History Funny / Chernobyl

-->'''Miner #1:''' Look, they're drinking vodka! No one ever drank vodka while we were working...

* There is an alternate version of that meme with Dyatlov vomiting on the desk.

** The best part? [[FailedASpotCheck There’s graphite on the ground right next to him!]]

** [[ApprovalOfGod Craig Mazin]] responds: "[[https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/1133458049966850048 I'm struggling. Maybe... maybe ask him to go up to the vent block roof and look down? Probably won't work though. He'll just vomit and stumble off.]]"

'''Bacho:''' No, no, you can wait until the radiation gives you a cunt. Yes, now.\\
->...Over your clothes! Fucking shit!\\

...Over your clothes! Fucking shit!\\

'''Bacho:''' No, no. You can wait until the radiation gives you a cunt. Yes, now. ...Over your clothes! Fucking shit!\\

->'''Bacho:''' We make these from lead scrap. Put it on under your balls.
:'''Pavel:''' Now?
:'''Bacho:''' No, no. You can wait until the radiation gives you a cunt. Yes, now. ...Over your clothes! Fucking shit!

'''Pavel:''' Now?
'''Bacho:''' No, no. You can wait until the radiation gives you a cunt. Yes, now. ...Over your clothes! Fucking shit!

* Shcherbina, after discovering that the Central Committee gave a deliberately low radiation level to the suppliers of the West German bomb 'bot - which meant its circuits fried within seconds of getting exposed to the graphite debris - smashes a phone to pieces in frustration.

** [[ApprovalOfGod Craig Mazin]] responds: "[[https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/11334558049966850048 I'm struggling. Maybe... maybe ask him to go up to the vent block roof and look down? Probably won't work though. He'll just vomit and stumble off.]]"

* Shcherbina, after discovering that the Central Committee gave a deliberately low radiation level to the suppliers of the West German bomb 'bot, smashes a phone to pieces.
-->''(to a nearby soldier)'' We need a new phone.

* Shcherbina, after discovering that the Central Committee gave a deliberately low radiation level to the suppliers of the West German bomb rot, smashes a phone to pieces.

** [[ApprovalOfGod Craig Mazin]] responds: "[[https://twitter.com/clmazin/status/11334558049966850048 I'm struggling Maybe... maybe ask him to go up to the vent block roof and look down? Probably won't work though. He'll just vomit and stumble off.]]"

* "[[https://twitter.com/GWillowWilson/status/1133075928811225093 You DIDN'T see graphite on the ground because it's not there! CHANGE MY MIND.]]"l

* When the young untrained Liquidator carelessly points his rifle at another liquidator, the guy slaps the barrel away in mild annoyance.

* In Episode 4, the containment personnel are [[{{Squee}} visibly giddy]] to operate the Lunokhod STR-1 moon rover... which, to be fair, is a pretty cool toy to get your hands on.

** Later, when they're working at Chernobyl, Shcherbina and Legasov arrive to find that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny they are all naked]]. It's too hot underground and they can't use fans for ventilation because it will bring in radioactive dust. Glukhov points out that they are still wearing their work hats at least.

** Later, when they're working at Chernobyl, Shcherbina and Legasov arrive to find that they are all naked. It's too hot underground and they can't use fans for ventilation because it will bring in radioactive dust. Glukhov points out that they are still wearing their work hats at least.

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* When the Minister of Coal relents and tells the miners what they're being "hired" to do, Glukhov and his crew pat the man on the shoulder and face as they walk by him to jump on the trucks and head to Chernobyl. As they were completely covered in coal dust, by the time they all walk past him, the Minister is completely covered in the dust. In an incredibly dark series about one of the worst man-made disasters, it comes off as a much needed, though brief, moment of light-heartedness and could give viewers a good, hard laugh.

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* When the Minister of Coal relents and tells the miners what they're being "hired" to do, Glukhov and his men pat the man on the shoulder and face as they walk by him to jump on the trucks and head to Chernobyl. As they were completely covered in coal dust, by the time they all walk past him, the Minister is completely covered in the dust. In an incredibly dark series about one of the worst man-made disasters, it comes off as a much needed, though brief, moment of light-heartedness and could give viewers a good, hard laugh.

* When the Minister of Coal relents and tells the miners what they're being "hired" to do, Glukhov and his men pat the man on the shoulder and face as they walk by him to jump on the trucks and head to Chernobyl. As they were completely covered in coal dust, by the time they all walk past him, the Minister is completely covered in the dust. In an incredibly dark series about one of the worst man-made disasters, it comes off as a much needed, though brief, moment of light-heartedness and could give viewers a good, hard laugh.