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Character Analysis

John Gemberling

Bevers

Played by John Gemberling

118 jokes across 17 episodes of Broad City

WAR

48.5

Total Jokes

118

Avg Craft

7.0

Avg Impact

7.0

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Bevers delivers 118 scored jokes across 17 episodes of Broad City, averaging 7.0 on craft and 7.0 on impact for a career WAR of 48.5. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Bevers Lines

All Jokes — 102 total

S1E01

Bevers:Maybe in the future if you do that, put it on, like-- Like, all six sides of the cheese brick.

7.06.7
S1E01

Bevers · Ilana:I do know that, but I also know that you told me not to touch your stuff in the bathroom. Right. That's my mistake.

7.36.8
S1E01

Bevers:Like a hot cookie? Soft but not moist. Or, surprise me!

6.96.8
S1E03

Bevers:I know you don't like me to answer the door because I don't technically live here.

6.86.2
S1E03

Bevers:I'm not your roommate's boyfriend, I'm your husband.

6.86.5
S1E03

Abbi · Bevers:You're Jeremy Santos. No, I'm Matty Bevers.

7.07.0
S1E03

Bevers:Chicken!

7.16.7
S1E03

Bevers:Oh, I totally missed, Abbi! Oh!

5.75.5
S1E03

Jeremy · Bevers:Dude, you gotta know someone you can set me up with. You know what? No, I don't. Sorry.

6.45.3
S1E07

Abbi · Bevers:Abbi wakes up and Bevers says 'Someone had a sexy dream, huh?' — implying he witnessed or heard something

6.66.5
S1E07

Bevers:Abbi wakes from the dream and we hear an adjacent male voice narrating: 'My neighbor Abbi is so sexy and now I have this great big humongous boner'

7.07.2
S1E07

Bevers:Bevers refuses to go to his girlfriend's parents' house because 'it's too much presh. Her parents are like, too into me. They just think I'm really fun.'

7.06.7
S1E07

Bevers:'It's like camp right now!' — Bevers treating a hurricane and an unwanted houseguest situation as summer fun

5.95.3
S1E07

Bevers:Bevers's camp rap includes the line '♪ We like to eat Skittles and master the bait... ting of hooks and archery too ♪'

6.97.2
S1E07

Bevers:'Not just with our mouths but with our mushroom caps ♪' — the camp rap escalates to explicit territory

7.07.5
S1E07

Bevers:'Should I put my Lincoln Log on one of these cans? That is so sweet. Abbi would love it.'

6.35.8
S1E07

Bevers:Bevers's camp defense: 'Camp was rough. Tonight brought up a lot of bad memories.' Implication: he pooped in a shoe at camp.

6.86.7
S1E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Only me and Greg Shapiro could blow ourselves. I was always the fastest at it. Always!'

7.37.7
S1E07

Bevers:Bevers clarifies the self-blowing: 'I would blow myself and Greg would blow himself separate, across the room. There's a video of it! There's a...'

7.88.3
S1E09

Abbi · Bevers:Abbi comes home to find Bevers 'straightening up the living room' — holding a blanket, surrounded by Abbi's belongings arranged as masturbation props

7.37.3
S1E09

Bevers:Bevers: 'I wasn't even touching my wiener yet. I was still just doing butt stuff.'

7.98.5
S1E09

Abbi · Bevers:Abbi: 'Bevers, I swear to God that better be E.R.' / Bevers: 'It's... Good Wife.'

8.18.3
S1E09

Abbi · Bevers:Abbi: 'You have a way of tainting everything I love.' / Bevers: 'Taint? Don't.'

7.27.2
S1E09

Bevers:Bevers's reaction shot — 'Yeah, see how it goes. You see how it goes!' — he doesn't believe she'll actually move

6.56.0
S1E09

Bevers:Bevers quietly says 'Sorry' — a single syllable, totally unconvincing, as Abbi leaves

6.86.3
S1E09

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers attempts to apologize with bagel bites arranged in the shape of an 'A' — 'because I know how you like to label your food'

7.47.2
S1E09

Bevers:Bevers's extended masturbation description — 'I like to start off slow... work the tempo up and up... lick a thumb... brush it lightly against the nipples... there's a [bleep] there... I like to apply pressure... then right when I'm [bleep], I [bleep], then I [bleep] into the [bleep], hard, hard, hard. And then I [bleep], and it just— it— it— It's a very powerful feeling.'

7.98.7
S1E09

Bevers:After Bevers's entire masturbation description, he ends with: 'Whoa, cool shirt.'

8.68.8
S2E01

Ilana · Bevers:Ilana on the phone with Bevers to identify Benny Calitri: 'He was my "plus one"!' — and Bevers's reveal that he's 'one of my best friends'

6.76.8
S2E02

Bevers:Hi, Abbi-Dabbi. Smells like you've been working out.

6.05.3
S2E02

Bevers:I have been making some home improvements. This way we don't have to trudge all the way to the master fridge.

6.96.5
S2E02

Abbi · Bevers:It's like two feet farther. — Simple. — I don't think this is a good idea. — Elegant.

7.17.0
S2E02

Abbi · Bevers:Bevers, do you want me to get it? It's heavy. — It's clearly gonna... the floor. — Oh, (bleep).

6.76.5
S2E02

Bevers:I'm sorry. I guess I don't know my own strength.

7.16.8
S2E02

Abbi · Bevers:Bevers, what is on your back? — You know, I don't know. I just know it itches a lot, and it really hurts.

6.76.7
S2E02

Abbi · Bevers:I think it's a bed sore. — I've only been sitting on the couch, so technically you're gonna have to call it a couch sore.

8.58.7
S2E02

Bevers:She's spearheading Habitat For Humanity down there. I know everybody else has moved on to the new hip tragedy, but it's still a mess down in Haiti.

7.37.0
S2E02

Abbi · Bevers:Hey, Abbi. — Bevers.

6.66.2
S2E02

Bevers · Abbi:Hey, Abbi. — Bevers. [Abbi visibly horrified to see him at her gym]

6.87.0
S2E02

Trey · Abbi · Bevers:You guys know each other? — You two boyfriend-girlfriend? — God, no. He's my roommate's boyfriend.

6.86.5
S2E02

Bevers · Abbi:This is the only gym my friend Abbi works in, plus they provide free razors. — You have a beard.

7.57.5
S2E02

Bevers · Abbi:I'm excited to do this with you, Abbi. We can take the subway here together. I'll break for lunch whenever you do. We help each other. — I don't need help, Bevers.

6.46.5
S2E02

Bevers:Oh, really? 'Cause I see someone is training instead of cleaning.

6.76.7
S2E02

Bevers · Abbi · Trey:Oh! (Farts) I'm sorry. — Okay, I think we're done. — Abbi, if you farted, it's all right. — Trey, I did not just fart. — I moved his gluteus sensitive... — Yeah, that's a woman's fart.

6.57.2
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'She just went to the can, she had to take a doody.'

6.96.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'I've sailed on this boat with Melody for 12 quarters now. I know all its secrets. The captain is a murderer.'

7.67.5
S2E07

Abbi · Ilana · Bevers:They get locked in the storage room immediately after finding the liquor

5.35.3
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Wait, wait, move out of the way. I'm gonna ram the door. The man is gonna ram the door. Wanna see me ram it?' — then immediately injures himself

5.66.2
S2E07

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers: 'Sorry, Abbi, I broke your Starbucks gift card.' / Abbi: 'Bevers, I still had $17 on that.'

7.06.8
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Well, maybe now you can start supporting local businesses.' — after breaking Abbi's Starbucks gift card

7.07.0
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers calculates bar restock timing: 'If each one of them has at least three drinks per hour, that's 750 drinks every hour... They're gonna have to restock the bar in 20 to 25 minutes.'

7.06.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Would you rather drink a cup of mayonnaise or a cup of jazz?' — introducing 'jazz' as a euphemism

7.17.3
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'I like to call it jazz because it comes out of my horn and you never know where it's gonna go.'

7.57.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers' Patois accent: 'Me hearing a lot of chitchat. Me don't hear you answering that question, why?'

6.46.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Because the shrimp is always the first thing to get eaten on these boats.' — completely reasonable explanation for pocket shrimp

7.67.8
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers reveals the ring and vocalizes his own dramatic fanfare: 'Bom-bom bwooom.'

6.66.5
S2E07

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers: 'Besides, we already live together.' / Abbi: 'No, you do not live together. You have your own apartment.' / Bevers: 'Jesus!'

7.27.3
S2E07

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers asks Abbi to be his best man. Abbi's reaction: 'Bevers, you have four brothers.'

7.17.0
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'When we get out of here, I'm gonna pop the big Q in front of everybody... I already worked it out with the DJ. I'm such a showboat.'

6.96.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Melody and I haven't had sex in weeks, on purpose though. It's called edging.'

6.86.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers explains edging via whale blowhole analogy: 'You know how whales have that blowhole?'

7.17.2
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Me thinks the lady doth protest too much.' — in a terrible British accent

7.37.7
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers' proposal speech goes off the rails: 'Uh, yeah, so Abbi... [pause] ...is my best man.'

7.37.5
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Abbi's transitioning into becoming a man, and I'm just so proud of her.'

7.58.0
S2E07

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers: 'Because of you. You and Ilana made me realize we shouldn't be getting married yet. We're too young.' — then: 'So, you told everyone I'm transitioning into becoming a man.'

6.46.2
S2E07

Bevers:Bevers: 'Well, somebody must've sweet-talked her, 'cause we just boned in a lifeboat. There was so much jazz.'

7.88.3
S3E01

Abbi · Bevers:What the fuck, Bevers? / I'm sorry.

6.45.8
S3E07

Bevers · Abbi:Sorry, Ab, the next bus out of Atlantic City isn't 'til morning. I could FaceTime with you and watch you sleep if that'll help. / All right, bye. / What... What are we doing? What's this relationship?

7.98.0
S3E08

Bevers:What's up with that outfit? It's confused.

6.86.3
S3E08

Bevers:Am I at the farmer's market 'cause this is so juicy.

6.66.3
S3E08

Bevers:I mean, I'm obviously straight, but I would absolutely suck him dry.

7.58.0
S3E08

Bevers:Before we get started... Will you give me some dick deets?

7.06.8
S3E08

Bevers:Knee caps, baby. Those thighs could crack a coconut. Make me a 'Vaginia-colada.'

6.97.2
S3E08

Bevers:Oh, mommy, I would sip Dem milkbags like a Capri Sun.

7.27.5
S3E08

Bevers:You Betty me 'Veron-ing' ya.

6.56.0
S3E08

Abbi · Bevers:All right, now you're going too far. / Oh, here we go.

6.56.3
S3E08

Bevers · Ilana · Abbi:I'd wrap my thighs around that big basketball head. / Ew, what the fuck. / Oh, Ilana. That's your brother.

7.37.7
S3E08

Bevers:The empire waist is reading very Mormon. You're beggin' to have his babies.

7.26.7
S3E08

Bevers:those legs, I mean, you just got those slut legs sticking out.

6.76.8
S3E08

Abbi · Bevers:How the fuck do you know this much about fashion? / You know, I worked every summer at my Grandma's department store in St. Louis. / Lord and Bevers.

7.98.0
S3E09

Bevers:Uh, Abbi? Do we live in a zoo? Because I'm pretty sure there's an elephant in the room.

6.46.0
S3E09

Bevers · Abbi:I thought Melodie bought me that suitcase. / I use it so much. / You do? / Just once.

6.76.3
S3E09

Bevers:You guys are so Vivian Leigh and Laurence Olivier.

6.86.2
S3E09

Bevers · Abbi:I have a way with words. / No, thank you, Bevers.

7.17.0
S3E09

Bevers:Well, if you're not gonna say it, I will. I'm gonna miss you too.

7.16.8
S3E09

Bevers:please leave the radio on when you're gone for Rat Bastard and her family. / We can afford it.

7.67.5
S4E01

Bevers:Bevers: 'All my friends call me Bevers.'

6.76.2
S4E01

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers explains the house rules: 'as a guest, the rules of the house are I never pay for food, I never do chores' — Abbi corrects him: 'No, that'd be weird.' Bevers: 'Okay. Got it.'

7.67.5
S4E03

Bevers:Excusez-moi, mademoiselle, but, uh, who da' fresh man meant?

6.26.2
S4E03

Bevers · Mike:I'm Matthew Bevers, I'm Abbi's roommate. Oh, hey, um... Mike, I heard.

6.36.0
S4E05

Bevers · Abbi:Did you call me?! Bevers! No! What? Oh, shh, uh... Bevers, Jesus!

6.66.8
S4E05

Joanne · Bevers · Abbi:Well, I'm Joanne. Joanne? I'm Matthew. Or Abbi's mom is how you should introduce yourself.

7.17.0
S4E05

Bevers:Joanne, until next time.

6.86.8
S4E05

Joanne · Bevers · Abbi:Oh, well... Okay. Yes, until next time. Your scarf. Thanks. Cute. Mom? Furry little bear.

6.76.8
S5E09

Bevers:Bevers appears at the door in a robe and makes an overdramatic entrance: 'What twister blew into town and spit out you two tumbleweeds?'

7.77.8
S5E09

Bevers:Bevers has sold ALL of Abbi's furniture while they were out — 'I sold every last bit of furniture, and I up-sold most of it... Bevers-style.'

7.87.7
S5E09

Bevers · Abbi · Ilana:Bevers rubbing/touching them while they're coming down from MDMA — 'Okay, what are you doing? Please stop. / Ew, why are you doing this? / Bevers. Stop.'

6.97.0
S5E09

Bevers:'And here's my commisshy.' — Bevers presents his commission

7.87.5
S5E09

Abbi · Bevers:'Wait, Bevers, does Melanie even know I'm moving out?' / 'Oh, yeah, she knows.'

7.47.2
S5E10

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers on the roof — sunburned nude everywhere, locked out, needs his kimono

6.97.2
S5E10

Abbi · Bevers · Ilana:All right, Bevers, uh, you know, cover yourself up. I don't want to see your sunburned penis. / Open your eyes. / No. / It's kosher, dude. Open 'em up. / Surprise!

7.27.2
S5E10

Bevers · Abbi:Bevers's cheese storage gift — a labeled box so no one takes Abbi's cheese at her new place

8.17.8