Funny / Phantasy Star Online 2

As a Moments subpage there are unmarked spoilers ahead! Read at your own risk!

Episode 1

Episode 2

• Cabracan. Just.... EVERYTHING about the Funny Animal who was mistaken for an enemy twice by Echo and Sarah and Klariskrays III and is more often than not the butt of slapstick humour (some of which are admittedly his fault when he's with Echo).

• Zeno's return during the battle against the other 3 Councils and first interaction with Echo apparently begun with....him getting slapped hard at the face by a very angry Echo who was clearly worried from a long lack of contact with him.
  Echo: Zeno...
  Zeno: Oh, you finally responded! For a moment I thought you didn't recognise me after a long time, but I guess I was jumping to the conclusion there-
  *Echo gets up and angrily delivers a slap*
  Zeno: Geh-! What was that for!?
  • This moment is made even more funnier in the Episode Oracle anime as a slap at the face wasn't the only thing he got from Echo; He received a hard punch (presumably at the gut) with the blow happening just after the scene cut to the faces of both Ash and Matoi cringing at the event.

Episode 3

Episode 4

• Take a shot every time Pietro gets beaten by his own pets.
• Every time one of the Earthlings comes aboard, they are introduced to Risa. With predictable results (Al on the other hand actually wasn't at all frightened by Risa in the slightest).
  Hitsugi: Don't take this the wrong way, but...some of you ARKS people are completely insane.
  Enga: So, uh...is ARKS one of those places where weirdos run the show?
  • Kohri's first meeting with Risa take the cake however, with her eccentricity clashing with Risa's sadistic and trigger-happy nature to GLORIOUS result. (While Hitsugi and Enga reminisces their first meeting with Risa casually, much to poor Kohri's chagrin)
    Kohri (in response to Risa about to fire at her): Waaah! Stop, calm down! I'm not an enemy anymore!
    Risa: Oh, you silly baddies, you all say that when you're about to get chewed up and spit out!
    Kohri: I guess that's true. And if you miss one, they'll call you a fool and attack you from behind! But if you see through it and avoid their sneak attack, they're defenseless. They just make excuses and beg for their lives!
    Also Kohri: AND I'M NOT LIKE THAT!
    • And then there's her reaction to the revelation that Risa has occasionally friendly-fired even ARKS Operative the moment they weren't looking:
      Risa: Ooh, this is SO interesting! I wonder how different it is to shoot someone from Earth than an ARKS agent!
      Kohri: Wait, does that mean you've shot people from ARKS?
      Risa: They look the other way for accidental friendly fire. You get three freebies!
      Kohri: YOU DID IT INTENTIONALLY!?
      Risa: Ooh, I know! If you're NOT a baddie, you can go out and KILL some baddies with me, and show me what ya got!
      Kohri: You're going to shoot me, aren't you!? This'll end with you "accidentally" shooting me!

Episode 5

• Once again, Risa keeps scaring everyone. Even Alma is fleeing from her!
• And once more, take ANOTHER shot each time Pietro gets beaten by his own pets.
• Xiera telling Zeno and Echo that they should get married, pointing out that they already argue Like an Old Married Couple and Everyone Can See It. Xeno's response? Just casually say to a highly flustered Echo "ah, what the heck. Wanna get married?" She still accepts. And then there's the events surrounding the news being spread, including their attempt to break the news to Melrandia.
• Gettemhult being protective of Melrandia is both adorable and hilarious, especially when he gets indignant over Zeno telling stories to her about him, not wanting his girlfriend's sister to have the wrong idea about her.
  • He even briefly turns the Guardian into something of a Meat Puppet, awkwardly directing their body over to Melrandia in something that resembles a stumbling jig while they're clearly in a massive mix of discomfort and freaking out.
• None of the Dark Falz hosts like each other at all. You know this is gonna be a trend the instant Gettemhult and Luther start bickering with each other. When Luther wonders how poorly ARKS was doing if someone like Gettemhult ended up in their ranks, Gettemhult points out that Luther was in charge at the time, to which Luther actually concedes the point.
  • In response to their bickering, you are given a choice: you can threaten to kick them both out...or you can threaten to tell Xiao about them. They have the same disquieted response to both options.
• The Epyk arc, after the tragic Luther arc, is mostly way more comedic. Mostly because of Margareta.
  • The four Brainwashed and Crazy Apprentices are Chuunibyou. Poor Aika and Rina in particular are incredibly embarrassed when they return to their senses, and even Aurora isn't willing to spill the beans about what happened. This is probably because Margareta is also an overdramatic chuuni herself.
  • After defeating Aika and extracting an explanation on what's going on from Margareta, Xiera openly asks whether they should just walk away from this whole mess. Margareta's reaction and the perfectly-timed piano chord is a riot.
  • You restore Euclyta to her senses by bonking her on the head. WITH THE SHARP BLADE OF THE COATED EDGE SWORD NO LESS!
  • Margareta simply cannot get along with any other version of herself, including Aurora and her future self, aka Apprentice, both of whom think she's an idiot and a brat. She starts arguing with Aurora almost immediately after that battle is over, and when she's possessed by Apprentice, she still somehow is able to talk through a mirror and bicker with her future self about her fashion choices.
  • When Margareta is seemingly about to disappear, the Guardian prepares to slap her awake. It turns out she was awake the entire time, and was playing a prank on the Guardian and Hariette. When this is exposed, she tries to play it off, only for the Guardian and Hariette to angrily pursue her and give her a rightfully-deserved smackdown.
  • Margareta's own people don't even take her seriously.
• The final chapter somehow has its own laughs despite being, well, the most serious.
  • Margaretta arguing with her country's patron deity, who is in fact the original Klariskrays (aka Alma's split personality).
  • After helping Alma, Regius decides to leave... Only for Maria to kick him back over to where they can sense Alma, forcing him to actually talk to her, even if they can't hear her.
  • When Magareta is forced to take over for Hariette after the latter basically becomes Omega's deity, Maggie decides to combine their two countries into... The Sacred Magical Kingdom of Epykuento. Even Hariette finds it Actually Pretty Funny.

Episode 6

• Once more once again, take yet ANOTHER shot each time Pietro gets beaten by his pet. Down half-cup the moment you see Pietro STILL get attacked when he's down and unconscious.
• Kyokuya is a complete Chuunibyou edgelord, and it's great. In his sub-story, he attempts to show off his darkness, complete with an echo, but the over-the-top presentation makes him look like a complete weirdo to everyone around him. The goofy music underlines how silly his antics come off, to the point that Pati even basically calls him an edgelord. Though she is still completely enamored with Kyokuya's Phantom antics, and also gets into the act, much to Tia's dismay.
• Klariskrays and Ko'Rela (the latter in Fun Size mode) start a debate over who's bigger. Then the latter changes back into her big dragon form, causing Klariskrays to immediately switch gears and argue the advantages of being small. The first one is mobility and being a smaller target in battle (a reasonable argument), the second is not bumping your head on low ceilings (which Ko'Rela actually agrees with), and the last one is that being smaller means people give you candy. All three arguments are actually convincing to Ko'Rela, and after changing back, the pair ask the Guardian for candy... Except they're long gone.
• While the post-ending scenes are mostly heartwarming, a couple involve some humor:
  • Xiera collecting responses from female ARKS members, and Xiao's reactions to them, including Sarah demanding headpats be banned (which Xiao vetoes). And then Xiera suggests permitting CASTs get special chest modules, only to get cut off by Xiao hanging up on her.
  • Xeno remembering that his mentor was exactly like the Guardian... But doesn't quite connect the dots to the fact that his mentor was the Guardian from the future.
  • The first one on Earth involves Hagith getting Kohri to test out a new app that renders the fantasies of the subject whose picture is taken. Kohri accidentally takes a selfie, and it's implied to be, well, rather naughty, likely involving Hitsugi.
  • The second Earth scene involves Hitsugi getting a "love letter". Cue Kohri going full Yandere for a bit, and even calling in Enga as an intimidation tactic... Only for it to turn out to be Al having written an entirely platonic letter expressing his familial love to his adoptive big sister. Kohri is relieved, and Enga is bewildered.
  • If the Guardian remarks that Ko'Rela is cute, she responds by basically propositioning the Guardian for marriage. Yes, even if the Guardian is female. And then she, in her excitement, accidentally triggers one of her area of effect attacks, which the Guardian has to continuously dodge in panic.
  • Ludmilla trying to rope the Guardian into participating in some rather questionable tests.

In-Game

• Normally when an Emergency Trial occurs in the middle of an expedition, you'd have known it's always either Code: Attack, Code: Rescue, Code: Avoid etc. Out of the norm, one such Emergency Trial involves....willingly getting hit by Mr Umbra for a rare drop boost.

Meta

• Each of the seasonal events have their own mix of songs, like OutRun remixes for summer, but what does the chaotic and enemy-ridden Trick or Treat limited quest get? Why, a Tom Jones style remix of the credits theme from Space Channel 5, of course!
  • And the Easter Urgent Quest music? E.G.G.M.A.N. from Sonic Adventure 2, which couldn't be more hilariously on the nose if Sega tried.