Andy returns to the office to find Nellie in the manager's chair. Meanwhile, Kelly struggles to choose between Ryan and a new man.
WAR
75.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Angry Andy” ranks #7 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 89.5 — Elite. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.2 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
Robert: If it makes you feel any better, I never had an orgasm until I was 42. And then when I did, it lasted till I was 44. 43 was ju-- I got nothing done.
Robert Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: You know, my rectal electro-ejaculator is rated for bovine use only, but I could let you rent it.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Robert: Buffett operates the same way.
Robert Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight · Nellie: Oh, and Andy lost his masculinity, so congratulations on that. What do you mean? Erin made it clear to me that he was unable to perform sexually last night. By contrast, I went to sleep with an erection so large it was like I was wearing no blanket at all.
Kevin: Most of my writing involves the latter.
Kevin Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jim: Phyllis says the same 12 cliches every time it rains. So... I promised everyone that if she says them all by noon today, I will send out for hot chocolates.
Jim Setup/Punchline Observational ★ Rewatch Jim · Phyllis: So how's the drive in? Oh, nobody knows how to drive in the rain. You don't say? Yeah, you know the roads are actually the slickest in the first half hour? Oh, the plants are gonna love this.
Jim · Phyllis: This rain... Does it make you wanna be doing something? What do you mean? You know, like aren't some things just so nice and cozy in the rain?
Phyllis: And that's noon. Exactly. I mean, normally the rain would make me want to stay at home, curled up with a good book. But everybody's being so nice to me today.
Phyllis Callback Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Kevin: She's sweet. I just wish there was pockets.
Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Kevin: What happened to Old Salty? Nellie let me bobblize him. His name is now Captain Mutato.
Kevin Absurdist Wordplay/Pun Kevin: I've written quite a bit of X-Men fan fiction. Captain Mutato is half man, half mermaid. So he can fight crime as a man, and make love as a mermaid.
Kevin Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kevin: Most of my writing involves the latter.
Kevin Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Andy: I am the famous Andy Bernard you've been hearing all about.
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Nellie · Andy: No. Obviously, we'll figure out the, uh, logistics of moving all of this stuff out of here. But... You know, the sooner the better. Get back to normalcy. Hmm, no.
Ryan: And then just lay him in his crib, and then bicycle his legs. And then after Jim quiets down, you do the same thing with your baby.
Ryan Misdirection Setup/Punchline Ryan: Because Kelly is Indian, and... Oh, that's it. Race had nothing to do with it. I just knew they'd be good together. Why!
Ryan Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim · Ryan: Sorry, just to be clear, you're saying do not shake the baby. Don't shake the baby. Um, a lot times, parents get frustrated 'cause the baby's crying and they shake the baby. And you gotta-- You can't do that.
Ryan: Kelly and I broke up and she can do whatever she wants. And her new boyfriend seems awesome... If you're into Indian people. I'm not.
Ryan Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Ryan: Maybe we weren't right together, but... it's weird. I'd rather she be alone than with somebody. Is that love?
Ryan Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Camera operator/Interviewer: That's about it, yeah.
Nellie: Oh, Bobby, get accustomed to it, because then it feels good when they finally say yes.
Nellie Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Robert: I never allow sexual desire to influence a business decision. So I find it best to... recuse myself temporarily until I've had a chance to make love, and then go back and... analyze the situation rationally.
Robert Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Robert: Buffett operates the same way.
Robert Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Andy · Nellie · Angela: I'm going to dock your pay $100. Okay. Five... four... You can't dock my pay. Angela! Dock Andy's pay $100! On it! Great!
Darryl: I got a little bit of an anger problem. Got me in some trouble a couple years ago. When I see him start to get mad, I just... Put my hand on his arm like this.
Darryl Callback Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Andy · Nellie: $10,000. 5...4... You're just saying numbers. It's meaningless. It's literally like... 3... 2... One.
Erin · Andy: Hey. So last night was so not a big deal. Oh, yeah, I was just tired. We both were. Yeah. Plus, I was definitely not my normal sexy self.
Erin Andy Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Andy: Yeah. I know it's not... a big deal.
Andy Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Erin · Andy: Oh, those are from our weekend at the Timeshare. Yeah, the fractional ownership property.
Ryan: I'm in love with Kelly Kapoor. And I don't know how I'm gonna feel tomorrow or the next day or the day after that, but I do know that right here, right now, all I can think about is spending the rest of my life with her. Again, that could change.
Ryan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Interviewer · Andy: When you lost the manager job... Yes? Did it affect you outside of the office? How? I don't know what the technical term is. Hmm. Penial... softiosis.
Erin · Andy: Washington Monument. Okay. Eiffel Tower. Okay, okay.
Kelly: He's so sweet. He pointed to my latte and he said, 'Kelly, that will be the color of our children.'
Kelly Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Pam · Kelly: Remember how it felt when he cheated on you though? Which time?
Pam Kelly Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Callback Ryan: I am not going to let Kelly throw her life away on Ryan. And it has nothing to do with access to my pediatrician. Why you would even ask or were going to ask, because I-- I feel like that question was coming.
Ryan Character Comedy Escalation Dwight · Nellie: Oh, and Andy lost his masculinity, so congratulations on that. What do you mean? Erin made it clear to me that he was unable to perform sexually last night. By contrast, I went to sleep with an erection so large it was like I was wearing no blanket at all.
Nellie: I just wanted to take the man's job, not his manhood.
Nellie: Andrew, not everyone here is important. And the word is impotence. Which is important in its own way.
Nellie: 'Take a man's job, but leave him his balls.' Margaret Thatcher said that... probably. Don't know. Don't read. Didn't see the movie.
Nellie Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: It's not just a human problem. Flounders frequently experience impotence, especially when converting from male to female and then back again to male.
Dwight Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Andy · Others: I'm gonna prove it right here and now. What are you doing? What is this? Stop that! Dwight! Dwight, stop that. Stop it.
Jim: Um... I have other issues. I'm terrible at math. Overweight. You-- You're in great shape. A lot better shape than I am, tell you what.
Kevin: Erin doesn't even like sex, remember? You said it feels like getting tackled by a skeleton.
Kevin Callback Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Uh, yes, that time that it was very late. Uh, we'd had sex so many times already, I was exhausted. I could barely see. I was very drunk.
Jim Escalation Character Comedy Robert: If it makes you feel any better, I never had an orgasm until I was 42. And then when I did, it lasted till I was 44. 43 was ju-- I got nothing done.
Robert Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: You know, my rectal electro-ejaculator is rated for bovine use only, but I could let you rent it.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: Dad, don't think of it as a demotion. Just think of it as a promotion to a lower level.
Andy Wordplay/Pun Irony/Sarcasm Nellie: Small, bigger, biggest. Oh, sexual innuendo. Not intentional. Shut up!
Nellie Meta/Self-Referential Escalation Erin · Andy: Our sex life is none of your businesses! And Andy is the manager, not Nellie! Stop protecting me. I'm a man-- I can protect myself.
Andy: Dad, go to hell! I'm taller than you!
Andy: And why don't you take all your stupid memos and your stupid pens... and your dumb caramels? And your stupid face! And your stupid office! Ah! Ow.
Andy Escalation Physical/Slapstick Kevin: He does not like that wall.
Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Observational Darryl: Maybe we'll get sent to anger management together. That would actually be cool. I'd love for you to meet some of the guys.
Darryl Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Pam: I don't think you're a very good person. And forgive me, but I feel like I've said this to you before. I don't like you very much.
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Escalation Creed: I've never met Ravi personally, but I'm gonna go ahead and say just having knowing you short while, Brian, that I prefer Ravi. And again, I've never even met the guy.
Creed Escalation Character Comedy Ryan: Our love scares them. It screws up their cookie-cutter world.
Ryan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy · Pam: Oh, boo! Boo! Pam. Boo to you! Boo! You are toxic. You are toxic!
Andy Pam Escalation Physical/Slapstick Ryan: Even if the odds are 50/50 that we'll break up within the week, I wanna roll those dice. I love you, Kelly.
Ryan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Robert · Andy: Andrew, if you say no one more time, you're fired. So... is there anything else you wanna say? No.
Andy: I can't describe it. I just, for the first time in a long time, I actually feel in control. I feel... alive.
Andy Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Ryan: Kapoor and Kadesperate. He watches... Second line. He is a drifter out to see... It went the Indian Ocean in calms, one speck of white remains and waters called and Kelly grinned.
Ryan Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Kelly: Ryan can never know.
Kelly Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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