An accident that puts Charlie in a wheelchair opens up a window of possibilities for the gang. Meanwhile, Dennis and Dee’s estranged father reenters their life in hopes of starting anew with his children and soon discovers that he enjoys the lifestyle of their friends.
WAR
29.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Charlie Gets Crippled” ranks #147 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.4 — Solid. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 1.5 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.4 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
Frank: Oh, yeah? Try this on for size. Your mother's dead.
Frank Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Frank · Dennis: Athletes. / Yeah, that's true. / But after that. / Rock stars. / Yeah, also true. But after that, Frank. / Actors.
Mac: So when you say you're giving your money away to poor people... do you mean, like, 'Mexico' poor, or can it be, like, 'me and Charlie' poor?
Mac Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Frank · Charlie: I wanna be pathetic and desperate and ugly and hopeless. / I am not ugly.
Frank: No, she's not dead. We're gettin' divorced though.
Frank Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Mac: Do you have, like, a little throat or something?
Mac Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Frank: Oh, yeah? Try this on for size. Your mother's dead.
Frank Dark/Subversive Misdirection ★ Rewatch Frank: No, she's not dead. We're gettin' divorced though.
Frank Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Frank: You drop the bomb, then you soften the blow. You never tried this?
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: I hate the kind of person that your whore mother turned me into.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Frank: Mom? She's on vacation banging one of the boys she hangs out with.
Frank Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Mac · Charlie: Well, that was awkward. / Yes, it was. / Sort of a private conversation.
Frank: I've been manically depressed for the past couple of years. I just feel like I need a serious change, or I'm gonna kill myself.
Frank Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mac: So when you say you're giving your money away to poor people... do you mean, like, 'Mexico' poor, or can it be, like, 'me and Charlie' poor?
Mac Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Charlie: Uh, my best friend ran me over with his car.
Charlie Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: That's the spirit that beat the Japanese!
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: I'm a man and I'm strong. I can carry heavy things. You're a woman. You're weak, and you can't.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: Whatever your feeble little arms can carry out of here, you can keep. And the rest is mine.
Dennis Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: Whatever your feeble little arms can carry out of here, you can keep. And the rest is mine.
Dennis Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Dennis · Dee: Go, go, go! Go, horsey!
Charlie: Yeah, yeah. Check under my bed or under one of my pillows.
Charlie Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Mac: Don't you roll away when I'm talking to you.
Mac Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Frank: Here. Hey, Charlie, here's five dollars. Go down to Wawa, pick me up a couple of sodas. I got a feeling I'll be pretty thirsty after this.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Oh, that is a shame. It slipped.
Dennis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Charlie: People give you free shit, and women treat you like a puppy they found out on the street.
Charlie Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Look at Sweet Dee sitting on her cloud of judgment, handing down life lessons to all the sinners.
Dennis Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Frank · Charlie: I wanna be pathetic and desperate and ugly and hopeless. / I am not ugly.
Charlie · Frank: You made me sleep out in the hall. You ignored my cries for help in the middle of the night. I'll pay for your rent for six months. Twelve. Six. Ten. Six. Nine. Six. Ten. Six. Twelve. Four. Six. Deal.
Dennis: I had polio. Okay? That's why I'm rocking the F.D.R. Look with the blanket and everything.
Dennis Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Stripper · Dennis: Are you sure you're okay? It's really important that I do this myself.
Dennis: I got it! All by myself, I did it.
Dennis Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Dennis · Mac · Dee: I have polio. Oh. And I have polio... He has polio too. Mm-hmm.
Dennis · Mac: I have polio. / He has polio too.
Dennis Mac Awkward Silence Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Frank · Dennis: Athletes. / Yeah, that's true. / But after that. / Rock stars. / Yeah, also true. But after that, Frank. / Actors.
Dennis: Viet-goddamn-nam's what happened! Go get me a beer, bitch!
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: He's my poor little crippled boy.
Frank Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis · Mac: I bet you a million dollars if I had talked to a girl about my withered legs, then... / A million dollars?
Stripper: Those two guys are pretending to be disabled and kicking each other's asses.
Stripper Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Yeah, with this! I mean, the whole thing is... This is good as gold.
Charlie: Frank keeps coming in. He swoops in, he takes my chicks. He doesn't care about me. What kind of a guy does that?
Charlie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Charlie: Like I'm a piece of crap. Like I belong on the street. Like I'm some kind of piece of dirt.
Mac: War hero coming through. How you doing? War hero. So... kind of a big deal.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: I rigged it up. It's like... I'm really using my hands, but they don't know it.
Charlie Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: The only thing that attracts the attention of strippers more than pity is money. And I brought a shitload of that.
Frank Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: If I have to listen to you talk about this stupid... goddamned stuffed elephant anymore... I'm going to punch you in the head.
Dennis Escalation Character Comedy Dee · Frank: He was like a companion. / Strip club!
Dee Frank Misdirection Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Dee: Mr. Tibbs was not just some stupid stuffed element... elephant, okay? He was like a companion.
Dee Character Comedy Callback Callback Bystander · Mac: Are you people all pretending to be handicapped? / Mind your own business.
Frank: Don't youse ever stop fighting and just shut the hell up? Now, who wants ice cream?
Frank Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Hospital worker: What a bunch of assholes.
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