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1	!!''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''
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6	[[folder:General]]
7	* Every time they sing. All the actors are trained singers, and in-universe the Gang loves to show off their voices (and dance moves) at every opportunity.
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9
10	[[folder:Season 1]]
11	[[AC:1x06 - The Gang Finds A Dead Guy]]
12	* Mac gets back at Dennis for usurping his chance at sleeping with a grieving granddaughter of a dead bar patron and then taunting Mac about it by casually revealing that Dennis' grandfather was one of ThoseWackyNazis.
13	* You also have to take your hat off to the museum curator who gives Charlie and Mac a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when they try to sell him the Nazi uniform, especially after it became clear how rare it would be on the show for a character like this to not suffer any negative consequences.
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15
16	[[folder:Season 2]]
17	[[AC:2x03 - Dennis and Dee Go On Welfare]]
18	* Mac telling off Dennis and Dee for pretending to be drug addicts to get welfare. It's surprising given his usual self-righteous and hypocritical attitude.
19	-->'''Mac''': Welfare is for people who need it, like drug addicts and single mothers. It's not for over privileged pieces of shit who want to waste millions in taxpayer dollars.
20
21	[[AC:2x04 - Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom]]
22	* Dennis threatens to have sex with the waitress unless Charlie stops making him do the grunt work (AKA "Charlie Work") at the bar. Charlie responds with a glorious BatmanGambit wherein he convinces Mac to... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin bang Dennis' mom]], gets the Waitress to witness Dennis trying to cheat on her, and very nearly manipulates her into having sex with him instead. This plan would be impressive for anyone, but for ''Charlie'', it's downright amazing.
23	[[/folder]]
24
25	[[folder:Season 3]]
26	[[AC:3x01 - The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby]]
27	* Dennis creates an elaborate plot to get back at a smug environmentalist by sleeping with his girlfriend and having the guy willingly tie himself to a tree overnight during a storm. Then he informs the guy about the girlfriend-banging after letting a bulldozer destroy the tree he was trying to protect.
28
29	[[AC:3x05 - The Aluminium Monster vs Fatty Magoo]]
30	* Dee actually giving a shit about other people, refusing to work under the concentration camp-like conditions, and setting everyone free by staging a strike. Of course she’s still terrible and tries to get Ingrid arrested for slave labour, but the first part is good.
31
32	[[AC:3x06 - The Gang Solves The North Korea Situation]]
33	* When Mac first wears the duster, bringing it into the Gang forever.
34
35	[[AC:3x10 - Mac Is a Serial Killer]]
36	* When the gang is trapped in the serial killer's apartment with said killer at the end of the episode, Frank just begins revving the chainsaw as it cuts to the credits.
37
38	[[AC:3x14 - Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City]]
39	* When the cop car explodes with Agent Jack Bauer (A junkyard cat adopted and named by Dennis) still inside, Jack manages to jump out of the exploding car. This leads to Dennis to remark that the cat is indeed as immortal as his previous owner indicated.
40	* Dee beating up the masturbating bum in the alley.
41
42	[[AC:3x15 - The Gang Dances Their Asses Off]]
43	* Firstly, Mac challenges Dennis to a dance off. Mac showcases an energetic dance routine, while Dennis continues to dance normally. The show then cuts to Mac wearing the punishment Keg.
44	* Dennis is confronted by an angry man, whose fiancee Dennis has been dancing provocatively with. Dennis calms the man down, and offers to help with his dancing. While showing him how to dip, he lets go of the man, and drops him to the floor, then turns the man's fiancee against him by pointing out how angry the man is.
45	* Later in the episode, Dennis is annoyed that Charlie is dancing with the fiancee (a woman named Gloria) in a gambit to make the Waitress jealous. The resulting sequence is both hilarious and awesome.
46	--->'''Dennis''': You know what? You leave me no choice. [walks over to he Waitress]\
47	'''The Waitress''': Hey, asshole.\
48	'''Dennis''': Yeah, whatever. Wanna dance?\
49	'''The Waitress''': Yes!\
50	'''Dennis''': Yeah, take a load off. Let these strong, sweet, sexual arms hold you...\
51	'''The Waitress''': ...so strong...\
52	'''Dennis''': ...I got you, so strong, so strong... All right? Night-night. [drops her on the floor] (to Charlie) You made me do that.\
53	'''Charlie''': You piece of shit!\
54	'''Dennis''': (nonchalantly) Yeah, maybe.\
55	'''The Waitress''': You piece of shit! Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!\
56	'''Dennis''': Why!?
57	* Charlie tries to get back at Dennis for eliminating the Waitress, and Dennis again ends up on top.
58	--->'''Charlie''': He's trying to have sex with you, I hope you know that!\
59	'''Gloria''': What!? I'm not gonna have sex with you! I'm engaged!\
60	'''Dennis''': Yeah, but engaged is just a word.\
61	'''Charlie''': It's a very serious word!\
62	'''Dennis''': (ignoring Charlie) I was getting somewhere with you though, wasn't I?\
63	'''Gloria''': No!\
64	'''Dennis''': Really? All right... [throws her onto the floor]\
65	'''Gloria''': You really are the biggest piece of shit on the planet!\
66	'''Dennis''': Are you still talking to me, I thought you were out?
67	* Charlie finally taking down Dennis by using a dance-off with his song.
68	* Charlie consumes enough sedatives to take down a rhino yet still stays on his feet far longer than every person present thought was even possible
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70
71	[[folder:Season 4]]
72	[[AC:4x02 - The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis]]
73	* Mac's MilesGloriosus tendencies are subverted for once when it turns out that, despite Dennis being convinced that there's no way Mac can do it, he actually can blow fireballs to attract customers and is quite skilled at it:
74	-->'''Dennis:''' ''Wow''. Okay, wow, I take back everything I just said. That was amazing!
75	* Charlie proves exactly how much of a wild card he is:
76	-->'''Mac:''' [suddenly realizes the brakes of the van aren't working] Why aren't the brakes working?\
77	'''Charlie:''' Because I CUT THE BRAKES! WILD CARD, BITCHES! YEEEEEEHAAAAAW! [kicks back doors and dives out]
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79	[[AC:4x13 - The Nightman Cometh]]
80	* When Charlie tells off Dee for complaining about her song.
81	--> '''Charlie''': Don't screw ''you?'' Oh, I'm sorry, Dee, let me try and remember something. Let's see, was it, did Dee write a musical and come to Charlie with it? '''''No!''''' ''Charlie'' wrote a musical and came to ''Dee'' with it, ''and the gang!'' And the gang likes to screw it up and make it about themselves, and take it away from Charlie, and ruin his hopes and dreams! So let me tell you something, Dee, let me break down a scenario for you. I could ''cut'' the song, OK, because ''I'' wrote it. I could have ''Artemis'' do the song, OK, because ''you did not write it.'' Or I could ''strap on a wig and I could do the song myself!'' So you tell me, ''Little Miss All That'', what do you want to do? '''''Song or no song?'''''
82	[[/folder]]
83
84	[[folder:Season 5]]
85	[[AC:5x05 - The Waitress Is Getting Married]]
86	* After finding out that the guy The Waitress was engaged to, Brad, was only doing it as part of a [[RevengeOfTheNerd revenge plot]] to get back at all of the girls who dumped him in high school (he'd get engaged to the girls, then dump them right before the wedding), Charlie gives the guy a heartfelt gift--a box full of hornets.
87	** Granted, [[CrazyJealousGuy he was going to give him the box regardless]], so in that light it's a bit less noble. ''But'', at the same time, Brad made it clear to Charlie that Dee was next.
88
89	[[AC:5x07 - The Gang Wrestles for the Troops]]
90	* [[ButtMonkey Rickety Cricket]] gets one, as a stereotypical Middle Eastern Islamist terrorist character, while the Gang are all dressed as bald eagles. And beats most of them, ''by blowing sand in their eyes'', which causes Mac to ''run away in fear'', before Frank comes in with a garbage pail and knocks him out.
91	* Frank doesn't just knock him out, but also slashes Cricket's throat. In a later episode, Cricket's voice sounds scratchier because of it.
92
93	[[AC:5x12 - The Gang Reignites the Rivalry]]
94	* The gambit used in the flipcup competition. Why win at flipcup when you can trick the competitors into drinking poison?
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Season 6]]
98	[[AC:6x09 - Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth]]
99	* ''Lethal Weapon 5''. Just... the whole thing.
100
101	[[AC:6x11 - The Gang Gets Stranded In The Woods]]
102	* Charlie wins fifteen grand in Atlantic City, so he and Dennis have an amazing night partying with celebrities, fly on a private jet back to Philly, ''and'' donate five grand to an animals right charity. It's probably the most unambiguously good thing two members of the Gang have ever done.
103
104	[[AC:6x12 - Dee Gives Birth]]
105	* Dennis' big damn speech to the nurse. Even he was impressed about it, and dismayed that he can't recapture the moment.
106	[[/folder]]
107
108	[[folder:Season 7]]
109	[[AC:7x02 - The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore]]
110	* Dennis and Dee end up doing angel dust with a bunch of violent thugs and get stuck with them during a wild crime spree, including robbing a laundromat, getting shot by said laundromat's owner, going to a back-alley doctor to fix the wound, and [[CrossesTheLineTwice killing the doctor]] to prevent him from talking. The two are pretty much terrified witnesses the entire time, until the leader of the thugs forces them, at gunpoint, to dig a grave on the beach for the surgeon. In the middle of digging, though, Dee grabs some sand and ''hurls it in the leader's face'', blinding him and allowing her and Dennis to escape. Considering that she was high out of her mind and facing certain death, that took major guts.
111	[[/folder]]
112
113	[[folder:Season 8]]
114	[[AC:8x02 - The Gang Recycles Their Trash]]
115	* Charlie cuts the brakes on the Gang's van again, but Dennis realizes Charlie would pull this, and has the brakes fixed.
116
117	[[AC:8x04 - Charlie and Dee Find Love]]
118	* Dennis has a big one in this episode for [[GenreSavvy correctly figuring out]] that Trevor was doing a whole ''Literature/DangerousLiaisons''-type stunt with Mac and Dee, who was filming them during embarrassing moments and then showing those embarrassing clips to his frat buddies. He then takes the stage at the [=TaftCo=] gala with video evidence that Trevor had given Mac [[WhiteCollarCrime insider trading tips]] prior to the announcement that the company was going public, thus siccing the SEC on [=TaftCo=] and likely the entire family as well.
119
120	[[AC:8x05 - The Gang Gets Analyzed]]
121	* Charlie [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping]] Dennis after the latter slaps him.
122
123	[[AC:8x10 - Reynolds vs Reynolds: The Cereal Defense]]
124	* Mac manages to convince Charlie, Frank and Dee that evolution isn't real.
125	[[/folder]]
126
127	[[folder:Season 9]]
128	[[AC:9x05 - Mac Day]]
129	* Country Mac, when encountered by two angry men, does a successful ocular pat-down, takes the knife out of the guy's shoe, and calmly tells him to back off.
130	* Subverted. Mac blocks a hit from a black belt. However, he gets so wrapped up in his own ego that he doesn't notice said black belt trying to kick him and gets knocked out. And then, he keeps on bragging about the one point he got from that incident.
131	* Dennis does get one as a result of Mac's bragging: after an entire day of dealing with Mac's pious, self-congratulatory bullshit, Dennis has enough, calling Mac on getting only one point on the guy, and pointing out to the gang when they try to stop him that Mac will likely never shut up about this if he's not stopped.
132
133	[[AC:9x06 - The Gang Saves the Day]]
134	* Mac's fight scene dream sequence. Sure, it was AllJustADream, but it was incredibly well choreographed and legitimately badass.
135	[[/folder]]
136
137	[[folder:Season 10]]
138	[[AC:10x01 - The Gang Beats Boggs]]
139	* Charlie not only breaking the Wade Boggs drinking record of seventy beers on one cross-country flight, but then managing to hit a baseball while completely wasted. After being the ButtMonkey for ten straight seasons it's nice to see him beat the rest of the gang at something.
140
141	[[AC:10x02 - The Gang Group Dates]]
142	* Charlie and Mac scoring higher than [[CasanovaWannabe Dennis]] on a dating website.
143
144	[[AC:10x04 - Charlie Work]]
145	* The entire episode is an absolute tour de force for Charlie. Against all odds Charlie has managed to get perfect scores from the health department every inspection, and this episode shows how. Charlie manically directs the gang to seemingly ridiculous tasks that turn out to perfectly hide any of the bar's glaring code violations and simultaneously manages to pull off the rest of the gang's stupid scam involving airline miles, [[ItMakesSenseInContext beef and about twenty chickens]], and after Dee spends the whole episode being unhelpful and not doing the one task that would have gotten them a perfect score, he rigs her bar stool to collapse under her, his sabotage of which had been a RunningGag throughout the episode.
146	* An additional moment: throughout the first half of the episode, the Gang ignores Charlie as he runs around in a panic, more interested in their own scheme than helping him. When Dennis remarks that Charlie doesn't even know what "the plan" is, Charlie ''instantly'' details the entirety of the ridiculous idea, breaking down each step and pointing out the flaws that will inevitably cause it to fail. He then delivers a [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness focused, intense speech]] which makes it clear that they're going to pass inspection, no matter what. This is the same Charlie who once risked the entire bar by misreading "prize" as "pride" and can't control himself around cheese--but he is ''not'' missing out on a perfect score. The change is staggering--and awesome.
147	[[/folder]]
148
149	[[folder:Season 11]]
150	[[AC:11x03 - The Gang Hits the Slopes]]
151	* Dennis, Dee, and Mac showing off their impressive skiing skills in the cold opening.
152
153	[[AC:11x06 - Being Frank]]
154	* Frank getting Dennis' car out of impound, without [[AccidentalHero even knowing that's what the plan was.]]
155	-->'''Frank''': (thinking) Think of something cool to say.\
156	'''Frank''': (out loud) Anybody need a ride?
157
158	[[AC:11x07 - [=McPoyle=] vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century]]
159	* The Lawyer ''losing'' the case to the Gang after Charlie successfully uses [[ChekhovsSkill bird law]] to prove that Bill Ponderosa and the Gang weren't responsible for Liam losing his eye.
160	[[/folder]]
161
162	[[folder:Season 12]]
163	[[AC:12x06 - Hero or Hate Crime?]]
164	* Charlie saves Mac's life by kicking him out of the way of a falling piano. Also counts as a heartwarming moment, as it was clear that everyone was concerned for Mac.
165	* What did it take for Mac to finally come out and ''stay'' out? Winning $10,000 on the lottery scratch-off.
166
167	[[AC:12X10 - Dennis' Double Life]]
168	* Charlie '''BANGS THE WAITRESS'''.
169	* Dennis has a moment of maturity and decides to leave for North Dakota to be his illegitimate child's father. If you are among the viewers who [[BrokenBase don't like this turn of events]], a cathartic moment follows soon after with the remaining Gang firing Dennis' RPG, blowing up the Land Rover in the process.
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	[[folder:Season 13]]
173	[[AC:13x02 - The Gang Escapes]]
174	* Dee sets up an escape room game for her and the guys to play in Dennis and Mac's apartment. She reveals to the game-runner (but no one else) that she actually played the puzzle already and did the whole thing so she could look cool in front of them--but the guys, hating the idea of a woman being in charge, instead lock her in Dennis's bedroom...which, given his [[TheSociopath horrific idea of sex]], is a virtual prison. And that's when Dee--the ButtMonkey and [[TheUnfavorite unfavorite]] of the show--''finally'' gets her time to shine. She's able to [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike out-think Dennis because of their connection]]--something no one else has ever been able to do--and successfully free herself by ''climbing out the window of the bedroom and walking along the building's edge'' to the living room. Though she does end up in the hospital, the whole Gang praises her for being such a badass (Dennis in particular celebrates the fact that she's the [[FridgeHorror first woman to ever get out of his room]]). To top the moment off, Frank bought expensive steaks for the whole Gang when Dee arranged the escape room, with the understanding that whoever was the true leader of the group would get to take the first taste. The guys ''unanimously'' declare Dee the winner, and she proudly takes a huge bite as the episode ends. It took thirteen seasons, but she finally got a moment of respect. Amazing!
175
176	[[AC:13x03 - The Gang Beats Boggs: The Ladies Reboot]]
177	* Even when she’s pretty damn drunk, Dee is able to do hard math in her head, as she converts beer alcohol content into wine.
178
179	[[AC:13x04 - Time's Up for the Gang]]
180	* Mac putting his hand between Dee's legs and ''lifting her off the ground''. While everyone else at the seminar was horrified, Charlie was impressed and Dee herself admits it was amazing.
181
182	[[AC:13x10 - Mac Finds His Pride]]
183	* Mac's presentation to his dad about coming to terms with his sexuality is an insanely impressive, physically taxing five minute interpretive dance routine performed by Rob [=McElhenney=] and professional ballet dancer Kylie Shea.
184	** Additionally, the stunned and awed reactions of the inmates watching the dance? They were REAL. [[EnforcedMethodActing The only thing the actors were told about the scene before they watched it was that it was going to be a dance]], and then the pre-recorded dance sequence played on a projector in front of them with the cameras capturing their genuine reactions.
185	[[/folder]]
186
187	[[folder:Season 14]]
188	[[AC:14x03 - Dee Day]]
189	* Dee almost never gets a win, which makes "Dee Day" glorious for her. She gets her revenge on the rest of the Gang by making them focus more on her day, has Dennis and Charlie kiss each other as her racist characters, makes Dennis try to get with a woman without his makeup (where he looks terrible and has low confidence), and succeeded in getting the councilwoman who was going to vote against the public urination bill on missing the vote. When they mock her for her idea and how she can't understand their plans because she's a woman, she tells them that she pushed the cuckoo clock ahead by 1 hour when it rang, which means they technically insulted her on her day, which caused the Gang to get a second Dee Day.
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191	[[AC:14x05 - The Gang Texts]]
192	* Dee calling Mac a bird.
193
194	[[AC:14x07 - The Gang Solves Global Warming]]
195	* Charlie’s smile after revealing how terrible Dee is to service workers the whole episode. Extra points for her being abusive to him for most of the ep, and being unapologetic for assaulting him.
196	[[/folder]]
197
198	[[folder:Season 15]]
199	[[AC: 15x02 - The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 7]]
200	* The return of Pepper Jack, a fan-favorite OneSceneWonder, over ''12 years'' after his initial appearance, is a sight to behold.
201	[[AC: 15x08 - The Gang Carries A Corpse Up A Mountain]]
202	* After leaving Charlie to carry his father's body, the gang finds themselves in a bar commiserating about their terrible trip and talking about how they wish they'd never have to see each other again. When the discussion starts escalating, they get shushed by The Waitress. (Her shushing them is an awesome moment, but so is their absolutely unhinged response)
203	---> '''Waitress''': You...are screaming! Haven't you noticed that everyone else in here is speaking at a normal volume? Shut up! Shut up. Shut up.\
204	'''Dee''': Listen to me, you bitch.\
205	'''Mac''': Get her, banshee.\
206	'''Dee''': I will speak at whatever volume I choose, and if you don't like it, you can suck my big fat dick!\
207	'''Dennis''': One volume? For every single person in the whole wide world? That's socialism, and I won't stand for it!\
208	'''Mac''': We should be able to speak at whatever volume we identify with! Because that is the American way!\
209	'''Waitress''': But you are not in America!\
210	'''Frank''': [[IAmTheNoun We]] ''[[IAmTheNoun are]]'' [[IAmTheNoun America]], sweetheart! And we carry our country with us wherever we go! Because we love her! And when you love someone, [[HeelRealization you can't bear to leave them behind]]! Not ever!
211	[[/folder]]

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