As Vivian's delivery date approaches, the family fantasizes about what the baby will mean to each of them: Ashley feels all but invisible, Geoffrey feels overwhelmed by the family's demands, and Vivian feels like she's having triplets.
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“Bundle Of Joy” ranks #21 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.1 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 3.1 per minute, averaging 6.9 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
Will: He pretends he doesn't like the family... but deep down inside he really hates us.
Will Misdirection Character Comedy Ashley: Where'd everybody go?
Ashley Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Ashley · Will: Maybe I'd just be better off being invisible. - I'm sorry, what'd you say, Ash?
Ashley: Like when you took me up to the attic window... and told me I could fly? Or when you told me it was okay to roller skate down the steps.
Ashley Dark/Subversive Escalation Will: Now, you can finally have the son you always wanted.
Will Character Comedy Callback All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Y ou know, I used to think the only reason to kill a man was self-defense... but I just spent 45 minutes in the Volvo with another reason.
Will Setup/Punchline Misdirection Unknown family member: This idiot is taking a mime class.
Will · Carlton: Carlton performing mime actions while Will threatens him
Will Carlton Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Will: A mime is a terrible thing to waste.
Will Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline Will: Some of us more than others.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: And this is your mommy... and she look like she eating for a couple of brothers herself.
Will Observational Character Comedy Will: Y ou know, I was going to knit some booties or something... but you know, I had to get yarn... and needles and... I'd have had to learn how to knit.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Phil · Will: Will, I'm eating. - Y ou'll hear a lot of that. - Y ou're grounded.
Phil Will Callback Character Comedy Callback Will: Okay, that about sums up Uncle Phil.
Will Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Carlton: Y ou're sick, man. See a therapist, okay?
Carlton Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Will · Ashley: Care to elaborate? - A lot.
Will: Don't feel bad. She just mad 'cause she found out she ain't adopted.
Will Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Ashley Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Will: Hey, I move all the time. Let's have a party.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy Ashley: What do I have to do, spit up on your shirt?
Ashley Character Comedy Observational Ashley: Y'all hear something? Y eah, how about me screaming at the top of my lungs?
Ashley Escalation Character Comedy Phil · Will · Vivian: That little girl who used to hang out around here. Pretty little thing. Black hair. - Amanda. Ashley. - Or was it Anna? - No. Ashley.
Phil: I'm pretty sure it was Appalonia.
Will: Now, here come your two eldest siblings, Dopey and Greedy.
Will Character Comedy Observational Will: No, man, for my money, classic musical comedy: Milli Vanilli.
Will Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Will · Carlton: Shut up, Carlton. - Good call.
Ashley: Like when you took me up to the attic window... and told me I could fly? Or when you told me it was okay to roller skate down the steps.
Ashley Dark/Subversive Escalation Geoffrey: Judging by your lovely brothers and sisters... you're going to need an insurance policy before you're potty trained.
Hilary: Mom's 50 years old and you haven't pushed her out the door.
Hilary Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hilary · Ashley: Aren't you forgetting something, baby sister? - You're prettier than I'll ever be. - Something else.
Hilary: So, tell me about your day at school... and move a little to the left.
Hilary Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Hilary: Y ou poor baby. Use the other arm.
Hilary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Ashley: Oh, goody, a shoeshine kit.
Ashley Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Ashley · Hilary: Can I put the fan down first? - This time. It is your birthday.
Hilary: A spit polish. I meant on the shoes.
Hilary Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Ashley · Will: Maybe I'd just be better off being invisible. - I'm sorry, what'd you say, Ash?
Will: Y ou'll recognize him, he'll be the one at eye-level.
Will Character Comedy Observational Carlton: Two birds! Two birds!
Carlton Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Phil: I remember something about twins... and I have this incredible urge for a sausage.
Carlton: We'll have to split the inheritance four ways... thanks to Forget-the-pill Phil.
Carlton Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: Now, you can finally have the son you always wanted.
Will Character Comedy Callback Geoffrey: Preferably a young nanny... amply endowed, with no inhibitions.
Vivian · Geoffrey: An explanation. - Mid-life crisis.
Hilary: Geoffrey is so lazy.
Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Geoffrey: Calgon, take me away!
Will: He pretends he doesn't like the family... but deep down inside he really hates us.
Will Misdirection Character Comedy Carlton: Will, we're talking about kids, not malt liquor.
Carlton Character Comedy Observational Will: Why don't you shut up before we send you back... to that white family that dropped you off on the doorstep?
Will Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Will · Fantasy Wife · Fantasy Kids: Will's perfect family fantasy sequence
Fantasy Will: Today we shot La Toya Jackson. And I had to keep turning the lights off 'cause she was melting.
Fantasy Will: Hey, Shaquille, Barkley, Jordan.
Fantasy Kid: What are hoops?
Fantasy Will: Y ou, you, you! Why must everything always be about you?
Fantasy Will: I want a girl with extensions in her hair... and bamboo earrings, at least two pair.
Will: Last time we sat around like this is when they reran Roots.
Carlton: Hey, it's a cruel world, big guy... and you're not going to be in it forever.
Carlton Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Geoffrey: Zip-a-dee, and might I add doo-dah!
Hilary: Okay, but I'm not sitting between you and the dessert cart. Last time I almost lost an eye.
Hilary Character Comedy Visual Gag Callback Hilary: Why don't we just go eat out of a dumpster?
Hilary Character Comedy Observational Ashley: Where'd everybody go?
Ashley Visual Gag Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Geoffrey: Geoffrey's rant about Will's sneakers and women
Geoffrey Character Comedy Escalation Callback Top Episodes — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
