Recently, Twitter user @ANDAMOVlE<\/a>\u00a0made 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.<\/p>\n Twitter: @ANDAMOVlE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n As your resident Sitcom Stan\u2122\ufe0f, 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:<\/span><\/p>\n 1.<\/span>When Max Greenfield<\/a> wasn’t even facing the camera but still had to pinch his nose not to completely fall apart in this New Girl<\/i> scene:<\/span><\/p>\n FOX<\/span><\/p>\n Suggested by: @ayshivy<\/a><\/p>\n 2.<\/span>When not even a zoom-in could hide Adam Scott<\/a> breaking during this Parks and Recreation<\/i> episode:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC \/ @selinaknope \/ X<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @selinaknope<\/a><\/p>\n 3.<\/span>In this episode of Friends<\/i>, where you can literally see Matt LeBlanc<\/a> duck behind David Schwimmer<\/a> because he couldn’t hide his laughter:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @molliexmartin<\/a><\/p>\n 4.<\/span>When Kurtwood Smith<\/a> realized mid-sentence what he’d just said out loud on an episode of That ’70s Show<\/i> and could not deal:<\/span><\/p>\n FOX<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @clownrosary<\/a><\/p>\n 5.<\/span>When Jason Bateman was fighting for his life after David Cross’s reading of this line in Arrested Development<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n Imagine Television<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @bren1sly<\/a><\/p>\n 6.<\/span>When, like, half the cast was putting their all into not bursting out laughing during Steve Carell’s “Prison Mike” bit on The Office<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC \/ @ChasingSnyder \/ X<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @ChasingSnyder<\/a><\/p>\n 7.<\/span>When Julia Louis-Dreyfus \u2014 who I lovingly consider the queen of iconically breaking character \u2014 couldn’t deliver this Veep<\/i> line without her voice totally cracking:<\/span><\/p>\n HBO<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @strkslut<\/a><\/p>\n 8.<\/span>This double-break<\/a> from Debra Messing and Eric McCormack on Will & Grace<\/i> that’s got me also giggling, TBH:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC<\/span><\/p>\n 9.<\/span>When Andy Samberg got Stephanie Beatriz \u2014 who played the particularly stoic, unfazed Rosa Diaz \u2014 to crack a smile on Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @MysteryRambles<\/a><\/p>\n 10.<\/span>Don’t worry, though, because Andy got his karma in another episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine<\/i>, when Joe Lo Truglio made him break so hard, fans believe they can hear Andy quietly say Joe’s name:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @yjwandi<\/a><\/p>\n 11.<\/span>When, like, half the people in this scene from Glee<\/i> where Heather Morris sings “My Cup”:<\/span><\/p>\n FOX<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @girliniceberg<\/a><\/p>\n 12.<\/span>When Jennifer Aniston \u2014 another icon in the Breaking Character Hall of Fame \u2014 could not keep it together after Lisa Kudrow started singing in this episode of Friends:<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n NBC<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @deedayman<\/a><\/p>\n 13.<\/span>Something about musical instruments really gets Jennifer, because here she is again<\/a>, but with David playing the piano this time.<\/span><\/p>\n 14.<\/span>Here’s Ashton Kutcher reallllly struggling to keep it together on That ’70s Show<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n FOX<\/span><\/p>\n 15.<\/span>OKAY, one more from That ’70s Show<\/i>, 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:<\/span><\/p>\n FOX<\/span><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 16.<\/span>From The Office<\/i>, 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:<\/span><\/p>\n NBC<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @okimstillhungry<\/a><\/p>\n 17.<\/span>In another Kevin Classic\u2122\ufe0f, Brian also made both Mindy Kaling and Ed Helms lose it during this Christmas-themed episode<\/a> of The Office<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n 18.<\/span>When Thomas Mikal Ford lost it over the fake dog barking during this scene from Martin<\/i>:<\/span><\/p>\n You Go Boy! Productions \/ HBO Independent Productions<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @BigJerm_8<\/a><\/p>\n 19.<\/span>When Timothy Olyphant broke so hard in The Santa Clarita Diet<\/i> that he literally broke the fourth wall:<\/span><\/p>\n Garfield Grove Productions<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @plosbro<\/a><\/p>\n 20.<\/span>When the actor in this New Girl<\/i> episode was fighting not to break during Winston’s (Lamorne Morris) dialogue:<\/span><\/p>\n FOX<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @onlyangvIs<\/a><\/p>\n 21.<\/span>And finally, here’s a bonus one of Julia Louis-Dreyfus that was included in the credits of an episode of Seinfeld<\/i>, which took several…several…SEVERAL takes:<\/span><\/p>\n HBO<\/span><\/p>\n Shared by: @danasfox<\/a><\/p>\n Is there a sitcom character break you love that didn’t make this list? Tell us in the comments!<\/span><\/p>\n Do you love all things TV and movies? 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