Line #132 Funny/TheMentalist


1	* In the second episode, "Red Hair and Silver Tape", Lisbon is chewing out Jane for the illegality of hypnotizing a witness. Cho says that's what he told Jane. Jane shrugs, says that he ''had'' been about to tell Lisbon that Cho had nothing to do with it and walks away as Lisbon angrily turns on Cho.
2	* From "Russet Potatoes" (and yes, that's actually the episode title):
3	** When Daniel uses his persuasion skills on Van Pelt. Her response?
4	-->'''Van Pelt''': Dr. Daniel, no offense but, I've been working with Patrick Jane for nine months now. You wanna get under my skin, you're gonna have to up your game.
5	** Rigsby's facial expressions when he finally remembers [[TheBigDamnKiss what he did to Van Pelt]] when he was hypnotized.
6	* "Ring around the Rosie": At the end of the show, when the suspected psychopath starts wildly shooting a sub machine gun in the middle of a crowded party, he doesn't kill anyone (because his gun is actually filled with blanks). and then in comes [[DeadpanSnarker Cho]]...
7	-->'''Cho''': Hey. How you doin'. You're under arrest for the attempted murder of... (gestures to the dozens of terrified guests) everybody.
8	* From "Red Sky at Night:"
9	-->'''Jane''': New boss? I thought Hightower was boss.
10	-->'''Lisbon''': The boss of Hightower. The director of the entire division. I told you about him last week. Your memory's going.
11	-->'''Jane''': My memory is a mighty fortress, Lisbon, from which no fact ever escapes once committed. Now, when you tell me boring things, I set them free immediately. Saves overcrowding.
12	-->'''Lisbon''': (''gives hilarious, massive eyeroll that shows exactly what she thinks of that'')
13	** From the same episode: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ_65iS_HTc Who could forget the immortal "Oh, sheepdip!" moment?]]
14	*** "No, I don't wanna hear your plan. Sheepdip your plan."
15	* Grace Van Pelt fiddles with the controls of a police car in "Redemption:"
16	-->'''Lisbon''': Van Pelt, it's not a jet plane.
17	* "[[Franchise/StarWars These aren't the droids you're looking for]]."
18	* ''Red Brick and Ivy''
19	-->'''Lisbon''': Heh, that was funny. (imitates Jane) "Don't listen to control freaks!" (little girl voice) "Whatever you say, sir."
20	* In "Redline," a group of car salesmen working on commission protest Jane's assessment of them as mercenary figures who don't care about the victim. Jane then comments about how the victim's coveted client list is upstairs, and someone has to take it, but it would be ghoulish to do so right now. After a very short pause, all but one of them start running for the stairway (getting into a fight to slow each other down) as Jane reveals the list is still in his pocket.
21	* In "Rose-Colored Glasses", at a high-school reunion, Jane sees how miserable one guy is dealing with his SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp and encourages him to get it out in the open by telling the guy how he feels. Instead, he ends up decking the guy, and starting a brawl across the room as Jane watches and flinches, before a GilliganCut to Lisbon chewing him out.
22	** After Cho interrupts Jane's chewing-out to tell Lisbon about a possible lead.
23	--->'''Lisbon''': Go to Galton, take Van Pelt with you. (To Jane) You, go to hell, take a toothbrush.
24	* In a nice bit of MoodWhiplash in, ''Red All Over'' They [[BluffingTheMurderer trick the killer into thinking a child had witnessed the crime to provoke an incriminating attempt to try and convince the girl what she saw had an innocent explanation]]. Cho appears from hiding, having heard the whole thing, and when he orders the killer to put his hands on his head, the little girl does the same.
25	* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOM747YQ3uw opening scene]] of "Red Bulls", Bosco's team prepares to make a hard entry into a house, and storms in to find... Lisbon's team. Which, thanks to the fact that it's dark, results in a few seconds of everyone screaming at each other to put their hands up until they finally get enough of a look at each other (by flashlight) to realize what's actually going on. And then, for the kicker, Lisbon and Bosco start talking through the situation ''while everyone is still pointing guns at each other''. Jane's reaction truly makes the moment.
26	-->'''Jane:''' Cowboys!
27	* ''Crimson Casanova''
28	--> '''Suspect''': I can make one phone call and your career is toast.
29	-->'''Cho''': That's impressive. The best I can get with one call is a pizza.
30	* Jane hits on a widow at her husband's funeral, after Lisbon leaves:
31	-->'''Lisbon''': I'm sorry. I mistakenly treated him as a responsible adult.
32	* Heck with it, just look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGV-BsyQ-wA
33	* The exchange Jane has while impersonating Rigsby on the phone [[MakesSenseInContext to get a suspect to go to jail for punching Rigsby so that Jane could speak to him.]]
34	-->'''Jane''': Oh really. Well that says it all. I’m ex. Army and the Marine Corps suck eggs. But hey, no point in arguing over the phone let’s sort this out when I get to your location. Semper Fi sissy britches.
35	** From earlier in the same episode, "Black Gold and Red Blood", Jane ends up in jail for spying on Sam and Boscoe. He ends up in a prison cell occupied by a ScaryBlackMan named Boo. Boo asks him what he's in for.
36	--> '''Jane''': Oh, eavesdropping on a state agent. You?
37	--> '''Boo''': They say I raped and murdered a guy. Stabbed him to death.
38	--> '''Jane''': Oh.
39	--> '''Boo''': But that's not true.
40	--> '''Jane''': Oh, good.
41	--> '''Boo''': We had consensual sex. ''Then'' I stabbed him to death.
42	--> '''Jane''': [[OhCrap Okay...]]
43	--> '''Boo''': You get top bunk.
44	--> '''Jane''': ...I like the top bunk.
45	* From "Code Red"
46	-->'''Rigsby''': Anything to be looking out for in particular?
47	-->'''Lisbon''': Oh, uh, one of them released a lethal super virus that could kill half the state of California. So I guess we're looking for someone with a prior background as an evil supervillain.
48	-->'''Cho''': Ok.
49	-->'''Lisbon''': ...That last part was a joke.
50	-->'''Cho''': Yeah. We get it.
51	* In "Bloodshot", a rather effeminate club doorman says that Lisbon ("little miss fierce", as he calls her) can come in, but she has to "lose the backup dancer" that is Rigsby as he is "too butch". She tells him to "get lost, fluffy".
52	* The end of the plague episode, when Jane has convinced everyone they're infected.
53	-->'''Lisbon:''' Don't you have someone you want to call?
54	-->'''Jane:''' Not really. If I were dying, I'd call you, and you're right here.
55	-->'''Lisbon:''' Really? Well...what would you say?
56	-->'''Jane:''' Well, I--
57	-->'''Lisbon:''' [[DoubleTake Wait...]]''if'' you were dying? '''''If?'''''
58	* Lisbon and Wainwright really kill it in "The Redshirt". There are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aZGlq3-K3U&feature=channel_video_title this]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IBvPt5AifA&feature=channel_video_title that]]
59	* Generally, many of Cho's DeadpanSnarker and ComicallySerious moments count.
60	** When Grace and Cho are staking out a highschool and Grace recalls some embarassing school memories.
61	-->'''Grace:''' In highschool they used to call me Bracie-Gracie. What'd they call you?
62	-->'''Cho:''' Cho.
63	* When the VictimOfTheWeek, who happens to be a lawyer, is eaten by sharks, Jane breaks out this gem:
64	-->'''Jane:''' [[EvilLawyerJoke So much for professional courtesy.]]
65	* Lisbon is trying on a shockingly pink bridesmaid's dress and Jane walks in on her:
66	-->'''Jane:''' [[ShipTease No, no no, you look good. This is...this is beautiful.]] [[MomentKiller Like a princess, like an angry, little princess...and someone stole your tiara.]]
67	** A lot of Lisbon and Jane's moments fall under this.
68	-->'''Jane:''' I know, you don't know whether to hit me or hu-
69	-->Lisbon smacks him on the shoulder.
70	** [[ItMakesSenseInContext After a dead body was uncovered by an escaped tiger]], another tiger is reported as still being loose. As all the other officers scramble, Jane and Lisbon walk casually.
71	-->'''Lisbon:''' You were a pretty cool customer. Think you can outrun a tiger?
72	-->'''Jane:''' Don't have to. I just have to run faster than you.
73	-->*Both start sprinting.
74	* In ''Blood and Sand'' as they look at the empty streets in the town near the crime scene Lisbon wonders where everyone is.
75	--> '''Jane:''' I know where they are, Lisbon. I can picture them together, gathered in a dimly lit room, plotting their mysterious island purpose.
76	--> '''Lisbon:''' That's really creepy.
77	--> ''Jane points to a notice saying that there's a meeting at town hall on the wall behind them.''
78	* At the end of the episode the way Jane comments that the man supposedly leaving to get a camera to document their abuse of power is the culprit and trying to run for it. And a bit later, Jane mocking one of the other suspects cocky claims that he'd always suspected the guy.
79	* While Jane's hallucinations in [[MushroomSamba "Devil's Cherry"]] were [[DeconstructedTrope mostly played]] [[TearJerker deadly-serious]], him trying to solve a case while quite obviously stoned still led to a few of these.
80	** In particular, his conversation with his hallucinated daughter when he attempts to escape the hospital, in his car which is conveniently located right outside the ER doors.
81	-->'''Jane:''' You're still here.
82	-->'''Charlotte:''' You're still tripping.
83	-->'''Jane:''' It would seem so.
84	-->'''Charlotte:''' You really shouldn't be driving. And you especially should not be driving an ambulance.
85	-->Cut to show that Jane's "car" is another hallucination, and he is, in fact, in the driver's seat of an ambulance.
86	* Patrick Jane is making a list of everyone that he's met that could possibly be Red John based on [[spoiler: a comment from Lorelei Martins that "I'm surprised you two didn't become friends the moment you shook hands with each other."]] Lisbon notes that she's not on the list and Patrick Jane explains this comment and says that he considers her a friend. He then gets up to his usual shenanigans and Lisbon tells him "Put me on the list! I want to be on that list!"
87	* "A Price Above Rubies" has this exchange:
88	-->'''Grace:''' What are you guys looking for? (noting Lisbon, Jane and Rigsby searching on the floor and under desks.)
89	-->'''Rigsby:''' A diamond.
90	-->'''Cho:''' What did he do?
91	-->'''Rigsby:''' Hit it with a fire extinguisher.
92	-->'''Cho:''' Of course.
93	* When Rigsby and Van Pelt announce their relationship to the rest of the unit, HilarityEnsues. Specially since Lisbon was completely clueless about the affair. Clip [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55pCjAL1DV8 here]].
94	-->'''Jane:''' It's a well kept secret.\
95	'''Rigsby:''' Maybe you knew, but nobody else knew.\
96	'''Cho:''' I did. Half the building does.\
97	'''Rigsby:''' No they don't!\
98	'''Cho:''' Yes they do.\
99	'''Jane:'''The only one who didn't is the one glaring at you right now.
100	* Jane's questioning a possible suspect in If It Bleeds, It Leads. His tone never changes from "I totally agree with you." despite what he's actually saying. The suspect isn't the brightest bulb in the box, so it takes her a minute to comprehend the fact that she's been insulted more than once. HilarityEnsues.
101	-->'''Jane:''' So you may be able to tell me the truth. I've asked around about her but everyone seems to want to just tell me what they think they should tell me. You know what I mean?\
102	'''Tara:''' Ugh. ''Totally.'' What do you want to know?\
103	'''Jane:''' If you were to describe Cassie in one word, what would that word be?\
104	'''Tara:''' ''(thinks)'' She was sleeping her way to the top...if that helps.\
105	'''Jane:''' Well, that's a little more than one word. But I'm intrigued. Go on.\
106	'''Tara:''' The minute she got here she jumped in the sack with Ed Hunt. And lately, she started seducing Ryan Kasmir. But I don't want to speak ill of the dead.\
107	'''Jane:''' They don't really care. They're dead.\
108	''[Lisbon walks by, on her way into the studio]''\
109	'''Jane:''' Lisbon! Ah, there you are. I found a ''real'' journalist to tell us the story.
110	** And then the trolling becomes more overt.
111	-->'''Tara:''' Everyone treated her like this perfect little angel.\
112	'''Jane:''' That must have been very frustrating.\
113	'''Tara:''' I had been here for 16 months before she even showed up and in all that time, Hunt and Kasmir never even gave me the time of day. But ''her'' with her East Coast Journalism degree and they were falling all over her.\
114	'''Jane:''' And there she was worrying about journalism and while you were throwing yourself at Hunt and Kasmir and ''she's'' the one that ends up with the anchor chair.\
115	'''Tara:''' Yeah. I mean no, I mean wh-what?\
116	'''Jane:''' Hell hath no fury like a slut outflanked.\
117	** It actually takes another five lines of back and forth before she realizes that she's been accused of murder.
118	*** Also, all of Jane's sarcastic OMG! noises during the entire conversation. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEG6AKgOoZQ Just...here.]]
119	* Cho, Van Pelt and Rigsby, [[spoiler: the last two are now married, but she's still referred to as Van Pelt,]] are searching the storage space of a Red John suspect, [[spoiler:who happens to be their boss, Gale Bertram.]] Rigsby just wants to make sure he's got everything clear... Apparently Cho's deadpan has infected the entire CBI team, and [[HilarityEnsues Deadpan Hilarity Ensues...]]
120	-->'''Rigsby:''' So are we going to talk about this?
121	-->'''Cho:''' Talk about what?
122	-->'''Rigsby:''' [[spoiler:Bertram]] is Red John.
123	-->'''Van Pelt:''' Looks like.
124	-->'''Rigsby:''' And if Jane finds him, he's gonna kill him?
125	-->'''Cho:''' Yup.
126	-->'''Rigsby:''' And we're good with that? Killing [[spoiler: the boss?]]
127	-->'''Van Pelt:''' I am.
128	-->'''Cho:''' Yeah.
129	-->'''Rigsby:''' Okay. Just as long as we're on the same page. Just weird is all.
130	* Jane's AppleOfDiscord moment in "Wedding in Red." He does a couple cold reads on the wedding party and a minute later the one bridesmaid (the groom's sister) is complaining about how the bride is such a GrammarNazi with her brother. The bride calls her an UngratefulBastard since she paid for the bridesmaid dress then the ''other'' bridesmaid (a {{Goth}} who asked the team to let her look at the body) asks why the bride didn't pay for ''her'' dress then things spiral downhill from there (including yet another GrammarNazi moment the groom's sister is quick to point out) before the wedding is called off. ''Then'' Jane realized that may have been a bit premature because there best chance of catching the killer is if the wedding continues.
131	** Rigsby playing with the sword of a civil war re-enactor /merchandise merchant who knew the victim and accidentally stabbing through a drum and is told "you break it, you buy it."
132	** Jane thinking that the victim's brother in law is praying in church when really he's tweeting on his phone.
133	* In "Panama Red", at the end of the episode, Jane hides Lisbon's car keys inside a puzzle box he's been playing with throughout the episode. When she realizes what he's done, she opens her desk drawer, pulls out a hammer, and smashes the puzzle box open.
134	-->'''Lisbon:''' pulls out keys [[DeadpanSnarker Oh, here they are. Silly me.]]
135	-->'''Jane:''' (incredulous)...You keep a ''hammer'' in your desk?
136	-->'''Lisbon:''' You only think you know everything about me.
137	* A case of HilariousInHindsight. In 1x02, Jane continuously beats a very frustrated Sheriff [=McCallister=] in a game of rock paper scissors. [[spoiler:Ya know... ''Red John''.]]
138	* Madeline Hightower's hilarious response to Jane pointing a shotgun at her.
139	-->'''Hightower:''' If you don't point that shotgun away from me, I swear I will use it to beat you like a rented mule.
140	* Van Pelt and Rigsby go undercover on a relationship help radio show. Very little acting is involved.
141	-->'''Host:''' Why did you break up the first time?
142	-->'''Rigsby:''' grumpily You decided that the job was more important. Right? Wasn't that it?
143	-->'''Van Pelt:''' indignately Yeah. Well, then you got Sarah pregnant.
144	-->'''Rigsby:''' Yeah. After you got engaged to a ''maniac''.
145	-->'''Host:''' oblivious Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa... we don't use exaggeration here. It's no help to us at all.
146	* Patrick Jane buys Teresa Lisbon a pony. Also heartwarming.
147	** In the second-to-last episode, when he buys a cottage for them to live in together and has her close her eyes so he can surprise her with it, she asks if he bought her another pony.
148	* In the season six finale, Jane is arrested for breaking into an airport to get onto Lisbon's plane and give an AnguishedDeclarationOfLove. After he's arrested and taking to a TSA holding room, Lisbon comes into the room, tells him [[RelationshipUpgrade she feels the same way]], and they have TheBigDamnKiss... and then the TSA guard begins knocking on the window, telling them to stop.
149	* In the series finale, the killer has managed to sneak close to Jane's cottage, has his weapon ready and enters the cottage... to be surprised by ''all'' the FBI agents pointing guns at him. Including Lisbon [[spoiler:in her wedding dress]].
150	--> '''Lisbon: ''(to Jane)''''' See how much better things turn out when you're honest with me?
151	* Lisbon taking Cho with her [[spoiler: to choose a wedding dress]] because she knows he'll 'be honest' :
152	-->'''Cho:''' ''(first choice)'' Makes you look short. ''(second choice)'' Snow cone. ''(third choice)'' Slutty elf.
153	* In "Black Gold and Red Blood," Lisbon's team encounters a sovereign citizen type named Ted Luscom who rants about how they all don't know, but they're just tools of the United Nations. He, however, is not prepared for Patrick Jane...
154	-->'''Jane''': Oh yeah, we know it. They told us last June, laid it all out.
155	-->'''Luscom''': Say what?
156	-->'''Jane''': It was a change of policy. Had a big secretive meeting, told us exactly who we're working for. That, my friend, was an eye opener. I'll tell you, wow.
157	* In "Bleeding Heart," Jane says that a particular suspect is a red herring. Van Pelt wants to know just what "red herring" is.
158	-->'''Lisbon''': A red herring is what you look into regardless of what Jane tells you.
159	* In "Pink Chanel Suit," Jane tries to hurry through a checkpoint and a security guard places his hand on him to hold him back, a known trigger for Jane (see above.) He asks to see Jane's badge, and Jane shows it, and in response, asks to see his badge, which he tries to make a big deal of. He tells Jane that everyone has to go through the checkpoint, and Jane asks if that includes him. He replies that it does, and so Jane tells him "after you." So he goes through the checkpoint, but thanks to Jane's sleight-of-hand meddling, sets off the metal detector every time. Finally, Jane goes through and doesn't set it off, says it seems to be working, and leaves the frustrated guard to go through again and set it off.
160	* In "Red Gold" Lisbon insisting she's fine despite her hurt ankle only to fall over barely to seconds later.
161	** Becomes a RunningGag throughout the episode. Lisbon insists she’s fine, tries to stand, gives a little cry, and topples over like a falling tree.
162	* "Jolly Red Elf" being a Christmas episode, Jane finds out that Lisbon's not a big fan of the whole Santa Claus thing.
163	-->'''Lisbon''': I just think people can celebrate a holy day without lying to children about a magical fat guy with a sack full of toys.
164	-->'''Jane''': So you took the whole Santa revelation badly, huh?
165	-->'''Lisbon''': Crushed my heart like a cigarette.
166	* "Il Tavolo Bianco" starts rather seriously, with Jane being arrested for murder and Lisbon and Fischer being subpoenaed into potentially testifying against him. After the opening sequence, it's revealed that it's actually a sting operation and Lisbon and Fischer were kept in the dark about it in order to maintain authenticity. After Abbot fills them in with the details, Jane's immediate priority seems to be what they said about him.
167	-->'''Jane''': You guys didn't answer my question. Did anyone narc on me?
168	* The hypnosis scene in "Red Badge" is mostly played seriously, as Lisbon is genuinely freaking out that she might be losing her sanity and Jane is trying to piece together large gaps in her memory. However, there are a couple of funny moments, such as the moment where Jane, while settling Lisbon into the trance, can't help but take the opportunity satisfy some curiosity after poking around her apartment a little bit:
169	-->'''Jane:''' You're going to remain in this relaxed trance state while we think about Tuesday night. But first: sometimes you dance to that ''Spice Girls'' CD, don't you?\
170	'''Lisbon:''' Yeah. ''[Smiles and bops her head a little bit, as if she suddenly has "If You Wanna Be My Lover" playing in there]''\

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