In this spoof of Waiting for Godot, Dennis and Charlie stand guard at their laser tag base waiting to ambush their enemy, Big Mo, but Dennis has doubts about why they play laser tag and whether or not the victory is worth it.
WAR
43.1
Wins Above Replacement
“Waiting for Big Mo” ranks #62 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 39 scored jokes at 1.2 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.0 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
Dennis: You thought we'd gone? We ain't going anywhere
Dennis Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch We ain't going anywhere. We're never leaving, you little piece of shit.
Charlie: Why do you treat Mac and Dee so differently?
Dennis: It's simple psychology. I withhold compliments from Mac, which makes him angry and subservient. I shower Dee with compliments, which makes her angry at herself.
Larry Takashi threw himself down a wishing well with suicide note saying 'It all meant nothing'
Dennis Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: Charlie takes shoes off, doesn't hold gun, plus cheese oozes out of his feet with awful smell
All Jokes — 39 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Charlie struggling to put his toes in five-fingered shoes, can't tell where his pinky is
Charlie Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I got five-finger shoes because Dennis yells at me for taking my shoes off in laser tag, and I wanted shoes that were more like bare feet
Dennis: Charlie takes shoes off, doesn't hold gun, plus cheese oozes out of his feet with awful smell
Charlie: I hide cheese in my shoes, okay? But I can't fit cheese in the five-finger shoes.
Charlie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: I'm kind of sick and tired of guarding the base. I want to go out there and have some fun.
Charlie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Why do blind people hate skydiving? Because it scares the hell out of their dogs
Dennis: 'That's not a riddle'
Charlie: 'Yeah, it's a riddle about blind people and their dogs'
Dennis: 'That's a joke'
Charlie: 'Jokes are funny and that wasn't funny'
Mac and Dee tumbling out of air ducts, fighting and covered in dust
Mac Dee Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Dee: I spit in your mouth after you jammed me in the tit with your scrawny little elbow
Mac: My elbows are massive and you have no tits!
Mac Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dennis: Dennis's complete tone shift praising Dee
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dennis: I'm trying to get that paper, son
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie: Why do you treat Mac and Dee so differently?
Dennis: It's simple psychology. I withhold compliments from Mac, which makes him angry and subservient. I shower Dee with compliments, which makes her angry at herself.
Charlie: 'It's another riddle'
Charlie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Pew pew pew pew pew!
Charlie Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Charlie: Is a fart a ghost?
Charlie: Yeah. It's the ghost of lunch
Charlie Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis and Charlie reveal they turn Charlie's pack off so the team doesn't lose points when he gets shot
Charlie · Dennis: Charlie discovers the gun sounds are him making 'pew pew' noises, not the gun
Dennis: an amazing decoy
Dennis: adds a monster element that distracts and frightens but entertains the kids
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dennis: You're like Cookie Monster
Dennis: Wait, there's no cookies
Dennis: Kids are scared of you and not really scared of him
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie: Charlie happily making laser tag sounds when his pack is turned on for the first time
Charlie Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: what Big Mo looks like' is a riddle
Charlie Character Comedy Callback Callback Charlie: Cantaloupes because if you're holding a pile of cantaloupes, you're not gonna be able to see very much
Charlie Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: 'You telling me you can see through a pile of cantaloupes?'
Charlie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Mac and Dee went to the 'Fun Zone instead of the Maintenance Zone in the ceiling'
Mac Dee Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Charlie: That's not a joke, that's a riddle. And don't steal my shit, you stupid bird-faced bitch!
Charlie Dee Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: 'Rutherford B. Crazy, of course' when asked about the $100 bill
Dennis: Rutherford B. Crazy started in the laser beam business and never gave up on the fundamentals
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: Dennis's motivational speech about Rutherford's laser beam business
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac and Charlie: I don't think Rutherford be a real person. That's a cartoon.
Mac Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: created a diversion by telling one dad another dad said his kid had a 'tight little dumper'
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Frank: Frank went to 'Wing Zone' instead of 'war zone' because of the line
Frank Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Charlie · Frank: Charlie shooting Frank with laser gun when wings arrive, Frank's excited reaction
Dennis: Dennis explaining Charlie will lose his 'little plastic army guys' and 'box of bouncy balls' if they stop winning
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Charlie: I eat bouncy balls to 'test them in my stomach to see how they pass'
Dennis: a ghost, like the fart of meals past
Dennis Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Rutherford B. Crazy's real name was Larry Takashi and he worked with him in the '90s
Frank Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Larry Takashi threw himself down a wishing well with suicide note saying 'It all meant nothing'
Dennis Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch We ain't going anywhere. We're never leaving, you little piece of shit.
Dennis: You thought we'd gone? We ain't going anywhere
Dennis Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia