Funny / God of War Ragnarök

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Main Game

• At the cabin, Mimir is seen on a cushion reading a propped-up book. As he's a severed head, he has to turn the pages using a spoon in his mouth.
• Thor says Kratos looks like a calm and reasonable person... Kratos. Of course, the heavy sarcastic tone he employs makes it more hilarious.
• Thor's dramatic Big Entrance plays out the same way it did during The Stinger for God of War (PS4), complete with Kratos demanding to know the new arrival's identity. The imposing thunder god and slayer of giants responds by pushing his cloak back to reveal Mjolnir hanging from his belt, letting lighting course to the legendary hammer as if he's a gunfighter about to draw... before politely asking if he can enter Kratos' cabin with an offer of mead, which he retrieves from his belt instead.
  • Thor then proceeds to glance around the cabin, even noting the (apparently inadvertent) damage his arrival caused to the roof - "Nice place."
  • In the previous game, Baldur was Expecting Someone Taller when he met Kratos as he believed he was a Giant. When meeting Thor, one can guess Baldur was basing his expectations on him, who is half Giant and towers over Kratos.
• Upon seeing Mimir's decapitated head, Thor notes he's lost weight.
• In general, the way Odin speaks, especially in contrast to his Greek counterpart Zeus. Zeus was bombastic, a Large Ham whose British accent seems ready to echo at a moment's notice. Odin, played by Richard Schiff... sounds like a sleazy American politician or corporate executive. Meanwhile, Thor is loud, crass, and foul-mouthed, in contrast to Kratos' restrained eloquence. The overall effect makes the Aesir seem decidedly more blue-collar than their ostentatious Greek equivalents.
• Crossing over with Heartwarming: one question asked in the wake of the 2018 game was how Faye and Kratos fell in love at all, when she was supposedly so selfless and benevolent and he so gloomy and self centered. This game answers that question: they fell in love because of mutual respect and also because she absolutely did not take any of his shit!
  • In one dream/flashback, Kratos grunts in response to Faye sadly noting a freshly-killed wild animal. Faye then says, "Am I to decipher your grunting? Tell me your thoughts." Kratos obliges her.
  • Later, both find some fallen trees in the way. Both are strong enough to move them easily, but Faye asks Kratos to deal with the last one with: "Gonna make me pick that one up?" Kratos hoists it up so that Faye can proceed first, and Faye affectionately pats his shoulder and says, "Good boy." And Kratos doesn't react negatively.
• In the otherwise extremely tense first duel between Kratos and Thor the latter's exuberance brings in some welcome levity.
  Kratos: Your sons struck first!
  Thor: GOOD!
  • At one point early on in the fight Kratos is seemingly killed, and it cuts to the loading screen... then Thor says that the fight's over when he says it's over, and zaps Kratos back to life with Mjollnir. There's something hilarious about how abrupt it is.
  • After their collision ends up destroying Týr's statue, Thor actually pauses the fight and turns his back to Kratos just to apologize to Týr for said statue's destruction.
    Thor: "Sorry about your statue, Týr, you preachy old stiff!"
  • After Kratos parries Mjolnir, he goes to attack Thor, but gets hit in the back of his head by the hammer when Thor calls it back. Thor provides a little quip when that happens.
    Thor: Dumbass!
  • When Kratos's and Thor's weapons clash, the latter says "This is for Modi!", leading to this dialogue:
    Kratos: You put him last, even in death!
    Thor: The FUCK you say?!
    Kratos: Modi sought us in fear of you! He died from the wounds you gave him!
    Thor: Oh! We got a MODEL FATHER here!
  • Amidst the unending stream of mockery Thor spits at Kratos, there is a line that is so bafflingly diminishing of Kratos’s Dark and Troubled Past in Greece that it manages to loop back around to absolutely hilarious:
  Thor: THIS is the god who murdered a pantheon ‘cause they hurt his feelings?
  • Thor’s insistence on seeing the "God of War" that Kratos was is amusing on a player level; it's like he is a hardcore player demanding to play the "Give Me God Of War" difficulty of the game.
• When Kratos returns from his fight with Thor, Atreus says that between all Odin said, he also gave a coin to pay for the roof broken by Thor when he had launched Kratos into the air.
  • When they exit the house after a brief tutorial on gear, the first thing Kratos does is chuck the coin into the distance.
    Mimir: And keep the change, ya bastard!
  • In the post-game, you can actually find this coin, to see Skjöldr found it first... and is currently trying and failing to yank it out, because Kratos threw the damn thing so hard that even after flying straight across several different Realms, it still embedded itself into a huge rock in Midgard.
• Following Odin and Thor’s visit, the pause menu has Kratos hanging an appropriate lampshade over the Aesir making a habit of waddling up to his door, making a scene, and fighting him:
  “Will the gods of this land never leave us in peace?”
• While choosing armor for Kratos in Sindri's home early-ish in the game, Sindri will incredulously ask about the equipment the dwarves had crafted previously, referencing the fact that the player doesn't retain the garments from the original 2018 game. Kratos responds as only Kratos can.
  Sindri: What happened to all the armor we made you already?
  Kratos: I used it.
  Sindri: Well... maybe try to make this one last longer?
  Kratos: I will not.
  • If you didn't use Sindri at that time, you can get Brok's questioning about it later when he is available.
  Brok: Hey! Where's the armor I made ya?
  Kratos: I used it.
  Brok: I busted my shapely hunkers forgin' every manner of breastplate and pauldron in all of creation, and yet now you stand before me, two steps from buck-ass naked. Maybe this go-around, use it a little more carefully, huh?
  Kratos: I will not.
• Atreus' mission to find Freya accompanied by a reluctant Sindri has some gems throughout.
  • When Atreus comes across a basic wooden chest, he tries to punch through it like his father. However, since he’s still a teenager and doesn’t have the muscular arms or mass of his father, he just hurts his hand. Instead, Atreus breaks it open by hitting it with his bow. Sindri remarks "Not so easy, huh?" with clear amusement in his tone.
  • Throughout the mission Sindri assists Atreus in battle using items from his Bag of Holding which include what appear to be exploding pumpkins and fish.
  • After Atreus calls on Jormangandr at Sindri's suggestion and seems to fail in getting anything useful, this exchange occurs:
    Sindri: So what was your plan anyway? Just stroll up to the old Valkyrie's council circle and hope Freya's in a good mood?
    Atreus: Well, now that I know where she is, yeah, exactly what I'm gonna do.
    (Beat)
    Sindri: Fuck!
  • Afterwards Sindri asks Atreus not to let Brok know he cursed because "he's unbearable when he's smug" about Sindri letting his usual decorum slip.
  • The encounter with Jormangandr itself bears mention just because of how Atreus basically wakes the big snake up from his nap and its clear he's NOT happy about it!
  • And once the serpent leaves, poor Sindri gives Atreus a truly longsuffering look, as the germophobic neatfreak is dripping with serpent spit from its roaring speech. You can even see the spittle flying everywhere when he starts talking!
  • At one point Atreus and Sindri come to a ledge that Atreus easily jumps down, but Sindri is reluctant to follow. Atreus then tells him to jump down and he'll catch him, promising Sindri he won't drop him "this time".
  • At the bottom of said ledge is one of Sindri's workshop stations from the previous game, now in disrepair from disuse and the elements. Sindri stays behind to repair it while Atreus goes ahead to look for Freya. Sindri has repaired some of the station by the time Atreus is back from talking with Freya, only for a Helwalker to barge in and destroy the table with a fireball.
    Sindri: I JUST fixed that!
  • At one point after splitting from Sindri and just before getting to Freya, Atreus gets an opportunity to throw a snowball at Sindri from atop a cliff.
• Sindri welcomes Kratos and Atreus into his home, shortly after Kratos has found out that Sindri was helping Atreus search for Tyr, which he’s not happy about. But Sindri doesn't know that Kratos knows.
  Sindri: Your bedrooms are over there, the kitchen is over there. Any— (Sindri turns and see Kratos looming over him) —anybody need a snack? Kratos? Snack?
  Kratos: (glowering) I do not need a snack.
  • It's not until Atreus assures Sindri (who's still acting like he wasn't helping him behind Kratos' back) that Kratos knows now that Sindri realizes how much trouble he's in.
  • If you walk up to the kitchen table later on, Sindri says he knew Kratos wanted a snack after all. Kratos only responds with a prolonged grunt more comparable to snoring.
• While on the boat:
  Atreus: Mimir, you talk funny.
  Mimir: Oaugh! How dare ye, laddie!
• Kratos and Atreus meeting Ratatoskr. The squirrel's Funny Animal antics are amusing enough on their own, but the real humour comes from how both Kratos and Atreus can't seem to wrap their heads around him. After everything the two, especially Kratos, have seen across all the games, the one thing that legitimately weirds them out the most is this overly-personable talking squirrel man.
  • Notably when Ratatoskr climbs onto Kratos (and even pats his head), the latter is befuddled at this action, which is hilariously ironic since their size differences make Ratatoskr look like he’s doing a Colossus Climb, something Kratos did a few times in the original trilogy.
    Kratos: (befuddled) "What is happening?"
  • Also Ratatoskr steps on Mimir when retrieving the Yggdrasill seed.
• After you meet Ratatoskr, you can call him by hitting the chimes at Sindri's house. However, there's nothing stopping you from repeatedly hitting them even after he's summoned, and doing so will quickly start to test Ratatoskr's patience.
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: I am...already here, Master Kratos.
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: Perhaps there is some confusion. This is for calling me out here, not for when I am... here.
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: Do you just... like hearing the sound of the chimes? I suppose they do sound very pretty.
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: Master Kratos, this feels very uncharacteristic of you, but if you enjoy the pretty chimes that much, I will allow you to indulge.
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: (affirmatively) Yes, you've done it! Well thrown!
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: Ah — the sound of the chimes is not un-painful at this distance, so perhaps you... could... not?
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: I see! You're deliberately attempting to push me into some sort of emotional outburst, aren't you? Well, I'm not so easily-swayed, my good man.
  (SMASH SMASH SMASH SMASH)
  Ratatoskr: STOP WITH THE STUPID CHIME! Oh — oh dear, I'm sorry, I don't know where that came from.
• If you attempt to ring the chimes while playing as Atreus, Bitter Squirrel roasts the poor boy.
  Bitter: Oh no, I'm so sorry, that chime only responds to the axe, yeah. And people whose balls have dropped. Sorry.
• Ringing the chimes while Ratatoskr is present elsewhere in the area will cause Bitter to insult your "dick move."
• When "Tyr" meets with Ratatoskr to catch up, he mentions that out of all the squirrels he has conversed with Ratatoskr is the most dapper. How many squirrels has he conversed with?
• When Ratatoskr asks how Kratos travelled between realms in Greece, he is shocked and horrified when Kratos reveals that there is no World Tree in Greece and that they had to travel by ship or on foot.
  Ratatoskr: I was curious, my dear fellow—you come from lands beyond these, do you not?
  Kratos: Yes.
  Ratatoskr: I was wondering—who tended your World Tree back home?
  Kratos: My home had no World Tree.
  Ratatoskr: No... you had no—but—without—how?! How did one travel from realm to realm?
  Kratos: On foot or by sea.
  Ratatoskr: Good god, man! No wonder you left!
• One of the Anxious Squirrel's interactions with Kratos is to comment that he knows Kratos hates him, everyone does, including Ratatoskr, that's why he sends the Anxious Squirrel away so much. Kratos' responses are all-at-once heartwarming, mean, and hilarious:
  Anxious: I'm back! Don't mind me. I know you don't want me around.
  Kratos: I did not say that.
  Anxious: You don't need to. The boss sends me out the most often, and I know why. I'm unbearable, that's why you hate me.
  Kratos: You are not my enemy. You are irrelevant. A stranger.
  Anxious: S-so...you don't...despise me?
  Kratos: I do not feel one way or the other.
  Anxious: That's honestly...kind of a relief! *growing more confident* I mean, yeah! You're a stranger to me too! Why should I care what you think?
  Kratos: Now you understand.
  Anxious: Fantastic, Master Kratos! I'm glad to know we do not care about each other! Get bent!
  Mimir: I don't know if that was necessarily the BEST lesson, but, eh, what do I know?
  • This does end up having a positive effect on Ratatoskr. When asked why he wants to look after Nidhogg's brood of vicious lindwyrms, Ratatoskr admits that he doesn't want to feel lonely in the World Tree, citing Anxious' epiphany about not caring what others think about him.
• Brok, seeing Atreus for the first time in several years, initially doesn't recognize him (or maybe does, and decides to fuck with Atreus). Commenting on Atreus' growth spurt, he blames Kratos and tells him to put his foot down before Atreus gets bigger. Which gets funnier when you remember that Atreus' mother was a Giant (albeit a human-sized one).
• Atreus trying to picture how his mother and father interacted with each other when they first met:
  Atreus: If you never asked Mom about what she used to do, what did you talk about when you met? Like, did you just say — (impersonating Kratos) 'Woman, guard the house, I will go to catch fish in the river.' And then leave for five days?
  Kratos: No. Your mother was far better at fishing than I.
  • When Atreus is alone, he sometimes has pretend conversations with himself by impersonating Kratos and what he would say as the other voice. When he tries to do this by impersonating Mimir for a change, he gives up as soon as he tries because he can’t replicate Mimir's accent.
• When the train was beset by trolls and was tumbling down to the ground, Atreus screams "Shitshitshitshitshit!" Funny itself, but it then leads to not only Mimir but Kratos scolding him for swearing. While he's trying to teach Atreus not to let panic overtake him, he also points out how utterly embarrassing it'd be if Atreus's last words were him swearing up a storm.
  • In Kratos's defence, have you ever seen him swearing while falling from a high height or being squashed/attacked/eaten etc by a giant creature? No. No, you have not.
  • When Kratos emerges from the derailed train he's grabbed by a troll that got pinned by it to the side of the mountain, seemingly about to lead into a mini-boss fight.... before Kratos swiftly and quickly knocks its arm away and messily decapitates it with the Leviathan Axe before the player can input any commands. Given the overabundance of trolls as a boss encounter in the last game, it's not hard to see this as the developers going 'oh no, we are not going through that shit again!'
  • In the lore entry for said Troll afterwards, Kratos notes with dry sarcasm that it had positioned itself perfectly to break their fall, and in gratitude for its kindness, he put it out of its misery...whereas in actuality he was clearly just venting on an annoying enemy.
  • There is an optional Troll fight later in the game. During its own lore entry, Kratos notes that fighting them is a good way to stay warm without a fire.
    "Useful... but we may run out of Trolls."
  • when they climb out of the train, Atreus says this after they crash landed:
    'Atreus:' I can't believe we survi- (Sees an army of reptile men crawling towards them) Are you SERIOUS?!'
• When the first Einherjar Brute appears, Mimir can quickly tell that This Is Gonna Suck.
  Mimir: I'm about to get knocked around a bunch, aren't I?
• It's somewhat funny that Freya's opening gambit in her boss battle is to pull the same grab-attack as the first game's Valkyries. She just had to get in on stomping Kratos's face into the ground because her sisters got to do it too.
  • It also can be hilarious to think that as their Queen, it's possible that she taught it to them in the first place.
• When Kratos and Atreus first free Tyr, he's understandably delirious from his time in isolation and is wary of strangers. Mimir suggests having a crack at talking to him on account of their past friendship... only for Tyr to freak out when he's shown the decapitated head of his old friend and he dashes out of the room. Not too long later, Tyr reveals that he thought he'd been hallucinating Mimir's head speaking.
• Later when Brok, Sindri, Kratos, Mimir, Atreus, and Tyr sit down to eat supper the following conversation happens:
  Tyr: Is this... sausage?
  Brok: Uh... sure, why not?
  Tyr: I remember food tasting better.
  Brok: (spits on Sindri) I suppose you'd like to try cooking for this lot?
  Tyr: (tosses his knife into his bowl and points at Brok) I accept.
  Brok: (absolutely flabbergasted) What?
  • What's even funnier in hindsight is that "Tyr" is actually Odin. Odin evidently was so put off by the food that he decided he might as well do the cooking to make the "Tyr" act more bearable.
  • Also expending on the above, Odin is apparently such a Supreme Chef that Mimir states that smell of stew he made gave him hunger cravings for the first time since he was reduced to a head. When he mentions it to Kratos and either Atreus or Freya, they begin listing foods they miss since Fimbulwinter has greatly reduced their availability. When asking Kratos what he misses, Mimir doesn't know what he is talking about.
    Mimir: (legitimately confused) The hell's an 'olive'?!
    • Which implies that among all the knowledge Odin has learned may include culinary knowledge, be it recipes, techniques, etc.
• While in Alfheim, Sindri elaborates a bit more on why Brok isn't allowed back in Alfheim (aside from "all the fucking"): thanks to him, they now know what a Juicy Nokken is.
  Atreus: Uhh… What is a Juicy-
  Kratos: NO.
  • Kratos' tone makes this even more hilarious. He sounds exactly like a parent who's shutting up an awkward conversation and telling the other party not to teach his kid weird unnecessary shit.
• Right after Atreus rides a rope being pulled by a weight upwards, Atreus relaxes at how near he is being over Hrimthur's Wall... and then immediately gets beset by an awaiting Wisp, much Atreus frustration/surprise.
  Atreus: Made it! ... aaah! Woke up more wisps!
• Heimdall shows how much of a petty asshole he can be early on, when Odin greets Atreus/Loki at the Great Lodge. At first, he's standing directly behind and to the left of Odin, then subtly moves to Odin's right side (the side where Odin wears his Eyepatch of Power). When Odin turns back to address Heimdall again, he's forced to slowly turn in a three-quarter circle to talk to him again.
  • Notably you can just tell this is far from the first time Heimdall has pulled this shit, as Odin gives a very resigned sigh as if he's thinking, "In the name of me, Heimdall, why do I keep you around again?"
• Odin's discussion with Heimdall when Atreus first enters Asgard is kind of hilarious all around. When Heimdall declares Atreus intends to betray Odin, Odin feigns shock and hurtfulness at this "trickery", before bluntly telling Heimdall of course Atreus is up to something - why else would he answer the invitation? Odin calmly acknowledges that Atreus has been given no reason to trust him yet, then bluntly asks Atreus if he was going to try and murder him in cold blood upon the first opportunity. Atreus answers with a very small shrug while looking to the side, as if embarrassed he was figured out so easily. Odin happily accepts that response as a "no" and dismisses Heimdall's concerns in a very "told you so" manner, then promptly shoos him off like a busy parent with an annoying kid. Heimdall, confused and unsure of what even to say at this point, just quietly leaves as he's told.
  • Just before that, Odin also tries to dismiss Heimdall by telling him to clean himself up even though Heimdall was left untouched in his "fight" with Atreus. ^note Look closely enough, there are very small flicks of mud on Heimdall's face. Heimdall stares at him with a face that screams You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!.
  • Before Odin shows up, Heimdall tries to rough up Atreus, at which point Thor steps in and tells him to back off. When Heimdall tries to call his bluff and asks how he'd try to stop him, Thor only tells him to look into his eyes and find out for himself. Heimdall immediately stands down, calling Thor a "sick man". Either Thor can overpower Heimdall's foresight and hurt him, or whatever he imagined was so utterly terrifying that Heimdall wasn't going to take his chances.
    • Although, the last arrow Atreus fired at Heimdall got a few drops of mud on him. Still...
• During Atreus's tour of Asgard, Odin brings him by the Valkyries training the Einherjar. One of them goes to attack a Valkyrie, but she just calmly holds his weapon until she finally looses her patience and backhands the unruly zombie away, confiscating his mace, deciding he's proven he can't be trusted with it.
• Odin commenting on his subordinates work performance and conduct as he guides Atreus around the city. He comes off less like the leader of a brutal and warlike pantheon and more like a micromanaging manager who is sick of his employees getting into shenanigans behind his back.
  • Again with Odin, when Atreus reports for his first day of 'work', he finds Odin arguing with Huginn, one of his famous ravens. Apparently the bird isn’t bearing good news, and is actively talking over Odin's response because he knows he's not going to like what the god has to say, much to Odin's disgruntled complaining. The way Richard Schiff plays this scene, it also sounds more like Odin's on a business call with some very grouchy executive. Or a very bad cabinet meeting.
• Just before Odin sends Atreus to Muspelheim to start looking for the other pieces of the mask, Odin calls for Thor to escort Atreus, only to be shocked when Thor appears right behind him a second later.
  Odin: (To Atreus) "Take this, (hands mask to Atreus, then looks to Thor) and this stealthy side of beef, (looks back to Atreus) and see where it takes you."
• A cryptic little boat-chat that's hilarious if you've played the Greek Trilogy:
  Mimir: Sigh...
  Kratos: What is it, Mimir?
  Mimir: Oh it's nothing, brother... just... you ever have those moments you where you wish you could... go back? Rewrite your own past, make different decisions?
  Kratos: Journeying through time is more trouble than it is worth.
  Mimir: Ah, fair point... (Beat) You're speaking metaphorically, right?
  Kratos: No.
  Mimir: 'Course you're not.
  • Mimir brings it up again when he, Kratos and Freya go looking for the Norns and believes that the account with the Greek Fates were exaggerated, with Kratos being quick to correct him.
    Mimir: The legends I heard about the Ghost of Sparta were surely exaggerated.
    Kratos: Exaggerated?
    Mimir:: Oh, not in the brazen bloodshed, righteous fury part. The part where it's said you travelled back in time itself to win a battle once lost. It strains credulity, obviously. I mean a rumour of Thor knocking the World Serpent back in history from Ragnarok is one thing...
    Kratos: It is the truth. The thread of fate span all life and time. The Sisters of Fate abused their power. When I challenged them, they threatened to undo my existence. So I killed them and turned their power on Zeus.
    Freya: That's the most dangerous and irresponsible thing I've ever heard.
• One of Mimir's tales involves the very familiar sounding story of a thane from his homeland who was led to ruin by the prophecy of three witches.
  Mimir: With just a few details structured ever-so-misleadingly, they convinced the fool he was invulnerable to all threats-
  Kratos & Atreus: "Physical or magical."
  Mimir: Aye, aye - but t'was not so for him!
• While escorting Tyr throughout the Temple of Light, every time you go off to open chests he will make a comment, starting with wondering what is going on and Atreus saying you like loot, and by the time you leave the temple he fully understands what is going on.
  • This is carried over when playing as Atreus. Angrboda will ask him what he's doing, and he will sheepishly say it's something his father does. And when opening a chest right after meeting Heimdall, Heimdall will sarcastically quip about how Atreus is a guest stealing everything not nailed down.
  • Also during the Temple of Light section, Tyr will occasionally help in destroying and bringing down structures that Kratos and Arteus wouldn't be able to reach themselves, with Mimir commenting that despite his vow of non-violence, it does not stop Tyr from committing property damage.
  Mimir: "Lucky for us swearing off violence doesn't mean he can't disfigure some architecture."
• It's during a VERY tense moment, but when Atreus turns into a bear during the argument in Sindri's house, Brok's reaction is to scream "What the FUCK??!"
  • Also when Atreus runs away to Midgard in the same scene, Kratos can only yell one thing to him.
    "BOY!"
• One of the only times in the game Mimir loses his temper:
  "Garm!? Great bleedin' fuck, lad, you freed Garm... This is a fuck-up of not insignificant proportions!"
  • He actually had one earlier after finding out exactly why the Huldra brothers took measurements of him in the previous game and the pain it caused him — they needed to use the Bifrost lamp and his Bifrost crystal eyes to make some adjustments to the Mystic Gateway.
    Mimir: Hræsvelgr's EGGS, man, what was that for!?
    Sindri: You'll see soon enough. Just need to adjust... there! That should do it. See? No permanent damage.
    Mimir: I'll show you permanent damage, ya wee fuck! Kratos! Throw me at him! Horns first!
• Furthering Mimir's comedic suffering from when Sindri and Brokk had measured him, Huldra Project #9 is a purchasable relic that lets you to use Mimir's head as a weapon to shoot Bifrost at your foes, much to his great and vocal discomfort.
  Mimir: (In great discomfort) Still unpleasant!
  • The game's description of the relic is no less funny:
    Brok and Sindri carefully measured and constructed a harness to weaponize the Smartest Man Alive.
• Mimir will chime in whenever starting one of Surtr’s trails, usually wishing his friends luck, save for one time he gets a bit bloodthirsty...
  Mimir: Throw me at 'em! I'll chew their necks off!
  Kratos: No.
• After Atreus had implanted Fenrir's soul into Garm's body, Kratos simply commands him to "Sit" as if testing him, which Fenrir promptly does, causing the ground to tremble briefly. When Atreus is discussing with Kratos on how he had learned Giant magic, Fenrir can be seen creeping up to Atreus on his belly much like a dog wanting headpats from their owner. Or a nose rub in Fenrir's case, due to currently being a giant wolf.
  • When Kratos commands Fenrir to go home, he makes a portal to their home in Midgard... and leaves Kratos and Atreus behind instead of letting them come along.
• When Brok comes up the idea with using the gold ring Draupnir to forge as a weapon for Kratos to fight Heimdall, Sindri then goes to retrieve it. Freya is incredulous on how they could've hidden it, given its ability to replicate eight new rings of itself at regular intervals. Sindri goes down a bucket elevator and hits bottom pretty fast, revealing that the space below the living quarters is filled with copies of Draupnir. Fishing up the real one that was attached to some rope, Sindri almost drops it into the copies when it suddenly replicates, causing him to briefly juggle Draupnir in a panic.
  • Sindri then announces that he has it...he thinks, then makes it back up and hands over Draupnir to Brok. It suddenly replicates again, spooking Sindri...but then he expresses relief, and sheepishly ignores Brok expressing confusion at his reaction. He wasn't even sure if the one he caught was the real one until that happened.
• After getting the Lady of the Forge to forge the Draupnir Spear, when climbing up the mountain side, Brok for some reason hops onto Kratos' shoulders just like Atreus did in the previous game.
  Brok: Guess we're doin' this one boy-style.
• Most of the Journal is written from Kratos' point of view this time (except when during Atreus' playable sections). Which leads to some funny entries thanks to his pragmatic, deadpan nature. Mimir's entry for example has Kratos admitting he considers Mimir a brother and a friend, a valuable source of knowledge, and that Mimir is both compact, portable, and consumes little resources.
  • The entry for the Flame Phantom (a variation of a previously seen enemy): Just like the Frost Phantom, but with Fire.
  • The entry for the Light Elf Slayer has Mimir thinking how their movement with dual swords could likely pass as a dance, and one he'd pay some good hacksilver for if the elves focused their desire for elegance on other things rather than the war.
  • When Kratos and Atreus initially thought Garm was killed and prepare to leave Helheim, the giant wolf starts chasing after them because he lacks a soul in Helheim and thus can't be put down through a regular beatdown. This comment shows up when players go into the pause menu:
    I was mistaken. We must escape the beast. Now.
• The revelation of why Freyr is so revered in Alfheim. Long story short, he did a ton of drugs, got lost in the realm between realms, and accidentally fell into the source of Alfheim's light. Being the first non-Elf that the elves had ever seen, and climbing out of something they viewed as sacred, they immediately assumed he was some all-powerful entity from beyond, and Freyr just rolled with it.
• After releasing the water back into the Crater in Vanaheim and going back down the elevator, Mimir gets exasperated at father and son for not enjoying one of the simpler things of life if Atreus is present.
  Mimir: With the water flowing and new paths open to us, I say we go for a stroll.
  Kratos: We will search. Not "stroll."
  Mimir: Oh, come off it. You've never enjoyed natured for its own sake? Not just for the treasure you might find?
  Atreus: I mean, treasure's nice too...
  Mimir: You're hopeless, both of you.
• Crossing with Heartwarming, when Atreus is finally able to convince Kratos to let him go back to Asgard to get the final piece of the mask, Atreus passes by Freyr and Brok who are both seated at the table. The two of them simultaneously lift up their steins in a silent gesture of wishing him luck.
• When Atreus and Thrud go find Thor getting drunk in one of the pubs and are struggling to get him to join in find the last mask piece, Thor carelessly throws his mug at one of the Einherjar's head. The Einherjar turns around, and sees Atreus just standing there, who immediately realizes that he's mistaken as the culprit. Cue Bar Brawl where Atreus and Thrud have to fight their way to get their weapons and Thor out. During one segment where Atreus is wailing on one of the Einherjar, Thor slams another one onto the table Atreus was on, flipping him to the upper level where the Einherjar he was just beating is getting back up with two more joining behind him.
  Atreus: HOW are you still conscious?!
  • The lead-up to the fight:
    Atreus: Thor, Huginn is waiting outside. Please, let's just-
    Thor: I said QUIET, boooy.
    [Beat]
    Atreus: [now quite frustrated] MY NAME IS-
    [Thor flinches and throws his mug at him]
  • In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment after Thor carelessly throws his mug he nonchalantly points at Atreus (with his back turned to him) almost saying "he did it, not me" before all hell breaks loose.
  • When Thrud is finally able to get her blades and throws Atreus his arrows, she yells at him to take out the Einherjar.
    Atreus: Won't Odin be mad me for killing the Einherjar?
    Thrud: They're already dead. It's not like they can die again.
  • As Atreus is shooting, Ingrid can be seen off to the side having a duel with Mjolnir for no apparent reason. Thor doesn’t even seem to be controlling the hammer, as he’s busy brawling on the other side of the tavern.
  • Around the middle of the fight, an Einherjar blocks Atreus’s way, only for Thrud to catch him off guard and leaving him open for Atreus to tackle him to a nearby table and repeatedly punch his face. Like Father, Like Son indeed.
  • The last man standing of the brawl is Thor, who takes the opportunity to down one last tankard of mead - and immediately topples like a felled tree.
  • After Thrud and Atreus drag Thor out of the bar, and Thrud berates her father for lapsing back into alcoholism, Thor stonily tries to summon Mjolnir. We hear a few seconds of muffled crashing and screaming before Mjolnir comes smashing through the wall right next to Thor, then wobbles and flops into the mud like it's somehow also drunk.
• During Atreus' trip to Niflheim with Thor, he tries Stating the Simple Solution.
  Atreus: Hey, why can't we just fly over these guys straight to the mask?
  Thor: You think I wanna carry you all that way?
  Atreus: You're strong!
  Thor: I'm not your pack horse.
• After visiting and attempting to recruit Freya, a trip that takes a considerable amount of time in both gameplay and story terms, Atreus returns to Sindri's home and is expectedly asked where he's been by Kratos.
  Atreus: ...Peeing.
  Kratos: (noticeable Jaw Drop)
  • And the best part is? It somehow actually worked. As Kratos doesn't pursue the topic until he does it again much later. ^note He actually gets interrupted by Brok proclaiming breakfast is ready before he could reply.
• Freya tries to discuss tactics:
  Freya: Kratos, tell me of an adversary from your homeland; It will serve us well if I understand more of your battle tactics.
  Kratos: Hmm... There was Medusa, Queen of The Gorgons. Her gaze turned men to stone. A mirror would turn her own powers against her. Or, you may remove her head. But that is the hard way.
  Freya: Which did you choose?
  Kratos: The hard way.
  Freya: (exasperated) Forget I asked.
  • Freya isn't the only one that tries to get Kratos to try new tactics, Mimir also tries to get Kratos to try something new.
    Mimir: Brother I had a thought: What if we took a stealthy approach to our next battle?
    Kratos: ...No.
• The Norns are creepy and annoyingly vague, but their trollish antics are worth a few good laughs, especially as they come off as a trio of meta guys.
  Verdandi: The Ghost of Sparta furrows his brow menacingly. He resists the urge to grunt.
  (Kratos grunts)
  Verdandi: Oh. he fails.
  • Adding on to the hilarity is Skuld dancing in and out, gleefully saying the exact lines Kratos, Freya, and Mimir would say, precisely as they say it. Freya tires of it very quickly.
    Freya: When my son was born—SHUT UP!
    Skuld: (simultaneously) "When my son was born—SHUT UP!" (giggles before dancing off screen)
  • And then it continues from there:
    Freya: Your prophecy said he would die a needless death!
    Urd: And he did! Because you could not let him go, because he thirsted for revenge... (a Beat as she looks to Kratos) and because you kill gods.
  • Urd meanwhile speaks with the tone of someone just so tired of having this conversation. Which makes sense as their ability to predict what will happen means Urd, the oldest Norn, is just jaded and constantly unsurprised. She also makes fun of Kratos' character development so far when Freya says Kratos didn't kill Baldur out of hate.
    Urd: Should I bring him a crown then? He still slays gods, but now he's sad about it?
  • Before officially meeting the Norns, Verdandi's voice can be heard describing Kratos' and Freya's titles, achievements, and flaws before stating they cannot change. When she gets to Mimir, however...
    Verðandi: Mimir of the Aesir!
    Mimir: Ach, here we go.
    Verðandi: Counselor to Kings. Merry Wanderer of the Woods. Robin of the Goodfellows.
    Mimir: Let me guess—I'm a long-winded know-it-all and I cannot change?
    Verðandi: ...
    Mimir: See? You forgot "Smartest Man Alive!"
• When Kratos, Mimir and Freya find a large footprint.
  Mimir: Biig footprint...
  Kratos: (as petty as he can be) Smartest Man Alive.
  Mimir: Well, you try making conversation with you sometimes.
  Freya: (chuckles)
  • If you have this conversation with Atreus instead of Freya, he will just point out that Mimir has a point.
• If you explore the Jungle area of The Crater with Atreus, this will happen:
  Atreus, having spotted a dam: Well I'll be damned! ...guys? That was a joke...
  Kratos: Are you certain?
• While discussing the danger of trying to avoid prophecies, Mimir brings up a reference to Oedipus the King:
  Mimir: Circling back to the topic of prophecies brought about by trying to avoid them––I think I can recall such as story as you mentioned, brother. A Greek tale, for the stage. Rather lurid, but very popular. You know the one?
  Kratos: Every Greek knows the tragedy of the Theban King.
  Mimir: Yeah, word gets around about that sort of thing.
  • Later, Mimir brings up the play again to critique it for retelling important events as the characters learn them, instead of showing the events. Kratos, of all people, actually defends the Greek tradition of storytelling. Kratos has no issue criticizing certain aspects of his culture... but he draws the line at criticizing Greek art.
    Kratos: It is Greek tradition that a story unfolds in a single time and place, uninterrupted. It is more clear.
    Mimir: If you say so.
  • Also, the implication that Kratos, as in the Kratos from the original games, watched and enjoyed plays in his free time.
• When successfully rescuing Freyr, the final step of the groups escape plan is to make it to the river and sail away from their pursuers on Freyr's magical boat, Skidbladnir. However, both Atreus and Kratos notice an apparent flaw in the plan when they see the river leads straight towards an Inevitable Waterfall, the music swelling dramatically as Kratos yells at everybody to brace themselves as he and Atreus do before the boat sails over the edge... and straight out into open air, revealing it can fly. Freyr has a good chuckle at the duo's sheepish reactions afterwards. Even better, the absolute lack of reaction from the rest of the assembled band has to the apparent danger makes it clear they all knew, and uniformly decided to withhold said information just to mess with them.
• When Atreus visits Asgard after Kratos killed Heimdall, Odin first questions him if he knew anything about Heimdall's death - to which Atreus points out that no one really liked Heimdall, something Odin doesn't even argue against.
• Crossing over with Heartwarming, after Kratos sees Atreus and Angrboda together, he confides in Mimir his worry there may have been some tasks for which he failed to properly prepare Atreus, awkwardly stammering an example "How to... woo..." It comes off equal parts "Maybe I was too hard on him" and "Oh my god! I forgot to teach him how to pick up ladies! Triangle, Square, LS, Son!"
  • In the post-game, Kratos and Angrboda discuss how she and Atreus share an aptitude for art, and Angrboda says that Atreus would be a better artist if he learned some discipline. Kratos immediately approves of her.
• After completing Skoll and Hati's section, you'll be able to use a scepter to change the time of day. There is nothing stopping you from doing it more than once in quick succession, prompting your companion to comment on it, likely Freya. Kratos will sheepishly admit he did it because he likes seeing the wolves. Do this enough times with Freya and she'll eventually sigh in frustration, as if to say, "Good grief! It's like watching over an easily amused child."
• When Freyr is brought to Sindri's house, he's high off Freya's medicine. In his ramblings to her he'll admit that Freya is a better leader than he is. He's better at inspiring people and making them better themselves. Atreus will say that he's like a Muse, and explain to him what a Muse is. Cue Freyr shouting: "THAT'S A JOB?!?! I SHOULD BE ONE! I'D BE SO GOOD AT IT!" Atreus then breaks it to him that the Muses are all goddesses. Causing Freyr to complain how unfair it is because that'd be his dream job.
• Atreus asks Mimir about the members of Freyr's team. When the topic gets to Lúnda, Kratos warns Atreus that she's "friendly" though Mimir points out that Atreus is probably too young for her tastes.
  Atreus (nervously): Uh, heh heh, what?!
  • Kratos' warning comes as a result of Lúnda's own cheerful "friendliness" with him, including calling him a "tall glass of milk". These interactions usually end with Kratos audibly awkward, but eventually she asks him if he's uncomfortable with it. He admits he was, but not anymore. When she offers to stop, he quietly says "no".
  • Not even Freya is safe from Lúnda's "friendliness". When asking her how she's doing, Freya answers "I'm fine." as anyone else would if asked the same question, to which Lúnda responds "On that, Madam? We are agreed.". Freya does a Double Take before awkwardly thanking her.
• Explaining Garm's backstory, Mimir explains that Garm went on a rampage and ate parts of Midgard. And the 5th season that came between winter and spring. And the word for the feeling when you're so hungry you stop being hungry.
  Atreus: You're messing with me.
  Mimir: I WOULD NEVER!
• While it crosses heavily over into Tearjerker, there is some Black Comedy in how Odin murders Brok. The blue dwarf picks apart "Tyr's" story about a secret passage to Asgard childishly easily and it's clear he's trying to get away from them so he can steal the mask. When Brok knocks the mask out of his hand and demands he turn and face him, "Tyr" turns around and shanks him with a knife like John Wick. The kicker? Not only does he finally lose it when Brok insults his cooking skills, but his voice after he kills him is similar not to the Aesir Top God and king of the Nine Realms, but an exasperated and worn out father who's just had enough of his kids pestering him! Odin even laments on it: the thing that blew his cover was that he just couldn't listen to Brok's shit anymore.
  Tyr: (suddenly stabs Brok with a knife) DO YOU NEVER - (reforms into Odin)
  Odin: - SHUT UP?! Of all the things...
• Mimir tells of a time shortly after Baldur became invulnerable, he challenged the Asgardians to shoot him with arrows until the weight of them would make him fall down. Everyone took bets on how many arrows it would take, and Mimir won a small fortune when he correctly guessed (or at least was the closest guess) 446. Appalled, Atreus tells him to never tell that story to Freya, to which Mimir indignantly says he’s not stupid.
  • According to Mimir, Baldur was laughing the entire time. Either he'd already gone crazy, or he hadn't learned the spell's side effects yet, but he clearly had the time of his life in that moment.
• In the final battle, Mimir calls Odin the All-Fucker. Odin's outrage at this defiance only makes it more hilarious. Though it's played much more tragic when you realize Brok called Odin that earlier in the story and Mimir said it in his honor.
  Odin: Three against one, eh?
  Mimir: Don't forget me, All-Fucker!
  Odin (incredulous): What did you call me?!
  Mimir: That one's for Brok!
  • It becomes all the more funny when you realize that this is pretty much the only time in either game when Mimir actually insults Odin (and right to his face no less). Sure, he will eagerly describe Thor as "sweaty bawbag" and "fat dobber" or call Heimdall a "spiteful little shit", but Odin? The closest he gets to an actual insult up until now is calling him a "small covetous tyrant", and a "superior bastard". To hear Mimir abandon any kind of respect (or fear) he may have had for Odin is not just funny, but crossing over into Awesome. Even better, if you have the right Huldra Brothers Project researched, Mimir can join in the fight by blasting Odin with bifrost-laden Eye Beams!
• Mimir keeps trying to tell Kratos riddles, but he has no patience for them. Eventually, he tells, "You have three doors. Behind the first is a pit of spikes, the second is a dragon, and the third has lions that haven't fed in weeks. Which one do you pick?" Kratos picks the first one because he has experience getting past pits of spikes. Mimir says the answer was the third door because lions that haven't been fed in weeks would be dead. Kratos says, "I like this riddle."
• In the Alfheim sidequest on releasing the second Hafgufa, Kratos attempts to make small talk. If Freya is present:
  Kratos: There once was a blacksmith whose king commanded him to construct a box that could contain all the evils of the world. But no metal could hold such a power. So the blacksmith used the Flame of—
  Freya: Kratos... Is this a story meant to ease my grief?
  Kratos: Perhaps it is just a story, a way to pass the time.
  Freya: I appreciate the sentiment. But... well, your stories—
  Kratos: (offended) What about my stories?
  Freya: I wouldn't exactly call them a comfort.
  • For extra irony, the story that Kratos was telling is about how Hope Springs Eternal in spite of all the world's evils, whereas Freya was assuming it would have a Downer Ending like most of his other stories.
• In the post-game, Kratos, Freya, and Mimir find the real Tyr and free him. The trio get weirded out and assume he’s an illusion at first. It is a little funny that the Norse God of War completely missed Ragnarok, given how out of the loop he is.
  • Once freed, he can be found later in other realms either sitting or standing around. In Vanaheim and Helheim though, he can be found doing something akin to a Tai Chi or yoga routine and keeps going during and after being talked to in Vanaheim. Apparently its a way of communicating with the land in Vanaheim and with Hræsvelgr in Helheim.
  • When found in Midgard, he requests the trio to let him be alone right after being found. He’s found standing in front of a place where his statue could be seen before the first fight with Thor destroyed it, in this context he seems to be sulking over his statue being destroyed.
• There are crystals in Alfheim that can deflect/reflect Leviathan Axe if it’s thrown at them. It’s possible to toss the axe at one crystal, only for it to rebound to another crystal, and start ping-ponging between the two.
• After his visit to Jotunheim and meeting Angrboda, Atreus tries to return to Kratos in Brok and Sindri's house in Yggdrasil. Angrboda tells him to think of home... and he wakes up in his and Kratos' house in Midgard. After discovering the area is crawling with draugr, he frantically tries chanting "OTHER home, OTHER home!" to no effect.
• One of the Artifacts that can be found in the Burrows section of Alfheim is a smoking pipe that's a Tribute to Freyr. If Atreus is present when Kratos picks it up, this conversation ensues:
  Kratos: A pipe.
  Atreus: A what?
  Mimir: It's, er... for relaxation. You burn the leaves and then breathe the smoke.
  Atreus: Oh. Can I use it?
  Mimir/Kratos (in unison): No.
• Among the many boat conversations that can pop up, Mimir asks Kratos about his time having participated in a competition.
  Mimir: Brother, I've heard my share of stories about your homeland. But I'd also heard that you once fought in a tournament.
  Kratos: I fought in many contests.
  Mimir: But this particular one... I heard you did battle with beasts, scoundrels, princesses, the undead, automatons, and... history's greatest musician. That's not... that's not true is it?
  Kratos: I would not speak of this.
  Mimir: Fair enough, brother.
  • The very fact that Kratos views it as an Old Shame can momentarily make him an Audience Surrogate regards one's view of the game. Or maybe he'd rather not be reminded of his defeat at the hands of Sack Boy of all people. It could even be a self-deprecative jab by Sony, about the game's poor performance.
• Post-game, Sif and Hildisvini can be seen discussing guard arrangements between their people in Freyr's camp. Sif later comments how she's glad that she didn't have to listen to Mimir for the last 100 years.
  Mimir: Well exCUUSE me, m'lady!
  • Earlier in post-game, Freya mentions how it was Hildisvini's idea to shelter the surviving Aesir in Vanaheim, as Mimir grumbles how it's probably Hildisvini's attempt to out-diplomat him. This prompts Freya to point out how unlike a certain disembodied talking head, Hildisvini at least didn't try to convince Sif to marry someone (as Mimir convinced Freya to marry Odin in order to foster peace). Mimir humbly admits it was a well-deserved low blow, while Kratos lets out an amused grunt as if he's trying to hold back from laughing.
• There's a joke Mimir tells to Kratos about brothers who have promised themselves to get rid of all distractions until they've reached enlightenment. They vow to remove everything that gets in the way, whether it be drinking or women: this is time for meditation, not fun. The months go on, and wisdom is in short supply for them, having come no closer to enlightenment than when they started. One day they see a beautiful woman across the river, crying out for help since she thinks the current will carry her away. One of the brothers goes across and brings her to safety, but then returns to his brother afterward to continue meditating. The other brother eventually complains, saying that his brother broke his vow to ignore all distractions. The brother who saved the girl jokes to the effect of "I picked her up and left her on solid ground, it's you who still carries her." The joke is clever in 2 ways. One is that the brother who rescued the girl has moved on, while the brother who did nothing is the one who is still obsessed with the girl's beauty even though she's long gone. The other meaning is that the brother who saved the woman was the truly enlightened one, because he cared more about doing the right thing rather than focusing on self improvement. This joke actually succeeds in making Kratos laugh, something that leaves Mimir feeling satisfied.
• One favor, "The Mysterious Orb", has Kratos and Freya travel in search of a curious round device — "lightweight, but not fragile" — that Lúnda has lost and needs for an unspecified purpose, as well as an old set of armor that only she can repair. Once they return it, the truth becomes clear: the orb is a squeaking toy, green like a tennis ball, that she made for Helka, and any Dwarf could've fixed up the armor. She apologizes shortly after, saying that it was the best way to ensure they'd find the ball, but Kratos is in sheer disbelief that he's been tricked into running an errand for a dwarf's pet dog. Mimir and Freya waste no time in poking some fun at Kratos for his (admittedly well-deserved) caution towards the ball.
  Kratos: Here.
  Lúnda: Ohhhh! Well, thank you.. so... much! Helka's been itchin' to get her ball back all dang winter! It's her favorite toy.
  Kratos: ...What?
  [...]
  Mimir: Good thing you were so cautious, brother —
  Kratos: (warning) Quiet.
  Freya: He's right, Mimir; show respect. (Beat; quietly amused) ...The squeaky toy could've been the death of us all.
  Mimir: And it nearly was!
  Kratos: Do not laugh.
  Mimir: (chuckling) It's hard not to, brother!
  Kratos: Try.
  Mimir: Okay...okay...
  • If you haven't found all of Lúnda's armor pieces yet, but have returned the ball to her, you get the following bit of dialogue upon retrieving one of them:
    Mimir: An armor piece bearing Lúnda's brand. Shame it's broken. Nice bit of work otherwise.
    Kratos: Then why leave it?
    Mimir: She said she was in a hurry. Still paranoid, are you, brother? Frightened of the squeaky toy?
    Freya: (snickers)
    Kratos: (in a bone-dry tone) Yes, very amusing.
• Another favor, "The Desert Door", starts with Kratos finding fragments of a broken key in the desert. Mimir's fairly certain how Kratos will react:
  Mimir: Been a bit since we last unlocked a mysterious door! Excited, brother?
  Kratos: Mhm.
  Mimir: Haha! Classic!
• Visiting Durlin in post-game will have him comment that he's giving up drinking. When Kratos points out that he's clearly not given it up, he insists it's goat's milk. When Kratos points out that it's brown, he quickly says it was an ugly goat.
• This little exchange between Kratos and Atreus:
  Atreus: Father? Think I'll ever have a beard like yours?
  Kratos: No.
  • And the follow up:
    Atreus: Know what? My face is itchy. I think my beard's coming in.
    Kratos: (skeptically) Is it?
    Atreus: Yeah. On my jawline, see? It's growing.
    (Beat)
    Kratos: (amused) Is it?
    Mimir: (equally amused) That's not just dirt?
    Atreus: It's not dirt.
  • Another discussion Atreus can start on hair:
    Atreus: Hey, Guys, what if I let my hair grow out?
    Mimir: You want advice on that? From us?
    Atreus: Yeah... I guess not.
• Visiting the Wishing Well in Vanaheim, Mimir will suggest tossing Atreus in if he's present, because he's starting to stink. Atreus protests that he doesn't, while Kratos amusedly assures him it's natural, to Atreus' embarrassment.
• Atreus attempts to flirt with Angrboda by picking a flower for her, only for her to refuse it and scold him for killing the flower, causing an awkward moment.
• Many of Kvasir's poems that double as shout-outs to other Playstation games have titles with very awkward synonyms or substitutions, as if he struggled to translate words that had no obvious or easy Norse equivalent; thus, we get "Celestial Construct" (Astro Bot), "Tool and Bang" (Ratchet and Clank), and most impressively, "Large Society Ground Orb: The Performance" (MLB: The Show, where he describes baseball as a war between two armies).
  • When recounting the story of four unlikely friends of "steel and fur" saving worlds, "Tool and Bang" is burnt enough at the bottom to stop just short of "Lombax".
• A random question by Mimir to Kratos on the Blades of Chaos:
  Mimir: Brother, you ever think of cooking meat with those blades of yours?
  Kratos: No. They would foul the meat.
  Mimir: Oh, because of the magic on them?
  Kratos: The blood.
  Mimir: Ah, yes. Carry on then.
• Once you complete the "Born From Fire" favor:
  Mimir: No more Draugr dens, no more Hertha. One less thing to worry about.
  Kratos: You worry?
  Mimir: (teasing) Oh, never when you're around, oh warrior of rippling muscle!
• After Kratos and Freya kill the Raider chieftain, Speki and Svanna are still scared, so Kratos has to comfort them. He's remarkably awkward about it, trying to figure out how to pet them and mistakenly calling them "good boys" before Freya corrects him. If Atreus is present instead, he will say "They're girls" in a more annoyed tone, clearly exasperated at his dad not remembering the gender of his wolves after so much time.
• Should Kratos tell Brok about Heimdall's death, not only is the dwarf pleased to learn that Heimdall got what he deserved, but in true Brok fashion, he colorfully yet aptly describes him as "a prize-winning taint stain with a capital stank."
• When the group of Kratos, Atreus, Brok, Sindri, and 'Tyr' have breakfast after Atreus and Sindri's failed attempt to recruit Freya, since the table was made for 4 people, Sindri has to sit by a corner between Brok and 'Tyr'. After Brok spits at Sindri and sends one of his "sausages" into Sindri's bowl, Sindri stands up to leave and proclaims he will build a bigger table. Coming back later to the treehouse we can find that he did so, but it looks he just added a larger plank of wood to the current table.
• The game's description of the Motsognir's Call relic:
  "Sindri's tuning fork. Somehow it survived Ragnarok..."
• It slams down on Kratos's Berserk Button hard, but Freya's sniping reaching critical mass as she and Kratos work together to free her from her curse is worth a chuckle.
  Kratos: Ragnarök will not bring back what you have lost, any more than killing me.
  Freya: I am reaching my limit for enlightened platitudes from you today, can you please just shut up and kill things?
• After you've visited the Norns with Freya, if you try to make your way to Urd's well with Atreus, you'll find the path blocked. Mimir will ask why the three of you are even trying to go back there. Kratos will say he thought Atreus would enjoy seeing the horse.
• While Kratos' confrontation with Odin in Svartalfheim is understandably quite tense, this exchange provides a chuckleworthy bit of Black Comedy.
  Kratos: My son is not your key.
  Odin: (exasperated) Do they not have metaphor in your homeland? Or rather, did they? I'm-I'm sorry, that's not fair.
  • For an extra chuckle, "metaphor" is itself a Greek word.
  • It's also a very revealing moment as to what the All-Father thinks of other people. This response from Kratos is a stern one, clearly warning him to not treat Atreus as a mere tool for him to gain power; Odin, meanwhile, is so dismissive of Kratos' intelligence and parental worry that he simply believes the Spartan wasn't able to understand him.
• Brok's reaction on seeing Gjallarhorn and knowing Kratos had killed Heimdall:
  (throwing his hands in the air) Well, Happy Ragnarok, everybody! Let's drink!
  • As Atreus leaves to go back to Asgard, Brok and Freyr both toast him.
• Rarely Atreus or Freya will shoot an arrow into the corpse of an enemy Kratos just killed.
• The story of Faye fighting Thor in the past has a part of it that worth a chuckle. According to the spirit witnesses, while Faye was described as being drunk on rage, Thor was just plain drunk during the fight, which is probably why he couldn’t give a description of her for Baldur to use for tracking her down, not even her gender or weapon.
• Occasionally, Mimir will offer a riddle to Freya, who... solves it in a very direct way.
  Mimir: Freya, fancy a riddle?
  Freya: If you fancy a boot to the head.
  Mimir: Riddle solved.
• The death of Gna in the post-game is a solemn and tragic affair for Freya with her having to kill a old friend. When Sigrun and the other Valkyries are informed, they act significantly... less somber about it.
  Eir: Ah HAH. Told you Freya would wreck that miserable—
  Sigrun: (eagerly) Did you rip her wings off? Tell me you ripped her wings off—
  Gunnir: No, SURELY you tore her spine out through her back. Classic finish. It's what I would have done.
• If Atreus talks to Svanna and Speki before going off to Asgard for the second time, he mentions that Svanna once peed in the house. Kratos apparently has already forgiven the wolf for doing that, but he hasn’t told her that yet.
• After returning to Asgard after freeing Garm, Atreus can try to eavesdrop on Odin and Heimdall's conversation, but they know he is at the door and will not converse until he has gone away. Trying enough times has Heimdall making a quip about Atreus.
  Heimdall: Well now this is just getting weird. Did you know he was this weird when you invited him?
• The Anti-Climax of meeting Skoll and Hati. Mimir's build up to it and reaction after indicates it was just as he expected.
  Mimir: Excited to meet Skoll and Hati, lad?
  Atreus: I mean... I've heard all your stories. It's gonna be weird meeting them in person.
  Mimir: Legend meeting reality... At the very least, it shouldn't fail to entertain.
  (The group finds both wolves fast asleep)
  Atreus: Uh... Hello? I think they're sleeping.
  Mimir: Well there you have it. 'The Legendary Celestial Wolves'. Supremely entertaining, as promised.
  • After releasing the moon back into the sky and seeing Skoll chasing after the sun after Atreus makes it set with an arrow, Hati leaves the tool for celestial shrines for the group to use... right before going back to sleep.
  • This seems to indicate that when the wolves are not chasing the sun and moon, all they do is sleep most of the time. To be fair, chasing the sun and moon every day and night is likely a very tiring process.
  • Given that the sun and moon are special spherical objects instead of actual gods depicted in Norse mythology, some people have commented that since the sun and moon are balls, Skoll and Hati are basically playing the longest game of fetch ever.
• Despite the heartwarming and tearjerking end at the discovery of Kratos' mural, if one pays attention Kratos actually only closes one side of his mural before heading out of the cave.
• Surtr can be amusingly blunt at times.
  Atreus: Why won't you help us?
  Surtr: I don't want to.
• We get our introduction to Vanaheim’s very aggressive plant-life courtesy of Brok almost bumrushing directly into one.
  Brok: Fuckle!
• How Odin finally meets his end can lead to some Dark Humor. After Atreus traps his soul in a marble, an otherwise tense scene plays where he gives the marble to Kratos, who passes it to Freya so that she may have her vengeance, who ultimately gives it back to Atreus after deciding Vengeance Feels Empty and Mimir commenting that all that matters is that Odin was stopped. This unintentionally causes Sindri's subsequent snatching of the marble (after appearing out of nowhere) and smashing it come off as less of a Roaring Rampage of Revenge and more of him saying, "Shut up and Kill Him Already!" (which actually could be what he was thinking at that point).
• One conversation you can have while in a boat (and possibly sled) is Atreus asking the very bald Kratos and Mimir if he should get a mohawk. Mimir's response is basically "You're asking us?"
• During his and Thor's meeting with Kratos and Atreus, Odin correctly guesses that the pair are hiding Mimir somewhere in the house. When Mimir pipes up and Atreus goes to bring him out, Odin gives a little smirk and gestures as if to say "See? Told ya so."
• In one of the flashbacks to Faye, she's talking to baby Atreus and reveals how she and Kratos met. How did they meet, you may ask? By trying to kill one another, nearly taking each other's head off.
• During the favor "Song of the Sands" , Atreus names the trapped Hafgufa "Lúnch", after remembering Durlin's pet named "Dìnner". Much to Mimir's intense displeasure.
  Mimir: Oh boy... while I appreciate the attempt at humour, that, little brother, is truly awful wordplay. Embarrassing, really.

Valhalla

• When confronting Kratos upon his first exit from Valhalla, Sigrun asks him how was he able to enter in the first place. Both her and Freya are baffled when Mimir tells them Kratos forced the door open with his bare hands. The tone of voice in which Sigrun instructs Kratos on properly entering Valhalla and asks Mimir to stop talking makes her sound like a patient yet exasperated mother explaining to her children what they did wrong after chastising them.
• Helios makes a surprise return in Valhalla once Kratos goes far enough into the realm, never missing a chance to verbally chastise his killer for all he's done, and while he's a constant reminder of the guilt Kratos carries, It's also rather hilarious to hear one of the Greek pantheon, who had always been portrayed as rather composed, to straight up call Kratos an "asshole". Better yet, since Helios is a conjuration of Kratos' own mind, one has to wonder if Mimir and the Dwarves casual manner of speech has had a greater influence on him then he let's on.
  • After having to listen in on some of his acidity and taunts at key points, even a Nice Guy like Týr gets completely fed up with Helios's presence. When Kratos testily asks if Helios is necessary for this ordeal, Týr assures him that the late god of the sun was not part of his aim; either Valhalla thought Kratos needed him, or Kratos did on a subconscious level.
    Týr: "Aaaand he's back..."
  • Huldra Project #9 is available as a relic Kratos can use during his fights in Valhalla. Helios periodically replaces Mimir on Kratos’s belt. Which means that, yes, you can use Huldra Project #9 with Helios instead of Mimir. Helios is not pleased with the experience.
    Helios: "Not my favorite!"
  • Being from Greece Helios at times needs to be brought up to speed on the Norse opponents Kratos has encountered.
  • During the first time in the Chamber of Sacrifice, one of Helios' taunts while being pushed in the cage is to remind Kratos that he is a Sun God and that the fires might infuse him with power and let him achieve his final form... or explode and take Kratos with him, he is fine with either way.
  • During the second time in the Chamber, when Kratos goes into the cage to be incinerated, Helios actually tries to point out that he shouldn't be doing that.. only to reconsider and say he would like to see what would happen.
  • Helios doesn't get to see what happens next, apparently, but the next time he appears he does comment that Kratos still has "some ash on your skin, am I crazy?" It's messed-up to the point of being hilarious again.
  • When Týr and Kratos discuss Pandora’s Box, Helios sarcastically thanks Kratos for opening the box and subsequently causing the Olympians to lose their minds. Kratos responds to Helios by simply saying "Quiet, head."
• One of the Tasks for Kratos' challenges consists of kicking enemies 20 times. The name for the task? This is not Sparta. Works as both a Shout-Out and a case of technically-true Captain Obvious.
• When facing Týr in the arena, he is always waiting on a seat that disappears when he brings out his weapons. Either Valhalla knows he will be there for quite a while and gives him a seat whenever he isn't doing anything else, or Týr keeps that seat in his inventory alongside his weapons.
• In the middle of kicking the crap out of Kratos during a spar, Týr randomly compliments Kratos on his beard. It's hardly Mood Whiplash, but it's definitely unexpected in a Superboss fight.

Promotional Material/Meta

• A bit of fridge humour to be found in Mimir's current existence as Kratos' Mr. Exposition on his hip. Throughout his life as either Puck or Mimir, he served as the right-hand man and advisor to leaders of their respective lands. Due to the position he's clipped into Kratos' belt on, whenever Kratos wants to show him something or let him speak face-to-face with somebody, he has to use his right hand to reach down and grab Mimir's rope bindings to lift him up. Mimir is literally Kratos' right-hand man now.
  • Likewise, his positioning means that he's spent the majority of two game's worth of content literally talking out of (Kratos') ass.
• A few from the trailers.
  • In the cinematic trailer, the narrator gets interrupted by Mimir for telling the story wrong. The narrator shuts him up and says, "If we let Mimir tell the story, we'll be here all night."
  • This trailer where Ben Stiller cosplays as Kratos to give parenting advice to LeBron James and John Travolta. Shorter versions are used to promote the game.
• For the "God of War Ragnarök: The Gods of Score with Bear McCreary" behind-the-scenes clip of the music team on composing the music for Ragnarok, Mimir opens up with this spoiler warning:
  Mimir: Take it from the Smartest Man Alive: there are drawbacks to knowing everything. Spoilers a'plenty ahead, so dread carefuly, 'lest you find your own noggin' bouncing off a rather fun backside. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
• The official cosplay guide released by Santa Monica which is presented as a journal made by Lúnda containing her studies of several characters' gear with additional annotations from Brok and Sindri.
  • On the very first page reading "Property of Lúnda" there's a note from Lúnda to the Huldra Brothers telling them she knows they love snooping so she invites them to add their own commentary. It gives off an impression like a sister who knows her annoying brothers are looking in her diary.
  • Right on the title page the Huldra Brothers have already started doing what they do best as Sindri added "With contributions from Sindri", only for Brok to cross it out and put his name in big block letters, then Sindri crossing that out to reinsert his name.
  • Lúnda's annotations for Kratos involve her calling him "sightly and fine" and commenting "Love these peepers" about his eyes.
  • Brok and Sindri's annotations for Kratos' shoulder armor design which Lúnda is gushing over:
    Sindri: It came to me in a dream.
    Brok: WHAT?! CAME TO ME IN A DREAM!
  • One page has a stain in the corner.
    Brok: THAT WERE SINDRI DID THAT.
    Sindri: Umm, no.
  • Re: Kratos' arm guards:
    Sindri: Brok smelt and flattened it. I provided the design.
    Brok: UNNECESSARY.
  • The remarks on the stitching on Kratos' bag:
    Brok: THAT CRAP WEREN'T ME.
    Sindri: Another Kratos and/or Atreus original.
  • On the Bifrost Light:
    Brok: HE STOLE THIS FROM THE GODDESS FREYA!
    Sindri: Fairly certain it was a gift.
    Brok: SHUT YOUR GOB
  • Lúnda's remarks on the Leviathan Ax.
    Lúnda: Possible the Huldra Brothers' greatest work, and just maybe one of the greatest weapons in all the nine realms.
    Brok: YOU CAN TAKE YOUR POSSIBLYS AND MAYBES AND STUFF 'EM IN A DRAUGR HOLE!
  • Lúnda wonders what the Blades of Chaos looked like before Brok and Sindri upgraded them in the first game.
    Sindri: How DARE you.
  • Brok's note on Kratos' new rectangular shield has him add that its new shape is "easier for nappin' on".
  • The dwarves' notes on Mimir and his Bifrost eyes.
    Sindri: Gift from the Giants (when they were still around).
    Brok: MAKE HIM LOOK UGLY AS BUTT
    Lúnda: He's a severed head and it's the eyes that are throwing you off??
  • One of Brok's indignant annotations mentions that the new gold decorations in Mimir's beard apparently weren't meant for him.
  • On the mystery of Mimir's head tattoos and their meanings:
    Lúnda: Mimir was real cagey when I asked about these.
    Sindri: He told me three different stories re: their origins, and I believe none of them.
  • On Atreus' hairstyle, Brok mentions that he offered to cut Atreus' hair many times but was rebuffed because Atreus didn't want to risk his ears and his hair to Brok.
  • The notes on Atreus' shoes mention that Kratos used to make them for him until he got fed up having to do it so often since Atreus was growing so fast, so Kratos had Atreus learn to do it himself.
    Brok: SELF-RELIANCE! NOW THAT KID CAN TURN A REINDEER INTO A BOOT FASTER THAN A WULVER GUTS OXEN
    Sindri: Unnecessarily gross.
  • In a sweet detail Atreus' quiver has stick figure drawings representing himself, Kratos and his deceased mother Faye on it. Brok and Sindri however are a little put-out that they're not on it, with Brok declaring that he's going to add them in next time he upgrades the quiver.
  • Some of Sindri's annotations on Freya's costume get a little nitpicky, much to Brok's displeasure.
    (Re: Freya's hair)
    Sindri: I'm pretty sure those are hawk feathers.
    Brok: I CAN'T TAKES YOU ANYWHERE...
    (On Freya's bag)
    Sindri: It's possible it's chestnut brown.
    Brok: IT'S POSSIBLE I'M GONNA PUNCH YOU IN THE THROAT!
  • Lúnda being her... friendly self on the entry for Freya's sword:
    Lúnda: Some call it Thrungva; some call it Sparrow's Bite - I call it 'run me through, momma!'
    Sindri: That's probably enough of that, Lúnda...
    Brok: AW, LET A GAL LIVE.
  • Angrboda's entry includes this gem:
    Lúnda: Indigo-dyed leather bag... wonder what the orange dust is?
    Brok: MY VOTE IS CHEESE CRACKER DUST
    Sindri: Lúnda, this is exactly why I urge you to hide these notes.
  • Even Tyr isn't excluded from Lúnda's commentary.
    Lúnda: Love a wide leather belt to keep everything in place. Also keeps me guessin' where his torso really ends.
    Sindri: Uh...
  • The notes for Tyr's leather arm straps has Brok claiming he catches Tyr "chewin' on 'em all the time", though Sindri challenges the credibility of the claim.
    • Even funnier, since the "Tyr" we know for most of the game was actually Odin all along then the All-Father himself was apparently chewing at his own disguise's sleeve, if Brok is to be believed.
  • The dwarves note that Heimdall's sword is Asgardian made as he wouldn't accept to wield a weapon crafted by non-Aesir otherwise, at which Brok has drawn a little turd in response.
  • There are also plenty of other snarky comments from the dwarves on Heimdall such as Lúnda saying Heimdall's earring marks when someone flicked him on the ear, Sindri calling Heimdall "a true maniac" for wearing leathers like undergarments and Brok alludes to the logical impracticality of having teeth made of gold saying Heimdall shouldn't be eating apples with those.
  • Sindri calls Odin's raven motif fixation an "obsession" that "borders on mental illness".
    Brok: SAYS HE UN-IRONICAL
  • In regards to Odin's tattoos:
    Lúnda: Is it true he keeps his ravens in his tattoos?
    Sindri: It's true, and it's unsettling!
    Brok: YEAH! WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY GOTTA MAKE A TURD??
    Sindri: Stop.
  • The remarks on Odin's boots:
    Lúnda: Most folks prolly too shook at being in Odin's presence to notice he's not all perfect - but Lúnda's eyes see all!
    Brok: IZZAT WHY THEY SO BLOODSHOT?
    Lúnda: Oh hush, Blábr!
  • The entry for Thor has the dwarves really roasting his appearance on the first close-up page.
    Lúnda: (at Thor's hair) I don't think these have ever seen a brush!
    Sindri: What do you expect from somebody who never stops brawling, drinking and carousing?
    Brok: AND FARTIN'. THAT BOY CAN BEEF 'EM OUT!
  • Also on the knotwork for Thor's waist armor.
    Sindri: Probably symbolizing the roots of the World Tree.
    Brok: OR A BAG OF WET WORMS
  • While Lúnda and Sindri comment positively on Thrúd's use of shaved fur over pelt speaking to her kindness, Brok is less impressed.
    Brok: WHAT'LL THEY THINK OF NEXT - EATIN' VEGETABLES?
  • The dwarves' remarks on Gná's spike-toed boot designs:
    Brok: BEWARE THEM KICKS TO THE GROIN!
    Sindri: And the eye. Please not in the eye.
  • And of course, the entries for the Huldra Brothers themselves.
    Lúnda: We sure can't neglect these snappy dressers - the two-and-only Huldra Brothers themselves!
    Sindri: Who are you talking to?
    • On Brok's entry, naturally some remarks on Brok's blue skin come up.
      Lúnda: Brok, I know you said you turned blue as a berry on account of all that silverwork, but hear me out - have you tried taking a bath?
      Brok: I TRIED ONCE!
      Sindri: (underlined) Once.
      ...
      Sindri: It's really not even so much blue than a silvery cerulean.
      Brok: I THINK IT SUITS MY SUNNY DISPOSITION.
    • When Lúnda asks about the choice of rune on Brok's hammer being the rune for 'hail':
      Brok: 'CUZ MY HAMMER RAINS DOWN LIKE IT!
      Sindri: All this time I thought it stood for 'Huldra'. (Sindri has drawn a sad face next to Brok's reply).
    • Brok also apparently likes using his hammer's pommel to crush hazelnut shells for a snack while working at the forge, which Sindri laments has often caused him to slip on them and almost fall into the forge on many occasions.
    • Lúnda takes notice that the gold on Brok and Sindri's armor could be from Draupnir's gold, as we find out is true in the game, but since technically nobody is meant to know that they are evasive.
      Lúnda: It's almost as if you've got some self-replicating supply of gold stashed away...
      Sindri: Even if we did have Draupnir stashed away - hypothetically! - you'd still have to blend the gold with stronger metals to make effective armor.