Thanks to relationship counseling, Will and Lisa hop to move on up to a new understanding in preparation for marriage. Meanwhile Hillary wants Geoffrey to work at her new home.
WAR
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Wins Above Replacement
“Will Is From Mars” ranks #113 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.0 — Solid. The episode packs 82 scored jokes at 4.1 per minute, averaging 6.3 on craft and 6.5 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
George: Your mother died. Your mother is dead. Your mother ain't living no more.
George Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: Not on what you're paying me. But for 35,000, I'll slap you silly.
Geoffrey Setup/Punchline Escalation ★ Rewatch Louise: He looks like a car coming down the road with both doors open.
Louise Setup/Punchline Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Geoffrey: You call him 'Daddy.'
Will · Phil · Will: No, we used bats. / On each other? / Oh, no, no. We beat up this old couple.
All Jokes — 82 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Will: Come on, Ash, it's not the size that counts.
Ashley Setup/Punchline Reaction Beat Will: I couldn't afford the real cubic zirconia.
Will Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Will: Nothing says loving like something from the oven.
Will: And Will Smith says it best.
Will Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Will: What y'all watching, a Rosie Perez movie?
Carlton: Hilary gave us a tape of her talk show and made us promise to watch. It's been on for three minutes, and we're almost done.
Carlton Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: It's that thong underwear you bought me for Christmas.
Will Cringe/Discomfort Misdirection Lisa: My living room. Thanks to you, my apartment is flooded.
Lisa Misdirection Setup/Punchline Will: Tell her, y'all. Didn't I just fix the toaster?
Will Setup/Punchline Visual Gag Will: See? Before it wouldn't even get past the door.
Will Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Ashley: Thanks, Will. In the morning, I'll set it on dark and it'll meet me at school.
Ashley Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Carlton: I love a good old-fashioned sleepover. What say we rent a musical... pop some corn and after that, dare I say, Yahtzee?
Carlton Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Will Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Geoffrey: It was, 20 years ago.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline Hilary: Your wit, ha-ha-ha... your charm... your wit. Ha, ha.
Hilary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Hilary: Oh, what do you call that big loud thing that sucks up everything?
Hilary Setup/Punchline Misdirection Geoffrey: You call him 'Daddy.'
Geoffrey: I'm expected to be on call for his 3 a.m. feeding.
Hilary: The extra money could get you that Beemer.
Hilary Character Comedy Escalation Geoffrey: Well, it's not as if he gave her a kidney.
Will: [IN SPANISH ACCENT] Hey, Lucy, I home.
Will: Girl, exactly what part of that chicken are you cooking?
Will Observational Setup/Punchline Will: [COUGHING] Oh, damn, I swallowed it!
Will Physical/Slapstick Escalation Callback Will: Oh, and it was finger-licking good, baby.
Will Callback Deadpan/Understatement Phil: As lovely as that stinks... Uh, uh, smells.
Phil Character Comedy Callback Will: Note: Buy Reese's Pieces for desk jar.
Will: Yeah. But I could damn sure go for some Reese's Pieces.
Will Callback Deadpan/Understatement Callback Will: Look here, Uncle Phil, I'm from Philly. You know what I mean? I was driving when I was 11, you know. Of course, that was in the good old days before The Club.
Will Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Will · Lisa: [LISA & WILL GRUNT] Hey, baby, what's Swahili for 'ching-ching'?
Will: Hey, you know them little yellow smiley faces? Just put some Hershey syrup on them, you got us, you know.
Will Observational Absurdist Will: Oh, if you mean what I think you mean, I got skills, you know.
Dr. Whitehorn: Listen, Rita, you are sucking me dry. Look, you want more alimony, you talk to my first two wives, all right?
Dr. Whitehorn: Never get married on a dare. Ha-ha-ha.
Will: You know. But first, I figure we'd start out with Will, Jr., you know. Then Willfred, then Willoughby, then Willard, you know. Then Willis.
Will Escalation Character Comedy Will: 'Will Stop'? That ain't no good name.
Will Wordplay/Pun Misdirection Callback Will: Now, Willstafa, you know. That's strong, you know, like, kind of a Lion King kind of feel. You know, Will Simba.
Lisa · Will: Cleveland. / Philly.
Geoffrey: It's a pool table.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Hilary Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Geoffrey: I don't believe blacktopping your tennis court falls into that category.
Geoffrey Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Hilary Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Callback Geoffrey: Not too lazy to quit.
Geoffrey Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Phil: That was seven hours ago.
Phil Escalation Reaction Beat Geoffrey: Aw, don't get into a hissy fit, sir. I left dinner in the oven.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Ashley: God help us. You'd think a guy who eats so much... would at least know his way around the kitchen.
Ashley Observational Character Comedy Lisa Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Will: Man, we are this close to breaking up. Boy, that stuff doesn't work at all.
Will Irony/Sarcasm Reaction Beat Will Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Callback Will: Did you put something on or did you take something off?
Will Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Lisa: Trust me, the next time I decide to take something off... you will be too old and blind to care.
Lisa Escalation Dark/Subversive Will: Hey, put it there, dude.
Will Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Lisa: So you expect me to be a gourmet chef, raise eight kids... and look beautiful 24 hours a day?
Lisa Escalation Observational Callback Will Deadpan/Understatement Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: That one-figure salary that you pull down at the Peacock?
Lisa Escalation Character Comedy Will: And it ain't gonna be me, Aunt Jemima!
Will Escalation Character Comedy Will: Look here. I sit when and where I please. You know what I'm saying? Because I'm the man. I'm the man.
Will Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Lisa: Because your name is on the seat.
Will: I knew that. And you know how I knew that? Because you're the man.
Will Character Comedy Escalation Callback George · Louise: Get the lead out, Weezy. / I'm walking as fast as I can, George.
Dr. Whitehorn · George: That's, uh... That's Dr. Whitehorn. / Yeah, yeah, Horny.
Will: Never mind. I'll sit wherever I want, because I'm the man. I'm the man.
Will Running Gag Character Comedy Callback George: Your mother died. Your mother is dead. Your mother ain't living no more.
George Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Lisa: [IMITATING WILL] Who the man? I'm the man.
Lisa Character Comedy Callback Callback Lisa: Because I ain't spending no 4.95 on some stank skeezer... to take her to the salad bar.
Lisa Character Comedy Escalation Will: [IMITATING LISA] Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.
Will Character Comedy Visual Gag Will: Why you talking about your uncle all the time? He ain't fat. He is big-boned.
Will Character Comedy Callback George: And I thought I had it bad. Ha-ha-ha.
George Reaction Beat Observational Louise: And this is for Mama. / And this is for calling me Weezy... when you know I'm sensitive about my asthma.
Louise Escalation Character Comedy Callback George: No, she used to be mean. Ha-ha-ha.
George Escalation Deadpan/Understatement George: We tied the knot 40 years ago and I've been swinging from it ever since.
George Wordplay/Pun Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Will: Yeah, I hear you. Sure, there's women like that... make you realize why God made darkness.
Will Dark/Subversive Escalation George · Will: You insulting my wife? / Hold up a second there, cul-de-sac.
Will: Look, I am twice your size... and half your age. You need to chill out a little bit.
Will Escalation Character Comedy George: Your daddy is so fat that when he went to school... he sat next to everybody.
George Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun Louise: He looks like a car coming down the road with both doors open.
Louise Setup/Punchline Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Dr. Whitehorn: You might as well be taking karate.
Will · Phil · Will: No, we used bats. / On each other? / Oh, no, no. We beat up this old couple.
Will: We wanna miss the rainy season in the motherland.
Will Character Comedy Callback Callback Lisa: That's from the travel agent. She says she could retire on this one. Ha-ha-ha.
Lisa Escalation Observational Callback Phil Reaction Beat Setup/Punchline Geoffrey: Not on what you're paying me. But for 35,000, I'll slap you silly.
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