Yasha's deadpan jokes | Critical Role

Some of Yasha's greatest one liners :)
Though Yasha is the least talkative one of the group, her quiet jokes deservedly grabs the spotlight on the most random of occasions.
PS: Ashley Johnson is a national treasure
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[@toshomni9478]

I love how she always has to explain that she's kidding when she's talking about killing someone.

[@duranpredur1098]

Most of the time it's because she is serious. She proceed to say it was a joke after sensing it was maybe not appropriate.

[@dilemmarose]

I mean she is the orphan maker

[@neilweaver2356]

She's a little *too* good at this deadpan thing.

[@silverturtlewax2281]

"Killed my family..."

[@dynamicworlds1]

@Alfonso The Lie Weaver there's another wrinkle for Yasha's case: You save kittens and don't ever actually eat them Yasha's profession involves killing people. That takes it to another level.

[@eskimpertush]

Ashley saying "I'm Yasha, I'm very important" wearing a shirt that says Daddy is a goddamn vibe.

[@ashleycook6025]

Beau: *trying to seem cool by being too cool*: I'm not important Yasha:(Fuck that imma step into this aloof space this bitch leaving) I'M VERY important.

[@ASingingChemist]

I love how her expression and tone doesn’t change at all whenever she makes a joke. Hilarious!!

[@derammo_on_github]

Yasha is the real Zemnian

[@playerzero7890]

great actress

[@babaogun2081]

Conozco a un gran hombre en África que me ayudó a traer de vuelta a mi ex esposo que me dejó después de tres años de casados, estamos juntos de nuevo, así que puedes contactarlo en WhatsApp [phone]

[@thepopulargirl1784]

Perfect deadpan delivery.

[@melindawest3112]

IF she is making a joke

[@Logan_Baron]

Yasha: "this isn't actually the way I talk" Really? How do you really talk? "GAG ME WITH A SPOON MRS HENDERSON" Would have been awesome.

[@zoethornton7665]

Probably the greatest deadpan joke taken out of context: "I killed my whole family, I'll throw you under a bridge" -Yasha Nydorin, The Orphan Maker

[@yanderegirl0666]

You mean the Orphan Taker, now hen

[@atelalafford4794]

ashley can really go 4 hours straight saying bare nothing and come out with the funniest shit ever everytime

[@vanessaasman8047]

She's got practice from season 1, since she had to be in and out so often due to work; You have to get your jokes out quick. Internet connection can easily ruin a joke and she did it well :3

[@WithASideOfTibbs]

"I smell like a crayon." *Liam and Talesin immediately press their faces into the table*

[@TroySpartan247]

and Liam is typically good as staying 'in character', but DAMN does he crack hard

[@brotherjorge3]

I am fairly new to “Critical Role” and have noticed that there’s a bit of a running gag about crayons, would you mind explaining the joke for me? Out of context it’s hilarious, but I have a feeling it’s better knowing the story.

[@alecLogan]

@@brotherjorge3 In this case it seems to be related to an off-camera joke between them. Though I’ve also heard that someone said she (Ashley) looked like a teacher earlier in that episode when wearing a sweater.

[@brotherjorge3]

@@alecLogan Thanks for taking the time to explain it to me. 😃👍

[@chromegaman]

@@brotherjorge3 They are all the time releasing new merch, including printed shirts; having worked with a shirt design company before, I know newly printed shirts tend to smell like melted wax, so it's perhaps a reference to them inspecting new merch and enjoying the "fresh from the print" smell that accompanies them.

[@tychogoedhart286]

I rarely realize how surprisingly different Molly and Cad's voices are, even Tal's laugh is different with each character

[@Mactav3]

Thats a voice actor director for you

[@EgorKaskader]

Unless you count the crow laughter, but that's Taliesin himself

[@Cruzzzie]

“I smell like a crayon” holy shit that’s the best line ever

[@Joker8pie]

I love how all you hear for a second is just wheezing from every single cast member.

[@antares1038]

Can you explaine the Joke because i dont get it 😬

[@halloweenfan158]

Henrik Rock it’s just to be funny, because she smells like a crayon

[@chromegaman]

@@antares1038 There was no joke there, just the deadpan delivery of a line no one at the table expected coupled with the wild imaginations of the players jumping to wacky conclusions.

[@madeofmandrake1748]

@@antares1038 I heard somewhere that it was because the cast joked off-screen about how crayola crayons used beef fat as a main ingredient. She's basically saying she smells beefy in possibly the most ridiculous, roundabout way possible.

[@canniloni]

i love how yasha’s sense of humor is different from ashley’s and she still manages to pull it off so well

[@Pablo360able]

listen, if ashley johnson can act a character who can take a bite out of a raw onion, she can act anything

[@DocAcher]

"I'm Yasha; I'm very important." MOOD.

[@babaogun2081]

Conozco a un gran hombre en África que me ayudó a traer de vuelta a mi ex esposo que me dejó después de tres años de casados, estamos juntos de nuevo, así que puedes contactarlo en WhatsApp [phone]

[@theamericanbenis6314]

You can really feel that 7 charisma charm with Yasha and it's amazing

[@dasha9048]

The best Yasha joke was in episode 4 (1:32:57) when she referenced lesbian scissoring. Beau: How about boulder, parchment, shears? Yasha (to Beau): I have a better version of that game. We can play it later. When I say I died, I DIED. And the fact that NOBODY caught it!

[@resdamalos]

Yasha's Hideous Laughter.

[@babaogun2081]

Conozco a un gran hombre en África que me ayudó a traer de vuelta a mi ex esposo que me dejó después de tres años de casados, estamos juntos de nuevo, así que puedes contactarlo en WhatsApp [phone]

[@redpie7345]

@@babaogun2081 shut up pls

[@sarahm829]

I want to like but it's at 69

[@dhawkeye4439]

@@sarahm829 you can like now

[@kaitlynwickham6237]

"I smell like a crayon" always jumps into my head after I've been working outside.

[@seraphinaedan1033]

I love these moments, another fave wasn’t line but an action. Matt describes like a long dead bug under a bed or table that Yasha finds and no hesitation “I eat it” I fully lost it

[@tomaszskowronski1406]

there's actually a lot of them considering on how many episodes Ash-o-lee was out chasing criminals and decrypting tatoos. She's quite a joker.

[@harmony8623]

She has so many funny ass lines in blindspot for sure. And all the critical role references, I lived for them

[@Marhathor]

The lack of killing my whole family has thrown me under a bridge. May not have been a deliberate joke by Yasha, but still, that was gold.

[@jcoonie2]

I love seeing liam just lose it instantly and hit the desk with his head around 2:35 at the crayon joke. Def a big reason why I love watching the show vs listening to podcasts the cast is so nutty with their reactions.

[@Adam9172]

God damn, nearly a year and I still buckle at "I smell like a crayon.". Liam absolutely abandoning ship with that faceplant is the icing on the cake.

[@michaelnagel2205]

Ashley/Yasha adds so much to the dynamic of the group. Her deadpan delivery is just so on point.

[@CheyeW13]

i love that it took yasha a while to feel comfortable enough to start joking and at first she had to clarify when she was joking but after a while they've begun to learn her humor, it's so sweet

[@gabebernhard4601]

I love when Ashley says something (like the crayon bit), and then has no idea what she just said or why, and is just utterly confused at herself

[@caseygriffin7664]

like om nom nom

[@pixelqube3274]

Sometimes i feel its just ashley being herself and honest. Like Yasha wasn't even joking but it comes off that way and she doesn't recognise it as such but goes along with it cause it made her friends happy.

[@dboyzero]

every time she does this i think of that clip from steven universe, "garnet, master of comedy."

[@babaogun2081]

Conozco a un gran hombre en África que me ayudó a traer de vuelta a mi ex esposo que me dejó después de tres años de casados, estamos juntos de nuevo, así que puedes contactarlo en WhatsApp [phone]

[@asifloserface]

I love Yasha's deadpan humour so much.

[@ChevaliersEmeraude]

I feel like 2 jokes are missing, that I remember very well, from the live-show episode: 1- [Fish Market] is my Favored Terrain; 2- "You can certainly try" Although they are a bit of meta-jokes, they still count, no? :p EDIT: Oh, also, someone pointed out in the comments: The "throw you under a bridge" line! :P That wasn't in there either! lol

[@mrworld8494]

@@rainonwings i want to see that clip 😂

[@AustenFugitive]

Also "Well they're they Mighty . . . Nein" to Pumat Sol when she first meets him.

[@Pablo360able]

“you can certainly try” is a DM classic

[@captin3149]

'Throw you under a bridge' wasn't really Yasha's joke though, it was more of Nott confusing her and Yasha trying to fit in. (ICly of course. The whole exchange was hilarious so it's easy to feel that it needs ot be included)

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

"What's assault?"

[@GoldnDusty]

I genuinely adore Caleb’s little “S’pretty good” to her stable joke, because I can’t tell if he’s being nice to a friend or he is genuinely amused by it, which is very in-character.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Yes! Caleb is such a good boy. 🥺

[@MsYakYak94]

I'm surprised Yasha's "Babies are very tender" line wasn't on here. Then again, I guess we don't actually know if she was joking, since she never elaborated. Anyway, I adore Yasha's weird sense of humor, it's great.

[@copycrow4486]

2:30 Yasha's "I smell like a crayon," line. It leaves everyone dying for 40 seconds. My god.

[@WithASideOfTibbs]

Liam and Talesin immediately laying their faces against the table upon her saying it is also great.

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

Liam tried so hard to hold it and was like “nah, nah, breaking character too funny”

[@raphaa16]

The "Guys... (strikes a pose) Do you see me?" had struggling for air the first time I saw it

[@amberpdavis]

Yasha is so great, I’m so glad Ashley is back for good

[@MusicsInMySoul977]

I love that Yasha's humour is the sarcasm that no one gets because it's so straight forward.

[@bamcki991]

Let me remind everyone that Yasha's charisma is 7.

[@sarahm829]

The comedic timing of "...I smell like crayons" just DESTROYED ME

[@frabjuosity]

Ashley mentioned at some point that she tried to give Yasha a bit of a Scandinavian accent, which gives this an extra dimension to me as a Norwegian because our way of doing sarcasm is completely deadpan delivery with no change in tone. When I lived in England I would constantly have to explain to people that I was joking, and I was like "uh I thought you guys considered yourselves the home of dry sarcasm???"

[@razmataz13drums]

I get that a lot and im English living in england. Theyre supposed to be my own ppl, but nope

[@rileylarkin1254]

God, Ashley's poker face is MASTER CLASS

[@francisdoherty5580]

New spell for a beginner bard, "Yasha's hideous laughter." All players within earshot receive 2d8 Pun damage. Lol

[@peter_parkour]

Matt's fatherly laugh of approval 😂

[@MARINA-ze1fe]

4:00 Ashley just made a Last of Us reference 😆❤️

[@fishwad2077]

oh my god i was so confused by that one but that makes so much sense

[@etiennemarquis28]

**inhale deeply** "I smell like a crayon" I died XD

[@babaogun2081]

Conozco a un gran hombre en África que me ayudó a traer de vuelta a mi ex esposo que me dejó después de tres años de casados, estamos juntos de nuevo, así que puedes contactarlo en WhatsApp [phone]

[@dealinginfiction]

One of my favorite moments in all the campaigns is when Yasha says she smell like a crayon and the immediate reaction everyone has. How each of them create the same, but the manner in how they react is a reflection of who they are. These are all best friends and it's adorable.

[@vebo1337]

I now realise after Campaign 3 how much of a genius actor Ashley is. Well there's also Ellie but yeah.

[@therealneal9980]

God I forgot “I smell like a crayon” and how it broke the cast

[@seanmcgcostumes]

I'm genuinely surprised that "it's my favorite terrain" isn't in here.

[@Octobers1086Own]

"I smell like a crayon," is still my favorite line from C2, so far. Ashley's improv skills are incredibly great.

[@drlaackenstein]

There's that 7 charisma.

[@bg3929Z]

2:07 *insert vastly different sized books meme here* "CR Campaign 3" vs "CR Campaign 3 if Yasha had acted on her impulse"

[@jnewman69]

Thank you so much for making this, love all of these moments!

[@hannahtuck7144]

Why did I ever dare to forget about "I SMELL LIKE A CRAYON"

[@neilweaver2356]

In moments like these, I just love watching the top table dissolve into hysterics.

[@beedlebur]

the delivery of "I smell like a crayon" is just perfection

[@mgs464ps3]

This is hilarious, though what really hit me while watching this is the radical change in body language Taliesin from playing Molly to Cad.

[@abbyj2783]

"I smell like a crayon" *Liam fucking dies*

[@Faith276]

"I smell like a crayon" more like YASHA'S hideous laughter

[@lucar6897]

To the people talking about the lack of ‘just killed my family...’, [fishmarket] is my favoured terrain’ and ‘you can certainly try,’ my best guess as to why those aren’t in here is because the video is specifically Yasha’s jokes, not Ashley’s. (First one as it was unintentional by Yasha, and the other two because they were meta-game jokes)

[@drlaackenstein]

I just love how "I smell like a crayon" breaks EVERYONE!

[@WireMosasaur]

Thank you so much for this, the yasha jokes are a rare gem and they kill me (and my whole family) every time

[@glimmerpearl_]

"i smell like a crayon" will always and forever be the best yasha one liner

[@07dki]

absolutely noone: Yasha: Let's kill them Yasha: Just kidding

[@orderlysummit]

Alternate title: This is why we love Yasha

[@SeerOfTime577]

In this household, we love and respect Yasha.

[@kcscorner7382]

The best line she has ever said: "I smell like a crayon". That shit makes me laugh every time!

[@Hellscrap3r]

I love the fact that no one was expecting her to say that and you can see it on all of their faces. So good.

[@KristenWood317]

"It's a joke, guys. It isn't a real thing." ...ha. Says you, rock harp goddess!

[@TheKrilicious]

Yasha: "I smell like a crayon!" Rest of the table: *Dies!*

[@grilledleeks6514]

Everyones reaction to "I smell like a crayon!" is so pure... xD

[@phillipgathright8001]

Love how the "crayon" joke just destroys Liam...😅🤣😂

[@chromegaman]

There should be a compilation of all the times a one-liner destroyed the table's composure, and "I smell like a crayon" should be at the top!

[@yoko3182]

*Deep inhale* "I smell like a crayon."

[@ashkorfrost987]

Ashley "I smell like a crayon" Johnson

[@groundchele]

I love Yasha so much

[@jamiesunshine8836]

I fuckin forgot about Ashley and the Crayon bit and I was crying. xD

[@FerreusVir]

Smelling like a crayon, easily one of the greatest lines in the history of CR.

[@TheSpectacledSteve]

Can't wait for Campaign 2 to be animated just to hear those jokes

[@ha7ard822]

"I smell like a crayon." Still has me in stitches.

[@Styxintheriver]

Ashley: I smell like a crayon Talesin, Marisha, and Liam evaporate on the spot

[@austinhagen8781]

2:23 for those of you who can for the crayon line

[@juxhex]

THANK YOU FOR THIS I LOVE HER

[@quentintubb]

sam missed that pun.. "disregard beureguard"

[@christopherbacon1077]

I still want to know, WHAT COLOR CRAYON!?!

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

I think the way she makes jokes is one of the best because you can never quite tell if she is joking or not.

[@ShardReaper]

I love that Ashley is back full time because I forget how fucking funny she is as Yasha

[@kassandrajeffery7035]

Yasha: "I smell like crayon." Liam: Breaks character and dies lol

[@piperbird7193]

Yasha not understanding how sending works is one of my very favorite running jokes of C2.

[@elskabee]

the compilation I didn't realise I wanted but so desperately needed, thank you!!!!

[@darvixgaming1686]

“I smell like a crayon.” Gets me every time

[@EvanWorden1]

I just realized Laura and Marisha changed rows. Don’t know how I missed that before.

[@babaogun2081]

Conozco a un gran hombre en África que me ayudó a traer de vuelta a mi ex esposo que me dejó después de tres años de casados, estamos juntos de nuevo, así que puedes contactarlo en WhatsApp [phone]

[@herz5159]

Ashley Johnson is underrated

[@alexlodervo]

Words cannot begin to describe how much I love Yasha omfg

[@cosigmatic6281]

She’s trying her best!

[@swordude40]

Precious baby

[@TheShoo]

I LOVE this!

[@ezekieldiamadaiii3763]

Yasha is what happens when Dylan Moran isn't as alcoholic and depressed.

[@mordirit8727]

Shame Yasha and Fjord tormenting Marius about killing someone on the live show off of the list; Yasha's absolute deadpan makes her the _perfect_ duo for a deadpan duo, Fjord just kept making it more ridiculous and her serious answers just made it better and better

[@joshuatidrick1940]

I honestly never knew that Ashley was in the Avengers, a background character, but still

[@RaidenlLucifer]

this is why shes my favorite

[@Baraz_Red]

She does not talk often, so that was fun to watch again.

[@crestfallensunbro6001]

I live (I think) Matt's *_WHEEZE_*

[@StretchyPlays]

I don't know why "I smell like a crayon" is so funny but it just cracks me up so much!

[@chromegaman]

It's the cast reaction that breaks me. Like the statement is unremarkable, but everyone dissolving into hysterics immediately makes me smile and eventually laugh along, although I'm sure I'm missing the joke.

[@sybariticcupboardrat3763]

Caduceus: We need to know what you paid, what you've set in motion, we... we're gonna have to take care of it. Essek: If I tell you, will you let me go? Caduceus: I don't know.... but... Yasha: Well, I- I won't let you leave until you do...... You can certainly try.

[@marcusisraleis1161]

I smell like a crayon, best one liner ever