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.
WAR
42.7
Wins Above Replacement
“The Whale” ranks #75 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 79.9 — Elite. The episode packs 54 scored jokes at 2.3 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.8 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 · Jim: He used to fight dogs. Like, he used to make dogs fight, or he actually fought dogs? Little of this, little of that.
Dwight Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Oscar: I literally have nightmares in which what just happened happens.
Oscar Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oscar: And then I make Angela's husband spoon me back to bed.
Oscar Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jan: Do you have a valid passport?
Jan Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 54 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Andy: That Swayze sure can dance dirty.
Andy Observational Deadpan/Understatement Andy: They're like two flaming meatballs in my skull.
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Andy: also helps me combat the glare bear. That's what I call the sun now.
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Darryl: Andy, it's Darryl. Take your drawers off your head.
Darryl Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Andy: Ow! Oh! Oh, no. Ah. That's not good.
Andy Physical/Slapstick Escalation Andy: Andy falling overboard during dramatic speech
Andy Physical/Slapstick Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dwight: Why would you ever call me when the manager's out of town?
Dwight Character Comedy Reaction Beat Dwight: You didn't call Jim. That seems significant.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort David Wallace: 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.
David Wallace: There is a reason we in the paper industry call this thing 'the white whale.'
Dwight: Look at all that sweet blubber.
Dwight Callback Absurdist ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Eat it, Jim! Eat it, Phyllis! Eat-- Where's Stanley?
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation Jim: Gina Rogers at Apex Technology said you called her 'gy-na' for your entire meeting.
Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Kevin: Hey, remember that week in the '90s when we got bagels?
Kevin Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy Todd Packer: I hope you like being turned on all the time.
Creed: I have very fertile hair glands.
Creed Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nate: Smile if you love men's prostates.
Nate Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Angela: I think the Senator is having an affair.
Angela Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Oscar: I literally have nightmares in which what just happened happens.
Oscar Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oscar: And then I make Angela's husband spoon me back to bed.
Oscar Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Oscar: 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 Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight · Phyllis · Pam: You just walked into her office... and begin. - Hello. - Hello. May I please speak to your boss? - No, she is the boss. - I am? Yes.
Dwight: no one would ever believe that she would be a boss.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dwight: 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 Cringe/Discomfort Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jim: Have you ever killed a woman? How many women have you killed? Please, sir, will you not kill me?
Jim Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Colin: Yeah, it's sounding kind of spooky-sexy over here, Halpert.
Colin Reaction Beat Wordplay/Pun Colin: We're trying to reach Jim Halpert, not Batman.
Colin Observational Reaction Beat Dwight: some organisms have external hairs that vibrate to indicate auditory stimulation, but unfortunately, our external hairs don't vibrate at all.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nellie: children of the world coming together, cutting down trees to make paper. But not in a child labor-y way.
Nellie Irony/Sarcasm Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Nellie: he looks like he's laboring over a stool, having just eaten human flesh.
Nellie Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: I carried each one of them for nine months inside of my torso and then pushed them out of my vagina.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: I used to watch Pulp Fiction and laugh, and now I'm like, 'that poor gimp is somebody's child.'
Jim Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: I had a barber once who used to comb my hair gently.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: He used to fight dogs. Like, he used to make dogs fight, or he actually fought dogs? Little of this, little of that.
Angela: They're all fatties.
Angela Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Oscar Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Angela: I'd like to see that run for office.
Angela Character Comedy Observational Jim's neighbor: Hey! Are those skateboarders back? Where are they? Little punks.
Dwight: Oh, dear God in heaven.
Dwight Reaction Beat Character Comedy Dwight: Jan used to be one of my superiors, and she is one of the most erratic and terrifying people I have ever met.
Dwight Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Your daughter could be a bubble-bath model. I could just bite her head off.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Erin · Pete: I just 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: you look like a cyclops whose eye fell out... which is great.
Erin Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Astrid: Jan's daughter singing song about how great her mommy is
Astrid Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback 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 Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jan · Pam: Try to spell it, Pam. Um... A... X? I don't-- you got me.
Jan Pam Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline 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 Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Ryan · Dwight: Where's the quiznos? You're the quiznos.
Jan: Do you have a valid passport?
Jan Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight · Pam: 415-YCL. That's a license number? That's all you need.
Dwight: women love gossip, it's like * you people.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 12:00-13:00 range with conference call chaos as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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