As strange and disturbing as it sounds, a documentary about an infamous dictator actually has more than a few instances of dark comedy...
- While going down the Nile, Amin notices an elephant on the banks and begins waving to it. The elephant immediately returns the wave with its trunk.
- Later on the river, Amin is boasting about his knowledge of animals and his ability to influence their behavior. Just then, they come across a crocodile lying on the bank. Amin begins to clap his hands furiously, commanding the crocodile to get up. The croc doesn't even seem to register Amin, continuing to lay there.
- During Amin's meeting with his cabinet, the film cuts between various shots of the various ministers. Most of them are either furiously scribbling things down or looking at Amin with bored expressions. Then out of nowhere, the film cuts to a minister furiously picking his nose with his pencil.
- Throughout the film, Amin boasts about how strong his military is and how they're preparing to invade Israel. Of particular pride is his paratrooper unit, which he praises as being one of the most vigorously trained in the world. He then shows said vigorous training... which mostly consists of jumping off a wooded picnic patio in lieu of a plane and sliding down a modified playground slide to simulate falling out of a plane.
- During the mock invasion of the Golan Heights, Amin actually manages to make his soldiers look somewhat intimidating. They march in rank, the tanks advance up the hill, and it looks like a pretty straightforward war simulation. Then Idi Amin points to the planes filled with paratroopers as they fly over the hill... except they have no paratroopers, since they are fighter jets. But it gets even better when a single helicopter flies up to the hill, leading Idi Amin to become almost giddy with excitement at how the Jews have now "lost" the Golan Heights. The camera then pans to reveal that the seemingly unstoppable column of tanks only consists of about half a dozen tanks on one side of the hill. Anybody with a precursory knowledge of the Golan Heights would know this kind of attack would never be able to succeed, yet Amin still acts like he's on the verge of world domination.
- One of the telegrams Idi Amin sends is to Richard Nixon, wishing him "a speedy recovery". Not from a disease or death of a family member, but from the Watergate Scandal.
- One section of the film involves Idi Amin claiming that the Jews are poisoning Uganda by slipping chemicals into the Nile River. He says this, despite the fact that the Nile is famous for being a north-flowing river and that the Israelis already live far north of Uganda.
- During some downtime, Idi Amin partakes in a swimming race with a few other individuals. All of his compatriots are very thin and muscular, while Idi...is not. During the race, Idi frantically strokes as hard as he can, while the others half-heartedly doggie paddle. So furious are Amin's strokes that he completely cuts off two other racers by crossing into their lanes. Upon reaching the other end, Amin gladly replies "I win" like he's won the Olympics.
- The entire scene where Amin plays the accordion. Just the image of a tyrant doling out a jazzy tune is surreal enough.
- When Amin visits a village via helicopter, the resulting dust kicked up causes the children of the village to run the other direction.
- Amin reveals to the filmmakers that his operatives have managed to obtain a secret manual the Israelis use to plan their defense and attack strategies. Said manual will allow him to outsmart the Israelis and be able to defeat them. The narration then immediately informs the viewer that the book is none other than The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the infamous 1901 anti-Semetic propaganda book from Russia that was cited by the Nazis, and contains no useful information on current-day Israeli tactics.
