A mysterious person in the office has made a huge mess in the microwave and will not clean it up. Meanwhile, Michael has to come to terms with the fact that there have been certain personnel changes in his staff without his knowing.
WAR
29.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Frame Toby” ranks #113 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.4 — Great. The episode packs 37 scored jokes at 1.7 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.4 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
Dwight: What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless...
Dwight Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: I've framed animals before. I framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas present. And I framed a bear for eating out of the garbage.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: No! God! No, God, please no! No! No! Nooo!
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael · Toby: You wanna hear a lie? / What? / I think you're great. You're my best friend.
Michael: I learned a while back that if I don't text 911, People will not return my calls. But now people always return my calls, Because they think that something horrible has happened.
All Jokes — 37 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dwight: Are you swallowing them whole? You're eating them so fast, are they even touching your tongue?
Dwight Observational Character Comedy Dwight: Pastry cubes made of sugar and fat? No, thank you. I'll stick with my jerky.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: To socialize. And inform.
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: I'm taking two so I can parcel them up and eat them... at my leisure later on. Much healthier.
Kevin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Michael: Why don't you send that to him in Costa Rica?
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Michael: Great practical joke, Jim. Got me to go to the annex.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Misdirection ★ Rewatch Michael: No! God! No, God, please no! No! No! Nooo!
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: Look at him. With his stupid face. Stupid... tan.
Michael · Jim: He looks worse. / No
Michael: Not on the surface, no. But I can tell... People are disturbed, David.
Michael: I learned a while back that if I don't text 911, People will not return my calls. But now people always return my calls, Because they think that something horrible has happened.
Michael · Jim: Also it's icky back there. / That's true. People say it's icky.
Michael · David: It is because I hate him. / You have to get along with Toby. / No. / I don't.
Michael: Do you see this? Disgusting.
Kevin: I got peepers of an eagle.
Kevin Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: So Jim, you're gonna live in the same house that you used to pee the bed in?
Jim: And why would you wanna buy ugly wood from trees when you can have paneling and a painting of some creepy clowns that is apparently crucial to the structural integrity of the building?
Jim Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Creed · Jim: We should hang out by the Quarry and throw things down there. / Definitely, we should.
Ryan · Pam · Ryan: Get off your high horse, richy. / Just because someone likes things clean doesn't mean they're rich. / Nah. They're rich.
Michael: You wanna see some real high-Caliber acting? Well, Mr. Kurt Russell, you are about to be served.
Michael: I tried to talk to Toby and be his friend, but that is like trying to be friends with an evil... snail.
Michael: I feel like Neve Campbell in Scream II. She thinks she can go off to college and be happy, and then... the murder comes back and starts killing off all of her friends.
Dwight · Michael: I am the bait. / For what? / Men find me desirable.
Dwight: Oh, it's a good day too. I'm wearing my mustard shirt.
Dwight Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ryan · Pam: Are you inching away from me? / No. / Reach your arms out. / I'm always this close.
Michael: Please hug and kiss me, no matter how hard I struggle. I am too shy to tell you that I love you.
Toby · Ryan · Michael: I'm not going to punch you, Michael. / Are you really not going to punch him? / No, why would I punch you? / Son of a bitch.
Dwight: I've framed animals before. I framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas present. And I framed a bear for eating out of the garbage.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: But sometimes, the ends justify the mean.
Dwight Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: I'm not wearing a wire, so...
Pam · Ryan: I guess that's why we have a temp, huh? / Oh, no, trust me. I would just make it worse. / How would wiping it with a paper towel make it worse? / I would find a way.
Andy: My name is Andy Bernard. Andrew Bernard, that's my name.
Michael · Police Officer · Dwight: That's my salad. / So wait a minute. There's no drugs? / No. / Oh, damn it. Come on!
Michael · Toby: You wanna hear a lie? / What? / I think you're great. You're my best friend.
Ryan's girlfriend · Ryan: Let's have sex one more time, and if you have any extra cash, that would be amazing. / Okay.
Jim: But I'm actually not allowed in here, so.
Dwight: What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless...
Dwight Character Comedy ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 12:00-13:00 drug buying sequence as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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