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2. Riddle
There is a verbal humor that is classified into this VEH type. A riddle is formed by creating an expression with a puzzled fact within Shade, 1996.
Riddles are commonly used in the form of question-and-answer conversations. As expressed in this sample, Sid uses a riddle to ask if the marmot is pregnant. This is
the sample:
Table 4.2 Riddle Verbal Humor List
No. Minute in
the film Dialog
1. 00:04:29
Sid : Oh,
I see someone else who has a bun in the oven?
Marmot : Im not pregnant
This riddle takes place after the event of Manny ’s false alarm of his child
birth. Sid comes across with a big-bellied female squirrel, making him think that she is in pregnancy. Sid asks the squirrel by riddling his question, but in fact, the
squirrel is not pregnant.
3. Satire
It was found that there are 13 samples of VEH that are in the form of Satire. Shade 1996 writes that satire is a humorous criticism to create laughter. In the
samples from the movie, the satirical verbal humor are often used to make fun of a movie character by ridiculing physical feature and attitude of a particular
character. Here is the list:
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Table 4.3 Satire Verbal Humor List
No. Minute in
the film Dialog
1. 00:33:03
Buck : Mummy dinosaur carrying three babies, and... some
floppy green thing?
2. 01:06:04
Manny : Bring it on, you
chicken-headed freaks Note: For the complete list of the samples, see appendix C.
The first enlisted satirical sample talks about some floppy green thing which is actually Sid. Buck is examining the Mother T-
Rex’s footprints and later found out that the helpless Sid is with the dinosaur. The second satire takes place when
Manny is facing some small Raptors. He mocks the Raptors by telling their weird appearances since their heads resemble chicken head.
4. Parody
Parody is a humorous version of a song, story, speech, movie, or any other works Shade, 1996. For this category, the movie employs 6 samples of verbal
humor found in the dialog. Four samples found are humorous copies from other movie titles, such as
The Flintstones, Alvin and the Chipmunks,
and
Godzilla.
Two of the samples are reworks from songs. Here are the samples:
Table 4.4 Parody Verbal Humor List
No. Minute in
the film Dialog
1. 00:30:09
Ellie : Pregnant lady, wants to live.
Yabba, dabba, Do
2. 00:44:13
Crash Eddie :
Christmas, Christmas time is here
... Manny
: Are you crazy?
Note: For the complete list of the samples, see appendix D.
39 The first parody mimics Fred Flintstone’s famous catchphrase, “
Yabba, dabba, Do
”. Ellie attempts to escape a fierce dinosaur by sliding on the back of a huge Diplodocus while crying out the catchphrase. The second parody uses a song
from the movie
Alvin and the Chipmunks.
It sounds ridiculous since Crash and Eddie’s voice become small while singing, almost sound like the chipmunks.
5. Irony
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