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  • The opening with Chuck directing his team in Russia, appropriately training them to get their delivery truck to leave on the dot no matter what even if Stalin himself rises from the grave with an emergency package at the last minute. There's a certain wound-up inflection in his tone, almost as though he's expecting just that to happen.
    • ...And can you blame him? Something just as inconvenient happens: a random boot gets stuck under one of the truck's tires, nearly throwing off Chuck's precious timing.
  • "Look what I have created! I! Have made FIRE!!"
    • And before that: "I did it! Hehehe... HA HA HA HA! FIIRRRREEEE!!"
    • Not to mention his crazed victory dance he does while singing "Light My Fire".
  • Most of the scenes with Wilson that aren't tragic.
    "Here we go, Wilson! You don't have to worry about anything! I'll do all the paddling! You just hang on!"
    • After the time skip, we see Wilson has a bunch of twigs and dried grass sticking out from the top of his "head" to match with Chuck's grown-out hair and beard.
    • Even the tragic scenes can become funny when you remember that Wilson is just a volleyball.
  • "I'll be right back!"
  • The fact that FedEx made this Super Bowl commercial.
  • Chuck attempting to break open a coconut is rather hilarious (especially when the rock he's smashing against it shatters), particularly for anyone who has never seen an unhusked coconut and doesn't know how tough the husks can be.
  • Near the end of the film, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scene where there's a Wilson volleyball in his car.
  • The Lost Dialogue of Wilson the Volleyball, full stop.

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