Jack shouting the line while interrogating Audrey Raines
"Damn it" is an expletive regularly spoken by characters on 24, especially Jack Bauer.
Jack Bauer[]
The table below shows how many times Jack said "damn it" in each episode. Jack said "damn it" 145 times over the course of the show.
| Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 9 | Ep 10 | Ep 11 | Ep 12 | Ep 13 | Ep 14 | Ep 15 | Ep 16 | Ep 17 | Ep 18 | Ep 19 | Ep 20 | Ep 21 | Ep 22 | Ep 23 | Ep 24 | Total | Average DPEs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0.67 |
| Season 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0.79 |
| Season 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.54 |
| Season 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.83 |
| Season 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.75 |
| Season 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.58 |
| 24 Redemption | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2.0 |
| Season 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0.83 |
| Season 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.50 |
| 24: Live Another Day | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 1.6 |
Damn it, (person)[]
One of the many variations of the phrase is used Jack shouting "Damn it" followed by the name of a person he is upset with. Jack has used this many times in the series for a number of characters.
- "Damn it, Tony": 5
- "Damn it, Audrey": 4
- "Damn it, George": 3
- "Damn it, Bill": 3
- "Damn it, Chloe": 3
- "Damn it, Chase": 2
- "Damn it, Christopher": 2
- "Damn it, Erin": 1
- "Damn it, Eddie": 1
- "Damn it, Joe": 1
- "Damn it, Milo": 1
- "Damn it, Nadia": 1
- "Damn it, Frank": 1
- "Damn it, Graem": 1
- "Damn it, Renee": 1
- "Damn it, Marcos": 1
- "Damn it, Cole": 1
Use by other characters[]
Below is the same chart as above including references by all characters other than Jack. They said it 137 times over the course of the show. The first person to say the phrase in the show was Teri Bauer in the pilot episode, before Jack is heard saying it.
| Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4 | Ep 5 | Ep 6 | Ep 7 | Ep 8 | Ep 9 | Ep 10 | Ep 11 | Ep 12 | Ep 13 | Ep 14 | Ep 15 | Ep 16 | Ep 17 | Ep 18 | Ep 19 | Ep 20 | Ep 21 | Ep 22 | Ep 23 | Ep 24 | Total | Average DPEs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .54 |
| Season 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .38 |
| Season 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 16 | 1.0 |
| Season 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .62 |
| Season 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 1.1 |
| Season 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - | 24 | 1 |
| 24 Redemption | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Season 7 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | - |
| Season 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | - |
| 24: Live Another Day | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Totals[]
- Larry Moss: 9
- David Palmer: 5
- Charles Logan: 5
- Chloe O'Brian: 5
- Chase Edmunds: 4
- Kim Bauer: 4
- Bill Buchanan: 4
- Wayne Palmer: 3
- Ira Gaines: 3
- Curtis Manning: 3
- Tony Almeida: 3
- Dana Walsh: 3
- Edgar Stiles: 2
- Lynn McGill: 2
- Miguel: 2
- Dave Conlon: 2
- Michelle Dessler: 2
- Martha Logan: 2
- Karen Hayes: 2
- Blaine Mayer: 2
- Renee Walker: 2
- Carl Benton: 2
- President James Heller: 2
- George Avila: 1
- Gary: 1
- Jason: 1
- Dina Araz: 1
- Teri Bauer: 1
- Omar: 1
- Nina Myers: 1
- Ryan Chappelle: 1
- Andre Drazen: 1
- Mark DeSalvo: 1
- Kevin Carroll: 1
- Dan Mounts: 1
- Alan Hayes: 1
- Phillips: 1
- John Mason: 1
- Randy O.: 1
- Ramon Garcia: 1
- John Keeler: 1
- Phillip Bauer: 1
- Rob Weiss: 1
- Meredith Reed: 1
- Dalia Hassan: 1
- Iké Dubaku: 1
- Erika: 1
- Kevin Wade: 1
- Cole Ortiz: 1
- Brian Hastings: 1
- Eden Linley: 1
- Darren McCarthy: 1
- Jason Pillar: 1
- Allison Taylor: 1
- Arlo Glass: 1
- Alan Wilson: 1
- Eli Stram: 1
- Nadia Yassir: 1
- Steve Navarro: 1
- Erik Ritter: 1
Over the course of the show "damn it" has been used 282 times by all the characters including Jack.