History Funny / IsleOfDogs

** Yet another RunningGag is Duke's "you heard the rumor, right?" His seemingly endless supply of rumors extend to information the dogs were presented with mere moments prior. Lampshaded at one point when Boss questions where he gets all his intel.

--> '''Interpreter Nelson:''' ''(when Atari becomes Mayor)'' Let's hope that kidney works!

** From that same scene, Rex is explaining how long they need to ride the trash tram before jumping off and continuing on foot... [[LampshadeHanging and then mentions that]], [[AnimalSpeak since Atari can't understand anything he's saying]], Rex is just going to have to drag him out of the tram when the time comes. It's practically a BreathlessNonSequitur, since his tone doesn't change in the slightest while saying it.

** King tells about how he used to be in dog food commercials, then mourns how he'll never get another audition... because of [[ComicallyMissingThePoint how he looks]], rather than the [[SarcasmMode trivial]] fact that he's [[SkewedPriorities banished to Trash Island]].

* The interpreter describing [[spoiler:Atari's supposed death]] as "[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative every distant uncle's worst nightmare.]]"

** Oddly enough, it seems the laboratory also doubles as a sake bar. Later on, Tracy shows up and orders two drinks of chocolate milk (one of which she orders just to dramatically slap into the wall [[spoiler:[[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan to get Yoko Ono's attention]]]]), and the last dose of serum is kept in the bar's fridge.

--->'''Rex''': Where'd you get that?!\\
'''Boss''': [[DefensiveWhat What?]] [[BlatantLies I've always had this]].\\

--->'''Jupiter''': Oracle, what do you think?\\

* Rex complaining to Chief [[spoiler:how the former and the other dogs got the short end of the stick in the incinerator, while Chief had a relatively pleasant time bonding with Atari, getting bathed and fed]].

* In the film's climax, [[spoiler:Atari loses his remaining kidney and requires a transplant, and a post-[[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turned]] Kobayashi offers to donate one of his own. Cut to a gratuitous, [[OverlyLongGag half-minute-long]] [[TheOner oner]] of the transplant in [[{{Squick}} pretty explicit detail]]]].
--> '''Interpreter:''' ''(when Atari [[spoiler:becomes Mayor]])'' Let's hope that kidney works!
** A few of Wes Anderson's [[SignatureStyle signature tropes]] end up running into conflict in this scene: despite the characters' ExactWords-style repetition of [[spoiler:"left kidney," the doctors end up transplanting Kobayashi's right kidney in order to maintain his signature symmetry in the overhead shot]].

* The disclaimer in the opening that lets the viewer know that the Japanese characters speak without subtitles, but the kicker is the last note that “all barks have been rendered in English.” It also claims that the Japanese has been translated via "foreign exchange students" and "electronic devices", [[SarcasmMode no doubt reassuring the audience of its authenticity]].
* Spots arriving on Trash Island for the first time. His face screams "What the hell am I doing here?".
* The dog who gets his ear bitten off by Chief [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction acting like it’s no big deal]].
** Before that, Rex decides that before they start fighting, both packs should open the sack so they can see what's inside and if it's worth the trouble. The dogs agree and open it, and while Rex is describing all that's in the bag, just mentioning the gizzard is enough for Chief to declare, "Okay, it's WorthIt".
*** Which then [[JumpCut cuts]] IMMEDIATELY to a BigBallOfViolence. It’s the sheer speed of the editing cut that makes it hilarious.

** King tells about how he used to be in dog food commercials, then mourns how he'll never get another audition. ...because of [[ComicallyMissingThePoint how he looks]], rather than the [[SarcasmMode trivial]] fact that he's [[SkewedPriorities banished to Trash Island]].

* The interpreter describing [[spoiler:Atari’s supposed death]] as “[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative every distant uncle's worst nightmare.]]”

** Shortly after, we get this exchange after Rex double takes at seeing Boss wearing the dead dogs nametag around his neck.
--->'''Rex''': Where'd you get that?!
--->'''Boss''': [[DefensiveWhat What?]] [[BlatantLies I've always had this]].
--->''({{Beat}})''
--->[[RobbingTheDead I stole it off the dead skeleton]].

* Oracle is a dog believed to have visions of the future, but she really just sees what’s on TV and is able to understand what is happening. Still, some of the other dogs believe her to possess special powers.
** Her tendency to be [[NotSoAboveItAll distracted]] by the very television that bestows her "visions of the future".

** Made funnier by her TV having the brand name [[VisualPun "Visions Electronics".]]
* Chief sending a messenger to “meet with a bitch named Nutmeg”.
* The student who goes undercover into the Kobayashi Dog Catcher Unit has a name badge that says “K. Hacker” - It’s unknown if this is his real character name, or just a geek deciding to troll while on the job.

* "Son of a bitch!", [[LiteralMetaphor said from a dog to another dog]].

--->'''Chief''': You all make me sick. ''([[VomitIndiscretionShot pukes to the side]])'' I've seen cats with more balls than you dogs!

* Rex complaining to Chief [[spoiler: how the former and the other dogs got the short end of the stick in the incinerator, while Chief had a relatively pleasant time bonding with Atari, getting bathed and fed.]]

--->'''Chief''': Jump!
--->'''Rex''': Where?
--->'''Chief''': Here!
--->'''Rex''': When?
--->'''Chief''': NOW!
--->'''Rex''': [[CommanderContrarian Why?]]
--->'''Chief''' ''[[BigWhat WHAT?!]]''

* In the film's climax, [[spoiler:Atari loses his remaining kidney and requires a transplant, and a post-[[HeelFaceTurn Heel-Face Turned]] Kobayashi offers to donate one of his own. Cut to a gratuitous, [[OverlyLongGag half-minute-long]] [[TheOner oner]] of the transplant in [[{{Squick}} pretty explicit detail.]]]]
--> '''Interpreter:''' ''(when Atari [[spoiler: becomes Mayor]])'' Let's hope that kidney works!
** A few of Wes Anderson's [[SignatureStyle signature tropes]] end up running into conflict in this scene: despite the characters' ExactWords-style repetition of [[spoiler:"left kidney", the doctors end up transplanting Kobayashi's right kidney in order to maintain his signature symmetry in the overhead shot.]]

--->"[[SincerityMode The heart of a dog is a bottomless thing.]]" ''([[{{Beat}} long beat]])''

--->I stole it off the dead skeleton.

--->'''Boss''': What? I've always had this. [BEAT] I stole it off the dead skeleton.

*** Which then [[JumpCut cuts]] IMMEDIATELY to a big ball of violence. It’s the sheer speed of the editing cut that makes it hilarious.

* The disclaimer in the opening that lets the viewer know that the Japanese characters speak without subtitles, but the kicker is the last note that “all barks have been rendered in English.” It also claims that the Japanese has been translated via "foreign exchange students" and "electronic devices", [[SarcasmMode no doubt reassuring the audience of it's authenticity]].

*** Which then [[SmashCut cuts]] IMMEDIATELY to a big ball of violence. It’s the sheer speed of the editing cut that makes it hilarious.

*** Which then cuts IMMEDIATELY to a big ball of violence. It’s the sheer speed of the editing cut that makes it hilarious.

** Nutmeg decides to show Chief one of her tricks a couple of times during the movie, describing it and telling him to imagine her doing it. He does just that and remarks, "I can see that."

** Before that, Rex decides that before they start fighting, both packs can open the sack so they can see what's inside and if it's worth the trouble. The dogs agree and open it, and while Rex is describing all that's in the bag, just mentioning the gizzard is enough for Chief to declare, "Okay, it's WorthIt".

* "Son of a bitch!", [[LiteralMetaphor said from a dog to LiteralMetaphor another dog.

---> '''Chief''': You all make me sick. ''([[VomitIndiscretionShot pukes to the side]])'' I've seen cats with more balls than you dogs!

* "Son of a bitch!"
** Bear in mind, this is a dog calling ''another dog'' this.

** Shortly before then;
--> '''Cheif''': I've seen cats with more balls than you dogs!

--->"[[SincerityMode The heart of a dog is a bottomless thing.]]" ''([[{{Beat}} long beat]])''
* Boss laments his failings in love;
-->'''Boss''':The ones I want are ''never'' in heat.

* The disclaimer in the opening that lets the viewer know that the Japanese characters speak without subtitles, but the kicker is the last note that “all barks have been rendered in English.”

--->"[[SincerityMode The heart of a dog is a bottomless thing.]]" ''([[{{Beat}} long beat]])''

** Earlier as a news story exposits the death of Atari's parents, it shows footage of their funeral, where they feel the need to provide a caption reading [[CaptionObvious "sad funeral."]]

* When Nutmeg casually warns Chief not to drink the contaminated water (because her sister-in-law’s tongue turned black from drinking that water), [[MaleGaze without taking his eyes off her]], he discreetly spits the water back out into the basin.
* The interpreter describing [[spoiler:Atari’s supposed death]] as “[[OverlyNarrowSuperlative every distant uncle’s worst nightmare.]]”

--> '''Interpreter:''' ''(when Atari [[spoiler: becomes Mayor]])'' Let's hope that Kidney works!

* When Nutmeg casually warns Chief not to drink the contaminated water (because her sister died from drinking that water), [[MaleGaze without taking his eyes off her]], he discreetly spits the water back out into the basin.