History Funny / ReadyPlayerOne2018

** As Wade extols the virtues of the OASIS, he mentions the Casino planet, and how you can "lose all your money, get married, get divorced... ''[the camera lingers on a [[NoTellMotel giant neon sign reading "motel" in flashing letters above a pair of shushing lips]]]'' ...[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers you can go in there]]."

** This is especially funny for those who are [[DramaticIrony familiar]] with "The Shining" and all its iconic references. For instance, Aech wanders off to follow a tennis ball aimlessly rolling off somewhere. Then, Aech sees ''the twin girls down the hall''. ...and innocently asks them if they know where to find the key.

--> '''Aech:''' You think [=Art3mis=] is pissed at me?!
--> '''Parzival:''' I'M pissed at you! You've never seen ''The Shining''?!
--> '''Aech:''' You KNOW I hate scary movies!

** A later scene shows the Sixers' War Room as they go through the same challenge, and we see all of the players in their VR harnesses spazzing out and screaming in response to every conceivable horror inside the hotel. They're dropping like flies just ''trying'' to survive in the game, in comparison to Aech who survived on ''luck''. This could also count as a hilarious real-life look at how players react when they play a horror virtual reality game.

-->'''I-R0k:''' Here he is, the Steampunk Pirate King. [[ShoutOutToShakespeare I knew him well, Sorrento]]. There are only three things in this world I hate: [[TheTriple steampunk, pirates, and tabbouleh]]. I mean, why do we even have it?

-->'''I-Rock:''' Three times my normal fee.\\

--> '''Samantha:''' How come you're still playing?
--> '''Wade:''' (zoned out) Extralife, longstory, [=sorryIshotyou=].

* The comically massive amount of loot I-R0k drops when he's zeroed out by Sorrento activating the Cataclyst, which includes the sound of a piano hitting the ground. As well as the visual of [[BloodlessCarnage coins spewing out of his body when his arm is cut off]]. He wasn't lying.
** Even better, when Sorrento threatens to use the weapon and then arms it...
-->'''I-R0k:''' Wait, I thought you were bluffing. You know that kills all of us, right? I've got ten years worth of shit inside me!\\
'''Sorrento:''' 2...\\
'''I-R0k:''' I'm not going out like this, that is a camper move! You don't even know how to activate an Orb!

* Parzival becomes instantly famous after completing the first challenge. While being mobbed by fans, he is grabbed and dragged off by [[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro]], who pulls him into a secluded hidden area before a ChestBurster suddenly busts out of his chest in Parzival's face. Cue Goro, Chest Burster and all, transforming into [=Art3mis=] with a Chest Burster sock puppet making silly chomping noises. Arty thinks its hilarious. Parzival, less so.

* In the opening prologue introducing us to Halliday, he instructs that if the board members look under their chairs, they will find ...[[TheGadfly nothing]].

** During the same scene, we see one player, an Asian businessman, get zeroed out, and his reaction is to take a sprint for the nearest window before being [[InterruptedSuicide tackled by a coworker]]. Yes, he was playing ''at work''. [[BlackComedy Naturally]], this is an IronicEcho to the opening song, Van Halen's "[[StealthPun Jump]]".

* The following scene is Parzival trying to impress [=Art3mis=] by showing off all of the cool stuff in Aech's workshop. Aech, ''very'' annoyed, demands that Parzival stop showing off ''Aech's'' stuff, and tells [=Art3mis=] that Parzival gets nervous around "pretty girls". Aech's scanner later shows that Parzival's heart is racing like he's in the middle of a fight, while [=Art3mis=], clearly not impressed, has her heart running at a very sedate pace.

** Earlier, Parzival is astounded and asks if [=Art3mis=] is really asking him. She responds "[[SarcasmMode No, I was talking to the guy behind you]]". Parzival looks behind to see the Curator, [[DeadpanSnarker who looks behind as well]].

** Then he shows the skull of the "Steampunk Pirate".

* Sorrento has a very high-end OASIS rig, complete with [[WhatAnIdiot his password written on a sticky note left in plain sight]]. The password? [[EmbarrassingPassword B055man69]]. He doesn't even think to hide it when he invites Wade for a virtual conference in his office.

-->'''Wade:''' "You're the world's most badass eleven-year-old."\\
'''Toshiro:''' "He knows"\\
'''Xo:''' "Shut up! Let him tell me!"

-->'''Sixers''': Yes, I ''won''! (immediately drowns into ice)
-->'''IOI exec''': He ''lost''. (heads to the board to crossout the game from the list) [[DoubleMeaning Not]] ''{{VideoGame/Adventure}}''.

* Earlier, as an IOI-uniformed Art3mis dashes across the battlefield, she snatches one Sixer's weapon and uses it on a couple of them. One of the Sixers can be heard yelling, "Aw, ''come on!''" in frustration, evidently miffed that someone who's apparently on ''his'' side just attacked him.

* Earlier, as Art3mis dashes across the battlefield toward the SpiderTank, she snatches one Sixer's weapon and uses it on a couple others. The Sixer she swipes it from can be heard yelling, "Aw, come on!", evidently miffed that someone who's apparently on ''his'' side just robbed him.

*** Icing on the cake: we later learn [[spoiler: Sho's an 11-years-old kid.]]

** [=Art3mis=] figures out how to solve the challenge, [[spoiler: by asking Kira to dance.]] The {{adorkable}} face [=Art3mis=] makes while doing so sells the scene. Not to mention that she had to [[spoiler: jump on the floating dancing zombies like a platform jumping game to get to Kira.]]

** While hiding behind the Orb of Osuvox's shield, I-R0k is asked how long it should last. He pretends to count it up and answers 10,000,000 years. "So, yeah, I think we're good." [[spoiler:[[InstantlyProvenWrong Then it fails]]]].
** When [[spoiler: the entire OASIS community arrives to fight IOI, I-R0k pats Sorrento's shoulder and says with [[SincerityMode genuine comfort]] "No man is a failure who has friends." It's simply [[{{Irony}} ironic]] that I-R0k is using a good guy's quote ''[[WrongGenreSavvy when they're the bad guys]]''. There's also how Sorrento angrily shrugs it off, as though either thinking "I am '''not''' a failure!" or "I hardly think [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife Clarence]] was talking about ''facing a virtual army'' when he said that!"]]

* Sorrento has a very high-end OASIS rig, complete with [[WhatAnIdiot his password written on a sticky note left in plain sight]]. The password? [[EmbarrassingPassword B055man69]]. [[spoiler:He doesn't even think to hide it when he invites Wade for a virtual conference in his office.]]
** Later, [[spoiler: Samantha tries to use it to find the magic words to undo the Orb of Osuvox. While looking for it, she finds a setting for yoga exercises for.. [[{{Squick}} something]]. Samantha quickly swipes it away with a disgusted/annoyed expression.]]
* After Sorrento figures out that [[spoiler: the High Five have hacked his rig]], he logs out and looks around his office, his head popping up from behind his rig like a wary prairie dog.

* [[spoiler:Helen (Aech) recognizing [=Art3mis=] as Samantha when she spots a girl with "red hair, IOI uniform, looks like she doesn't know what planet she's on. Yup. That's her."]]

* Later, when he sees [[spoiler:that Parzival got an extra life, he gets a call from F'Nale and responds in a joyless, deadpan voice "Tell me something good."]]
* There's something funny about how several times during the melee, whenever Sixers are killed en masse, they cut to the War Room floor where you can see them in the real world getting logged out, turning red and going limp, in the exact same patterns they were wiped out in. This comes to a head when [[spoiler:Mechagodzilla is defeated and falls on several of them]], causing the entire room in the real world to get zeroed out.
* The High Five team utilizes [[spoiler: [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chucky]]]] during the epic battle on Planet Doom, and tosses him at an unfortunate Sixer:
-->'''Sixer:''' [[OhCrap It's]] [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] [[spoiler:''Chucky!!'']]
* When Parzival finally finishes the last challenge, he has a hard time grabbing the key because [[spoiler:he's using a VR rig inside of a van in the middle of a high-speed chase.]] Anorak begins snarking at him when he takes too long to grab the key. Once he finally has the key, he's having a hard time getting it into the lock for the same reason, unknown to the millions of people watching him live. [[PunchClockVillain One IOI employee]] can be seen yelling at him in frustration for taking too long to just turn the key.
* And then to top it all off, all the thrashing within the van nearly causes Parzival [[spoiler: to press the [[BigRedButton button]] that would shut the entire system down. Anorak snarkily advises him to try to not accidentally delete the OASIS on his first day]].

--> '''Samantha:''' [[spoiler: How come you're still playing?]]
--> '''Wade:''' [[spoiler: (zoned out) Extralife, longstory, [=sorryIshotyou=].]]

-->'''Xo:''' [[spoiler: [[DefensiveWhat What?]] Do I have to wear a sign saying "I am eleven years old. Shoot me first"? No, thanks.]]\\

-->'''Wade:''' "You're the world's most badass [[spoiler: eleven-year-old]]."\\

* [[spoiler: [=Art3mis=] takes down Mechagodzilla with an exploding Madball. And when Sorrento's avatar explodes, it's BlackComedy in the highest form.]]

* The comically massive amount of loot I-R0k drops when he's zeroed out by [[spoiler:Sorrento activating the Cataclyst]], which includes the sound of a piano hitting the ground. As well as the visual of [[BloodlessCarnage coins spewing out of his body when his arm is cut off]]. He wasn't lying.

* During the [[spoiler:speed chase between Sorrento's IOI van and Helen's van, Wade (who is being shaken around in the OASIS by the happenings of the real world) asks if they're in trouble. Helen's response? "[[SarcasmMode Just practicing my Mario Kart.]] What do you think?! IOI's trying to kill us!"]]
** [[spoiler:As the shaking keeps throwing Wade and his avatar off his feet, Halliday's avatar snarkily asks him if he wants the key or not.]]
* During [[spoiler: Wade and Samantha's BigDamnKiss, young Sho [[HarmfulToMinors watches with curiosity]], before Toshiro turns the boy around to avert his gaze.]]
** Also, the briefly-RunningGag of everybody and their dog [[MomentKiller taking turns opening the van doors]] just as [[spoiler: Wade and Samantha are having their first real-world romantic moment]].
* [[spoiler: When Sorrento is arrested, F'Nale happens to be in the patrol car as well, also handcuffed. When Sorrento starts talking to her about their next move, she just socks him.]]

-->'''IOI exec''': He ''lost''. (heads to the board to crossout the game from the list) [[DoubleEntendre Not]] ''{{VideoGame/Adventure}}''.

-->'''IOI exec''': He ''lost''. [[DoubleEntendre Not]] ''{{VideoGame/Adventure}}''.

** Also, the briefly-RunningGag of everybody and their dog opening the van doors just as [[spoiler: Wade and Samantha are having their first real-world romantic moment]].