
Character Analysis

Cerie
Played by Katrina Bowden
57 jokes across 26 episodes of 30 Rock
25.6
57
7.2
6.9
Character Comedy
Cerie delivers 57 scored jokes across 26 episodes of 30 Rock, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 25.6. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Cerie Lines
Liz · Cerie:It's called a 'Tankoort', Cerie. You may have seen it in Us Weekly being worn by Dame Judi Dench... 's mother.
Cerie:If it's a girl, Bookcase. Or Sandstorm. Or maybe Hat. But that's more of a boy's name.
Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon · Cerie:good lord, i've lemoned the situation with nancy! / 'lemoned'? that's not a thing people are saying now, is it? / cerie? / lemoned. doing it awesome.
Cerie:No, but I don't actually want to work in television. Career-wise, I'm just gonna marry rich and then design handbags.
Cerie:I wear tiger orgasm.
All Jokes — 67 total
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie declining coffee — 'No, thank you.' Beat. 'No?'
Cerie:Oh, my God, isn't Jack friends with Tom DeLay? Am I going on a date with Tom DeLay?
Liz · Cerie:Cerie is told to organize videotapes instead of doing actual script work, then immediately re-tasked to get chai tea, and she leaves barefoot having no idea where her shoes are.
Liz · Cerie:Cerie asks 'where are my shoes?' before going to get chai tea, and Liz screams 'Just go barefoot!'
Cerie:Oh, no, I don't actually. They kind of just stay up on their own. See?
Cerie:No, but I don't actually want to work in television. Career-wise, I'm just gonna marry rich and then design handbags.
Cerie:Oh, because you have, like, one of those body image things?
Cerie · Liz:Good, because I was gonna say you still have a good body. / 'Well, thank you, but this isn't about me.' / Like, how did you dress before you were married?
Cerie · Liz:Cerie: 'Oh, for some reason I thought you had, like, three kids. I just assumed it was kids [causing the food stains].'
Liz · Cerie:Check this out. I think Jack is dating Condi Rice. / Oh, God, that's huge!
Liz · Cerie · Writers:The office throws a surprise party, but it turns out to be for Cerie's engagement, not Liz's birthday — Liz thanks them for the birthday fuss before realizing
Cerie · Pete · Liz:Hey, guess what, everyone? I'm engaged. / Hey, this isn't gonna change the way you dress or eat lollipops, is it? / No. / Oh, then congratulations.
Cerie · Liz Lemon:Cerie lets the make-up people do her make-up: 'They say it's fun for them.' / 'She's like a Barbie.'
Cerie:We both wanna have babies while it's still cool.
Cerie:If it's a girl, Bookcase. Or Sandstorm. Or maybe Hat. But that's more of a boy's name.
Cerie · Liz · Cerie:If you wait too long, you could be like... 50 at your kid's graduation. / 50's not that old, Cerie. / Oh, I'm sorry. Are you 50 now?
Liz Lemon · Cerie · Jack Donaghy:Liz sees Cerie in a wedding dress. Jack: 'Absolutely not, young lady.'
Kenneth · Cerie:Kenneth: 'Jeez, I hope those two work it out.' Cerie: 'Relax, man. As long as they're yapping at each other, we're not working. Enjoy it.'
Cerie · Liz:Cerie writes down January 17th — 'Just like every other day.'
Cerie:He keeps sending me all these flowers to apologize, but he's still insisting on having a Greek Orthodox wedding. But I really disagree with the church's stance on Cyprus.
Cerie:I'd marry Toofer 'cause he's classy. I'd kill Lutz. Sorry, Lutz. The thought that you would do anything to me is awesome. And I'd boff Kenneth.
Kenneth · Cerie · Kenneth:Well, it's like Dr. Laura Schlessinger says. Women should be more accommodating to their men, for the health of the marriage. / She sounds smart. Is she really a doctor? / No, I think she's kind of like Dr Pepper.
Cerie:Thanks, Kenneth. You give really good advice.
Jenna · Kenneth · Cerie:Kenneth! / What? How dare you. / You're so weird. / Tell Liz I left, okay? And if you want to tell those guys upstairs that we made out, it's all right with me.
Cerie:Cerie announces she 'totally did it in the prize van' with a DJ and 'I'll pretty much do anything to someone that's famous.'
Cerie · Liz Lemon:Cerie says Floyd called; when asked how it's going she says 'Not great' — then reveals she was relieved thinking he might break up with her
Cerie · Liz Lemon · Jenna Maroney:Liz tells her writers to avoid her, and Cerie immediately asks Liz and Jenna to be bridesmaids — 'Is it hard for you because you broke up with that Floyd guy?'
Jenna Maroney · Liz Lemon · Cerie:Jenna can't fit in the dress and asks Liz to try it on — 'You're closer, Liz. You do it.' Liz tries it on and says with forced cheerfulness: 'Fun... this is fun.'
Store Employee 2 · Liz Lemon · Cerie:Another store employee tells Liz the wedding dress looks ugly on her, tells Cerie not to buy it: 'You'll thank me.'
Cerie:I wear tiger orgasm.
Cerie:Did he just talk to me like I'm ugly?
Cerie:Is it like that time they found my grandpa at the bus station?
Cerie · Liz · Cerie:Wow. Coffee guy? That'll really make your ex-husband jealous. / Cerie, for the last time, I have never been married. / That's the spirit!
Cerie · Cerie · Cerie · Aidan · Cerie · Aidan · Cerie · Cerie:Hey, Liz, this is Aidan. / Guess you're not the only cougar in town. / Aidan's a freshman at NYU. / Give me change for a soda? / You just had one. / Whatever. / No, don't you 'whatever' me. / Hey! What did I say about you wearing your Heelys inside? / Aidan! Wait up. / Aidan!
Cerie:Cerie's unsolicited birth control advice: 'I think you're supposed to take all of them, like, in a row.'
Cerie:Cerie describes a nightclub called 'Aquarium' where 'all the women are in a glass room in the center of the dance floor, and all the guys just watch and feed them.'
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie, is my phone ringing? / It is. Wow, you have, like, dog ears. / So are you going to... Okay.
Liz · Cerie:It's called a 'Tankoort', Cerie. You may have seen it in Us Weekly being worn by Dame Judi Dench... 's mother.
Cerie · Liz Lemon:Also, Pete and Tracy's wives are in your office. Paula is Pete's wife and Angie is the black one and... / Okay, Cerie, I got it.
Cerie · Liz Lemon:I haven't seen my fiancé in seven months. / Cerie, I have two words for you: robot warning. / Okay, that catch-phrase needs a little work.
Liz · Cerie:Cerie to Liz: 'Do I look okay?' 'That's exactly how you look.'
Liz Lemon · Cerie:as a frequent leaver of drunken messages, i can tell you no good can come of this. / as a frequent receiver of drunk messages, they are not cute, even when they're from liz.
Jack Donaghy · Liz Lemon · Cerie:good lord, i've lemoned the situation with nancy! / 'lemoned'? that's not a thing people are saying now, is it? / cerie? / lemoned. doing it awesome.
Liz Lemon · Cerie:i mean, who am i to tell jenna that she doesn't know how to be happy when i can't even figure out / stop so bored.
Liz Lemon · Cerie · Jenna Maroney · James Franco:did i do that right? / yeah. / that was super bitchy. / you can't just break up with me. i'll sue you for breach of contract! / oh, you're being such a non pillow right now!
Cerie · Liz Lemon:Sue and I already talked about it. / Why? You know Sue says stuff about you behind your back. / She always says stuff to me about you. / Wait, what? / I was making my thing up. / You bitch!
Cerie · Liz Lemon · Jenna Maroney:Cerie's fiancé was captured by pirates on his dad's yacht but was rescued 'thanks to the A-Team' — and 'he has a different energy now. He's quieter.'
Cerie:'He has a different energy now. He's quieter.' — Cerie describing her post-pirate-captivity fiancé as if he's had a mild personality shift
Cerie:Cerie says the schedule is filling up 'now that Aris is finally getting over his Stockholm syndrome'
Cerie:'You guys may have to walk down the aisle with some pirates.'
Liz Lemon · Cerie:His name is Carol. Like Carroll O'Connor from Nick at Nite. / Exactly, Cerie. Thank you.
Frank Rossitano · Cerie · Other Writers:Frank reads a breaking news chyron: 'Ritchie and Liz spotted in tree. Eyewitnesses report K-I-S-S-I-N-G.' / 'For more, let's go to NBC's Andrea Mitchell.' / 'Thank you, Brian. Slut.'
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Why are you giggling? It's very misleading. / It's just... Mr. Lutz is wearing the most hilarious t-shirt.
Cerie · Liz Lemon:Whoever standing next to him, it's stupid! That guy is stupid. / Now, she is. / Now they are. / Now I were.
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie, did you not bring my computer down? / You said you were writing. I've only seen you use that computer to look at pictures of Nate Berkus.
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Cerie, did you not bring my computer down? You said you were writing. I've only seen you use that computer to look at pictures of Nate Perkins.
Cerie:Oh, my God, that's what Chris kept quoting this morning during our love... making.
Liz Lemon · Hazel · Cerie:Liz tells the male writers to keep their eyes down because women are showing skin in warm weather, then tells Hazel to button up and puts Cerie in a 'soup poncho'
Cerie:Cerie agrees to do the MacBeth sketch but says she needs to be 'out in time for my band to be on Letterman'
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Well, Jenna, everyone knows how you're always so chill. So, of course, you won't freak out when you see that Cerie is wearing that exact same shirt as a dress. The belt is a baby's necktie.
Cerie · Liz Lemon:Cerie tells Liz 'It's inspiring to see that a woman in her 30s can still find true love.' Liz corrects her: 'I'm 42, Cerie.' Cerie responds: 'I don't know what that is.'
Cerie · Liz Lemon:The award description: 'Congratulations on being named one of the 80 Under 80, honoring women in entertainment who aren't Betty White!'
Cerie:The ceremony will be broadcast on 'Lifetime... oh, dot com, backslash garbagefile'
Cerie:Or Pete, but he went to a line producers' convention in Albany. I saw him pack a wig.
Cerie · Lutz · TGS staff:The Blimpie's/lunch picker conflict: Cerie reveals it may be Season 8 alphabetically — the new picker would be 'A'...
Cerie:Cerie announces 'technically this is season 8 since the show was canceled two weeks ago'
Liz Lemon · Cerie:Liz gives Cerie the lunch order — Nobu 57 and Make My Cake in Harlem — then 'I'll be back. I hope.'