Dennis reveals his foolproof system for seducing any woman to the rest of the gang, but they don't grasp the concept.
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“The D.E.N.N.I.S. System” ranks #108 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.2 — Great. The episode packs 76 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 7.0 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
Dennis: I'm talking about the DENNIS System.
Dennis Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I broke into her place. I ripped her sink apart. I brought a bag of hair.
Charlie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: Oh, that's my system-- the MAC. 'Move in After Completion.'
Mac Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: You know, maybe I should just stick to stalking.
Dennis: No.
Charlie: Maybe that's my system. She got a job at the fair. It could be fun to stalk her at a fair.
Dennis: I'm watching you, you bitch! You're gonna die tonight!
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 76 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: So how many restraining orders does the waitress have on you?
Charlie: Oh, a lot, dude.
Charlie: You got me fired from the Oldies Rock Cafe. You're gonna get me fired from the coffee shop.
Dennis: Seriously, this chick is so in love with me it's crazy.
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Caleigh: Hi, Dennis, it's Caleigh. I was just calling to let you know that I hope you die! You are obviously a terrible person with no regard for anyone but yourself. I never ever want to see you again, you steaming pile of horseshit! Go to hell!
Caleigh Irony/Sarcasm Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac: Bro, that's amazing. That's the best one yet.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dee: She hates your guts.
Dennis: Dee, this chick is so in love with me, she doesn't even know it.
Dee Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Oh, guys, I have a system, a foolproof system for getting any chick's undying love and devotion for life.
Dennis Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dennis: I'm talking about the DENNIS System.
Dennis Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: See, my success with women does not solely stem from my good looks and my charm.
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dee: A playboy? Is that how you see yourself?
Dennis: Yes.
Dee Dennis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: I told her, 'It's for my grandmother; she's quite ill,' thus demonstrating my value as a loving grandson and all-around great guy.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: You're forging prescriptions now?
Dee Reaction Beat Escalation Frank: I would have gone in and bought a box of Magnum condoms, thus demonstrating that I have a monster dong.
Frank Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Right. That comes off a little bit desperate, Frank.
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Now if you want to have a Magnum condom peeking out of your wallet when you go to pay, that's a different story.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: I personally try to engage the girl physically without ever going on the date, which to me is really just a waste of time and money.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: I'll tell her I know this great little restaurant that doesn't take reservations. That makes it sound cool, makes it sound exclusive. And then we get to the restaurant; the restaurant is closed, as of course, it always is on Sundays.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Oh, you're a part of this?
Dennis: Oh, yeah, Mac has a very special place in my system.
Mac: I can't go into my room because I found a black widow spider in there.
Mac Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: And then Dennis fires back that he wants some privacy so they can get to know each other more better.
Mac Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Dennis: And once we're on my bed, it is game over. I engage her physically, and the sexual waltz begins.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Mac: The pizza's good.
Dennis: You're the one that's good.
Mac Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Have her car towed. Or you can slash her tires. Either way, make her depend on you for rides.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: Or you can use my personal go-to, which is to create a fictional angry neighbor who's threatening her and tell her you'll take care of him.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: I'm watching you, you bitch! You're gonna die tonight!
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dee: Oh, for Christ's sake, you're a complete sociopath!
Dee Reaction Beat Observational Dennis: Don't interrupt, okay?
Dennis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Caleigh, listen, listen, wait. I want to tell you that the reason I was distant is because I was afraid you that were gonna break my heart, and I got scared. But I'm not scared anymore, baby. I love you. I need you.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dennis: And this is the best bang of all because it's very emotional for her. You see, she thinks she's broken through my tough exterior and coerced affection from a man who is afraid to love.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: And then I slink out into the night, never to talk to her again.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Actually, Dee, they end up loving me more than they ever thought was possible.
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mac: Yeah, Dee, you just don't get it, okay? This is what men do!
Dennis: Yeah.
Mac: This is what men do!
Charlie: This is men stuff!
Dennis: Yeah!
Charlie: Men stuff!
Mac: She don't have a boyfriend!
Dee: Yes, I do. Ben-- you know, the online soldier that I met. We're back together now, so...
Mac Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dee: He's in the car right now. I told him to wait for me.
Dee Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Dennis: So, wait, your guy has been waiting out here the whole time in the hot sun?
Dee: Yeah, I just told him to wait for me.
Dee: He kind of just does whatever I say. It's pretty great.
Dennis Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Mac: Why'd you tell him to do it with the windows up?
Charlie: I know, the engine's not even on
Frank: That's just cruel.
Dee: I didn't. I didn't. I just didn't tell him to do it with the windows down.
Dee: He's not, you know, the smartest, but...
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Ben: Hey, guys.
Dee: Hey, Dee.
Ben: I didn't see you there. Are you almost done?
Ben Dee Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dee: No! No, I don't, no. You just, you just stay where you are and... You know what, I'll text you when I'm wrapping up, and then you can crank the A.C., cool the car off for me.
Dee Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dennis: Dee, you're getting played. You're getting played big-time.
Dee: He's not doing...
Mac: Big-time!
Dee: ...anything.
Caleigh: I don't think your grandmother exists, Dennis.
Caleigh Reaction Beat Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Caleigh: Uh, yeah, I looked into it; there's no, um, uh, Dr. Toboggan in Philadelphia either.
Caleigh Escalation Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: What? No, dude. I'm trying to re-DENNIS this chick, so I can shove it in Dee's face.
Mac: What, uh, what is this swooping in business?
Mac: Oh, that's my system-- the MAC. 'Move in After Completion.'
Mac Callback Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: I wait till you're done with them, and then I swoop in, give them a shoulder to cry on, and then we hump.
Mac Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Oh, you've been humping these girls after I'm done with them?
Dennis Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Oh, yeah, dude. I come in as the sensitive intellectual type. Why do you think I'm always reading books and shit when we do the spider routine?
Mac Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: I thought you were just my wingman though.
Mac: No, no, I'm swimming in your wake.
Dennis: What are you doing here?
Frank: What do you mean? I'm here for the scraps.
Frank: I got my Magnum condoms. I got my wad of hundreds. I'm ready to plow.
Frank Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: You should see him feast. He's like a mantis. / It's amazing.
Frank: Oh, that's good. Call me that from now on. Mantis.
Mac: It's a delicate ecosystem. We got to... we got to stick with it.
Mac Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: I broke into her place. I ripped her sink apart. I brought a bag of hair.
Charlie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dennis: Do you know anything about plumbing?
Charlie: Uh, no.
Charlie: Maybe it's just over my head, this system.
Charlie: You know, maybe I should just stick to stalking.
Dennis: No.
Charlie: Maybe that's my system. She got a job at the fair. It could be fun to stalk her at a fair.
Dennis: What's happening is we're at the fair, Gladys, and you're going to act like my grandma, okay?
Gladys: My grandmother had an affair with Susan B. Anthony.
Dennis: I don't give a shit. Look, paying you not to talk, all right?
Dennis Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Waitress: There are no prizes, Charlie. It's just to see, 'How fast can you throw?'
Charlie: Oh, well, then, I guess I'll demonstrate my value to you by firing off a wicked hot fastball, huh?
Waitress: You know this game is for children, right?
Gladys: My grandmother was a lesbian.
Gladys Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback My grandmother was a lesbian.
Gladys Callback Absurdist Callback Frank: You look like a lizard.
Ben: I like turtles.
Frank: Dr. Toboggan. Nice to meet you.
Dennis: Frank, what the hell are you doing?
Frank: Uh, actually, it's Mantis. Mantis Toboggan, M.D.
Frank: I got your test results. You're positive. / You got the HIV. / Yes, AIDS, big-time.
Frank Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Frank: Did you see her face? Look at her. Look at her. I'm breaking her down. I'm making her feel worthless.
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: Ow! Ow!
Dee: Oh, you stabbed me! He stabbed me with a key! Someone! Someone call a doctor!
Dee: You idiot! Why would you stab me? I was flirting with you.
Carny: That guy paid me to.
Dee Carny Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dee: You want to have me stabbed?
Dennis: I was going to protect you from the stabbing.
Dee: Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
Charlie: You're supposed to let her get stabbed, hope that it hits a main artery, and then, as she's dying, you nurse her back to health, thereby making her totally dependent on you.
Charlie Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: Are you telling me you had your face painted like a goddamn frog person and you have no ulterior motive here?
Ben: I'm a lizard.
Dennis Ben Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Frank: Ooh. I dropped my monster condom that I use for my magnum dong.
Frank Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Ben: Dee, I don't like you.
Dee: Well, how is that possible?
Ben: You're a mean person.
Ben Dee Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Dennis: Ben's the only one who's using it properly. Ben, please explain how the system works.
Ben: I don't know what you're talking about.
Dennis Ben Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Waitress: System, my ass. I hate carnivals. I need a ride.
Waitress Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Waitress: System, my ass. I hate carnivals.
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