Line #31 Funny/ShaunOfTheDead


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8	* Shaun and Ed accidentally hit a man with a car and Shaun insists on finding out whether he's alright:
9	-->'''Injured Man:''' ''[undead groan, revealing himself to be a zombie]''\
10	'''Shaun:''' Oh, thank God for that. ''[drives off]''
11	** Made better that the man is facedown, his leg snapped off at the knee before Shaun asks if he's okay.
12	*** Shortly before, the two pause and have a moment wondering if they hit someone. Ed accidentally honks the horn, causing Shaun to smack his face on the window from the noise.
13	* [[SoundtrackDissonance "Tonight, I'm gonna have myself a real good time..."]]
14	** That scene has turned many on to Music/{{Queen\|Band}}.
15	** "[[ThatCameOutWrong Kill the Queen!]]" "[[FlatWhat What.]]" "The jukebox!"
16	** "WHY IS QUEEN STILL ON?!"
17	*** Yelled while he and Liz are having a nicely choreographed battle against the zombie barman, hitting him with pool cues. The fact that Shaun accidentally hits himself in the head with his cue just makes it funnier.
18	*** Meanwhile, Dianne and Shaun's mother are in the background watching the fight while grooving to the music.
19	*** There's also Dianne attempting to help by (badly) throwing darts at the zombie barman...only to hit Shaun in the side of the head instead.
20	*** Bonus points for not using "Another One Bites The Dust" i.e. the more obvious choice.
21	*** David trying to mess with the fusebox causing the lights to flicker unintentionally looking like a rave.
22	---->'''David:''' We've got a situation!\
23	'''Shaun:''' '''''I KNOOOOWWW!!!'''''
24	* After they get the rifle down from the bar and discuss who would be best to use it, we get this exchange:
25	-->'''Shaun:''' Has anyone ever fired a gun before?\
26	'''Ed:''' Oh, yeah.\
27	'''Shaun:''' ''[hurriedly]'' Apart from Ed.\
28	'''David:''' [[PacifismIsCowardice I'm a pacifist]].\
29	'''Shaun:''' Apart from David ''and'' Ed.\
30	'''Liz:''' Sorry, ''what'' was Ed's experience?\
31	'''Shaun:''' Uhhh... he shot his sister in the leg with an air rifle.
32	** It's made far more hilarious in the deleted scenes when Liz asks why, and Ed responds, "she asked me to." Dianne also says that she's handled a gun before...a starter pistol, in a production of ''Theatre/KingLear''. When Shaun points out that it's not really a serious qualification, she coldly retorts "We took it to the ''Edinburgh Festival,'' thank you."
33	* Ed's introduction at The Winchester.
34	-->'''Ed:''' Can I get any of you [[CountryMatters cunts]] a drink?
35	* After Shaun gets dumped, he and Ed making up stories about the barflies in the Winchester by casting them as retired gangsters and ex-prostitutes. Then, as they are leaving, they break into "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" by Melle Mel:
36	-->'''Zombie:''' EURRRRGHH!!\
37	'''Shaun and Ed:''' Do-do-do-do-do-duddulo-do!\
38	'''Zombie:''' Eurrrgh!!\
39	'''Shaun and Ed:''' Do-do-do-do-do-duddulo-do!\
40	'''Zombie:''' Eurrrgh!!\
41	'''Shaun:''' He didn't say "Bass"...\
42	'''Ed:''' Or "Freeze"...\
43	'''Both:''' What a tit.
44	* Pete chewing out Shaun and Ed after getting woken up by them DJ-ing in the living room at 4 AM.
45	-->'''Pete:''' ''[after throwing out Shaun's record]'' It's four in the fucking morning!\
46	'''Shaun:''' It's alright. It's Saturday.\
47	'''Pete:''' No it's not. [[ClusterFBomb No. It's fucking Sunday, and I've got to go to fucking work in four fucking hours because every other fucker in my fucking department is fucking ill. Now can you see why I'm so fucking angry?!]]\
48	'''Ed:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Fuck yeah!]]
49	** For that matter, there's the special alternate "clean" version of that scene included as a special feature on the DVD, where (because of contractual obligations) Edgar Wright had to make an honest attempt at rewriting that whole exchange without any obscenities. The result?
50	--->'''Pete:''' No it's not. No. It's '''funking''' Sunday, and I've got to go to '''funking''' work in four '''funking''' hours because every other '''funker''' in my '''funking''' department is '''funking''' ill. Now can you see why I'm so '''funking''' angry?!\
51	'''Ed:''' Funk yeah!
52	* [[InsistentTerminology "It's not hip-hop. It's electro.]] Prick."
53	** Even funnier, [[FreezeFrameBonus if you pause during the shot where the record is shown, it does indeed say "Electro."]] To Pete's credit, the song ''is'' actually called "Hip Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)."
54	* The fence hopping scene, establishing a running gag that would last through all three Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy Films.
55	-->'''Shaun:''' What's the matter, David? Never taken a shortcut before?
56	* The scene where Shaun rants about how there's nothing left of the real Philip now that he's a zombie, just as Philip manages to turn off the blaring radio.
57	** Shaun and Ed's plans for the zombie invasion, culminating in killing Philip apologetically with a shovel and having a casual cup of tea. Things didn't exactly work out that way. . .
58	*** More to the point, they keep going over the plan, streamlining the imagined scenarios more and more to the point where a heartfelt and drawn-out apology to Philip devolves into just "Sorry! bonk"
59	** The bloopers for that scene are hilarious:
60	---> '''Simon Pegg:''' Sorry, Philip! ''[forgets to pull his swing and actually whacks Bill Nighy in the head]'' ... Oh, god, I'm so sorry!
61	** Then, in another take...
62	--->''[Shaun and Ed enter the room with weapons raised]''\
63	'''Zombie!Philip:''' RRRRRR!\
64	''[Shaun and Ed advance, when suddenly...]''\
65	'''Zombie!Philip:''' ''[quizzically]'' ...rrrr?
66	** When Shaun then finally approaches Philip from behind and he raises his bat saying "I'm so sorry, Philip," Philip (who hasn't actually turned yet) asks in a completely deadpan voice "Why? What have you done now?" giving Shaun a jump and making him backtrack immediately.
67	--->'''Philip:''' What have you got there? Flowers, I hope.\
68	'''Shaun:''' No, it's...cricket bat.
69	** The earlier prediction of what to do that day is a little more accurate though:
70	--->A Bloody Mary first thing, a bite at the King's Head, a couple at The Little Princess, stagger back here and ''bang''...\
71	back at the bar for shots.
72	* Shaun comes out of his mom's house, only to find that Ed has somehow managed to wreck the car despite him being gone for maybe 10 minutes. They end up having to cramp themselves into Philip's car.
73	** If you listen carefully to the conversation between Shaun and Ed as they arrive, Ed says "You didn't tell me Barbara had a Jag! Always wanted to drive one of those." Shaun replies that it's Philip's and he won't let anyone near it. [[ManChild Ed]] immediately volunteers to stay behind, surprising Shaun, and it's very heavily implied he purposefully wrecked their original car so they would be forced to take the Jaguar instead.
74	** If you're really paying attention, you can ''just about'' hear a car screeching around outside during Shaun's conversation with his mother in the kitchen followed by a faint smashing sound just before the scene cuts away, which lends even more credence to the implication that Ed crashing Pete's car in order to get his hands on the Jaguar was entirely deliberate.
75	* And the scene where Shaun and his friends run into another FiveManBand of survivors who are essentially all of them, as played by much more expensive actors.
76	* Basically the entire movie riffs on how the English would deal with an apocalypse. Namely, under reacting to everything while making cups of tea, closeting themselves in the pub, using ineffective improv weapons and hiding zombie bites with the excuse of [[BritishStuffiness not wanting to]] [[StiffUpperLip make a fuss]].
77	** What makes it EXTRA hilarious is they handle it better then American zombie movie protagonists do...
78	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqQ8Y9Sjp7o The entire walk to the mart]] on the morning of the apocalypse. Shaun walks through his usual morning shopping routine, in an exact replication of TheOner from the movie intro, without noticing that he's in the middle of a ZombieApocalypse.
79	** Later as they are fleeing the house, the zombified Asian shopkeeper can be seen reaching his hand out for Shaun like he knows he short-changed him.
80	* Ed's reaction to seeing a hole punched through a woman's stomach.
81	** For that matter, Shaun's expression when Ed hits a zombie over the head with an ashtray and caves its skull in. And Ed himself:
82	--->"Did you see his head go?"
83	* Shaun's [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl girly squeal]], complete with wibbly hands, at seeing a zombie in his living room.
84	* Shaun trying to take down a zombie with a tetherball.
85	** The blooper for this scene is also great, as he accidentally wraps the tetherball around the boom mic.
86	* David's pointing a gun at Shaun's dead mum. Shaun breaks a bottle and holds it to David's neck. Ed also breaks a bottle and holds it to David's neck. [[MexicanStandoff Dianne complains, so Ed hands her his bottle to put to Shaun's neck and Ed grabs a corkscrew.]]
87	** The couple of insults Shaun lobs at David during the stand-off are quite humorous, made even better by Ed aggressively agreeing!
88	--->'''Shaun:''' You're the one that's gone from being a chartered accountant to Creator/CharltonHeston!\
89	'''David:''' I'm ''not'' a chartered accountant!\
90	'''Shaun:''' Well, you look like one!\
91	'''Ed:''' YEAH!!!\
92	'''David:''' I'm a lecturer!\
93	'''Shaun:''' You're a twat!\
94	'''Ed:''' YEAH!!!
95	* "Cock-acidal maniac!"
96	** Even funnier in the alternate takes: "Big old gash." "Loves giant root." "More holes filled with pearly-white spooge." "Big old muff." "Ropey old twat." Simon Pegg couldn't keep a straight face.
97	*** Made even funnier/squickier because that's Nick's mother-in-law.
98	* Shaun and Ed not realising that the woman in their backyard is actually undead.
99	-->'''Shaun:''' Oh my God... she's so drunk!
100	* "Fuck-a-doodle-do!"
101	* The scene where a zombie wanders into Shaun and Ed's flat because they left the front door open. Particularly Shaun throwing up his hands in surprise as he sees the zombie and starts shrieking.
102	-->'''FOR GOD'S SAKE, HE'S GOT AN ARM OFF!'''
103	* Ed's almost casual confirmation that the lipless zombie and Mary are still at the window.
104	* Shaun is trying to call the police.
105	-->'''Shaun:''' Shit. It's engaged.\
106	'''Ed:''' How about an ambulance?\
107	'''Shaun:''' It's engaged, Ed.\
108	'''Ed:''' ...fire engine?\
109	'''Shaun:''' It's ''one'' number, Ed, and it's ''busy!'' Okay? What d'you want a ''fire engine'' for, anyway?\
110	'''Ed:''' Anything with flashing lights, you know?
111	* When Shaun tries to call Liz, only to find it's busy as well
112	-->'''Shaun:''' Shit! She's engaged!\
113	'''Ed:''' That was quick.
114	* Shaun and Ed are trying to call Pete upstairs with no response.
115	-->'''Shaun:''' ''[carefully]'' ...Pete? Pete!\
116	'''Ed:''' [[SuddenlyShouting Oi, prick!]]\
117	''' Shaun and Ed:''' ''(beat)'' He's not in.
118	* Shaun's "inspirational speech" to the other employees at the electronics store:
119	-->"Now, as Mr. Sloman always says: There is no "I" in "TEAM." But there ''is'' an "I" in "PIE." And there's an "I" in "MEAT PIE." It's, uh...the anagram of "MEAT" is "TEAM"... Look, I don't know what he's talking about..."
120	* The team practicing before blending into the audience of zombies in order to reach the Winchester Pub. Barbara's turn to pose as a zombie is priceless:
121	-->'''Barbara:''' ''[thousand yard stare]''\
122	'''Dianne:''' Barbara, that's excellent!\
123	'''Barbara:''' ''[suddenly returns to reality]'' Sorry, dear, I was miles away.
124	** [[HarsherInHindsight Though this moment becomes rather tragic upon realizing that Barbara's odd behavior was likely because]] she was in deep shock over having been bitten by a zombie seconds ago.
125	* Shaun and Liz take refuge behind the bar, leaving a bitten Ed stranded across the room in a crowd of dozens of zombies.
126	-->'''Shaun:''' Ed! Ed!\
127	'''Ed:''' ''[DynamicEntry over the bar, covered in blood and bites]'' WHAT?!
128	* From the commentary, Edgar Wright revealing that the "We're coming to get you, Barbara" ShoutOut went completely over George Romero's head at the premiere, with Wright himself having to explain it to him when they chatted afterwards.
129	* Whilst having an argument with Barbara, Shaun tells her that he was molested by Philip as a child.
130	-->'''Shaun:''' Did you know, that on several occasions, he touched me.\
131	''[Barbara abruptly stops what she's doing, then turns to glare at Shaun]''\
132	'''Shaun:''' ''[ashamed]'' That wasn't true. Made it up. Shouldn't have done. Sorry.
133	** A few seconds before we had this:
134	--->'''Shaun:''' What would you say if I told you that Philip's been quite unkind to me?\
135	'''Barbara:''' You weren't always easy to live with.\
136	'''Shaun:''' He chased me around the garden with a bit of wood!\
137	'''Barbara:''' You did call him a you-know-what!\
138	'''Shaun:''' Did he tell you that? Motherfucker!\
139	'''Barbara:''' Shaun!\
140	'''Shaun:''' I'm sorry, mother - Mum!
141	** One of the outtakes for this scene where Penelope Wilton flubs her line is quite funny.
142	--->'''Simon:''' Mum, you don't understand-\
143	'''Penelope:''' No, it's ''you'' who don't understand.\
144	''[brief pause as they stare at each before Simon cracks up, causing Penelope to do likewise]''
145	* Ed is a walking MoodWhiplash factory, but he really shines right before the end, where he, Shaun, and Liz are hiding in the Winchester's basement.
146	-->'''Shaun:''' ''[while he and Liz are discussing suicide]'' What about Ed? There's only two shells.\
147	'''Ed:''' ''[across the room, badly injured]'' I don't mind being eaten!
148	** A moment later, Shaun remarks he's not sure he can shoot his flatmate, his mother, and his girlfriend all in one evening.
149	--->'''Liz:''' What makes you think I've taken you back?\
150	'''Shaun:''' You don't want to die single, do you?\
151	'''Ed:''' ''[offscreen]'' Actually, I ''would'' like to be shot.
152	** When Shaun finds a way out for them, he and Liz bid Ed a tearful goodbye.
153	--->'''Liz:''' Bye, Ed. Love you.\
154	'''Ed:''' Cheers!\
155	'''Shaun:''' I love you too, man.\
156	'''Ed:''' '''''Gay.'''''
157	* There are a LOT of funny moments from the cast commentary.
158	** When they all impersonate Bill Nighy. "Let's all get into our 'jamas, and out of our normal clothes!" and "Shaun, be a man..."
159	** "I'd like 140 Frappawappas, please! And 50 raspberry things!"
160	** "I was eatin' a cake when a cow stood on my foot..."
161	** "The woman who has just lost her son. It's good, but what if ''I'' cry?"
162	* Shaun is channel hopping on the morning of Z-Day, starting with Creator/Channel4 News:
163	-->'''Krishnan Guru-Murthy:''' Though no one official is prepared to comment, religious groups are calling it Judgement Day. There's...\
164	''[changes to Creator/VH1, playing "Panic" by Music/TheSmiths]''\
165	'''Music/{{Morrissey}}:''' (singing) ...Panic on the streets of London...\
166	''[changes to Creator/{{ITV}} News]''\
167	'''News Reporter:''' ...as an increasing number of reports of...\
168	''[changes to soccer commentary]''\
169	'''Commentator 2:''' ...serious attacks on...\
170	''[changes to Creator/{{Channel5}} News]''\
171	'''News Reporter:''' ...people, who are literally being...\
172	''[changes to nature documentary, which features a gazelle being eaten by leopards]''\
173	'''Documentary Narrator:''' ...eaten alive.\
174	''[changes to Sky News]''\
175	'''Jeremy Thompson:''' Witness reports at best are sketchy. One unifying detail seems to be that the attackers in many instances appear to be...\
176	''[changes to T4]''\
177	'''Vernon Kay:''' ...dead excited to have with us here a sensational chart topping...
178	* It's not from the film, but an article about the supposed end of the world on 23rd September 2015 had one great comment on it: 'Head to the Winchester, have a pint, and wait for it all to blow over'.
179	* Shaun finally gets fed up with David's smarmy would-be DoggedNiceGuy act after Liz finally dumps him:
180	-->'''David:''' ''[smugly]'' Basically, I'd say your nine lives were up, Shaun.\
181	'''Shaun:''' '''''GET FUCKED, FOUR-EYES!'''''
182	** Made even funnier by the fact that David isn't actually wearing his glasses at that point.
183	* How did Shaun get away from the zombie horde after leading them away from the Winchester? He hid in a rubbish bin and waited for them to pass by before making a break for it. Too bad one zombie saw him...
184	* The scene where Shaun and Ed try to kill the two zombies in the yard by throwing things at their heads. First with random stuff they grabbed from the kitchen, with no luck, in part because they seem to miss with most of the items or aren't throwing them hard enough to cause real harm. Then they resort to using Shaun's record collection. They actually go through the records, arguing on which ones are too good to ruin by throwing them at zombies.
185	** Finally, Shaun gives up and just smashes through the locked garden shed, where he grabs the cricket bat he uses for most of the movie.
186	** The fact that he chose a cricket bat of all the things in there. And Ed a shovel.
187	* The not-so-distant finale, set six months later, showing how British society quickly adapted to the zombies. The service sector uses them as cheap labor since most of them retain enough mobility for basic physical labor, a woman on a talk show talking about how she still considers herself married to her zombified husband, and the news anchor from the start of the movie being interviewed about his iconic "removing the head or destroying the brain" speech.
188	** And of course, Shaun keeping the zombified Ed in the garden shed and still play Tekken with him.
189	** Ed actually almost goes in to bite Shaun...until Shaun tells him to knock it off and Zombie Ed has a reaction not dissimilar to "Oh! Right, yeah - sorry about that."
190	* "Feel free to step in at any time!"
191	** "You did all right."
192	*** "Didn't want to cramp your style."
193	* After Shaun has restored the power by working the breakers at the back of the Winchester, an outdoor light shows a mob of zombies through the window behind him. Shaun responds by turning off the light, closing the shade, then ''slowly strolling back out'' to the gang in the pub.
194	-->"I think we might have a bit of a problem."
195	* On the gag reel, there's an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KVpCJCoRpo alternate take]] of Peter Serafinowicz and Simon Pegg doing a scene as Music/JohnLennon and Music/PaulMcCartney:
196	-->'''Peter:''' I'm not saying it was you -\
197	'''Simon:''' I know, man.\
198	'''Peter:''' - I'm saying it was Ringo, [[VerbalTic y'know]].\
199	'''Simon:''' Right.\
200	'''Peter:''' Hey. I can't live like this.\
201	'''Simon:''' Pete...\
202	'''Peter:''' Y'know? Look at his face in there. We're not students anymore!\
203	'''Simon:''' Pete! ''[he briefly breaks down laughing and then composes himself]'' I'm sorry - Paul!\
204	'''Peter:''' I mean, it's not like he brings any real money into the house, y'know.\
205	'''Simon:''' Oh come on, he brings a bit.\
206	'''Peter:''' What, dealin' drugs?\
207	'''Simon:''' Oh come on, he sold a bit of weed every now and again. ''You've'' sold pot.\
208	'''Peter:''' Yeah, y'know, once, at college - to ''you''.\
209	'''Simon:''' ''[about to take a sip of tea, starts laughing again and has to lower his mug in an attempt to keep a straight face]''\
210	'''Peter:''' Look, I did a lot of stupid things in college, y'know, John. Y'know, I dressed up as [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Frank-N-Furter]]. I drank [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakebite_(drink) snakebite & black]]. [[CrossesTheLineTwice I slept with a fat girl.]] Y'know?\
211	'''Simon:''' Okay.\
212	'''Peter:''' Doesn't mean I want to do any of 'em for a livin'.\
213	'''Simon:''' ''[Beat, then he processes what Peter said, leading him to break down completely and leave the scene]''

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