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Character Analysis

Maulik Pancholy

Jonathan

Played by Maulik Pancholy

41 jokes across 28 episodes of 30 Rock

WAR

17.8

Total Jokes

41

Avg Craft

7.2

Avg Impact

6.9

Comedy Style

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

All Jokes — 70 total

S1E04

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.

7.97.5
S1E04

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.

7.37.2
S1E09

Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:Jack storms in: 'Who let 407 through? Jonathan, we have drills for this!'

7.57.0
S1E19

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.

8.88.8
S1E19

Jonathan:He tried to drop them off at your house last night, but someone pretended not to be home.

7.06.8
S1E19

Jonathan:And you, of course. [said as an afterthought]

7.16.7
S2E01

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.'

7.77.5
S2E01

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

6.66.3
S2E01

Jonathan:Jonathan to Liz about the Floyd phone call: 'That is so embarrassing for you.'

7.37.5
S2E04

Jack · Jonathan · Liz:Yes, you can. It's easy. Observe. Jonathan, you're fired! / What? No! God, no! No, I won't fire her.

7.87.8
S2E06

Kenneth · Jonathan:Jonathan... I purchased a replacement pair of Mr. Donaghy's pants. / You must love him as much as I do.

7.46.8
S2E09

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

7.16.7
S2E10

Jonathan:Then Jack will be CEO, and I will be king of the assistants!

7.47.2
S2E11

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.

7.17.2
S2E12

Jonathan:He was a major TV star in the '40s, '50s and the fall of 1972.

7.88.0
S2E12

Jonathan:He insists on singing. / He insists on singing.

7.47.5
S2E14

Jonathan · Jack:Jonathan playing 'I Will Remember You' on a recorder as Jack walks away

7.37.5
S2E14

Jonathan:I'll be here? In sunshine or in shadow?

6.86.7
S3E05

Jonathan · Liz Lemon:Your credit card called. They want to make sure you're the one buying cream soda in bulk. — I sure am.

8.07.5
S3E05

Jonathan · Liz Lemon:Your landlord called. He said it is not the toilet, it's you. — That's his opinion.

8.07.5
S3E05

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.

8.28.5
S3E05

Jonathan:I definitely would have gone to my reunion. But the boat I was educated on sank.

8.07.8
S3E12

Jonathan:You won't be coming in at all? But what about 'Jackonathon?'

7.97.8
S3E12

Jonathan:Oh yes, I keep a VCR so I can watch your old football tapes.

7.77.5
S3E12

Jack · Jonathan:Jonathan, what is that camcorder for? — Nothing. I don't know.

8.18.0
S3E12

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.

7.27.0
S3E12

Elisa (on video) · Jack · Jonathan:Adios mi amor. / Aww, how do you turn this damn thing off? / No! That's personal.

8.18.5
S3E16

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?'

7.77.7
S3E17

Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Jonathan singing 'Can't Leave If Living Is Without You' after being fired, with a final dramatic 'I can't live!'

7.67.5
S3E20

Jonathan:Jonathan: 'She had me make dinner reservations for tonight. And by night, I mean 4:30 this afternoon.'

7.17.0
S3E20

Jonathan:Jonathan: 'Evidently, the concierge at the Plaza has a beard, and she'd rather not get raped.'

7.77.5
S4E02

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.

7.46.7
S4E05

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.'

7.87.5
S4E05

Jack · Jonathan:Jonathan: 'What am I going to do next?' simultaneously with Jack: 'What am I going to do next?'

7.87.5
S4E08

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!

8.18.3
S4E08

Jonathan:Even if I get into law school, I won't go!

7.87.5
S4E09

Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:how was your new year's, sir? / perfect. / oh my god!

6.86.3
S4E09

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.

6.76.2
S4E09

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.

7.57.8
S4E13

Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:Jack's assistant Jonathan asks 'are you and I exchanging...' — Jack cuts him off with 'No.'

7.67.0
S4E14

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.'

7.26.5
S4E14

Jack · Jonathan:'Maybe we're the last people on earth. Maybe we are legend. You're Will Smith and I'm the dog.'

7.87.5
S4E14

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.

7.87.3
S4E14

Jonathan:Jonathan sings a little song to himself while downloading Geiss's schedule: '# Jonathan downloads Geiss' schedule / Mr. Donaghy will be grateful #'

7.26.5
S4E18

Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Jack apologizes for letting 'a Kashmiri into your office' — the janitor Khonani — as if it's a security breach

6.35.7
S4E20

Liz Lemon · Jonathan:Wait, it's Mother's Day already? Did you forget? Colleen is gonna kill you.

6.76.5
S4E20

Jack Donaghy · Jonathan:There's still time. Jonathan. Jonathan, call the florist, and order a dozen--no. Necktie. Too late, Jackie.

7.46.5
S5E03

Jonathan:Jonathan defends his presence near Bookman: 'But, sir, I was born in Palo Alto.'

7.57.0
S5E04

Jonathan:A Mr. Brett Favre stopped by, and dropped off this picture of a hot dog.

7.98.3
S5E04

Jonathan · Jack Donaghy:Also your pharmacy called, apparently you can't get a prescription for ecstasy. / Thanks, Obamacare.

8.38.3
S5E04

Jonathan:If you need somebody to scream at, I'm right here.

7.67.3
S5E05

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.'

7.87.5
S5E05

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!'

7.57.7
S5E05

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.'

8.07.8
S5E06

Jonathan · Jack:Sir, I have dreamed of this moment... But my fear is that you don't have enough ambition.

7.47.0
S5E06

Jonathan:No, watch! I'll cut off my pinky and tell him it's yours.

8.48.3
S5E06

Jonathan · Jack:I'd love for you to be my mentor, sir. But unfortunately, I already have one. / Stop calling me!

7.47.0
S5E07

Jonathan:I thought you said you didn't need any more friends.

7.56.8
S5E07

Jonathan · Jack:Would you like some cake? Yeah. Cake boy!

7.06.3
S5E12

Jonathan:Was it in Indian Kashmir? May Durga's trident pierce them from the skies!

8.28.0
S5E22

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.'

7.46.8
S5E22

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.'

8.48.7
S5E23

Jonathan:Oh, you've just made a very dangerous enemy, Kenneth.

7.06.5
S5E23

Jonathan · Jack:What are you doing? That's my job. / Jonathan volunteered to clean up so you could come over again tonight, right, Jonathan?

7.67.2
S7E01

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.

7.87.5
S7E03

Jonathan · Jack:Jonathan shows Jack the group email recipient list: 'hip420@brooklyn.beard', 'ryunloktee... misspelled... @swimteam.org', 'kentremendous@fremulon.biz'

8.48.3
S7E12

Jonathan · Unnamed visitor:Jonathan reveals he was once caught by a visitor in a wedding dress, dancing with one of Jack's suits

7.87.7
S7E13

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

8.17.8
S7E13

Jonathan · Liz Lemon:Jonathan immediately says 'Mr. Donaghy will see you now' after Liz's wedding dress revelation

7.57.3
S7E13

Jonathan:Jonathan enters Jack's office screaming 'There! You're no longer special to him! Get out! Get out of our lives! Yes!'

7.98.0