Toby leaves Dunder Mifflin, and Michael plans a huge goodbye party... out of joy. Angela refuses to help with it, so Michael turns to Phyllis. Dwight and Meredith harass Holly, their new HR representative.
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“Goodbye Toby” ranks #26 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 85.1 — Elite. The episode packs 49 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.0 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: Could we share a rowboat? Could a rowboat support her? I think I'm being very clear what I'm asking. Would an average-sized rowboat support her without capsizing?
Michael Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Deborah Shoshlefski, 142 South Windsor Lane. Dead, car accident. Case closed.
Dwight Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: Help us out. Wish I could, but I can't. Well, can, but won't. Should, maybe, but, shorn't.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Bye, bye Miss chair model lady, I dreamt that we were married and you treated me nice
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael · Wendy's Employee: Wendy's. Hello, Wendy. This is Kevin's friend, Michael. This isn't Wendy. I'm sorry. Could you put her on, please? Dude, this is a Wendy's restaurant.
All Jokes — 49 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jim: Oh, today we saw a junk yard dog attacking the bones of a rotisserie chicken.
Jim Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Kevin: I lost a penny out of my loafers, Oscar.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist Kevin: I will quit. As God is my witness, I will quit if this is not fixed.
Kevin Escalation Character Comedy Michael · Pam: Pam, when I first opened this catalogue, I thought I was just going to be picking out a chair. But instead you found something to distract you from ever picking out a chair.
Creed Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Michael: Look at her smile. It's the eyes. Look at her eyes. She's got... I don't know what it is, exactly. She dresses like a professional, and yet you know there is a side of her that could just curl up on a couch. Or in a great chair.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: I definitely remember your dinner party.
Jim Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: I think what I meant was that I am completely swearing off one woman. Jan.
Michael Misdirection Character Comedy Michael: I like starting each day with a sense of possibility. And I'm optimistic, because every day I get a little more desperate, and desperate situations yield the quickest results.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Creed: When Pam gets Michael's old chair, I get Pam's old chair. Then I'll have two chairs. Only one to go.
Creed Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: use the woman on Page 85 as a template. That will be all.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim: Call us when you get there, so we know you're okay.
Jim Reaction Beat Absurdist Ryan: If I had somebody to set you up with, Michael, then I'd take her for myself.
Ryan Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Michael · Ryan: Are you still on good terms with any of her friends? Not anymore. It's a bitter situation.
Michael: Hello, Oscar Mayer Weiner lover. I bet that you have a bunch of very liberal girl-type friends who trust you implicitly, because they know you'd never touch 'em because of your condition.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Feisty? So she's not jolly or sassy? Not like a jolly, sassy opera singer?
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Could we share a rowboat? Could a rowboat support her? I think I'm being very clear what I'm asking. Would an average-sized rowboat support her without capsizing?
Michael Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Phyllis: It bothers me that you're not answering the question. No, all right? No, she can't fit in a rowboat. Damn it! I knew it! I knew it, Phyllis!
Michael: Because I want to play ball with my kids before I get too old. And before that happens, I need to get laid. And before that happens, I need to be in love.
Michael: No, by the end of the hour, or you are fired.
Michael: Help us out. Wish I could, but I can't. Well, can, but won't. Should, maybe, but, shorn't.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Phyllis: There's nobody I hate enough to write her name on this card.
Phyllis Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Phyllis: Well, I'm setting Michael up with my fat friend, anyway. He can just deal with it.
Phyllis Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Michael · Wendy's Employee: Wendy's. Hello, Wendy. This is Kevin's friend, Michael. This isn't Wendy. I'm sorry. Could you put her on, please? Dude, this is a Wendy's restaurant.
Michael · Wendy's Employee: Could I just have a Frosty and a baked potato, please? You have to come to the restaurant to order food. Well, I'll send somebody to pick it up, just have it ready. It's ready now. Well, put it aside.
Dwight: And as God is my witness, she shall bear your fruit.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! First, go to Wendy's, get my food, come back, and then go.
Michael Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Deborah Shoshlefski, 142 South Windsor Lane. Dead, car accident. Case closed.
Dwight Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: As dead as every dead animal who has ever died.
Dwight: Jim, how dare you? Please, not at a time like this.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pam · Michael: No, I mean it. She's really nice and sweet and you guys might actually get along. I don't think I'm ready. Is she hot?
Michael: No question about it, I am ready to get hurt again.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Kevin: Bill Cress is super old and really mean.
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Michael: Give her a 10 for her looks, and a three for her ability to describe herself.
Michael Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Michael: Large hot chocolate with caramel and a shot of peppermint.
Margaret · Michael: You're asking me what I do with the checks that people write to me? Just making conversation.
Michael: And you can't see her whole body, down here, she has a boob job.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael · Margaret: It was like talking to the sweet, old lady on the bus. That's incredibly rude. Now you ruined it.
Andy: Andrew Bernard is the name of me, and this is my associate, Mr. Kevin Malone.
Andy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Andy · Business Leader: And some people sweat too much for comfort, and... My God.
Andy: It's just nice to win one.
Andy Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: You're messy. You're a klutz, you spill everything. And you leave the volume on the TV way too loud.
Pam Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Jim · Pam: Have I not proposed to you yet? I don't... No. Oh. Well, that's coming.
Jim Pam Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Jim: And when it happens, it's going to kick your ass, Beesly. So, stay sharp.
Jim Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Andy: Wonders how he's gonna fill his car up with oil. Wonders, 'How am I going to pay my kids' orphanage bills?'
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jim: She was stoned, apparently.
Jim Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: My shoe is untied. What is your problem? Oh, my God! You thought I... No, no, no. How could I have thought that?
Jim Pam Misdirection Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Bye, bye Miss chair model lady, I dreamt that we were married and you treated me nice
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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