A Korean restaurant owner threatens to get Paddy's kicked off the route for the city's annual pub crawl. The gang's response: War.
WAR
10.6
Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation” ranks #177 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 65.6 — Mixed. The episode packs 45 scored jokes at 1.6 per minute, averaging 6.3 on craft and 6.2 on impact, with Mac landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Mr. Kim · Frank: Sun-Li only 12 years old! What? She just 12-year-old girl! Oh, shit!
Sun-Li: Bony American is dirty, dirty whore. She bring much shame to herself and country.
Sun-Li Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Frank · Charlie: She's only 12 years old! What? You're just 12? Twelve, Charlie! Oh, shit. That actually explains a lot.
Charlie · Dennis: I'm gonna see if it's gonna work here. That's not gonna work! Why not? We're not at your apartment, shithead!
Dennis · Charlie: They're enriching the beers, Charlie. They're enriching their beer. That's definitely enriched beer. That's an enriched beer, dude.
All Jokes — 45 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: He knew that if the gooks were to get their hands on the watch, they would take it. So he shoved it... up his ass!
Dennis Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Mac · Dennis: I have no idea what you're doing. Why, it's Christopher Walken! It sounded like Rosie Perez or something.
Mac: First of all, it's not a jacket. It's a duster. It's like a jacket... only it's longer, thicker and far more badass. I look like Lorenzo Lamas, and women find it irresistible.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: Well, that part's just simply not true.
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Mac · Frank: Yes! We make a delicious, amazing microbrew! Oh, it's amazing. They throw all the skunk beer into a trash can. And then they sell it for $10 a glass.
Mac: We'll make it so strong that people will pass out and vomit and vomit in their own pass out.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy Mac: Let the men talk, Dee! Let the men talk!
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: That's the bad Korea. They're the sneaky, bad Korea, man. The ones on the top and they sneak down and they eat everybody's pets.
Mac: Okay, gang. Let's solve this North Korea situation once and for all.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy Frank: Could you be a darling and run down and get Daddy some antifreeze?
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Mac: Winning a talent show that you throw for yourself is just about the saddest thing you've ever done, Dee.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Why don't you go out and bang a bunch of random dudes like you did in the good old days?
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mac: That would've been a lot better if I was wearing the duster, dude.
Mac Character Comedy Running Gag Callback Mac: It's like, 'Why's that guy in a giant jacket? Why do you take this away from me? What is he hiding, dude?'
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Callback Dennis: Bracketing is a very intricate and difficult thing to do, man. They got it down.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis · Charlie: They're enriching the beers, Charlie. They're enriching their beer. That's definitely enriched beer. That's an enriched beer, dude.
Dennis: They're not allowed to have the capabilities to enrich beer here. Where are they enriching...
Dennis Absurdist Character Comedy Callback Charlie: How old was that bartender? Was she 16 or 60? You can't tell. You have no Idea. They're timeless. They're endless and timeless.
Charlie: The one marked 'pirate'? You think a pirate lives in there?
Charlie Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Dennis: Why would there be a pirate living in a Korean restaurant?
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback Charlie · Dennis: I'm gonna see if it's gonna work here. That's not gonna work! Why not? We're not at your apartment, shithead!
Charlie · Dennis: How many possible lock combinations can there be? Oh, so many, dude! Like hundreds of millions. Well, eventually they're gonna overlap.
Frank · Mac: Orange is much more threatening than yellow! No, that's an old system. It doesn't work anymore. Clearly yellow... You go from yellow to orange to red!
Dee · Mac · Frank: No, Mookie. I don't wanna do it. It's too hot outside. Right? What was that? What the hell is that? Rosie Perez!
Mac: Because sitting in judgment of other people is the greatest way to make yourself feel better. Problem solved.
Mac Character Comedy Observational Dennis: You should really do something different with your hair because... Yeah. You're not coming across at all like a man to me. You don't look or seem like a man.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: You're messin' with the wrong country, pal! That's an act of aggression right there, buddy!
Charlie · Dennis: Every Asian know martial arts? They have to learn it when they grow up. That's right. It's like school.
Charlie: He's has slaves in there? What kind of a communist dictatorship... is this piece of shit running?
Charlie · Sun-Li: You beer, me trash, okay? I beer, you trash! I trash, yes!
Mac: I wanted to pluck out my eyes and jam them into my ears. I wanted to pummel you with a manhole cover.
Mac Character Comedy Escalation Dee: You're like a big, round wizard.
Dee Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: Duster Look out, man Here comes a brother The man is in a duster He's a superfine fantastic man He loves to wear his du...
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Charlie · Sun-Li: So you saw me eat that Hot Pocket I found in the garbage? Yes. Any thoughts on that? No.
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Mr. Kim: Your breath smell like vomit.
Mr. Kim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Charlie · Dennis · Sun-Li: We both think kissing's gross. How is kissing gross? You know, we just don't like it, you know? Probably, it's... Sticky. Is it sticky? It's, like, there's candy and beer in your mouth.
Sun-Li: He smell like dog fart.
Sun-Li Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Dennis: Black leather duster... tough, muscular dude underneath it, inside of it. Very sexual. Check this out.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Mac · Frank: You can't just blast people with a hose in a bar. They will leave. Lock the door.
Sun-Li: Bony American is dirty, dirty whore. She bring much shame to herself and country.
Sun-Li Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Mr. Kim · Frank: Sun-Li only 12 years old! What? She just 12-year-old girl! Oh, shit!
Frank · Charlie: She's only 12 years old! What? You're just 12? Twelve, Charlie! Oh, shit. That actually explains a lot.
Dee · Mac · Charlie: Well, I feel better about myself. Why? Uh, all I did was sleep with... a toothless, oily busboy for a recipe. Charlie banged a 12 year old. No, I didn't.
Mac: Those goddamn North Koreans. They are some sneaky bastards.
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