* ArchiveBinge: Uh, yes.
* BizarroEpisode: The Ben Schwartz and Rick Fox episodes somehow manage to out-weird the rest of the series by a ''lot.''
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wom9mR4V4So "Password"]] holds the distinction of not involving the titular duo ''at all'', instead being a LowerDeckEpisode between Rick (who eats his own shit) and the boss. The experiment was so poorly-received that nothing like it was tried again.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The [[RunningGag various]] WeirdAside lines where Jake blurts out admissions to illegal sexual acts whenever he's insecure. The initial incident was a [[{{Pun}} relatively]] tame KissingCousins gag, but it kept escalating as the joke was repeated. He does mercifully HandWave at least one such confession as a joke (when it gets to the point of ParentalIncest).
* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Amir is antisocial, aggressive, paranoid, obsessive, delusional [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] [[LIsForDyslexia dyslexic]].
* EnsembleDarkHorse: The episodes with Creator/BenSchwartz as a guest star are considered fan favorites to some, as his surreal characters bring an interesting and humorous dynamic to the series. Other ensembles include Creator/ThomasMiddleditch as Doobs and [[AsHimself Rick Fox]] as Amir's broker.
* FridgeBrilliance:
** In the "Sick Day" arc when Jake changes jobs, [[MeaningfulName his new coworker Amanda has the same first two letters in her name as "Amir," while Amir's new deskmate Mike has the same last two letters in his name as "Jake."]] [[{{Foil}} In contrast to the characters they replace]], the two respectively represent Jake's and Amir's ''ideal'' coworkers: Amanda is a gorgeous woman who's attracted to Jake, while Mike is almost eerily amenable to Amir's "friendship." Naturally, both relationships prove less enduring than the [[VitriolicBestBuds more counterintuitive bond]] between our [[OddCouple dysfunctional leads]].
** The names of Ace and Jocelyn. Amir probably named Jake's character after his PerfectlyCromulentWord "ace," and Jake's [[RecordedSplicedConversation spliced-together dialogue]] at the end of "Ace and Jocelyn - The TV Pilot" has him actually using the name "Jocelyn" while on the phone, implying that Amir simply built the character around the footage. The characters also have the same initials as Jake and Amir, but the other way around.
** In "DJ Business" Amir uses the name "DJ Shmumu," likely a reference to his real middle name, Shmuel (his character's middle name is [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Valerie]]).
*** In the original series, Jake suggests that he change his middle name, which could explain why his middle name is "Shmuel" [[SuddenNameChange as of the revived series]].
** Amir often parrots phrases that it's clear Jake has said to him in the past, without much regard for the context. Sometimes Jake points this out, but other times it's just part of the dialogue and goes uncommented-on.
--->'''Jake:''' Okay. Look, Amir, you especially need health insurance. You're incredibly malnourished.
--->'''Amir:''' That's not even a word!
--->'''Jake:''' Yes it is!
--->'''Amir:''' ''Dammit!'' Oh, I never get it right when I guess that! I'm like 0 for lifetime.
** [[HairTriggerTemper Murph]]'s decision to invite his girlfriend's crush for a DoubleDate on the night he plans to propose to her ("I figured 'what's more intimate than a double date?'") seems like the most hilariously off-base idea a person ever had, until you remember that [[InLoveWithYourCarnage Emily]] explicitly urged him in her last appearance to be even more of a CrazyJealousGuy than he is. Setting up the situation to get out of hand is probably the smartest move he could have made.
** Whenever Amir writes a string of weird emails, text messages or Facebook comments, Jake can't seem to resist reading them aloud and commenting on them. It makes you wonder if [[AttentionWhore that's why Amir does it]].
** Jake's line [[spoiler:"Holy shit, you killed Doobs?"]] in the finale echoes [[spoiler:the line that introduced the character in the first place, spoken by Amir: "[[BookEnds Holy shit, Doobs is here!]]"]]
* HarsherInHindsight:
** [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Early references to Amir's unseen parents]] imply that they're pretty normal, decent people whom Amir despises for no good reason (the worst he can say about either of them is that [[EasilyEmbarrassedYoungster his mother once sent cookies to his dorm room and his father picked him up from college in a U-Haul]]). After it's established that they've been [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood abusing him horrendously]] from his childhood to the present day, it retroactively becomes a lot harder to fault him for telling his mother not to visit him at work or refusing to talk to his father on his birthday. His assertion that "my dad is like this toolbox extraordinare, it pains me to call him" gets especially poignant in light of "Bucket List," when we find out that a typical phone conversation between them consists of Amir being berated and screamed at for half an hour straight, and eventually hear Amir, on the phone with his dad, near tears while being forced to say "I'm a piece of garbage."
** Jake and Amir's doomed attempt to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall create a web series]] over the course of the finale took on a whole new level of RealitySubtext after [=TruTV=] passed on the pilot for the proposed television adaptation.
--->'''Jake:''' Focus on being sad. All right? Let the feeling of failure wash over you.
** The heavier moments in "Road Trip" and the finale get even heavier after "Social Distance Scroll," which establishes that [[spoiler:Jake and Amir fell out of touch immediately after getting fired and didn't communicate again for a full five years.]]
** Quite a few episodes that were supposed to depict Amir as a paranoid lunatic make him [[ProperlyParanoid almost come off as the sane one]] in light of later events. See his concerns about internet privacy in episodes like "Instagram" and "iPhone 6" and his CrazyPrepared pre-2020 pandemic approach in "Swine Flu" and "Ebola."
--->'''Jake:''' Yeah, you're paranoid of what? Ebola in Los Angeles? You're not at risk here, in this office.
--->'''Amir:''' ''(imitating a buzzer)'' Daaaaa! Wrong, okay? Ebola is an epidemic, which means you're at risk everywhere! Okay? Last time I checked, you weren't Superman!
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** When Jake decides to stay and rub Amir's back while he waits for the storm to pass in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPMbQytLbUs Storm]].
** Jake, Amir, Rosie and Murph all dancing together at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjgm8NswPPk Grandma]].
** The "Sick Day" arc, which breaks up the duo when Jake takes a new job in California. Notably, although Amir is crushed by Jake's departure, [[BelatedLoveEpiphany it's Jake who turns out to have the hardest time moving on when they're actually apart]], driving his attractive new coworker to distraction by talking about Amir incessantly. [[spoiler:[[StatusQuoIsGod His return to his old job]] is solely motivated by wanting to be with Amir again.]]
--->'''Amanda:''' That guy sounds like a real idiot!
--->'''Jake:''' Yeah.
--->'''Amanda:''' How do people that retarded even function in the real world, let alone get a real job?
--->'''Jake:''' Well, he's not ''retarded''.
--->'''Amanda:''' No, he sounds like a needy idiot, I'm serious.
--->'''Jake:''' ''(suddenly annoyed and defensive)'' [[HypocriticalHeartwarming He's]] ''[[HypocriticalHeartwarming not]].''
*** After Jake gets back to the office, a few of his other coworkers cut in front of Amir to greet him, causing Amir to remain sitting at his desk instead of getting up. When they ask Jake why he came back, Jake gives them a vague answer while clearly trying to look past them at Amir.
*** When Jake sits down at his normal desk, Amir tries to play it cool while they discuss getting dinner. It's ultimately Jake who diffuses the tension.
---->'''Jake:''' [[ManHug F— it. Come here]].
** "Video Chat" concludes a short arc in which Amir is desperate to be placed back with Jake when he's no longer situated near him after they move offices, while Jake is satisfied with the new arrangement and doesn't want to trade Amir for his new deskmate, Murph. When it becomes clear that Jake isn't going to change his mind, Amir, who has been badgering him via video chat, [[BlatantLies claims he's better off in his new section because he's so popular there]], [[InstantlyProvenWrong only to be interrupted]] by a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from one of his coworkers which gets a round of applause from the entire room and which Jake, unbeknownst to Amir, fully overhears. In the next scene, Amir is in his accustomed place across from Jake.
--->'''Amir:''' Uh...so Murph just...
--->'''Jake:''' Murph just walked into Ricky's office ''(scene switches to silent footage of Ricky at his desk)'' and he said "hey, I need to switch desks." ''[[UnreliableVoiceover (Pan out to show]]'' '''[[UnreliableVoiceover Jake]]''' ''[[UnreliableVoiceover talking to Ricky.)]]'' I guess he had some friends over at the [=BustedTees=] area that he missed.
*** TheStinger is also adorable, showing Murph charging hilariously into the [=BustedTees=] area and receiving a hero's welcome and a kiss on the cheek from the same girl who chewed out Amir.
---->'''Murph:''' [[NoIndoorVoice EYYYYYYYYY, WHAT'S UP BEST WORK STATION EVER?!?!]]
---->'''Others:''' [[CrowdChant Murph! Murph! Murph! Murph!]]
** "Video Brainstorm," which has Amir pitching sketches in a writer's meeting, ends on a cute PetTheDog moment from Jake when he's shown to be the only one who stayed behind and listened to Amir sing his parody of "Bad Romance" after everybody else left.
--->'''Jake:''' Can we go?
--->'''Amir:''' ...Yes.
** "Tutors" shows that Amir is paying several 15-year-old boys to tutor him in grade-school subjects and that they're actually helping him. [[PetTheDog He's openly grateful for their help]] and successfully gets a math problem right because of their encouragement, and they take him seriously and defend him against Jake's heckling.
--->'''Boy:''' Come on, Amir, you can do it.
--->'''Jake:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa, foul on the play! No doing that, dude, you can't encourage him. He's gotta do it himself!
--->'''Boy #2:''' ''(coldly)'' He is.
** "Business Card" gets in such a sincere line from Amir that it disarms even Jake:
--->'''Amir:''' Okay, you know what, [[NotSoDifferentRemark you have a lot of dumb ideas too]]. But I don't call you out on them, because you're my friend and at least you're trying; I wanna see you happy.
** "Driving Home" has Jake and Amir being driven home together after Amir crashed Jake's Thanksgiving dinner and starts out as a typical SecondhandStorytelling skit in which Jake expresses frustration at Amir's bizarre offscreen actions. However, toward the end he takes Amir's phone and ends up reading a miserable series of texts between Amir and his [[AbusiveParents abusive dad]], ultimately declaring that he's happy Amir spent Thanksgiving with him.
** A subtle one from "Los Angeles": the episode flashes back to unseen moments from the previous handful of episodes to show that Jake spent the entire past month reminding Amir repeatedly that he was going to LA. One depicts the aftermath of "Secret Santa 2," which ended with Jake trying to stop his coworkers from executing Amir with a noose they gave him for Christmas; Jake is working at his desk while Amir, dazed and with the noose still hanging around his neck, is perched on the arm of his chair.
** In "Puppet Part 1" Amir thinks the comedy act he's doing with a puppet of Jake is a hit with his coworkers, but Jake says they're laughing at him, not with him. Questioned by Amir, a few of the others admit that this is correct, causing him to scurry away in embarrassment.
--->'''Sarah:''' ''(looking around at the others)'' ...I mean, ''I'' was laughing...''with'' him, so.
** "How Many Words Would It Take," a poem [[HiddenDepths written by Amir]] in "Valentine's Day." [[NotSoAboveItAll Jake tears up]] while listening to him read it.
--->How many words would it take to accurately express what you mean to me? How can you scientifically quantify how much lighter I become when you enter my day and how heavy I feel when you leave? How can I describe how my smile just appears magnetically when I see your face? How can I possibly count my thoughts of you when I think of you so constantly? As thoughts within thoughts, within thoughts, within thoughts make it impossible to remember where one began and the other ended. Time folds into itself as I am already nostalgic for our future and look forward to our past. For the rest of my life, I love you.
** In "Relocation" when [[TheFriendNobodyLikes the rest of the staff is celebrating Amir's departure]], Jake [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther reaches for him in a comforting gesture]] before getting pushed away by the others.
** The [[CouchGag intro]] of "The Last Jake and Amir Episode Ever!":
--->'''Jake:''' Hey, thank you so much for watching ''Jake and Amir.''
--->'''Amir:''' Losers.
--->'''Jake:''' Be grateful.
--->'''Amir:''' [[PetTheDog I am!]]
** "Social Distance Scroll," the first appearance of the characters since 2016's "Donald Trump."
--->'''Amir:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Look at us, man. Who'd have thought we'd be back?]]
* HilariousInHindsight:
** The CouchGag intro to "Double Date, Pt. 4" in light of ''Hot Date'':
--->'''Emily:''' Hey, you're watching ''Murph and Emily.''
--->'''Jake:''' No they're not.
--->'''Murph:''' ''Yes they are!''
** Amir refers to himself as "lonely and horny" in two different episodes. [[IntentionallyAwkwardTitle Guess what they decided to call their next web series]]. There's also the episode "Amnesia," where Jake gives his name to an [[EasyAmnesia amnesiac]] Amir as "Josh R.," predicting the name of his character in said show, Josh Rice.
** The episode "Charity," which pokes fun at incentivized crowdfunding platforms, became this after Hurwitz and Blumenfeld themselves began to distribute content via Patreon.
** Amir's ill-advised schemes include investing in Bitcoin in 2014. TheCuckoolanderWasRight.
** After the finale, the "Mickey" episodes became retroactively funnier to many viewers [[spoiler:who were now picturing Creator/EdHelms on the other end the entire time.]]
** This exchange in "Canada," a video from ''2007.'' (Amir would drop a similar reference in 2013's "Hotel Room.")
--->'''Jake:''' Let me see that paper.
--->'''Amir:''' I don't know why you'd want to. It's an ''American'' newspaper. It's all lies. It's fake news. If you want—if you want a real newspaper I can show you an online...uh, site that shows Great Britain's news. Unbiased source.
* HoYay: Countless examples, but most significantly Ben Schwartz's repeated attempts to suck Jake's dick.
* JerkassWoobie: Amir is a self-centered and misanthropic pathological liar who has no respect for other people's property or privacy, constantly messes with and [[KickTheDog hurts]] others unprovoked [[ItAmusedMe for the lulz]], and actively stalks his supposed best friend while harassing and threatening his family as a matter of routine. He's also deeply lonely, insecure and depressed, [[DiagnosedByTheAudience severely mentally ill]], [[NoSocialSkills socially maladroit]], disliked (if deservedly) [[TheFriendNobodyLikes by almost everyone]], the victim of [[HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood years of over-the-top parental abuse]], hasn't kissed anyone since his most recent girlfriend dumped him for his supposed best friend [[spoiler:and was immediately killed by a bus (he claims a year later to have visited her grave every day since)]], and ''still'' considers [[VitriolicBestBuds his fraught relationship with Jake]] the only positive thing in his life, remaining desperate for his friendship and approval. Despite his SelectiveObliviousness, it's occasionally implied that he has perfect clarity regarding how annoying and unwanted his behavior is and simply can't bring himself to stop.
-->'''Amir:''' Why do I—why do I bother? Why do I bother if you're just not gonna like it? ... It just doesn't—[[WhoWritesThisCrap I don't buy it, man. I'm sorry, it doesn't make sense. Why would I—why would I do this?]] Like, it doesn't, it—it doesn't help. You don't like me! It just drives you away even more.
* MemeticMutation:
** [[OneTakeWonder One-Take Jake]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Jake's (wildly inaccurate) SelfAppliedNickname in the "Rap Teacher" series has become something of a FanNickname for the real Jake Hurwitz, used alternately in ironic reference to his tendency toward {{Corpsing}} or (more rarely) to express genuine admiration for his composure during TheOner episodes. [[OlderThanTheyThink The joke actually dates back to a moment of]] SelfDeprecation [[OlderThanTheyThink in a]] ''WebVideo/HardlyWorking'' [[OlderThanTheyThink outtake from 2008]].[[/labelnote]]
** Beefing tears of soy. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Amir coins the word "beefing" to indicate ManlyTears and uses this phrase at the end of "Rolex" after [[TearsOfBlood actually crying soy sauce]]. Frequently quoted to express strong emotion.[[/labelnote]]
** Amir-style insulting collective nouns ("Diva roaches" / "circlejerking divas" / "coy divas").
** Commenter above me is a philosopher, upvote him to karma heaven. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The exploration of Internet comment culture in "Reddit" and its sequel proved an easy FountainOfMemes.[[/labelnote]]
*** I'll go dickless for Creator/MichaelChiklis. [[labelnote:Explanation]]"Reddit" and "Reddit Part 2" again, a [[RunningGag recurring theme]] in Amir's [[WordSaladHumor shitposting]].[[/labelnote]]
*** Ask Me Anytime. [[labelnote:Explanation]]What Amir thinks "AMA" stands for.[[/labelnote]]
** So [adjective] that Amir's dad FRICKIN' MOVED! [[labelnote:Explanation]]A RunningGag surrounding Amir's father's tendency to [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere move away]] in response to any difficulty whatsoever.[[/labelnote]]
** Streeter / Eater Piefell. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Amir's spontaneous MaliciousMisnaming of Streeter Seidell in "Ice Breakers" ("[[YouAreFat as in a pie fell in your mouth and you pretty much loved it]]"). The real-life Seidell notes that he [[NeverLiveItDown still hears it frequently]].[[/labelnote]]
** I spent a bad amount of money on it. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A phrase used by Amir throughout "Album" ("a bad amount" meaning, according to him, "[[NonAnswer the worst amount]]").[[/labelnote]]
** I deserve so much more than this. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Amir's UngratefulBastard reaction to Jake's big gesture of renting an RV to accompany him to California at the start of the "Road Trip" storyline. This one was even referenced by Blumenfeld and Hurwitz themselves in the credits of the GrandFinale.[[/labelnote]]
** There's always one you haven't seen. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Since the series clocks in at nearly 700 episodes, some of which were unofficially reuploaded after being deleted by [=CollegeHumor=]'s [=YouTube=] channel, even longtime viewers find themselves stumbling on episodes they missed.[[/labelnote]]
** Bad meme? [[NoYou Nah, bad you]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A MadLibsCatchPhrase of Amir's in response to criticism. Note that he usually does that with a vest.[[/labelnote]]
** This is a public shaming of me. / This is [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker a shame of me]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]][[FountainOfMemes Another]] Blumenfeldian deflection.[[/labelnote]]
** You don't understand, man. I want dis. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Amir in "Triathalon" soliciting donations so he can buy a diamond watch. Generally cited in much the same way as "[[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Shut up and take my money!]]"[[/labelnote]]
** How does it feel like? I'm serious, how does it feel like? [[labelnote:Explanation]]A grammatically dubious invitation to self-inquiry courtesy of Amir in "Audition."[[/labelnote]]
** Not really a hobby, but I've been pretty into memes recently. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A RunningGag is that Amir will cite things that aren't hobbies when asked about his hobbies, such as Craisins, alienating people's significant others, and pretending that restaurant beepers are buzzing to mess with his parents.[[/labelnote]]
** A [noun] for this [self-description rhyming with noun] makes [noun] [verb] [third rhyme]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] A MadLibsCatchphrase expressive of [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Jake's rage]] is a fanbase craze.[[/labelnote]]
*** I [past-tense verb] [article] [noun]! At a [place]! My point is I get invited to [place]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The inevitable coda.[[/labelnote]]
** She is an angry bitch, [[ImmediateSelfContradiction but she is calm]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Amir's odd description of the crazed Rottweiler Rotem in "Dog."[[/labelnote]]
** [[ShapedLikeItself If you have to ask, then you don't know]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]]A memorably bizarre line from Amir in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw6hR8sEwAo "Typewriter"]], often deployed at people asking literally any J&A-related question.[[/labelnote]]
* MisattributedSong: InUniverse, Amir attributes Crazy Town's "Butterfly" to Music/SugarRay.
* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The punchline to Amir's freestyle in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOgnCPPBA2w Rap Teacher 2]].
** In "Rubik's Cube," Amir insists he can solve the Rubik's Cube Jake is struggling with, so Jake throws it to him, accidentally hitting him in the face. The two argue back and forth about whether Amir should be allowed to inflict an equal amount of pain on Jake to make it even until Amir finally throws the Rubik's Cube back at Jake, who is quietly stunned to find that Amir [[BrickJoke has completely solved it]] [[HiddenDepths over the course of their minute-long argument]].
--->'''Amir:''' Hey, no catching! ''I'' didn't catch it!
--->'''Jake:''' ''(disbelievingly turns cube in his hands, QuizzicalTilt)''
** In "Girlfriend Part 8" Amir manages a scathing comeback to Jake, who insists that he misses Lerona more out of the two of them:
--->'''Amir:''' Okay, she was my girlfriend for longer.
--->'''Jake:''' Yeah, but she was my girlfriend when [[LookBothWays it]] happened.
--->'''Amir:''' Yes, but we had a deeper connection.
--->'''Jake:''' Ha!...[[DumbassHasAPoint Okay, fair enough]], but we were about to begin something new and amazing and it all got cut short.
--->'''Amir:''' Yeah, that sounds a lot like my story with her. Only in my version, ''you were the bus.''
** In ''Fired'' when Alan Avery first suggests firing Jake and Amir, Amir's response is "[[NoYou I should fire you]]." [[spoiler:The line gets a climactic IronicEcho from Jake when Avery tries to fire him, to which he reveals his knowledge that Avery has been embezzling company funds and subsequently blackmails him into leaving with a confession CaughtOnTape by Amir.]]
** Any time Jake has to reluctantly acknowledge Amir's rhyming ability.
--->'''Amir:''' To strike me like you did showed a lack of tact, and you came off like a classless ass, and that's the facts, Jack.
--->'''Jake:''' For as dumb as you are, you're pretty good at rhyming.
--->'''Amir:''' All right, I appreciate your attempt to mediate, alleviate what you've done to me to date, but it's a little too little too late.
* NauseaFuel: [[GrossOutShow Do NOT watch this show during your lunch break]]. "Ace and Jocelyn 4," "Brown Teepee," "Nuggets," "Blender," "Food Poisoning" and "Road Trip Part 4 (New Mexico)" are just a few of the worst offenders.
* NightmareFuel:
** "Tongue" starts out as a normal episode, takes a sudden and ''bloody'' hard left, and then just keeps going while Jake [[spoiler:[[TongueTrauma gropes around on the floor for his bitten-off tongue]]]] and Amir [[DissonantSerenity banters like nothing happened]]. Since it was aired close to Halloween, it's tempting to apply CanonDiscontinuity, but references in several other episodes have made it clear that it really happened.
** After the events of "[[NasalTrauma Nose Job]]," Amir annoys Jake throughout "Lottery" by scratching his still-blistered nose until [[SpidersAreScary a bunch of spiders]] start [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment crawling out]] of it.
* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Amanda, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czkp5oQ5GKc Jake's one-time]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKoTE68cOBo co-worker]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEW7toPzRHo and girlfriend during his stint in California]], is played by Amy Rutberg, before she became known as Marci Stahl in ''Series/Daredevil2015''.
** Jake's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0dRIXMw39E brother]] in the four-part "Brother" arc is played by Kumail Nanjiani, who has since gone on to earn recognition for his roles in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''Series/SiliconValley'', and the Oscar-nominated ''Film/TheBigSick''.
** Amir's quirky, bizarre friend Cheryl is played by Allison Williams, who you may recognize as Rose Armitage from ''Film/GetOut2017''.
** Thomas Middleditch's pre-''Series/SiliconValley'' role as Amir's DramaQueen rival Doobs.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: This was the reaction of some to the episodes after "Moving Part 2".
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