In the very first episode, Rudyard and Antigone have been waiting on one very old man to finally die. When he does towards the end of the episode, Rudyard doesn't even bother trying to contain his glee. Madeline then explains to the audience that the man happened to be Rudyard's old P.E. teacher, so his joy is almost justified.
Georgie gets Rudyard a coffee.
Georgie: Sugar? Rudyard: No, this isn't a brothel.
Antigone's "survival suit," required for her to go out in daylight, which makes her look like an astronaut.
Becomes a Brick Joke when Eric comes up, and is rather startled to see "an astronaut hiding in the bushes."
The kicker? Eric had a similar survival suit as a kid, and is able to clear up Antigone's allergies immediately... by giving her an antihistamine. Yes, in thirty-five years, no one thought to just give her a Claratin.
In episode one, Rudyard sends Georgie out to buy a kettle for Funn Funerals. The next episode, he mentions that they had to pay for it in installments.
Then, in another episode, he offers a wealthy client a free kettle if they hire them. "It's very nearly ours!"
The Running Gag where most of Pifling Vale hasn't seen Antigone in so long, they all assumed she'd died.
Rudyard attempts to take an ad out in the local newspaper that says, "Funn Funerals: Why Bother With Anybody Else?" It ends up reading, "Funn Funerals: Why Bother?"
Georgie: Catchy.
Georgie and Antigone multitask in the mortuary, Antigone showing Georgie how to embalm a body while Georgie gives Antigone advice on flirting.
Georgie: And ask them questions about themselves. That's really important, probably. Antigone: Pass me that scalpel? Georgie: Well, I guess there are some guys who would— Antigone:No, I mean, pass me that scalpel.
At one point, Rudyard tries to do embalming in Antigone's place, and manages to flood the whole mortuary. The result is the twins wading through waist-deep embalming fluid, trying to grab the corpses.
Rudyard doesn't change his trousers after being soaked in the fluid, resulting in them melting and dripping off behind him, leaving him in a pair of ratty shorts. Which he then tries to pass them off as the local businesswear.
When attempting to vouch for Rudyard, Georgie reveals in court that she last saw Eric in a dark alley, when she told him to close his eyes, so she'd give him a big surprise.
Courtroom:[scandalized and delighted] Oooooooooooooh! Georgie:[disgusted] Oh, grow up!
And what was the "surprise," bearing in mind that Eric had just been declaring his love for her?
Georgie: He closed his eyes... and I buggered off.
Everything relating to Antigone's "raunchy book" in "Georgina and the Waves."
Season Two
Antigone and Rudyard spy on one of Eric's funeral services from a tree. This goes about as well as we've come to expect from them.
Rudyard: Quick! Hide your face in the bird's nest!
Antigone's exhaustion after being forced to drag a coffin uphill.
Antigone: PLEASE, LET ME DIE!
Reverend Wavering spots the Funns carrying a coffin, and comments that he hopes they don't wander into the swamp.
Reverend Wavering: But as long as they're careful, they should be— [In the distance, we hear Rudyard and Antigone scream, followed by a splash.] Reverend Wavering: ...I was just Tempting Fate there, wasn't I?
Antigone once again startles Eric by slinking out of the shadows.
Eric: I didn't know they had any shadows here. Antigone: They follow me everywhere. Eric: Of course they do.
Due to having to make do without Antigone for a day, Rudyard and Georgie manage to take the head off of a corpse. Rudyard and Georgie's reactions (shrieking and uproarious laughter) are equally hilarious, as is Georgie's solution of just leaving the head in the sink until they can reattach it.
Eric's started selling action figures of himself, and Georgie happens to own one.
Rudyard: What are you doing with that? Georgie: Sticking pins in it. Rudyard:[whispering] I want one.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, it turns out the Funns have been arguing literally since the womb:
Rudyard: It was always, "Oh, Rudyard, I don't like my umbilical cord, give me yours!" and "Oh, Rudyard, stop being born, I'll be lonely!" [Beat.] Antigone: I said those things to you in confidence.
Pretty much every second of drunk Eric in "Flip Flap Flop." Even funnier is Rudyard's delighted reaction to hungover Eric the next day.
With a title like "There Ought to be Clowns," of course there are some hilarious moments.
Antigone's nervousness at the possibility of speaking to her childhood hero, the clown Bijou, is as funny as it is sweet. The rapid delivery of her more bizarre lines makes it a "blink and you'll miss it" kind of joke.
Antigone: What if I panic and eat her? Eric: You... what?
Antigone is forced to take forty clown corpses home, and is stuffing them everywhere she can. This includes the cupboards and the fridge.
Rudyard's utter horror when he finds out Antigone agreed to do a funeral for forty clowns... tomorrow... for free. Even Antigone is apologetic about that last one.
A very drunk Antigone and Rudyard sneaking into Chapman's funeral home to steal supplies, and becoming convinced they've stumbled across an evil laboratory when they find freezers full of corpses. Eric exasperatedly explains they've come across his mortuary, and the corpses are for upcoming funerals.
Eric: Wait, where do you keep them? Antigone: Oh, you know... around. Eric: That's so unhygienic!
Dr. Edgware and all of his aggressive Deadpan Snarker comments, pointing out how tired he is from running two hospitals and how the Funns in particular have put him at the end of his rope with their antics, culminating in when they try to escape his hospital and his tired voice switches to an animalistic growl.
Edgware: Didn't have any aspirin so I brought you some Lego—where are you going?
Then when Georgie prepares to knock him out, Edgware himself points out that all they have to do to knock him out is put him to bed. He's practically ecstatic when they agree.
Season Three
"The Loneliness of the Short-Tempered Rudyard":
The Cold Open of the season features Rudyard being chased by an angry mob... again. Georgie has to help him hide in a nearby trashcan.
Upon arriving at the florist's shop and seeing a fight breaking out, Eric asks what happened.
Lady Templar: Rudyard— Eric: Ah, I understand.
Antigone taking Lady Templar on a tour of her mortuary. The poor woman is utterly freaking out the whole time, much to Antigone's confusion.
When Rudyard goes to his "business meeting" with Lady Templar, she notes that the waitress was scowling at him.
Rudyard: Ah! My sister got banned from here. These sorts of places can hold the most ludicrous grudges. Lady Templar: Why was she banned? Rudyard: Accessory to murder.
"Altar Ego" is one of the funniest episodes thus far.
The whole episode's plot is Reverend Wavering and Antigone collaborating on an erotic novel. That alone is hysterical.
When Reverend Wavering turns up to discuss his work with Antigone, she orders Rudyard to go take a bath. Later, when she reads it, she finds he never actually gets very raunchy.
Antigone: Where's the, um... the... you know... the um... um... [sotto voice] sex. Reverend Wavering: Oh, the sex! Rudyard:[bursting in from the other room] The WHAT? Antigone: Get back in the sink!
While Antigone and the Reverend are trying to slip copies of their book into Eric's book nook (because of course he has one), Eric comes back, so Antigone is tasked with distracting him. She does so by asking him about his own funeral. This being Antigone, things get intense very quickly.
Antigone: Death could come at any moment. That bookshelf could collapse and bury you in Brontës, and if you haven't got a plan, then we'd end up doing the funeral. Eric: Well, Rudyard deserves a win, doesn't he? Antigone: Doesn't that bother you? Eric: I'd be dead, why would it? [In the background, Reverend Wavering struggles to reach the bookshelf and knocks things over.] Eric: What's Nigel up to—? Antigone: And this place! Who'd run it when you're dead? Eric: Don't know. I don't really want to think about it. Antigone: But you must. Eric: But I can't do that. Antigone: Do you have any regrets? Eric: I— Antigone: Any wishes? Eric: I... Antigone: What will be the last thought you have when you finally die? Reverend Wavering: Done now! Antigone:[suddenly cheerful] Okay, nice to see you Chapman, byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye! Eric: But... I... I... Wait. What?
Madeleine's obvious jealousy of the fact that Antigone's written a semi-successful book.
The Reveal of where Reverend Wavering has been getting inspiration for the sex scenes (not consciously, mind you): Confession.
"Rudyard Takes a Hike" involves Rudyard and a bunch of children from the local scouts cremating the old scout leader in the woods, and it is hysterical.
Rudyard: Best foot forward, that's the first rule of scouting!
Douglas: Georgie said the first rule was "Stop shoving, Douglas."
Rudyard: Well, Georgie isn't here.
Douglas: Great. (shoves another child, who lets out a loud "OW!")
Rudyard: Stop shoving, Douglas.
When discussing Marlene Magdelena in "Antigone in the Spotlight," Rudyard remarks that she's mad, and she hates them. Antigone snarks back, "That describes half the village. We have to work with some of them."
Georgie's crush on Marlene reaches new heights.
Georgie: I want her to pick me up and put me in her hat.
Before the play starts:
Georgie: Break a leg, Eric. Eric: Oh, thank you, Georgie— Georgie: No. I mean, break a leg. Eric:(disgruntled) Oh. Thank you, Georgie...
"I'LL PARK THE CAR!"
Eric's conversation with Dr. Edgware at the beginning of "The Sunshine Treatment" has loads of black comedy for those who aren't too busy feeling sorry for how desperately overworked the latter is.
Edgware: To your good health, Eric. And I mean that. If everyone on this cursed island were as healthy as you, then one day I might get one of those... uh... you know, uh... they happen at the end of the week, uh... Eric: Weekend— Edgware: Lunch break, that's it.
From the same episode, there's Chapman's slow breakdown and eerily calm state as he finds out the hard way that people can't simply be cheered up when they're mourning the loss of a loved one. When Antigone goes out to scold him for inspiring Rudyard's "grief counseling" plans, she's immediately alarmed by his off behavior, and he goes through more conversations with other characters in a monotonous daze.
Antigone: You look exhausted. Eric: No! Just... happy. Antigone: You're... squiggling. Eric: Writhing. The correct word is writhing. [...] Eric: [Referring to his now broken Eric Chapman doll] Oh. The batteries. Little Mr. Sunshine Man is sleeping now. Antigone: Oh dear. [...] Eric: [To himself] Little Mr. Sunshine Man is dead.
Season Four
"The Body Snatchers":
Antigone bursting out of a coffin at someone else's funeral, having taken a nap in there and Georgie and Rudyard not realizing they've grabbed the wrong one. Especially the twins' argument after the fact.
Antigone: I WISH YOU'D BURIED ME! Rudyard: WELL, THEN, GET BACK DOWN THERE!
Reverend Wavering of all people telling Rudyard, "Okay, boomer."
Antigone calls Eric out for his inability to ask for help. Eric snarkily lampshades her hypocrisy with an epic Call-Back.
After Mr. Askey encourages the rest of the class to use Rudyard for target practice, he winds up with three loose teeth.
Rudyard: I never did find out whose they were.
Bonus Episodes
The "Smart Coffin" short, where Antigone is trapped in a demo version of the titular coffin that's an AI designed to cater to rich, "paranoid" clientele who are afraid of being accidentally buried alive. The coffin, which is called Eric and uses Eric's voice (because his voice tested as most soothing from focus groups) believes that Antigone is a man named Mr. Billings who has been buried alive, and cheerfully refuses to listen to any of her protests to the contrary as it offers her food, water, and other amenities while waiting for "help". Antigone being her usual self, she manages to escape by depressing the AI to death.
