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Character Analysis

Amy Ryan

Holly Flax

Played by Amy Ryan

89 jokes across 16 episodes of The Office

WAR

9.7

Total Jokes

89

Avg Craft

6.7

Avg Impact

6.5

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Holly delivers 89 scored jokes across 16 episodes of The Office, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact for a career WAR of 9.7. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Holly Lines

All Jokes — 89 total

S5E01

Kevin · Pam · Holly:Pam, you weigh 226 pounds? / Almost, Kevin. / Not almost though, Holly. I mean, not-- not close to 200.

7.27.0
S5E01

Holly:Math is hard.

6.36.5
S5E01

Holly:Actually, I'm a lesbian. / I'm gay. / I'm not a lesbian. I don't know why I said that. Stupid joke.

6.97.0
S5E01

Michael · Holly:I'm messing with you, Holly. / I knew that. Okay, bye.

6.46.0
S5E01

Holly · Angela · Kevin:No! You do not talk to him like that! / But he's an idiot! / He is not an idiot. / Thank you, Holly. / He is mentally challenged. But he's doing a super job here.

7.48.0
S5E01

Holly:Not that guy who murdered his mother. He was not so handsome. Also Kevin.

7.88.0
S5E01

Michael · Holly:Fat people are not monsters. / Bang, boom! Case in point.

7.67.5
S5E02

Holly:Pencils down! Just kidding. Take your time.

6.15.5
S5E02

Holly:It's going to be insane. No, it's not. I have to read from the binder.

6.76.0
S5E02

Holly:Turns out being the morality police does not make you popular. I should know, because in middle school I was the hall monitor and the kids used to stuff egg salad in my locker.

7.07.0
S5E04

Michael · Holly:Um, tonight. I'm free tonight. Is that too eager? No. I don't care. I'm free tonight.

6.36.0
S5E04

Michael · Holly:Oh, wait. Oh, tonight's no good. Because i am busy taking you out. Oh, i just remembered. I can't tonight. Why? I'm going out with you.

6.87.5
S5E04

Michael · Holly:We could go to the food court, get different foods. You could get chicken teriyaki. I could get a hot dog. Some of what we order depends on whether we're having sex after.

7.27.0
S5E04

Michael · Holly:Oh, my! Wow, elephant in the room. Are we, do you think? Do you think we're gonna have sex tonight? Hell, yeah.

6.17.0
S5E04

Michael · Holly:Oh, after vous. Thank vous.

6.15.5
S5E04

Holly · Michael:Do you think they can hear us? Not if we turn these dials All the way down. Now they can't hear us at all. Oh, good. We're totally alone.

7.78.0
S5E04

Michael · Holly:Oh, my god! So much for sex without consequences. You are such a dork!

7.06.5
S5E04

Holly:The springsteen tickets seemed too good to be true. But a lot of michael seems too good to be true. So far it's all true. But yeah, those tickets Really seemed too good to be true.

7.06.5
S5E05

Holly:Look at all this stuff. It's only seven hours

6.25.5
S5E05

Darryl · Michael · Holly:Those Duke boys are at it again. Hey, do not touch my radio

6.25.0
S5E05

Holly:I said 'Jinx' and then we never talked about it again

8.37.5
S5E05

Michael · Holly:Life is a highway I wanna ride it all night long

5.04.5
S5E26

Holly:The combinations are endless.

7.16.5
S5E26

Holly:You can go to hell. I'm kidding! Sure, I will get you the best iced tea in the world.

7.37.0
S5E26

Holly:For us.

6.97.0
S5E26

Holly:You bet your fat ass we are.

6.66.0
S5E26

Holly:Have ya hoyd the news? Extry, extry! Read all about it! Newspapers for sale!

5.75.0
S5E26

Holly:Crystal cool.

6.75.5
S5E26

Holly:Dun-der, Dun-der, Dunder, Dunder, Dunder...

6.76.0
S5E26

Holly:Are you ready to play Slumdunder Mifflinaire?

6.66.5
S5E26

Holly:I was there! I was a tour guide at Dartmouth College!

6.96.5
S5E26

Holly:Robert Mifflin had undiagnosed depression, which 9 million americans suffer from, and is very treatable.

7.07.5
S5E26

Holly:For $500,000, is it, A) Scranton?

7.99.0
S5E26

Holly:No, it was a tough audience.

7.06.5
S7E04

Michael · Holly:This is Holly. No, this is Holly. No... This is Michael Scott. Busted.

6.86.5
S7E04

Michael · Holly:We would have twins. I don't think we'd have kids. Mmm-hmm. We would be married. Michael, I've been dating A.J. For a year and a half now.

7.47.0
S7E04

Holly:You cried at that tag line for a movie you made up. 'He had no arms or legs. He couldn't see, hear or speak. This is how he led a nation.'

8.48.5
S7E04

Holly:This is Holly Flax. I can't come to the phone right now, but please leave a message at the sound of the tiny truck backing up.

7.46.5
S7E11

Holly · Michael:Well, well, well, if it isn't Michael Scott. You old bastard. Well, I never thought I'd see your face around these parts, you old bastard! Well, I did show my face around these parts, you old bastard. Why, you're some sort of wise guy, huh? I most certainly am. Nyuk-nyuk-nyuk... D'oh! Oh, Homey.

6.87.0
S7E11

Holly · Michael:Oh, huggy monster! Oh, not the huggy monster! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!

6.36.0
S7E11

Holly:Oh, it's so nice to be back. It looks beautiful in here. Super-classy. It's like a party for limousine drivers.

7.27.0
S7E11

Holly · Michael:Oh, I love... A.J. gave me that. Well, that's understandable. Still raw.

6.15.5
S7E11

Holly · Michael:A.J. said he hadn't seen any of the Toy Story movies. You're kidding me. No. I know. I'm like, 'What? Are you serious?' What a douche bag! Get a life!

6.25.5
S7E11

Holly · Michael:He had a little note pinned to him that said, 'You've got a friend in me.' Yeah, Randy Newman's the best. Yeah. I love him. Me, too.

6.66.0
S7E11

Holly · Michael:Who told you that? Nora Ephron, in every romantic comedy ever made.

7.06.5
S7E11

Holly · Angela:You don't think... It's not possible that Woody did this to himself? It is Christmas. No, it really seems like something Michael would do.

7.67.0
S7E11

Holly · Michael:You're re-gifting this to me. No, that's not... No, I went to the mall and I picked that out especially for you. Oh, yeah? Well, show me the receipt. From the mall. This is a fast food receipt from April.

6.66.5
S7E11

Holly:I was making salad, and he fell right into the dressing. I mean, there was salad dressing all over him. He smells awful. It was blue cheese dressing.

6.05.5
S7E12

Michael · Holly:E.T. phone Holly. Holly like phone? Holly misses old phone. Why? New phone is confusing, gets bad reception. Oh, bummer. Bummer. Reese's pieces. Reese's pieces? Oh, God. Please stop.

6.37.0
S7E12

Holly:No. Don't go see that one. I want to see that together. Yeah, go see that action one. Okay. I love you, too.

6.06.0
S7E12

Michael · Holly:Holly Flax. Yes, Michael? Not Michael, E.T.

5.85.5
S7E13

Michael · Holly:Put her there. Give me a good firm one. Ooh, that's a good, firm handshake. You're hired. Yes, well let's get right into the Anderson account, shall we? Okay. Yes, yes, right away.

6.97.5
S7E13

Michael · Holly:(IMITATING E.T.) E.T. phone Holly. Holly like phone? (IMITATING E.T.) Holly misses old phone.

5.15.0
S7E13

Pam · Erin · Holly:I went to Portugal. I went to Portugal. Oh, wow. You went together? No. No.

6.36.5
S7E13

Holly:You need to get your own life.

6.27.0
S7E13

Holly:You know how you say something over and over and the words start to sound weird? Going to be just fine. Just fine, just fine, just fine.

6.76.5
S7E14

Michael · Holly:Michael calling Holly 'Necropolis' and asking for kiss

6.06.0
S7E15

Michael · Holly:Yes, I do. No, you don't. Yes, I do. No, you can have your own opinion, and I can have mine. I have my own opinion, and my opinion is to disagree with you.

4.74.5
S7E15

Pam · Holly:He's gonna be a lot of fun to drive around in a car with. Oh, you'll get through it, hon. Just make a game out of it. A funny Jim game.

6.35.5
S7E15

Dwight · Holly · Store clerk:What are you doing? Just changing my cell phone plan. Okay. Here you go. I'll take my free stress ball too now. Sure thing. Here you go, Miss... Okay, Fanny Smellmore.

5.05.0
S7E15

Store clerk · Holly · Dwight:Real original. What? You know what? Say hi to Orville Tootenbacher for me. Tootenbacher. Orville Tootenbacher, that's Michael's millionaire character that farts popcorn.

6.87.0
S7E15

Michael · Holly:I just miss you so much. I missed you, too. Really? Yeah.

6.56.0
S7E16

Michael · Holly:Okay, bye. Okay, bye. I'll miss you. Miss you. Okay, bye. Bye. Bye. Okay. One more big one. Don't go.

5.46.5
S7E16

Michael · Holly:Close. It's a romantic treasure hunt. A scavenger hunt is where you find items from a master list. This is where you follow clues that lead to a prize. Common misuse.

7.06.5
S7E16

Holly · Michael:But there's no clue. Well, get to work. I can't 'cause there's no clue. The puzzle is the clue.

6.45.5
S7E16

Holly:He can put both his legs behind his head.

7.07.5
S7E16

Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly making playful noises during the PDA meeting

7.27.5
S7E16

Michael · Holly:We are going to designate one of our closets as a hook-up zone. No. Anything goes!

6.56.5
S7E16

Holly:I sit on your lap because I like the way your thighs feel on my butt.

6.67.5
S7E16

Holly:Do you mean you love me like, 'Hey, there's Holly. I love that girl,' or do you mean you love me like you 'love me' love me?

6.76.5
S7E16

Michael · Holly:No touching. No touching. I'm trying not to touch you. Oh. Almost got you. We can't do this.

6.97.5
S7E16

Holly · Kevin:Make that face he likes. Which one? I have a lot of stupid faces.

7.37.5
S7E16

Holly · Kevin:Do a monkey face. Do a monkey face. (Kevin making monkey sounds) Throw your poop. Hurl your feces.

6.06.5
S7E17

Holly:I loved that you got to work together with all your friends. Isn't that so great when you can all work together like that?

6.86.0
S7E18

Holly:What don't you understand about the word 'approved'? It seems a couple of you don't know what the word 'approved' means. I have very little patience for stupidity.

5.85.5
S7E18

Holly · Ryan:Right. This isn't the U.S. government. What are you referencing? Everything. Everything.

6.86.5
S7E18

Angela · Holly:Well, I mean, he humped Michael. Well, if that's the case, I guess I've got to be fired too.

6.87.0
S7E18

Holly:Okay, bill cosby, Steve Martin, Charlie bit my finger, Michael Scott, then all the way down here, Todd packer.

6.66.5
S7E18

Holly · Michael:I'm sorry about your friend. No. He's an ass. You are. What are you, wicked smaht? No, you are.

5.35.0
S7E19

Holly · Holly's mother · Holly's father:Your friend michael, yes. What's going on? Um, I think I know, Uh, is dad there? Hollis? Hi, dad. There was a program on tv about india.

7.06.5
S7E19

Holly · Holly's mother:Well, who do you have? I have your father. He's right here. I'll put him on. No, mom. Oh, which one's decaf?

6.66.0
S7E19

Holly · Michael:How do you know when it's time? I don't know if you ever know. And if you wait for the day when your parent comes to you and says, 'i can't take care of myself,' it's never gonna happen.

7.46.5
S7E19

Holly · Michael:My dad isn't doing so well. Oh, okay. For how long? I don't know. And I want you to come with me. Now, I Okay. And I was thinking, you know, and that we're both ready... Michael scott, will you No, no. shh!

8.07.5
S7E19

Holly:Uh... What? No, I am not going to be proposed to in the break room. That is not going to be our story.

7.57.0
S7E19

Michael · Holly:So this is one of my favorite places in the world. why? This is where toby announced It was the happiest day of my life... Until the day you came to replace him.

8.07.5
S7E19

Michael · Holly:And this is where we first made love. Michael!

6.96.5
S7E19

Michael · Holly:When I called you to tell you that I had herpes, and that I was still in love with you. And you said that it was over And thank goodness It was an ingrown hair. Yes.

6.76.5
S7E19

Michael · Holly:This is where we coran our first meeting. Remember? Obesity awareness? Saved a lot of lives that day. That's where you first met michael klump. Oh, I sayI say I sit on you.

6.66.0
S7E22

Holly · Michael:Oh, you mean this? Yeah. Yes, my hero. I'll pay the rent.

6.56.0