Funny / Porco Rosso

• The pirates are generally a goldmine of comedy in terms of their ineptitude. The best, however, may be when a radio announcer relays a message the pirates leave for Porco after a successful heist.
  Pirate Chief: We're comin' for ya..
  Pirates: ...PORCO ROSSO! [They fall over on top of each other] Ow! Ack! Argh! Get off me!
  Radio Announcer: Repeat; "We're coming for you, Porco Rosso, ow, ack, argh, get off me!"
• The sign above Piccolo's (Porco's engineer) desk reads (in Italian): NON SI FO CREDITO. No credit.
• (After Porco and Fio got Curtis to pay Porco's massive repair bill)
  Fio: Porco! I screwed up!
  Porco: Eh?
  Fio: We should have padded the bill!
  Porco (grinning): You're right!
• Piccolo’s new engine for Porco’s got a name on it. Ghibli.
• Pretty much the entire scene involving the schoolgirl hostages is funny given the fact that a bunch of bad-tempered criminals are forcibly restraining their tempers for the sake of a dozen 6-year-old girls, and also being criticized by the girls at every turn. However, the crowning moment is when Porco is forced to tow the girls back to the ship on a plane in the ocean with a crapped-out engine. The girls, having jumped overboard after the pirate plane crashed, begin running around in their underwear, their wet clothes strung up between the planes wings and engine.
  Porco: Hey, quit running! Settle down! Put- put your clothes back on!
  • They also don't seem bothered about getting captured by pirates. In fact, they're excited.
• This casual exchange between Piccolo and Porco, as Fio runs around working on the plane repairs.
  Piccolo: You like my granddaughter?
  Porco: She's alright.
  Piccolo: You keep your hands off of her!
  Porco: Don't worry. Just watching her makes me tired.
• The scene where Piccolo rattles off names of his female relatives who have come to work on Porco's new plane is a gem, particularly in how Porco gets more and more uncomfortable as the scene goes on, and how he finishes the list with "and the three old hags showed up."
• The Mamma Aiuto Gang.
• The pirates cheering on Fio after she places her bet with Curtis. Porco's response when they don't get a move on on leaving his island:
  Porco: SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUP!! JUST GO HOME ALREADY!
  Pirate Chief: Okay!
• The sheer absurdity of Porco and Curtis throwing things at each other and descending into Good Old Fisticuffs.
  • Not just Good Old Fisticuffs, it turns into an official match complete with corners, a referee, bell, and even corners!
• In the "making of" video of the English dub:
  Susan Egan: Okay, it takes place in Italy but it was originally in Japanese and now it's in English but she sings in French. (crosses eyes)
• As Porco and Fio fly towards his island, they are intercepted by Ferrarin who warns Porco, using Hand Signals, about the Italian Air Force, wanting to intercept him:
  Fio: What's he saying?
  Porco: He says the Air force has a trap for us up ahead. He knows how we can get outta here! If we fly low all the way home, we should stay outta their range. (Using Hand Signals) Thank you very much, my friend!
  Fio: Thank you!
  Porco: (Decoding Ferrarin's signs before he flies away) Oh, Very funny ya' jerk!
  Fio: What did he say?
  Porco: He said "Cute girl, when did you start babysitting"?
  • The original has a line just as funny... or should we say, punny.
  Porco: He said "Pearls before swine!"