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While some moving picture deaths can be tragical and heartbreaking , there are just as many which are actually funny . In a disorderly and uncaring world , dying is the only constant that people can hold on to , so it might as well be treated with a sense of humor . Comedy moving-picture show often find hilarious ways to kill characters off . This can happen in a sudden , shameful moment , or it can be drawn out to idiotic lengths . In both case , a lot of humor can come from the nonsensical approach to death . It ’s soothe to believe that the end of someone ’s life sentence will be a meaningful and dignified experience , so it ’s fun to subvert these expectations .
Comedy movies are n’t the only ones which can have singular deaths . If a character ’s life end queerly in a more serious motion picture , it can be even more hilarious because it ’s so asynchronous with the tone of the flick . laughable dying are the ultimate variant of slapstick clowning , which has been a feature of comedy movies since the tacit epoch . Death is one of the oldest laugh in the book . As the great Mel Brooks once said : " Tragedy is when I cut my finger . Comedy is when you fall into an loose gutter and die . “There ’s an element of schadenfreude to this approach , and the funniest movie death offer a layer of withdrawal that can make tragedies seem screaming .
10Indy Shoots The Swordsman
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Steven Spielberg does n’t place many drollery picture show , but he can still slip some hilarious moment into his legal action - adventures . While Indiana Jones is search for Marion Ravenwood in Egypt , he is confronted by a deep fencer dressed in black . The local anaesthetic ill-use aside in care , and the man puts on an intimidating display of swordsmanship , but Indy shoots him with the same point of annoyance as if he were swat a fly sheet . TheRaiders of the Lost Arkswordsman sceneshould have been different , but Harrison Ford was too ill on the day of the shoot to perform the elaborate combat scene Spielberg had planned .
9The Cursed Drummers
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Rock mockumentaryThis is Spinal Tapfocuses on the band urgently try on to reclaim their legendary status , and it contrasts their present condition with their glory days . In a tranquil audience in a garden , filmmaker Marti DiBergi ask them about why they have gone through so many drummers . As it turn out , their first drummer died in a " tragic horticulture accident " which authorities intend was best left unsolved . The 2d drummer also died in orphic circumstances andthe next drummer after him exploded live on stage for no ground . The cutaway drawing to his spontaneous combustion only last a second , but its dividing line to the mellowed interview is uproariously jarring .
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8Danson & Highsmith Are Heroes Till The End
The Other Guys (2010)
Danson and Highsmith are the coolest constabulary military officer in town . They are bona fide action heroes , and they also have a wise - cracking style to meet . Played by Dwayne Johnson and Samuel L. Jackson , the offense - fighting duad are worshiped by the multitude of New York , and even some of their colleagues . As they seek to foil a jewellery store armed robbery , they find themselves stranded on a rooftop , with the aggressor getting at street stratum . They decide to make a parachuting for it , but their plan stop with a thumping as they dispatch the sidewalk . Danson ’s last words are " direct for the bushes,“but there are no bushes nearby .
7Patches O’Houlihan’s Luck Runs Out
Dodgeball (2004)
As long as we aim Patches , we got a shot .
Patches O’Houlihan is the grizzled ex - pro who flog the Average Joe ’s dodgeball team into chassis before their big confrontation with Globo Gym . His unusual training methods teach the team to dodge anything , including wrench , cars , and his relentless barrage of insults . Against all odds , the team micturate it to the final of the tournament . As they walk through a casino , Peter LaFleur aver " as long as we draw speckle , we got a slam . “Then , a gargantuan house that say " The Luck of the Irish " falls on Patches , killing him instantly . Peter ’s initial response is n’t one of shock or sorrow . He looks sheepish , as is he regrets what he read .
6Damien Steps On A Land Mine
Tropic Thunder (2008)
WithTropic Thunder ’s remarkable comedic form , it can be easy to forget that Steve Coogan play such a vital role in the first act of the movie . Coogan roleplay Damien Cockburn , the director who is under increasing pressure from the studio to get his movie made on time and under budget . He takes his cast of pampered prima donnas into the jungle to shoot a more authentic state of war movie , but just after explaining his plan , he step on a land mine and explodes . It ’s a smart as a whip anticlimax , made even good by his subtle British " ooh"just before he goes up in smoke .
5Mrs. Coady Succumbs To Heart Troubles
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
The elderly Mrs. Coady is the only witness who can put Ken ’s boss , George , behind legal community , so he is task with do away with her before the trial . Ken is n’t a typical gangland animate being , but he judge to do his occupation with diligence . Unfortunately , each of his character assassination attempts ends up taking out one of Mrs. Coady ’s small dogs instead , first with a reprehensible attack firedog , then with a car , and finally with a sniper rifle . Michael Palin is first-class as the animal - have sex Ken , whose emotional anguish is writ big on his face . When Mrs. Coady has a heart approach after the expiry of her third dog , he bursts into jubilant laughter .
4Donald Gennaro Dies In The Bathroom
Jurassic Park (1993)
Donald Gennaro is a attorney sent to inspect Jurassic Park , but he finds himself waiting out a violent storm while a T. Rex prowls around outside his cable car . InJurassic Park ’s most stressful scene , the T. Rex egress from the darkness and start to tear at the car , taste to get to the child deep down . It may be harsh to suggest that Donald Gennaro deserve to be eat on for abandoning the kids , but the image of him being plucked from his concealment place on a john and shaken like a rag chick is a surprisingly funny moment in such a terrific sequence .
3Ludwig Gets Run Over By A Marching Band
The Naked Gun: From the Files of the Police Squad! (1988)
Frank Drebin manage to come up enough competency at just the right moment , and he cross Ludwig ’s programme to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II . Ludwig endanger to fly the coop , but Frank hits him with a flit that should sandbag him . " He ’ll be alright in a pair of minutes,“he tell the crowd , but Ludwig falls from the top of Dodger Stadium before being prevail over by a bus , a steamroller , and an entire march band . The cheerful tune of the marching circle make Ludwig ’s demise even funnier , as does Leslie Nielsen ’s deadpan expression . Recapturing this magic for aNaked Gunrebootwon’t be easy .
2Marvin Gets His Head Blown Off
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Oh man , I germinate Marvin in the face .
While Jules and Vincent debate the possibility of God , Vincent turns to the back seat of the car to ask Marvin his opinion , but his ordnance goes off and Marvin ’s blood line sputter all over the rearward window . It ’s a suspect counterpoint to their theological discussion , suggesting that there ’s no such thing as divine intervention , and that the world is cruel and meaningless . Jules usually has the lion ’s share of memorable quips , but Vincent delivers one ofPulp Fiction ’s best quotes : " Oh man , I dash Marvin in the boldness . “He says it as if he ’s only slightly thwarted with himself , as if he dropped his keys rather than killed a valet .
1Brian Becomes A Reluctant Martyr
Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)
Brian is false for the messiah , and his excruciation is the final punch line to his farcical journeying . The catchy tune " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " provides the ultimate comedic bathos , evoke thatdeath is the perfect punch line to anyone ’s living . Brian thinks that he is get going to be rescued in brief , but rather , all he gets for his troubles is a salutation . In a movie which prod at the artifice of organized religion , Brian ’s death brings everything into position . He is n’t the messiah , he ’s just a human being fulfill in the desert for no reasonableness , and there is nothing to be done about it except whistle .
