History Funny / AllQuietOnTheWesternFront

-->'''Paul:''' It's gotten so bad that they don't [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] anymore, although [[TooMuchInformation usually it is so bad you get a whole regiment going at it at once]].

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from ''Theatre/GotzVonBerlichingen'' [[note]]That line is "Er kann mich im Arsche lecken!" which translates as "Kiss my ass!"[[/note]] while at the same time he "ventilates his backside". Himmelstoss promptly dissolves into a "screaming mass of drill regulations" before storming off, mumbling about how he'll try to court-martial Tjaden for {{mooning}} him.

** Argueably the funniest part is how Paul builds up every detail of the meal and the preparation, then tells how much everyone enjoyed themselves. [[RealityEnsues Then he tells about how, after months or army rations, their stomachs couldn't handle the rich food and they all got the runs from it.]]

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from ''Theatre/GotzVonBerlichingen'' [[note]]That line is "Er kann mich im Arsche lecken!" which translates as "Kiss my ass!"[[/note]] while at the same time he "ventilates his backside". Himmelstoss promptly dissolves into a "screaming mass of drill regulations" before storming off, mumbling about how he'll try to court-martial Tjaden for mooning him.

* "[[DrillSergeantNasty HOME GUARDSMAN KANTOREK!]]"

-->'''Paul:''' It's gotten so bad that they don't [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] anymore, although [[TooMuchInformation usually it is so bad you get a whole regiment going at it at once.]]

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from ''Theatre/GotzVonBerlichingen'' while at the same time he "ventilates his backside". Himmelstoss promptly dissolves into a "screaming mass of drill regulations" before storming off, mumbling about how he'll try to court-martial Tjaden for mooning him.

** Really, the entire Home Guard camp is this. Paul is even struggling ''not'' to crack up at the sight of his very grumpy teacher in an utter disaster of a uniform and being forced to do all the tough jobs while still looking ridiculous.
* There's one chapter where Paul describes his duties at the Russian POW camp, which is mostly sad and heartwarming...then he casually drops this line like it's nothing.

* The infamous moment where they grab their portable toilets and play cards in the sunshine while they take a dump ''at the same time.''

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from ''Theatre/GotzVonBerlichingen'' while at the same time he "ventilates his backside"

* "HOME GUARDSMAN KANTOREK!"
** Really, the entire Home Guard camp is this. Paul is even struggling ''not'' to crack up at the sight of his very grumpy teacher in an utter disaster of a uniform.

** Then Tjaden comes across the river anyway, and, presumably, has three girls all to himself.
* The soldiers killing the rats in the 1979 version.

** Actually, quite a lot of the time that they spend at the supply dump is humorous. It provides a sharp MoodWhiplash to what came before and what comes immediately after.

* Paul and his friend, having been separated from the others during a bombardment, are both wounded by shell fragments. Having been picked up by a passing ambulance, they start to relax until they realize that in the chaos, they lost the bags of goodies (good cigars/cigarettes, meat, and snacks) they had lifted from a supply depot that morning. Somthing about the misplaced prioritization just makes the moment hilarious.

* The two sexcapades (Baumer and Kat duping Tjaden so they can both get threesomes and the others playing a very noisy poker game whilst a wounded man shags his wife ''right there'') are intended to show the way in which they had to take every moment of R and R they got, and add to the tragedy. They are also bloody hilarious.

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from GotzVonBerlichingen" while at the same time he "ventilates his backside"

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from GötzVonBerlichingen" while at the same time he "ventilates his backside"

* Tjaden, while telling off [[DrillSergeantNasty Himmelstoss]], quotes "the most famous quote from GötzVonBerlichingen" while at the same time he "ventilates his backside"