Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.
WAR
42.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Did The Earth Move For You” ranks #76 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.5 — Great. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 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
Will: I'm a grown man sitting under a table hugging a teddy bear. I am not fine.
Aunt Viv: Well, yeah, I wanted to keep up with the Joneses, honey, not the Jetsons!
Will: Because every time I come near you, the ground starts moving. I'm just trying to get back to Philly... where the ground stays still and the people move.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Geoffrey: It was either the knob or one of you.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Geoffrey: Pardon me while I go get a knife.
Geoffrey Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Yes, Mom, I'm very happy with the holes that God gave me.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: I'd say so. Mom, no, I'm not making any extra work for Geoffrey. He hardly even knows I'm here.
Will: Yo, everything is Mop & Glo, Mom. They love me here.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Will · Uncle Phil: Will! Excuse me, Mom, me and Uncle Phil are about to go for a run.
Aunt Viv: To heat something up, I have to be Lt. Uhura of the Starship Enterprise.
Carlton: but I am not a happy camper.
Carlton Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Will: No, no, no, no, I wuv you more! All right, you wuv me more.
Will Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Hilary: Isn't that romantic? He's quoting Elmer Fudd.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Observational Carlton · Hilary: Hillary, you promised I could tell. -I know. I lied.
Hilary: Everyone from the A list is gonna be there, which means... none of my friends are gonna be there, which means... they are all going to corrode with envy and hate my guts. I love it!
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Will: Like his life isn't sad enough already.
Will Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Aunt Viv: No, Hilary, I bought a new set of Styrofoam.
Aunt Viv Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Hilary: Gosh, Mom, who put the rusty nails in your granola?
Hilary Wordplay/Pun Observational Aunt Viv: It's being cleaned! Is that a problem?
Uncle Phil: Not that observant. Kathleen, your blouse is unbuttoned.
Hilary: I feel like I'm sitting in coach.
Hilary Character Comedy Observational Geoffrey: Pardon me while I go get a knife.
Geoffrey Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Will: Actually, that was a puppy.
Will Setup/Punchline Misdirection Uncle Phil: This is the dinner table, not the back seat of a Chevy.
Uncle Phil: Don't come around here with no babies.
Will: You don't have to worry about us coming around here with no babies. I mean, we don't even know no babies.
Will Wordplay/Pun Absurdist Geoffrey: Now I won't have to slash your tires.
Geoffrey Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Ashley · Uncle Phil: This dress makes me want to puke. You can't even tell I have a figure. You're 13 years old. You're not allowed to have a figure.
Carlton: If you value your vision, you won't look directly into the rock.
Uncle Phil: Oh, I just spent an hour chasing my outfit on the new rotating dress rack.
Aunt Viv: Well, yeah, I wanted to keep up with the Joneses, honey, not the Jetsons!
Uncle Phil: No problem. We'll just hop on my dress rack and swing by.
Geoffrey: Boy, this is a rare treat. I get to cruise Beverly Hills in a Volvo.
Will: It's sort of like my lucky drawers, except I wear it on my hand.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Man, this door is like straight out of Blacula. It's like the '70s crawled up in here and died. Yeah, J.J. Walker's lips are probably around here somewhere.
Geoffrey: It's not me, Master Carlton, it's the road. It thinks it's an.... Earthquake!
Will: Baby, no, listen, no. The ground moved, okay? The ground. The ground moved. Nobody was bothering it, it just moved, all right?
Will Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Will: I'm a grown man sitting under a table hugging a teddy bear. I am not fine.
Will: I'm a grown man sitting under a table hugging a teddy bear. I am not fine.
Will: I may never see Zimbabwe. Never dunk on Michael Jordan. I may never see Rudy get married on The Cosbys.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Ashley: Try it and you'll be singing soprano.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will · Kathleen: But your spot is more comfortable. I know. That's why it's my spot.
Kathleen · Will: I put them in my little black purse. Oh! You wear contacts! Is that okay?
Will: Then why isn't it growing out your scalp?
Will Setup/Punchline Observational Will: Wind, rain, cheese steak, these are things I know.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: Because every time I come near you, the ground starts moving. I'm just trying to get back to Philly... where the ground stays still and the people move.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Geoffrey: It was either the knob or one of you.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Aunt Viv · Uncle Phil: Philip, are you trying to put the moves on me? Yes. Is it working? Yes.
Uncle Phil · Aunt Viv: It likes you. Well, honey, I hope it has a warranty.
Will · Kathleen: What's the magic word? -Now!
Will: Okay, look, Kathleen, in the last three hours... you took out your eyeballs, your fingernails... your eyelids, and your hair. Now what else on your body can I get at the mall?
Will Escalation Observational Will: Yeah, your mom sucks breath mints, too!
Will: Yeah, your mom sucks breath mints, too!
Kathleen: Oh, yeah, like who? Dumbo's mother?
Will: Well, I'm sorry, but I couldn't find any Lee Press-On Ears.
Will Setup/Punchline Callback Callback Will · Kathleen: Hey, hey, don't be dissing my bear! Well, don't be dissing my hair.
Will: Listen to me, I'm starting to sound like my Uncle Phil. Next thing I know, I'm going to wake up bald and hungry.
Uncle Phil · Aunt Viv: All it took was an earthquake. You think something hit him on the head?
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