Dennis tries to create an innovative mobile Paddy's pub experience but runs into trouble when customers refuse to cooperate, while Charlie and Mac attempt to catch a thieving leprechaun.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“Charlie Catches a Leprechaun” ranks #154 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.1 — Solid. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Charlie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Charlie: I wish I could live forever? What are you doing?!
Mac: I wish you don't.
Charlie: (chuckles) No, I've tied a leprechaun to a chair, and, uh, yeah, I was gonna cut him to pieces.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Charlie · Mac: Charlie's green tongue from drinking paint
Charlie: I captured a leprechaun, okay? You wouldn't say, 'I kidnapped Bigfoot,' right? You'd say, 'I captured Bigfoot.'
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: like, 'I'm a pickpocket. I'm a pickpocket. Stop hurting me. I'm not a leprechaun.' And I just thought that was, like, a metaphor for, you know, 'I-I am a leprechaun.'
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Frank: I slept 26 hours last night.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy Frank · Dennis: Frank interrupting Dennis repeatedly about easels and projectors
Charlie: he played the flute for some kids, and then he lured them into a cave somewhere, and he diddled them.
Frank: He drove the kids out of Ireland. And then he molested 'em.
Frank Escalation Dark/Subversive Frank: I feel like, in the olden days of the Catholic Church, pedophiles were regarded as heroes.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I'm, like, this close.
Charlie Character Comedy Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: I don't even know if I've set up my glue traps for him yet.
Mac · Dee · Dennis: Flute conversation escalation ending with 'Everybody go get a flute!'
Frank · Dennis: Frank snoring during Dennis's presentation
Frank: Top o' the morning, you filthy lads. I'm fixing to have a whale of a time in this here mobile pub.
Frank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: Frank's 'Crazy Paddy' Irish stereotype character
Frank Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: I brought my piece in case anybody gets out of line.
Frank Dark/Subversive Escalation Charlie: 'Cause beer's not a food. When was the last time you ate a beer?
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: When was the last time you drank paint?
Mac Setup/Punchline Escalation Charlie · Mac: Charlie's green tongue from drinking paint
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Customer: Is this, like, a car service thing?
Customer Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: No, it's not a goddamn car service. Why does everyone...
Dennis Escalation Character Comedy Dee: You get in that wagon right now or I'm gonna sock you a good one right in the kisser!
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Customer: Oh, wait, so is this, like, a bang bus?
Dennis · Customers: Dennis's overcomplicated app/QR code ordering system
Dee: This is like all foam.
Frank: Dee, you goddamn bitch!
Customers trying to call cops, gang confiscating phones
Frank: We just drove the snakes out of Philly, the way St. Patrick did.
Frank Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: So, what you're saying is, technically, we gave those guys a very authentic St. Paddy's Day experience.
Mac: Irish honor system... It's an ancient Irish tradition. Know your history, bro.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Charlie: I captured a leprechaun, okay? You wouldn't say, 'I kidnapped Bigfoot,' right? You'd say, 'I captured Bigfoot.'
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: 'Cause the basement door was locked, so unless he's a being who's unrestrained by the laws of the physical world, he's not getting down here, man.
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Are you now or have you ever been a leprechaun?
Mac Callback Absurdist Callback Victim: No, I'm not a goddamn leprechaun! Please...
Victim Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm Mac: You made a wish, which the leprechaun clearly granted.
Mac Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: I wish I could live forever? What are you doing?!
Mac: I wish you don't.
Dennis: I can't tell if you're doing a thing now, or if this is just who you've become.
Dennis Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Well, if you don't comply with me, then you're gonna end up on the weird one, okay?
Dennis Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: Aw, what's the point, dude? There's no water pressure. I feel like I'm giving him a baby bath.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Charlie: He probably killed it with his leprechaun magic, anyway.
Victim: Okay, fine, you got me. I'm a leprechaun... I live in a faraway land, and I was transported here by a giant magical rainbow.
Victim Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Victim: And you never got me Lucky Charms.
Charlie & Mac: (laughing) Oh! That's it! You caught a leprechaun!
Mac: Dude, he's talking about that gay bar down on Locust Street-- the Rainbow.
Mac Misdirection Setup/Punchline Mac: Right. I'm gonna go check it out, alone... you'll be here, alone.
Mac Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: The business model's flawless. If you knew how to drive and you knew how to serve a goddamn beer, we wouldn't be in this mess.
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Frank · Dee: Frank abandoning Dee by driving away
Frank: That bitch was dragging us down.
Dennis: Yeah. She was driving me crazy, man.
Dennis: Oh, shit. She didn't put the gas cap on.
Frank: Oh, is it open for real?
Frank: It ain't a metaphor. I fell asleep, crashed into a wall, the engine burst into flames, and I had to drive it into a river.
Frank Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Charlie: Well, you may be a man. You may be a leprechaun. But only one thing's for sure: you're in the wrong basement.
Charlie: (chuckles) No, I've tied a leprechaun to a chair, and, uh, yeah, I was gonna cut him to pieces.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Charlie: like, 'I'm a pickpocket. I'm a pickpocket. Stop hurting me. I'm not a leprechaun.' And I just thought that was, like, a metaphor for, you know, 'I-I am a leprechaun.'
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Oh, the luck of the Irish.
Charlie Irony/Sarcasm Callback Callback Charlie: Oh, shit, that leprechaun just flew up a rainbow!
Charlie Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac: Stop drinking paint, Charlie.
Mac Deadpan/Understatement Callback Callback Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
