The entire warehouse staff quits after winning the lotto, leaving Andy and Darryl to scramble for replacements while several of the office workers get a taste of the warehouse life.
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42.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Lotto” ranks #115 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.2 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 2.5 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.8 on impact, with Jim landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Darryl: Glenn is starting one of those fat camps where he steals your kid in the middle of the night. Madge and a couple other guys might start a strip club. But on a boat. And Hide is investing in an energy drink for Asian homosexuals.
Darryl Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Darryl: When I worked in the warehouse, I was part of that lotto pool. They won playing my birthday.
Darryl Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Creed: We're looking at, at least one suicide and one weird sex thing.
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Darryl: Don't just take the first job that comes your way. 'Cause next thing you know, it's 10 years later, and you're still there. You could write your obituary tomorrow. It's not going to change.
Darryl Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: When I was a kid, my sisters used to butter me up and slide me across the linoleum floor of the kitchen.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown: Snowboarder, it figures. Do snowboarders hate animals? I bet this guy didn't leave his weed in the car.
Unknown Observational Character Comedy Unknown: Here, I'm going to get in my car. When I start dying, I will honk the horn three times. That means save the dog.
Unknown Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Jim · Dwight: Dwight, at least aim it. [trying to give water to dog through broken window]
Unknown: Don't try to get in on it now, Michael Vick.
Unknown Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Oscar: Oscar breaking car window and subsequent chaos with dog
Oscar Physical/Slapstick Escalation ★ Rewatch Andy: The warehouse crew won the lottery yesterday. $950,000. And then they quit.
Andy Setup/Punchline Observational Andy: This is it. This is all on my shoulders. I'm the one who has to tell everyone to get back to work.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Darryl: When I worked in the warehouse, I was part of that lotto pool. They won playing my birthday.
Darryl Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Creed: We're looking at, at least one suicide and one weird sex thing.
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: Hey, Pam. Let's buy expensive bathrobes and hug.
Pam Character Comedy Observational Jim: I'd either bike to my job at the kayak shop or I'd kayak to my job at the bike shop.
Jim Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: And then on the weekends, would you hacky sack back to reality and spend time with your wife and kids?
Pam Character Comedy Observational Jim: Soho's mostly lofts, but okay.
Jim Observational Character Comedy Jim: Stop. I'm a barista in your fantasy?
Jim Character Comedy Observational Pam: Well, in your fantasy, we're Stephen King characters.
Pam Observational Character Comedy Pam Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Kevin: Obviously, I wouldn't come in till noon. And I wouldn't do anything I didn't want to do. I mean, I'm getting paid $1 a year, okay? You can chill.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist Andy: To down here, like Mr. T. And this would get seriously annoying.
Andy Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Darryl: I'm not checking e-mail till lunch. Four hour work week.
Darryl Character Comedy Observational Andy · Jim · Pam: Jim, how about you? Yeah. I mean, as the strongest person in this office, I guess I should... Okay, no, no. That... You are so not... Oh, God.
Kevin: Well, guess what? I will not do a good job.
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Phyllis: Oh, sorry. I thought it was a guess-your-baby's-birth-weight pool.
Phyllis Character Comedy Observational Pam: You really think I'm going to have a 14-pound baby?
Pam Character Comedy Observational Darryl: They guys did invite me out to celebrate, but I decided to just stay home. Eat a bunch of tacos in my basement.
Darryl Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Darryl: Now it smells like tacos. You can't air out a basement. And taco air is heavy. It settles at the lowest point.
Darryl Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Andy: That is not Darryl. I don't know where Darryl is. I suspect, probably, our Darryl is inside of Fat Darryl.
Andy Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Negative. Three hundred boxes for me, zero for you chumps. Deal with it.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Andy: What? No Newhart fans? Okay.
Andy Character Comedy Observational Darryl: Glenn is starting one of those fat camps where he steals your kid in the middle of the night. Madge and a couple other guys might start a strip club. But on a boat. And Hide is investing in an energy drink for Asian homosexuals.
Darryl Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: Maybe grab a coffee, or if there's any donuts out, you can split one. You know, they're for everybody, so people get fussy. You know what? Just have a donut.
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Grunting is scientifically proven to add more power. Ask any female tennis player, or her husband.
Dwight Character Comedy Observational Darryl: Don't just take the first job that comes your way. 'Cause next thing you know, it's 10 years later, and you're still there. You could write your obituary tomorrow. It's not going to change.
Darryl Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toby: I've never been lucky. And I'm not talking about the lottery. I'm talking about stuff like developing a soy allergy at 35. Who gets a soy allergy at 35? And why is soy in everything?
Toby Character Comedy Observational Angela · Kevin: Everyone wants to be rich, but nobody wants to work for it. You came in at 10:30 today, right?
Andy: Is this a joke? No. Not joking. This is real. Painfully real, what is happening right now.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim: Well, they whipped people, which was helpful. But you're right.
Jim Dark/Subversive Observational Jim: Like baboons or elephants.
Jim Character Comedy Observational Kevin: When I was a kid, my sisters used to butter me up and slide me across the linoleum floor of the kitchen.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jim: I like it a lot, but they hate it, so drop it.
Jim Character Comedy Observational Darryl · Andy: Then I think you should fire me. I'm not going to fire you. Yeah, just put me out of my misery.
Andy · Oscar: Who's the most jacked guy in all of Scranton? Like your wildest fantasy guy? Bulk or definition? Definition. Bruce Kenward. He hangs out at Planet Fitness.
Oscar: But Dean got fixated on his calves, and, uh... And his triceps went to hell.
Oscar Character Comedy Observational Pam · Jim: Because I'm never going to act like that, even in your fantasy. Nope, you're doing a great job of it in my fantasy right now.
Pam Jim Character Comedy Meta/Self-Referential Michael · Nate: Hey, idiot, what did Erin want again? A hot chocolate tea.
Nate: Also, FYI, I don't technically have a hearing problem. But sometimes, when there's a lot of noises occurring at the same time, I'll hear them as one big jumble. Again, it's not that I can't hear. Because that's false, I can. Um, I just can't distinguish between everything I'm hearing.
Nate Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Kevin · Dwight · Jim: So sadly, it's the best idea on the table. Exactly. Hey, I think we're ready to get this... Jim? Is he okay? He'll be fine.
Darryl · Andy: Would you just fire me, man? Because you didn't win the lottery?
Darryl: Make me manager or fire me. The job was mine, Andy. Everyone said it was mine.
Darryl Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Nate · Darryl: Also, Darryl, FYI, I already told this to Andy, but you should probably know I technically don't have a hearing problem. It's just when there's a lot of noises... Nate. Please.
Nate Darryl Character Comedy Running Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Darryl: He didn't die, his brain died.
Darryl Dark/Subversive Observational Darryl: My future's not going to be determined by seven little white lotto balls. It's going to be determined by two big black balls. I control my destiny.
Darryl Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Kevin · Jim: Tell them why it's called señor Loadenstein. Doesn't matter what the name is. Señor Loadenstein, that's stupid. Tell them why it's called that, Jim.
Kevin Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim: Porque es muy rápido.
Jim Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Creed: I already won the lottery. I was born in the US of A, baby. And as backup, I have a Swiss passport.
Creed Character Comedy Observational Toby: I would spend a lot of time launching my true crime podcast, 'The Flenderson Files.' Duh-buh-bum.
Toby Character Comedy Observational Jim · Pam: We're going to live in a stunning pre-war brownstone at the top of a mountain. Right, it's city and country combined.
Jim Pam Character Comedy Absurdist Jim: It's too bad the schools are terrible, but what are you going to do about that? What are you going to do?
Jim Character Comedy Observational ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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