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A show centering around what boils down to a Road Runner cartoon except Dick Dastardly’s the coyote? Of course it’s going to be funny!

  • At one point, the Vulture Squadron tries to use pepper shells and sneeze seeking missiles against Yankee Doodle Pigeon. It backfires, as you'd expect, but the way it does is just brilliant. It starts with Dastardly trying not to sneeze, with Klunk then stopping him and trying not to sneeze as well, then Zilly, and then Muttley, who has nobody else to stop HIM sneezing. He realises how this is going to turn out and has a facial expression that just breathes "oh, what the hell"... then he sneezes and they all fall into the water as a result of the blast.
  • Anytime someone (who isn't Muttley) snickers at someone else's expense.
  • Any time Klunk does those...spasms of his.
  • "Too Many Kooks"
    • This exchange:
    Zilly: Everybody hold on to the rope until I say "Let go!"
    Dastardly: What did he say?
    Klunk: *speaks in his usual sounds*
    Dastardly: Now what did he say?
    Muttley: *speaks in complete dog mumbles*
    Dastardly: Doesn't anyone around here speak my language?
    • At the end of the episode, Dastardly is informed by the general that he has new planes for the Vulture Squadron. Said planes turn out to be a kiddy ride and Yankee Doodle Pigeon can't resist laughing at his enemies' misfortune.
  • In "Home Sweet Homing Pigeon", Dastardly forces Zilly to get back in formation by threatening to cry if he doesn't. After Zilly does, he comments, "I never saw such a big crybaby!"
  • “Barnstormers” features Vulture Squadron crash-landing on a farm, where Zilly finds himself pursued by the brawny milkmaid Hilda. Dastardly, however, isn’t exactly sympathetic:
    "Zilly, stop playing games and get in this bucket where you belong!"
    • The ending. The Vulture Squadron is back in the air chasing the pigeon, only for the milkmaid to follow them with birds carrying her in a bucket. Then she reveals she's moved on from Zilly to Dastardly.
  • "Operation Birdbrain" has Dastardly and Muttley running from an out-of-control mower plane, only to drop off a cliff and barely escape the blades:
    Dastardly: Whew! Lucky we found this sheer drop of four thousand feet!
  • "Fly-By-Knights" has Muttley, Klunk and Zilly having to wear glasses, except the glasses are all defective. Zilly's glasses make everything look upside down, Klunk's make everything appear in fours, and Muttley's make everything look far away. Of course this proves detrimental to their mission, but later, when Dastardly finds that he's the one who needs glasses, he gets a pair that makes things look too close.
  • Muttley and Dastardly acting like each other in "Sky-High I.Q.".
  • The Vulture Squadron fighting among themselves to catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon in "Fur-Out Furlough".
    • One particular highlight is Zilly and Klunk fighting over a decoy pigeon like two kids fighting over a toy.
    • The Vulture Squadron spending their furlough on a small island chasing pigeons all day.
  • Dastardly and Muttley chasing a pack rat who stole all the dog's medals.
  • The Wing Dings blackouts, full stop.

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