Dee faces an IRS audit over her claim that the baby she carried as a surrogate is her dependent, while the guys decide to run the bar in an unemotional, democratic manner rather than their typical method of shouting and personal attacks.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Sweet Dee Gets Audited” ranks #73 of 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.8 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.0 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Charlie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
IRS Agent: Your license plate says '$CAMMIN.'
Dennis: At times like this, I-I like to quench my thirst with a delicious Wolf Cola.
Dennis Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: It's the dead dog from the alleyway. I was compromising.
Charlie Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: What you really need to be doing is convincing the IRS that Dee's baby is dead.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Frank: How many babies you need?
Dee: Yeah. Just the one baby.
Frank: How long? Couple hours?
All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Charlie: Oh, 'cause I put a bunch of rocks in 'em.
Charlie Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Charlie: Well, you know how they were broken, so I was, like, filling them with ice. Now the ice machine's broken, so I'm just filling them up with rocks.
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Mac: Oh, something just dripped in my mouth!
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Physical/Slapstick Frank: What'd it taste like?
Frank Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: Who gives a shit what it tasted like, Frank?
Mac Reaction Beat Character Comedy Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dee: My surrogate money came in. 30 G's, babies.
Dee Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Dee: What the hell are you talking about? You did nothing for nine months.
Dee Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dee: Okay, I made all the contacts, I pushed that little monkey out and now I'm going to be claiming him as a dependent and getting tax breaks for the next 18 years.
Dee Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Dee: Uh, you guys all better eat a dick, 'cause Sweet Dee beat the system.
Dee Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dee: Whatever god you're selling, I ain't buying it.
Dee Character Comedy Misdirection Dee: Letters? What is it, 1986? I don't do letters, lady. I'm all digital.
Dee Character Comedy Observational IRS Agent: Your license plate says '$CAMMIN.'
IRS Agent: Uh, no.
Dee: What do you mean no?
IRS Agent: Yes.
Dee: But now's not a great time, you know what I mean? Because I left him in the car-- with the window down of course.
Dee Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort Mac: Because you're sleazy and we don't trust you.
Mac Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dennis: Emotion will be suppressed and reason will prevail. Reason will prevail!
Dennis: You don't have to say it right now, because I'm just explaining to Frank that reason will prevail...
Mac: Reason will prevail!
Dennis Mac Running Gag Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Charlie: Like one that comes to mind is the dead dog.
Mac: What dead dog?
Charlie: The dead dog in the alley.
Mac: Okay... Uh, okay, sometimes dogs die.
Mac Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Mac: I don't know how to express myself unless through anger and personal attack!
Mac Meta/Self-Referential Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: I want a dog funeral!
Dennis: But that dog is turning into hot soup out there in the sun.
Dennis Visual Gag Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Charlie: What the hell?! Thin limes?! People will choke! People will die!
Charlie Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Charlie: I'm going to put my thumb through your eye, you little bitch!
Dennis: That's two votes against two votes. A perfect example of when democracy has failed.
Dennis Irony/Sarcasm Observational ★ Rewatch Mac: Are you having another baby?
Mac Callback Character Comedy Callback Dee: I just got to find a baby by 3:00 in the afternoon.
Dee Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Frank: How many babies you need?
Dee: Yeah. Just the one baby.
Frank: How long? Couple hours?
Frank: You want it for life or you...? Just a short-time baby.
Frank Dee Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: We are now the Pickle Party.
Charlie Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Charlie: Give me a beer with a pickle in it.
Charlie: If you're not as educated or as informed, what you do is you start your own party and you yell the loudest.
Charlie Meta/Self-Referential Observational ★ Rewatch Mac: Reason will prevail.
Charlie: Pickles will prevail!
Charlie: Big. It should be the centerpiece of the whole room. I mean, it should dominate every conversation.
Mac: That's gonna be terrifying!
Charlie: It should be terrifying. That's how you know God loves you, Charlie.
Mac Charlie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: You're a piece of shit and you're ugly and you ooze sleaze and you're very, very ugly.
Dennis Character Comedy Escalation Frank: Wolf Cola, that's a bogus soda distributor. I made it up. It's fake!
Frank Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Charlie: He's gotta be drenched in blood. I mean, covered in blood.
IRS Agent: You're sweating profusely.
Crying baby! Crying baby here!
Mac: Do you really want a kidnapping on top of all the other shit you got going on right now?
Mac Dark/Subversive Escalation Dee: Very, very sick baby. Very sick baby!
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Dennis: I like to call it my, uh, my God hole.
Dennis Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dennis: What you really need to be doing is convincing the IRS that Dee's baby is dead.
Dennis Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch This is dark. Darkest thing we've ever done.
Mac Charlie Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Mac Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Dee: I can't cry on command.
Dennis: Jesus Christ, Dee. I mean, how are you planning on becoming an actress at all? You can't make people laugh, 'cause you're not funny, you can't cry on command. What can you do?
Dennis: At times like this, I-I like to quench my thirst with a delicious Wolf Cola.
Dennis Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: There's nothing like that... to wash away the sorrow.
Dennis Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Dee: You were my special angel. And only angels can fly.
Dee Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dee: Are my eyes bleeding? Oh, my God, is there blood?! You son of a bitch!
Dee Physical/Slapstick Escalation Callback Charlie: Before you could walk. Before you could talk. And before you had the chance to get together the proper paperwork
Charlie Escalation Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Dennis: Wolf Cola, everyone. It's the right cola for closure.
Dennis Absurdist Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Mac: Prepare for your hearts to turn to stones!
Charlie: It's the dead dog from the alleyway. I was compromising.
Charlie Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dennis: all in favor of going back to the old system of organized chaos, where emotion trumps reason every single time and we just yell at each other to get the shit that we want, raise your hands.
Dennis Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
