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And It Actually Made It Into The EpisodeJennifer Aniston is the final boss of trying to pretend you're not 0.001 seconds away from laughing on camera, I fear.by Angelica MartinezBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Recently, Twitter user @ANDAMOVlE made this fun lil tweet about the positively excellent moment you're watching a sitcom and notice someone on screen cannot stop themselves from breaking during a take. Not only did the tweet garner over 25,000 likes in agreement, but it also spurred tons of other sitcom lovers to share their very favorite examples of that phenomenon.i love when you're watching a sitcom and you can tell an actor couldn't keep it together, so they just had to use the best take possible- rachel 🐚 (@ANDAMOVlE) August 22, 2025 Twitter: @ANDAMOVlE As your resident Sitcom StanTM️, I decided to round up the very best, funniest, and most out-of-pocket examples people shared. So, here are 21 times sitcom actors subtly (and not so subtly) broke character...and somehow made it into the final cut: 1. When Max Greenfield wasn't even facing the camera but still had to pinch his nose not to completely fall apart in this New Girl scene: FOX Suggested by: @ayshivy 2. When not even a zoom-in could hide Adam Scott breaking during this Parks and Recreation episode: NBC / @selinaknope / X Shared by: @selinaknope 3. In this episode of Friends, where you can literally see Matt LeBlanc duck behind David Schwimmer because he couldn't hide his laughter: NBC Shared by: @molliexmartin 4. When Kurtwood Smith realized mid-sentence what he'd just said out loud on an episode of That '70s Show and could not deal: FOX Shared by: @clownrosary 5. When Jason Bateman was fighting for his life after David Cross's reading of this line in Arrested Development: Imagine Television Shared by: @bren1sly 6. When, like, half the cast was putting their all into not bursting out laughing during Steve Carell's "Prison Mike" bit on The Office: NBC / @ChasingSnyder / X Shared by: @ChasingSnyder 7. When Julia Louis-Dreyfus - who I lovingly consider the queen of iconically breaking character - couldn't deliver this Veep line without her voice totally cracking: HBO Shared by: @strkslut 8. This double-break from Debra Messing and Eric McCormack on Will & Grace that's got me also giggling, TBH: NBC 9. When Andy Samberg got Stephanie Beatriz - who played the particularly stoic, unfazed Rosa Diaz - to crack a smile on Brooklyn Nine-Nine: NBC Shared by: @MysteryRambles 10. Don't worry, though, because Andy got his karma in another episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, when Joe Lo Truglio made him break so hard, fans believe they can hear Andy quietly say Joe's name: NBC Shared by: @yjwandi 11. When, like, half the people in this scene from Glee where Heather Morris sings "My Cup": FOX Shared by: @girliniceberg 12. When Jennifer Aniston - another icon in the Breaking Character Hall of Fame - could not keep it together after Lisa Kudrow started singing in this episode of Friends: NBC Shared by: @deedayman 13. Something about musical instruments really gets Jennifer, because here she is again, but with David playing the piano this time. NBC / Via youtube.com 14. Here's Ashton Kutcher reallllly struggling to keep it together on That '70s Show: FOX 15. OKAY, one more from That '70s Show, because there are like a millllllion. When Allison Munn screaming "SHUT UP!" made Mila Kunis break so thoroughly that she had to turn to look at Laura Prepon to remember she needed to compose herself: FOX I'm convinced like 50% of the time Jackie laughs in the show, it's actually just Mila not being able to hide her own giggle, and it just became a part of the character. 16. From The Office, here's the time Idris Elba was so close to full-on laughing that he literally had to look away after Brian Baumgartner said just one word: NBC Shared by: @okimstillhungry 17. In another Kevin ClassicTM️, Brian also made both Mindy Kaling and Ed Helms lose it during this Christmas-themed episode of The Office: NBC / Via youtube.com 18. When Thomas Mikal Ford lost it over the fake dog barking during this scene from Martin: You Go Boy! Productions / HBO Independent Productions Shared by: @BigJerm_8 19. When Timothy Olyphant broke so hard in The Santa Clarita Diet that he literally broke the fourth wall: Garfield Grove Productions Shared by: @plosbro 20. When the actor in this New Girl episode was fighting not to break during Winston's (Lamorne Morris) dialogue: FOX Shared by: @onlyangvIs 21. And finally, here's a bonus one of Julia Louis-Dreyfus that was included in the credits of an episode of Seinfeld, which took several...several...SEVERAL takes: HBO Shared by: @danasfox Is there a sitcom character break you love that didn't make this list? Tell us in the comments! Do you love all things TV and movies? Subscribe to the Screen Time newsletter to get your weekly dose of what to