- The rabbit creation myth explains that rabbits have such strong back legs because the first rabbit was busy digging a hole and told Frith — the rabbit equivalent of God — to bless his backside.
- The almost farcical trial of El-ahrairah in Bluebell's story, especially El-ahrairah's subtle Deadpan Snarker responses to Hufsa's increasingly ludicrous-sounding recounts of the carrot theft.
- "Rowsby Woof and the Fairy Wogdog":
- The story is filled with funny moments, most of them potshots at dogs (whom the rabbits understandably don't like), such as Rowsby's pride in his own abasement to "Queen Dripslobber" (accompanied by "her noble attendants, the fairies Postwiddlenote "widdle" means "pee" and Sniffbottom.").
- During the story, Rowsby Woof can smell "dead camel" on the Fairy Wogdog. Bigwig interrupts the story to ask what the heck a camel is. Dandelion admits that he doesn't know, but the word was in the story when he heard it, so it must be some animal or another.
- The Running Gag of Bluebell starting some ridiculous poem only to have Hazel finish it with a biting final rhyme.
Bluebell: How comforting to be a slug! Among the dandelions so snug...
Hazel: And feel the blackbird's sudden tug.
- Leading up to that he's complaining about how much his feet hurt, and announces cheerfully that since slugs don't have legs, he has decided to be one.
- Speedwell's Story from Tales of Watership Down is pretty much one long Funny Moment with its complete surreal nonsense, though the highlight has to be the other rabbits' reactions. The entire thing is essentially one long troll to see who breaks first.
- "Silflay hraka, u embleer rah!" Ouch, Woundwort. Ouch. What makes it even better is that the novel has been building this up from the start by regularly using these Lapine words so you'll know exactly what they mean once Bigwig gives this line to Woundwort.
- Bigwig's take on the prospect of mating:
"Lots of little Bigwigs, Hazel! Think of that and tremble!"
- Something similar happens when Hawkbit is excited about having a mate, saying, "Imagine it! Little Hawkbits running all over the place!" Followed by "...what a ghastly thought!"
- Woundwort is stumped when Bigwig asks what's so strange about someone wanting to join his warren, because even he knows no rabbit in his right mind would do so willingly, "but he could hardly say so."
- The whole business about how the Efrafan siege ended. Vervain, one of the most Jerkass rabbits in all of Efrafa, a bully and tyrant almost as bad as Woundwort himself, running away like a little kitten, absolutely terrified of the smallest/physically weakest rabbit in the entire story. And then, the rest of the Efrafans who were caught inside the Watership Warren surrender themselves to the same runt rabbit. Big, bad Efrafans, surrendering to the weakest rabbit around. Dramatic Irony, anyone?
- Bluebell's report on the temporary winter burrows:
Hazel: Are the holes hidden?
Bluebell: Just like Efrafa, I should think! In fact I brought one here to show you. You can't see it, can you? Well, there you go!
- Later, when Kehaar promises to come back to visit, Bigwig grins and tells him to come swooping out of the sky like he did to frighten the Efrafans.
Kehaar: Ja, ja, frighten mudders und leetle rabbits, all leetle Pigvigs run avay.
- A few rabbits have occasional Deadpan Snarker moments, but Silver is king of them.
(Stooping kestrel hits the den like a missile, Death Glares at everyone inside, and abruptly vanishes.) - During the epilogue, there's a very cute scene where Bigwig is trying to instruct some baby rabbits in how to deal with a cat, but they're too in awe of him to really pay much attention to what he's saying, and just want to hear war stories of his adventures.
- In Tales, one rabbit utters "Frith on a hrududu!" as an expletive. This would be roughly equal to a human saying something along the lines of, "Jesus Christ on a tractor!"
- Since El-ahrairah is the 'Jesus' to Frith's 'God', and since the rabbits view the hrududu as large, strange animals, "God on a dragon!" might be more appropriate.
The Film
Just because this film is
Darker and Edgier compared to the novel, doesn't mean there isn't any funny moment here and there.
- The film version doesn't have a lot of humor but Kehaar's "You shtupit bunnies!" rant is a very notable exception.
- Really, Kehaar in general. He provides like 95% of the movie's humor.
- When the rabbits discover Kehaar, the seagull with an injured wing.
Hazel: We help you.
- Bigwig showing hrududil (cars) aren't dangerous by sitting on the centre line as one "ignores" him - then getting scared out of his wits when he forgot they travel in both directions!
- There's something about Fiver going into a trance during the battle and having his "There's a dog in the woods" Madness Mantra that just freaks the Elfrafans out.
