Jailed, Will and Carlton stage a media stunt.
WAR
41.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Mistaken Identity” ranks #27 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 80.6 — Elite. The episode packs 41 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.1 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Will landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Carlton · Will: What do you say to an Oreo? I say, 'What's up, Carlton?'
Philip: I asked myself that question the first time I was stopped. Good night, son.
Philip Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: We were breaking the slowness limit. Okay, I've never heard of that law before. But I did hear this other law. It's the 'if you see a Black guy driving anything but a burned-out Pinto... you better stop him because he stole it' law.
Will Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Any time you see a White guy in jail, you know he did something bad.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Carlton: I have a 3.95 grade point average... which would have been 4.0, except I had to take a ceramics class... and my pot exploded in my kiln.
Carlton Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 41 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Carlton · Philip · Vivian: Why can't Geoffrey baby-sit her? Because we're giving him the weekend off. You mean I'm going to have to get my own breakfast, too?
Carlton · Philip: Am I being punished for something? I was just asking myself that same question.
Ashley: But, Dad, I'm only nine. Can't Hilary take care of herself?
Ashley Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hilary: Well, I'm in a bad mood, and somebody is going to suffer.
Hilary Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Will: Yo, Palm Springs, the home of the dental floss bikini.
Will Observational Character Comedy Philip · Will: You're not going. You better tell that to my mojo because his bags is packed.
Geoffrey: Right away, sir. I shall tend to my hernia a bit later.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will · Philip: Did you see that movie House Party? No. Did you see The Terminator?
Will: Yo, G. Did you leave a vacuum cleaner on? I just heard a loud sucking noise.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton: This is a Black thing, isn't it?
Carlton Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Will: Four: Get the stick out of your butt!
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Carlton · Will: What do you say to an Oreo? I say, 'What's up, Carlton?'
Will: Look, thanks a lot, man. Now we got to go back and get my head! And I really liked that head.
Will Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Will · Carlton: Punch it, man. We're in a Benz. Are you crazy? I call this a lucky break. A policeman is our pal. We can ask him for directions.
Will: Fool, this is not The Love Connection.
Will · Carlton · Police Officer: He's going to tell us to get out of the car. You watch too much TV. Get out of the car.
Officer · Will · Carlton: Where are you from? LA. Not exactly... Next question, please.
Carlton: Actually we come from Bel-Air. In fact, we live two houses away from the Reagans. We have the same pool man.
Carlton Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Police Officer: Sure. And while you're at it... you might want to give Ron and Nancy a ring-a-ding-ding.
Mrs. Furth: Yale? Marvelous. I've got to go now. See you soon, dear.
Philip: It probably wasn't Yale or Carlton. It probably wasn't even the phone.
Philip Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ashley · Hilary: Hilary, you're sitting right next to the phone. I don't care. I'm your babysitter. I command you.
Hilary · Geoffrey: Let me know if it's for me. But, Miss Hilary, I'm off duty. And you're sitting right next to the phone. Yeah, but you're facing the phone.
Geoffrey Wordplay/Pun Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: I'm tired of doing favors for you spoilt children. I'm off duty. I am not an animal.
Geoffrey Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Carlton: I have a 3.95 grade point average... which would have been 4.0, except I had to take a ceramics class... and my pot exploded in my kiln.
Carlton Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: Neither will I. The cops took my fake ID.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Any time you see a White guy in jail, you know he did something bad.
Will Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Word to Big Bird. We flicked eight Benzitos, 15 Jags, and a Maserati! But I didn't like the upholstery so I took it back, Jack!
Will Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Vivian: This is the biggest amateur operation I have seen since Mayberry R.F.D.
Vivian: Calm yourself, Barney Fife.
Vivian Character Comedy Callback Police Officer: Open the cell, Jerry.
Philip: or I'll tie this place up with so much litigation... that your grandchildren are gonna need lawyers!
Philip Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will Character Comedy Callback Callback Hilary: To reward her, we went to this café that's owned by John Cougar Mellencamp... Kim Basinger, and Doogie Howser's business manager.
Hilary Character Comedy Absurdist Ashley: Hi, Mom! Hi, Dad! Let's go play! Come on, everybody, let's go play!
Ashley Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Hilary: Arrested? By who? The fashion police?
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: We were breaking the slowness limit. Okay, I've never heard of that law before. But I did hear this other law. It's the 'if you see a Black guy driving anything but a burned-out Pinto... you better stop him because he stole it' law.
Will Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: We were breaking the slowness limit. Okay, I've never heard of that law before. But I did hear this other law. It's the 'if you see a Black guy driving anything but a burned-out Pinto... you better stop him because he stole it' law.
Will Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Will: No map is going to save you, and neither is your glee club... or your fancy Bel-Air address or who your daddy is. When you're driving in a nice car in a strange neighborhood... none of that matters. They only see one thing.
Will Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Philip: I asked myself that question the first time I was stopped. Good night, son.
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