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• Zac's reaction to being allowed to go on his first ever mission. Shame things turned out the way they did.
• Starbuck's reaction to learning the secret of Geminese poker players.

Starbuck: No wonder those little buggers are such good card players.

• While exploring the dark surface of the planet Carillon.

Lieutenant Starbuck: I wonder how this place looks like in the daytime? Lieutenant Boomer: Hey, this is the daytime. Lieutenant Starbuck: Oooh... lovely...

• As Lucifer and a Centurion leave to execute Baltar's scheme during "Lost Planet of the Gods".

Lucifer: Isn't he wonderfully devious? We can learn much from him.

• • Boy is he in for a disappointment!
• The look on Starbuck's face when he's introduced to Adama by the people of the Serenity settlement as thier new Constable.
  • That's nothing compared to the look on Adama's face when he has to go courting Siress Belloby!
• While the episode "The Young Lords" was kinda lame. I had a good laugh when Starbuck bantered with his Cylon captor.

Centurion: These humanoids are not well constructed. They damage easily. Starbuck: At least we don't rust. Centurion: Silence.

• I loved it when Starbuck and Apollo mockingly make conversation that mimics the conversation of the female Warriors in the "Lost Planet of the Gods" episode.

Starbuck: Apollo, what do you plan on doing for living quarters after you're married? Apollo: Oh, well, I am so excited. I just found this place in the Astradon freighter. With a little paint and some nice curtains, it's so cozy! Starbuck: You always were good with color. (after the female warriors continue talking in the background) Apollo: Mmm, you'll never believe what I found. I just found some Valcron in the Tip Barge. Starbuck: Really? The soft, translucent kind? Apollo: (ridiculously effeminate) Absolutely stunning! Serina: (finally notices them) Hey Apollo, Starbuck, you guys aren't feeling left out are you? Apollo: Of course not! (rolls his eyes)

• The way Starbuck and C.O.R.A. would keep snarking back and forth in "The Long Patrol".
  • Later, when Starbuck first woke up in the Protius cell.

Starbuck: Twice in one day it just isn't fair.

• When Starbuck walks off feeling glum about Cassy after she rushes off to meet Commander Cain, Boxey tries to look on the bright side.

Boxey: Poor Starbuck. Well at least he's still got Athena, and Sheba, and...

• • The list continues until Apollo finally puts a stop to it.
• Lucifer, criticizing Specter's sucking up to Baltar.

Lucifer: Oh felgercarb.

• Starbuck and Apollo's use of Red & Blue and Yellow & Green Squadrons. Apollo later draws the line at the idea of adding Purple and Orange.

Athena: Sir, we're picking up attack signals between Purple and Orange Squadrons... We don't have Purple and Orange Squadrons.

• A typical conversation between the Imperious Leader and one of his Centurions.

Centurion: Our Raiders are all destroyed. Imperious Leader: All destroyed? How? We took them by surprise. Centurion: (as sarcasticly as possible for a Cylon) Apparently it was not as big a surprise as we had hoped for.

• Just about all of "The Man With Nine Lives" is a Crowning Moment of Funny.
• From the first episode of the "Terra" two-parter: When trying to smuggle empty, but clear containers covered in space rugs out of a docked ship as part of a plan to help the "Earthlings" escape the Council of Twelve's meddling, the security jerk-of-the-week looks inside after Jolly fails to convince him that they were trying to evacuate the children inside the ship to a hospital. Boomer's lightning fast reaction as soon as everyone sees there's nobody inside? "Jolly, you forgot the kids!"
• From "Living Legend", when the Cylon says to Baltar, "I really think you should take a look at the other battlestar."
  • I liked the blink-and-you'll-miss moment between the two IL-series Cylons as their base on Gamorray explodes.

IL-Cylon: Uh oh.

• After a tense scene when Boomer jumps through the door into a storage room in "Fire in Space", he can't help but add a little quib to Boxey.

Boomer: Boxey, it looks like I... mashed your mushies.

• Starbuck and "John's" first meeting in "Experiment in Terra" was brief but totally hilarious.

John: You're just going to walk in there? Starbuck: Yeah, pretty much. John: (sighs then looks up) I know but, I'm doing the best with what I've got.

• Just when the Galactica crew think Starbuck and Apollo haven't survived their mission using their stolen Cylon ship. A Cylon Raider approaches Galactica, and is about to be blown out of the sky.

Boomer: No! Don't fire! It's them! Adama: How do you know? Boomer: They're waggling! Tigh: Waggling?!