Pam interviews for a job in Philadelphia, but her potential manager reminds her of her former boss, Michael Scott. Dwight acquires the help of Angela in order to give his elderly Aunt Shirley a bath. Meanwhile, Andy attempts to make Pete and Erin feel uncomfortable.
WAR
45.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Moving On” ranks #109 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.8 — Great. The episode packs 58 scored jokes at 1.4 per minute, averaging 6.8 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
Gabe: Gabe's smooth porpoise line: 'I am as smooth as a porpoise for you.'
Gabe Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's consolation champagne: 'It's from the part of France that immediately gave up to the Nazis.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Pam: Pam's final decision: 'I spent ten years as a receptionist to Michael Scott. And I have kids now. And I just-- I can't.'
Pam Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Jim's bluetooth headset: 'I know where you're going with this, and this is who I am now. I'm a douche.'
Jim Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Gabe: Gabe's love confession story: 'She'd plug her ears and scream her heart out.'
Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 58 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Andy · David Wallace: Andy's elaborate defense of his lies about being in the office while sailing, claiming Oscar says hi 'all the time' in multiple languages
Andy · David Wallace: Andy lamenting missing his beard like 'a security blanket' after his breakup
Andy · David Wallace: Andy's butchered Bon Jovi reference: 'That's a poem by J.B. Jovi'
Andy: Andy's confessional: 'Vanilla Ice. He was a band.'
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: Andy breaks down crying mid-greeting to camera
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Physical/Slapstick Andy: Andy's talking head becomes increasingly emotional with multiple takes
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight: 'He sounds like a wounded animal. Should have put him out of his misery and just fired him.'
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive Dwight: Dwight: 'I can't be around sad people. It makes me sad. I'm the same way with horny people.'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Erin: Erin: 'I mean, I saw Pete's butt. It's sick.'
Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Pam: Pam: 'It's with a real estate company, which is a great fit for me, because I live in a house and I know what a bathroom is.'
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Pam: Pam: 'my resume can fit on a post-it note'
Dwight · Angela: Dwight's dramatic entrance interrupting Angela with 'I need you'
Dwight: Dwight's aunt Shirley description: 'her hair, her clothes, it's all falling off in great, big clumps'
Dwight Absurdist Dark/Subversive Dwight: Dwight: 'We had a nurse, but she quit, because she was "poisoned" by aunt Shirley.'
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Escalation Dwight: Dwight: 'Or lemonade and strychnine, which is actually what it was.'
Dwight Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Dwight · Angela: Dwight's description of aunt Shirley's 'prehensile wing' body part
Clark: Clark: 'Not on a three-month boat trip. Oh, burn.'
Clark Callback Setup/Punchline Callback Andy · Jim: Andy and Jim's passive-aggressive sweater exchange
Andy: Andy coining nicknames: 'Nard Dog, Plop, and Clarker Posey, A.K.A. Clarkwork Orange'
Andy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Clark: Clark's sad bachelor confession: 'Last night I ordered a pizza by myself, and I ate it over the sink like a rat.'
Aunt Shirley: Aunt Shirley: 'Who's this little kitchen witch? She's so tiny, like a little kitchen witch.'
Aunt Shirley · Angela: Aunt Shirley: 'How would you like a mean, cold slap?' followed by actually slapping Angela
Andy: Andy gathering the men: 'Darryl, Clark, Kevin, Toby, plop, take a knee.'
Andy Character Comedy Absurdist Pete: Pete's realization: 'It just occurred to me that Andy has been calling me plop for so long he forgot my real name. Which is Pete.'
Pete Observational Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim's bluetooth headset: 'I know where you're going with this, and this is who I am now. I'm a douche.'
Jim Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Andy · Pete: Andy's chlamydia lie: 'I just got off the phone with my doctor, and turns out I contracted ch-lamydia from Erin. And it's incurable.'
Andy: Andy's improvised firing song: '♪ So you had a bad day / ♪ You're a big idiot, get out of my office ♪'
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy: Andy reading relationship contract: 'Every phrase is like a dagger in my crotch.'
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Mark: Mark's Django reference: 'I'm the horrible boss around here, but please don't hire Jamie Foxx to kill me.'
Mark: Mark's uncomfortable racism comment: 'I don't agree with the use of the n-word in that movie. It's too soon.'
Mark Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Mark: Mark's forced office enthusiasm: 'They call me Marky Mark around here, because here at Simon realty we are one funky bunch.'
Mark Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Pam: Pam's realization: 'Oh, my God. He's Michael Scott.'
Pam Callback Observational ★ Rewatch Callback Angela: Angela taking charge of Aunt Shirley care: 'I'm gonna give your aunt a proper bath and a haircut like a lady.'
Angela Character Comedy Escalation Nellie · Toby: Nellie's Scranton Strangler advice: 'Do something about it. Get it out of your system, whatever it takes.'
Mark · Roger: Mark's failed 'chillax' command and Roger's defiant response
Mark: Mark's accent attempts: '[Brooklyn accent] cawfee talk' and 'Like buttah'
Mark Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy: Andy's Juliet comparison: 'I feel like the guy Juliet dated before Romeo. Probably her boss.'
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin · Andy: Kevin's booger observation and Andy's response: 'My whole life is a booger bubble.'
Mark · Pam: Mark reading Pam's upside-down resume and his gibberish reaction
Mark Pam Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Mark: Mark's existential crisis: 'I mean, they worship me, you know, but do they like me?'
Mark Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Mark: Mark's Bob Dylan impression during job interview
Mark Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy: Andy's crude translation: 'the ol' one-two punch to my scrotum pole, translation--penis, translation--my manhood'
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Mark: Mark's pregnancy policy: 'The last three girls here all got pregnant... It's a different chair.'
Mark Cringe/Discomfort Absurdist Mark: Mark's receptionist explanation: 'Like a receptionist, but we call you the office manager, because it's less demeaning.'
Mark Observational Character Comedy Callback Pam: Pam's final decision: 'I spent ten years as a receptionist to Michael Scott. And I have kids now. And I just-- I can't.'
Pam Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Toby: Toby's Bogart impression: '[As Bogart] I think this is the start of my first friendship.'
Toby Character Comedy Misdirection Callback Gabe · Alice: Gabe's weight description: 'Feel how fat my buttocks are... It's like a warm pumpkin.'
Toby · Nellie: Toby's strangling aftermath and Nellie's commentary about 'the proud neck of justice'
Aunt Shirley: Aunt Shirley's scarecrow wisdom: 'That's what Mose said about his lady scarecrow, and look what he did to that poor thing.'
Jim: Jim's consolation champagne: 'It's from the part of France that immediately gave up to the Nazis.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight · Angela: Dwight's life proposal: 'The 80 or 90 years that I have left of this life... I want to spend with you.'
Gabe: Gabe's button-down confession: 'I still wear Erin's button-downs around the condo sometimes, so it feels to me like we're still in a relationship'
Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Gabe: Gabe's love confession story: 'She'd plug her ears and scream her heart out.'
Gabe Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Gabe · Pete: Gabe's KKK music question: 'So you like songs of hate written by the white knights of ku klux klan?'
Gabe: Gabe's smooth porpoise line: 'I am as smooth as a porpoise for you.'
Gabe Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Pam · Jim: Jim's Odd Life of Timothy Green poster detail and Pam's reaction
Pam Jim Observational Character Comedy Clark: Clark's workout philosophy: 'My trainer said, "everybody fails working out." That's how you win.'
Clark Absurdist Character Comedy Clark · Kevin · Others: Clark stuck upside-down asking for help while everyone ignores him
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Our scorer flagged 16:00-19:00 (Mark's interview sequences) as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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