Michael comes to believe the office might be cursed in the wake of a freak accident. After scrutinizing each of his staffers' religious beliefs, he organizes a charity 5K "fun run."
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Wins Above Replacement
“Fun Run” ranks #17 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.4 — Elite. The episode packs 56 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 7.6 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Michael: I was able to be on the scene so quickly because I was in the car that hit her.
Michael Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael: Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh, I don't know. I sing in the shower. Sometimes, I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally, I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me.
Michael Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Creed: I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.
Creed Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Angela · Dwight: Any problems? Well, you left the TV on, and your cat is dead.
Michael: I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 56 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael: Jan made me breakfast this morning. Well, she bought the milk. It's soy.
Michael Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Michael: This is why I do it. That's what I have to come home to.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: What kind of celebrity? It's not relevant. How much did you pay for it? Not relevant. You paid for it? It all happened so fast.
Kelly: Are you kidding me? Pam and Jim are totally hooking up. All they do is smile.
Kelly Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: I took her to the hospital and the doctors tried to save her life. They did the best that they could and she is going to be okay.
Michael Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Jim: What is wrong with you? Why did you have to phrase it like that?
Jim Reaction Beat Observational Michael: She has a slight pelvical fracture, but people have survived far worse.
Michael Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun Michael: I was able to be on the scene so quickly because I was in the car that hit her.
Michael Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Jim · Michael: Who was driving? [silence] Oh, Michael.
Jim: One day Michael came in complaining about a speed bump on the highway. I wonder who he ran over then.
Jim Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Kevin · Stanley: It's only Meredith. Yeah. It's only Meredith. Thank God.
Todd Packer: Was she talking back? Just got sick of that face? Did she owe you money? Is this downsizing? Did she spurn your advances?
Angela: There's bad blood, jealousies, cliques...
Angela Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: So, who is the real boss, the dog or a fish?
Michael Absurdist Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael: It was on company property with company property, so double jeopardy. We are fine.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toby · Michael: I don't think you understand how jeopardy works. Oh, right. I'm sorry. What is 'We're fine'?
Angela · Dwight: Can you do me a little favor? Go to my place at lunch and give Sprinkles her medicine? Sure. I have to visit the alkie.
Angela: Roll the insulin in your hands. Don't shake it... Mix one capsule of omega fatty acid in with her kidney medicine... there's a fungal cream because she has this infection under her tail...
Angela Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Guess what? I have flaws. What are they? Oh, I don't know. I sing in the shower. Sometimes, I spend too much time volunteering. Occasionally, I'll hit somebody with my car. So sue me.
Michael Escalation Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael: No, don't sue me. That's the opposite of the point that I'm trying to make.
Michael Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: She looks like an angel. She looks awful. No? Okay, she always looks like that.
Michael Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive Creed · Meredith: Oh, really? What kind? Codeine? Vicodin? Percocet? Fentanyl? OxyContin? Palladone? What? I have no idea.
Michael: Forgiveness is next to godliness.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: Do I need to be liked? Absolutely not. I like to be liked. I enjoy being liked. I have to be liked, but it's not like this compulsive need to be liked, like my need to be praised.
Michael Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela · Dwight: Any problems? Well, you left the TV on, and your cat is dead.
Dwight: So... Hey, come on, don't be sad. Just... Okay? Just... She's in a better place. All right. Actually, the place that she's in is the freezer because of the odor.
Dwight Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Michael: Prinkles! God... That's three things. I'll tell you what's going on. This office is cursed.
Michael: I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Cats do not provide milk or wool or meat.
Dwight Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Creed: I've been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower. But you make more money as a leader.
Creed Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Ryan: Well, if you're going to reduce my identity to my religion, then I'm Sikh. But I also like hip-hop and NPR, and I'm restoring a 1967 Corvette in my spare time.
Ryan Character Comedy Observational Dwight: As a farmer, I know that when an animal is sick, sometimes the right thing to do is to put it out of its misery. With the electricity we're using to keep Meredith alive, we could power a small fan for two days.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Doctor · Meredith · Dwight: Your last tetanus shot was when you were bitten by a bat a few months ago? Yes. Dwight, here, trapped it in a bag against my head.
Michael: Maybe there's some sort of animal that we could make a sacrifice to, like a giant buffalo, or some sort of monster, like something with the body of a walrus with the head of a sea lion.
Michael: But it may make you feel a little bit better to know that before that happened, Dwight endangered her life by putting a garbage bag over her head that had a bat in it.
Michael Misdirection Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Thanks to me, she went to the hospital and that saved her life.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Is there a God? If not, what are all these churches for? And who is Jesus' dad?
Kevin: I thought they'd be good together, like PB and J. Pam Beasley and Jim.
Kevin Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: Almost marrying Roy Anderson was as close to Pamela Anderson as I ever want to be.
Pam Wordplay/Pun Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael: A woman shouldn't have to be hit by a car to learn that she may have rabies, but that is where we are in America.
Michael Absurdist Observational ★ Rewatch Michael: Well, back in olden times, a large, fat person like this was a person of power. A person who had money, could buy food, a person of respect, like the regional manager of the day.
Michael Observational Character Comedy Andy: I'm petrified of nipple chafing. Once it starts, it is a vicious circle. You have sensitive nipples, they chafe. So they become more sensitive, so they chafe more.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Observational Angela: When I got home, Sprinkles' body was in the freezer where Dwight said he left her. But all my bags of frozen French fries had been clawed to shreds.
Angela Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Jim · Dwight: What's your strategy for this race? Well, I'm going to start fast. Then I'm going to run fast in the middle. Then I'm going to end fast. Why won't more people do that? 'Cause they're stupid.
Jim Dwight Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: Right. ...we're dating. Wow! There it is. Yeah. We haven't told anybody, but it's going really great.
Jim Pam Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Pam · Michael: Bat birth control? Wait, this money is going to bat birth control, right, Michael?
Michael: Have you met that kid? Not going to college.
Michael Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Pam · Jim: So I closed the door but the image of his... Baguette? ...dangling participle still burned in my eyes.
Pam Jim Wordplay/Pun Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Pam: They say if you're nervous around someone you should picture them naked. I do not recommend this strategy. Try picturing them with more clothes on or a funny coat.
Pam Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Myth: three Americans every year die from rabies. Fact: four Americans every year die from rabies.
Michael Setup/Punchline Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: I'm like Forrest Gump, except I am not an idiot.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Excellent! Simpsons. Wait, Imodium or Ex-Lax?
Dwight Setup/Punchline Escalation Angela · Dwight: You did kill her? I sang her her favorite songs. You put her in my freezer. It was beautiful and gentle and respectful.
Angela Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Angela: Cat heaven is a beautiful place, but you don't get there if you're euthanized.
Angela Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam · Michael: I know you, Michael. I saw you naked. You don't... You don't know me. You've just seen my penis.
Pam Michael Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: And while I eventually puked my guts out, I never puked my heart out. I'm very, very proud of that.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 17:30-18:22 as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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