History Funny / TheShapeOfWater

* Elisa signing "F-U-C-K Y-O-U" at Strickland with a smirk on her face.
** Even better, she's deliberately and emphatically spelling it, instead of just using the sign. She's daring him to understand her!
* Zelda's reaction when she realizes Elisa slept with the Asset.
-->'''Zelda:''' Why?! ... ''[[MermaidProblem How?!]]''
** Elisa painting a rather unmistakable picture via hand gesture.
* Zelda cursing under her breath as she and Elisa sneak the Asset out of the building.
--> '''Zelda:''' Oh, woman, we gonna burn in hell!
* Strickland's brand-new car getting clipped by Giles as the Asset's being stolen, just adding insult to injury.
* The consequences of Elisa flooding her bathroom for an assignation with the Asset. The door is watertight thanks to some towels stuffed into the crack underneath (just roll with it), but the ''floor'' isn't, and the landlord throws a hilarious shitfit when huge leaks start drizzling into the movie theater downstairs. And inevitably, Giles floods the whole apartment when he opens the door.
* The Asset [[spoiler:eating one of Giles' many cats.]] Giles doesn't hold it against him.
--> '''Giles:''' (''to one of his cats'') "You're lucky."
** When he sees the Asset playing with one of his cats later, he tells him to stop.

* When Elisa and Zelda discover Strickland's bitten off fingers, they quickly pop them in the only thing handy -- a lunch bag -- and return them. It's later pointed out that they arrived up at the hospital with mustard on them.

* Giles expressing wonder at [[spoiler:the Asset healing his arm and his receding hairline]], saying that he understands now why the Asset was originally worshiped as a god. Then he says something along the lines of [[spoiler:"Not that I'd know what a god looks like, I mean, he ate my cat."]]
* Zelda's [[DullSurprise rather calm]] bewilderment at how there is pee on the ceiling when she and Elisa are cleaning the men's bathroom.
--> '''Zelda:''' There's pee freckles on the ceiling now. [[NoodleIncident How'd they get it up there]]?
* Zelda's EstablishingCharacterMoment when she goes about her work while complaining about her husband to Eliza. Most notable is one part where she's dusting a turbine hanging overhead as though it were simply a high-tech chandelier rather than a giant hulking machine that could crush her and Eliza if it ever dropped.
* During Dimitri's first meeting with his handlers, they try to engage in [[SpySpeak code exchanges]], but can't hear each other over the wind and have to keep repeating themselves. During the second meeting, Dimitri doesn't even bother with them.
** Also during the first meeting, when he's taken to their meeting point at a restaurant, he complains about having to go through the whole runaround when they just come to the same place every time.
* Meta: Del Toro's response to the fanmade dildos of the Asset's dick? [[ShrugOfGod He doesn't think they're accurate]].

** Also during the first meeting, when he's taken to their meeting point at a restaurant, he complains about having to go through the whole runaround when they just come to the same place every time.

* While Giles and Elisa watch some musicals together, he sighs at the actors' youth and tells Elisa if he could talk to his past self he would give himself some advise. Elisa asks him what kind of advice.

* Giles tells Elisa that corn flakes were invented to prevent masturbation. Elisa, [[UnusualEuphemism who keeps a]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms regular schedule]], looks at the corn flakes she's eating dubiously.

** In the same sequence, as Giles prepares a fake ID, he puts his age down as fifty One. Despite insisting that he can pass for that, Elisa talks him into raising his age to at least fifty seven.

* Zelda's EstablishingCharacterMoment when she goes about her work whilst complaining about her husband to Eliza. Most notable is one part where she's dusting a turbine hanging overhead as though it were simply a high-tech chandelier rather than a giant hulking machine that could crush her and Eliza if it ever dropped.

-->'''Giles''': Don't tell me that. I'm terrified.
** In the same sequence, as Giles prepares a fake ID, he puts his age down as fifty four. Despite insisting that he can pass for that, Elisa talks him into raising his age to at least fifty seven.

* While Giles and Elisa watch some musicals together, he sighs at the actors youth and tells Elisa if he could talk to his past self he would give himself some advise. Elisa asks him what kind of advice.

-->'''Zelda:''' Why?! ...''[[MermaidProblem How?!]]''

** In the same sequence, as Giles prepares a fake ID, he puts his down as fifty four. Despite insisting that he can pass for that, Elisa talks him into raising his age to at least fifty seven.

--> '''Giles:''' “They failed”.

* When Dimitri's bosses come over to his house, he asks them if they would like some pound cake. One says yes without hesitation causing the other to give him a "Dude, Really?" look.

** Zelda translates for her: "She says [[BlatantLies thank you, sir]]."
** A careful rewatch of the scene will show you that Elisa quickly switched her signs to "thank you," meaning Zelda had been LockedOutOfTheLoop this whole time.

* Zelda's EstablishingCharacterMoment when she goes about her work whilst complaining about her husband to Eliza. Most notable is one part where she's dusting a turbine hanging overhead as though it were simply a high-tech chandelier rather than a giant hulking machine that could crush her and Eliza if it ever dropped.

* Elisa signing "F.U." at Strickland with a smirk on her face. In the film, she signs the complete insult.

* Zelda's bewilderment at how there is pee on the ceiling when she and Elisa are cleaning the men's bathroom.

—-> '''Giles:''' “They failed”.

* Giles expressing wonder at [[spoiler:the Asset healing his arm and his receding hairline]], saying that he understands now why the Asset was originally worshiped as a god. Then he says something along the lines of [[spoiler:"Not that I'd know what a god looks like, I mean, he ate my cat."]]

* Giles expressing wonder at [[spoiler:the Asset healing his arm and his receding hairline]], saying that he understands now why the Asset was originally worshiped as a god. Then he says something along the lines of [[spoiler:"Not that I'd know what a god looks like, I mean, he ate my cat.]]

* When Dimitri's bosses come over to his house, he asks them if they would like some pound cake. One says yes without hesitation causing the other to give him a "Dude, Really?" look.

* When Elisa and Zelda discover Strickland's bitten off fingers, they quickly pop them in the only thing handy -- a lunch bag -- and return them. It's later pointed out that they arrived up at the hospital with mustard on them.

* Giles tells Elisa that corn flakes were invented to prevent masturbation. Elisa, [[UnusualEuphemism who keeps a]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms regular schedule]], looks at the corn flakes she's eating dubiously.

* Giles tells Elisa that corn flakes were invented to prevent masturbation. Elisa, [[UnusualEuphism who keeps a]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms regular schedule]], looks at the corn flakes she's eating dubiously.

* In the beginning of the film, Giles mentions that a nearby chocolate factory has caught fire, and muses how such a tragedy can create the delicious smell of toasted chocolate.

--> '''Giles:''' (''to one of his cats'') "You're lucky."

* In the beginning of the film, Giles mentions that a nearby chocolate fire has caught fire, and muses how such a tragedy can create the delicious smell of toasted chocolate.

* The unfinished slices of pie in Giles's fridge. At least a dozen of them.

* The Asset [[spoiler:eating one of Giles' many cats.]] Giles doesn't hold it against him.

* The consequences of Elisa flooding her bathroom for an assignation with the Asset. The door is watertight thanks to some towels stuffed into the crack underneath (just roll with it), but the ''floor'' isn't, and the landlord throws a hilarious shitfit when huge leaks start drizzling into the movie theater downstairs. And inevitably, Giles floods the whole apartment when he opens the door.

* Strickland's brand-new car getting clipped by Giles, just adding insult to injury.