
Any time one of the four swings (or in Prompto's case, fires) their weapon too close to another one of the four. "'Prince' like they took your old man and kicked the dignity out of 'im." While Gladio has his own freak out, Ignis' face also swiftly meets the seat in front of him. And Prompto doesn't get it easy if you happen to make a sudden stop with the car for no reason the lack of anyone wearing seatbelts results in him faceplanting into the windshield. For an extra chuckle, if you can zoom in on one of the guys after you hit them with a Thunder or Fire spell, they'll be sporting an almost animesque Ash Face for several seconds. Also, when casting the Thunder spell, that any of your party get struck by lightning, especially Gladio and Prompto, will collapse to the ground and go through a spasm while making noises is something you should see for yourself.
Naturally, letting off a Fire explosion with Prompto in the radius has him promptly freak out, leaping away like he's chicken walking as he tries to put himself out in the most ridiculous way possible.
Your party members react to being caught in the casting range of spells.
The opening even has dialogue where Prompto and Noctis try to switch, yet Ignis simply says "later" and never gets out of the seat.
During the entire sequence (and just every time later that the car runs out of gas), Ignis casually sits behind the wheel and lets the others push. If you've played the game before, you know that this is very much an omen for everything to come. One of the first things Gladio says after the car breaks down is "Let's hope this isn't an omen". Yet here we get four dudes pushing a broken down car and complaining while "Stand By Me" plays in the background. What makes it better is that this is the opening title sequence-that bit that, in every other game of the series from the beginning, usually involves some dramatic establishing shot or narration to really drive home that your epic quest begins here.
As if that weren't funny enough, Noctis and Prompto are complaining the whole time and trying to get out of it, and Prompto puts on a very overblown Drama Queen performance as he gasps, "I've already pushed myself.
Chapter 1 starts with the gang broken down in the middle of the desert, pushing their car to Hammerhead.