History Funny / ThePhantomOfTheOpera

* Christine and Carlotta's sing off at the bistro. Christine starts performing and a jealous Carlotta joins her, essentially shoving her out of the way so as to take center stage. We get a quick cut to the Phantom's irritated reaction as she begins singing, but Christine soon outdoes her with the aid of the cancan dancers and remains completely unmoved by Carlotta's efforts to upstage her until the latter finally storms off in humiliation.

* In addition, there is the Phantom himself. At first, he appears to be perfectly cultured and civilized, but after Raoul and Christine get together, he starts to break down into a goofy CardCarryingVillain. First, there was the Masquerade, where he interrupts wearing, um, [[http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/wp-content/gallery/phantom-25-dvd-release/masquerade-3.jpg this]]. Then the mask comes off (which...wasn't a terribly good idea after what happened [[BerserkButton last time]]), and, well, he tries to make Christine marry him. Really, he'd have grown an EvilMoustache by that point if if wasn't for, [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9RYARK32qwE/Ty2gqxWyR6I/AAAAAAAAHdA/xqo4Pnc8U54/s1600/lair-phantom-full-prosthetics-sm.jpg y'know]]...

** For her part, Sierra Boggess is clearly enjoying the show as Christine USUALLY doesn't perform the song with quite that much of a ####-eating grin.

* Christine and Carlotta's sing off at the bistro. Christine starts performing and a jealous Carlotta joins her, essentially shoving her out of the way so as to take center stage. We get a quick cut to the Phantom's irritated reaction as she begins singing, but Christine soon outdoes her and remains completely unmoved by Carlotta's efforts to upstage her until the latter finally storms off in humiliation.

* A creepy, ugly-looking man with a false nose turns up at the old managers' retirement dinner. All of the unnerved diners in his vicinity are doing their best to ignore him--don't want to be rude, surely if he's here he must be ''somebody's'' friend--when he dramatically announces to the outgoing managers (paraphrased): "You know, I don't think Joseph Buquet's death was natural." The narrator himself denies that this figure could have been the Opera ghost, [[RefugeInAudacity because nobody is that audacious.]]

* darkly funny, but this exchange during the "Don Juan Triumphant" rehearsal:

* A creepy, ugly-looking man with a false nose turns up at the old managers' retirement dinner. All of the unnerved diners in his vicinity are doing their best to ignore him--don't want to be rude, surely if he's here he must be ''somebody's'' friend--when he dramatically announces to the outgoing managers (paraphrased): "You know, I don't think Joseph Buquet's death was natural." The narrator himself denies that this figure could have been the Opera ghost, [[RefugeInAudacity because ''nobody'' is that audacious.]]

* The Phantom's entrance in ''Why So Silent?'' He crashes the Masquerade ball, interrupting the previous number, casually tosses the score of an entire opera he composed on the floor then insults Carlotta, ( "Carlotta must be taught to ''act'', not her normal trick of strutting round the stage."), Pianzi ("[[YouAreFat Our Don Juan must lose some weight]]"), and his managers, (who must learn "Their place is in an office, not the arts").

* The Phantom's entrance in ''Why So Silent?'' He crashes the Masquerade ball, interrupting the previous number, casually tosses the score of an entire opera he composed on the floor then insults Carlotta. ( "Carlotta must be taught to ''act'', not her normal trick of strutting round the stage."), Pianzi ("[[YouAreFat Our Don Juan must lose some weight]]"), and his managers, (who must learn "Their place is in an office, not the arts").

* "Carlotta must be taught to ''act'', not her normal trick of strutting round the stage."

* The Phantom's entrance in ''Why So Silent?'' He crashes the Masquerade ball, interrupting the previous number, casually tosses the score of an entire opera he composed on the floor then insults Carlotta ( "Carlotta must be taught to ''act'', not her normal trick of strutting round the stage.") and Pianzi ("[[YouAreFat Our Don Juan must lose some weight]]").

* When the Phantom remarks, "Our Don Juan must lose some weight," Piangi's reaction is something that, depending on the actor, ranges from looking very offended to putting down something he's eating to smile like he wasn't doing that, to sobbing dramatically.

!!The miniseries
* From the Arthur Kopit/Maury Yeston musical/miniseries, we have the Phantom's initial reaction on hearing Carlotta (in this version, a DreadfulMusician who only gets leads because her husband is the manager):

--> My God, this place really ''is'' haunted!

* This little bit in the song "Notes/Prima Donna." "And what is it that I'm meant to have wrote?" {{Beat}} "Written."

!!Other versions
* From the Arthur Kopit/Maury Yeston musical, we have the Phantom's initial reaction on hearing Carlotta (in this version, a DreadfulMusician who only gets leads because her husband is the manager):
--> My God, this place really ''is'' haunted!
** Bonus points if the actor [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarks]] the line.

** The aftermath of the rat attack. Several characters are trying to have a serious discussion about how to deal with the Phantom...meanwhile, Carlotta is dancing around them in full [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} Ophelia]] mode, singing and throwing flowers over everyone.

* One of the casts released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvhdv7FiryE this song]] as part of a Christmas Broadway benefit. It's a retelling of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" using different items from the show: "Six geese-a-laying" becomes "Lot 666, a chandelier in pieces," etc. What makes it hilarious is that the actors gradually change the song; for instance, the two actresses who play Christine (a MythologyGag: it's a tradition for two different women to play the part, as it's too demanding for one actress to do multiple shows a week) argue over who will do what performances, with their understudy, repeatedly butting in to take part in the conversation; the Phantom describes his mask as "a sweaty piece of porcelain on my face" and tells the Christines that "they have to kiss the funny lip thing" he wears; the Carlotta sings "Five high Ds" with an example every time, only for the Christines to show her up by singing an "E" instead (she exhaustedly tells them to shut up); the corps de ballet girls badly sing as they call themselves "eight tone-deaf dancers"; and Raoul brags that he gets to kiss both Christines. It's hilarious.

* Raoul confesses something he learned while eavesdropping on Christine for the second time. To paraphrase, a very annoyed Christine asks, "You were listening at my door again?", and (to further paraphrase) Raoul answers, "Of course not -- I was hiding in your closet."
* Richard's and Moncharmin's attempts to catch the Phantom the night he extorts his second payment, which includes walking backwards all night and the crazy incident with the safety pin that makes the poor secretary Remy think his bosses have lost their minds.
** When Richard and Moncharmin suspect that Mme. Giry has been stealing the envelopes of money, she reveals that she actually slipped it back into Richard's pocket when he was not aware. They ask her to demonstrate how she would have done this, and so she takes the envelope and immediately heads for the door[[note]]exactly as she would have normally done, since she would not have returned the envelope to Richard until a later time[[/note]], prompting an "Oh, no, you don't!" reaction from the two managers as they scramble to stop her from leaving with the money.

* Piangi attempting to scale the mechanical elephant in the "Hannibal" scene, and barely succeeding just as the music ends.
* In some productions, when Lefevre is trying to get people to pay attention to the announcement of his retirement, he's fails and eventually has to beg Madame Giry for help. She bangs her stick ''once,'' and there is ''instant'' silence.

* When the Phantom finishes singing 'Music of the Night', he proudly unveils a life size mannequin...that happens to look ''exactly like Christine,'' and is wearing a wedding dress. That would be bad enough (and it's pretty clear that Christine doesn't know what the hell to think of this) but then the frigging thing ''comes to life'', jerks out towards her and causes her to faint. Whether she ends up in his arms or on the floor, Erik's reaction generally seems to be 'Whoops, didn't intend for ''that'' to happen.'
** Actually, just the fact that he has a life size doll that looks like Christine, all done up in a wedding dress, in the ''first'' place - when it's not being creepy. What's the deal with that thing anyway? It's never explained.
** At least some performances (such as the 25th Anniversary DVD) don't use the mannequin at all, meaning Christine just faints for absolutely no reason at the end of the song. Which is pretty funny of itself.
* The escalating chaos of 'Notes', where everyone is bursting in and accusing everyone else of things they didn't do. One can imagine the Phantom spying on the resultant mess and having a good laugh at their expense.

* This little bit in the song "Notes/Prima Donna". "And what is it that I'm meant to have wrote?" {{Beat}} "Written."
* "Masquerade" includes the line from Carlotta "No more notes."

* The 25th's managers. Everything they do is incredibly funny in a suitably subtle way, with the two actors engaging in some very rapid line switches between each other. Not to mention 'Prima Donna', an entire song devoted to satisfying her ego.

--> It's just the sort of story audiences adore, in fact a perfect opera!

** Michael Crawford's delivery of that line on the London cast album is delightful. And just try not to smile a few minutes later when he spoils Carlotta's performance and accentuates it with a wonderful EvilLaugh.

*** Most of the Phantom's funniest moments are actually when he's offstage; he's a savagely witty DeadpanSnarker who just ''loves'' insulting people via his little notes.
* The ''very'' long low note done by the old cuckold in "Il Muto".

* Kind of darkly funny, but this exchange during the "Don Juan Triumphant" rehearsal:
--> '''Carlotta:''' ''(re: Piangi's incorrect singing of the score)'' His way is better; [[TakeThat at least he makes it sound like music!]]

** And when Carlotta sits back down and Piangi tries to sing his lines again, everyone huddles in close, fast as lightening, to hear him get it right. The pressure does not help.

* In addition, there is the Phantom himself. At first he appears to be perfectly cultured and civilised, but after Raoul and Christine get together he starts to break down into a goofy CardCarryingVillain. First there was the Masquerade, where he interrupts wearing, um, [[http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/wp-content/gallery/phantom-25-dvd-release/masquerade-3.jpg this]]. Then the mask comes off (which...wasn't a terribly good idea after what happened [[BerserkButton last time]]), and, well, he tries to make Christine marry him. Really, he'd have grown an EvilMoustache by that point if if wasn't for, [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9RYARK32qwE/Ty2gqxWyR6I/AAAAAAAAHdA/xqo4Pnc8U54/s1600/lair-phantom-full-prosthetics-sm.jpg y'know]]...

* [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/Ingonyama/Carlotta%20Bitchface_zpsuyncq9ru.png This]] expression on Carlotta's face at the end of the 25th Anniversary's rendition of "Prima Donna", after the Phantom has made his threats about "A disaster beyond your imagination!!!" Doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for someone who, up until now, has so far been a JokeCharacter.
* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8cXwAs0SZE video]] of one of the 25th Anniversary celebrations shows four Phantoms (Ramin Karimloo, Peter Jöback, John Owen Jones, and at-the-time current Phantom Hugh Panaro) singing the title song to Sierra Boggess. She gives each one her attention as they sing their individual lines, and each one maintains chemistry with her, with Ramin Karimloo (who starred opposite Sierra in Love Never Dies and the 25th Anniversary Albert Hall production of Phantom) seeming to be trying to out-chemistry the others. One commenter described it as "the classiest pissing contest" she had ever seen.

* One of the casts released [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvhdv7FiryE this song]] as part of a Christmas Broadway benefit. It's a retelling of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" using different items from the show: "Six geese-a-laying" becomes "Lot 666, a chandelier in pieces," etc. What makes it hilarious is that the actors gradually change the song; for instance, the two actresses who play Christine (a MythologyGag: it's tradition for two different women to play the part, as it's too demanding for one actress to do multiple shows a week) argue over who will do what performances, with their understudy repeatedly butting in to take part in the conversation; the Phantom describes his mask as "a sweaty piece of porcelain on my face" and tells the Christines that "they have to kiss the funny lip thing" he wears; the Carlotta sings "Five high Ds" with an example every time, only for the Christines to show her up by singing an "E" instead (she exhaustedly tells them to shut up); the corps de ballet girls badly sing as they call themselves "eight tone-deaf dancers"; and Raoul brags that he gets to kiss both Christines. It's hilarious.
* When the Phantom remarks "Our Don Juan must lose some weight", Piangi's reaction is something that, depending on the actor, ranges from looking very offended, to putting down something he's eating to smile like he just wasn't doing that, to sobbing dramatically.

* The lines about how they wouldn’t “get away with all this“ unless everything was “loudly sung and in a foreign tongue” gets funnier in a meta context to audience members for whom English isn’t the first language. They are indeed watching a ''musical'' (not a straight play) that’s loudly sung in a foreign tongue, and got away with its plot to become a beloved theatre sensation!

* From the Arthur Kopit/Maury Yeston musical, we have the Phantom's initial reaction on hearing Carlotta (in this version a DreadfulMusician who only gets leads because her husband is the manager):

* This moment between Christine and the Phantom (after he sabotages Carlotta's debut). You can just hear the smile on Charles Dance's face.

** The aftermath of the rat attack. Several characters are trying to have a serious discussion about how to deal with the Phantom...meanwhile Carlotta is dancing around them in full [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} Ophelia]] mode, singing and throwing flowers over everyone.

--> Who'd believe a diva happy to relieve
--> A chorus girl who's gone and slept with the patron?

* Kind of darkly funny, but this exchange during the "Don Juan Triumphant" rehearsal never fails to amuse me:

* In addition, there is the Phantom himself. At first he appears to be perfectly cultured and civilised, but after Raoul and Christine get together he starts to break down into a goofy CardCarryingVillain. First there was the Masquerade, where he interrupts wearing, um, [[http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/wp-content/gallery/phantom-25-dvd-release/masquerade-3.jpg this]]. Then the mask comes off (which...wasn't a terribly good idea after what happened [[BerserkButton last time]]), and, well, he tries to make Christine marry him. Really, he'd have grown an Evil Moustache by that point if if wasn't for, [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9RYARK32qwE/Ty2gqxWyR6I/AAAAAAAAHdA/xqo4Pnc8U54/s1600/lair-phantom-full-prosthetics-sm.jpg y'know]]...

* It's cruel, yes, but it's also quite funny to see the Phantom ''clearly'' getting all hot and bothered when Christine starts her bit in 'Point of No Return' - trembling hands, clasping knees, the works - plus she gives him a taste of his own medicine when ''she'' starts running her hands all over ''him!''

* When the Phantom remarks "Our Don Juan must lose some weight" some Piangis can react hilariously, ranging from looking very offended to putting down something they're eating to smile like they just weren't doing that to sobbing dramatically.

* It's certainly a TearJerker and a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and so on...but honestly, the Phantom's bug-eyed shock when Christine kisses him in the Final Lair scene is kind of funny as well. (I know, I know, I have no soul...)

* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8cXwAs0SZE video]] of one of the 25th Anniversary celebrations shows four Phantoms (Ramin Karimloo, Petter Joback, John Owen Jones, and at-the-time current Phantom Hugh Panaro) singing the title song to Sierra Boggess. She gives each one her attention as they sing their individual lines, and each one maintains chemistry with her, with Ramin Karimloo (who starred opposite Sierra in Love Never Dies and the 25th Anniversary Albert Hall production of Phantom) seeming to be trying to out-chemistry the others. One commenter described it as "the classiest pissing contest" she had ever seen.