Funny / Thunderbolt Fantasy

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WARNING: Unmarked spoilers ahead, please self-advise. Various tropes here contain major plot spoilers!

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Season 1

Episode 2: Attack of the Xuan Gui Zong!

• Shang Bu Huan enters a village, unaware that a bounty has been put on his head and the villagers don't want any trouble from the Xuan Gui Zong. The villagers then proceed to lose their shit, running off while flailing instead of the regular intricate gesturing the puppeteers usually do. One of the villagers even has their hat fly off after a startled jump!
• After finding wanted posters of himself, Shang Bu Huan later comments that they should have drawn him more handsomely.
• Juan Can Yun's introduction scene, starts off with him throwing his spear onto his ground, reciting his own soliloquy instead of the narrator, and his Leitmotif pumping up the action...only for it to quickly pause as everyone else is watching him dumbfoundedly, and delaying Shang Bu Huan and Lie Mei's fight by bickering with the former.
• Shou Yun Xiao is faced with 3 enemies, one of which is Lie Mei. He pushes all three into the path of arrows he'd fired into the air, but Lie Mei avoids her's only because she was pushed a bit too far, causing Shou to realise he'd overestimated her, meaning she avoided death by being too weak.
  Shou Yun Xiao: For you to fall over from that blow... I suppose I overestimated you. I imagined you would've steadied your footing with one less step.

Episode 3: The Woman in Night Devil Forest

• Juan Can Yun and Shang Bu Huan's conversation at a hotel after the he catches the former peeping on his conversation with Dan Fei. Mostly thanks to Juan's really expressive lines body language. Special mention goes to when Shang pushes Juan off of him and making Juan fling backwards like a ragdoll.

Episode 7: Demon Spine Mountains

• Juan Can Yun accidentally offending Dan Fei by telling her how it's best for her is to pass down her swordsmanship to her son and realizing it was too late that he screwed up.
• An exchange between Xing Hai and Juan Can Yun:

Xing Hai: Having an off day is only human.

Juan Can Yun: Hey, wait a second. You're not human though!

Episode 8: The Enigmatic Gale

• Juan Can Yun appears out of nowhere jumping on Shang Bu Huan's prison cage and yelling at him for picking on Dan Fei and making her cry. Shang wasn't expecting to see him.

Episode 12: A Blade That Doesn't Cut

• Juan finally gets tired of Shang's blase attitude to everything and calls him out, naming him the Edgeless Blade, due to Sha Wu Sheng's appraisal of Shang's skills. Shang decides that it's actually pretty fitting.
  • Diao Ming demands Shang's name after seeing him Curb Stomp the Xuan Gui Zong minions with a stick:
    Shang: They call me the Edgeless Blade... Apparently. Though, we just came up with that.

Episode 13: A New Duty

• Lin Xue Ya's original plan to deal with the demon that was released by stealing the sword that was used to seal him in the shrine? Find another shrine with a sealing sword like that, and steal their sword.
  • He also notes that it would be rather unfortunate if there ended up being a demon god under that shrine too, which provokes a simultaneous Dude, Not Funny! from Juan and Actually Pretty Funny from Shang.
• Dan Fei and Juan Can Yun sparring at the end. Juan is tired and wishes to take a break, only for Dan Fei to start hitting him with her stick asking him if he will continue whining in front of their son.
• Lin Xue Ya offers Shang Bu Huan a new umbrella as his apology for the whole mess and Shang pokes it cautiously to check for shenanigans. Who can blame him?

Season 2

Episode 1: Xiān Zhèn Fortress

• A running gag where every time Ling Ya embarrasses Lang Wu Yao and insult Shang Bu Huan, Lang Wu Yao pulls Ling Ya's strings hard in a comedic fashion.

Episode 5: Hellfire Valley

• When Lang Wu Yao and Lin Xue Ya arrive at Hellfire Valley, Lin thought the baby dragon was the the same dragon that Shang Bu Huan defeated until the real one burst out of the ground.
  Lin Xue Ya: Pushes back the small dragon After those rumours, I was expecting something more-
  The big dragon bursts out of the ground, killing the other one
  Lin Xue Ya: Ah, well... something more along those lines actually.

Episode 6: A Poisoner's Pride

• When Xiao Kuang Juan attempts to intimidate Shang Bu Huan by saying he has no way of running away since he is wanted in both countries, Shang Bu Huan doesn't care about it. Leaving Xiao Kuang Juan a bit surprised that he wasn't scared about it at all.

Episode 8: The Song That Dooms Evil

• A black comedy moment. Xiao Kuang Juan thought he managed to injure Xie Yingluo, but from Shang Bu Huan and Lang Wu Yao's perspective he was actually beating up a log until he exhausts himself thanks to Lin Xue Ya's illusions.

Episode 10: Demonic Swords/Holy Swords

• Shang Bu Huan meets up Lin Xue Ya at the bridge only to find Lin wearing Xiao Kuang Juan's glasses. Shang Bu Huan clearly wasn't expect Lin Xue Ya to wear Xiao Kuang Juan's glasses. Lin states he stole Xiao Kuang Juan's glasses when he wasn't looking and replaced them with a fake.

Episode 13: A Bizarre, bloodstained Ballad

• Shang Bu Huan's reaction that he's gained three more divine weapons is basically "oh godammit". Follow by Juan Can Yun laughing at him about Shang Bu Huan gaining three swords after he lost two swords until his wife hits him and tells him to stop talking.
• Lin asks Shang Bu Huan if he can have the Night of Mourning since he thinks it would be too much to carry 37 divine weapons, but Shang strongly refuses.

Season 3

Episode 2: Sorcerous Sojourn

• There's a running gag where Juan Can Yun always lands on his butt or back after being the last one to use the mirrors.

Episode 5: Legend of the Demon Princess

• When Shang Bu Huan opens the bag that Lin Xue Ya gave him, he finds a Nendoroid Lin Xue Ya (Good Smile Company product). He thinks the doll of Lin Xue Ya is a cursed-looking thing.

Episode 12: The Patriot, Once Again

• Dan Fei manages to recognize the brainwashed Juan Can Yun, who was disguised as Lin Xue Ya the entire time, by his clumsy sword stance. Instead of Dan Fei fighting him to the death, she simply criticizes him by hitting him with her sword, stating how bad his sword skill is before she restores his sanity and cancels the mind control from the Seven Blasphemous Deaths.
• Zhao Jun Lin, one of the most powerful demons who ever lived, is annoyed by Lou Zhen Jie's desire for her to just stay in the sword. In fact, his attitude towards her actually annoys her so much that she knocks him out and leaves him in the past.

Episode 13: Zhao Jun Lin

• As Xing Hai destroys the magic seal wooden box which Shang Bu Huan is trapped inside and appears to kill him, she finds a Nendoroid Shang Bu Huan (another Good Smile Company product) that replaces the original. The real Shang Bu Huan was actually saved by Lin Xue Ya off-screen by using a scrying mirror to help him escape from his prison. This also explains how Lin Xue Ya was able to communicate with Shang Bu Huan.
• There's something amusing about the fact Zhao Jun Lin is ultimately beaten by literally firing a Yandere at her.

Manga

Never say pervert remark in front of your love interest.

In the manga adaption, they are several scenes that wasn't shown in the main show.

Chapter 8:

• In the manga, where everyone eating at the inn, Shang Bu Huan complains and asks why was Gui Niao the only one not eating. After Gui Niao explain his reasons, Juan Can Yun misunderstands and thinks Gui Niao wants to eat the Xuan Gui Zong.
• The reaction that Shang makes when the guys get in and join him in the hot spring. He was not happy.
• Juan Can Yun in the hot spring in general, as he's in the water, blowing bubbles as everyone else is engaged in a serious conversation.

Chapter 11:

• During their travel to the Limitless Temple by carriage, Dan Fei becomes impressed by how a carriage moves since this is her first time riding one. Although Shou Yun Xiao doesn't believe her, Juan Can Yun cheerfully tells Dan Fei not to go flying overboard.

Chapter 17:

• This chapter plays it slightly differently in terms of what Juan Can Yun said to Dan Fei. She was extremely flustered over what Juan Can Yun said about her son should have a sturdy body instead of studying and she comically hit him with her sheath in the stomach before she leaves. Where Juan Can Yun was on ground, he was thankfully she use her sheath on him, but he's also scare of her sometimes in his inner monologue.

Chapter 18:

• Lin "accidentally" knocks Shang Bu Huan out of the barrier.
• Lin cheery calm expression of suggesting Shang Bu Huan to be a decoy in order for the Stone Statue to move. Shang Bu Haun didn't like that idea unless they should ask him first.

Chapter 19:

• Despite being in a serious conversation, the expression Lin Xue Ya makes it a cute and silly when he tried to be reasonable or calmly explaining to Dan Fei a while the others excluding Juan Can Yun looked a bit comically annoyed or unimpressed.

Chapter 24:

• Shang Bu Huan's reaction of his face turning into Lin Xue Ya at the end of the chapter. It was so funny compared to the episode based off from.

Chapter 34:

• In the final chapter, Juan Can Yun often make Dan Fei's blushed and she comically hit him for it. Especially, he said he wish to master his training at ease in front of her's brother grave.

Film

Thunderbolt Fantasy; The Sword of Life and Death

• At the end of the film, Lin Xue Ya has an unexpected moment after the real Shang Bu Huan finds out he was the one who's been spreading stories about him.

Meta

• The official Facebook page loves to use shitposts and parodies to promote the show. Notable examples include a poster parodying The Lord of the Rings and a dating sim parody.
• The main cast of Thunderbolt Fantasy encounter Kyuubey of all people.