Pressed to boost the bottom line, Andy finds a novel way to improve sales, while Dwight explores corporate opportunities outside Scranton.
WAR
37.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Trivia” ranks #105 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 77.1 — Great. The episode packs 50 scored jokes at 2.4 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Andy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dwight: Listen, you're a perfectly fine toilet. I'm just an extraordinary piece of crap.
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Gabe: I am the toilet of this office. I flush away annoying problems so others can keep their hands clean, and, just like a toilet, I am essential.
Gabe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: You could have gone with garbage disposal, incinerator, or eraser, and instead, you chose toilet. God bless you. You're an American classic.
Jim Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: So, like a Spanish conquistador, I have come to Florida to claim what is rightfully mine.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Gabe · Dwight: Question, what's the most important appliance in your house? / Meat grinder. / Too slow. It's the toilet.
Gabe Dwight Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 50 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Oscar · Kevin: You really have to say 'oh yeah,' every time you eat a candy bar? / I can't help it, Oscar. It's just really good. / Oh, yeah.
Erin: It was a raccoon eating a hamburger like a person!
Erin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Creed: ♪ I'ma love you downstairs tonight ♪
Creed Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Kevin: You can write a book about chairs.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist Andy: There is an infinity of things that you can do with paper!
Andy Character Comedy Escalation Andy: Let's get high on our own supply!
Andy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: And I can't afford to keep buying paper from us.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: I need to sell the $2,200 of paper that's in my garage.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: Animals, machines, vast virtual armies. All of these things I have successfully managed. The only thing I haven't managed, is people.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: So, like a Spanish conquistador, I have come to Florida to claim what is rightfully mine.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: I'm not here to be given anything. I'm here to take what is mine.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Surrounded by shrubbery, like a squirrel's office.
Dwight Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Gabe: I can think of no better way to confront my deathly fear of flying.
Gabe Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Robert: I don't know what's worse, the trip or the destination.
Robert Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Andy · Kevin: So make that error! / I can make that error.
Oscar: I know that making errors sounds like your kind of thing, but it's a little more complicated than that.
Oscar Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Oscar Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Jim: Gabe, I always wondered what it is you do around here. Now I found out. You're the bagel guy.
Jim Character Comedy Observational Gabe · Dwight: Question, what's the most important appliance in your house? / Meat grinder. / Too slow. It's the toilet.
Gabe Dwight Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Gabe: I am the toilet of this office. I flush away annoying problems so others can keep their hands clean, and, just like a toilet, I am essential.
Gabe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: You could have gone with garbage disposal, incinerator, or eraser, and instead, you chose toilet. God bless you. You're an American classic.
Jim Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: CEO to COO, what a difference a letter makes.
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Darryl · Andy: this is a gay bar. / Wait, what? / Everyone in here is gay? / Yes! It's a gay bar!
Andy: Go on, kid. You know you don't belong here.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: Let's reverse engineer this. You're a black singer, where do you go? Somewhere where you're a novelty. Alaska?
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: How am I supposed to know what was on his mind? Oh, what do blind people think about? Okay, dogs, canes, signs, manholes, stairs, piano, darkness.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight · Gabe: There're no fires within eight miles of here. / Well, it's nine miles away.
Gabe: I can see you in the jungle now.
Gabe Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: Ladameon Washington.
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Phyllis: Well, I know Elizabeth Taylor's sixth man was Richard Burton. Is that helpful?
Phyllis Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Kelly: If it'd been Ron Artest, it would have come up in Dancing With The Stars, when they pan over his trophy case when he's at home with his family.
Kelly Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Kelly: Lamar winning sixth man was a big storyline on Chloe And Lamar.
Kelly Character Comedy Observational Kelly: Ryan is MSNBC. I'm E!, TLC, and Oxygen.
Kelly Character Comedy Observational Dwight: Wait, why are you smiling? / What's with the smile?
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Gabe · Dwight: Put your hand on my hand. / Flush! / Ow!
Gabe Dwight Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Listen, you're a perfectly fine toilet. I'm just an extraordinary piece of crap.
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Trivia Host: I'm sure you're just checking your Grindr account.
Ryan: I can't not... touch it. / I can't not have my phone. I'm sorry. I want to be with my phone.
Ryan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: So, the best chance of hitting our mark is now in the hands, and brains, of Kevin, Meredith, Erin, and Kelly. Do I like these odds? My answer is no.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Trivia Host: Oh, wait. Except for the Einsteins.
Kevin · Erin: What? / I did my part, babe. I'm just the bell girl.
Robert: Trust me. One nine-minute bout is a cardiovascular equivalent of running uphill for three hours. I could go to this gym three times a week, or I can wrestle Stu once a month.
Robert Character Comedy Absurdist Andy: Dial it back, this isn't tail feathers, okay?
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight · Robert: A manager, a salesman, a leader, and a warrior walk into a restaurant. The hostess says, 'table for one?' How is this possible? / All those people are you?
Robert: Florida is America's basement... It's wet, it's filled with mold, strange insects, alligators.
Robert Character Comedy Observational Robert · Dwight: Alligators are dinosaurs, Dwight. You know that, right? / N... it's complicated.
Robert: It's a job interview, not a flea market.
Robert Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Meredith: Marie Cotillard exposes herself a number of times in that film.
Meredith Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Andy: A fluke is one of the most common fish in the sea. So, if you go fishing for a fluke, chances are, you just might catch one.
Andy Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Announcer · Andy: First prize is $4,500 dollars! / Let's just do our thing, collect our hardware and get the hell home.
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