Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves.
WAR
27.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Love Hurts” ranks #112 of 148 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 73.1 — Solid. The episode packs 51 scored jokes at 3.0 per minute, averaging 6.6 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
Phil · Will: No, I guess I don't. / Then why didn't you just say so? / Because I'm a man. Hmph.
Phil Will Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Phil · Vivian: Fine, take the money. But then what? Holed up in some fleabag motel waiting for the man to come and take you away. And all that's left is to walk that last long, lonely mile with the Lord's Prayer... / Will you give the man the damn money?
Will: Hi, I'm Darnell Washington, pro bowler. Whenever I'm about to roll me a 300 game, I like to do it in these. Air Ghettos.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Lisa · Will: You'd rather a guy bash your face in... than to have a woman who likes this face... step in and save it? / Finally you understand.
Lisa · Will: Will, you shouldn't be threatened by my knowledge of shotokan. / Whoa, whoa, whoa. First, I don't care if you know Chaka Khan. I ain't threatened by nobody.
All Jokes — 51 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Lisa · Will: Oh, Casablanca always makes me cry. / Oh, good. I thought it was me.
Will: Can I...? / Can I see you...? / Can I see you... again?
Will Misdirection Awkward Silence Will: You know, I ain't talking about marriage or nothing, though.
Will Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Hilary · Carlton: Oh, do me, do me. / Hilary, you're August 18th. / Wow, you are good.
Carlton: Come see the amazing Rock Dwarfsky... the world's shortest square-headed Negro.
Carlton Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Family member: What was he doing there?
Carlton: What? / I've seen this look before. The facial flush, the flare in his nostrils. Look at his eyes.
Carlton Observational Character Comedy Will: We choose not to define our relationship.
Hilary Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Lisa · Will: I wonder why you don't see a lot of black professional bowlers. / Ain't no money in it. Look... how much dough could a brother make endorsing a pair of these?
Will: Hi, I'm Darnell Washington, pro bowler. Whenever I'm about to roll me a 300 game, I like to do it in these. Air Ghettos.
Will Setup/Punchline Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Will · Lisa: Girl, you just won yourself a date to a carnival with an ebony god. / Really? / I'd rather go with you.
Antagonist: Excuse me, Dark Gable.
Will: Excuse me, Messy Snipes?
Will: A what? A Power Ranger?
Lisa · Will: Baby, you were on the floor. / That's how I fight.
Lisa Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Carlton: You, sir, with the big ears. How about testing your skill?
Carlton: You, sir, with the big ears. How about testing your skill?
Carlton Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Carlton · Will: Got a noodle for an arm? / Carlton, that's Ken Griffey Jr., man.
Hilary · Ken Griffey Jr.: Hi, quarterback. / How you doing? / I'm kind of chilly. Wanna take me to Hawaii? / Sorry, I'm married. / Then stop flirting with me.
Lisa · Will: Will, you shouldn't be threatened by my knowledge of shotokan. / Whoa, whoa, whoa. First, I don't care if you know Chaka Khan. I ain't threatened by nobody.
Will: First, I don't care if you know Chaka Khan. I ain't threatened by nobody.
Will Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa · Carlton: Carlton, can I confide in you? / I feel it too, Lisa. / Feel what? / Never mind.
Lisa · Will: You'd rather a guy bash your face in... than to have a woman who likes this face... step in and save it? / Finally you understand.
Geoffrey: He says he's at the store.
Geoffrey Deadpan/Understatement Awkward Silence Hilary: If I was with a wimp who couldn't defend himself, I'd just leave.
Will: Hello? Mr. Yoshi? Yiki-Yo, Yoshi?
Will Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Will: [IN CHINESE ACCENT] Chan, you have offended my family. Now I must avenge my brother's death.
Will · Mr. Yoshi: Hey, listen, man, I wanna be just like Steven Seagal. / Oh, you wanna be a bad actor. Ha-ha-ha.
Will: Yeah, that's cool, but can we hurry? I gotta whup somebody's butt quick.
Will: Listen, can you teach me that thing... where you ram somebody's nose up into they brain?
Will Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Will · Mr. Yoshi: Without what? / I see symbolism is not one of your strong points.
Will · Jazz: Well, what did he do? / Last I heard, he was playing Diana Ross in La Cage aux Folles.
Will Jazz Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jazz: Counterfeiters, extortionists, car salesmen.
Jazz Escalation Setup/Punchline Will · Jazz: Wait a minute, this guy will let me punch him 10 times for 40 dollars? / Mention this ad, and he'll throw in a head butt.
Will · Jazz: Hey, man, where'd you get this from anyway? / I stole it.
Will Jazz Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Phil · Vivian: Fine, take the money. But then what? Holed up in some fleabag motel waiting for the man to come and take you away. And all that's left is to walk that last long, lonely mile with the Lord's Prayer... / Will you give the man the damn money?
Will · Real Robber: Hey, look, point it right at me. Make it look real. / Huh?
Will · Jazz: Jazz, you can take your fake cop. Lisa left. / Will, he's real. / And so is he.
Will · Jazz: Jazz, you can take your fake cop. Lisa left. / Will, he's real. / And so is he.
Will: And all that for only 40 bucks?
Will Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Will: And all that for only 40 bucks?
Will Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Will: But usually I know why I be tripping, man, but this time I don't have no clue.
Will: Well, no, but I seen The Flintstones, like, five times.
Will Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Will: Yeah. I got plenty of dudes out there still looking for places.
Phil · Will: No, I guess I don't. / Then why didn't you just say so? / Because I'm a man. Hmph.
Phil Will Setup/Punchline Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Callback Lisa: Shouldn't you be out fighting crime?
Lisa Irony/Sarcasm Callback Callback Will: No, I'm crazy about you. There's a difference.
Will · Lisa: I was trying to fight Akira's dragon. Only the dragon was from without. / Without what? / That's the same place the whole thing fell apart for me too.
Will: Cool. But you know if we had the same job, I'm gonna still make more money.
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