The gang have much to prove when they attend their high-school reunion. They meet old friends and make new foes as they stroll down memory lane.
WAR
16.3
Wins Above Replacement
“The High School Reunion (1)” ranks #176 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 65.8 — Mixed. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 1.8 per minute, averaging 6.4 on craft and 6.3 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
Charlie: Oh, the box of hornets.
Charlie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: It's not acne, actually. No, no, it's hornet scars.
Brad Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: Adriano made fake tickets. Those tickets are fake!
Mac Callback Character Comedy Callback Dennis: The dead tooth-- it spurted in my nose, it stinks. What is that supposed to be?
Maureen: That's where your monthly payments are going. That's a diamond tooth, Dennis.
Dennis: it is gonna propel me back into the mid-'90s when Dennis Reynolds was a golden god
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Group chanting 'Reunion! Reunion!' repeatedly with increasing energy
Dennis: That's a stupid song.
Dennis: it is gonna propel me back into the mid-'90s when Dennis Reynolds was a golden god
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dee: No brace, fools! Baby got back!
Dee Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dennis: Sir Mix-a-Lot was not talking about women whose backs have recovered from horrific spinal disorder. He was talking about gorgeous black women and their big beautiful black butts.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: I'm packing a couple extra pair of underwear in case I get an atomic wedgie.
Charlie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Charlie: And if it does happen, I'm gonna get high, I'm gonna go to the bathroom, I'm gonna huff stuff.
Charlie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Mac: Nah, I think he does. You guys were pretty much nothing in high school.
Mac Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank being denied entry for not being faculty or alumni, then drinking alone in parking lot
Frank Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Frank: We smashed all the beers.
Frank Callback Absurdist Callback Charlie: Well, she was definitely the prettiest girl in school.
Mac: She was not. She was not, no.
Mac: Maybe the most forgettable girl in school.
Dee: Yeah, which, by the way, is the worst thing you could be in high school.
Charlie: Oh, the box of hornets.
Charlie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: It's not acne, actually. No, no, it's hornet scars.
Brad Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: I'm probably not gonna wear mine. I mean, who wears a name tag, right? That's not cool.
Mac Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Mac's name tag reading 'Ronald McDonald' and his extreme discomfort
Dee: It's Adriano Calvaniste, Charlie. It's the guy who coined the name 'Aluminum monster.'
Dee Character Comedy Callback Callback Dee: He called you Dirtgrub and he made you eat spiders.
Charlie: Oh, that guy!
Dee: Yes. I mean, no. People don't call me that anymore, but yeah.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Adriano: Hey, Ronald McDonald, right?
Mac: No, no. For your information, nobody calls me that.
'Cause he was a nark and a tattletale, and he became the main drug dealer when he told on the other main drug dealer.
Adriano Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Adriano: Well, looks like the rat got a little too much cheese, huh? Fat.
Mac: I put on mass. We eat a lot of cheese. To put on mass.
Mac Character Comedy Running Gag Mac: I only gave ringworm to Charlie. I got it from my dog Poppins, and then Charlie and I were wrestling every day because we were trying out for the wrestling team
Mac Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Hope you suck each other's rotten peckers until you get mouth cancer.
Adriano Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Dee: For some reason, homophobia, it's just, it's awesome to these guys. I'm sewing myself in.
Dee Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Dennis: So do do not talk to me for the rest of the night, and know that I won't be talking to you, because you lower my stock.
Dennis Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Frank: Look, I got myself a name tag. I'm Nicki Potnick.
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy Dennis: Okay, Frank, first off, Nicki Potnick is a girl, okay? And secondly, she's not 65 years old.
Dennis Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: The dead tooth-- it spurted in my nose, it stinks. What is that supposed to be?
Maureen: That's where your monthly payments are going. That's a diamond tooth, Dennis.
Dennis: Put a diamond on anything that's dead, and it's still dead, Maureen. It's rotting.
Dennis Deadpan/Understatement Observational Cricket: I went to go find my name tag-- they didn't even have one. It's like-- it's like what, I never existed?
Cricket Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Cricket: Well, actually it's Father Mara again. Is it? I cleaned up, yes, and I was welcomed back into the cloth.
Adriano: So I tell you what, Crick, should I put my balls on your chin now or later, huh?
Adriano Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Waitress: Probably not. Sat behind you in Spanish, remember? Sat... sat right next to you in Algebra one.
Waitress Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Frank: Wow, I just shook your dead tooth wife. I mean, I had to wash my hands and face.
Frank Callback Visual Gag Callback Dennis: Don't you play coy with me, you little bitch. I'm going to stay right here, and I'm going to wait for my minions to swarm me.
Dennis Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bartender giving Charlie and Mac only 4 drink tickets total, leading to argument about the 'pretty boy' and 'longhair'
Mac: Adriano made fake tickets. Those tickets are fake!
Mac Callback Character Comedy Callback Adriano: Wow. Ronnie the Rat strikes again, huh?
Adriano Callback Character Comedy Callback Charlie: I'm going to go to the bathroom, I'm going to find stuff to huff, I'm going to get high. If I'm the Dirtgrub, I'm going to be the Dirtgrub.
Charlie Callback Dark/Subversive Callback Mac: Charlie, Charlie, don't put the bleach and the ammonia together! It's going to knock the shit out of you.
Mac Dark/Subversive Escalation Adriano: Yeah, probably. That's what these gay guys do, they just... knock each other out with poppers, and then find some kinda rabies-infested rodent to tickle each other's taints with.
Brad: I've been waiting a long time for this.
Brad Callback Dark/Subversive Callback Mac · Frank · Adriano: Mac and Frank getting wedgied and stuffed in lockers by Adriano and friends
Cricket: It's her fault. She told me she loved me. We were supposed to be together forever.
Cricket Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dee: Yeah, I told him I loved him once, but that was like four years ago.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement Cricket's revelation about stealing jewelry and being covered in ringworm after Dee told him she loved him
Adriano: To think I was going to let you jack me off...
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