Andy makes a game-changing decision and takes a road-trip odyssey in the name of romance. Elsewhere, Nellie arrives at the Scranton branch and sets out to seize the manager position.
WAR
79.2
Wins Above Replacement
“Get The Girl” ranks #103 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 87.4 — Elite. The episode packs 68 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.1 on impact, with Nellie landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dwight: Dwight: 'I wouldn't let her manage a celery farm. Those who can't farm, farm celery.'
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Irene: Irene: 'Besides, Glenn's going to sue Home Depot. Why? He got his foreskin caught in some lawn furniture.'
Irene Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nellie: Nellie's talking head: 'I have one simple philosophy in business: If the seat is open, the job is open. It's how I came to briefly race a Formula One car.'
Nellie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Nellie: Follow-up talking head: 'The three slowest laps ever recorded.'
Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Robert California · Jim: Robert California: 'Would you prefer a nature metaphor or a sexual metaphor?' / Jim: 'Oh God, nature, please.' / Robert: 'When two animals are having sex, one of them is communicating a message to the other. Nothing is mutual--' / Jim: '...this isn't very helpful.'
Standout Moments
Nellie: Nellie's talking head: 'I have one simple philosophy in business: If the seat is open, the job is open. It's how I came to briefly race a Formula One car.'
Nellie Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight: 'I wouldn't let her manage a celery farm. Those who can't farm, farm celery.'
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Irene: Irene: 'Besides, Glenn's going to sue Home Depot. Why? He got his foreskin caught in some lawn furniture.'
Irene Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 68 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Pam: Pam announces the balloon is falling with dramatic urgency, as if it's a genuine emergency
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Observational Pam: Pam's talking head: 'Well, I guess it doesn't look that cool either.'
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Oscar: 'Did a good job, buddy. Now it's time to come home.' — said to a deflating balloon
Oscar Absurdist Deadpan/Understatement Oscar: Oscar: 'I remember when that balloon went up there. I was still with Gil. We were so happy.'
Oscar Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Kevin: 'When that went up there, I had hair like Rapunzel.'
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Kevin: 'I just remember pushing aside my silky bangs to say, "Look, a balloon."'
Kevin Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Unknown Office Staff: 'My Warcraft clan was still on speaking terms.'
Unknown Office Staff: 'My kid didn't have a face tattoo.'
Unknown Office Staff: 'I was still thinking of going back to school.'
Jim: 'And I was still just a paper salesman.' — Jim, wistfully
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jim: Pam: 'Well, this has been fun. Thanks for calling us all down here.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Kevin: Kevin quietly chants 'Kill the balloon. Kill the balloon.' as it descends
Kevin Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie: Nellie critiques the egg sandwich: 'Do you call that a King James breakfast pie?'
Nellie Character Comedy Absurdist Nellie: Nellie on the Harry Houdini Museum: 'What a nobody. Oh, look, some Hungarian just found their way out of a sack. Let's build a shrine.'
Nellie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Angela: Angela's talking head: 'She stinks of failure. The fact that she could show her face around here is an embarrassment. I should know. I'm in an identical situation.'
Angela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Toby: Toby introduces himself as 'Tony' and then has to correct himself
Toby Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Nellie: Follow-up talking head: 'The three slowest laps ever recorded.'
Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Erin: Erin cheerfully narrates her life as a maid: 'That's right, I'm a maid for an old lady... Listen to me, bragging away.'
Erin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Nellie · Robert California: Nellie: 'We have a manager.' / Nellie: 'Do you really? Because it is 10:00, I've been in this chair for an hour, and no other manager has come and sat in my lap.'
Andy: Andy's excuse for not coming to work: 'I got the... Florida flu.'
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: Andy's talking head: 'My heart is my map. Turns out Tallahassee is about 200 miles inland, so I overshot a good amount.'
Andy Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Robert California · Jim: Robert California looks at the empty, undone office with no Andy and says 'Sometimes the flowers arrange themselves, Jim.'
Andy: Andy delivers himself in a box, singing 'Here I Am, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours'
Andy Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Irene: Irene: 'Where's the ring, Lancelot?'
Irene Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Glenn · Andy · Erin: Irene's grandson: 'Maybe it's 'cause he's not that handsome.' / Andy: 'Hey... Don't listen.'
Nellie · Kevin: Nellie attempts to intuit Kevin's name: 'I am very good at intuiting names. Is it... Chumbo?'
Unknown: Talking head dissecting 'Chumbo': 'I think it's a cross between Dumbo and Jumbo, with a hint of chubby. It's not a name.'
Unknown Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Callback Kevin: Kevin: 'Hot tub party?' in response to Nellie's threat of 'something more intimate'
Kevin Character Comedy Misdirection Nellie: Nellie's performance review philosophy: 'On first impressions, so I recommend smiling. It goes a long way with me.'
Nellie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Erin: Erin cheerfully mentions she's been reusing the hot dog water for extra flavor
Erin Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy · Erin · Irene: Andy still has a girlfriend (Jessica) when he came to declare his love for Erin
Irene: Irene: 'I think you should leave, young man.'
Irene Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Andy: Andy's voicemail song: '♪ Please leave / a message for Andy Bernard / include your na--'
Andy Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Andy · Jim: Andy claims to be 'home in bed' with 'the serious poops' while visibly on an exercise machine in Florida
Andy Jim Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm Erin · Andy: 'Just go to preferences, then click-- Proctology.'
Dwight · Jim: Jim rallies the office against Nellie's performance reviews: 'Trust you? The way Pam trusted you to provide for her so she wouldn't have to work?'
Jim: Jim: 'And when was the last time Dwight and I agreed on anything ever?' (to camera)
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat Nellie · Dwight: Nellie gives Dwight an immediate raise mid-tirade: 'Dwight, I have completed your evaluation. You're getting a raise.'
Jim · Dwight: Jim: 'Raise isn't real.' / Dwight: 'Money isn't real ever since we got off the gold standard.'
Nellie · Phyllis: Nellie compliments Phyllis on how she 'conquered her fear and came in here, and now the way you sit there...' trailing off with meaningless praise
Jim · Pam: Jim's Pam performance review: 'Let me guess, you want one too? Take the family to Disneytown?' / Pam: 'Land. World.'
Jim Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Robert California · Jim: Robert California: 'Would you prefer a nature metaphor or a sexual metaphor?' / Jim: 'Oh God, nature, please.' / Robert: 'When two animals are having sex, one of them is communicating a message to the other. Nothing is mutual--' / Jim: '...this isn't very helpful.'
Robert California: Robert: 'There is one person in charge of every office in America, and that person is Charles Darwin.'
Jim: Jim's talking head: 'No. I would've said no.' (in response to Robert's rhetorical 'doesn't Charles Darwin decide?')
Jim Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie · Darryl: Nellie and Darryl physically fight over an office chair
Nellie Darryl Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie: Nellie: 'Well fought. I accept the outcome.' (after the chair fight)
Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Toby: Toby: 'Touch me and I'll sue.'
Toby Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: Andy's fountain observation: 'If I had my own fountain, it would be two frogs spitting into each other's mouths.'
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nellie · Pam: Nellie's Pam review: 'What you want is a good night's sleep, working mother of two.'
Nellie · Pam: Nellie: 'Does Jim have to breastfeed? Did Jim carry around those babies for-- What is it? 12 months? Be honest, does Jim really get up in the night?'
Nellie · Pam: Nellie convinces Pam to take a workplace nap, adding: 'I used it earlier myself. Dreamt I could breathe underwater like Jacques Cousteau.'
Nellie: Nellie: 'And when you wake up, you will earn more money.'
Nellie Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Pam: Pam: 'I think... you're a witch.'
Pam Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Nellie · Pam: Nellie forces Pam to say 'I'm amazing' as part of the review
Nellie · Jim: Nellie explains her existence to Jim via Tinkerbell metaphor: 'I'm Tinkerbell. I'm a magical fairy who floated into your office to bring a little bit of magic into your lives, to give you all raises.'
Nellie · Jim: Nellie: 'Everyone has to believe in her or she doesn't exist. She dies.' / Jim: 'She dies!'
Nellie Jim Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie · Office Staff: Nellie asks the office for a show of hands: 'Now, who here believes in Tinkerbell?' and people slowly raise hands
Kevin: Kevin: 'I already spent the money.' (explaining why he believes in Tinkerbell)
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Robert California: Robert California: 'Look at this wonderful recognition of Nellie's leadership.' / 'I believe.'
Jim: Jim's talking head: 'That did not go how I wanted it to.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Andy: Andy's eggplant parm detail: 'I have a whole ton of Erin's favorite food for the drive back, eggplant parm. It's biodegradable. Animals will eat it.'
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: Andy runs to the wrong Prius and declares love to the confused driver: 'Oh, this is the wrong Prius. I don't love you.'
Andy Physical/Slapstick Misdirection ★ Rewatch Erin · Andy: Erin reveals she doesn't own a toothbrush: 'There's always one around. I just find one.'
Erin Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Andy · Erin: Andy: 'Have you ever heard of buying a toothbrush?' / Erin: 'Of course. I own my toothbrush.'
Andy Erin Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie: Nellie's closing talking head: 'I grew up poor. I had little formal education. No real skills. I don't work especially hard... and most of my ideas are either [bad] or total crap. Yes. I worked right into a job for which I was ill prepared, ill seated, and somebody else already had and I got it. If you ask me, that's the American Dream right there — anything can happen to anyone. It's just random.'
Nellie Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Top Episodes — The Office
