The guys crash Dee's bowling league night and compete in a Battle of the Sexes at a bowling alley owned by the McPoyles. Dee, The Waitress, Artemis, and Gail the Snail versus Dennis, Mac, Charlie, and Frank in a classic match to prove who is better.
WAR
43.8
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Goes Bowling” ranks #44 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.2 — Elite. The episode packs 44 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 7.0 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
Dennis: Oh, hi, Dee. I'm in here, too. Gutter ball.
Dennis Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Artemis: My character can. Me, I can't bowl for shit.
Artemis Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Ryan: It pinched it really bad. I had a nasty bruise for a week.
Ryan Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Oh, hi, Dee. I'm in here, too. Gutter ball.
Frank Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 44 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: A delivery of chili cheese fries? They'll be mush by the time they get here. No way.
Dennis Observational Character Comedy Mac: Well, finesse isn't really my style, Charlie. I like to dominate the table into submission.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: looking like Carmen Sandiego
Dennis Observational Setup/Punchline Visual gag: Dee reveals bowling shirt under coat after dramatic buildup
Dee Visual Gag Misdirection ★ Rewatch As if. As if, Dee. As if. As if. As if, Dee. As if.
Dennis: My ding-dong wasn't even in my hand. I mean, what do you...
Mac: Mine was.
Charlie: Yeah, so was mine.
Mac: Yeah, I was scratching mine when she said that.
Charlie: I-I had my hands fully down my pants, if I'm being honest. I had to push it to the left.
Dee: Oh, hello, ladies. You ready to roll?
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Waitress: It's just that our fourth didn't show up and literally no one else was free on a Friday night.
Waitress Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Snail: I sucked off a rando in the parking lot. Ugh, my mouth hurts.
Snail Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive Waitress: Frige-it Bitches
Dee: Or perhaps I should let my balls do the talking.
Dee Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Dennis: Vaginas and penises together again.
Dennis Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Charlie: He did one, so I thought we were doing... Okay.
Charlie Reaction Beat Awkward Silence ★ Rewatch Liam: Ryan's got the forearms of an elephant wrangler. He could have been pro. I could have been. If not for my tragic accident.
Liam Ryan Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback The story is too horrible for words, so don't ask me...
Ryan Misdirection Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback combining them is strictly prohibited... The story is too terrible to tell.
Liam Running Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Hanging Monster Dong Lucky Strike Chili Cheese Fryers
Charlie: It's too many ideas, man. I told you it was stupid. I-I knew they were gonna make fun of us and they did make fun of us.
Charlie Character Comedy Observational Dennis: Now, I'm no fan of women's sports. Who is? Yeah, they're not very popular. Nobody is. Nobody watches... Especially women. Women don't even like women's sports.
Mac: Stride, stride, stride, execute.
Mac Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Snail: Ooh, my cooter's on fire for Mac.
Snail Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dee: Your cooter is most likely on fire from a yeast infection. Go in the bathroom, rinse it out and be better next time.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Artemis: My character can. Me, I can't bowl for shit.
Artemis Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Frank: Frank celebrates getting a strike by slowly crawling under pins
Frank Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Artemis: A quickie. Quickie it is. My character is also a giant whore, which is what attracted me to the role in the first place, so...
Artemis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Hey, Tyrone, do not take my spot! Do not take my spot at the air hockey table.
Charlie Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: By the way, your hair looks great.
Waitress: Charlie, shut up, I'm trying to focus.
Charlie: Did you, like, change your hair or something?
Dennis Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Besides your physical limitations, if given the opportunity to either work together as a team or tear each other apart, you will always choose the latter. Because women are devious and destructive and will always default to using their insidious venom on the most sought-after victim of all... each other.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Because... they're stupid.
Dee Deadpan/Understatement Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dennis: Don't-don't do it. Don't do it. Just play your game.
Mac: Can I just spin one? I don't care... Let me spin one.
Dennis: You don't need to spin it. You just play your game and we're gonna win. Okay? Do not spin it. Do not do it.
Mac: Okay, fine. I won't, I won't spin it. I won't.
Mac: Stride, stride, stride, spin!
Mac Callback Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Hey, Tyrone, double or nothing! 'Cause there's no way you're beating me two out of three, dude!
Charlie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Artemis: In the third act of my play, Donna rolls a gutter ball in the big match against her rival high school.
Artemis Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Waitress: She's a terrible person. She's a bitch and she's ugly and I didn't want her on the team. And she's gross. Sure, and she's gross. But you know what? You're even worse.
Dennis: I summon the very fact that I am a man!
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: I've broken every single bone in my hand. I cannot bowl. There's nothing solid left in there. It's just bloody soup and bone broth.
Dennis Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Ryan: It pinched it really bad. I had a nasty bruise for a week.
Ryan Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Ryan: Visual gag: Ryan gets his hand caught in ball return again
Ryan Visual Gag Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Oh, hi, Dee. I'm in here, too. Gutter ball.
Dennis Callback Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Oh, hi, Dee. I'm in here, too. Gutter ball.
Frank Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Frank's having a threesome in the bathroom with Gail and Artemis, and, um, yeah, I think the guys went to the Sixers game.
Waitress Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Waitress: Um... yeah, honestly? I don't give a shit about women's sports.
Waitress Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
