As a record-breaking heat wave overtakes Philly, the Gang plans to profit from global warming by pumping up the A/C so people will congregate at Paddy's and save energy at home.
WAR
33.4
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Solves Global Warming” ranks #124 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.5 — Great. The episode packs 41 scored jokes at 1.5 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Dee landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dennis: Frank, what's the temperature at which a certain body part's small, smooth muscle cells contract, thereby decreasing the surface area of the skin, causing that certain body part to protrude in an unusual fashion?
Frank: 65.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dee: Do you have any idea how much pollution a bus causes?
Charlie: I don't know. Uh, three? Three what? Pollutions?
Dee Charlie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Uh, well, they go to my church. And if I kick them out, then they'll tattle on me to God.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: But it doesn't matter what we do if it's all predetermined. You see how your argument doesn't make any sense?
Mac: Uh, that's correct. But it doesn't have to make sense, because that's where the faith comes in.
Dee: Dee's disastrous Instagram compilation showing her environmental hypocrisy and meltdowns
Dee Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 41 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Mac: Look, if God wants to roast us like turkeys, there's got to be a good reason for it.
Mac Dark/Subversive Observational Dennis: when opinions meet facts, that's when you get truth.
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Group singing 'The Heat is On' while customers swelter
Gang Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Frank: I don't know why we're wasting our AC on strangers.
Frank Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Dee: Like I do with my shoes, you know what I mean?
Dennis: How would I know what you mean?
Dennis: Who the fuck do you think is watching your... What?!
Dennis Escalation Character Comedy Dennis: how is there any plastic left in the ocean after they used it to cover your gargantuan feet?
Dennis Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Dee: make more waste by having a big smoke-spewing truck deliver ice to us when we could just simply get off our asses and go get it ourselves?
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy We'll do a Story about Purina, tag them, and get you a free case of cat food.
Dee Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: Frank, what's the temperature at which a certain body part's small, smooth muscle cells contract, thereby decreasing the surface area of the skin, causing that certain body part to protrude in an unusual fashion?
Frank: 65.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
Dee: Son of a bitch charged me $40 for a bag of ice, Charlie. They... he's taking advantage of this heat wave, jacking up the prices.
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Charlie: Yeah, he's smart.
Charlie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dee: I said staged moments that looked candid and seemed honest.
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dee: Do you have any idea how much pollution a bus causes?
Charlie: I don't know. Uh, three? Three what? Pollutions?
Dee Charlie Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Yeah. It's when a bunch of people get the app, and then y'all take the same vehicle to different places. Same vehicle, diff...
Charlie: so, like a bus.
Mac: Uh, well, they go to my church. And if I kick them out, then they'll tattle on me to God.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: Now is not the time for your racism. This affects us all. We're all in this together.
Frank: Talking about the nipples.
Dennis: I don't see any.
Frank: Oh.
Dennis: Right, right. Sorry. Your, um... Not... people.
Mac: Yeah, it's just that his misogyny is stronger than his racism. In this case.
Mac Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Driver: Well, when someone offers you gum, it's usually a hint.
Driver Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Dee: I'm gonna give you one star, jerk! Maybe consider getting some gum for those pits!
Dee Escalation Character Comedy Charlie: Well, you don't want me to say 'cut,' so I'll say 'stop.' It's better.
Charlie: So we're taking two cars when we could've taken one car or called the truck and this whole thing could've been done, like, hours ago.
Charlie Observational Character Comedy Frank: Global warming is the fucking best.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Mac: The Lord provideth again!
Dennis: No, Mac! No. The Lord not provideth. Frank provideth.
Mac: well, the Lord provideth the snowstorm in May that allowed us to get the cups now. See? It's all a part of his divine plan, Dennis.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: But it doesn't matter what we do if it's all predetermined. You see how your argument doesn't make any sense?
Mac: Uh, that's correct. But it doesn't have to make sense, because that's where the faith comes in.
Charlie: Well, I got a nice little trash bag... that's keeping me a little bit cooler... and then this totally creates shade. You want me to make you a hat?
Charlie: I can charge you for the hat if it makes you feel better.
Dee: That driver gave me one star, citing 'verbal abuse' and saying I urinated all over the backseat of his car. That was melted ice. Actually, I did pee back there a little bit.
Dee Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: I did, too. It was a very long ride.
Dennis: I didn't account for all the increased sexiness.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: You don't need to announce my announcement.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Customer: I want ten shots.
Dennis: You want ten shots, but, you know, ten shots is too much for you and five to six is plenty.
Another Customer: Don't tell her what she needs.
Frank Escalation Irony/Sarcasm Charlie: somebody ripped a hole in the bag and stole it.
Dee: Yeah. How did you not notice that?
Mac: these are our friends from the fish factory. What's up, guys? They're actually pretty good dudes once you get to know them.
Mac Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Callback Frank: People were animals, just like I said.
Frank Character Comedy Callback Callback Dee: Dee's disastrous Instagram compilation showing her environmental hypocrisy and meltdowns
Dee Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Dee: Hope a bird chokes to death on you.
Dee Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm Dee: I can't stand being near you low-life degenerates!
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
