History Funny / TheBookOfLife

* During the dinner scene when Joaquin puts his foot in his mouth by making a sexist comment that insults Maria, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent one of the nuns sitting at a nearby table picks up a knife and shoots a]] DeathGlare [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in Joaquin's direction, while her fellow sisters begin to look]] [[OhCrap incredibly nervous]].

'''Xibalba:''' Ow, [[DefensiveWhat what?!]]
** Flipped a few minutes later when Manolo enters the ring and La Muerte gives him an affectionate look, though Xibalba just glares at her, complete with a DefensiveWhat from Muerte.

--> '''Manolo, Carmen, Luis, and Candle Maker:''' ''(In unison)'' "Balby"?!

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* Manolo's mariachi friends try to help him serenade Maria with impromptu renditions of increasingly inappropriate songs, such as "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie and "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy". The result? Increasingly large cacti lobbed at their heads by Chuy.

-->'''Pepe:''' Trust me, everything will turn around in the space of four bars.
-->'''Pedro:''' We've already been to four bars. Twice!

* When La Muerte finds out that [[spoiler: Xibalba cheated at their bet, she ''[[SkywardScream screams]]'' his name and he appears right away--with a big bottle of wine and two glasses, clearly with ''no'' idea of just how much trouble he's in. Did the absolute ''fury'' not give it away?]]
** Then as if he isn't in enough trouble, Xibalba proceeds to put himself in even ''deeper'' hot water!
-->'''La Muerte:''' [[ThisIsUnforgivable That is]] ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable unforgivable!]]''
-->'''Xibalba:''' Oh, please! [[spoiler:I never sent that snake to Maria, [[SayingTooMuch and I never gave that medal to Joaquin!]]]] (''immediately shuts up with a clearly obvious OhCrap expression'')
-->'''La Muerte:''' [[spoiler:[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Medal?]]]]
-->'''Xibabla:''' The- uhhhhhhh... [[spoiler:[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial one I never gave him! Ever, at all! Never! Who is this "Joaquin"?]]]]
-->'''La Muerte:''' (''grabs him by his beard and makes him look her in the eye'') [[spoiler:You gave Joaquin the Medal of Everlasting Life?!]]
-->'''Xibalba:''' (''sheepishly'') [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...yes...]]
** Wanna know how she found out? Manolo basically ''tattled'' on Xibalba to her!

** After she slaps him for this, Carmen asks to be lifted up. So ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu she]]'' [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu can smack him]]. ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Three times]]''. Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
-->'''The Candlemaker:''' Can I get a slap in too?

* General Posada's men are a quartet of skinny, wimpy fellows (one of whom is ''[[BlackComedy a leper]]'' who keeps losing his arms), and they get a lot of funny moments, like when they keep getting beat up by a young Joaquin.

-->'''Great-Grandma:''' Eh. Cholesterol.

* The way Xibalba's [[JawDrop jaw drops]], complete with [[StockSoundEffect cartoon sound effect]], [[spoiler:when Manolo wins their wager.]]

-->'''Xibabla:''' The uhhhhhhh... [[spoiler:[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial one I never gave him! Ever, at all! Never! Who is this "Joaquin"?]]]]

-->'''Xibalba:''' (''sheepishly'') Yes...

** How she finds out--Manolo basically ''tattles'' on Xibalba to her!
* After Xibalba announces that the Land of the Remembered is under his control now, Luis exclaims that Le Muerte would never hand her domain over to him. When Xibalba casually states that she lost a bet, not only does Luis pause before admitting that she would do that, the ''entire Sanchez family'' nods in agreement behind him. How many bets has La Muerte lost?

** The Goth Kid calling both La Muerte ''and'' [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Xibalba]] beautiful in an awestruck tone.

* Carlos expresses his exasperation that Manolo doesn't kill the bulls he fights, then one of the mariachi brothers helpfully says that he did the other day. Flashback to Manolo bullfighting when the bull is suddenly struck by lightning and flops over dead, Manolo getting a "WTF?" expression.

-->'''Xibabla:''' ''(Has a bug-eyed "Holy crap, she's HOT" look on his face)''\\

'''Xibalba:''' Ow! [[DefensiveWhat What?!]]

--> '''Boy:''' ''Churros! Get your churros here! (nearby bird poops on them and there's a pause) '''Frosted''' churros!''
* The Candlemaker's response to when the thousands of bulls killed by the Sanchez family form into a giant monster bull.

* When the reason why Chakal is attacking San Angel comes to light, Maria reacts accordingly.
-->'''Maria:''' All this... is about [[spoiler:a stupid medal]]? ARE YOU ''KIDDING'' ME?!

* There's also the way Manolo says, "Wait, me too?" when Maria calls him and Joaquin out for acting like fools. Just the way he says the line made this troper chuckle.

-->'''La Muerte''': Manolo, Carmen and... Luis' head?

-->'''La Muerte:''' [[spoiler:[[PunctuatedForEmphasis What. Medal?]]

-->'''Great-Grandma:''' I was a beast in the arena. A ''BEAST!''.

* When Carlos mentions that all of the Sanchezes have been bullfighters, it apparently included his ''great-grandmother'', judging from her comment right afterwards.
-->'''Great-Grandma:''' I was a beast in the arena. A ''beast!''.

* Everyone's reaction to [[SheIsAllGrownUp Maria]] when she returns to San Angel after several years studying abroad. Even ''Xibalba'' was shocked by how beautiful she was, much to the annoyance of La Muerte, who was '''''standing right next to him at the time!'''''

* [[https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/555951961799806976 This tweet]] taken at the Critics Choice Awards. Can double as Heartwarming for comedic sportsmanship.

** The fact that [[spoiler: members of the Sanchez family keep dying and immediately popping up in the Land of the Remembered as this scene goes on. It is [[Black Comedy]], but funny to see everyone's casual reactions towards death.]]

** The fact that [[spoiler: members of the Sanchez family keep dying and immediately popping up in the Land of the Remembered as this scene goes on. It is BlackComedy, but funny to see everyone's casual reactions towards death.]]

* After Xibalba announces that the Land of the Remembered is under his control now, Luis exclaims that Le Muerte would never hand her domain over to him. When Xibalba casually states that she lost a bet, not only does Luis pause before admitting that she would do that, the ''entire Sanchez family'' nods in agreement behind him. How many bets as La Muerte lost?

* The RunningGag of a chicken running around squawking bubbles - because Maria didn't know that it was a bad idea to give chickens bubble baths.

*** Look closer when Pepe is singing "Do You Think I'm Sexy?", Manolo is actually grinning and nodding along to the song. He doesn't rightfully think it's a romantic song, but he sure likes it.

-->'''Grandma:''' Eh. Cholesterol.

* When La Muerte finds out that [[spoiler: Xibalba cheated at their bet, she ''[[SkywardScream screams]]'' his name and he appears right away - with a bottle of wine and two glasses, clearly with ''no'' idea of just how much trouble he's in. Did the absolute ''fury'' not give it away?]]

** How she finds out- Manolo basically ''tattles'' on Xibalba to her!

* When Carlos mentions that all of the Sanchezes have been bullfighters, it apparently included his ''grandmother'', judging from her comment right afterwards.
-->'''Grandma:''' I was a beast in the arena. A ''beast!''.

-->'''Grandma:''' That didn't count.

** Later flipped a few minutes later when Manolo enters the ring and La Muerte gives him an affectionate look, though Xibalba just glares at her, complete with another DefensiveWhat from Muerte.

--> '''Boy:''' ''Churros! Get your churros here! (nearby bird poops on them and there's a pause) ''Frosted'' churros!''

* After the team acquired the rights to use [[Music/{{Radiohead}} "Creep"]] (more on that in the Awesome page), they were able to get the rights to pretty much all of the other songs used in the film by using (in Jorge's words), "a little thing we call Catholic guilt." Basically, they told them, "Oh, so you're saying you're better than Radiohead?" and that was enough to let them get the rights.

--> "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Man, that is a whole lot of bull.]]"