When the Gang suspects Dee is menopausal, they scramble to find a new employee for Paddy's Pub. Dee decides to put her acting career on hold in order to mentor young actors.
WAR
62.7
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Replaces Dee with a Monkey” ranks #7 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 88.9 — Elite. The episode packs 44 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.5 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: 'Whiskey beer island of green and fight.' That's Ireland.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Frank: Frank enters with a monkey as Dee's replacement
Frank Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: The monkey got us drunk, assaulted us, robbed the bar, and possibly fucked our mouths.
Dennis Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Director: Faster. What? Faster. Slower. Too slow. Don't start over. Stop. Continue.
Dee: Acting is ignoring. Ignore reality. Ignore your scene partner because you better goddamn believe they're ignoring you. And, for Christ's sake, ignore the script, okay? You're better than a writer, right? Writers are dorks, okay?
Dee Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 44 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Frank: I'll tell you what that was about-- menopause.
Frank Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Frank: Always accusing me of having affairs. Hmm, right. But you were having affairs. Yeah, but it was a headache
Frank Mac Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: I slept with Dee that one time... but, like, I'm, like, sick of looking at her.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Charlie: Also, there's a smell. There's a smell, yeah. And a lot of women have this
Dennis: Legally, that's called a hostile work environment. We can legally fire her and bring in whichever man we want.
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: A monkey could do Dee's job. A monkey could.
Dee: I've been in character all week, so I'm going to need you to let me cut in line.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dee: I have spent thousands of dollars on acting classes, and are you gonna try and tell me that was just all for nothing?
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm Well, uh, not for your acting teacher.
Charlie: Pittsburgh is in Pennsylvania? Yes. No, think about that, though, that-that's crazy. Like, two cities in one state?
Charlie: So, that's what Pennsylvania is. Oh, no. Oh, so Philadelphia's not Pennsylvania?
Charlie: Am I constantly going in and out of Pittsburgh throughout the day, yes or no?
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac: He wants to go to Fire Island. He wants to go to Greece. He wants to experiment.
Mac Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: We're not in Pittsburgh. We're in Philadel-- I-- This-this is not easy.
Frank: Frank enters with a monkey as Dee's replacement
Frank Visual Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: You don't have to pay a monkey shit, so I got a monkey instead.
Frank Character Comedy Absurdist Charlie: Are we in Pittsburgh right now? Pretty nice. We like Pittsburgh.
Charlie Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: He used to work in the movies. He comes from a long line of movie monkeys. Rumor has it that he also did a short stint making drinks for Kitty Dukakis.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: That is the best beer I've ever had in my entire life, I swear to God. Dee has never made a beer that tastes like that.
Dee: For starters... I don't have a limp.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dee: Chain saw, avocado, marlin. What'd I just say?
Student: You. Um... chain saw, avocado, marlin?
Dee: Right! Which is wrong. You just violated the first rule of acting.
Dee: You listened. When you are listening, you are not talking, and if you're not talking, you're not getting paid.
Dee Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Acting is ignoring. Ignore reality. Ignore your scene partner because you better goddamn believe they're ignoring you. And, for Christ's sake, ignore the script, okay? You're better than a writer, right? Writers are dorks, okay?
Dee Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Don't ask questions. That shows you don't know something, which makes you look weak.
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Charlie: All those cities are in Pennsylvania? Like, you don't want to know how this shit works, man?
Charlie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Yeah, because Hollywood decided you can't beat 'em no more, so they had to set 'em all free.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: I didn't say that I don't love you.
Then what is it?
Dee: The baby... It's not yours. It's my... my father's!
Bigger.
Dee: My father's!
Louder.
Dee: My father's!
Dee: It's a mash-up of Chinatown and Tupac Shakur's Poetic Justice.
Dee Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Why go all the way when a simple hand job will suffice?
Dee Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: 'Yell'... 'Yellow'? Just yellow. Just the color yellow?
Charlie: Uh, well, I panicked.
Dennis: 'Purple.' That was me.
Frank: Yeah, I did purple.
Dennis: You did purple? Two of you wrote colors?
Frank: Maybe we could go there. That could be pretty.
Mac: Go where?! Purple? That's not a place!
Dee: Maybe this doesn't have to be a scam. I can control you. I can make you feel however I want you to feel, which will help you be a better actor.
Dee Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: You were terrible.
Kiki: Wait, I-I was?
Dee: No. No. I'm kidding. You were amazing. And you're going to make it. Maybe. I'm not going to tell you right now.
Dee Kiki Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Director: Faster. What? Faster. Slower. Too slow. Don't start over. Stop. Continue.
Gang wakes up covered in scratches and with a horrible taste in their mouths
Dennis: The monkey got us drunk, assaulted us, robbed the bar, and possibly fucked our mouths.
Dennis Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Frank: Apparently, the monkey's grandfather was Fatty Arbuckle's monkey, and you know how these things go. These monkeys are passed down from one Hollywood creep to the next, until, eventually, they wind up under a bridge in Philly getting drunk and pulling scams.
Frank Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: 'Monkey beer island of green and fight.' That's not a place. This is the ramblings of four men who got very, very drunk last night on a mystery concoction invented by a wild animal.
Dennis Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Frank: That monkey may have been a pervert, but he was also a genius, which is often the case in Hollywood.
Frank Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Dennis: 'Whiskey beer island of green and fight.' That's Ireland.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dee: This big, dumb, flightless bird just booked a huge acting gig. 'Obnoxious American MILF #1'? In your faces.
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Ooh, wow. Is that poop?
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