15 Jokes From TV and Movies You Actually Have to Be Very Intelligent to Understand
Movies are made for mass consumption. But every once in a while, they’ll slip in a joke that’s only for the Mensa crowd. If you get these jokes, congratulations bud: You’re a freaking genius.
Her (2013)
Theodore: What does a baby computer call its father?
Samantha: I don’t know. What?
Theodore: Data.
Zootopia (2016)
Nick: Okay. What do you call a three-humped camel?
Flash: I don’t know.
Nick: Pregnant.
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mia: Three tomatoes are walkin’ down the street — Papa Tomato, Mama Tomato and Baby Tomato. Baby Tomato starts lagging behind, and Papa Tomato gets really angry. Goes back and squishes him and says: “Ketchup.”
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Adrian: What is the difference between the Cub Scouts and the military? Bzzzt! Cub Scouts don’t have heavy artillery!
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Anna: I work harder than God. If He had hired me, He would have made the world by Thursday.
28 Days Later (2002)
Mark: A man walks into a bar with a giraffe. They both get pissed. The giraffe falls over. The man goes to leave, and the bartender says, “Oi. You can’t leave that lyin’ there.” And the man says, “No. It’s not a lion. It’s a giraffe.”
Annie Hall (1977)
Alvy: There’s an old joke — two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of ‘em says, “Boy, the food at this place is really terrible.” The other one says, “Yeah, I know — and such small portions.”
The Verdict (1982)
Frank: So Pat says, “They got this new bar. You go inside, and for half a buck you get a beer, a free lunch and they take you in the back room — they get you laid.” Mike says, “Now wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Do you mean to say there’s a new bar, and you go inside and for a half a buck they give you a beer, a free lunch and they take you in the back room and they get you laid?” Pat says, “That’s right.” “Have you ever been in the bar?” And he says, “No, but me sister has.”
Rocky V (1990)
Rocky: Knock knock.
Rocky Jr.: Who’s there?
Rocky: Tuna fish.
Rocky Jr.: Tuna fish who?
Rocky: You can tune a piano, but you can’t tune a fish!
Jurassic Park (1993)
Tim: What do you call a blind dinosaur?
Dr. Alan Grant: I don’t know. What do you call a blind dinosaur?
Tim: A Do-you-think-he-saurus.
Dr. Alan Grant: Ha ha. Good one.
Tim: What do you call a blind dinosaur’s dog?
Dr. Alan Grant: You got me.
Tim: A Do-you-think-he-saurus Rex.
What About Bob? (1991)
Bob: The doctor draws two circles and says, “What do you see?” The guy says “sex.” So the doctor draws trees, “What do you see?” The guy says “sex.” The doctor draws a car, owl — “sex, sex, sex.” The doctor says to him, “You are obsessed with sex.” He replies, “Well, you’re the one drawing all the dirty pictures!”
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Christopher: Hey dad, you wanna hear something funny? There was a man who was drowning, and a boat came, and the man on the boat said, “Do you need help?” And the man said, “God will save me.” Then another boat came, and he tried to help him, but he said, “God will save me.” Then he drowned and went to Heaven. Then the man told God, “God, why didn’t you save me?” And God said, “I sent you two boats, you dummy!”
Coming to America (1988)
Saul: A man goes into a restaurant. He sits down, he’s havin’ a bowl of soup. He says to the waiter, “Waiter, come taste the soup.” Waiter says, “Is there something wrong with the soup?” He says, “Taste the soup.” He says, “Is there something wrong with the soup? Is the soup too hot?” He says, “Will you taste the soup?” “What’s wrong, is the soup too cold?” “Will you just taste the soup?” “All right, I’ll taste the soup. Where’s the spoon?” “Ah-ha!”
White Men Can’t Jump (1992)
Junior: Your mother’s so poor, I saw her kicking cans and I asked her what she was doing. She said “moving.”
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Dusty: Hey, Lefty. What did the elephant say to the naked man?
Lefty: What’d he say?
Dusty: It’s cute, but can you really breathe through that thing?
