
Character Analysis

Jonathan
Played by Maulik Pancholy
41 jokes across 28 episodes of 30 Rock
17.8
41
7.2
6.9
Character Comedy
Jonathan delivers 41 scored jokes across 28 episodes of 30 Rock, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.9 on impact for a career WAR of 17.8. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Jonathan Lines
Jonathan:Jack goes to Sbarro when he's angry, the New York Stock Exchange when he's horny, and Christie's auction house when he's depressed.
Jack · Jonathan:Jack upon learning Avery is detained: 'I told her to stay. I didn't want her at home. This is my fault.' Jonathan: 'Sir, if you say one more syllable, that's a haiku.'
Jonathan:You said I'd never amount to anything! Look at me now! Look at this necklace! / Sir, this is a school for deaf girls.
Jonathan:No, watch! I'll cut off my pinky and tell him it's yours.
Jonathan · Jack:Jonathan shows Jack the group email recipient list: 'hip420@brooklyn.beard', 'ryunloktee... misspelled... @swimteam.org', 'kentremendous@fremulon.biz'
All Jokes — 70 total
Jonathan · Liz:Jonathan tells Liz to apologize to Jack in a way that makes it seem like it was her own idea — but Jack sent Jonathan to deliver this message.
Jonathan:Jack's assistant is performing a full Irving Berlin number ('There's No Business Like Show Business') as Liz waits in the outer office.
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:Jack storms in: 'Who let 407 through? Jonathan, we have drills for this!'
Jonathan:Jack goes to Sbarro when he's angry, the New York Stock Exchange when he's horny, and Christie's auction house when he's depressed.
Jonathan:He tried to drop them off at your house last night, but someone pretended not to be home.
Jonathan:And you, of course. [said as an afterthought]
Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Jonathan describes Jerry Seinfeld's expression to Jack: 'He looks the way you did when I tried to hold your hand on the jet.'
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:Jack sneaks out of his own office to avoid Seinfeld; Jonathan stalls in the control room by giving a fake tour while clearly on the phone with Jack
Jonathan:Jonathan to Liz about the Floyd phone call: 'That is so embarrassing for you.'
Jack · Jonathan · Liz:Yes, you can. It's easy. Observe. Jonathan, you're fired! / What? No! God, no! No, I won't fire her.
Kenneth · Jonathan:Jonathan... I purchased a replacement pair of Mr. Donaghy's pants. / You must love him as much as I do.
Jack · Jonathan:Jack's phone plays 'Jingle Bells' — he tries to dismiss the caller by saying 'Tell her I'm...' but then recognizes it's his mother calling
Jonathan:Then Jack will be CEO, and I will be king of the assistants!
Jonathan · Liz:Jonathan, did someone turn the heat up? / No idea. / Where I'm from, we don't notice the heat. / That's interesting. I didn't know it was hot in Assholevania.
Jonathan:He was a major TV star in the '40s, '50s and the fall of 1972.
Jonathan:He insists on singing. / He insists on singing.
Jonathan · Jack:Jonathan playing 'I Will Remember You' on a recorder as Jack walks away
Jonathan:I'll be here? In sunshine or in shadow?
Jonathan · Liz Lemon:Your credit card called. They want to make sure you're the one buying cream soda in bulk. — I sure am.
Jonathan · Liz Lemon:Your landlord called. He said it is not the toilet, it's you. — That's his opinion.
Jonathan:You said I'd never amount to anything! Look at me now! Look at this necklace! / Sir, this is a school for deaf girls.
Jonathan:I definitely would have gone to my reunion. But the boat I was educated on sank.
Jonathan:You won't be coming in at all? But what about 'Jackonathon?'
Jonathan:Oh yes, I keep a VCR so I can watch your old football tapes.
Jack · Jonathan:Jonathan, what is that camcorder for? — Nothing. I don't know.
Jonathan · Elisa (on video):She came by earlier, she asked me to give you this, she said to just press 'play.' — Hi Jack, I'm on my way to Puerto Rico. I'm sorry. Yesterday was crazy, lots of emotion. I think maybe you asked me what you asked me out of panic. So I'm gonna go see my family and give us both a chance to think about everything.
Elisa (on video) · Jack · Jonathan:Adios mi amor. / Aww, how do you turn this damn thing off? / No! That's personal.
Jack · Liz · Jonathan:Jack: 'Be friends with Batman.' Liz: 'There's still a couple of hours.' Jack: 'Jonathan, could you get Adam West's agent on the phone, please?'
Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Jonathan singing 'Can't Leave If Living Is Without You' after being fired, with a final dramatic 'I can't live!'
Jonathan:Jonathan: 'She had me make dinner reservations for tonight. And by night, I mean 4:30 this afternoon.'
Jonathan:Jonathan: 'Evidently, the concierge at the Plaza has a beard, and she'd rather not get raped.'
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:i didn't think it would end like this, jonathan. not with a bang, but with a whimper. a whimper indeed, jack.
Jack · Jonathan:Jack to his assistant: 'I don't want your sleeve to catch on fire.' Response: 'You know me well, sir. I often know what you're going to do before you do it.'
Jack · Jonathan:Jonathan: 'What am I going to do next?' simultaneously with Jack: 'What am I going to do next?'
Jonathan:I tried once. I bought him a $95 bottle of olive oil. In return, he got my sister out of a North Korean jail!
Jonathan:Even if I get into law school, I won't go!
Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:how was your new year's, sir? / perfect. / oh my god!
Jack Donaghy · Kenneth Parcell · Jonathan:kenneth, jonathan, i need one of you to help me with a very special assignment. / i hope it's me. / but i'm honored just to be standing here with you.
Jack Donaghy · Kenneth Parcell · Jonathan:using these hangers, prove that you are lithe enough to accompany me to waltham. [Kenneth successfully squeezes through] / it's kenneth! / [Jonathan fails] / you sicken me.
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:Jack's assistant Jonathan asks 'are you and I exchanging...' — Jack cuts him off with 'No.'
Jonathan · Liz:Jonathan's excuse for Frank: 'On his way to work, he found some magic beans, and because he believed in them...' — then gets cut off with 'Ship up.'
Jack · Jonathan:'Maybe we're the last people on earth. Maybe we are legend. You're Will Smith and I'm the dog.'
Jonathan · Jack:Jonathan says if anything should happen to him, he wants Jack to read 'Oh, the Places You'll Go' at his funeral; Jack flatly refuses.
Jonathan:Jonathan sings a little song to himself while downloading Geiss's schedule: '# Jonathan downloads Geiss' schedule / Mr. Donaghy will be grateful #'
Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Jack apologizes for letting 'a Kashmiri into your office' — the janitor Khonani — as if it's a security breach
Liz Lemon · Jonathan:Wait, it's Mother's Day already? Did you forget? Colleen is gonna kill you.
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:There's still time. Jonathan. Jonathan, call the florist, and order a dozen--no. Necktie. Too late, Jackie.
Jonathan:Jonathan defends his presence near Bookman: 'But, sir, I was born in Palo Alto.'
Jonathan:A Mr. Brett Favre stopped by, and dropped off this picture of a hot dog.
Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Also your pharmacy called, apparently you can't get a prescription for ecstasy. / Thanks, Obamacare.
Jonathan:If you need somebody to scream at, I'm right here.
Jonathan:Jonathan explaining Jack's 'Reaganing' streak: 'Starting at 4:00 p.m. Yesterday, when Mr. Donaghy coined the word innoventually, he has been flawless.'
Liz Lemon · Jonathan:'So why do I have to leave?' 'Because you have so many unsolvable problems. Like your mouth. It looks like someone kicked a hole in a bag of flour!'
Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:'And I'm including sex last night.' [hands over Avery's thank-you note] 'She likes that?' 'No. But she respects it when it's done correctly.'
Jonathan · Jack:Sir, I have dreamed of this moment... But my fear is that you don't have enough ambition.
Jonathan:No, watch! I'll cut off my pinky and tell him it's yours.
Jonathan · Jack:I'd love for you to be my mentor, sir. But unfortunately, I already have one. / Stop calling me!
Jonathan:I thought you said you didn't need any more friends.
Jonathan · Jack:Would you like some cake? Yeah. Cake boy!
Jonathan:Was it in Indian Kashmir? May Durga's trident pierce them from the skies!
Jonathan:Jonathan: 'Sir, you need to see this, even if it ruins whatever you had planned for Secretary's Day, like a poem you wrote for me or whatever.'
Jack · Jonathan:Jack upon learning Avery is detained: 'I told her to stay. I didn't want her at home. This is my fault.' Jonathan: 'Sir, if you say one more syllable, that's a haiku.'
Jonathan:Oh, you've just made a very dangerous enemy, Kenneth.
Jonathan · Jack:What are you doing? That's my job. / Jonathan volunteered to clean up so you could come over again tonight, right, Jonathan?
Jonathan · Jack:My grandmother was seriously ill. I went to Salinas to feed and bathe her. / I'm sorry. / I still don't like you.
Jonathan · Jack:Jonathan shows Jack the group email recipient list: 'hip420@brooklyn.beard', 'ryunloktee... misspelled... @swimteam.org', 'kentremendous@fremulon.biz'
Jonathan · Unnamed visitor:Jonathan reveals he was once caught by a visitor in a wedding dress, dancing with one of Jack's suits
Liz Lemon · Jonathan:Liz reveals she caught Jonathan (Jack's assistant) in a wedding dress, dancing with one of Jack's suits late at night
Jonathan · Liz Lemon:Jonathan immediately says 'Mr. Donaghy will see you now' after Liz's wedding dress revelation
Jonathan:Jonathan enters Jack's office screaming 'There! You're no longer special to him! Get out! Get out of our lives! Yes!'