Homer learns three lessons about revenge from stories told by Marge, Lisa and Bart that parody "The Count of Monte Cristo," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Batman Begins."
WAR
33.8
Wins Above Replacement
“Revenge Is A Dish Best Served Three Time” ranks #347 of 552 The Simpsons episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 76.6 — Great. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 3.2 per minute, averaging 6.8 on craft and 6.6 on impact, with Homer landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Homer · Guard: Can you loosen my arms so I can shake my fists? You're the traitor. Revenge! Okay. Thank you.
Milhouse: You will. This is prevenge.
Homer: Oh, sorry, I wasn't listening. I was checking out my reflection in this yellow water. Ho-ho-ho-ho, looking good.
Homer Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Newspaper vendor: Your overzealous homicide has saved me 80 cents.
Homer: Avenge me. In flamboyant, impractical fashion.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Homer · Marge · Bart · Lisa: Which of the 25 easy-listening stations should we listen to? I say 'Cool Waves.' 'Neon Breeze!' 'Chill Thunder!' 'Chill Thunder!' You're all idiots. I'm putting it on 'Chill Thunder Lite.'
Bart: Then what's America doing in Iraq?
Bart Observational Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Marge · Homer: Texas? No, France.
Homer: The way all our words are either a girl or a guy. Oh, that's the best.
Homer Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: Don't worry! They're still drunk from school.
Marge Dark/Subversive Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart · Lisa: Uh... deux... trois.
Homer: Even if I did love England, I'd play it cool. Wait for it to come to me.
Homer Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Homer: You moron! I'm already alive. In prison.
Homer Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Homer: Hey, wait, did you guys hear that? He just admitted it. Guys? Oh, man, this place is so unfair.
Homer Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Guard: Well, that and the rat helmet.
Guard Dark/Subversive Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Homer · Guard: Can you loosen my arms so I can shake my fists? You're the traitor. Revenge! Okay. Thank you.
Homer: Oh, sorry, I wasn't listening. I was checking out my reflection in this yellow water. Ho-ho-ho-ho, looking good.
Homer Character Comedy Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Old Prisoner: Also, because while you slept, I violated you repeatedly.
Homer Physical/Slapstick Running Gag Homer: Ew! Silver. Ooh, a penny. This is my lucky day!
Homer Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Marge: Oh, I love today's music. Frère this, and Jacques that. Out of sight.
Marge Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Meaux: They're good for doing the wife, right?
Meaux: Okay, lesson learned. Friends again?
Meaux Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Marge: We were together for five years. Now who's going to take care of the triplets?
Marge Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Homer: Plus, in the middle, I had to take revenge on some of my contractors.
Homer Absurdist Escalation ★ Rewatch Homer: I'm gonna get my revenge, and if I get caught, I'm pinning it on the baby like the time I shot Mr. Burns.
Homer Callback Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Martin: This is the turning point in the eternal battle of brain v. brawn.
Milhouse: I can handle the glove. I took juggling at camp.
Jimbo: Oh, you are so dead you're alive.
Jimbo Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jimbo: My fun bags! Please, have mercy! I always thought you were the coolest dork.
Jimbo Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Bart: Except the ones with asthma, which is all of them.
Bart: Yup, having a weapon at school has really made things awesome.
Bart Dark/Subversive Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Bart: That's the only line I get in your stupid story?!
Bart Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Lisa: There are no small parts, just small actors.
Lisa Meta/Self-Referential Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Student · Milhouse: This is my first day at this school. I haven't done anything to you! You will. This is prevenge.
Milhouse: You will. This is prevenge.
Jimbo: Opening the cup on your weirdo pills?
Homer: No, sweetie, the lesson is: never put down your weapon.
Homer Misdirection Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer · Marge: You're too dumb to tell a story. No, seriously, you're great. Let's hear it.
Bart: My story takes place in a time I call the past.
Bart Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Homer: Avenge me. In flamboyant, impractical fashion.
Homer Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Grandpa: In my younger days, I was an ace crime fighter. The 'Crimson Cockatoo.'
Grandpa Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Bart: Holy Hannah! I've got more muscles than a New England clam bank.
Bart Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Grandpa: You can be the Crimson Cockaboy. Hmm? I'll keep thinking.
Newspaper vendor: Your overzealous homicide has saved me 80 cents.
Radio announcer: like Howard Hughes knocks up young starlets!
Criminal · Bart: But I'm not a villain. I'm a transvestite. Explain that to your maker.
Serpent · Homer: Hope that's cobracetic. Hey, jerk, puns are lazy writing. D'oh!
Serpent: No kidding because you're standing in the dip.
Serpent Visual Gag Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Bart: Plus, I got zillions of dollars and no parents to tell me what to do.
Bart Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bart: Don't talk to me when I'm vibrating.
Bart Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Homer: We're both from Connecticut.
Homer Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Other driver · Homer: Two? You think there are two... Well, I never. How could you... Why do you think it is that mankind is so inclined towards hating one another?
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