The women of the office try to teach Dwight how to interact with female clients; Angela suspects the senator of cheating; Toby convinces some of the guys to grow mustaches.
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“The Whale” ranks #48 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 90.4 — Elite. The episode packs 79 scored jokes at 3.4 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Dwight landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Dwight Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight · Pam: He used to fight dogs. / Like, he used to make dogs fight, or he actually fought dogs? / Little of this, little of that.
Dwight Pam Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Oscar: I literally have nightmares in which what just happened happens.
Oscar Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam · Dwight: You should ask for her number. / Oh, I got her number. 415-YCL. / That's a license number? / That's all you need.
Dwight: Oh, and, uh, Molly... I know it can't be easy working for Jan. Good luck with your feelings.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Dwight Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Oscar: I literally have nightmares in which what just happened happens.
Oscar Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Pam: He used to fight dogs. / Like, he used to make dogs fight, or he actually fought dogs? / Little of this, little of that.
Dwight Pam Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 79 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Andy: That Swayze sure can dance dirty.
Andy Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Andy: You want to worry about a part of my body, worry about my eyes. They're like two flaming meatballs in my skull.
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Darryl: I was kind of sad at first, but then I remembered that Bob Marley song — No, Woman. No Cry.
Darryl Misdirection Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Andy: Check this out. Keeps my hair out of my stare, also helps me combat the glare bear. That's what I call the sun now.
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy Darryl: Andy, it's Darryl. Take your drawers off your head.
Darryl Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Andy: Andy spills his drinking water and then confidently introduces his desalinator, which immediately sprays him in the face.
Andy Physical/Slapstick Escalation Andy: I will leave you with this, the image of a man and his boat. Burn this into your brains.
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: Well, hi, there, David Wallace. Why would you ever call me when the manager's out of town?
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: And you didn't call Jim. That seems significant.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement David Wallace: The White Pages. Do you want it? No. Do you use it? No. Does it inexplicably show up on your doorstep three times a year? Yes, yes, and yes.
Dwight: Look at all that sweet blubber.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: Ha! Yeah! Whoo! Eat it, Jim! Eat it, Phyllis! Eat--
Dwight Character Comedy Reaction Beat Dwight: Where's Stanley? Will you run to the bathroom and tell him to eat it? Of course.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Gina Rogers at Apex Technology said you called her 'gy-na' for your entire meeting.
Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Kevin · Phyllis · Oscar: Pizza Friday could come back. Hey, remember that week in the '90s when we got bagels? I miss Clinton.
Jim: I have this conference call today with this company in Philly that I'm helping start — first board meeting, also the first time I've ever been excited about work, so that feels... wrong.
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Toby: Okay, calm down. It's just me, not Tom Selleck.
Toby Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Meredith · Kevin: I hope you like being turned on all the time. Damn! It just keeps on coming, huh?
Dwight: I have very fertile hair glands.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Ryan: We have the dopest time back in the annex. We even go to lunch, pick up babes. Smile if you love men's prostates.
Ryan Character Comedy Absurdist Pam: Spring cleaning? More like fall cleaning.
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Wordplay/Pun Angela: I think the Senator is having an affair.
Angela Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Oscar: And then I make Angela's husband spoon me back to bed.
Oscar Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oscar: Angela, Blake's also a guy's name, so he may be spending his afternoons with a guy named Blake. So nothing to worry about.
Oscar Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oscar · Pam: Huh. Blake. Who is Blake? I don't know. I just never heard about the Senator and yoga from you.
Angela · Oscar: We need to go and check this out. — Angela, I'll go with you.
Dwight · Pam · Nellie: May I please speak to your boss? — No, she is the boss. — I am?
Dwight · Pam: Okay, this isn't working for me, 'cause no one would ever believe that she would be a boss. — He's absolutely right. I'm really struggling here.
Dwight · Nellie: I never sit down during sales meetings. I want to appear aggressive, imposing. I am going to sell to you in 12 minutes. No, actually, she'd like to take her time. I will tell her what her needs are and then fill them. This is gonna work out best for you if you just relax and do nothing. And once I'm finished, it's over.
Dwight Nellie Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight · Nellie: I thought it went great. / One. Have you ever killed a woman? How many women have you killed? Please, sir, will you not kill me?
Colin · Jim: The board call is spooky-sexy. 'I think there's been a mistake. We're trying to reach Jim Halpert, not Batman.'
Dwight: Listening happens in the ear and in the brain. I mean, some organisms have external hairs that vibrate to indicate auditory stimulation, but unfortunately, our external hairs don't vibrate at all.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Dwight · Nellie: Dwight's nodding face — 'I can't. I just can't carry on with that face. He looks like he's laboring over a stool, having just eaten human flesh.'
Jim · Dwight: Oh, are those your kids? They're so cute. They could be models. / Thank you. I carried each one of them for nine months inside of my torso and then pushed them out of my vagina.
Jim: Ten years ago, I didn't care if Dwight got married or died a beet-farming bachelor. But having kids makes you so soft. I used to watch Pulp Fiction and laugh, and now I'm like, 'that poor gimp is somebody's child.'
Jim Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Dwight: I have no problem with women. It's businesswomen and their power suits and their shoulder pads. Don't lie about your shoulders.
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight · Pam: I had a barber once who used to comb my hair gently. / Okay, so when you're selling to this woman, just imagine she's that nice, reasonable barber.
Angela: Which one is the instructor? — They're all fatties.
Angela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Angela: She's so stunningly tiny. She's like a petite double zero for sure, for sure.
Angela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Angela: She's repositioning his hips for downward-facing dog. I've heard of this — dog style.
Angela Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Angela: Thumbelina has a boyfriend. And he has a ponytail? Ew. I'd like to see that run for office.
Angela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Angela · Oscar: Oscar, you were right. I had nothing to be worried about. Thank you. Let's go. — No, whoa, whoa. Shut up. Hold on.
Angela · Oscar: The Senator is seen through the yoga studio window clearly making an intimate phone call / interacting in a way that confirms the affair.
Dwight · Receptionist: Do you mind telling me her name? — Uh, she'll be right in. / Just a little off the top and then a nice combing.
Pam: Oh, my God. It's Jan. Oh, dear God in heaven.
Pam Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: Jan used to be one of my superiors, and she is one of the most erratic and terrifying people I have ever met. / You son of a bitch. You're firing me? / Jim and I are pretty sure she had an affair with her ex-assistant Hunter. He was 17. But she looks great. If she asks, will you tell her I said that?
Pam Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Pam: Jim and I are pretty sure she had an affair with her ex-assistant Hunter. He was 17. But she looks great. If she asks, will you tell her I said that?
Pam Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Pam: Forget everything we taught you.
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Callback Callback Dwight: Hey, Jan! It's so great to see you!
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: Your daughter could be a bubble-bath model. I could just bite her head off.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Jan · Molly: Molly! / David Wallace is in Vermont. / Oh, my God. Um, I talked to his assistant. And I guess it did get a little confusing 'cause you said not to tell anyone your name. And then also, these bluetooths are very hard to hear with. I know you love the way they look, but Tom never had us use them.
Jan Molly Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Erin · Kevin: Erin, did this call-- / Uh! Sorry. I just-- I saw your face. / Oh. I'm sorry. It's for the thing. / I know. That's great. It just -- it makes it look like there's an eyebrow in the middle of your face.
Erin: But, um, you look like a cyclops whose eye... fell out... which is great.
Erin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jan · Astrid: Astrid's song: ♪ Mommy, you're a princess / Mommy, you're a superstar / Mommy, you're the greatest / How can I ever fill your shoes? ♪
Pam · Jan: Your voice is as lovely as ever. / Well, that was me too. / Oh, okay. It's just that's how Cece does it with the backwards Es.
Pam Jan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jan: Well, it's not really much of a comparison, is it? I mean, 'Cece' is two letters, and 'Astrid' is... I mean, there's even some adults who — who — who can't spell it.
Jan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jan · Pam: Can you spell it? Try to spell it, Pam. Um... A... X? I don't — you got me.
Jan Pam Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jan · Pam: Don't patronize me. / I'm so sorry. / I hate this. You're better. Okay, we should go now.
Jan Pam Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Angela: Oh, are you getting your jollies right now? Can't get enough of the show? Your jollies are all on fire.
Angela Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Oscar · Angela: It's Robert who's enjoying it. What? This could be the affair you're scared of. Politicians are wonderful liars. You never know who they really are. / But, uh, he's probably not gay. He's straight. He's straight, so...
Oscar Angela Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jan · Molly: Jan: 'Could I get some more water?' — Receptionist: 'No.'
Jan Molly Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: You thought I had no more cards left to play. Well, I've got one. Man-boy! The ace of babes.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Jan... You thought I had no more cards left to play. Well, I've got one. Man-boy! The ace of babes.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Jan, may I introduce to you your own personal Dunder Mifflin liaison, devoted to servicing this account with total client satisfaction.
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: Nothing like, uh, your old assistant... Hunter. Was that his name?
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Jan: I-I-- / Hmm? / I don't recall. / And, yes, Molly is crap.
Jan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jan: He's been growing that mustache for weeks. Best he can do... so young.
Jan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Jan · Dwight: Can you turn around for me, please? / Dwight, you can go.
Jan Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jan: Do you have a valid passport?
Jan Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Colin: Yeah, well, it's not just not ideal. I mean, with you there, I don't know how we're gonna do this.
Colin Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Angela · Oscar: The Senator is seen outside on a phone call — 'Oh, oh!' — the reaction as it becomes clear something intimate is happening.
Dwight: Oh, hey, Molly. Um, you should just quit. / Yeah. Thanks. / Yeah. Okay. / Oh, and, uh, Molly... I know it can't be easy working for Jan. Good luck with your feelings.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: Oh, and, uh, Molly... I know it can't be easy working for Jan. Good luck with your feelings.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Pam · Dwight: You should ask for her number. / Oh, I got her number. 415-YCL. / That's a license number? / That's all you need.
Dwight: Because you are my friend and you are a woman... and women love gossip, it's like air to you people. Ugh, God.
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