Here Are The Funniest Twitter Jokes About The 2018 Oscars

The 2018 Oscars were awarded Sunday night (full list of winners here), and Twitter was in top form making snarky comments and growing more inebriated as the night wore on. As is our usual custom, we’re going to highlight some of the funnier comments and moments.

Due to the gaffe at last year’s Academy Awards, people were checking their envelopes:

— Travon Free (@Travon) March 5, 2018

always check the receipts pic.twitter.com/bp2EoI3rR2

— E. Alex Jung (@e_alexjung) March 5, 2018

Guillermo del Toro got to check more than one envelope. He won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his merman sex romp (this might be the wrong genre description but we’re rolling with it) The Shape of Water:

— space cowboy (@JJ_Avrams) March 5, 2018

Some on Twitter envisioned alternate reality versions of his acceptance speech:

— pixelated boat [ASMR] binaural ~4 hours~ (@pixelatedboat) March 5, 2018

wow did GDT really just get up there and read the AICN blade 2 review verbatim

— ©️♈️®️✝️ (@curtofranklin) March 5, 2018

The Shape of Water was, predictably, the subject of many jokes:

— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) March 5, 2018

THE SHAPE OF WATER better be sold overseas as YOU FUCKIN' THAT FISH

— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) March 5, 2018

I can't believe they snubbed The Shape of Water's original song, I Can't Wait To Fuck This Fish

— Super Deluxe (@superdeluxe) March 5, 2018

I'd pay serious money to hear Tiffany Haddish describe the plot of The Shape of Water. "They're gonna kill that fish monster but she's not done fucking him YET."

— Louis Virtel (@louisvirtel) January 23, 2018

And somebody referenced (without attribution) comedian Mike Mendez’s frequently-stolen joke about the movie:

— Veronica Miller Jamison ✨ (@veronicamarche) March 5, 2018

But Grinding Nemo wasn’t the only subject of jokes. Plenty of shade was thrown at other people, like Kevin Spacey and Ryan Seacrest.

— NYT Styles (@NYTStyles) March 4, 2018

Holy shit Taraji just put a curse on Ryan Seacrest pic.twitter.com/GSknn3NozF

— Sara Jean Hughes (@sarajeanhughes) March 5, 2018

"I'm great now that I'm in your company." –Taraji P. Henson to the interviewer who talked to her right after Ryan Seacrest

— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) March 5, 2018

Best Oscars segments:

1. Tribute to actors who died this year

2. Tribute to actors who didn’t die this year but we wish were dead

— pixelated boat [ASMR] binaural ~4 hours~ (@pixelatedboat) March 4, 2018

I love when Christopher Nolan movies win sound awards even though you can’t make out a goddamn word anybody says.

— Sean Burns (@SeanMBurns) March 5, 2018

if you correctly pronounce Gal Gadot's name i guess E! just fires you

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 4, 2018

looks like the team from Call Me By Your Name is on its way to the red carpet pic.twitter.com/608szC70up

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 4, 2018

Plenty of jokes were made regarding fashion choices, like Rita Moreno awesomely resurrecting her 1962 Academy Awards dress for 2018.

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 5, 2018

Rest in peace, sleeves… #Oscars pic.twitter.com/Qw99KtWiEy

— Lights, Camera, Podcast (@LightsCameraPod) March 5, 2018

Jordan Peele won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and even he was gobsmacked:

— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) March 5, 2018

Kumail Nanjiani was gracious about The Big Sick not getting the win:

— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) March 5, 2018

And Twitter loved Peele’s win:

— Jasmyn Lawson (@JasmynBeKnowing) March 5, 2018

Jordan Peele when Comedy Central gives him a call. #Oscars #GetOut pic.twitter.com/rNmfvfGPnu

— FollowBack Baratheon (@CorporationStan) March 5, 2018

i wish it could have won best original screenplay three times pic.twitter.com/f4R0Czwcxm

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 5, 2018

Sufjan Stevens took a break from wearing hats wrong to give a performance:

— Matt Bellassai (@MattBellassai) March 5, 2018

And people were having strong feelings about plenty of things:

— bobby finger (@bobbyfinger) March 5, 2018

Looked up and saw Kobe Bryant holding an Oscar next to BB8 I think my edibles just kicked in.

— Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) March 5, 2018

meryl streep is about that life #oscars pic.twitter.com/Xq6m32eAlJ

— Ziwe (@ziwe) March 5, 2018

Disgusted that these Hollywood elitists won’t give any awards to my favourite movie of the year, Some CGI Punches Some Other CGI

— pixelated boat [ASMR] binaural ~4 hours~ (@pixelatedboat) March 5, 2018

It’s always powerful to see queer people win awards but it is doubly powerful to see them win jet skis.

— Joel Kim Booster (@ihatejoelkim) March 5, 2018

Allison Janney won for Best Supporting Actress, which required some hard choices.

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) March 5, 2018

Frances McDormand’s Best Actress win provided us with a GIF that will come in handy for so many situations.

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) March 5, 2018

Gary Oldman won his first Best Actor Oscar for something.

— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) March 5, 2018

People pointed out what was missing from the In Memoriam:

— CRlT (@CRlTTER) March 5, 2018

And then there was the HOT DOG CANNON.

— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) March 5, 2018

omg can you imagine being stoned in a movie theater and suddenly the lights come on, Armie Hammer walks in and throws a giant hot dog at your face

— Robbie Couch (@robbie_couch) March 5, 2018

IMAGINE GETTING HIGH AND GOIN TO A MOVIE AND THEN GUILLERMO DEL TORO BRINGS A GIANT SANDWICH

— demi adejuyigbe (@electrolemon) March 5, 2018

What a time to be alive. What else could the future possibly hold

— pixelated boat [ASMR] binaural ~4 hours~ (@pixelatedboat) March 5, 2018

Shape of Water was great, but Hollywood often learns the wrong lessons from successful movies. That's why so many movies in 2019 will include frank explanations of how fish dicks work.

— Joseph Scrimshaw (@JosephScrimshaw) March 5, 2018