History Funny / Matilda

* From the musical, we have Agatha Trunchball's little... digression in the middle of 'The Smell of Rebellion'. Up till this point she's been singing about how she intends to weed out rebellious students from the school, and then suddenly she starts singing this. Full warning, it MakesJustasMuchSenseinContext.

* Many, if not all scenes involving Mrs Trunchbull when they aren't nightmarish.

--> Miss Trunchbull: Imagine a world with no children/ Close your eyes and just dream./ Imagine... come on, try it, the peace and the quiet/ a bubbling stream/ Now imagine a woods with a cottage,/ and inside that cottage we find/ a dwarf called Zeke, a carnival freak/ who can fold paper hats with his mind, and he says/ Don't let them steal your horses, no!/ Don't let them throw them away, no!/ If you find your way through, they'll be waiting for you/ singing... neigh! Neiiigh!

* When Bruce Bogtrotter finishes eating the cake. It's funny because the score in that scene sounds like it belongs in an epic film. It's funny how it takes a scene where a boy is eating cake seriously.

* Just before her rampage, the Trunchbull sniffing at her favorite chocolate box lid {{Wolverine}}-style and then her sudden twitch realizing she's not alone in her house.

* In the movie Trunchbull's line about playing a game called "who was wearing a pretty red, hair ribbon yesterday, and isn't wearing one today?". The line delivery always cracks me up, even though it's probably not meant to be so funny. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz19p1Z6i4 here]]

* Many, if not all scenes involving Mrs Trunchbull when they aren't NightmareFuel.

* In the movie Trunchbull's line about playing a game called "who was wearing a pretty red ribbon yesterday, and isn't wearing one today?". The line delivery always cracks me up, even though it's probably not meant to be so funny.

* In the book, the parrot scene is hilarious.

** Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am GOD!

** Hard not to love the movie version, too:

--> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused" [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar What's THAT supposed to mean?!]]

* Matilda's dad is full of hilarious moments, which isn't surprising since it's Danny [=Devito=] playing him.

--> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused to the head?" [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar What's THAT supposed to mean?!]]

* Many, if not all scenes involving Mrs Trunchbull.
** WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED ?!

* Matilda magically makes a glass of water containing a newt tip over onto the Trunchbull, and Trunchbull's desperate attempts to get the creature off of herself are hilarious.

--> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused to the head?" What's THAT supposed to mean?!

* Matilda's dad is full of hilarious moments, which isn't surprising since it's [=DannyDevito=] playing him.

* Matilda's dad is full of hilarious moments, which isn't surprising since it's DannyDevito playing him.

* When Matilda first shows Miss Honey her powers, she makes a pitcher of water levitate. Miss Honey, deep in thought, pushes the pitcher back down without even noticing. Matilda then does it again and Miss Honey notices. The look of surprise on her face is adorably funny.

* When Matilda first shows Miss Honey her powers, she makes a pitcher of water levitate. Miss Honey, deep in thought, pushes the pitched back down without even noticing. Matilda then does it again and Miss Honey notices. The look of surprise on her face is adorably funny.

* Matilda's dad is full of hilarious moments, which isn't surprisingly since it's DannyDevito playing him.

* The defeat of the Trunchbull is both a CrowningMomentOfFunny and CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

** Doubly so in the book's version of the glue-in-the-hat incident, with Matilda innocently saying to her father "What's the matter, Daddy? Has your head suddenly gotten bigger?"