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Character Analysis

Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Lapin

Played by Phyllis Smith

143 jokes across 89 episodes of The Office

WAR

19.6

Total Jokes

143

Avg Craft

6.8

Avg Impact

6.6

Comedy Style

Character Comedy

Best Jokes by Phyllis

All Jokes — 143 total

S2E01

This says bushiest beaver. - What? I told them busiest... idiots!

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S2E02

Like a grandmother. I'm the same age as you, Michael. We're the same high school class.

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S2E02

Come here. Give me a kiss. Michael, come on, you don't have to worry. I'm not gonna... I'm not worried. Report you to HR. You know what? The only thing I am worried about is getting a boner.

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S2E03

It's Phyllis ! Phyllis by a nose gold-medal in flunenton, flunkerton ! Thank you ! Delegate from Iceland.

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S2E03

Are you calling me a ho ? Oh my god, Phyllis coming alive, I like it.

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S2E07

Not in a thousand years, Catherine, we work together. And get off my desk.

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S2E07

They had too many kids, so they made up roles like that.

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S2E09

Well, you do mean you and Jim, right? Oh, God. I am so sorry. I mean, I thought... You guys hang out all the time. And you're talking all the time.

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S2E10

Do you think I should have gotten the big ones? / We'll see.

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S2E10

Which, to me, seems... excessive.

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S2E12

Michael's disability lecture dismissing Phyllis's scoliosis as 'woman's trouble'

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S2E14

What's that? What are you doing? Nothing. I think he's dancing. No, just... That was definitely not dancing.

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S2E14

What's our punishment? You're all on a time out. Just sit there quietly.

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S2E16

Happy Valentine's Day, Darling, love Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration

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S2E16

Man, that thing's bigger than I am. - No, it's not. - Oh, zip it.

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S2E17

Office football chaos with everyone demanding the ball from each other

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S2E17

What is that? It's like Club Med, but everything is naked.

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S2E21

I'm the one who complained about you. I didn't know that Toby was going to write it down.

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S2E22

I won the 2002 $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven-Draw Tournament at the World Series of Poker in Vegas. So, yeah... I'm pretty good at poker.

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S3E01

Well, he's not dressed in women's clothes, so...

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S3E01

Of course, we all thought you were gay in high school. Yeah, right. Ha, ha! And I take that as a compliment.

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S3E02

Oh, yeah. You'll have to put out.

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S3E05

What's on your suit? Caramel dip.

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S3E08

Phyllis's pine perfume from 'metropolitan Orlando' and Bob Vance introduction

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S3E10

I thought you said green was whorish. No, orange is whorish.

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S3E10

What's your funding? $200. What's ours again? Um, $201.

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S3E13

We're the same age.

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S3E13

Then, how is this amazing race? / It's... just... It's Amazing Race, Phyllis, okay?

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S3E16

It was the only way I could think to get six weeks off for my honeymoon. No one else has ever gotten six weeks before.

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S3E16

I swear, Phyllis, you are as beautiful as the first day you started work at Dunder Mifflin. Thanks, Michael. That's sweet. Same as when you said it outside.

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S3E16

If you need to vomit, that is okay. I did. Do you want to talk about tonight? No. Because I know you're probably worried about pleasing Bob. A lot of pressure.

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S3E16

Phyllis, did you break wind? It's okay if you did, it's a very natural reaction. It's your wedding, and you're nervous... That wasn't me. Okay.

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S3E16

Are you set on that hairstyle? I thought it was... Michael, no... Here, let me. I don't need your help. Thank you, no. Just cover up that bald patch. Michael, please. I just need some time alone.

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S3E16

And do you, Phyllis, take Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration, to be your lawfully wedded husband? I do. Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, for the first time as a couple, Mr. And Mrs. Bob Vance!

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S3E16

Your dress is very white. It's so white, my eyes are burning. Thanks, Angela.

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S3E16

Also, I'm gonna need to see a copy of the guest manifest as well as photographs of the caterers. I don't have that, Dwight. Damn it, Phyllis!

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S3E16

Why don't you find your seat and enjoy the buffet. I'm already on it. The chicken? Totally undercooked. I sent it back. It's fish. I will take care of that.

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S3E16

Phyllis? Phyllis, wait, please. I'm sorry. I just... I just wanted to make this a day to remember. You found Uncle Al! Yeah, yeah. He's kind of a weirdo. Thank you, Michael.

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S3E16

Be careful with the... No! Oh, wow! Phyllis. Phyllis, come on. You look like a clown. Here. Oh, get me. Get me!

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S3E19

Is it nice outside? / It's gorgeous. Let's go! / Do I need my jacket? / No, really, it's very nice. / Will I be too warm in a long sleeve T? / Everyone's gonna be fine in exactly what they're wearing! Let's go!

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S3E22

I don't want to hit the big rock. Don't worry, you're not... I know I'm near the big rock. I just know it. Nowhere near the big rock.

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S3E22

Come on, andale, arriba, arriba. You have to stop this right now, or I'm not gonna do this anymore.

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S4E02

How do you touch just one of these buttons at a time? I don't know. Did you even try?

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S4E03

So I googled 'how to deal with difficult people,' and I got all of this.

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S4E03

Phyllis, these are spoons. Spoons have round tops and are used to scoop things. What we need are forks which have prongs or tiny spears on top. And we need knives which have blades. Do you understand me now? Yes. Goody.

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S4E04

Michael: 'Monkey problems? No, I'm not having monkey problems. Why would I have monkey problems?' Phyllis: 'I know you heard me correctly.'

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S4E05

Lunch party? It's supposed to say 'Launch Party.' Angela is worse than usual lately

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S4E06

What are you microwaving?! - Popcorn. - Why don't you use the microwave in the kitchen, Phyllis? - Someone needs to clean it. It smells like popcorn.

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S4E07

Jimmy had his birthday three weeks ago, so he doesn't care. Probably went to his head.

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S4E07

Hey, Michael. I mean Jim. Yup, Phyllis called me Michael. And I will always and forever be haunted by that fact.

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S4E09

Sue Grafton is at the Steamtown Mall. She's doing a book signing right now.

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S4E09

So I kept on asking, and they finally threw me out of the store in front of all my friends.

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S4E10

No, all right? No, she can't fit in a rowboat.

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S4E10

Well, I'm setting Michael up with my fat friend, anyway. He can just deal with it.

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S4E14

It bothers me that you're not answering the question. No, all right? No, she can't fit in a rowboat. Damn it! I knew it! I knew it, Phyllis!

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S4E14

There's nobody I hate enough to write her name on this card.

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S4E14

Well, I'm setting Michael up with my fat friend, anyway. He can just deal with it.

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S5E01

Phyllis Vance, ladies and gentlemen! / You left me in a bad part of town. / Yeah, I took your purse. What are you worried about?

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S5E02

I got a gift for Pam and Roy. Do I have to get another one?

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S5E02

I'll do it. I don't care. / I'll smoke with you. / I got a bag of cigars in my purse.

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S5E03

I hate registries... My cousin makes the most amazing romantic birdhouse mailboxes. I know I shouldn't tell you, but you'll still be surprised when you see it.

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S5E04

That's really fattening. No, it's lettuce.

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S5E04

It did when Bob said I had to stop talking to my sister on the phone so much.

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S5E04

Someone let the air out of your tires. Come quick. Oh, dear.

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S5E04

I have my hug. Yeah, well, phyllis, Nobody...really wants a hug, so.

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S5E04

She's your wife, you idiot. $100. 200. What are you doing? I need a hug, unless you're gonna give me one. Not here.

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S5E05

If someone who barely outsells Phyllis can get in, then I should be fine. I'm sitting right here, Dwight

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S5E10

Michael skipping ahead: 'I'm gonna skip forward to a really big clue. Here we go. Well, by now, you figured out that old Beatrix Bourbon was the killer.' Phyllis: 'What? Michael, I was doing so well.'

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S5E10

Phyllis's practical ending: 'Hey, I want to go home. Get the keys out of my purse, start the car.'

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S5E12

Office debate about whether Hilary Swank is hot begins

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S5E13

I forgot my purse! Leave it, woman! Things can be replaced, Phyllis! People, human lives, however...

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S5E15

Can she pick a half hour of each? No. No.

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S5E16

those mines aren't gonna sweep themselves.

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S5E19

Is this wine? Busted. Yes. I already have wine.

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S5E25

Oh, *** god! Oh, no, no, no. Oh, wow! What did you do?

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S5E25

I find the rattle soothing. Puts me to sleep.

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S5E25

I think Bob's gonna cheat on me with his new secretary. What's so funny? When I say it out loud, it's so silly.

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S6E03

My cousin makes the most amazing romantic birdhouse mailboxes. I know I shouldn't tell you, but you'll still be surprised when you see it. You're not registered for a birdhouse, are you? No, we're not. Good. Good.

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S6E04

Oh, gee. I'm sorry. I guess I missed the meeting where we all voted for you to get pregnant.

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S6E10

Get the keys out of my purse, start the car.

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S6E11

I'm a co-manager. That doesn't make you a boss. It's not like you can fire people or anything.

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S6E11

Who... How did you... Who told you this? We can't say. Ryan. Sorry. I'm plastered.

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S6E12

Jim said that?

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S6E13

I slipped a note to jim 11 weeks ago, And he said I could do it. [giggles] [tearfully] oh...It's been a long journey... But...[sniffles] I'm santa claus!

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S6E13

Don't make me get bob involved. What would bob do? Never mind. I shouldn't have said that.

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S6E13

Let the party begin! I don't ask for much from christmas. But when you need my help because I am ruining everything, Don't look at me!

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S6E13

All right, sweetie, I'll just tell her it's michael.

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S6E14

Eat it, Phyllis. Dip it in the water so it'll slide down your gullet more easily. That's what she said.

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S6E16

No, this is geological. / I sent an email out to everyone in this area that this might be a side effect to my new allergy medication I'm on. / Are you kidding me? / No.

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S6E17

I can put on lipstick the way Molly Ringwald does in The Breakfast Club.

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S6E17

I have an ice cream cake in the car.

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S6E18

I have an ice cream cake in the car. Oh, my God! Go! Go! Go! Are you insane?

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S6E20

Yeah. I basically wish you were dead.

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S6E21

I tend to wear something low-cut, get men to flirt with me, and Bob beats them up.

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S7E01

I'm reconsidering sending them back anyway.

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S7E04

Yeah. I got stung up my dress. Poor hornet.

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S7E05

I could try to seduce him. Oh, my God!

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S7E08

The first time we saw each other naked, we didn't even make love. We just stared at each other until we fell asleep. It was magical.

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S7E09

Bob's finances are... Complicated. He only invests with cash and only in nightclubs.

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S7E13

And you know her husband's in a wheelchair, right?

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S7E15

Click the 'X.' I'm clicking! In the box. I am clicking. Woman, you've had a computer for years! Phyllis! Too late!

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S7E18

That's how he gets you to take off your panties. - Why are you nodding? - United front.

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S7E19

When I was a kid, I was on dallas. Really? We missed our connecting flight, then we spent a week on hawaii.

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S7E19

Ryan, you have such an interesting mind. So creative. All these new business ideas and artistic projects. Thank you. What you got there? Oh, it's just stanley's old photo album. I was thinking about throwing it in the garbage. I mean, why would I want some random black man's old photo album sitting on my bookshelf? I'm not james franco.

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S7E19

And that is dallas. Nice. Not bad, right? I can't really tell. I know, right? What the Oh, my god. That It is, right? I mean, it's impossible.

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S7E20

No, not officially. I saw you coming out of the bathroom earlier. Well, I guess I'm gonna go back to my cave.

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S7E20

And that is what they call a meet cute.

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S7E21

I have diabetes, too. You don't see me making a big deal about it.

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S7E22

I thought he knew about the baby I gave away.

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S7E22

You have to hand wash without water, wring dry gently, and use a hair dryer on cool.

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S7E23

Phyllis, where's Phyllis? Here. Do you believe in me, Phyllis? Yes. 'Cause I believe in you. Feel that connection?

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S8E02

Phyllis's baby coming out of butt tattoo design suggestion

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S8E03

Oh, sorry. I thought it was a guess-your-baby's-birth-weight pool.

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S8E04

This is not a picnic, Phyllis. It's a garden party. There's a grill in the warehouse I could bring. Ugh, please don't. Not a barbecue. It's better than a barbecue. It's dignified, quieter, there are rules. How is that better than a barbecue?

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S8E05

Bob and I are doing the Scranton Haunted walking tour. I always wondered what kind of people went on that thing.

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S8E05

Is she Asian? / I don't know. She's from somewhere, I bet. / Maybe from the forest. / Forest? / Did Andy say his girlfriend's from the forest?

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S8E07

Well, I was saving this for my retirement, which I guess is today.

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S8E08

You know, all I had for breakfast was oatmeal, yoghurt, um, coffee, orange juice, and toast. Two poached eggs, and then that half a sandwich on the bus.

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S8E09

It's the second-easiest job in the world... Being a mom

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S8E11

Well, I know Elizabeth Taylor's sixth man was Richard Burton. Is that helpful?

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S8E12

What's the haul? Thirty-two meatballs. Good day. That idiot's been feeding us for a week. We'll never have to buy meatballs again

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S8E17

What about the lady you hit with a pine cone? There. That chubby one. I just had a baby. - Yesterday?

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S8E21

So how's the drive in? Oh, nobody knows how to drive in the rain. You don't say? Yeah, you know the roads are actually the slickest in the first half hour? Oh, the plants are gonna love this.

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S8E21

This rain... Does it make you wanna be doing something? What do you mean? You know, like aren't some things just so nice and cozy in the rain?

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S8E21

And that's noon. Exactly. I mean, normally the rain would make me want to stay at home, curled up with a good book. But everybody's being so nice to me today.

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S9E04

Andy's medical circulation excuse met with 'Boy, I will hammerspank your rear'

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S9E07

You just walked into her office... and begin. - Hello. - Hello. May I please speak to your boss? - No, she is the boss. - I am? Yes.

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S9E08

Because sometimes when I look at my hands, I don't even recognize them. Tell me about it. Whose hands are these? They're not my hands.

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S9E08

I did enjoy grinding your beans, son. Yeah, we really did peel your grapes. Shucking your peas!

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S9E09

Maybe it's going to be great. And, if it's great... I think we all know what that would mean to us.

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S9E09

Please just take my name off of everything. Just take her name off of everything.

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S9E09

It's a set of rubber gaskets for canning jars. I'd rather have the bowl. You can't have the bowl!

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S9E10

Oh, that was like a car crash. I couldn't look away.

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S9E12

'Athlead.' Please. They're too lazy to call it Athletes Lead?

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S9E12

Jim should just call it Stumpany for stupid company.

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S9E12

People, it's 2013. Erin is a strong, independent woman. Who says she has to end up with any man?

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S9E15

Or the mini-mall.

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S9E15

But I mean, if you don't have one of those, you can probably just bring whoever it is you use to kill your loneliness.

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S9E15

They use a watch repair kit.

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S9E17

Last night, I got out all of my old dolls and played with them on the living room floor. Then I ordered ten American Girl outfits on line. It was thousands of dollars.

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S9E19

Oscar is with the senator too? / Yes! And I knew it the whole time.

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S9E21

Andy sings beautifully, and he's really good at dancing. He's a good speaker. But there's just something there you don't want to look at.

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S9E22

Here you are, sir! Here's your coffee. Ow! My skin! Ow! Ow! It burns! Ow! Uncanny.

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