Erin works to make a spooky, non-childish Halloween party with help from Gabe. Dwight becomes friends with Robert's son, and Pam and Jim debate the existence of ghosts. Meanwhile, Robert tries to figure out everyone's deepest fears.
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“Spooked” ranks #171 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.2 — Elite. The episode packs 72 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.8 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: Baby sat up slowly, turned to mother, and said: 'I'm fine, bitch. I'm fine.'
Dwight Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Toby · Bert · Gabe: Toby. Hey, Bert. Want to see the dance? / Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry... / You're fired. / What? You heard me. Pack your things. / What? You can't— Gabe? Are you— I'm the CEO's son. / Pack your things. You're done.
Gabe: The Cinema of the Unsettling is a growing film movement. The most well-known film in the genre is an hour-long shot of a squirrel with diarrhea.
Gabe Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's extended ghost story — beginning with the suicide house and Lydia, escalating to a snake in a crib full of dirt, embalmed bodies rising from sarcophagi, 'for they were mummies,' then pivoting to Lydia's failed marriage, and concluding with the baby saying 'I'm fine, bitch. I'm fine.'
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: She thought: 'Wait, I don't have a husband.' For Lydia and her husband had had an argument one they couldn't get past. Each night they slept one inch farther apart until one night Lydia left.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Standout Moments
Gabe: The Cinema of the Unsettling is a growing film movement. The most well-known film in the genre is an hour-long shot of a squirrel with diarrhea.
Gabe Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Baby sat up slowly, turned to mother, and said: 'I'm fine, bitch. I'm fine.'
Dwight Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Toby · Bert · Gabe: Toby. Hey, Bert. Want to see the dance? / Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry... / You're fired. / What? You heard me. Pack your things. / What? You can't— Gabe? Are you— I'm the CEO's son. / Pack your things. You're done.
All Jokes — 72 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Andy: Chef from South Park. It's genius. Just some chef.
Andy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Andy: I have three simple rules: don't be offensive, don't be cliché, and don't take the first two rules too seriously.
Andy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Unknown Employee · Andy: The gorilla from Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The one who sacrifices his life. Whoa! Spoiler alert. It's been out for ages, man.
Unknown Employee: Why can't there just be two Kate Middletons?
Meredith: I stayed up all night and I watched that g.d. wedding and then I came to work and I made everyone else watch it all day.
Meredith: You're the people's princess! Diana was nothing!
Meredith Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Colleague · Meredith: I thought you were at your sister's funeral. What I said was 'My sister's funeral is this weekend.' Didn't say I'd be there.
Meredith: Warms my heart thinking about them two kids... [pause] ...doing it.
Jim: When they talk about all the nice things about dating a co-worker, they don't mention one of the best parts. After you're done dating, you still get to work together every single day.
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Deadpan/Understatement Jim: Kevin started crying, so I am Chris Bosh.
Jim Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy · Ryan · Angela: What are you? Some kind of Jamaican zombie woman? / Ryan: Whoopi Goldberg. / Has no one here heard of Kerrigan from StarCraft?
Andy: It's all Toby's fault. Every Halloween, I tell him the same thing: you can't bring weapons into the office. And every year he says the same thing: 'As soon as I get my weapons back, I'm going to kill you.' But there I am at Thanksgiving, alive, you know? I'm a lucky turkey.
Andy Running Gag Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Andy: I just got a text from Broccoli Rob. 'Boo!' It scared me. And then I got this text from Robert California: 'Looking forward to Halloween party. Expectations are high.' Scared the * out of me.
Andy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy · Pam: G'day, Pameroo. Could you shoot this off for me? / Pam's reaction to Andy's random Australian accent.
Andy Pam Character Comedy Reaction Beat Erin · Andy: What are you doing? I just wanted to see how you do it. If you're doing something I don't...
Erin Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Erin: One day he's like 'Fax these documents, please.' The next he's like, 'Pam, you fax them. Who cares what Erin's feeling.'
Erin Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Erin · Pam: How would you rate me as a receptionist on a scale of one to three? Um... Two? It's like the second to last thing I wanted to hear.
Erin Pam Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Meredith: Hey, if you go by the Banshee Pub, tell the Man in Black I say hello.
Meredith Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Unknown: Wait, they have food there?
Unknown Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Jim: No. My wife does not believe in ghosts. [camera look implied]
Jim Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Pam · Jim: I saw a ghost. / What I'm saying is, do you ever wonder what it was? / It was a ghost. I told you this on like our first date. / Yeah, I had just told you about the day I met the Blue Angels. I figured you had to top it.
Pam Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Robert California · Andy: Looks like we're under a Jack attack. / And you, on this day of fantasy, are a labourer.
Robert California: Bert, this is a paper company.
Bert: Can I use a computer? I need to check a hurricane.
Bert Character Comedy Absurdist Robert California: Wow. Who shot our grownup party with the kiddy ray gun?
Robert California · Kelly: Now then, how are we today? / Fine. Great. / Just fine, Kelly? Everything all right? / Mm-hmm. / You feeling fulfilled in your life? / I guess. / You guess? So there is something you want that you do not have. Try not to think about it. Because it's too terrifying to imagine.
Robert California · Kelly: What is it, Kelly? What is this great fear of yours? / Never marrying. / Yes. Dying alone, that is very scary.
Robert California · Toby: And how are you, Toby? / So great. [Robert stares; Toby visibly deteriorates]
Erin · Angela: Oh, I put those up. / I know. I'm taking them down. / I almost wonder if putting nothing on this wall is more Halloween-y.
Angela: So can we speak our minds now? Or are we still sparing feelings? Because I hate all of this.
Angela Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bert · Robert California: Very low pressure in the Sargasso Sea. Warm air from South America. Cold air from Greenland. All signs point to the perfect storm. / Perfectly mediocre.
Dwight · Unknown Employee: If you had some really big wings with blades on the end, you'd kind of look like Kerrigan from StarCraft. / Damn it! I am Kerrigan from StarCraft. I've been censored.
Dwight · Angela: If you're going to be a Zerg, at least be a lurker. Not some girl. / Kerrigan is ruler of the Zerg swarm. / Yeah. She also has boobs. / Yeah, but no nipples.
Darryl · Andy: Hey, what's the jive with Angela and Phyllis helping with the party? / November's sure creeping up, ain't it? You can't stop that month.
Erin · Gabe: I'm throwing the Halloween party and I just want to amp it up. I think it could use some extra pizzazz. Okay. Where does Gabe factor in?
Erin Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Erin: Remember that Halloween party you took me to once? The one where I started crying as soon as I walked in and I didn't stop crying?
Erin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Gabe · Erin: I will make this sexier than you could ever imagine. / No, just scary.
Gabe Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim · Pam: Pam Halpert. Hey. It's Jim Halpert. I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie tonight. / Is it called Ghostbusters? / It's called Ghostbusters.
Jim Pam Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: I ain't afraid of no ghosts. [Jim to camera]
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Reaction Beat Callback Jim · Dwight: Dwight, are you eating a stick? / It's a root, idiot.
Jim Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight · Bert: Everyone hates you. / That's really rude. / I don't tell you hurricanes suck, even though it's true. / What do you like, tornadoes? Try influenza.
Dwight · Bert: I suppose you're going to tell me the scariest animal is a shark. / Try box jellyfish.
Dwight Bert Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: I'm only scared of real things, like serial killers and kidnappers. Not things that don't exist like ghosts or mummies.
Jim Setup/Punchline Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: Mummies are real. There are mummies at museums.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim: Why on Earth would a museum put a mummy in it?
Jim Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Phyllis: A little witch's brew? I grew this party up real fast. Get out of here, little kid party. Nobody loves you. And clean up your room. Grownups are going to use it later.
Phyllis Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Angela · Dwight: The party looks fun, doesn't it? Everybody seems to be in there having a great time. So maybe now would be a great time for me to pop back on the computer. / I'm using it. I'm about to play StarCraft with him.
Unknown Character (likely Phyllis or Meredith): Pam, do you think anyone's going to notice I've worn this costume before when I wasn't pregnant? You know, I guess nobody would believe it still fits.
Kevin: Hey, guys, I'm an Oscar Liar Wiener!
Kevin Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Unknown Office Member · Gabe: Is that my grandmother? / There is no story. / Yeah, seems like there isn't a narrative. / Maybe the filmmaker realized that even narrative is comforting.
Unknown · Gabe: Is that my grandmother? / What's the story? / There is no story. / Yeah, seems like there isn't a narrative. / Maybe the filmmaker realized that even narrative is comforting.
Robert California · Andy · Multiple Office Members: What the hell is going on here? / Okay, I think we've seen enough. You can turn it off now. / Kill it. / How'd you get in my car?
Gabe: This game is called 'Pecker Poker.' It's the game of cards that gets you hard.
Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Robert California: What we have here is a classic misunderstanding. Why didn't you simply ask Andy to clarify? Asking is a very easy thing to do. The two of you are obviously very close.
Erin · Andy: All I knew is that you wanted to have a talk with me at the end of the day, and I got nervous, so... / Did you think I was going to fire you? / No, I wasn't.
Erin Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy · Erin: She's never come by, so. And she's never called here. / Unless it's your mom. / No, I didn't want her to call because I thought it would be weird, but now it's weird that she's not calling.
Andy Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Erin · Andy: Two dates? / Three dates? / Thirty-one. / Wow. / I'm so happy for you guys. Um. Let me know when you get to 40.
Erin Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Meredith · Pam: I just don't get it, Pam. You're a rational person. / Thank you. / Jim doesn't let me wash his NFL jersey during the playoffs. How is this any less logical?
Jim: Maybe the Eagles will hear about it and want to play better.
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Pam · Meredith: Exactly. Thank you. Go! Get up there right now.
Angela · Phyllis: Is she Asian? / I don't know. She's from somewhere, I bet. / Did Andy say his girlfriend's from the forest? / I don't know, Phyllis. Maybe she's from the city.
Dwight · Creed: Looks terribly real, doesn't it, Creed? / No. / Are you scared of snakes? / You don't live as long as I have without a healthy fear of snakes, Bobby.
Jim: Yeah, I guess sometimes I have nightmares about being buried alive.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Creed: Honestly, Jim gives me the creeps.
Creed Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim: Like a few years down the road, Cece says 'Mom, there's a ghost in my closet.' Now you say one of two things: One, 'You're just having a bad dream.' Or two, 'Let's go see what it wants.'
Jim Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Callback Dwight: Dwight's extended ghost story — beginning with the suicide house and Lydia, escalating to a snake in a crib full of dirt, embalmed bodies rising from sarcophagi, 'for they were mummies,' then pivoting to Lydia's failed marriage, and concluding with the baby saying 'I'm fine, bitch. I'm fine.'
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: She thought: 'Wait, I don't have a husband.' For Lydia and her husband had had an argument one they couldn't get past. Each night they slept one inch farther apart until one night Lydia left.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Her lips slowly grew together from disuse. Every time she wanted to act, and didn't, another part of her face hardened until it was stone.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Robert California: Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us? How dare we let it into our decision making? Into our livelihoods. Into our relationships. It's funny, isn't it? We take a day a year to dress up in costume and celebrate fear.
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