History Funny / AubreyMaturin

* "They are called dogwatches because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]][[note]]the dogwatch (a naval workshift at either 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm) is only 2 hours long, shorter than the usual naval watches, which are 4 hours[[/note]]." It's still being referenced toward the end of the series (the joke itself may soon grow old to the reader, but the fact that Jack cherishes the old pun and will roll it out for any unsuspecting new character is always amusing).

* Stephen acquires a sloth in South America, and it immediately befriends everybody aboard. Except Jack, who for some inexplicable reason gets rebuffed. When he finally resorts to feeding the sloth bits of ship's biscuit soaked in rum, he soon wins its friendship but ends up turning it into an alcoholic. Thus leading to a line found nowhere else in literature: "Jack, you have debauched my sloth."

** The situation repeats itself after Jack saves [[BigFriendlyDog Ponto the mastiff]] from drowning in ''Treason's Harbour'', although where Davis was merely TheKlutz, Ponto is a WalkingDisasterArea. It doesn't help that he shows his gratitude by cornering Jack in a ''Murano glass shop.''

* Any encounter Jack has with "Awkward" Davies, a brutish, unpleasant fellow who is not a particularly good seaman but who has an unbreakable claim on Jack's loyalty considering that Jack once saved the man from drowning.

--> '''Aubrey:''' Are you saying that there are sixty thousand bees loose in my cabin?
--> '''Maturin:''' No, no! Half that number at most. Less.

* Babbington being promoted to acting-lieutenant, only to remorsefully admit to Jack and Stephen the truth about the fate of Stephen's rats.

* The aforementioned incident of Jack pressing his own creditors' enforcers. Also an SugarWiki/AwesomeMoment.

* "They are called dogwatches because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]][[note]]the dogwatch (a naval workshift at either 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm) is only 2 hours long, shorter than the usual naval watches, which are 4 hours[[/note]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series. (The joke itself may soon grow old to the reader, but the fact that Jack cherishes the old pun and will roll it out for any unsuspecting new character is always amusing.)

* Stephen acquires a sloth in South America, and it immediately befriends everybody aboard - except Jack, who for some inexplicable reason gets rebuffed. When he finally resorts to feeding the sloth bits of ship's biscuit soaked in rum, he soon wins its friendship but ends up turning it into an alcoholic. Thus leading to a line found nowhere else in literature: [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Jack, you have debauched my sloth."]]

* The aforementioned incident of Jack pressing his own creditors' enforcers is not only a CrowningMomentOfAwesome, it's also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
* The description of Stephen and Diana's unconventional but successful domestic life in ''The Ionian Mission''.

* Jack explaining what a wad was to Clarissa Oakes.
* Another one from ''Post Captain'', "Jacques Aubrey"'s fake French identity papers, which are pure RefugeInAudacity. "Born 1 April 1066 at Bedlam, London. Father's profession, monk: mother's, nun. Mother's maiden name, Borgia, Lucrece." Sadly, the speaker gets cut off before he can get to "Etienne Maturin".
* In ''The Fortune of War'', Aubrey is wounded, and he and Maturin are captured by the Americans and taken to Boston. Maturin asks an American surgeon about improved accommodations for Aubrey, and the surgeon recommends a hospital that sounds excellent but is used mainly as a mad-house because of its owner's unpopular opinions and penchant for hiring Irish help. His remarks include some well-meant but highly unflattering statements about the Irish, right to the face of the half-Irish Maturin, until a semi-conscious Jack blurts out, "Never mind Maturin, he is an Irish Papist himself, ha ha ha! Drunk as a Lord every morning by nine o' clock, and never a shoe to his name." The surgeon is so mortified and apologetic that even Maturin's oft-dangerous temper is never roused.

* In ''The Letter of Marque'', Jack trains the crew of the ''Surprise'' for a lightning harbour raid on the French coast, in a secluded bay. Naturally, this includes midnight boarding drills and gunfire. The reactions of the civilian dwellers on shore--many of whom had never seen a man-of-war--are hilarious, some mistaking the ''Surprise'' for a pirate ship come to carry them off. Even better, a revenue cutter, suspecting them of smuggling, tries to investigate but gets caught on a sandbar, and has to be towed off by Aubrey's crew.

* Babbington being promoted to acting-lieutenant, only to remorsefully admit to Jack and Stephen the truth about [[EatTheDog the fate]] of Stephen's rats.
* During the Peace of Amiens, "two Englishmen" request an interview with Captain Christy-Palliere. "The first gives his name as Jack Aubrey: born April 1, 1066 in Bedlam. Father's occupation: Monk. Mother's occupation: Nun.,,"

* "They are called dogwatches because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]][[Explanation]]the dogwatch (either 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm) is only 2 hours long, shorter than the usual naval watches (think workshifts), which are 4 hours[[/Explanation]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series. (The joke itself may soon grow old to the reader, but the fact that Jack cherishes the old pun and will roll it out for any unsuspecting new character is always amusing.)

* "They are called dogwatches because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]][[explanation]]the dogwatch (either 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm) is only 2 hours long, shorter than the usual naval watches, which are 4 hours[[/explanation]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series. (The joke itself may soon grow old to the reader, but the fact that Jack cherishes the old pun and will roll it out for any unsuspecting new character is always amusing.)

* "They are called dogwatches because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]][[note]]Explanation: the dogwatch (either 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm) is only 2 hours long, shorter than the usual naval watches, which are 4 hours[[/note]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series. (The joke itself may soon grow old to the reader, but the fact that Jack cherishes the old pun and will roll it out for any unsuspecting new character is always amusing.)

* "They are called dogwatches [[note]]the dogwatch is only 2 hours long instead of the usual 4[[/note]] because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series. (The joke itself may soon grow old to the reader, but the fact that Jack cherishes the old pun and will roll it out for any unsuspecting new character is always amusing.)

* When their ship is captured by a Spanish frigate who insists they surrender and be boarded, Stephen cheerfully asks if they have anyone who knows how to deal with [[TheBlackDeath the plague]], because nobody on his ship has a clue. The Spaniards are more than happy to let them go.

* [[ItMakesSenseInContext "Jack, you have debauched my sloth."]]

* "They are called dogwatches [[note]]the dogwatch is only 2 hours long instead of the usual 4[[/note]] because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series.

* Jack's opinion on Odysseus.

* "They are called dogwatches [[note]]the dogwatch is 2 hours long instead of the usual 4[[/note]] because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series.

* "They are called dogwatches [[hottip:*:the dogwatch is 2 hours long instead of the usual 4]] because [[spoiler:they are curtailed]]." An in-universe [[CrowningMomentofFunny CMOF]]; it's still being referenced toward the end of the series.