here would be if Emma was actually in love with a guy named Edward who sparkled in direct sunlight, and even then, he gets set off when she kisses another more introverted (to-be) monster man…
In the interrogation scene in chapter 7, a funny scene will happen if you answer Travis's questions. It's easy to miss at first because his demeanor doesn't change if you do or just tell him to eat shit, but if you continue to be compliant, he clearly doesn't expect it, awkwardly dropping his "bad cop" routine like Cole Phelps does when backing out of the "doubt" line of questioning.
After Ryan kills Chris, if Travis hasn't been antagonized to the point of murdering Laura, he drops the mirror shard and he and Laura have this amusing exchange.
Laura:[awkwardly] Thanks... for uh... not killing me. Travis:[equally awkwardly] Yeah... Likewise.
