Funny / World Trigger

General

• In general, all the duck faces and Super-Deformed depictions of characters, to the point of Memetic Mutation.
• The disturbingly adorable piles of dead Osamus that tend to show up when discussing his combat ability (or lack thereof).
• Character profiles at the end of each volumes are usually hilarious as Ashihara makes fun of every character, such as Yuma's duck faces, Osamu's lack of character without his glasses, Kodera's overlapping character with Osamu's, Arafune's love for jumping off buildings, Suwa's cube, Hyuse's inability to sleep facing up due to his horns, etc.

Introduction Arc

• We get a twofer here of Yuma's troll face.
• After Yuma tells Osamu he is a Neighbour, he remembers he's trying to keep a low profile, so he tells Osamu to simply forget it, just like that.
• Some thugs try to extort Yuma for cash. It doesn't go well for them.
• Yuma tries riding a bike, but he ends up riding it into the nearby river.
  • Later on, he eats some rice and thinks it might let him ride his bike better. He was very, VERY, wrong.

Black Trigger Capture Arc

• Filler it may be but the intruder in the Tamakoma branch turning out to be a pizza delivery guy was worth a few chuckles.
• Jin trolls Kirie and lies to her, telling her Osamu, Chika and Yuma are his siblings. And she falls for it hook, line, and sinker. Especially after Yuma makes a face just like Jin's.
  • In the manga, this is the only time she is tricked like this, but the anime turns it into a running gag, which Osamu usually being the one she gets mad despite not being the one to trick her.
• Some more Filler, but while spying on the Tamakoma branch, Kodera finds out some very mundane and very useless facts about the Tamakoma branch. Yoneya lampshades this and wonders what any of that has to do with trying to take Yuma's Black Trigger.
• In episode 13, in order to make Osamu a better warrior, Karasuma tells him to preform a variety of household chores based on a movie he rented yesterday. As it turns out scrubbing a bath and dusting boxes does not translate into combat experience.

Border Enlistment Arc

• Ai Kitora being happier than warranted upon confirming that it was Yuma and not Osamu who defeated the Neighbour that attacked their school.
• Kitora being very jealous that Osamu is Karasuma's pupil.
• Chapter 34: Everyone's shocked reactions when Chika blows a hole clean through the base walls with a Training Trigger by accident.

Large-Scale Invasion Arc

• Kasumi Mikumo, Osamu's mother, is so youthful looking, that even Karasawa mistook her to be Osamu's sister. Being told otherwise stuns him into silence.
• Osamu's mother calmly saying that the reporters chastising her son should be beaten with a stick. Karasawa simply glances at her with a very nervous expression.

B-Rank Wars Arc

• Sakurako Taketomi, one of the commentators for Tamakoma-2's first rank battle, reacts with sheer shock at Yuma's skill and Chika's power.
• When Hyuse is brought in to Tamakoma Branch's HQ, Karasuma claims that Jin said Hyuse was "smart and talented, and an elite fighter". Hyuse chuckles to himself in satisfaction before Karasuma reveals he lied. The normally stone-faced Hyuse looks completely devastated, along with Konami, who feels bad for him.
• Osamu's reaction to Yuiga, completely unaware of who he is.
• Tachikawa doing captain-like things by explaining the meaning of the team emblem to Yuiga.
  • The middle sword represents Izumi while the other two are he and his second sword; so poor Yuiga is so weak he doesn't even qualify as a sword.
  • When his team operator Yuu asks where she is, he says she is the moon. She says that is a good position.
• Ninomiya making snowmen to kill time during round 4. It doubles as heartwarming moment, because the number of the snowmen indicates that he still considers Hatohara, who backstabbed the whole team, to be part of his team.
• Enedorad watching Terminator-2 and getting hooked.
• When Osamu and his team learn they can join the expedition at B-Rank so long as they get to the second place, they focus on tactics to get more points while actually praying their opponents do not.
• Everything about Tatsuhito Ikoma. When his team was supposed to be talking about their battle strategies, he instead talked about the cafeteria menu, for starters.
  • The first thing Tamakoma-2 learns about him is his odd tendency to face the camera whenever he's fighting. All of the battle footage on him has him staring almost directly at the camera with each strike, which weirds the trio out.
    • This becomes even funnier (and weirder) when you realize there are no physical cameras inside the simulation.
  • At one point, he's shown participating in solo challenge matches against Hyuse. Despite the fact that he's not allowed to use Kogetsu: Senku in a solo match, he impulsively does so anyway during the last round, netting him a foul. His reaction is a flat "Crap." before he stoically apologizes.
  • When he realises Tamakoma-2 snuck away with the victory in their match, he asks if the final point counts for three, despite being an experienced agent.
• Kazuaki Oji, a Princely Young Man with a penchant for odd nicknames.
  • Instead of using the chibi heads like other teams, the maps for Oji Unit have unique icons that represent the characters. Osamu's is just a pair of glasses, and Chika's resembles Froppy. Oji's own icon has his head drawn in an exaggerated Bishonen style with a crown on his head.
• Hyuse's enlistment in Ch. 159. Not only is it a Call-Back to Yuma's enlistment, with Hyuse casually beating everyone up without batting an eye, but he achieves B-Rank in the same day. After the fanfare that accompanied the main characters' advancement to B-Rank, the utter swiftness and deadpan delivery of Hyuse's achievement makes it hilarious.
  Hyuse (after crushing the C-Rank Idiot Trio): I got over 4000 points now. This is okay, right?
  Tokieda: Yes. Congratulations.
  Hyuse advances to B-Rank.
• When discussing their strategy for the round 7 rank battle, Taichi's first suggestion is poisoning the other teams' operators. While Yuka says that would be wrong, she actually says that would make sense.
• Chapter 186: While commentating on Tamakoma-2's final rank match, Konami reveals that she was ejected from the strategy meeting because of her role as a commentator, yet Yotaro got to stay.
  Kurauchi: What a sad chapter in your life.

Fugitive Arc

• When Tamakoma Second and the Ergates Neighbors were in the haunted house, Xeno was surprised to learn that humans think getting scared is fun.
  • Additionally, while Xeno tries to deny being scared of being there, he gets startled when a fake skeletal arm falls over him after he sits down on an armchair.
• When Karasuma and Konami first meet the Ergates Neighbors, Lilith asks them if they're a couple. Karasuma, pretending not to understand her, asks what she said, causing Lilith to repeat it over and over again much to Konami's annoyance.
• Episode 56 has a scene where Satori suggests Kitora to wear a thong, complete with hand gestures. Kitora was obviously repulsed by the idea.
  • However, upon Karasuma joining in, Kitora suddenly recites Satori's suggestion as if it was her own idea.
  • The guys' surprise to see Usami and Lilith in a swimsuit, especially Xeno's blushing.
    • The funniest part is Shiori's disappointed reaction upon realizing that Xeno was looking at Lilith only.
• In the end of the arc, before leaving to another country in the Neighborhood, Lilith gives each Tamakoma Second member a farewell kiss, which causes Xeno to get jealous and mad at them.

Away Mission Test Arc

• Ruka Shinoda from the Talented Elite Jin one-shot is finally introduced in chapter 200. Yotaro asks Kronin to help him show her a trick, which leads to him falling on the floor headfirst (though he explains he won't get hurt since he's in a trion body). Those who read the one-shot would expect her to spank him, but she takes him to a bedroom to (as Osamu and Yuma find out) play with him herself.
• Yuma reveals he's much better at riding a bicycle now. Hyuse decides riding a bicycle is pointless, as you'd fall easily, but decides to give it a try at the thought of Kirie mocking him for not being good at it. As he expected, he falls immediately.
• During the expedition conference, Ikoma looks directly at the reader. More than once.
• In the end of chapter 205, all A-Rank agents and operators that had yet to make an appearance are finally revealed, as the higher ups reveal that A-Rank agents will be judging the Expedition candidates. Everyone looks normal, except Kako Squad's trapper Mai Kitagawa, who looks like a bizarre creature or a superdeformed character, clashing with the series' usual semirealistic art style.
  • She looks the exact same in subsequent chapters, making it clear this wasn't an one-off joke.
  • Another highlight at this scene is Izumi looking annoyedly at Yuiga, who smiles smugly while standing in front of everyone else.
• In Chapter 210 we get to see the judging process for the special assignment, as well as more of the answers. Of particular note was Ikoma's: "This rip-roaring game of musical chairs makes it all feel like a festival. Please make this festival a yearly event"
  Netsuki: This isn't a suggestion box...
  • Yuma and Hyuse's responses are both about it being a dress rehearsal if anyone died on the mission, which got points from the likes of Toma, Reiji and Jin, but unsurprisingly got a negative rating from Konami.
    Konami: Great way to boost team morale, IDIOT!!!!!!!!
• Chapter 211 gives us some scenes of different squads preparing dinner. Highlights include, Rokuta getting distacted while a pot boils over, Chika revealing that she filled her carry on with nothing but rice, and Kakizaki giving a worried look when Taichi offers to help in the kitchen.
• Chapter 212 reveals that Ikoma is actually a good cook, and his meal gets compliments from Nire and Obishima. We then learn that Ikoma only learnt to cook because Jin recommended it as a good hobby to pick up girls, resulting in an appropriately Ikoma reaction:
  Ikoma: (crying) Jin... Bless you, bro!
  • Also in Chapter 212 is Hyuse's solution to hiding his Aftokrator horns, which is to claim Canadians can only sleep alone so he needs the capsule, and that any media that portrays Canadians different are complete lies. Somehow the rest of his squad buy it, though Sasamori wonders if it's a prank.
• During the Battle Sims, each team is allowed the use of one backup unit, with the choices of Toma, Izumi, Kazama or Tachikawa. Ninomiya's squad immediately identifies the need for an Attacker, but Ninomiya outright refuses to use Tachikawa and picks Kazama, resulting in Tachikawa marking him down.
• Katori spends most of her time during the first day of the Battle Sims complaining about the Simulator as if it were a video game.
  Katori: Almost like they forgot about the fun factor for the players of this game?
  Ui: Forgot? I don't think fun was ever a factor.
• Oji makes the point that the scores aren't the be all and end all, remarking that Tachikawa, a frequent Away Mission Agent, would likely struggle during this portion. Konami, Karasuma and Miwa instantly agree and give Oji points.
• The A Rankers discuss Mizukami's strategy to deal with the Battle Sims on his own, and to humiliate Teruya when she brought the resulting points discretion. The points delegation is split, but of particular note are Konami vehemently marking Mizukami down for upsetting Teruya, Tachikawa marking him down for calling proverbs dumb and Kako squad's Kitagawa stating that while she feels bad for Teruya, Yuiga is similarly humiliated all the time and no one cares.
  Izumi: Hey, that's true enough.
  Yuiga: Nobody cares?! Oh come on!
• Due to her regular squad mates struggling, Katori falls into one of her infamous moods. Suwa, Oki and Osamu discuss ways to snap her out of it and the former pair eventually suggest Osamu setting her up on a date with Karasuma, as she has a crush on him. As soon as Osamu tentatively agrees Katori shoots out of bed into Osamu's face, suddenly full of energy. Konami notes that Osamu has just sold Karasuma off for his own benefit.
• Ikoma is fine with his units dying in the battle sims as long as they die in a funny way.

Border Briefing File

• Though the official databook takes itself seriously for the most part, it has plenty of good moments that showcase the author's sense of humor - for instance, choosing to answer questions such as "How is Kazama-san so overflowing with manliness?" ^Answer Because he has a track record of having overcome numerous obstacles with wisdom and discipline.
• And then, immediately after:
  Q: Please tell us instances that shows Kazama-san’s carelessness.
  A: He didn’t realise for years he was riding the city bus on child prices, he fought a postbox after Suwa got him drunk, he tried to ride Raijinmaru when no one was watching but got caught on security camera, etc.
• On why Enedorad's Rad body is black: it's not because he was a Black Trigger user or anything, he just asked the engineers to make it black as a condition for talking.