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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raTFgyCkp7U Wrath's pre-battle speech to] {{spoiler|Scar}} in Episode 60.

* May Chang's dream is shattered once she meets the real Edward, finds out that he's not tall, and won't take her away from her father. She then calls him short.

** Then it becomes more hilarious when Al quickly assumes ''the worst''.

'''Al:''' Brother!! WHAT DID YOU DO TO THAT GIRL?! You said some mushy stuff to Winry, but now it's come to this?!? }}

* Ed sets up an ambush by prancing around in front of some soldiers going "Help meeee! I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist! And look! Over there! It's THE SERIAL KILLER, SCAR! Help meeeee!"

** "I'M A HOUSEWIFE!!"

** Then when she threatened one of the thugs outside the bar:

"I'll give you this" <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Blood From the Mouth|pukes blood]] in his face]<br />

[[Hilarity Ensues|"NO YEEAKH UGH AAAH!!!!"]] }}

*** Then when a crocodile chimera appears, he said something about "I love women! [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|I got you now, little girl!"]] Then [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|her HUGE husband Sig]] appears, and shows him who the real monster was.

"Oh dear, don't get too rough with him...." }}

* Episode 13, where Izumi and Ed tell Al about... that ''thing''.

** [[Monica Rial|May]] [[Hilarious in Hindsight/Anime|Chang]] [[Ouran High School Host Club|Mind]] [[Imagine Spot|Theater]].

** When Barry The Chopper tries to stalk Riza, Riza's reaction... is to fire a revolver to him. ''Several times.'' When protesting about "why didn't you freak out?!", she responds that she's already used to seeing someone like him (Al). In no time, he ''falls in love'' with her.

**** I think it's much funnier in the Viz translation of the manga, where what he says has been translated to "There's going to be a FIRE tonight."

'''Roy:''' ''([[Glowing Eyes of Doom]])'' ''Move aside, Lieutenant. There's going to be a '''FIRE''' tonight.'' }}

** The image of Winry right before she clobbers Ed for breaking his arm again.

*** In the manga, we have a imagined [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw rampage]] when he detaches it!

** Ed losing his [[Big Brother Instinct|older brother's dignity]] when Al learns to transmute without a circle.

** Ed, after being thoroughly beaten up by Ling's bodyguards and breaking off his automail arm to finally beat Lan Fan, goes back to Garfiel's place to get patched up. When he discovers Ling sitting at the table (eating again), Ed stares at him for a beat, then uses ''his own broken-off arm'' as a club to hit Ling.

* Havoc dramatically admitting [[Buxom Is Better|he likes women with large racks]] in episode 19. The "[[Gainaxing|boing]]" effect echoes in the Japanese version!

'''Havoc:''' "I ''love'' big boobs!" *suddenly illuminated with a sparkly golden spotlight from nowhere* }}

*** In the Manga "Big Boobs" was changed to "Bosomy Women," which this troper found even funnier.

** I know it was supposed to be dramatic, but when {{spoiler|Lust makes it so Mustang can't make fire,}} Mustang and Havoc running in fear is a hilarious sight.

** Made only funnier in the anime for this troper, because {{spoiler|after Mustang thinks he's killed Lust the first time, the following happens. Mustang's facial expression is PRICELESS.}}

'''Mustang''': {{spoiler|WHAT AM I, A SOGGY MATCH?!}} }}

*** {{spoiler|In the dub, this is changed to an angry retort about Havoc's smoking.}}

* Dr. Knox [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomping]] both May and Lan Fan.

* Ed's [[Bishie Sparkle]]-laden attempts to draw Scar out. He's just having altogether too much fun.

*** You can practically hear the laughter in Vic's voice as he does that scene.

** The scene after that, when serious!Roy tells them to get in the car...cue Roy being totally squished in the backseat by Al. "On second thought, let's get out of the car."

** "I've got your soul, brother!", Al says after Winry hits Ed in the head with her wrench.

* Mustang's expression in Episode 31 after Edward tells him "Don't you go worrying the lieutenant either!" Yes, Roy -- [[Everyone Can See It]]!

* Al's confrontation with Barry the Chopper:

'''Al''': Hey, now that's impolite! }}

** Even funnier is his reaction to the fact that not only does nobody remember the part of his story that involves the Elrics, but nobody is even listening to him as he tells his heart-wrenching story.

*** My favorite part was the end of the story where he swears his revenge to the backdrop of a hero shot with him and his companions (Scar, Marcoh and May) standing on a mountain top in the middle of a bitter thunder storm. Every time I think about ''Shao May'' with [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]], I start laughing again.

** And near the end of the anime, after the main characters have been battling a homunculus to a standstill, {{spoiler|Yoki manages runs it over with a car. His reaction is priceless: "I did it! I gave the strongest homunculus a beatdown!"}}

** The evil look on ''Ed's'' face is even better, especially with his own nose plugged up.

** [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight|While the rest of the family cheerfully discusses where they're going on vacation and what they'll get Olivier and Alex as souvenirs.]]

'''Catherine:''' *completely ignoring it* If they get statues, I want one too~! }}

** And there's this:

'''Olivier:''' You just noticed?! }}

* One light-novel gives subtle hints to a parental relationship between Roy and Ed. One instance where Ed tries to get Roy's attention by pretending to be his son while said Colonel was flirting with two other women on a train. This later escalates to the point where he falsely hints to some people at an inn that he had a father in the military as to not reveal himself as a military officer. When Ed, of all people, gets kidnapped, the culprits send a message to Roy, saying that his son is being held captive. When the rest of his staff finds out, [[Hilarity Ensues]] when they start getting silly ideas about Roy taking one of his dates a bit TOO far.

*** Same context: Al and Roy sneaking through the building. And Al tries to draw his brother out by WHISPERING: "Hey, shorty!" On the second attempt it works... on the first, when it doesn't, Al merely muses that Edward must be on another floor. This is hilarious itself, but it gets leveled up per 100% when it comes out Al is pretty damn right.

*** Same novel: The team finds out WHO was the supposed abducted son. Edward. Now, start they to worry about the kid? Nope.

Shall we hold a service? }}

*** Even ''Al'' worries more about the safety of the abductors than for his own brother. And - as a few things in the novel - it gets even more hilarious when it turns out they were right.

** Another promotes the first Wii game, whereupon Roy witnesses a horde of women swooning over [[Identical Stranger]] Prince Cladio of Aerugo before the narrator mentions that "When playing as Mustang, you can also spontaneously combust!".

** Others include Al's attempts to gain reader popularity...through cheesy anime gimmicks. He tries everything from [[Catgirl|wearing animal ears]] to [[Bishonen|losing weight]]; [[Failure Is the Only Option]]. The one to crown them all, though, is when he adopts a [[Verbal Tic]] and tests it out on some of his previous lines. The clincher? It's his ''own name''.

[[Beat|-beat-]]<br />

'''Al:''' So, what do you think, big brother-al?<br />

'''Ed:''' ...'''''Weird'''''... }}

* Episode 46: After a double-meaning conversation about how {{spoiler|"you could hide a whole battalion here"}}, Roy uses some flowers given to Olivier to conceal a note telling her that {{spoiler|Selim Bradley is a homunculus}}. This leads to this exchange:

'''Roy:''' I thought you'd like them... }}

* Episode 5: Ed having met Scar for the first time and running for his life "What's this about! Making enemies is something I've never... really avoided... but that's no reason for someone to try and kill me!"

** Then he basically ''kidnaps'' Winry into his daughter's birthday party.

** Minutes later, poor Winry witnesses Hughes ''[[Overprotective Dad|pulling a gun]]'' on a few of his daughter Elicia's male friends.

* Episode 52: Alphonse has been trapped by Pride, who launches a shadow spear at Marcoh. Who comes to the rescue by ramming Pride with a car? ''Yoki'', who is sobbing in fear.

* Another one: a bunch of guys working at Central Radio pretending to be hostages for the benefit of Central command so that Mustang and company can broadcast an interview with Mrs. Bradley. Their boss is sitting at his desk, twirling the phone cord around his finger, saying how "They have guns to our heads and said they're going to shoot us if we try to stop the broadcast" while his entire staff stands around and cracks up. And when they ask to speak to Roy, he yells, "No, no! Please, don't hurt me!" before hanging up.

* Episode 43, Envy reacting to the "Landmines that only respond to Homunculi" <ref>Actually May's alkahestry made to ''look'' like there are landmines.</ref> with all the spikes, fists, and giant pointed fingers. It's awesome ''and'' hilarious.

** Pretty much everything involving Envy in that episode, especially when his true TRUE form comes out. {{spoiler|And Zampano shaking the jar with a tiny slug!Envy in it.}}

* Envy being reduced to [[Sleep Mode Size]] tries to get away by fusing with Yoki and using him as hostage. Nobody is impressed but Scar's reaction is the best:

'''Yoki''': '''LOOK AT ME YOU TRAITOR!''' }}

* The way Mustang avoids getting hit in the manga after {{spoiler|he goes blind}}. The other characters literally pick him up and throw him out of the way.

* [[Heroic Sociopath|Barry the Chopper]] telephones Roy with information about Maria Ross, not realizing that Roy's office phone is tapped. Roy avoids suspicion by pretending that "Bunny" is one of his many girlfriends. Barry catches on and starts acting like the most [[Sickeningly Sweet]] girlfriend imaginable, with lines like "you widdle Bunnykins just ''had'' to talk to you" and "I wuv yuuuu!" Then Roy hangs up so he can continue the conversation from the phone booth outside, and Barry just stares at the phone waiting while Fuery just looks on in horror. What sells the scene is that Barry never changes his expression from a goofy grin, though the following dialogue makes it clear he was annoyed at having to act like that.

** And the following bit:

'''Barry''': I didn't want to explain everything to [Falman], so I K-O ed him.|'''Roy''': Huh.}}

* Ed's {{spoiler|[[Wacky Marriage Proposal]] to Winry}} in Chapter 108 is adorably hilarious. The total alchemy nerd he is, he tries to use [[Equivalent Exchange]] {{spoiler|to propose to her. He used [[Magi Babble]] to propose to his girlfriend}}. Winry's expression when she ''realizes'' this is priceless.

** Winry's reaction {{spoiler|when she realizes that she has very sappily accepted his proposal}} is no less hilarious. She babbles for about thirty seconds about {{spoiler|all the possible percentages of her life she could give Ed.}}

* Pretty much anything General Grumman is involved in. Most notably when he {{spoiler|[http://video.adultswim.com/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood/master-of-disguise.html crossdresses as an old woman to meet Mustang in secret.]}} The look on Roy's face when he realizes who it is is absolutely ''priceless''.

* Every time Izumi got ticked off.

* Times when Ed goes to Winry with trashed automail.

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** And we see ''exactly'' what went on as an OVA!

* The epic orchestral music in episode 45 during the fight between Alex and Olivier.

* When Ross and Brosh realize Ed and Al escaped their room to go to the 5th Labratory they frantically chase after them because, if they don't, Major Armstrong will take off his shirt and yell at them.

* During one of Armstrong's famous shirtless scenes:

"Are you surprised, he's clearly insane." }}

* One almost immediately before Mustang vs Envy: Envy is chasing May through the Homunculus base, and May throws down a bunch of kunai to create an alkahestry circle. Envy tries to stop but can't, and he's blasted through the floor.

* Almost all of the second OVA. Ed and Al really don't want to visit Winry with a busted automail, but then Ed sees a jewelery shop...

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}_s6i8uZbkTk Video, 55 seconds in] }}

* Fuhrer Mustang VS Fuhrer Olivier: During one of the manga yonkomas, the men were discussing whether Mustang or Olivier would eventually be elected the next Fuhrer. Despite Olivier's superior connections and status, the men were firmly supportive of Mustang due to his Mini Skirt Uniform policy... that is, until Olivier announces that, if it helps with the work effeciency, ''she'' also has no objections against the Mini Skirt Uniform policy. Olivier's popularity ranking immediately goes through the ''roof''.

* Am I the only person who laughs at Barry the Chopper's question "How many people get to cut up their own bodies" (Not a direct quote), laughs manically and, when he is refused permission to do so, says something like "Hey, it's my body! I can do what I want with it!"

* The English dub of Episode 45 has this little gem, where Ed agrees to work for Greed, to the chagrin of Darius and Heinkel.

'''Darius & Heinkel:''' ''(deadpan)'' A million and ''one''. }}

* In chapter 76, Ed transmutes a suit of armor identical to Al's to disguise one of the Briggs soldiers in order to keep Kimblee from finding out Al is missing. Said soldier's painfully awkward attempts to move around in the clunky suit make Kimblee more than a little suspicious.

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_FyIICOH7I The] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_vmNvj7bhM Anime] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKrbtUL3Iwc Vegas] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdTJ9XJcdLU 2010] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG_VWWWtMHM&NR=1 Panel]. It must be seen to believed.

* In the manga, after Winry leaves Briggs to go along with Ed and Al, we cut to the soldiers of Briggs, who are less than happy about her being gone:

'''Soldier 5:''' She's too '''scary''' to be a woman! }}

* In Episode 14 of the 4-Koma Theater, we get this:

** It gets better, if you can believe that.

'''Winry''': *twitch* *twitch* Get OUT OF MY ''ROOM''!!! *smashes everybody out the door with a wrench* }}

** It's a [[Call Back]] to an earlier funny moment. Specifically, when Ed comes back to the hotel after Al fought with Lust.

''And [[Lan Fan]] is eating too!'' }}

* Episode 53: the Briggs soldiers are invading Central Command. One of the higher-ups inside says it would be impossible for them to break through; "They'd have to have a tank!" Then large weapons fire is heard. He looks through a telescope; [[Gilligan Cut|cue tank]].

* In the dub of episode 56, there's this little exchange between Greed and Fu after the latter's [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment:

'''Greed:''' Well, it's the same ass. }}

* The exchange between {{spoiler|Greed and Ling}}, as the latter is about to become the former.

* When Ed gets [http://i51.tinypic.com/n3anpy.png pelted in the face] by a snowball that Al throws, in a flashback. And when Roy gets [http://i55.tinypic.com/omm1y.png gets a face full of water] in the very first episode; his expression is priceless.

* A subordinate is getting reprimanded by Kimblee for losing track of Winry. He turns towards the camera and sticks his tongue out after apologizing.

* In the manga, Ed calls Winry to get his automail repaired after a run-in with the homunculi and Brosh asks him if he's calling his girlfriend. Ed gets so incensed by this proposition that his yelling reopens his wounds. "WHAT GIRLFRIEND!!!!"

* Episode 6. Armstrong, the Elrics and Dr. Marcoh's first encounter. (Before it went serious, that is.)

** In regards to Al, seeing him tucked into that box ''and'' in the storage wagon (rodeated by dozens of sheep) was funny as Hell.

*** Also, Al's traumatized shock, as for the first time since he was transmuted, he was treated like a luggage box.

*** What does it for this this Troper is the exchange that immediately follows:

'''Ed''': MY BROTHER ISN'T SOME KIND OF FARM ANIMAL! }}

** Earlier, Ed is complaining about being treated like a child by Armstrong, looks to Al support...but Al is ''[[Bishie Sparkle|gushing]]'' about how, for the first time since he became armor, someone is treating him like a child.

* This troper found a personal CMOF near the end, when Major Armstrong is carrying everybody up to Central {{spoiler|to fight against Father-with-God-power}}. Armstrong creates a pillar with a wide enough top to be a platform, and the lintel decoration is a ''sculpted mustache and Armstrong's single spitcurl of hair''.

* Falman is "volunteered" to watch over Barry by Mustang and Hawkeye.

* One omake has the guys in East branch wondering who would win, Ed or Roy? Roy doesn't care, because Ed isn't around to fight anyway...only to learn from Riza that only is Ed around, but is willing to take Roy on. Roy points out that a battle between State alchemists would cause immense collateral damage, but Hughes just rented the parade grounds. Roy insists that the Fuhrer would ''never'' allow such a duel to happen!...we cut to Bradley, who thinks it would be jolly good fun, and wishes Roy luck. At the end, Roy wins the duel, but he and the spectators are made to clean up the parade grounds...except for Hughes, who escaped beforehand.

* I don't know why, but Roy calling Riza (After her run-in with Pride). When she asks him why he called, what does he say? "I got drunk and bought a carload of flowers." This troper couldn't stop snickering for HOURS. He then proceeds to ask if she would like some.

* When Martel explains the Chimeras to Al, she tells him that Dolcetto "lifts up one leg to pee". In the manga, Dolcetto yells that he doesn't do that. In Brotherhood...

* Ed meeting the Truth for the first time.

'''Truth:''' (throws it's arms up into the air out of joy)Oh, i'm so glad you asked. }}

* I'm amazed that no one has mentioned this one yet, but Alphonse meets Hohenheim for the first time in years:

'''Al:''' '''AARRGHHH!!!!''' }}