It's Halloween in the office and Andy invites his college a cappella group to perform, which leads to a confrontation with his frenemy Broccoli Rob. Meanwhile, Dwight finds evidence that a madman is loose in the office and tries to track him down, and the first meeting of Jim's new job causes a fight with Pam.
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99.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Here Comes Treble” ranks #44 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 90.9 — Elite. The episode packs 76 scored jokes at 3.5 per minute, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.3 on impact, with Andy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Andy: Andy talking head: 'Broccoli Rob was Broccoli Rob.' [long pause] 'Andy Bernard is the Boner Champ.'
Andy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: 'At first I drove myself crazy thinking about what I should've done differently... But then I realized I was being silly. I mean, the pumpkin should rot off of my head in a month or two.'
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Andy · Treble member: Andy: 'You at least want to know why they call me Boner Champ?' / Treble member: 'I thought Broccoli Rob was the Boner Champ.'
Dwight · Nellie: 'Other cousin Mose.' / [beat] / 'Got it.'
Dwight Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Jim · Angela: Jim's Monster Mash defense: 'Because it is Halloween. So if you're going to sing a concert, it's a good idea to throw that one in.' / Angela: 'Yeah, yeah. No, no, it's a good idea to brush your teeth, but you have to, um, feed your children. Send them to school... all things you can't do if you just keep singing Monster Mash.'
Jim Angela Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Standout Moments
Dwight: 'At first I drove myself crazy thinking about what I should've done differently... But then I realized I was being silly. I mean, the pumpkin should rot off of my head in a month or two.'
Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist ★ Rewatch Andy · Treble member: Andy: 'You at least want to know why they call me Boner Champ?' / Treble member: 'I thought Broccoli Rob was the Boner Champ.'
Andy: Andy talking head: 'Broccoli Rob was Broccoli Rob.' [long pause] 'Andy Bernard is the Boner Champ.'
Andy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 76 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dwight: Michael... I mean Dwight's talking head opening: 'This year I decided to really get into the spirit of Halloween. It may have been the costliest decision I've ever made.'
Dwight Setup/Punchline Misdirection ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: Dwight with his head stuck in the pumpkin — Jim attempts to free him, and any blow to the pumpkin 'could prove fatal to me.'
Dwight Jim Physical/Slapstick Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's uncertain 'Right?' at the end of the cold open — a rare crack in his confidence, looking to the camera for reassurance.
Dwight Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Pam: Pam's costume: 'I'm Dr. Cinderella. Cece's really into princesses now, so we decided to turn them into positive female role models. I'm an oncologist.'
Pam Character Comedy Observational Jim · Pam: Jim: 'I am one of the Men in Black guys.' Pam: 'Can I have your sunglasses?' Jim: 'Jim, come on. I thought we were past this.'
Jim Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Pam: Pam talking head about Jim's sports marketing business: 'So the sports marketing business that Jim told everyone about except for me... There's a big investment lunch today... Unless he has a secret costume that he told everyone about except for me.'
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jim · Pam: Jim to Pam: 'Getting a lot of mileage out of this, aren't you?' Pam: 'Yeah, well, get used to it, bud.'
Jim Pam Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Kevin: Kevin's costume: 'Jitterbug'
Kevin Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela · Dwight · Andy: Angela: 'The Senator will be joining us later.' Dwight: 'Not a question.' Angela: 'No, it wasn't.' Andy: 'Excellent.'
Andy · Here Comes Treble: Andy reveals Here Comes Treble was hiding in the office, bursting in to perform 'Karma Chameleon'
Dwight · Andy · Oscar: After Treble performs: 'What lab did these little clones escape from?' / 'My Cornell a cappella group.' / 'You went to Cornell?'
Oscar · Clark · Andy: Oscar: 'Ugh, I don't want to sit through a whole concert of that.' Clark: 'I do! I love the boss' interests!' Andy: 'Attaboy, Clark.'
Andy: Andy to the Treble members: 'Where you boys staying? How does it work in the rooms? You get a privacy partition?'
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy: Andy talking head: 'They might actually call me up to solo on George Michael's Faith. That was one of my signature songs. Oh man. That would be insane. I'm so not prepared.'
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight · Jim · Erin: Dwight eating Nerds candy shaped like Jim's head: 'Jim, look, I'm eating you.' / 'Must eat more Jims!'
Jim: Jim screaming 'Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!' as Nerds candy spills everywhere
Jim Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Dwight finds a pill and interrogates it: 'Hello, little pill. What do you do?' Then reads the label like a diagnosis: 'There's a madman in our midst.'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Toby · Oscar: Toby appears in costume: 'I'm Sexy Toby.' Oscar: 'Gross! I love it.'
Dwight: Dwight's escalating taxonomy of the pill: 'This is a pill for a disorder of the mind.' / 'It combats insanity.' / 'Whoever is taking it is not only insane, they are now off their meds.'
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy Callback Nellie: Nellie: 'I once saw him yell at Phyllis for sneezing wrong.'
Nellie Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: 'Okay, this is a pill that combats insanity. Whoever is taking it is not only insane, they are now off their meds.'
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Dwight: Dwight: 'Yeah, you're right. This man needs to be apprehended. I'll get my apprehension kit.'
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Andy: Andy talking head: 'When I got the nickname Boner Champ, that is when I became me.'
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Andy · Treble member: Andy: 'You got Q's, I got A's.' / Treble member: 'Did you say you've got AIDS?' / Andy: 'No, I don't have AIDS. That's not what I said. Next question.'
Ryan · Kelly: Ryan and Kelly both appearing without costumes — 'I didn't realize that everybody here dresses up every year.' 'Me neither.' 'It's Halloween.'
Andy · Broccoli Rob (voice): Andy to Broccoli Rob on the phone: begging him to set the Boner Champ record straight — Rob apparently did it 'and I guess the wine coolers were flowing, and you know, somehow things just got hinky.'
Dwight · Darryl: Darryl: 'Hey, Darryl. I'm just here to smear some peanut butter on my forehead. You know, to protect his brain from the nanobots that the government put in the air conditioning.'
Darryl · Dwight: Darryl egging Dwight on: 'Maybe get the cheeks.' / 'Is that where the nanobots like to come in?' / 'Get all the way up to your lip, yeah.'
Darryl Dwight Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: Andy explains how he got the name Boner Champ: 'Spring Sing '95, we got completely ripped on Bud Drys, I had sex with a snowman. I just went at that thing. The cold would've stopped most people, but I stayed locked in... I took the face off. Just seemed easier that way.'
Andy Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: 'And I told Phyllis not to put it out, but she insisted. So, anyway, hi.'
Andy Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Senator Lipton · Oscar · Angela: Senator Lipton: 'Wait a second. Who designed this spread? The sweets and savories are all mixed together. This is mayhem.' Then immediately abandons Oscar to find Phyllis.
Andy: Andy to Here Comes Treble: 'You all go to Cornell. You're, like, eight Rain Men. Just learn the fricking song.'
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Andy · Russell: Andy: 'Look, I know it was big with the old guys, but...' / Russell: 'Butts are for pooping.'
Toby · Toby-costumed person: Beat following the Toby/Toby costume reveal — two Tobys staring at each other
Andy: 'This isn't stupid.' — delivered into space after Andy exits, apparently to himself
Andy Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Toby · other Toby: Two Tobys: 'Look at me.' / 'Being you.' / 'I know! Look at you.' / 'It's funny, right?'
Dwight: Dwight: 'You think I don't have anxiety? I have anxiety all the time! Every waking moment of my life is sheer torture! I have land disputes to settle, and idiot cousins to protect, and ne'er-do-well siblings to take care of.'
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight · Nellie: Dwight nets Nellie with his 'apprehension kit' — apparently a literal net — while Nellie tries to reason with him
Dwight Nellie Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Meredith · Nellie: Dwight chases Meredith with a net; chaos ensues with Dwight yelling 'The jig is up, Psychopath!'
Dwight · Nellie: Nellie drops a net/apprehension on the chase scene — 'Let's see you get out of this web.' / 'The pill is mine!'
Dwight Nellie Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie · Dwight: Nellie confesses it's her pill: 'I take it every day, and it makes me feel better. And maybe it could help you too.'
Pam · Jim: Pam and Jim post-investment reveal: Jim dodging how much he invested ('About 10') / Pam: 'About 10? Ten. It was the full 10.'
Pam Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Callback Jim · Pam: Jim: 'You know, it's a good thing we talked about it, though' / Pam's incredulous beat / Jim: 'Because we had to. Yeah, yeah. I know.'
Jim Pam Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat Callback Jim · Pam · Here Comes Treble: Jim and Pam arguing over the $10,000 investment while Here Comes Treble performs in the background — 'No, I want to talk about it now!' over soft a cappella
Here Comes Treble · Andy: After the a cappella performance, the group does car wash sounds — 'Get your car washed today' / 'Ba-da-bah' / etc. Andy: 'That's how you do that!'
Broccoli Rob · Andy: Treble begins 'Faith'... and Broccoli Rob walks in to sing it
Andy · Erin · Russell: Andy: 'What the hell is Broccoli Rob doing here?' / Erin: 'She said you wanted to hear Faith.' / Andy: 'That's Broccoli Rob's signature song... That's MY signature song.' / Russell: 'I thought you were Adam Lambert.'
Russell · Andy: 'I thought you were Adam Lambert.' — Russell's defense when Andy says he dressed as George Michael
Oscar: Oscar talking head about Angela/Senator: 'The more I hear about all this a cappella drama, the more I think it's kind of pathetic. But when you're with someone, you put up with the stuff that makes you lose respect for them, and that is love.'
Oscar Irony/Sarcasm Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Broccoli Rob: Broccoli Rob explaining himself: 'Russell called me up, and they said they needed 20 cc's of George Michael, stat. So, just wham! I sprang into action. You know me.'
Andy · Broccoli Rob: Andy: 'You thought I wanted to sit in the audience like some slutty Treb rat?' / Broccoli Rob: 'A man's signature solo is his for life, okay? That's group policy, and you know it.'
Broccoli Rob: Broccoli Rob: 'It's not my fault I still live near campus. And it's my duty as an alum to be friendly to the young guys, and stop in two, three times a week.'
Broccoli Rob: Broccoli Rob challenge: 'I tell you what. We'll have a sing-off for it. You pick 12 alums from any year to back you up, and I'll do the same. And I'm so confident I'll win, I won't even warm up.'
Andy · Broccoli Rob: Andy: 'Fine, go ahead, thrash your pipes.' / Broccoli Rob: 'My pipes are primo, Champ! Why don't you ask Trey Anastasio about my pipes?'
Broccoli Rob · Andy: Broccoli Rob: 'He said, and I quote, "Hey, Rob, nice pipes." That happened!' Andy: 'Okay. Fine, yeah. That's real! That's one guy's opinion. That'll never change!'
Andy: Andy calling Broccoli Rob 'Dick' in the middle of the argument
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Clark · Kevin: Clark/Kevin: 'I thought that concert was pretty great.' / 'Oh, yeah, I decided acapelco music is awesome.'
Angela · Jim: Angela: 'They lost me when they sang Monster Mash. That song obviously glorifies the occult.' Jim: 'Angela, it's Halloween. You have to sing Monster Mash.'
Angela · Jim: Angela's interrogation of Jim: 'Angela, it's Halloween. You have to sing Monster Mash.' / 'You have to, Jim? You literally have to?' / [Jim falters] / 'Would they go to jail? Would they be shot?'
Angela Jim Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jim · Angela: Jim's Monster Mash defense: 'Because it is Halloween. So if you're going to sing a concert, it's a good idea to throw that one in.' / Angela: 'Yeah, yeah. No, no, it's a good idea to brush your teeth, but you have to, um, feed your children. Send them to school... all things you can't do if you just keep singing Monster Mash.'
Jim Angela Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Jim's talking head about the Monster Mash argument: 'It turns out Pam really, really hates Monster Mash. I mean, like, never bring that song up in front of her. Even though Jim was making great points, like, in favor of the song, Pam was like, No! Hate it! Stupid!'
Jim Meta/Self-Referential Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Andy · Russell: Andy and Russell scene: 'What if we did that? Like, we got jobs, and we were happy all the time?' / 'Oh. Well, Andy, we're not moving to Cornell.'
Andy: Andy: 'Duh, I know. That would be insane. Yeah. It could totally work, though. I don't know why we wouldn't.'
Andy Character Comedy Escalation Callback Andy: Andy: 'If I am not Boner Champ... [long pause] ...I don't know who I am.'
Andy Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Russell · Andy: Russell resolving Andy's crisis: 'Maybe you're the wise old guy that the new B-O-N-E-R Champ looks up to. You know, you could just... Make a donation.' / 'Well, I was going to say, be a mentor.'
Russell · Andy: Russell suggests Andy could be 'the wise old guy that the new Boner Champ looks up to.' / Andy: 'You know, you could just... make a donation.'
Dwight: Dwight wanting Nellie's pills: 'Oh, they're not for me. They're for my cousin, Mose. He's just having a tough time, being wifeless, and a high-pressure job, and his crazy cousin Mose.'
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Nellie: 'Other cousin Mose.' / [beat] / 'Got it.'
Dwight Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Nellie: 'Other cousin Mose. Got it.' — Nellie accepts the Mose/Mose explanation without further comment
Nellie Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Nellie: Nellie: 'Well, you tell Mose that he's a good man, and I hope he feels better.' / [beat] / Dwight: 'Which one?' / Nellie: 'Mose, or the real Mose?' / Dwight: 'The real Mose.' / Dwight: 'He says thank you.'
Andy · Andy's Mom: Andy calls his mom about 'a scholarship for a cappella kids at Cornell' to 'wire some money over there' — and she's broke
Andy: Andy calls his mom about wiring money to Cornell for an a cappella scholarship — 'What?' from mom — then: 'My parents are broke.'
Andy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Andy · Here Comes Treble: The Cornell alma mater swells over Andy's devastated face as Here Comes Treble sings it — the episode ends with Andy looking at the singing students
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