
Character Analysis

Karen Filippelli
Played by Rashida Jones
52 jokes across 18 episodes of The Office
7.9
52
6.7
6.5
Character Comedy
Karen delivers 52 scored jokes across 18 episodes of The Office, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact for a career WAR of 7.9. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Karen Lines
Dwight · Karen:Dwight (as Jim): 'Wanna get together later and have sexual intercourse, 'cause you're my girlfriend? Do you?' Karen: 'No.' Dwight: 'Okay. I'm good. Thanks.'
Karen · Pam:Karen confronts Pam: Jim told her about the kiss. / But you're not still interested in him? / Oh, yeah. / Really? / Oh, no! I was confused by your phrasing.
Dwight · Karen:Dwight approaches Karen: 'Hey, Karen. Hey, Dwight. Lookin' sharp.' — Dwight realizes compliment, starts to reveal he's Jim
Karen · Jim:Does anyone ever stand up to Angela? / I think one of her cats did once. She came in with scratches all over her face.
Jim · Dwight · Karen:Jim narrates a series of increasingly absurd fake events into Dwight's tape recorder — Dwight taking off his pants, having a knife, being completely nude, wearing a baby bonnet, Jim Carrey walking in, a Muppet Babies tattoo, and finally chopping off Phyllis's head with a chainsaw
All Jokes — 75 total
Josh · Karen · Jim · Stamford Office:The Stamford office scene where someone off-screen shouts 'Suck up!' at Karen for answering Josh's question, then Josh proceeds as if nothing happened
Andy · Karen:Andy declares that Karen's snack food preferences fall 'under the umbrella of his authority' as project supervisor and that work stops until she gets the chips she requires
Andy · Karen:Andy insists Karen is 'not a quitter' when she tries to end the chip quest; Karen: 'I am not a quitter. I will do this all day, if you want.' Andy: 'Really?' Karen: 'Yeah, all day.'
Jim · Andy · Karen:Jim's deadpan recap to the third party joining: 'We went right for the copier. Mm-hmm. And then we checked the fax machine. Yeah, nothing there.'
Mose · Karen · Dwight:The Cardigans' 'Love Me' playing at Schrute Farm, apparently initiated by Mose; Karen asks it to stop; the song continues through her protests with everyone powerless to stop it
Jim · Karen:Jim asks Karen to help retrieve his stuck vending machine chips with her 'skinny little arms.'
Andy · Jim · Karen:(ANDY AND JIM SINGING together) / Wait. / The less I seek my source / Oh, come on, guys, please. / The closer I am to fine / That's not good. / Tuna! Are you kidding me?
Karen · Andy:Drunk Andy stumbles out, and Karen yells: 'Hey, dummy, get in the car.' / Andy: 'I'm a drunk driver.' / Karen: 'Yes, you are.'
Andy · Karen:Andy in the car: 'And I am just going to lie down in the back, if that's all right?' — Karen: 'Sure. Here's your bag. Just don't puke on anything.'
Karen:Jim's Stamford coworker confesses to camera: 'I mean, I don't think he's into me or anything, but I'm kind of into him, so there you go.'
Jim · Karen:Karen sits at Jim's old desk; Jim realizes he has to move his things; Karen says 'You can call it whatever you want' about her taking the desk
Jim · Karen:Jim returns to his old desk. Karen is sitting there. Long uncomfortable pause, then: 'Oh. Um... Then I must be really really wanna pack.'
Karen:Karen's talking head: 'Yeah, Jim is a nice guy. That's why I got the desk.'
Michael · Karen:Michael leaving Karen a voicemail in an increasingly 'Italian' accent, coaching himself: 'Try more Italian'
Karen · Pam:New employee (presumably Karen or Martin) observing Michael's Vance Refrigeration meltdown: 'Is he always like this?' / Pam: 'Sometimes he brings more costumes.' / 'When do people work?' / 'Oh, we find little times during the day.'
Jim · Karen:Jim tells Karen he's messing with Andy, sending him to women in the office 'with just terrible information on how to get them to go out with him.' Karen: 'I love it. I want in.'
Karen · Jim:The Stamford people's reaction to the Party Planning Committee dynamics — 'It would never work here.'
Karen · Jim:Does anyone ever stand up to Angela? / I think one of her cats did once. She came in with scratches all over her face.
Angela · Karen · Pam:The 'Committee to Plan Parties' flyer vs. Angela's Party Planning Committee — 'There's no such thing as the Committee to Plan Parties. There is now.'
Pam · Karen · Angela · Dwight:Karen and Pam's 'Committee to Plan Parties' rival flyer: $200 funding. Angela: 'What's ours again?' Dwight: '$201.'
Karen · Pam:There's a party that starts at 3:00. / Right. / And then there's a way more fun party that starts at 2:45.
Pam · Karen:Are we taking this too far? / I don't think we're taking this far enough. / What? / I got goose bumps.
Jim · Dwight · Karen:Jim narrates a series of increasingly absurd fake events into Dwight's tape recorder — Dwight taking off his pants, having a knife, being completely nude, wearing a baby bonnet, Jim Carrey walking in, a Muppet Babies tattoo, and finally chopping off Phyllis's head with a chainsaw
Karen:Karen's confessional: she saw an apartment for rent near Jim's and 'he said he didn't think it'd be such a good idea... it would be like we were living together in different houses, two blocks away'
Karen · Pam:Karen thanks Pam for 'talking sense into Halpert' about the apartment; mentions 'the Days Inn Room 228 was starting to get really depressing'
Karen:Karen's talking head after the client says Jim 'was hung up on Pam for such a long time': 'That's nice. You can pay me back later for the makeover.'
Karen:Karen's reaction after the client mentions Jim was hung up on Pam: 'That's nice.' followed by implied awkward silence.
Dwight · Karen:Dwight: 'My girlfriend is also beautiful and smart. She could be a model, or a college professor — which is intimidating to a lot of guys. We should go on a double date.' Karen: 'No, thank you.'
Karen · Jim:Karen's talking head: Jim admits he had a crush on Pam before leaving for Stamford. Karen: 'Did I ever have a thing for her? No. Why, did she say something?'
Karen:Karen and I have had a little bit of a rough patch for the past couple weeks, but we had some really good talks and, actually now, I think that we're better than ever.
Karen · Pam:Karen confronts Pam: Jim told her about the kiss. / But you're not still interested in him? / Oh, yeah. / Really? / Oh, no! I was confused by your phrasing.
Pam · Karen:You should definitely go out with Jim. I mean, you're going out with Jim. I'm not going out with Jim. / You're dating him, which is awesome, because you guys are great together.
Karen · Pam:What are you sorry about? / Nothing. I was just thinking of something else.
Jim · Karen:Jim and Karen's moment: Jim reveals he paid Scrantonicity $20 to play 'their song' — which turns out to be a song they associate together.
Jim · Karen:Karen clarifies: 'It's only temporary, okay? Don't get excited.' Jim: 'I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't'
Karen:I'm the only one left. Everybody else was either fired or quit. And there's one in anger management.
Karen:That's Drake. And just so, you know, I don't want to be weird or anything, but we used to date. And it didn't end well.
Karen · Jim:Well, if you're wondering why his wife was staring daggers at me, it's because I kind of saw him for a little bit when they were separated. Oh, didn't notice. Really? I thought it was so obvious.
Karen · Jim:Don't mention that you and I are dating 'cause I think he might still have feelings for me. Wallace? What the hell? Have you dated, like, every guy here?
Karen · Jim:You got me. So none of them? Of course not. I mean you're, kind of, like, my first. Oh, my God, it's so easy... it's not even fun.
Karen · Jim:Karen calls Jim 'agoraphobic' for preferring to watch a Phillies game on the couch over going out
Kevin · Karen:Kevin asks Karen how she feels that Roy tried to 'kick her boyfriend's ass over another woman'
Dwight · Karen:Dwight approaches Karen: 'Hey, Karen. Hey, Dwight. Lookin' sharp.' — Dwight realizes compliment, starts to reveal he's Jim
Dwight · Karen:Dwight (as Jim): 'Wanna get together later and have sexual intercourse, 'cause you're my girlfriend? Do you?' Karen: 'No.' Dwight: 'Okay. I'm good. Thanks.'
Michael · Pam · Karen:The pros and cons list for Jan: Pros include 'Nice butt' and 'Perfect skin.' Cons include 'Breasts not anything to write home about,' 'Flat-chested,' and 'I'm unhappy when I'm with her.'
Michael · Karen:Michael: 'I cannot believe this yogurt has no calories.' Karen: 'No one said it has no calories.'
Karen:Karen's talking head: 'I'm kind of in between boyfriends right now, so I don't need anything sexy. But I do need some new hand towels. I figure I can cut up this robe.'
Karen:Karen's talking head: 'You know? I changed a tire today. All by myself. This bathrobe's already coming in handy.'
Karen · Jim:Karen calls David Wallace to interview for the New York job — and Jim overhears, mispronounces 'as well' as 'in well', then jokes 'This job is in a well. I don't want it.'
Michael · Jim · Karen:Michael pitches a 'convoy' to New York, describing mooning each other while driving
Jim · Pam · Karen:Jim tells Pam 'I really miss our friendship' — but Pam immediately realizes he's just rehearsing what he said to her at the beach, calling it 'patheticville'
Michael · Pam · Phyllis · Angela · Karen:'Defcon 20. She wants to get back together.' / 'How can she make you get back together with her?' / 'She made me do a lot of things I didn't wanna do.'
Karen:Karen tells her driver she's throwing herself a 'congratulations Karen' party for getting a job she hasn't gotten yet
Karen · Jim:Karen suggests going to the UN for their New York night out
Jim · Karen:Jim: 'How often do you come here?' / Karen: 'Every time my sixth grade class has a field trip.' / Jim: 'I think you'll really enjoy this, adult Jim.'
Jim · Karen:Jim and Karen's New York night: dinner at the Spotted Pig, 'second acted' Spamalot by sneaking in with smokers, a bar in a former church, and possibly seeing Lorne Michaels
Karen · Jim:Karen in the car: 'We won't have a future in Scranton. There's one too many people there.' / Jim: 'You mean Kevin?' / Karen: 'Exactly.'
Karen · Jim:Karen on the phone, having apparently gotten the corporate job: 'I'm so glad. We're all very excited you're going to be joining us.' — cut to her hanging up and Jim's number in her phone: 'Who was that?' / 'Nobody. You and I are done.'
Pam · Karen:Pam to Karen (implied): 'You still missing Ryan?' Karen: 'Not so much anymore.'
Karen:Karen's opening monologue: 'Turns out it's a pretty easy gig when your boss isn't an idiot and your boyfriend's not in love with somebody else.'
Jim · Karen:Jim runs into Karen in the Utica parking lot while wearing a disguise. 'I'm just checking on the other branches. Michael wants me to do that from time to time, so...'
Karen:Karen (talking head): 'I cried for weeks over that guy, so yeah, seeing him climb out of a PT Cruiser in a ladies warehouse uniform felt pretty good.'
Michael · Karen:Michael to Karen: 'You can expect these kind of repercussions as long as you keep trying to poach our people.' Karen: 'I'm taking Stanley.' Michael: 'Then we will burn Utica to the ground.'
Jim · Karen:Karen confronts Jim: 'So you're still doing this kind of stuff, huh?' Jim: 'Yeah, trying to quit though.'
Jim · Karen:Jim's verbal spiral: 'Pam and I are still dating, so, and, I just mean that things are going really well, so I didn't want to see you.'
Karen:Karen: 'Oh, things are going really well? Are they? They are? That's great, that's so great. I wanna hear more about how happy you are with Pam. Can you tell me more about that?'
Karen:Karen: 'Thank you so much for coming to Utica, and breaking my copier, and telling me how well things are going in your relationship.'
Jim · Karen:Jim: 'I'm going to go because of the... traffic.' Karen: 'Traffic, yeah.' Followed by an extended awkward exit.
Pam · Karen:Karen comforts Karen about the copier being broken; offers to invite her to the Finer Things Club. — actually Pam offers Karen a comfort.
Michael · Karen:Michael walks into the Utica branch: 'Oh, this is a nice office.' Karen, dryly: 'You don't have to lie.'
Michael · Karen · Pam:Karen walks in visibly pregnant. Michael: 'Oh my god. Is that Jim's?' Everyone: 'Michael!' Michael: 'Okay... my head just exploded.'
Michael · Karen:Michael: 'Wow, you're huge! That's incredible! I'm just trying to figure out the last time you and Jim had sex and—'
Karen · Michael:Karen: 'Let's just get this over with, shall we?' Michael, counting: 'Ten. Ten months?'
Michael · Karen:Michael pretends his phone is a cell phone to fake receiving tragic news: 'I have to do a presentation. I'll talk to you — This is going to be hard for me to speak today because I just learned that my father has died.' Karen: 'No, he didn't! He is alive. And this isn't even a cell phone. This is a calculator.'
Michael · Karen · Pam:Karen shows Michael and Pam a photo on her phone: 'This is us.' Michael: 'So dorky.' Pam: 'Oh, he's cute.' Karen: 'Yeah, he's so cute.' Michael: 'He's a dermatologist.' Karen: 'He's a dermatologist. We met at a bar. Can you believe that?' Michael, looking at another photo: 'What is happening there?' Karen: 'Oh yeah, don't even.' Pam: 'That's really dorky.' Michael: 'It's really dorky. You were right the first time.'