History Funny / SeventeenSeventySix

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'''Dickinson:''' [[BerserkButton LAWYER!]]

* "Are you calling me a madman, you... you ''fribble''?!" (And the ensuing name-calling and bitch fight.)
** [[BerserkButton "LAWYER!"]]
*** Made funnier by the fact that Adams ''actually was a lawyer.''

*** Also fribble is an actual word along with piddle, twiddle, pish posh, [[HaveAGayOldTime gay, and queer]].

'''Franklin''': (Half asleep) Like Hell I am. What for?\\

** For that matter, the [[ScrewTheWarWerePartying New Brunswick dispatch]] itself.
*** "There must be some mistake--I have an aunt who lives in New Brunswick." "You must tell her to keep up the good work!"

-->'''Franklin''': Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.
-->'''Adams''': I have more to do than to sit here and listen to you quote yourself.
-->'''Franklin''': Oh, that was a new one!

** Franklin's first question, upon learning his son was in jail: "Is he unharmed?" After a yes, his second question: "Tell me, why did they arrest the little bastard?"

** Adams mutters under his breath he'll talk to the printer later and ''change it then''.

** In response to the long list of things going wrong at home, Adams replies "Madam, what else is new?"[[labelnote:*]]Granted, in RealLife he was more worried about these things.[[/labelnote]]
** When John demands to know why the ladies aren't making saltpeter, Abigail points out that he didn't tell them how it's done.

** Upon learning his son is in jail: "Tell me, why did they arrest the little bastard?"

* Adams' morose worry that for all his effort to make America free, his contributions would never be known:

'''Abigail:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh yes, of course!]]

'''Adams:''' [[SarcasmFailure ... oh good God.]]

* "Where is New Jersey?" "Somewhere between New York and Pennsylvania."

* Combined moment of Awesome and Funny: "NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
* "Mr. Morris. ''WHAT IN HELL GOES ON IN NEW YORK?!''"

-->'''Franklin''': (to arriving delegate Dr. Lyman Hall) "What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a Great Man before?"\\
And:\\
'''Adams''': Wake up, Franklin, you're going to New Brunswick!\\

** Also doubles as a HistoricalInJoke as his son actually WAS a bastard (in the parents-are-unmarried sense).

* "Mr. Morris. ''What in hell goes on in New York?!''"

And\\

--->'''Adams''': Standing down here waiting for them to...uuhhhh...well what will people think?
--->'''Franklin''': Don't worry John, the history books will clean it up.

-->'''Adams''': Do you mean to tell me that it is not yet finished?
-->'''Jefferson''': No, sir. I mean to say that it is not yet begun.
-->'''Adams''': Good God! A whole week! The entire earth was created in a week!
-->'''Jefferson''': Someday, you must tell me how you did it.
-->'''Adams''': ''Disgusting.'' Look at him, Franklin! Virginia's most famous lover!
-->'''Jefferson''': Virginia abstains.

--> '''Jefferson''': Damn the man. God ''damn'' the man.

-->'''Adams''': You mean they're going to... ''in the middle of the afternoon??''
-->'''Franklin''': Not everybody's from Boston, John!

-->"Of course she is. Look at the way they fit."

--> '''Chase''': "Someone oughta' ooooooopen up a window!"
--> '''Adams''': "Will you listen to me and forget the window?!"
--> '''Congress''': "It's ninety degrees, have mercy, John, please! It's hot as hell, in Philadel-phia!"

-->'''[=MacNair=]:''' Better get yourself back down to Congress, Mister Adams. Gettin' ready to vote, and they say they can't settle such an important question without Massachusetts bein' there.
-->'''Adams:''' ''(bored)'' I can just imagine. All right, what burning issue are we voting on this time?
-->'''[=MacNair=]:''' ''(earnest)'' On whether or not to grant General Washington's request... that all members of the Rhode Island Militia be required to wear matchin' uniforms.
-->'''Adams:''' [[SarcasmFailure ... oh good God.]]

-->'''Adams''': Standing down here waiting for them to...uuhhhh...well what will people think?
-->'''Franklin''': Don't worry John, the history books will clean it up.

-->'''[=McNair=]:''' Better get yourself back down to Congress, Mister Adams. Gettin' ready to vote, and they say they can't settle such an important question without Massachusetts bein' there.
-->'''Adams:''' ''(bored)'' I can just imagine. Alright, what burning issue are we voting on this time?
-->'''[=McNair=]:''' ''(earnest)'' On whether or not to grant General Washington's request... that all members of the Rhode Island Militia be required to wear matchin' uniforms.

* "FIRE WAGON!!" McNair's delighted face and his trembling with excitement really makes the scene. And then nearly the ''entire congress of grown men'' race outside like a bunch of children to see what's on fire.

'''Adams''': It doesn't matter. I won't be in the history books anyway, only you. Franklin did this and Franklin did that and Franklin did some other damn thing. Franklin smote the ground and out sprang... UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, fully grown and on his horse. Franklin then electrified him with his miraculous lightning rod and the three of them - Franklin, Washington, and the horse - conducted the entire revolution by themselves.\\

*** "There must be some mistake- I have an aunt who lives in New Brunswick." "You must tell her to keep up the good work!"

* Jefferson sings along with the delegates during "Dear, Mr Adams," happily helping support the other committee members' reasons not to be the drafter, until he realizes that only leaves Adams, who's "obnoxious and disliked," and himself, meaning he couldn't leave for Virginia.
* '''Sit Down, John''': where Congress goes between telling Adams to shut up and trying desperately to ignore him.

-->'''Adams:''' <bored> I can just imagine. Alright, what burning issue are we voting on this time?
-->'''[=McNair=]:''' <earnest> On whether or not to grant General Washington's request... that all members of the Rhode Island Militia be required to wear matchin' uniforms.

--> '''Jefferson''': Damn the man.

* The argument over whether the national bird is going to be an eagle, a dove, or a turkey.

-->[=McNair=]: Better get yourself back down to Congress, Mister Adams. Gettin' ready to vote, and they say they can't settle such an important question without Massachusetts bein' there.
-->Adams: <bored> I can just imagine. Alright, what burning issue are we voting on this time?
-->[=McNair=]: <earnest> On whether or not to grant General Washington's request... that all members of the Rhode Island Militia be required to wear matchin' uniforms.
-->Adams: [[SarcasmFailure ... oh good God.]]

'''Adams''': It doesn't matter. I won't be in the history books anyway, only you. Franklin did this and Franklin did that and Franklin did some other damn thing. Franklin smote the ground and out sprang... GeorgeWashington, fully grown and on his horse. Franklin then electrified him with his miraculous lightning rod and the three of them - Franklin, Washington, and the horse - conducted the entire revolution by themselves.\\

At the beginning:

[=McNair=]: Better get yourself back down to Congress, Mister Adams. Gettin' ready to vote, and they say they can't settle such an important question without Massachusetts bein' there.
Adams: <bored> I can just imagine. Alright, what burning issue are we voting on this time?
[=McNair=]: <earnest> On whether or not to grant General Washington's request... that all members of the Rhode Island Militia be required to wear matchin' uniforms.
Adams: [[SarcasmFailure ... oh good God.]]

-->"[pointedly looking away from the scene] Jefferson, kindly introduce me to your wife!"

** Combined moment of Awesome and Funny: "NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
*** Also, "Mr. Morris. ''What in hell goes on in New York?!''"
** "Are you calling me a madman, you... you ''fribble''?!" (And the ensuing name-calling and bitch fight.)
*** [[BerserkButton "LAWYER!"]]

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** Adams: *After the two call back at Jefferson's home after his night with his wife* Standing down here waiting for them to...uuhhhh...well what will people think?
** Franklin: Don't worry John, the history books will clean it up.