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Character Analysis

Phil Hartman

Lionel Hutz

Played by Phil Hartman

58 jokes across 18 episodes of The Simpsons

WAR

32.9

Total Jokes

58

Avg Craft

7.4

Avg Impact

7.1

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Lionel Hutz delivers 58 scored jokes across 18 episodes of The Simpsons, averaging 7.4 on craft and 7.1 on impact for a career WAR of 32.9. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.

Funniest Lionel Hutz Lines

All Jokes — 58 total

S2E10

It turns into a sponge in water.

7.77.3
S2E10

How does a nice girl know that word?

7.67.2
S2E10

Is that a broken neck? Great!

7.47.2
S2E10

The Supreme Court called. They need your help on a freedom thing. Tell them to sit tight. I'll get back to them.

7.87.7
S2E10

Yes, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Oxford, the Sorbonne, the Louvre.

7.87.3
S2E10

But just between you and me, I promise you a big cash settlement.

7.97.5
S2E10

You'll also get this faux pearl necklace, a $99 value, as our gift.

6.96.0
S2E10

But what is truth, if you follow me?

7.67.3
S2E10

You mean like I'm dead? Sure. The kid's a pro.

7.36.8
S2E10

He's offering us this because he knows he'll lose and have to pay us a million.

6.96.2
S2E10

I spit on his $500,000!

6.76.0
S2E10

$500,000! I spit on his $500,000!

7.16.8
S2E10

Oh, the truth!

7.77.5
S2E10

My mother said, 'If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything.' Will that hold up? No, I've tried.

7.87.7
S2E17

There is one catch. You must spend one night in a haunted house. Just kidding.

7.06.5
S2E17

Here's a pen with my phone number on it. It looks like a cigar. Isn't that neat?

6.86.5
S3E04

Lionel Hutz, attorney. I'll be defending you on the charge of... murder one! Wow. Even if I lose I'll be famous.

6.66.3
S3E10

I'm sorry, Mrs. Simpson but you can't copyright a drink. Ohh! This goes back to the '7 8 Frank Wallbanger case. How about that? I looked something up. These books don't just make the office look good. They're filled with useful legal tidbits.

7.26.5
S4E08

Mr. Simpson, this is the most blatant case of fraudulent advertising since my suit against the film The Neverending Story.

7.77.7
S4E08

Homer, I don't use the word 'hero' very often. But you are the greatest hero in American history.

7.57.3
S4E08

Homer, I don't use the word 'hero' very often. But you are the greatest hero in American history.

7.07.0
S4E13

She left a video will, so I earn my fee simply by pressing this 'Play' button. Pretty sweet, hey?

7.16.7
S4E13

To my executor, Lionel Hutz I leave $50,000. Mr. Hutz! You'd be surprised how often that works. You really would.

7.67.3
S4E16

Surprise witnesses-- each more surprising than the last. / I tell you-- the judge won't know what hit him.

7.36.8
S4E16

Your Honor, I'd like that last remark stricken from the record. No.

6.36.0
S4E21

By hiring me as your lawyer, you also get this smoking monkey. Better cut down there, Smokey.

7.57.7
S4E21

Well, replace the word 'kinda' with the word 'repeatedly'... and the word 'dog' with 'son.'

8.38.7
S4E21

What's that? You want me to drink you? But I'm in the middle of a trial. Excuse me.

7.37.5
S4E21

Hello, David. I'm really tempted. Just take it one day at a time, and know that I love you. I love you too, man.

7.06.8
S4E21

Something that may shock and discredit you. And that thing is as follows. I'm not wearing a tie at all.

7.17.0
S4E21

Hutz's America comment: 'If there's one thing America needs, it's more lawyers'

6.06.0
S4E21

Can you imagine a world without lawyers?

7.07.0
S4E21

I move for a bad court thingy. You mean a mistrial? Yeah. That's why you're the judge, and I'm the law-talkin' guy. The lawyer. Right.

7.98.0
S5E05

Mr. Simpson, don't you worry. I watched Matlock in a bar last night. The sound wasn't on, but I think I got the gist of it.

8.48.3
S5E05

Webster's defines it as 'an agreement under the law which is unbreakable.' 'Which is unbreakable'!

7.67.5
S5E05

Excuse me. I must use the restroom. [Door Slams] Uh, Mr. Hutz?

7.57.3
S5E06

Of course, being a highly skilled attorney... my fee is $175 an hour. We pay eight dollars for the night... and you can take two Popsicles out of the freezer. Three. Two. Okay, two, and I get to keep this old birdcage. Done. Still got it.

7.87.2
S5E06

Oh, sure. Like lawyers work in big skyscrapers and have secretaries. Look at him. He's wearing a belt. That's Hollywood for you.

7.57.0
S5E06

As of this moment, Lionel Hutz no longer exists. Say hello to Miguel Sanchez.

7.87.5
S5E06

Don't touch my stuff! Hey. This isn't the Y.M.C.A.

6.86.5
S5E18

Why don't I drink out of a toilet bowl?

6.15.8
S5E18

I've argued in front of every judge in the state, often as a lawyer.

7.97.5
S6E23

I'll have you know the contents of that dumpster are private. You stick your nose in, you'll be violating attorney-dumpster confidentiality.

8.28.0
S7E02

Out of the way. Milhouse, baby! Lionel Hutz, your new agent, bodyguard, unauthorized biographer and drug dealer- uh, keeper-awayer.

7.97.7
S7E10

But we did win. - That's okay. The box is empty.

7.37.0
S7E18

Oh, they got this all screwed up.

7.97.8
S7E18

No, money down! Oops. I shouldn't have this Bar Association logo here either.

7.47.0
S7E18

Well, Your Honor, we've got plenty of hearsay and conjecture. Those are... kinds of evidence.

7.88.0
S7E21

Leave it in as evidence. Bazooka Joe's got deep pockets.

7.67.0
S9E08

My attorney, Lionel Hutz, calls your attention to Municipal Code 147-C

6.15.5
S9E08

Mr. Hutz, we won. We?

7.57.0
S9E08

I'll need to refer to the case of Finders versus Keepers

7.97.8
S9E09

You see, the law business is a little slow... and since most of my clients wind up losing their houses... this was a natural move for me.

7.77.0
S9E09

Yes, the money is good. But the beauty is you get to stay in the house until it's sold.

7.67.3
S9E09

The right house is the house that's for sale. The right person is anyone.

7.67.5
S9E09

I'd say it's awfully cozy. - [Marge] That's dilapidated. - Rustic. - That house is on fire. - Motivated seller.

8.38.7
S9E09

But you'd better sell something. Because cubicles are for closers, Marge.

6.96.5
S9E09

[Laughing] You're one of a kind, Marge... and nobody deserves this more than you.

7.26.5