Dennis and Mac get into inflatable furniture to deal with the economy’s inflation, while Dee tries to find a place to crash after being evicted by her greedy landlord and Charlie wants to pitch Frank his crypto/online investment idea. And in this inflation episode everything gets bigger - Dee’s desperation, Mac’s lips, and even Charlie’s apartment!
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Inflates” ranks #157 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 72.0 — Solid. The episode packs 42 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Dennis landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Charlie: That's inflation, Frank.
Charlie Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: 'Cause I bought the last remaining ones there are.
Frank: No... Nice work.
Frank: We piss in cans, Charlie.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Frank: I'm not investing in them because I believe in them. I'm investing in them because I don't believe in them.
Frank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: What? You're my landlord?
Frank: Yeah, I got tired of paying your rent all those years, so I bought the building.
Dee Frank Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 42 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: You spent close to $20,000 on a couch you never owned.
Dennis Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: I have glued my hand to the door, so they can't physically remove me.
Dee Absurdist Physical/Slapstick Dennis: Charlie, we don't want to hear it.
Dennis Character Comedy Reaction Beat Mac: So maybe what we would need to do is lower our wages. I get it.
Mac Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dennis: But I'll give you 50 cents for a buck.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: These are very fancy.
Dennis: Are they? Three dollars?
Dennis: Oh, well, you can't inflate this any further 'cause it'll pop.
Mac Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Mac: I just kept blowing and blowing and blowing, and just... boom.
Mac Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Frank: You mean to tell me we've been living here all this time, and you never told me we had a bathroom?
Frank Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: We piss in cans, Charlie.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Charlie: I wasn't trying to be crypto about it, it's just, like, Frank, I just never liked sleeping in a room with an empty room behind me.
Charlie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Charlie: I don't want to live in a maze, you know?
Charlie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Frank: I'm gonna have to get a butler.
Frank Escalation Character Comedy Dennis: Wait, so you truly have no reason to be sleeping with Frank.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Frank: Charlie, you mean we've been living in a two-bedroom with a bathroom, and you never said anything about it?
Frank Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: That's a lot of blowing.
Dennis Observational Reaction Beat What happened to your lips?
Frank Visual Gag Physical/Slapstick Frank: That is rancid.
Dennis: Did you get a bad one?
Frank: Well, they're all bad.
Dennis: Kim Kardashian's backside, the early years.
Dennis: The Kardashians' net worth has inflated in direct proportion to their booties.
Dennis Wordplay/Pun Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: I'm in.
Frank: Yeah.
Dennis: You're in? You don't need to hear the whole pitch?
Dee: People are doing it to call attention to injustices or some shit. I don't know. Either way, I'm locked in.
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dennis: He's jacking off into a magazine.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement Frank: I'm not investing in them because I believe in them. I'm investing in them because I don't believe in them.
Frank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: It's your goddamn wheezing.
Mac: Am I wheezing?
Dennis: Are you wheezing? You sound insane.
Charlie: You ever have a pine nut? Which one is... A fancy tree?
Dennis: Frank's not the only one who can be a predatory lender. I say we pivot.
Dennis Escalation Character Comedy Frank: Go for it, bitch! We got bulletproof vests on!
Dee: Oh, no, I don't. I don't have a bulletproof vest.
Dee: What? You're my landlord?
Frank: Yeah, I got tired of paying your rent all those years, so I bought the building.
Dee Frank Escalation Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Customer: I don't have a pool, so...
Dennis: Oh, no, no, no, I see, I see the confusion. No, we're talking about for inside.
Dennis: You pay full price for your couch? That's outrageous.
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Charlie: I'm making a bet that the SEC's not gonna regulate. Of course, regulation's gonna come in at some point, it always does, but right now it's completely unregulated.
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: Charlie, did you take all of my money and invest it in a box full of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies?
Dennis Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Charlie, did you take all of my money and invest it in a box full of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies?
Dennis Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Are they made from real turtle?
Charlie: Probably.
Charlie: 'Cause I bought the last remaining ones there are.
Frank: No... Nice work.
Charlie: That's inflation, Frank.
Charlie Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Are you still eating the nuts?
Dennis Callback Physical/Slapstick Callback Dennis: I think we'll take you to the hospital, and they'll have nuts, and you can die there.
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