History Funny / MurderOnTheOrientExpress2017

* During his interrogation, Gerhard talking bad about different races, mentioning the Belgians. Being Belgian himself, Poirot frowns as though thinking "''Excuse me''?" Gerhard realizes he's DiggingHimselfDeeper and shuts up.

** [[spoiler:Given that the police officer impatiently waiting for him is also the one who committed the crime in the first place, and Poirot is relatively certain that he is the culprit, he's also deliberately trolling him.]]

* Whilst interrogating [=MacQueen=], Poirot tries (and [[{{Malaproper}} fails]]) to use the expression "[[spoiler:fudged]]".
-->'''Poirot:''' [[spoiler:Fudge, it is full of the fudge!!]]

* [[spoiler:Austrian professor Gerhard reveals that his racist views were all an act and that he was undercover. Once he removes his glasses, he speaks in his native New York accent and mentions he's half Jewish.]]
** Even before that, [[spoiler:Poirot tells Gerhard he figured out the "Professor's" true identity when he heard him mispronounce a particular word. Gerhard has an expression that clearly says "Dang! How could I slip up?"]]

* In the end, [[spoiler: Poirot receives news that there's been a murder ''on the Nile''. Despite [[TearJerker what he's just been through]], he gives a slightly wide-eyed look at the messenger as though thinking "You're kidding me! I just came all this way from the Middle East!"]]

* Poirot laughing while reading his books. It feels relateable, reading something funny in a good book. Better yet, it's a trashy romance novel.

-->'''Bouc:''' ''[first sees Ratchet's dead body]'' Good God. First the snow, and now this. [[SkewedPriorities I'll have to make a statement as some grimy police station]].

-->'''Poirot:''' Did he have any enemies?\\
'''[=MacQueen=]:''' Pick a number.

* Dr. Arbuthnot and McQueen were one another's alibis, and they both claimed they had to correct the other's opinions on Stalin. It's clear, despite their continued goodwill towards one another, neither was converted to the other's way of thinking at the end.

-->'''Debenham''': I know your moustache! From the papers! You're the detective, Hercules Poirot?\\
'''Poirot''': ''Hercule'' Poirot. I do not slay the lions.

-->'''Poirot''': Did he have any enemies?\\
'''[=MacQueen=]''': Pick a number.

--> '''Bouc:''' (First sees Ratchet's dead body) Good God. First the snow, and now this. [[SkewedPriorities I'll have to make a statement as some grimy police station]].

--> '''Bouc''': Uh, ladies and gentlemen. Allow me to... um... it appears that our bad luck has worsened. That is... uh...\\
'''Poirot''': A passenger has died on the train.

--> '''Poirot:''' [[spoiler: Fudge, it is full of the fudge!!]]

* [[spoiler: Austrian professor Gerhard reveals that his racist views were all an act and that he was undercover. Once he removes his glasses, he speaks in his native New York accent and mentions he's half Jewish.]]
** Even before that, [[spoiler: Poirot tells Gerhard he figured out the "Professor's" true identity when he heard him mispronounce a particular word. Gerhard has an expression that clearly says "Dang! How could I slip up?"]]

* Whilst interrogating [=MacQueen=], Poirot tries (and fails) to use the expression "[[spoiler: fudged]]".

--> '''Poirot:''' *lying on the floor of his compartment in a daze* Are we dead?

** At one point, she remarks that Poirot is sharp like her 2nd husband, whose head was "turnip-shaped".

* While it is an overall serious moment, M. Bouc tries to break the news of the murder gently to the other passengers with little success. Poirot [[BluntYes decides to help]].

* Poirot laughing while reading his books. It feels relatable, reading something funny in a good book.

* Poirot introduces himself to [=McQueen=] as his bunkmate: "I am equally disappointed in you."

* The opening scene with the kitchen boy trying and failing to find two symmetrical eggs for Poirot's breakfast. Eventually Poirot takes pity on the boy and gives him his breakfast, while he goes out to solve the case.

* Poirot trying to make Ratchet's dessert even.

* While solving the case of a stolen holy artifact, Poirot doesn't hesitate to mention the irony that the three suspects happen to be a priest, a rabbi and an imam.

* [[spoiler: Austrian professor Gerhard reveals that his racist views were all an act and that he was undercover. Once he removes his glasses, he speaks in his native New York accent and mention he's half Jewish.]]

* When Professor Hardman first goes on a rant about "[[ValuesDissonance the mixing of races]]", he points at Ms. Debenham's wine glasses and makes an allegory that it would be like "mixing red wine with white wine". In response, Debenham [[TakeThat pours one into the other]] and drinks it right up, without so much as grimacing.

* During his interrogation, Gerhard talking bad about different races, mentioning the Belgians. Being Belgian himself, Poirot frowns as though thinking "''Excuse me''?"

* Ratchett introduces himself to Poirot.
-->'''Ratchett''': You're the world-famous detective. Hercule Poirot. "Avenger of the innocent", isn't that what they call you in the papers?\\
'''Poirot''': And you are innocent?\\
'''Ratchett''': Heh... you're fun!

* The inspector getting clotheslined was pretty funny to see.