Philip is quick to judge an ex-con Will urged him to hire as a handyman and temporary assistant after the house is robbed.
WAR
41.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Robbing The Banks” ranks #86 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.5 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.6 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 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: You know, Uncle Phil, if we're lucky, she'll come back as Clair Huxtable.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Vivian: I could very easily rip out your heart, eat it, and then have a cappuccino.
Vivian Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Ashley: Really, didn't look like it. Somebody wrote all over it. But, don't worry, I cleaned it off for you.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: The pen? Please tell me that's slang for the Valley.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Yeah, if this wall weren't in my way, mister, you'd be plenty sorry.
Will Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: I mean, I had to sell half your coin collection just to buy it.
Will Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Carlton: I'm sorry. Will, seek help.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: The honeys might get a little nervous if they see me with a midget.
Will Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Will: Oh, really? Well, I got ten spankies here that said you're going to the beach.
Will Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Carlton Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: How thrilling for you!
Vivian: I could very easily rip out your heart, eat it, and then have a cappuccino.
Vivian Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Hallmark couldn't have put it any better.
Philip: Me, too, but I still get things done.
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Geoffrey: You paid for your own dinner.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Hilary: Now, if anyone asks, I'm 21 and I fought in Desert Storm.
Hilary Absurdist Character Comedy Will: You know, Uncle Phil, if we're lucky, she'll come back as Clair Huxtable.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: Look, a black Howdy Doody.
Will Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Will: If it's your nose, I think I know where you left it.
Will Setup/Punchline Physical/Slapstick Will: Ed, do you want me to get you some knee pads?
Hector (via note): Dear Mr. Banks, how can I put this? Your wife is crazy, and you're cheap. L quit, adios, Hector.
Geoffrey: Even Aladdin only got three wishes.
Will: Your pop had a bit of a drinking problem though, didn't he?
Will Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Will: A gentleman would at least give me dinner first.
Will: Hey, Jamal, why don't you offer him this Kit Kat--
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Girl, you look so good, I wish I could plant you and grow a whole field of you all.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Will: Word? That's kind of fly, man.
Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: Love you, too, Uncle Phil.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Will · Geoffrey: I can get 300 spankies for this. $225, tops. I tried selling it yesterday.
Hilary: And could you pick up my dress from the dry cleaner's?
Hilary Escalation Character Comedy Ashley: While you're at it, could you type up your thoughts on the industrial revolution? You know, double space it and put my name on it?
Ashley Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Carlton: The pen? Please tell me that's slang for the Valley.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Ashley: Oh, my God, I've got to make myself look less attractive.
Ashley Character Comedy Absurdist Hilary: Oh, my God, I've got to make myself look less attractive. I know, I'll put on something of Mom's.
Hilary Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: You know, Hilary, I don't even think it's possible for you to be prettier than you thought.
Will Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Carlton: But, what could you possibly have of any value?
Carlton Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Will: Where's my Willie? Carlton, I can't find my Willie.
Will: Where's my Willie? Carlton, I can't find my Willie.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Carlton · Will: If it looks like a duck, smells like a duck and sounds like a duck, what is it? Your prom date?
Carlton: I told you, she had a cold.
Carlton Character Comedy Reaction Beat Carlton: I told you, she had a cold.
Carlton Callback Character Comedy Callback Carlton · Luther: Hey, Luther, you dropped your wallet. No, that's yours.
Carlton: So it is. How honest of you to say so.
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Will: The word is 'idiot,' man. Can't you see he's innocent?
Will: about them calls you been making to 1-900-HORNY.
Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Will: Maybe Luther took all our stuff to get it Scotchgarded.
Will Absurdist Setup/Punchline Ashley: My Tevin Campbell posters. If he touched them, I'll hunt him down like a dog.
Ashley Character Comedy Escalation Will Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Will: If you had let me go to the beach, then none of this would have never happened.
Will Character Comedy Callback Will: Luther's in the house. Yeah, you're right. Dig me with my bad self, huh?
Will Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Will: Yeah, if this wall weren't in my way, mister, you'd be plenty sorry.
Will Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Will: Damn, that was fast. You know, they must have thought we was white folks.
Will Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Philip: The man is obviously a deviant.
Philip Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Callback Philip: The man is obviously a deviant.
Philip Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Luther: Yeah, don't work for you.
Luther Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Ashley · Carlton · Ashley: Yeah, but he took Will's baseball. You mean the one in the plastic case? I borrowed it for batting practice.
Ashley: Somebody wrote all over it. But, don't worry, I cleaned it off for you.
Ashley Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Ashley: Really, didn't look like it. Somebody wrote all over it. But, don't worry, I cleaned it off for you.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Will: baseball game where man with stick hit ball and run. Sort of like this.
Will Callback Physical/Slapstick Callback Will: See, baseball game where man with stick hit ball and run. Sort of like this.
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