History Funny / Wishbone

[[AC:#40: ''Picks of the Litter'']]

* Wishbone's startled reaction when the dog Penny starts talking to him at the very end.

[[AC:#45 "Groomed for Greatness"]]
* Wishbone annoying the artist that's trying to sculpt his sculpture because he keeps moving to scratch himself.
* Wanda's statue of Wishbone is a ''surrealist'' statue that's supposed to universally reflect every dog, but in Wishbone's eyes, is unflattering and doesn't look like himself in the slightest.
** When everyone suspects Wishbone is unhappy with the results, Wanda assures him "there's a bit of every good dog in that statue". This is cold comfort that flies over Wishbone's head as he wonders "Yes, but, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint which part is me]]?"

%%[[AC:#50: ''The Roamin' Nose'']]

%%[[AC:#43: ''The Prince of Wags'']]

%%[[AC:#46: ''War of the Noses'']]

[[AC:#47: ''Moonbone'']]

* Wishbone going through a "digging craze" while under the influence of the full moon.
--> "Need more stuff to bury!" (''shortly after'') "Bury flamingo!"

%%[[AC:#32: ''Shakespaw'']]

[[AC:#39: ''Rushin' to the Bone'']]

* Wishbone being unaccustomed to most of the things that come with being "Mr. [=MacPooch=]", like wearing costumes and trying not to be distracted by his own voice actor.
** And the guy he insists is not his voice actor, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall is in fact his real voice actor, Larry Brantley]].
** And the whole thing is ironic since in his stories, Wishbone wears costumes all the time.
* Much of the characters in Wishbone's rendition of ''Theatre/TheInspectorGeneral'':
--> '''Hlestakov:''' (sweetly asking Osip make his dinner) Oh please, Osip, ''please''?
--> '''Wishbone/Osip:''' No!
--> '''Hlestakov:''' (throwing a childish tantrum) [[SuddenlyShouting BUT I'M HUUUUUN-GRRYYYYY]]!
** The Postmaster reading Hlestakov's letter, which basically [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech sums up how each character is like an animal]].

[[AC:#27: ''The Count's Account'']]

* David retaliates against Damont by setting his invention to spray pink dye, so he would be caught "red-handed". Unfortunately, in the process, Wishbone gets sprayed as well, turning his coat pink.
--> '''Wishbone:''' I look like cotton candy with a tail and legs!
* Wishbone is the only witness to Damont setting up David by blasting his snow machine onto Wanda's prized flowers, so he's a little frustrated when the kids can't seem to put the pieces together of who actually committed the act.
-->'''Wishbone:''' David, read my lips: DA-MOOOON-TUH! DA-MOOOON-TUH! Wait a minute, I don't have lips...

%%[[AC:#19: ''One Thousand and One Tails'']]

[[AC:#21: ''The Canine Cure'']]

* The RunningGag where Wishbone is convinced he's mastered telekinesis.

%%[[AC:#31: ''A Terrified Terrier'']]

%%[[AC:#34: ''Hercules Unleashed'']]

%%[[AC:#35: ''¡Viva Wishbone!'']]

%%[[AC:#38: ''Dances with Dogs'']]

%%[[AC:#48: ''Barking at Buddha'']]

[[AC:#29: ''Little Big Dog'']]

* Emily being cheeky when towards the end, she claims her "conscience" says she should have two scoops of ice cream.

[[AC:#18: ''Hot Diggity Dawg'']]

* The confused look on the kids' faces at the end when they see Wishbone heading down the hole one more time, pretending he's Dr. Lindenbrock.

%%[[AC:#25: ''Furst Impressions'']]

%%[[AC:#26: ''The Prince and the Pooch'']]

%%[[AC:#44: ''Groomed for Greatness'']]

%%[[AC:#49: ''Pup Fiction'']]

[[AC:#16: ''A Tail of Two Sitters'']]

* Emily and Tina have their crowning moment when left alone with Wishbone.
--> '''Emily:''' We get Wishbone.
--> '''Tina:''' Yeah!
--> '''Wishbone:''' [[OhCrap This could be dangerous.]]
--> '''Emily:''' Let's make Wishbone pretty!
--> '''Wishbone:''' Excuse me, I am not a ''poodle'', I do not ''wish'' to be "pretty"!
--> '''Tina:''' Let's put a bow on his head!
--> '''Emily:''' Yeah!
--> '''Wishbone:''' Oh no! ([[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Leaves]])
* In one "A Tale of Two Cities" segment, Charles/Wishbone acting offended in court when he's described as a "fat cat".
--> '''Charles/Wishbone:''' ''Excuse'' me, but [[LiteralMinded do I look like a "fat cat"]]?

[[AC:Episodes with their own pages]]

%%[[AC:#11: ''The Impawssible Dream'']]

%%[[AC:#13: ''Sniffing the Gauntlet'']]

[[AC:#15: ''Golden Retrieved'']]

* When Wishbone says "Joe, I don't know how to tell you this but, the bike's upside down."

%%[[AC:#22: ''The Pawloined Paper'']]

%%[[AC:#33: ''Muttketeer'']]

%%[[AC:#36: ''The Entrepawneur'']]

%%[[AC:#45: ''A Bone of Contention'']]

%%[[AC:#44: ''A Bone of Contention'']]

%%[[AC:#45: ''Groomed for Greatness'']]

%%[[AC:#10: ''Bone of Arc'']]

%%[[AC:#14: ''The Hunchdog of Notre Dame'']]

[[AC:#17: ''Frankenbone'']]

* While tracking down David's runaway robot, the robot crosses paths with Wanda and Mr. Pruitt in the middle of a nature walk, weirding the two out. Wishbone stops in the middle of the path, sits down and [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks straight at the camera]]:
-->'''Wishbone''': Okay, let's review: We've got one robot running amok, one dog in pursuit of that robot, and ''two dumbstruck nature lovers!'' Hey! Let's continue!\\
''(Wishbone rushes off, leaving Wanda and Bob to just stare on in confusion)''

%%[[AC:#28: ''Salty Dog'']]

[[AC:#37: ''Pantin' at the Opera'']]

* A "Phantom of the Opera" segment has one part where the Phantom makes Carlotta ''literally'' croak like a toad.
* Wanda dressing up in a black suit during the stake-out at the library.

%%[[AC:#41 & 42: ''Halloween Hound: The Legend of Creepy Collars, Parts 1 & 2'']]

[[AC:#20: ''Mixed Breeds'']]

* In the book version, there's a RunningGag in "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" where Utterson/Wishbone has a [[GuiltyPleasures secret desire]] to break his diet and help himself to sausages.

[[AC:#07: ''Cyranose'']]

* Christian's attempt to profess his love to Roxanne comes down to only two different sentences: "I love you" and "I love you so". Naturally, Roxanne is [[EpicFail disappointed]] that her crush [[BrainlessBeauty has no intellect behind his beauty]].

[[AC:#12: ''Fleabitten Bargain'']]

* Surprisingly, for an episode that focuses on the book "Faust", there's has quite a trove of funny moments.
** Faust/Wishbone [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl screams]] when Mephistoles first appears.
** The hard cut which appropriately compares the sleazy salesman Dr. Montana to the Devil in "Faust".
** Dr. Montana calling Wishbone "pooch".
** Heaven has a fire hydrant.
** Wishbone exploring Wanda's house.

* Wishbone himself provides much comic relief in the show.
** On a meta-level, Larry Brantley providing many of Wishbone's fitting dialogue, from holding stuff in his mouth to eating with his mouth full, to spitting something out, to shaking himself dry.
** Wishbone riding on a skateboard. That is all.
* Wanda's tendency to be a CloudCuckooLander, when she's not yelling at Wishbone for digging up her garden.
** In one episode, when she suspects someone has broken into her house, she arms herself with a (''highly'' decorative) rolling pin.

* Meta example comes from satirical website The Toast's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180128003146/http://the-toast.net/2015/07/15/the-pitch-meeting-for-wishbone/ imagination]] of how the premise of the show was pitched to PBS.
-->'''SUIT #1''': So when we travel into the world of novel…
-->'''VISIONARY:''' Live actors, costumes, the works. Mini-Masterpiece Theater. Also, Wishbone is a character.
-->'''SUIT #2''': Narrating?
-->'''VISIONARY''': No, he is an actual character in the book.
-->'''SUIT #1''': Ah, I get it. In the book part, all the characters are played by dogs?
-->'''VISIONARY''': You get nothing. Wishbone plays a character, for example Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and the other parts are played by adult human actors.
-->'''SUIT #3''': But you said he can’t talk to humans.
-->'''VISIONARY''': No, see, in the world of the book, nobody thinks he’s a dog and people understand him. Just not in the real world. But then what is “real,” right?
-->'''SUIT #2''': Like they just never acknowledge he’s a dog?
-->'''VISIONARY''': I mean he wears a costume, so.

[[AC:#01 & 02: ''A Tail in Twain, Parts 1 & 2'']]

* In Part 2, Wanda being startled by the rusty sound of a violin playing.

[[AC:#03: ''Twisted Tail'']]

* Wishbone [[ToiletHumor peeing]] on the motorcycle of the perpetrator who's been stealing stuff.

%%[[AC:#04: ''Rosie, Oh! Rosie, Oh!'']]

%%[[AC:#05: ''Homer Sweet Homer'']]

[[AC:#06: ''Bark that Bark'']]

* Wishbone's reaction when David's attempt to fix the stage lights short-circuits in a flash of sparks:
--> '''Wishbone:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Wow! A show with explosions! This play is going to be a hit! Why is it dark all of a sudden?]]

%%[[AC:#08: ''The Slobbery Hound'']]

%%[[AC:#09: ''Digging Up the Past'']]

[[AC:#23: ''Bark to the Future'']]

* When Ellen reminds Wishbone he only gets 3 dog treats a day, our little canine does the math to himself.
--> '''Wishbone:''' Let's see now, 3 snaps a day and 7 days in a week. That's 3 snaps, times 7, which equals 21 snaps. And there are ''22'' snaps in each box. Hmm, what's happening to that extra snap. (Sees Ellen casually eating something) GAAAASP! Ellen! And to think I trusted you!

%%[[AC:#24: ''Paw Prints of Thieves'']]

[[AC:#30: ''A Dogged Exposé'']]

* The episode climaxing with Wishbone pulling down Damont's pants, exposing his underwear.

* Wishbone himself provides much comic relief in the show

* Just the fact that between "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn" (only featured in the ''The Adventures of Wishbone'' book tie-in series), Tom and Huck ''swap species'' (Wishbone plays the lead character in their respective stories while a human portrays the other) and no one notices.

%%[[AC:#18: ''Hot Diggity Dawg'']]

%%[[AC:#40: ''Picks of the Litter'']]

** In "Golden Retrieved": "Joe, I don't know how to tell you this but, the bike's upside down."

** In "Bark that Bark", Wishbone's reaction when David's attempt to fix the stage lights short-circuits in a flash of sparks:

** Wishbone exploring Wanda's house in "A Flea-bitten Bargain"
** During "Moon Bone", Wishbone going through a "digging craze" while under the influence of the full moon.
*** "Need more stuff to bury! (Shortly after) Bury flamingo!"
* In "A Tale of Two Sitters", Emily and Tina have their crowning moment when left alone with Wishbone.
--> '''Emily:''' We get Wishbone.
--> '''Tina:''' Yeah!
--> '''Wishbone:''' [[OhCrap This could be dangerous.]]
--> '''Emily:''' Let's make Wishbone pretty!
--> '''Wishbone:''' Excuse me, I am not a ''poodle'', I do not ''wish'' to be "pretty"!
--> '''Tina:''' Let's put a bow on his head!
--> '''Emily:''' Yeah!
--> '''Wishbone:''' Oh no! ([[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Leaves]])
** Also in the same episode, in "A Tale of Two Cities", Charles/Wishbone acting offended in court when he's described as a "fat cat".
--> '''Charles/Wishbone:''' ''Excuse'' me, but [[LiteralMinded do I look like a "fat cat"]]?
* In "The Count's Account", David retaliates against Damont by setting his invention to spray pink dye, so he would be caught "red-handed". Unfortunately, in the process, Wishbone gets sprayed as well, turning his coat pink.
--> '''Wishbone:''' I look like cotton candy with a tail and legs!
** Wishbone is the only witness to Damont setting up David by blasting his snow machine onto Wanda's prized flowers, so he's a little frustrated when the kids can't seem to put the pieces together of who actually committed the act.
-->'''Wishbone:''' David, read my lips: DA-MOOOON-TUH! DA-MOOOON-TUH! Wait a minute, I don't have lips...
* "Phantom of the Opera" has one part where the Phantom makes Carlotta ''literally'' croak like a toad.
* Surprisingly, for an episode that focuses on the book "Faust", "A Flea-bitten Bargain" has quite a trove of funny moments.

** In Wishbone's depiction of "Faust", Heaven has a fire hydrant.
* In Part 2 of "A Tale in Twain", Wanda being startled by the rusty sound of a violin playing.
* In "A Dogged Expose", the episode climaxing with Wishbone pulling down Damont's pants, exposing his underwear.
* In Wishbone's depiction of "Cyrano", Christian's attempt to profess his love to Roxanne comes down to only two different sentences: "I love you" and "I love you so". Naturally, Roxanne is [[EpicFail disappointed]] that her crush [[BrainlessBeauty has no intellect behind his beauty]].
* In "Bark to the Future", when Ellen reminds Wishbone he only gets 3 dog treats a day, our little canine does the math to himself.
--> '''Wishbone:''' Let's see now, 3 snaps a day and 7 days in a week. That's 3 snaps, times 7, which equals 21 snaps. And there are ''22'' snaps in each box. Hmm, what's happening to that extra snap. (Sees Ellen casually eating something) GAAAASP! Ellen! And to think I trusted you!
* In "Rushin to the Bone", Wishbone being unaccustomed to most of the things that come with being "Mr. [=MacPooch=]", like wearing costumes and trying not to be distracted by his own voice actor.
** And the guy he insists is not his voice actor, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall is in fact his real voice actor, Larry Brantley]].
** Actually, the whole thing is ironic, since in his stories, Wishbone wears costumes all the time.
* In "Twisted Tail", Wishbone [[ToiletHumor peeing]] on the motorcycle of the perpetrator who's been stealing stuff.
* In "Little Big Dog", Emily being cheeky when towards the end, she claims her "conscience" says she should have two scoops of ice cream.
* Much of the characters in Wishbone's rendition of ''Theatre/TheInspectorGeneral'':
--> '''Hlestakov:''' (sweetly asking Osip make his dinner) Oh please, Osip, ''please''?
--> '''Wishbone/Osip:''' No!
--> '''Hlestakov:''' (throwing a childish tantrum) [[SuddenlyShouting BUT I'M HUUUUUN-GRRYYYYY]]!
** The Postmaster reading Hlestakov's letter, which basically [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech sums up how each character is like an animal]].
* Wanda's tendency to be a CloudCuckooLander, when she's not yelling at Wishbone for digging up her garden.
** Her dressing up in a black suit during the steak-out at the library in "Pantin at the Opera"
** When she suspects someone has broken into her house, she arms herself with a (''highly'' decorative) rolling pin.
* The RunningGag in "The Canine Cure" where Wishbone is convinced he's mastered telekinesis.
* In the book version of "Mixed Breeds", the RunningGag in "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" where Utterson/Wishbone has a [[GuiltyPleasures secret desire]] to break his diet and help himself to sausages.
* Just the fact that between "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn", Tom and Huck ''swap species'' (Wishbone plays the lead character in their respective stories while a human portrays the other) and no one notices.
* While tracking down David's runaway robot in "Frankenbone", the robot crosses paths with Wanda and Mr. Pruitt in the middle of a nature walk, weirding the two out. Wishbone stops in the middle of the path, sits down and [[BreakingTheFourthWall looks straight at the camera]]:

* Meta example comes from satirical website The Toast's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180128003146/http://the-toast.net/2015/07/15/the-pitch-meeting-for-wishbone/ imagination]] of how the premise of the show was pitched to PBS.
-->'''SUIT #1''': So when we travel into the world of novel…
-->'''VISIONARY:''' Live actors, costumes, the works. Mini-Masterpiece Theater. Also, Wishbone is a character.
-->'''SUIT #2''': Narrating?
-->'''VISIONARY''': No, he is an actual character in the book.
-->'''SUIT #1''': Ah, I get it. In the book part, all the characters are played by dogs?
-->'''VISIONARY''': You get nothing. Wishbone plays a character, for example Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, and the other parts are played by adult human actors.
-->'''SUIT #3''': But you said he can’t talk to humans.
-->'''VISIONARY''': No, see, in the world of the book, nobody thinks he’s a dog and people understand him. Just not in the real world. But then what is “real,” right?
-->'''SUIT #2''': Like they just never acknowledge he’s a dog?
-->'''VISIONARY''': I mean he wears a costume, so.

* ''Stage Invader''
** Ryan has a RunningGag of forgetting his lines as Danny. When he flubs a rehearsal of Sandy and Danny's big reunion, Rachel who's playing Rizzo teases him by reciting the line "Why aren't you at the school in Ryedale?". Ryan finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny and apologizes.
** Wishbone hears a lady calling for "Jinx" and goes EntertaininglyWrong on seeing a cat in the area. He barks out a canine alert that a cat named Jinx is a threat.
** When David's sign burns up and explodes, one of the kids watching its test run innocently asks if that was supposed to happen. Sam, David, and Justin quickly say that wasn't part of the show.
** Before the MoodWhiplash where Sam forces Crystal to confess that she took the nails out of the bleachers where Sandy and Danny dance in the finale, Crystal hesitates to dance. (For context, Sam told Justin their suspicions, as well as Wishbone finding out the bleachers were sabotaged, and for this rehearsal, he says he wanted Crystal to try out a dance routine to see if she's okay for opening night.) She tries to say she'll do her routine on the floor and stalling. Ryan, in SincerityMode, says that if she's worried about falling with her sprained ankle, he'll hit the floor first and cushion her fall.
** TheReveal that Jinx is actually Ryan's new puppy. He realizes she's gotten loose from their house when Wishbone tracks her down and finds her stash of stolen toys and food in the bushes, shortly after Sam busted Crystal as the saboteur. Ryan apologizes to everyone when they realize that Jinx must have stolen Joe's energy bar and left the scarf onstage that had tripped up Crystal, because she has a bad habit of chewing up things and stealing stuff. Jinx's response to being busted? To give Wishbone giant kisses, which the latter dislikes because Jinx stole Squeaky from him.