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It is often believed that sitcom characters are the funniest of the lot that appear on your screen. And while watching funny sitcoms does give you lots of chuckles (hello, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), plenty of funny characters can also be found in other TV shows as well.

Very often the funny factor is not only in the dialogue but also in how the characters in TV shows deliver them and their overall image. With some of the most famous TV characters known for their wit, you would have never guessed they could send you into a fit of laughter if you only judged them by their looks or character descriptions.    

For this article, we collected some of the funniest TV show characters and their memorable lines. Upvote the ones that used to make you laugh the most, and if your favorite characters didn’t make the list, give them an honorable mention in the comments.    

#1

Sophia Petrillo - The Golden Girls

Sophia Petrillo wearing pearls

“Your heart’s in the right place, but I don’t know where the hell your brain is.”

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    Homer Simpson - The Simpsons

    Homer Simpson wearing white t-shirt

    “What’s the point of going out? We’re just gonna wind up back here, anyway.”

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    #3

    Perry Cox - Scrubs

    Perry C*x with stethoscope on the neck

    “I’ll tell you there, Bobbo, either this kid has a light bulb up his butt, or his colon has a great idea.”

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    Chandler Bing - Friends

    Chandler Bing wearing white t-shirt

    “Cheese. It’s milk that you chew.”

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of all the lines to choose, from the guy whose defining feature is that he's the character that can directly tell jokes, as opposed to just "being funny", you go with this one?!

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    #5

    Ron Swanson - Parks And Recreation

    Ron Swanson wearing brown suit

    “When people get too chummy with me, I like to call them by the wrong name to let them know I don’t really care about them.”

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    #6

    Michael Scott - The Office

    Michael Scott wearing black suit

    “Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.”

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    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really don't get why this show is funny (I know it's a cult classic and to each their own). I was shocked when my dad said they are making an Australian one. As he said, 'It's basically just an un-funny version of Utopia'

    #7

    Joey Tribbiani - Friends

    Joey Tribbiani wearing red shirt

    “Joey doesn’t share food!”

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    Sapna Sarfare
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My motto too... just replace Joey with my name

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    #8

    Mr. Bean

    Mr. Bean looks surprised

    “Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.”

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    #9

    Dr. Gregory House - House

    Dr. Gregory House wearing brown jacket

    “We were both wrong, not equally wrong. You were at least six more wronger than me.”

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    #10

    George Costanza - Seinfeld

    George Costanza holding a golf ball

    “When you look annoyed all the time, people think that you’re busy.”

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    #11

    Barney Stinson - How I Met Your Mother

    Barney Stinson wearing duck tie

    “Actually doing things gets you fired.”

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    #12

    Phoebe Buffay - Friends

    Phoebe Buffay smiling

    “If you want to receive emails about my upcoming shows, then please give me money so I can buy a computer.”

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    #13

    Daffy Duck - Looney Tunes

    Daffy Duck explaining something

    “Help me, please. I’m too moist and tender to retire.”

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    unknown
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like the perfect time for a duck to "retire" :)

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    #14

    Al Bundy - Married... With Children

    Al Bundy wearing blue shirt

    “Feed me, or feed me to something. I just want to be part of the food chain.”

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    #15

    Fry - Futurama

    Fry wearing green sweater

    “Shut up and take my money!”

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    #16

    Patrick Star - Spongebob Squarepants

    Patrick Star sitting on a couch

    “Is mayonnaise an instrument?”

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    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anything is an instrument if you’re talented enough

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    #17

    Sheldon Cooper - The Big Bang Theory

    Sheldon Cooper wearing hawk t-shirt

    “No cuts, no buts, no coconuts.”

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    #18

    Phil Dunphy - Modern Family

    Phil Dunphy wearing blue shirt

    “When life gives you lemonade, make lemons. Life’ll be all like ‘what?!’”

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    #19

    Dwight Schrute - The Office

    Dwight Schrute wearing glasses

    “Who is Justice Beaver?”

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    Peter Griffin - Family Guy

    Peter Griffin holding a trumpet

    “I have an idea so smart that my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about.”

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    #21

    Cosmo Kramer - Seinfeld

    Cosmo Kramer wearing blue shirt

    “Do you think people will still be using napkins in the year 2000, or is this mouth-vacuum thing for real?”

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    #22

    Peggy Bundy - Married... With Children

    Peggy Bundy talking on a phone

    “Your father will be home soon, and he will be looking for dinner. Tell him I hope he finds it.”

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    #23

    Amy Farrah Fowler - The Big Bang Theory

    Amy Farrah Fowler wearing purple sweater

    “From the first moment in that coffee shop, I knew that there was something special between us, even though I did work on a study that disproved love at first sight.”

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    DrBronxx
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's the best thing about that show. Possibly the only good thing.

    #24

    Garfield - Garfield And Friends, A Garfield Christmas

    Garfield sitting on the chair

    “I’m not overweight. I’m undertall.”

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    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mum had this on a poster in our study for a long time!

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    #25

    Jim Halpert - The Office

    Jim Halpert wearing a black tie and white shirt

    “My roommate wants to meet everybody. Because I’m pretty sure he thinks I’m making Dwight up. He is very real.”

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    #26

    Kitty Forman - That '70s Show

    Kitty Forman drinking a cocktail

    “You two get your B-double-O-Bs off my husband!”

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    Helena
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost everything kitty said was gold.

    #27

    Howard Wolowitz - The Big Bang Theory

    Howard Wolowitz sitting on a chair

    “If I didn’t have you, life would be blue, I’d be Dr. Who without the TARDIS.”

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    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is from what is actually a really great love song.

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    #28

    Ross Geller - Friends

    Ross Geller wearing blue t-shirt

    “I tell you, when I actually die, some people are going to get seriously haunted.”

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    #29

    Charlie Kelly - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia

    Charlie Kelly wearing white t-shirt on a plane

    “I’m cracking eggs of wisdom!”

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    #30

    Bender - Futurama

    Bender looks scared

    “Of all the friends I’ve had, you’re the first.”

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    #31

    Bart Simpson - The Simpsons

    Bart Simpson carrying a box

    “Eat my shorts!”

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    A girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite Bart was a couple years after the series started. "I won't be 10 forever".

    #32

    Roger - American Dad!

    Roger looks upset

    “Well, it began like that, and then middle, middle, middle, and then I sold her to a drug dealer.”

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    Raj Koothrappali - The Big Bang Theory

    Raj Koothrappali wearing purple jacket

    “It’s like we both had these holes in our lives, but now we fill each other’s holes.”

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    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never understood how anybody thought this character was anything other than a creep

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    #34

    Red Forman - That '70s Show

    Red Forman siting at the table

    “When my time comes, I want to be buried face down, so that anybody that doesn’t like me can kiss my ass.”

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    Con O Cuinn
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ''Son, you don't have bad luck. The reason bad things happen to you, is because you're a dumbass''

    #35

    Bugs Bunny - Looney Tunes

    Bugs Bunny waving

    “Eh, what’s up, Doc?”

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    #36

    Steven Hyde - That '70s Show

    Steven Hyde wearing sunglasses

    “The three true branches of the government are military, corporate, and Hollywood.”

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    Penny - The Big Bang Theory

    Penny wearing pink dress

    “Well, your Ken can kiss my Barbie.”

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    #38

    Scooby-Doo - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

    Scooby-Doo wearing green collar

    “Ruh-roh–RAGGY!!!”

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    Jerry Seinfeld - Seinfeld

    Jerry Seinfeld wearing grey sweater

    “It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.”

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    Oerff On Tour
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's not enough interesting things happening in the world, so they fill the rest of the pages with useless ads

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    #40

    Rick Sanchez - Rick And Morty

    Rick Sanchez wearing white robe

    “Get out of here, Summer! You ruined the Season 4 premiere!”

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    Will Smith - The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

    Will Smith purple shirt

    “My butler hung up on me.”

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    #42

    Stewie Griffin - Family Guy

    Stewie Griffin talking with teddy bear

    “Oh yeah? Can you read my mind? Can you tell what I’m thinking? I’m thinking shut up and get a salad!”

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    #43

    Wile E. Coyote - Looney Toons, Wile E. Coyote And The Road Runner

    Wile E. Coyote holding a cup

    “Help!”

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    Apatheist Account2
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think he says this...it's usually just a forlorn look of surprise when he realises that the ground is no longer there, followed by a whistle and "pff!" as he hits the ground.

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    #44

    Carlton Banks - The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air

    Carlton Banks wearing yellow bow-tie

    “Dad, don’t do anything stupid! You haven’t updated your will yet.”

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    #45

    Butters Stotch - South Park

    Butters Stotch wearing blue shirt

    “Mom, Dad, I love you. Please don’t sell me to Paris Hilton.”

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    #46

    Lucy Ricardo - I Love Lucy

    Lucy Ricardo smiling

    “Ever since we said ‘I do,’ there have been so many things that we don’t.”

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    #47

    Fred Flintstone - The Flintstones

    Fred Flintstone pointing finger

    “I’m sorry you’re stupid.”

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    Zephyr
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know you are but what am I

    #48

    Barney Fife - The Andy Griffith Show

    Barney Fife wearing a hat

    “Why do you want to irritate your corn?”

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    Eric Cartman - South Park

    Eric Cartman looks scared

    “Stan, don’t you know the first law of physics? Anything that’s fun costs at least eight dollars.”

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    #50

    Randy Marsh - South Park

    Randy Marsh wearing blue shirt

    “What seems to be the officer, problem?”

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    #51

    Michael Kelso - That '70s Show

    Michael Kelso wearing red t-shirt

    “Damn Jackie, I can’t control the weather.”

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    #52

    Glenn Quagmire - Family Guy

    Glenn Quagmire holding a mask

    “If cell phones worked, every movie would be two minutes long.”

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    #53

    Tim Taylor - Home Improvement

    Tim Taylor with the snake on his neck

    “If I wanted something my brother had, I’d knock him down and take it.”

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    #54

    Dorothy Zbornak - The Golden Girls

    Dorothy Zbornak wearing golden earrings

    “She’s really a very sweet woman. She just doesn’t like to show it.”

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    Leonard Hofstadter - The Big Bang Theory

    Leonard Hofstadter eating pizza

    “I haven’t seen him this stuck since he tried to figure out the third Matrix movie.”

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    #56

    Brian Griffin - Family Guy

    Brian Griffin sitting on a couch

    “We can make this work, like couples who meet on Craigslist.”

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    #57

    Fez - That '70s Show

    Fez wearing brown jacket

    “I love the snow! I am a winter nymph! I love America!”

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    #58

    Doug Heffernan - The King Of Queens

    Doug Heffernan talking in a phone

    “I’m going to come up with something so romantic and heartfelt it’s gonna make you feel like a piece of crap! A piece of crap!”

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    #59

    Frank Costanza - Seinfeld

    Frank Costanza wearing brown sweater

    “I was watching a provocative movie on cable TV called ‘The Net,’ starring that woman from ‘The Bus.’”

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    Tom And Jerry

    Tom And Jerry listening to something

    “I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way.”

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    Amy Taylor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm.. isn’t that Jessica Rabbit? Tom and Jerry don’t speak.

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