Despite the fact that they wallow among the most terrible human beings on television, the Gang from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia have been some of the most beloved TV characters for over a decade now. Part of what makes the dark humor of the show work is that, even though these people are degenerates who spend their days chugging beer and seeing through the most insane schemes ever conceived, it never works out for them and they are always the butt of the joke. From distributing Paddy’s Dollars around the shanties to create a self-sustaining economy within the bar to selling knives and vacuums door to door, the Gang have had some really stupid ideas over the years.

So, Always Sunny fans, here are 10 Of The Gang’s Craziest Schemes, Ranked.

Making Not One, But Two Unauthorized Lethal Weapon Sequels

Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney in blackface on Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia

For God knows what reason, the Gang decided to make their own fifth Lethal Weapon movie, recasting Mel Gibson and Danny Glover with Mac and Dennis (which actor has which role depends on what point in the movie you’re watching). And then, despite that one getting no backing from Warner Bros. or Richard Donner, they decided to follow it up with Lethal Weapon 6. When questioned why they were even doing this in the first place, the Gang seemed confused that the question would even need to be raised – they thought it was obvious. And then Charlie clarified it was for “the fame and glory.”

Selling Gasoline Door To Door

Charlie cuts the brakes and jumps out the car because hes the widlcard in Its Always Sunny In Philidelphia

“The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis” is one of the early meta episodes of It’s Always Sunny, as the characters address what their roles are within the group. Mac sees himself as the muscle, Dennis as the pretty face, and Charlie as the wild card. The second Charlie is told he’s the wild card, he starts going overboard with it, as he threatens to blow up the gas station when the attendant won’t let them fill barrels, and starts taking pretty-boy responsibilities from Dennis in the middle of a bank meeting. The plan to sell gas door to door gets dumber and dumber as they come up with more “solutions” to their problems.

Painting A Dumpster Baby To Get Him Modeling Work

Its Always Sunny Dumpster Baby

When Mac and Dee find a dumpster baby and call him “D.B.,” their first thought is: how can we make money with this kid? So, they decide to put him up for modeling jobs, only to find that pale babies don’t sell. Then, their solution isn’t to turn the baby over to the authorities to find him a home or, better yet, the parents who left him in a dumpster – instead, they decide to give him a tan. When the tanning place refuses to put a baby in a tanning bed, they decide to paint him, so he’ll still be able to get modeling work.

Buying A Boat To Scared Women With The Implication

The gang standing on their new boat in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

To be fair to the Gang, this wasn’t really their scheme as a group. Everyone had their own reasons for wanted to own a boat: Frank and Charlie wanted to catch shrimp, Dee wanted to dance like an inflatable tube man, and Mac wanted the lavish boat-owner lifestyle. It was only Dennis who had the sinister intention to use the open ocean to scare women into sleeping with him, because of “the implication.” The scene in which he explains “the implication” to Mac and tries to convince him it’s not completely evil is one of the most iconic moments in the show’s entire history.

Breaking Into A Family's House To Do Extreme Makeover: Home Edition On Them

The season 4 episode “The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition” is a perfect example of what can happen when a fruitless self-help book gets into the hands of idiots with unlimited time and resources. The Gang all make their own vision boards, and just because Charlie’s has Ty Pennington’s face all over it, they decide to break into the home of “the Juarez family,” capture them, and make it over.

Of course, Charlie and Dennis have no construction experience and just destroy the house, while Dee terrifies the confused family they’ve captured with her limited Spanish. They end up getting the opposite of what they wanted, as they lose a house in the ensuing court case.

Taking Drugs To Qualify For Welfare

The season 2 episode “Dennis and Dee Go On Welfare” has that iconic Dennis quote: “Hello. I’m a recovering crackhead. This is my retarded sister that I take care of. I’d like some welfare, please.” That’s his whole plan – strap a bicycle helmet on Dee’s head, go into the welfare office, claim to be a recovering drug addict, and collect free money. Of course, there’s more to it than that, and the welfare lady asks for documentation. So, Dennis and Dee decide to take a little bit of crack, then see a doctor, then collect their free money. But then they end up hooked on drugs and their dreams are more distant than ever.

Putting On A Musical To Woo The Waitress

Ask any Always Sunny fan what their favorite episode is and they’ll likely say “The Nightman Cometh.” The season 4 finale, in which Charlie writes a musical and puts it on with the Gang starring in it in an attempt to woo the Waitress, is one of the show’s funniest episodes, and the songs are all genuinely catchy (“Dayman, ah-ah-ah!”). Charlie’s true intentions with the musical are kept hidden until the end of the opening night, when he comes down, singing a song, and proposes to the Waitress in the audience. Unsurprisingly, she doesn’t have a sudden change of heart and agree to marry Charlie, because this isn’t that kind of show.

Collecting Trash In A Limo And Dumping It

While “Mac and Charlie: White Trash” is the only episode that overtly tackles the class issue, a lot of It’s Always Sunny episodes are about the divide between the haves and the have-nots. Charlie and Mac grew up poor and low-class, Dennis and Dee grew up privileged and rich, and Frank is a rich guy who’s decided to live a poor life. But all of the characters now live in squalor, surviving on Frank’s bail-outs. The episode “The Gang Recycles Their Trash” might be a meta episode about how sitcoms repeat themselves in their eighth season, but the sight of Mac, Charlie, and Dennis picking up rich people’s trash in a limo and then dumping it in a poor neighborhood is basically a political cartoon.

Capturing A Critic To Get A Better Review For Paddy’s Pub

Paddys Pub Worst Bar in Philadelphia image with a man tied to a chair while the gang stands around

A large part of Charlie’s character is that he acts before he thinks, which is mostly due to his mental instability and his glue-huffing habit. In this case, when a newspaper critic called Paddy’s Pub “the worst bar in Philadelphia,” Charlie got the red mist in his eyes and followed the critic home from his office.

Then he burst into his apartment, knocked him out, tied him up, threw him in the trunk of his own car, and took him to Paddy’s to write a more positive review. It was like a messed-up Always Sunny version of Stephen King’s Misery, minus the hobbling.

Faking A Baby's Funeral To Get Dee Out Of An Audit

Kaitlin Olson as Sweet Dee at fake baby funeral in Its Always Sunny

“Barnabas Reynolds: 2010 – Too Soon.” When the IRS came sniffing around Dee’s apartment to see if her claims of having a baby were a scam (which they were), she teamed up with the Gang to put on a fake funeral for a fake dead baby. Even Dennis admitted that it was “the darkest thing we’ve ever done” before he stepped up to give his eulogy for the imaginary baby. Since Dee is so heartless (and so terrible an actress) that she can’t pretend to cry, Dennis blows chili powder in her face that not only makes her cry, it leaves her in extreme agony and makes her eyes bleed.

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The worst part is when about halfway through the funeral, Mac and Charlie charge in to tip out the coffin to reveal it was empty – except it wasn’t empty, it had a dead dog in it (Frank wanted to kill two birds with one stone).