Pinball are entertainment, much like movies....and you have drama/action/comedy in movies. Why can't you have selection and mood among pinball machines?

Funny in pinball only adds to the fun. South Park is still a huge earner on route because the machine is also super funny. Look at TSPP, FH & FG. How bout RFM? RFM's Alien Abduction scene has some of the funniest call outs ever. Hearing Bill Clinton's voice say..."Save the interns." "Take the first lady." and "Can you fellas take this dress." are beyond hilarious and get me laughing every time. LOL

So, putting some funny in with my fun is definitely a plus for me.

Of course! Easiest answer ever. Humor and fun are joined at the hip. A serious-themed pin has to reach a much higher standard to be fun compared with a game that is continuously making you smile or laugh.

I'll throw out one of my favorites:
In TSPP, when you have an outline drain on ball 3, you receive a taunting "Ha ha!" From Nelson.

I find the Harem Sneak-in animations in my TOTAN funny:

Sneak-in 1: our hero sneaks past the guard
Sneak-in 2: His eyes pop out of his head as he peeks over the pillows
Sneak-in 3: he runs through the harem, chased by the guard

When you hit the skill shot, the dizzy snake is pretty funny.

Humor + insult = epic win. I love the insults in CSI:

"Have you suffered from some blunt force trauma?"
"That's the first case I've seen of coagulated nerves"
"TOD is NOW." (TOD = time of death)

Of course CSI does have a lot of jokes that would make even a dad groan. They've grown on me, though.

Let's not forget the inside jokes that designers sneak into their games. There are the cows, of course, but how many have some sort of variation on "move your car!" Or references to past machines?

Even 6 and7 k is the biggest joke in pinball. many don't get the joke.

100%. Humour should be in your life. It should be in your pin as well. "Even make-up can't hide your ugly driving"

I agree with both of these. I think that's why I like the gofers as much as I do. They taunt, tease, and insult you. Spiderman wouldn't be nearly as much fun without JJJ telling you to "play better!" or insulting you. I've got that one set to high insult, and occasionally hit the buttons while it's in attract mode just to see what he fusses at me about that time. RFM is outright funny, and I do giggle when the aliens start jiggling. I do enjoy my other games of course, but it makes it a little more interactive and the game seem a bit more "alive" when it's talking back to you and humorously taunting you.

WMS have always been the kings of pinball comedy. The earliest example for me is Earthshaker's "Oooh, bitchin!"

I love the funny call outs. That's one reason I enjoyed MM and SS so much.

Everytime a brand new I500 club pops up I think....
MOVE YOUR CAR....
....to the existing I500 club.

That driver took a wrong turn....

Metallica has a lot of humour,Sparky,the snake puking on the DMD.

Get the extra ball!---Ya Weiner!

Avengers has some GREAT comedy. Hulk is very funny on that game, Loki has some great lines as well, including "That's no fair...I was watching the dot matrix!!!"

So many great quotes in that game. My favorites are the really rare ones (at least I very seldomly hear them)...like the when the doctor says he's going to flip the switch. One time he chuckled and said, "hee hee hee...flip!" ONE TIME I've heard that...in owning the machine for four years!!!

Also love the blood curdling scream if you get more than a 10,000,000 bonus.

Sparky has become the new Rudy. It's even funnier if you just look at the DMD animations, when that poor bastard is getting his face smashed in and drumsticks plunged through his ear canals.

"Can I shock you toooooooooo?!?!"

Nothing funny about old age...
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FH, NGG, MM etc many funny quotes and w/o humor pinbal would be so boring. Even pretalking machines often have some great and humorous artwork with incredible detail or serious themes so well done. I love this aspect of the games.

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lets get outta here

There are actually many funny quotes in WOZ. The witch throws out some taunts, one that always makes me smile is, "My monkey plays better than you", and the other characters also have some one liners.

I gotta go ahead and disagree with you. Iron Man has a ton of humor. Off hand, here are a few quotes I remember:

"Peace, yeah I love peace." - Tony
"Gimme a scotch, I'm starving!" - Tony
"If you'd killed him when you had the chance, you'd still have a face." - The Dude

Or the classic "They tied miss polly to the tracks ... and I think she likes it" line from the Mayor.

/oh wait, that's not in the stock game.

I think champion pub has my favorite humor and drunken multiball is epic

Yes, especially suttle hints in art package

Question asked: "Does Humor belong in Pinball?"
My answer: Yes, it does but it is not necessary in all titles. I look forward to hitting my funny-bone every now and again while playing my pins. ((and I oftentimes find myself gravitating more towards to my humorous pins))

~Steveo

How did you get the added quotes to match the original so well. Were they on the roms? "That's one strange looking gecko" (or close to that) wasn't in the original was it?

Also my personal favorite Tony Stark quote, when you really mess up a mode or multiball: "well, uh, that went well..."