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Salma Hayek Pinault

Elisa Padriera

Played by Salma Hayek Pinault

55 jokes across 7 episodes of 30 Rock

WAR

22.4

Total Jokes

55

Avg Craft

7.1

Avg Impact

6.8

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Elisa delivers 55 scored jokes across 7 episodes of 30 Rock, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.8 on impact for a career WAR of 22.4. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Elisa Lines

All Jokes — 75 total

S3E07

Elisa:Do you know what kind of clothes old Puerto Rican ladies wear around the house? No. Me neither, because she never wore any.

7.87.5
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa's grandmother 'never wore any' clothes around the house — revealed as Elisa says 'but family is family'

7.27.0
S3E07

Jack · Elisa:Jack: 'It's 7:00. Why don't I hear my mother yelling go home to the Asian contestant on Jeopardy?' / Elisa: 'Because she's asleep.' / Jack: 'Really? How did you do that?' / Elisa: 'I find that authoritative, rapid Spanish subdues white people.'

8.18.2
S3E07

Elisa:She fought me at first. But I find that authoritative, rapid Spanish subdues white people.

8.38.8
S3E07

Jack · Elisa:Jack receives gold shoes from Tracy as a thank-you gift

7.26.8
S3E07

Elisa:Oh, good God. Oh. Gold shoes. My nephew just joined the Marines to try to pay for college, but... that's fun.

6.86.5
S3E07

Jack · Elisa:Jack's life philosophy: 'You come in alone. You go out alone.' / Elisa: 'That's the saddest thing I ever heard.' / Jack: 'There's nothing sad about it at all, actually. I have a great life. Tonight, I'm going out with a Fox News correspondent. We'll have some dinner, some laughs, some sex... not necessarily in that order.'

7.06.3
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa: 'Except that in Puerto Rico, a McFlurry is called a Señor Flurry.'

7.98.0
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa: 'More embarrassing than your CD collection? I didn't know Michael Bublé had that many albums.'

7.77.7
S3E07

Jack · Elisa:Jack: 'I found a lump.' Elisa: 'On your testicle? Let me see it.'

7.57.5
S3E07

Jack · Elisa:Elisa does the medical exam in rapid Puerto Rican Spanish; Jack is subdued and confused: 'What?' / 'You're talking so fast' / 'Is that the subjunctive?'

7.37.8
S3E07

Jack · Elisa:Elisa performing the medical examination in rapid Spanish — Jack bewildered: 'You're talking so fast. Is that the subjunctive?'

8.48.5
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa's afterthought: 'And you forgot to put on your underpants.'

7.57.5
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa: 'Oh, please. Don't try to be Señor Macho Solo. Which is actually what we call a McRib sandwich.'

8.68.8
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa: 'Oh, I see your confusion! That is funny!' — laughing at Jack's mortal terror over the positive/negative mix-up

7.57.3
S3E07

Elisa:Elisa watches Jenna sing the terrible knockoff song and says: 'Now, this, I like.'

7.27.0
S3E08

Elisa · Jack:He's a sweet, old man with advanced dementia. Totally disconnected from reality. Oh, that reminds me. I owe Lou Dobbs a call.

7.67.2
S3E08

Jack · Elisa:I'm sorry. What do you call yourself? / A Puerto Rican. / No, I know you can say that. But what do I call you? / A Puerto Rican. / Wow. That does not sound right.

8.38.3
S3E08

Elisa:Of course I do. I've been living in New York for 15 years, and I've never seen a Broadway play, or been in a restaurant without a TV in it. Or had a romantic dinner with a man in a suit.

7.16.5
S3E08

Jack · Elisa · Mr. Templeton:I had a wonderful time last night. / Yeah, I did, too. / Are you with Mr. Templeton now? / How I envy him. / I wish you would exercise my muscles... ...so they don't atrophy.

7.77.5
S3E08

Elisa:I'd love to go out... get all dressed up, tip maitre d's, and be all like... 'Thank you, Roger. This table was super-duper.' / I live in the Big Apple. But I spend all my time with the Big Vegetable.

7.57.0
S3E08

Jack · Elisa:# The night's like a banquet... Give it a try...? # Candlelight, caviar... You and I...? # And Templeton... Mr. Templeton...?

7.97.8
S3E08

Elisa · Mr. Templeton:Oh! My purse! [Mr. Templeton grabbing Elisa's purse at the theater]

6.96.5
S3E08

Elisa · Jack:It's Mr. Templeton's son. / I thought you said he didn't have any family. / Not here. He lives in London. But now, God has sent him to punish me for being so bad. / Or maybe it's a business trip.

7.57.0
S3E08

Elisa:I'd have to go back to working the late shift at Dunkin' Donuts. Oh, the customers are so sad. 'Can I help you?' 'Yes. What time do you start throwing out doughnuts?'

7.97.8
S3E08

Elisa:Well... he's stable, but vegetative. Totally unaware of his surroundings.

7.67.7
S3E08

Elisa:You know, sometimes, they watch cartoons, and they think it's real. It's very common.

7.16.8
S3E08

Jack · Elisa:# Strap your helmet on...?

7.87.5
S3E10

Jack · Elisa:Is it because I'm white? I've had white boyfriends. Black, Cuban... Brazilian guys with German heritage...

7.37.0
S3E10

Elisa:He does look like you. [Another pause — Elisa also stares]

6.97.3
S3E10

Elisa:As a child, my grandmother worked in a silver mine without proper ventilation. Now, her mind is squishy like a hacky sack.

8.38.5
S3E10

Elisa:Even though sometimes she comes at me with a knife because of a silver frenzy.

8.18.3
S3E10

Jack (or writer) · Elisa:What? Come on, you're a nurse? Some of us are hot.

7.06.8
S3E10

Elisa:Metrocards are a real thing. You use them on the subway.

7.46.8
S3E10

Elisa · Jack:Isn't that romantic? / Now, all I have to do is kill off the Generalissimo, and clear a path to Elisa's abuela.

7.27.0
S3E10

Hector Moreda (as Generalissimo) · Jack · Elisa:'And now, this potion's gonna make me live forever.' / What's happening? / El Generalissimo was supposed to die!

7.77.5
S3E10

unnamed writer · Elisa:Are you an actress? / I'm a nurse. / Good. Don't listen to anyone who says you should become an actress.

7.16.5
S3E10

Elisa:The Generalissimo tricked her to the villa by inviting her to a fancy party. But when she got there, it was just the two of them. He drugged her champagne and had his way with her. Later, she gave birth to the devil. You know, sweeps week.

7.67.3
S3E10

Elisa · Liz:El Generalissimo was once a good man. But the years of loneliness drove him insane. / I am not the Generalissimo.

8.07.8
S3E10

Elisa:Abuela made you breaded calf's brains.

7.47.0
S3E11

Jack Donaghy · Elisa:The McFlurry metaphor — 'Some would say that describes us. Who would say such a crazy thing?' / 'We are us. The world's greatest dessert.'

7.26.5
S3E11

Elisa:You tortured that poor priest. / You want an intellectual argument? Fine. But I should warn you I went to Princeton. [callback to earlier confession scene]

7.06.5
S3E11

Jack Donaghy · Elisa:No. / But I saw your photo with the Pope. / That's just good business. I have photos with a lot of people — The Dalai Lama, Rabbi Yossef, Toby Keith...

7.97.5
S3E11

Elisa · Jack Donaghy:You know what your problem is, Jack? You intellectualize everything with your big head. / Well, you have big boobs. / Which you will never touch again! / This conversation has taken an unfortunate turn.

7.87.8
S3E11

Elisa:How dare you say something like that so close to the statue of Santa Lucia... the patron saint of judgmental statues.

7.97.7
S3E11

Elisa · Jack Donaghy:Go to your stupid restaurant. Eat your gold ice cream. / Please come with me. / No. You blew it, Jack. And now, you will never see the crazy underwears I have on.

8.08.0
S3E11

Elisa:Jack, you're such a romantic.

7.77.7
S3E12

Elisa:It's a caricature of me on a skateboard.

6.86.5
S3E12

Jack · Elisa:We're Jack and Elisa — Jalisa. That's really lame, Jack. Yeah, that was just a joke.

6.96.5
S3E12

Jack · Elisa:I think tonight is going to be a very special night. — If you know what I mean... — I think I do.

6.86.5
S3E12

Elisa · Jack:Because I'm sick of listening to you. 'Oh, I love you, Elisa.' This was all just another Jack Donaghy lie. Like when you said you could dunk a basketball? — I can, on a regulation hoop.

7.57.2
S3E12

Elisa:No. You'll all just get poor like the rest of us. You'll eat cereal that comes in a bag, and you'll keep the free hand wipes from the casino. You might even have to spend some time with your children.

8.48.7
S3E12

Elisa:I was about to do the whole run-to-the-airport thing like Ross did on Friends and Liz Lemon did in real life.

7.87.8
S3E12

Elisa:The taxis want 500 bucks to go to JFK and the buses are worse. Everything's gone cocoa for cuckoo pops!

7.47.2
S3E12

Jack · Elisa:Let's get married. — Jack! — I love you, Elisa, and I don't wanna be with anyone else. — Okay. But I want a ring so big that it gives me back problems.

7.98.0
S3E13

Jack · Elisa:Hey, baby. My God. Look at your boobs.

6.76.8
S3E19

Jack · Elisa · Jeweler:A woman (Elisa) hurls herself at the engagement ring display case and gets her finger caught in a vent — 'She's very spirited... like a show horse.'

7.07.5
S3E19

Elisa:'My finger is caught in the vent!' — Elisa's line recurring after they've moved on

7.58.0
S3E19

Tracy · Liz · Elisa:Tracy gives Liz a gift — implied to be something absurd/inappropriate (a Puerto Rican flag or novelty item based on reaction) — then Elisa appears unexpectedly

5.85.8
S3E19

Elisa:'I haven't spoken English in two menses.'

8.07.8
S3E19

Liz · Elisa:Liz guesses Elisa's terrible secret: 'Are you a man?' / 'Really? That's your guess? A man?' / 'You want to see me naked?' / 'Sort of.'

8.18.3
S3E19

Elisa:'I don't think I have the strength to tell it to his head.'

7.66.8
S3E19

Elisa · Liz:Elisa thanks Liz for doing 'what I cannot' and says 'Good-bye forever, Liz Lemon' — then leaves

7.06.5
S3E19

Elisa · Jack:Elisa bursts in declaring 'I'm back. Let's get married.' and Jack plans to 'carbo-load for the reunion sex'

7.37.2
S3E19

Elisa · Liz:Elisa to Liz: 'Now, don't dare say anything about what I told you about my secret.' / Liz: 'I'm not going to because you have to.'

6.76.0
S3E19

Elisa:'I was married once and I killed my husband.'

7.78.0
S3E19

Elisa:'You know me, Jack. I'm a Catholic. I take the bonds of marriage very seriously.'

7.67.7
S3E19

Jack · Elisa:Jack: 'Why aren't you in jail?' / Elisa: 'They threw my case out. I couldn't get an impartial jury after that song about me came out.'

8.58.8
S3E19

Elisa:The song 'Elisa, Elisa, La Viuda Negra' plays — apparently a real hit

7.87.8
S3E19

Elisa:Elisa bursts in angry: 'How are you so quiet when your parades are so loud?'

7.87.7
S3E19

Elisa · Liz:Elisa accuses Jack and Liz of a sexual relationship: 'I knew your relationship was too weird not to be sexual!' / Liz: 'Yeah, I mean, come on. Look at me.'

7.37.3
S3E19

Elisa:Elisa: 'Maybe this is my curse. I love too deeply... And eventually it makes me loco for Choco-Puffs.'

7.97.7
S3E19

Elisa · Jack:Elisa: 'Is it my English or was that not a great breaking-up speech?' / Jack: 'It was your English. That was quite moving.'

7.87.7
S7E12

Jack Donaghy · Nancy · Elisa:Nancy: 'What you're proposing is a sin, Jack, but she is wicked hot.' / Elisa: 'It would have to be a conjugal visit because I am in a Puerto Rican jail.'

7.27.0
S7E13

Jack Donaghy · Nancy · Elisa:Jack's fantasy: 'Nancy, I know this is unconventional, but I think a group relationship could work.' / 'What you're proposing is a sin, Jack, but she is wicked hot.' / 'It would have to be a conjugal visit because I am in a Puerto Rican jail.'

7.26.8