What's funny about shark-repellant bat-spray?

[Queen Michael]

Last week, I watched the old Batman movie where he uses the shark-repellant bat-spray. What's funny about it? (Apart from the inherent hilarity in everything Adam West-Batman says and does?) I know that it's an Internet meme, but I don't see what's funny about having a spray that makes a shark loosen its grip on your leg. The obvious reply would be "Well, Queen Michael, of course it won't be funny if you overthink it like that," but I don't get what's funny even if you don't overthink it.

Edit: I've received several very good replies that made me, in the vernacular of today's youth, lol. There's no need to post more now, but there's no real need not to, either. So if you've got some reason it's funny that you want to tell me about, I'm not stopping you, but don't feel you have to.

 

[Dana22]

Its funny because it sounds stupid.

 

[Jedamethis]

Because Batman is so awesome that sharks should realise that he is the goddamn Batman and get the fuck away from him. Or something.

 

[Sneaky-Pie]

The funny is in the name.

It sounds so absurd.

 

[Mr. Omega]

It's just so STUPID that it's funny. I mean how often would you honestly have a use of it? And it just sounds funny to say.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Because it's an oddly specific thing for a land dweller to carry around? Kinda like carrying a Korean to English dictionary while in France.

 

[Disaster Button]

It sounds silly and that makes it funny to some. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitle0t9r68ih?from=Main.DontExplainTheJoke]

 

[Jack and Calumon]

It's ummm... very situational. Let's say if an Boa was attacking, it's useless. If you have a bomb disposal spray, then that's fine. Bombs are a real threat in Super Hero life, but a Shark Repellent Bat spray is just silly to have on you.

Calumon: Like Jack sometimes goes out the house with a pack of cards.

Jack: Never know when you might need to play a game of poker.

 

[2xDouble]

Because its... you know what? I'll just let Yahtzee explain it [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/926-Batman-Arkham-Asylum].

 

[strum4h]

Shark repellent would come =in handy..

 

[Queen Michael]

It's just so STUPID that it's funny. I mean how often would you honestly have a use of it? And it just sounds funny to say.

Because it's an oddly specific thing for a land dweller to carry around? Kinda like carrying a Korean to English dictionary while in France.

Hahaha, now I actually get it. He just happened to have just the thing he needed. This is the first time I've started laughing at a joke a week after I heard it.

 

[darthzew]

It's a spray... that repels sharks. That's hilarious.

But it's not just called shark spray, no they have to call it shark-repellent bat-spray. Because everything Batman has to be have "bat" in front of it.

 

[Queen Michael]

But it's not just called shark spray, no they have to call it shark-repellent bat-spray. Because everything Batman has to be have "bat" in front of it.

This is also a good reason. It gets even better when he climbs down the "bat-ladder".

 

[Valkyrie101]

Because it's extremely situational, and because Batman can only carry (in theory) a limited number of gadgets, it seems a bizarre choice unless he were going somewhere that shark attacks were likely. It's therefore a pretty blatant ass-pull.

 

[Bullfrog1983]

I dunno... seems plausible if the shark wasn't already eating his leg or something.

My favourite was an episode where the Joker trapped them in a huge "Acid Cake" that Robin & Batman were sinking into. Robin asks, "Batman what do we do!" and Batman replied, "Don't worry Robin! It's a good thing we brought our acid proof suits!"

Except that Robin wasn't wearing any kind of helmet so the acid would just eat his face and the rest of his body, whereas Batman's mouth was uncovered so the suits (if acid proof) would totally not help them.

My response to this was "Don't worry Robin, its a good thing we brought our acid proof faces!"

 

[shootthebandit]

allow me to explain

its funny because the situation is very specific, how often are you going to encounter a shark whilst in a helicopter

off-topic: might i add that the cat woman is hot in that film

 

[Moriarty70]

The funny comes in three forms. Three because it's a rule of comedy.

First, that fact that he is so crazy prepared that he not only had that, but everything else up to whale repellant bat spray.

Second, the "bat-verb" that's affixed on every damn thing in that series. Including the "Bat water fountain".

Thrid, the whole of the Adam West series was a satire of popular culture at the time, from the Hayes Code to the moralizing on family shows. They covered up every punch/kick/spray with water and the morals of the episoides were as heavy handed as the ever loving blue-eyed Thing.

For proof of the self-aware nature of the show I present the greatest Riddler riddle of all time:

What weighs six ounces, sits in a tree and is very dangerous?
A sparrow with a machine gun!

QED

It's ummm... very situational. Let's say if an Boa was attacking, it's useless. If you have a bomb disposal spray, then that's fine. Bombs are a real threat in Super Hero life, but a Shark Repellent Bat spray is just silly to have on you.

Calumon: Like Jack sometimes goes out the house with a pack of cards.

Jack: Never know when you might need to play a game of poker.

The spray is really usefull since somedays "There's just nowhere to get rid of a bomb."

 

[MFunction]

I agreed Adam West and Shark spray seem like a giggle to me. It's batman equivalent to my say "I spray my stairs with anti-ladder spray."

 

[The Axon Hillock]

If I remember correctly, he had several different types of spray for different types of sea life. It's funny because it's too specific.

It's like if a squid flies through your window and lodges itself in your computer printer and you're sitting there thinking "what the fuck a squid!" and your friend pulled out a product designed SPECIFICALLY TO DISLODGE SQUIDS FROM PRINTERS. Called like, I dunno, "Squidout!" or something.

I can see it now... "Squidout! Keeping squid ink and printer ink separate since 2010!"