En route to Atlantic City for a charity event, Mac, Frank and Dee get lost. Meanwhile, Dennis and Charlie hitch a ride to town.
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“The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods” ranks #82 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.4 — Elite. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Frank landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: safe in the loving embrace of Mother Nature
Mac Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Dennis: she was totally legal. I always check their licenses
Dennis Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Frank: I only donated money to 'make a mockery of their cause' at the animal rights event
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dennis: Thank you for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime
Frank: Whatever
Frank Dennis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Frank: wants to 'fiddle around with and play with' exotic creatures at an animal rights event
Frank Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dennis: There's gonna be exotic creatures at the event.
Mac: Wait, so there's gonna be exotic creatures at the event?
Mac: zoos are animal prisons
Mac Character Comedy Misdirection Mac: Mac reveals he's been 'boning up' on animal rights literature specifically to have talking points with Chase Utley
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Dennis: Dennis warns Mac that security won't let him near Chase because of his 'creepy letters' and being 'on a list somewhere'
Dennis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: You're going after Ryan Howard all of a sudden
Mac Character Comedy Misdirection Sweet Dee: I'm a hot, single lady. He's a hot, single man.
Frank: Hot? Dee, you're pregnant as shit
Frank Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Frank: Frank reveals he's avoiding tolls despite spending tons on charity, leading to the 'toll jockey' rant
Frank Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: Squirrel!
Frank: crashes the car trying to avoid hitting it
Mac: You almost ran over that squirrel
Frank: So you should have let me mash it
Frank: I only donated money to 'make a mockery of their cause' at the animal rights event
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank: Animals should be food, rugs and trophies
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Dennis: Who wears a plastic suit?
Charlie: tie you up and put a sack on your head so you don't freak out
Charlie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Frank: a total waste of money
Frank Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Charlie: trees? Everywhere trees? What the hell is this place?
Sweet Dee: I refuse to walk because I'm pregnant and got a baby on board
Frank: won't walk because his leather suit is 'chafing me up like crazy'
Frank Visual Gag Character Comedy Callback Mac · Dennis: Mac reveals he's staying behind to 'oil up my glove' for Chase Utley, leading to Dennis's incredulous response
Dennis: I have a philosophy: I say yes to everything. Yes to adventure. Yes to experience. That's how you live.
Dennis: she was totally legal. I always check their licenses
Dennis Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch The trucker assumes Dennis and Charlie are 'lot lizards' (truck stop prostitutes)
Dennis and Charlie's confused attempts to deny being prostitutes while the trucker explains 'lot lizards'
Trucker: turn me into Swiss cheese
Trucker: make me into a mailbox
Byron Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Trucker: I will not suck you, and I will not be sucked on by you
Byron Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: Charlie is not an example of good health
Frank: We've been staring at each other for ten minutes
Frank: He's looking at me like he can see right through my soul
Frank Character Comedy Absurdist Mac: Animals can see souls. That is a fact of nature.
Mac Character Comedy Absurdist Byron: I thought we would slip into a room, and you could check my oil
Byron Cringe/Discomfort Callback Byron: split me open like a coconut
Byron Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Trucker: I got cash in my pocket, I got desire in my heart, and I'm a-frothin' and a-foamin'
Trucker Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: putting all their money on black at roulette
Dennis: panicking
Sweet Dee: I want to bash you, bunny
Sweet Dee: suck all the life out of it
Frank: I kicked a dog in a subway once, it was a real jerk move
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Frank and Mac singing 'Ave Maria' at the crow funeral while orchestral music plays
Frank: If animals have taught me anything, it's that you can easily die under a bus
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Chase Utley · Ryan Howard · Mac · Charlie: Chase Utley and Ryan Howard's confused reactions to Mac and Charlie's drunken behavior
Ryan Howard: Please don't touch me
Chase Utley: try not to hurt anybody tonight
Frank: I ate the crow
Frank: it's tearing me up inside
Frank Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Sweet Dee: Dee names the rabbit 'Peter Peter Nickel Eater' because it tried to eat a nickel
Mac: safe in the loving embrace of Mother Nature
Mac Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch New Trucker: The trucker who picks them up at the end calls Dennis 'Mr. Hottie'
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