
Character Analysis

Avery Jessup
Played by Elizabeth Banks
48 jokes across 13 episodes of 30 Rock
21.7
48
7.2
6.9
Character Comedy
Avery delivers 48 scored jokes across 13 episodes of 30 Rock, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 21.7. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Avery Lines
Jack · Avery:Avery concludes 'capitalism may be flawed.' Jack: 'My God! What are those monsters doing to her?'
Avery:Until the flight home, the only words I'd ever said to Scott Scottsman were, 'and now with sports, Scott Scottsman.'
Avery:Reagan's cufflinks — 'Reagan was buried in. Don't ask how I got them. But I do know the access code to his pyramid.'
Avery:Avery: 'Nobody here's ever seen an iPhone. I told them it was my razor. I have to shave my legs with it, but they have an app for that.'
Avery · Scott Scottsman:Thank you. I forgive you. You lose, Jack... Is what Kim Jong-Il said to Jack Nicklaus after defeating him in golf today because they're both totally alive.
All Jokes — 60 total
Liz (post-anesthesia) · Jack · Avery:What hotel is this? / Would you just keep an eye on her? I'm going to turn down her bed. / I was sure he was making this up.
Jack · Avery:Avery rejects Jack's romantic offer to braid her hair; he insists 'it's romantic and I'm really good at it'
Avery:Avery says she cut ties with her old mentor 'Pat O'Brien, after he shaved his moustache'
Jack · Avery:Jack defends his mentor loyalty: 'I have spent 30 years trying to be that guy.' Avery: 'But you're never going to be! Because no one is! That world doesn't exist anymore!' Jack: 'You're making me sound just like my mother!'
Avery:Avery's news report describes the frontrunner for running NBC as having 'the piercing, blue eyes of a Siberian husky that the job requires'
Avery:Avery quotes Jack on-air: 'I'm going to celebrate by buying my lady friend that necklace she pointed out and then cooking her a Western omelette'
Jack · Avery:'And then, I'm going to braid your hair.' — Jack says this on-air through Avery's news report
Jack · Avery:Jack on the phone: 'I love it when you talk dirty to me' — responding to Avery's business-speak about Q1 results and 'flexibility'
Avery · Jack:'Think slutty Grace Kelly.' / 'Oh, God bless you. I'm picturing it right now.'
Jack · Avery:'And the opposite of that just walked in.' / 'Tell Liz I said hi.' / 'I will.'
Avery:Avery plans for the tabloids: '"Money Bunny Avery Jessup steps out with Sexecutive Jack Donaghy."'
Avery · Liz:Avery, obliviously trying to get Chelsea Handler's attention at the red carpet: 'Chelsea, hey, Chelsea Handler, over here!' while Liz is simultaneously trying to get Toofer's attention about his employment crisis
Avery · Jack:Avery on age difference: 'Sure, people in this restaurant might think you're my dad...' / Jack: 'Or that you're my prostitute.' / Avery: 'Exactly.'
Jack · Avery:Jack, panicking about their age gap: 'I'm just saying, are we kidding ourselves with this? I'm 51 years old. Do you even know who Lee Marvin is?' / Avery: 'The sportscaster who bites ladies. Who cares?'
Avery:Reagan's cufflinks — 'Reagan was buried in. Don't ask how I got them. But I do know the access code to his pyramid.'
Avery · Jack:Jack, receiving Reagan's cufflinks: 'Someday you'll be as great a man as he was.' / Jack: 'I do like jelly beans.'
Avery:You think I don't want to know what Pizzarina Sbarro is going to be wearing?
Avery:I'm on Dodecacil, the pill where you only get your period once a year. We're so close to beating that thing completely.
Avery:It's not really a spa. It's more of a fenced-in area in the Adirondacks.
Avery:'Aloha' means hello and goodbye. So, aloha.
Avery · Jack:What's that supposed to mean, you dumb douche? Oh, it's starting. I should go.
Jack · Avery:Lemon went to middle school with a Charlotte who used to rub herself against a tree during recess.
Avery:Maybe it's time for you to carry this baby. Maybe you and Liz can raise it. Crazy hormone swing. Why does everything smell like onions?
Avery · Jack:My God. Are you trying to mentor me? / I am squared away, Donaghy. I get four hours of sleep a night, eat 1,200 calories a day, and my closet has been on the cover of organized living twice.
Jack · Avery:It's impossible. I would never say this to her face, but Lemon is above average. She's got just the right amount of dihc for me. / I hear it, and I don't care.
Jack · Avery:[Name suggestions for baby: Claire, Joanne, 'I look forward to visiting her and her wife... on their farm.' Jacqueline? 'Like a little Jack, but with boobs?' 'Hi, I'm Daphne Donaghy, I saw a turtle!' Kylie — 'She can strip her way through community college.']
Liz · Avery:Release me, you hillbilly Circe! I am life. Revel in the glory of motherhood! Gaia flows through me. Rufus T. Barleysheath is kicking.
Carmen · Avery · Liz:I know you're not pregnant. Why don't you just admit it? / She's grabbing oil. Owen... Run!
Avery · Liz:Thank you, Lemon. I owe you. If you want to make it up to me, I have my eye on a toilet pillow from a certain medical supply store.
Jack · Avery:Avery video-calls expecting Skype sex; Jack is using the same device for the baby's FaceTime with mommy
Avery · Jack:Avery: 'Do you want to watch me eat jelly beans... real slow?' Jack: 'Yes.'
Jack · Avery:Avery concludes 'capitalism may be flawed.' Jack: 'My God! What are those monsters doing to her?'
Avery:Avery: 'Nobody here's ever seen an iPhone. I told them it was my razor. I have to shave my legs with it, but they have an app for that.'
Avery:Avery: 'That pansy Harry Truman for not taking down this country when he had the chance.'
Avery:Avery: 'They actually love me here. I already won a North Korean Emmy.'
Avery:Avery: 'Did you also call Sally Ride and her sister?' — jealous that Jack called Condi
Avery:I'm sorry I taste like Korean cigarettes. Tobacco's the only thing with protein over there. Their meat is just deflated kickballs.
Avery:Earlier today, America's credit rating was downgraded to triple fart-minus.
Avery · Scott Scottsman:Jack, this is Scott Scottsman. / My ears are all plugged up from the plane. Am I talking too loud?
Avery:I heard her ask her bear who the dye job is.
Avery · Jack:Avery offers blanket forgiveness for anything Jack did while she was gone — Jack's awkward long pause before accepting it.
Avery:Kim Jong-Il could not be reached for comment because he was having a totally normal day being alive and not dead.
Avery · Scott Scottsman:Thank you. I forgive you. You lose, Jack... Is what Kim Jong-Il said to Jack Nicklaus after defeating him in golf today because they're both totally alive.
Jack · Avery · Liz:I do, Lemon. I wear the pants. / Nice pants, Avery. / And, Liz, good to see you. Your hair's the same. / It's not. Actually, something terrible happened.
Avery:Lloyd Blankfein slithers back into the sewers to eat rotten fish at 6:00.
Avery:And no matter what you say, I am always going to forgive you. Always.
Avery:Until the flight home, the only words I'd ever said to Scott Scottsman were, 'and now with sports, Scott Scottsman.'
Avery:We need a new blender anyway.
Avery · Scott:Scott and I saw each other every day at work, but we're forbidden from speaking. / I was living in an exact replica of Cinderella's castle that Kim Jong-Un had built for his shoe collection. / And I was kept in a pit where they made me beat my best friend to death.
Avery · Scott:The slow-reveal clip of Avery and Scott's news broadcast where they tap a coded message to each other, with Kim Jong-Un winning Miss Universe mentioned in passing.
Avery · Scott · Morning Show Host:The repeated rewinding of the broadcast as Avery keeps saying Scott's name with increasing feeling while Scott tries to complete the sports highlight, and the audience decodes 'It's a code!'
Jack · Avery:Ah, so... How was your day? [Long pause — 07 seconds until next line]
Jack · Avery:"I miss you at night. I think about you all the time. I couldn't get through this without you. Check out Kim Jong-Un's pants. Where's the flood?"
Jack · Avery:[Raises voice] I'm not even angry anymore! / Nor am I! / Do you wanna watch Downton Abbey tonight? / I'd love to! Maggie Smith is a treasure!
Liz · Avery:Great! So no one. / Are you people kidding me? Seriously, no one has anything to say? You're all cowards.
Jack · Avery:I forgot about the TV movie that whitewashed our love story. / I was dating another woman. / And I wasn't ready to get married. / Both: We only did it because... / She was pregnant. / I was pregnant.
Jack · Avery:The only thing you're bad at is quitting. I kept my sea monkeys alive for 30 years.
Avery · Liz:I mean, if we wanted this thing to succeed, why would we ask Liz to officiate? / Because I'm good at blending humor and heart?
Jack · Avery:I'll always care for you. / We'll split assets and custody equally. / I'll take our friends 'A' through 'L.' / You'll get 'M' through 'Z.' / Liz, divorce us.
Liz · Jack · Avery:By the power vested in me by the website instaminister.Estonia, I now pronounce you divorced. / [Laughing] Yeah! Divorce! Whoo!