Phyllis walked into the office looking pale and shocked. A concerned staff surrounded her for comfort. She told them she had been flashed in the parking lot. Jim alerted the police and they already had three other incidents of flashing in the area. Michael didn't think much of it, because it was Phyllis.
Gender-politics cringe carries 38 jokes at 1.51-per-minute clip to elite 84.4 score.
Directed by Tucker Gates · Written by Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
WAR
46.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Womens Appreciation” ranks #33 of 186 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 84.4 — Elite. The episode packs 38 scored jokes at 1.5 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.2 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Michael: I wish I could menstruate. I think that would be great. I'd be more in tune with the moon and the tides. Plus, I'd know exactly when I was available... for outdoor activities.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: So you want to do some role-play?
Jan: I thought you wanted to.
Michael: I do. I'm wearing a schoolgirl outfit.
Michael Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: Jan videos us having sex.
Jan: It helps me work through things with my therapist.
Michael: Your therapist has seen us?
Jan: Well, how else is she going to help me?
Michael Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: Yeah, hi, I'm calling to report a flasher in the building. He's in the women's bathroom right now.
Jim: He's looking at himself in the mirror. Yeah, he's making himself the flasher.
Jim Callback Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Creed: I'm a pretty normal guy. I have one weird habit.
Creed: I use the women's bathroom.
Creed: I get in trouble for it all the time.
Creed Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 38 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jim: What does a demerit mean?
Dwight: A demerit is a mark against your record. Three demerits and you're up for review.
Jim: Review by who?
Dwight: By me. I write it up and put it on Michael's desk.
Michael: Wait, you're putting a review on my desk? About what?
Dwight: About Jim's demerits.
Michael: So I'm reviewing Jim?
Dwight: No, I'm reviewing Jim. You're just... receiving the paperwork.
Dwight: You're going to get a full disadulation, Jim.
Jim: What's a disadulation?
Dwight: You know what it is.
Jim: No, I don't.
Dwight: It's when... it's a full disadulation. You'll see.
Creed: That's just hanging brain. If that counts as flashing, I should be locked up.
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Ryan: What's so funny about the flashing incident?
Ryan: He implies the flasher chose Phyllis because he didn't see the more attractive women
Ryan Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: Whoa! What? The flasher's back?!
Michael: I thought we agreed to install better lighting in the parking lot!
Michael Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Michael: Okay, okay. Let me see it. Let me see your penis.
Michael: I can't believe I just said that.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: Jan and I have a safe word.
Michael: It's 'Wisconsin'.
Michael: She never uses it.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Jan: You should come over tonight.
Michael: I don't know, Jan. I've got a lot going on.
Jan: I'll pay you.
Michael: What?
Jan: I'll leave it on the dresser.
Jan Michael Dark/Subversive Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: I would rather have ten perverts in the office than have one innocent man falsely accused. No wait, that's not right.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Dwight: I have a collection of penises here that need to be identified.
Michael: Okay, why don't you run your eyes over these and see if you recognize any of them?
Dwight: That's what she said.
Dwight Wordplay/Pun Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: Pam, I'm assigning you to work with Phallus on this sketch.
Pam: Did you just call me Phallus?
Dwight: No, I said Phyllis. I have penises on the brain.
Dwight Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Pam: I miss Roy right now. I mean, if Jim had been the flasher, that would've been so much worse.
Pam Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Pam: I was just thinking about how Jim... how he always... I mean, the way he looks at me when... (catches herself) Sorry, I'm oversharing, aren't I? That's not appropriate for work.
Pam Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat Michael: Dwight, this memo is way too restrictive. You can't tell women what to wear. That's discrimination.
Dwight: It's a professional workplace, Michael. Standards need to be maintained.
Michael: Standards? Dwight, by that logic, why don't we just put all the women in burlap sacks and hit them with sticks?
Michael: Women have the right to dress however they want. It's about empowerment and equality.
Michael: Pam, you should really show more cleavage. You've got it, flaunt it!
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: I have had sexual relations with less than three women.
Michael Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Michael: You see, there's a difference between an appropriate penis and an inappropriate penis. An appropriate penis is when you're expecting it, you're in a situation where a penis is expected. An inappropriate penis is like... it's like the monster from Alien.
Michael: *makes xenomorph sound effects*
Michael: I wish I could menstruate. I think that would be great. I'd be more in tune with the moon and the tides. Plus, I'd know exactly when I was available... for outdoor activities.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela: Some adults are just naturally small. There's nothing wrong with shopping in the junior section.
Angela: I'm petite. It's not a character flaw.
Angela Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Creed: You gotta see the women's bathroom. It's like a fantasy.
Jim: Creed, that's the women's bathroom. I can't go in there.
Creed: I'm going in.
Jim: Creed, no—
Creed: I'm going in.
Creed Reaction Beat Visual Gag Andy: I really appreciate working so closely with you, Dwight. I think we make a great team.
Dwight: That's because nobody else wants to work with you. You're unlikeable.
Dwight: You're not going to make it.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement Jim: So what are you doing for your anniversary?
Jim: Wait, everyone thought you guys were just casual. Like, nobody knew it was serious.
Jim: Yeah, we all figured you'd break up like next week.
Michael: So you want to do some role-play?
Jan: I thought you wanted to.
Michael: I do. I'm wearing a schoolgirl outfit.
Michael Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Angela: She's so small she needs to buy doll clothes, specifically for 'large colonial dolls'
Angela Character Comedy Absurdist Michael: Jan videos us having sex.
Jan: It helps me work through things with my therapist.
Michael: Your therapist has seen us?
Jan: Well, how else is she going to help me?
Michael Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: She's got a weird shape. Her voice is irritating. She's always complaining about something.
Michael: And the most important thing... I'm unhappy when I'm with her.
Pam: Michael, maybe you should lead with that one.
Pam: Michael, I'm going to ask you something and I want you to answer the first thing that comes to your mind, okay? Don't think about it.
Michael: Okay.
Pam: Do you want to break up with Jan?
Michael: Yes.
Michael: I mean, guys who like women in revealing clothes, that's just... that's superficial. Women should be respected for who they are, not what they're wearing.
Michael: Women look best completely naked.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Creed: I'm a pretty normal guy. I have one weird habit.
Creed: I use the women's bathroom.
Creed: I get in trouble for it all the time.
Creed Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Meredith: I don't need sexy lingerie. I'm going to cut up a bathrobe to make hand towels instead.
Meredith: I got this bathrobe at the mall. Look how practical it is.
Meredith: I used it while changing a tire. See? Immediate practical value.
Meredith Callback Character Comedy Callback Michael: Jan, hi, it's me. I'm calling to tell you that we need to break up. And I want you to know that... it's not me. It's you.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Michael: I wished for Pam to have the courage of the Cowardly Lion.
Michael: For Erin, I wished for a brain like the Scarecrow.
Michael: And for Angela, I wished for a heart like the Tin Man.
Michael Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: How can I appreciate women but dump Jan?
Michael: I know - I'll be illogical and emotional. I learned that from women.
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Meta/Self-Referential Jim: Yeah, hi, I'm calling to report a flasher in the building. He's in the women's bathroom right now.
Jim: He's looking at himself in the mirror. Yeah, he's making himself the flasher.
Jim Callback Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: There's a flasher on the loose and I'm going to catch him!
Pam: Dwight, this is the women's bathroom!
Dwight: A flasher doesn't recognize bathroom boundaries.
Dwight Reaction Beat Physical/Slapstick ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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