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Character Analysis

Melora Hardin

Jan Levinson

Played by Melora Hardin

85 jokes across 32 episodes of The Office

WAR

48.2

Total Jokes

85

Avg Craft

7.2

Avg Impact

7.2

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Jan delivers 85 scored jokes across 32 episodes of The Office, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.2 on impact for a career WAR of 48.2. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Jan Lines

All Jokes — 84 total

S1E03

Jan · Michael:I'm not even on that plan. Well I recommend it, it's very good.

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S1E03

Michael · Jan:Yeah, when have you ever done that? I'm doing it, right now. To you.

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S1E03

Jan · Michael:No, I have a life. Interesting, what's that like? You should try it sometime. But then who would watch my TV?

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S1E03

Jan:Dwight, listen to me very carefully, you are not a manager of anything. Understand ?

7.48.0
S2E01

Michael · Jan:You're dropping an A-bomb on me here! - Really? I'm dropping an atomic bomb on you.

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S2E02

Michael · Jan:Well, you always left me satisfied and smiling, so... That's what she said!

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S2E07

Jan:I am really thrilled.

7.07.0
S2E08

Michael · Jan:Well, you're wearing it at the office. And... it, I'm sorry, no offense, but it's really sexy. Please don't smell me Michael.

7.07.5
S2E08

Dwight · Jan:I even come in on holidays. You do? How do you get in? I have a copy of your key.

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S2E08

Dwight · Jan · Michael:For instance, the time brought in deer jerky for the whole office. That was deer? Gross. - Oh, god, Did not - You liked it.

7.07.0
S2E08

Jan:It's your personality. I mean you're obnoxious, and rude. And-and-and stupid. And you do have coffee breath by the way. And-and, I don't agree about the B.O. But you are very, very, inconsiderate.

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S2E15

Jan:You know, I've seen some of your spreadsheets. And I almost always...

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S2E15

Jan:There are always a million reasons not to do something.

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S2E15

Michael · Jan:Don't get hysterical. I'm not. Part of my job is knowing how to talk to women.

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S2E15

Jan:Now who's getting hysterical?

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S2E16

Jan:And, well, it is Michael. So... yeah, I'm very nervous.

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S2E19

Michael · Jan:Really? 'Cause I thought we had the same birthday.

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S2E22

Jan:I drove two and half hours to get here. Left work early, drove down here. And I am completely underdressed.

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S3E01

Michael · Jan:You know, it-it's amazing to me that in this day and age, you could be so... obtuse... a-about sexual orientation! I watch 'The L Word,' Okay? I watch 'Queer as [beep].' That's not what it's called.

6.87.0
S3E01

Michael · Jan:Could Oscar and Angela be having a gay affair? No. Maybe. Is that what this is about? No. I don't. No. It's not possible. Anything's possible.

6.76.5
S3E02

Michael · Jan:The 800-pound gorilla in the room. Carol. I'm still dating her. So nothing can happen between us at the convention.

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S3E02

Jan · Michael:Step away from me, Michael. Thank you for being so brave with all of this.

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S3E03

Jan · Michael:How would a movie increase productivity, Michael? / People work faster after. / Magically? / No. They have to, to make up for the time they lost watching the movie.

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S3E03

Jan · Michael:Do I need to hire a babysitter for you, Michael? / Kitchen. Some little 14-year old girl whose job it is, is to limit...

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S3E03

Dwight · Jan:Many of your blouses are Claibornes. / How do you know that? / It's part of my job. / No, it's not. It's officially not.

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S3E04

Michael · Jan:Michael thinking Jan is calling because she misses him when she's delivering death news

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S3E04

Michael · Jan:Michael's robot statue proposal with arms that move and eyes that light up

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S3E05

Jan · Michael:Tell me what you did yesterday. Uh, nothing. Nothing? Yeah, nothing.

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S3E07

Michael · Jan:On whom's authority? The board's.

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S3E07

Michael · Jan:Am I a small number person or a severance package person? But you're a severance package person.

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S3E07

Josh · Jan:I, um... will not be taking the job. W... Excu... why not? As of today, I have accepted a senior management position at Staples. Today.

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S3E07

Jan:This whole restructuring thing was based around keeping you. Damn it, Josh.

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S3E07

Jan:Your branch is not closing. Stamford is closing. Um, for the time being, it seems that all of your jobs are safe.

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S3E09

Michael · Jan:Oh, you are such a racist. Wait, why am I a racist? Because you think he's black. He is black, right?

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S3E11

Jan:I was in Scottsdale, visiting my sister. Very sunny.

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S3E11

Jan:I am attracted to you. I don't... I don't know why, I... But I am

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S3E12

Jan:Jan claiming she was in Scottsdale visiting her sister, not Jamaica

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S3E12

Jan:Jan's speech about self-destructive tendencies and lowering expectations

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S3E12

Jan:Jan's 'Wait 15 minutes then meet me at your condo' instruction

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S3E12

Jan:Jan's disgusted 'Oh, God' reaction to Michael's movie quote

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S3E18

Jan:Okay, let's just go to a motel... And, like, rip into each other like we did on that black sand beach in Jamaica

6.57.0
S3E18

Jan:I am taking a calculated risk. What's the upside? I overcome my nausea, fall deeply in love, babies, normalcy, no more self-loathing. Downside, I, uh- date Michael Scott publicly. And collapse into myself like a dying star.

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S3E18

Jan:No means please don't. Slam me up against the wall, right here.

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S3E21

Jan · Michael:I'll give you $200. And if I get up before you, I'll leave it on the dresser.

8.18.5
S3E23

Jan:I didn't get both of your messages.

6.86.0
S3E23

Jan · Michael:Not leaving. / David, I did not tell her.

6.57.0
S4E02

Ryan · Jan:So, elephant in the room, I have your old job. Well, not exactly... my job. A different title. Oh, well, excuse me. Same office. Same responsibilities. Different salary.

6.86.5
S4E03

Michael · Jan:No-- No. No. If I go by myself, everybody'll think I'm a big loser. - Well... I've your permission to invite Carol? - What? Jesus, Michael! I'm sorry. It's just the first... girl that popped into my head. I'll find somebody I haven't slept with.

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S4E04

Jan:Jan: 'A futon's not a sofa. It folds up. You've only seen it flat.'

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S4E04

Jan:Jan: 'Don't sell your implants, please. I'm keeping them. I know you like them... Kind of painful and my nipples aren't as sensitive now. Looks cute though.'

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S4E05

Michael · Jan:No. If I go by myself, everybody will think I'm a big loser. Well... Do I have your permission to invite Carole? What? Jeez, Michael! I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It's just the first girl that popped into my head. I'll find somebody that I haven't slept with.

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S4E08

Jan:No, I want it up. My hair.

6.45.5
S4E08

Michael · Jan:I'm gonna puke. I'm gonna throw up. Fine, just a second. Hold on.

5.55.0
S4E08

Jan:People underestimate Michael. There are plenty of things that he is well above average at. Like... ice skating. He is a very good ice skater.

7.27.0
S4E08

Jan:You e-mailed a topless photo of me to everyone in our company. Let's call it even.

7.98.5
S4E08

Jan:Chinese was my cheap suggestion.

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S4E12

Jan:You e-mailed a topless photo of me to everyone in our company. Let's call it even.

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S4E12

Jan · Michael:Michael, I am very sorry. Oh, hey, no biggie. Just... No, no, no. This was rough. We never meant for you to get caught in the middle of this.

6.56.0
S4E12

Jan · Michael:How about Chinese? We should really try to save some money. How about something cheap? That was my cheap suggestion. Chinese was my cheap suggestion.

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S4E13

Jan:This will be great to cook with... really.

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S4E13

Jan:And these walls, they used to be, like white, like an asylum. So I wanted it to be softer so I had it painted in eggshell white. Guess what. White and eggshell white are exactly the same color.

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S4E13

Jan:Yeah, he tried to set up my Tivo for me, but then I didn't have audio for a week.

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S4E13

Jan · Michael:You know, Pam, in Spain, they often don't even start eating until midnight. / When in Rome.

8.38.5
S4E13

Michael · Jan:You know what? Hunter was a terrible assistant. That's why Ryan fired him. / He's probably just as reliable as Pam, because it usually takes you an afternoon to get back to me.

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S4E13

Jan · Pam:You don't need two of you to do that. / That's true...

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S4E13

Michael · Jan:Rhymes with Parnold Schporzenegger. / No rhyming!

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S4E13

Jan · Michael:It's actually a really cute story. Do you wanna tell it, babe or should I tell it? / I don't like that story, babe. / Come on! It's a cute stor... Michael ran through the sliding glass door because he thought he heard the ice cream truck.

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S4E13

Jan:You are so right. You are so right! Because before I lived here, the glass was always covered in smudges. And I moved in and I cleaned it, so I guess that makes me the devil.

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S4E13

Jan:You should see our bathroom after Michael takes a bath. / But I don't need to tell you, Pam.

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S4E13

Michael · Jan:And I bought this condo to fill with children. / I am so sorry that I don't want to bring kids into this screwed-up world. / If you want to have kids, then fine, you win. Let's have a fuckin' kid!

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S4E13

Jan:I hate my life.

8.18.5
S4E13

Jan · Michael:At least he's an artist. / B.F.D., I'm a screenwriter. And I'm a candle maker, but you don't hear me bragging about it! / No, all you do is you get me to try to work on my rich friends.

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S4E13

Jim · Jan · Jim · Jan · Michael:Man, I would love to burn your candles! / You burn it, you buy it! / Oh, good, I'll be your first customer! / You're hardly my first. / That's what she said!

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S5E01

Jan · Jim:You remember last week when that girl went missing? Guess whose candles they used for the vigil? / Cool. / Thank god they found her too. / Oh, they found her?

8.18.5
S5E01

Jan:I don't want you to end up with a surprise pregnancy like me.

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S7E04

Jan:How do I do it? Raise my daughter, work as director of office purchasing for this hospital and release an album of Doris Day covers on my own label? If I knew, I'd tell you.

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S7E04

Jan · Michael:(SINGING) Fry it up in a pan, Never, never, never let you forget you're a man. Love that commercial. I don't understand the reference.

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S7E04

Jan · Michael:Well, if there was anything exciting about it, it was because we both knew it was wrong. Because we worked together. No. Okay, imagine there's a princess who falls for a guy beneath her station, and the queen doesn't like this at all... Am I the princess? No, I'm the princess. And the queen.

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S7E04

Jan:(SINGING) How was school? It was cool. What did you learn? What did I learn? You might have learned shapes, or blocks, or clocks, or colors, or you might have learned that we're all sisters and brothers... I have herpes.

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S7E17

Jan:Ever banged an entire bachelorette party, baby?

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S7E17

Jan:Why are you singling my line out, like, a million years later?

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S9E07

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.

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S9E07

Jan · Pam:Try to spell it, Pam. Um... A... X? I don't-- you got me.

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S9E07

Jan:Do you have a valid passport?

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