After being banned for 10 years from a local drinking competition appropriately named "Flipadelphia," the gang tries to reignite their old rivalry with another local bar. Finding that they are in need of some serious practice, the guys head to Dennis' old fraternity house at the University of Pennsylvania to get their game up to speed while Dee hones her skills on her own. Frank wears skinny pants.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“The Gang Reignites the Rivalry” ranks #138 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 74.2 — Great. The episode packs 47 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 6.7 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
Dee: I thought you guys believed in me. You were so proud of me...
Dennis: Oh, no. We knew you were gonna choke.
Dennis: Yeah, in that movie, Matt Damon played a genius janitor. You're just a janitor.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Frank: I'm doing this jerk-off's taxes! Next year the I.R.S. Will audit the piss out of him!
Frank Escalation Character Comedy Mac: No, we did poison the shit out of them. But they didn't have any proof.
Mac Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline Mac: Flip cup. Ten years ago? We poisoned you, dude. Remember?
Mac Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement All Jokes — 47 analyzed
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Dennis: I am getting a tremendous amount of enjoyment watching you parade around in those things. So I say keep them.
Dennis Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mac: Big news, bitches! The ban's been lifted. And we are back in. Flipadelphia, here we come!
Mac Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Flip, flip, Flipadelphia!
Mac: No, we did poison the shit out of them. But they didn't have any proof.
Mac Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline Mac: This year we're gonna jam it right up their butt holes...
Mac: Yeah, me, Dennis and Charlie will jam their butt holes.
Dennis: You're not gonna come anywhere near their butt holes. Let us handle the butt holes.
Dee Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Charlie: You choked under pressure in '98. You blew the whole thing. We were gonna win. And then you couldn't flip your damn cup over.
Charlie Character Comedy Callback Callback Mac: Flip cup. Ten years ago? We poisoned you, dude. Remember?
Mac Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Mac: Who's to say we didn't put that very same poison in the drinking water?...
Dennis: He's lying. He doesn't have any poison...
Mac: No, I don't have any on me. But I do keep some in my fridge at home in the relish jar.
Mac Escalation Dark/Subversive Frank: There's poison in that jar? I thought I was allergic to pickles.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy Mac: What's in the jar with the skull and crossbones?
Frank: Oh, that's mayonnaise. That's a decoy. And the mayo? That's shampoo.
Frank: You're telling me I've been putting shampoo on my sandwiches?
Frank Reaction Beat Absurdist Mac: We came to tell you we're reigniting the rivalry, dick worm.
Mac Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Mac urinating on Art's bar after being called childish
Mac Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm Mac: Your mother had to have a C-section because of those hands.
Mac Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Dennis: Maybe you could be, um, team instigator...
Frank: I'll instigate.
Charlie: That was, like, 15 years ago. I don't think you'd have any clout there...
Dennis: It doesn't matter, man. I was the king of that place. I'm a legend over there.
Dennis: I chug dick? No. What? I never- I don't chug dick. That's crazy.
Dennis Visual Gag Cringe/Discomfort Frat student: Dude, we were cruising in sixth grade in '98, man.
Oh, he's a pledge. And we're zapping his nuts with a stun gun every couple of hours.
Frank: Oh, man! You got any ludes?
Frat student: Ludes? I don't think they make those anymore, man.
Dennis: Don't do that shit again, you little idiot! Have some respect for a brother, okay? I'm a legend around this place.
Dennis Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Frat student: Flip cup? What are you, a freshman? That is so lame.
Dennis and Frank's drug-fueled rant about the disrespectful frat kids
Dennis: Yeah, in that movie, Matt Damon played a genius janitor. You're just a janitor.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Charlie: Right. You stumped me with that one. That's a good point.
Charlie Reaction Beat Character Comedy Frank: Or I'd take a banana and stick it up some guy's ass in front of his best friend. And I'd be like, 'Hey! Banana ass! How you doing?'
Frank Dark/Subversive Escalation Frank: Or maybe I'd, like, uh- I'd like take the tip of my penis and stick it in a guy's mouth for, like, just a second, you know what I mean? Like while he was sleeping.
Frank Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Frank: Well, what I'm doing is I'm cutting the shower curtain in half waist high so that when he's in using it, people can see his junk.
Frank Character Comedy Escalation College girl: When we shower together and wash each other off.
Charlie: Oh! Bet you're reading a lot of Gordon Wood, huh! You read your Gordon Wood and you regurgitate it from a textbook and you think you're wicked awesome doing that!
Charlie Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Frat student: I have no idea what you're talking about. You are an idiot.
Frank: I'm doing this jerk-off's taxes! Next year the I.R.S. Will audit the piss out of him!
Frank Escalation Character Comedy Frank creating a poop swastika on Art's lawn
Frank Visual Gag Dark/Subversive Charlie: if I had known college was anything like that, the amount of book learning I would have put to my brain- Read! And math, dude!
Charlie Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Dennis: Goddamn it. This feels forced. I... I'm not into it. I'm definitely forcing it.
Dennis Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Mac: Oh, what's going on is that you just drank a cup of poison! Paddy's Pub, bitches!
Mac Dark/Subversive Callback Callback Dee: I thought you guys believed in me. You were so proud of me...
Dennis: Oh, no. We knew you were gonna choke.
Dee: I thought you guys believed in me. You were so proud of me.
Mac: Oh, no. We knew you were gonna choke.
Mac: Yeah. Yeah. We knew you'd pretty much choke under pressure.
Dee Mac Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Frank · Mac · Dennis: Frank struggling to remove his skinny jeans while the others try to help
Frank: Frank struggling with skinny jeans - can't remove them, no circulation
Frank Visual Gag Callback Callback Dennis: Oh, Flipadelphia! Oh, sh... Was that today?
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Callback Callback Mac: Oh, Flipadelphia! Oh, sh... Was that today? Yeah, dude.
Mac Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dennis: Who slams a door? Babies. That guy's got some real growing up to do. I mean, have some respect, for Christ's sake. Goddamn savage. I am a legend.
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