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* In ''Niagara'', Dwight manages to trick Michael into unveiling his true colors when he claims that the hotel room got booked under Michael's name and he begs Michael to let him into the room. Michael then refuses on the grounds that he might end up hooking up with a girl, only for Dwight [[SecretTestOfCharacter to reveal it as all a trick]] to get Michael to admit that he was never going to share the room with him. Especially so since the last time Michael tried to pull the trick on Dwight last time during the Willy Wonka fiasco, [[CharacterDevelopment Dwight would have bought it if Jim hadn't pointed out that Michael could have simply chosen to take the fall.]]

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* In ''Niagara'', Dwight manages to trick Michael into unveiling his true colors when he claims that the hotel room got booked under Michael's name and he begs Michael to let him into the room. Michael then refuses on the grounds that he might end up hooking up with a girl, only for Dwight [[SecretTestOfCharacter to reveal it as all a trick]] to get Michael to admit that he was never going to share the room with him. Especially so since the last time Michael tried to pull the trick on Dwight last time during the Willy Wonka fiasco, fiasco in ''Golden Ticket'', [[CharacterDevelopment Dwight would have bought it if Jim hadn't pointed out that Michael could have simply chosen to take the fall.]]
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* In ''Niagara'', Dwight manages to trick Michael into unveiling his true colors when he claims that the hotel room got booked under Michael's name and he begs Michael to let him into the room. Michael then refuses on the grounds that he might end up hooking up with a girl, only for Dwight [[SecretTestOfCharacter to reveal it as all a trick]] to get Michael to admit that he was never going to share the room with him. Especially so since the last time Michael tried to pull the trick on Dwight last time during the Willy Wonka fiasco, [[CharacterDevelopment Dwight would have bought it if Jim hadn't pointed out that Michael could have simply chosen to take the fall.]]
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-->'''Kevin:''' You are, like, a terrible person. These guys care about you and you’re just using them.
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-->'''Michael:''' Hey, I just think you should know that one of my salesmen beat your stupid computer. So take that, ''[[PrecisionFStrike ass-fuck]]''. ''(followed by Kelly throwing a slice of pizza in Ryan's face on the screen)''

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-->'''Michael:''' --->'''Michael:''' Hey, I just think you should know that one of my salesmen beat your stupid computer. So take that, ''[[PrecisionFStrike ass-fuck]]''. ''(followed by Kelly throwing a slice of pizza in Ryan's face on the screen)''
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** Also the fact that, despite usually being desperate for the spotlight, Dwight rejects any and all thanks [[spoiler:except the promise of mind blowing sex from Angela]] in the wake of his actions, stating that he was merely protecting the office and his coworkers from harm.

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** Also the fact that, despite usually being desperate for the spotlight, Dwight rejects any and all thanks [[spoiler:except except the promise of mind blowing sex from Angela]] Angela in the wake of his actions, stating that he was merely protecting the office and his coworkers from harm.
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** Michael's punishment for Ryan is also suitably brilliant; he not only lets Ryan sweat on the idea he's going to be fired for badmouthing the company - telling him to pack his things - he then proceeds to put him in the back office with Kelly. Michael - often seemingly oblivious to the goings on in the office - knows ''full well'' how torturous this will be for him.
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** Pam finally improves her artistic skills by ending the mural after years of lack of perseverance
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* In "The Convention", Michael casually mentions that Dunder Mifflin is allowed to sell Hammer Mill products.

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* In "The Convention", Michael casually mentions that Dunder Mifflin is allowed to sell Hammer Mill Hammermill products.



* In "Toby's Goodbye," Jim calls Ryan and leaves a message letting him know that he's going to fight for his job.

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* In "Toby's Goodbye," "Goodbye, Toby", Jim calls Ryan and leaves a message letting him know that he's going to fight for his job.



* In “Last Day in Florida”, Jim learns that Dwight, who believes he is getting a huge promotion, is in fact being set up as a scapegoat for Sabre to publicly fire. Not wanting to see his friend get humiliated, he ''tackles'' Dwight and fights him outside the conference room long enough for mutual enemy Todd Parker to take the fall, with Robert California (when Todd tries to pin the blame on Dwight) telling him that Dwight was smart enough to avoid the meeting and the blame and Todd is fired. Dwight, realizing what Jim did, walks up to him, helps him off the ground, and even offers to buy Jim a drink in thanks.

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* In “Last Day in Florida”, Jim learns that Dwight, who believes he is getting a huge promotion, is in fact being set up as a scapegoat for Sabre to publicly fire. Not wanting to see his friend get humiliated, he ''tackles'' Dwight and fights him outside the conference room long enough for mutual enemy Todd Parker Packer to take the fall, with Robert California (when Todd tries to pin the blame on Dwight) telling him that Dwight was smart enough to avoid the meeting and the blame and Todd is fired. Dwight, realizing what Jim did, walks up to him, helps him off the ground, and even offers to buy Jim a drink in thanks.
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*** Though the fact that (while it's quickly PlayedForLaughs) Dwight was willing to walk across as well, not to mention 'stand' on the coals until Michael gave him the job, is an achievement as well.

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*** Though the fact that (while it's quickly PlayedForLaughs) Dwight was willing to walk across as well, not to mention 'stand' ''stand'' on the coals until Michael gave him the job, is an achievement as well.
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*** Though the fact that (while it's quickly PlayedForLaughs) Dwight was willing to walk across as well, not to mention _stand_ on the coals until Michael gave him the job, is an achievement as well.

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*** Though the fact that (while it's quickly PlayedForLaughs) Dwight was willing to walk across as well, not to mention _stand_ 'stand' on the coals until Michael gave him the job, is an achievement as well.
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*** Though the fact that (while it's quickly PlayedForLaughs) Dwight was willing to walk across as well, not to mention _stand_ on the coals until Michael gave him the job, is an achievement as well.

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* During Dwight's "fire drill" in "Stress Relief," Jim declares that he is not dying in the office and gets Toby and Andy to try to ram the door with the copier.
** The entire fire drill scene is one awesome moment for Dwight, since the reason he did it was because everyone ignored his fire seminar from the day before.

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* During Dwight's "fire drill" in "Stress Relief," Jim declares that he is not dying in the office and gets Toby and Andy to try to ram the door with the copier.
copier. To show that EveryoneHasStandards, he thinks it was messed up that Dwight faked a fire drill to "teach" people about procedures.
** The entire fire drill scene is one awesome moment for Dwight, since the reason he did it was because everyone ignored his fire seminar from the day before. It does get negated, however, when he nearly kills Stanley via heart attack.
** David Wallace gets one for his two WhatTheHellHero meetings with both Michael and Dwight. He tells off Dwight for being a power-hungry idiot, and Michael for wanting to let Dwight off the hook. When Dwight goes NeverMyFault and claims that he didn't nearly kill Stanley, David doesn't buy it.
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** In the same episode we have Andy, the outgoing WASPy type and Oscar, the serious gay Latino. Everything suggests that they are polar opposites that would never socially connect. Then Andy makes a genuine and excited (if awkward) attempt to hook Oscar up with two guys in a bar and Oscar tries to give Andy the (drunken) confidence to man up with Angela. Neither works out, but the two genuinely bond with each other and acknowledge that they enjoy each other's company and friendship.
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*** What really steals the scene is Jan’s reaction in the end. The whole show she has treated Michael like a large, incoherent child and shown him almost no respect. However, when she finally wised up to what he’s doing, she tries to jump in and help, Michael immediately yet politely shuts her down. When the sale goes through, she is so impressed by him she doesn’t even TRY to hide the smile that creeps across her face.
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* In "The Convention", Micheal casually mentions that Dunder Mifflin is allowed to sell Hammer Mill products.

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* In "The Convention", Micheal Michael casually mentions that Dunder Mifflin is allowed to sell Hammer Mill products.
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* In "New Boss", after all the seasons of humiliation Michael has put up with at the hands of Dunder Mifflin (in particular, the company forcing him and Holly to break up), he makes it clear to David how angry he is about the humourless killjoy Charles being appointed to supervise him directly and also for the cancellation of his long-anticipated 15th anniversary party, David listens to it all and then says "I see," and seems to agree that Michael maybe does have a case. But then David, clearly giving Michael what he thinks Michael wants the most, goes on to promise him...a really nice party. And nothing else. Michael visibly struggles with himself to not accept yet another ThrowTheDogABone moment in lieu of real job satisfaction, and then he looks up and calmly informs David, "I quit."
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-->'''Stanley'': [''solemn''] I am trying to be more optimistic in life. I've got what, 20 or 30 years left. And my family history says I have less. [''Pause''] Now, the ''old'' Stanley Hudson would have found something wrong with this actress. [''Fervently''] But ''that is no way to live life''. ''Look'' at this healthy, sexy, pretty, '''strong''' young woman. C'mon, people! She is '''hot'''!

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-->'''Stanley'': -->'''Stanley''': [''solemn''] I am trying to be more optimistic in life. I've got what, 20 or 30 years left. And my family history says I have less. [''Pause''] Now, the ''old'' Stanley Hudson would have found something wrong with this actress. [''Fervently''] But ''that is no way to live life''. ''Look'' at this healthy, sexy, pretty, '''strong''' young woman. C'mon, people! She is '''hot'''!
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-->''Stanley'': [''solemn''] I am trying to be more optimistic in life. I've got what, 20 or 30 years left. And my family history says I have less. [''Pause''] Now, the ''old'' Stanley Hudson would have found something wrong with this actress. [''Fervently''] But '''that is no way to live life'''. '''Look''' at this healthy, sexy, pretty, '''strong''' young woman. C'mon, people! She is '''hot'''!

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-->''Stanley'': -->'''Stanley'': [''solemn''] I am trying to be more optimistic in life. I've got what, 20 or 30 years left. And my family history says I have less. [''Pause''] Now, the ''old'' Stanley Hudson would have found something wrong with this actress. [''Fervently''] But '''that ''that is no way to live life'''. '''Look''' life''. ''Look'' at this healthy, sexy, pretty, '''strong''' young woman. C'mon, people! She is '''hot'''!
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* Stanley's epic speech in tribute to the hotness of Hillary Swank in "Prince Family Paper""
-->''Stanley'': [''solemn''] I am trying to be more optimistic in life. I've got what, 20 or 30 years left. And my family history says I have less. [''Pause''] Now, the ''old'' Stanley Hudson would have found something wrong with this actress. [''Fervently''] But '''that is no way to live life'''. '''Look''' at this healthy, sexy, pretty, '''strong''' young woman. C'mon, people! She is '''hot'''!

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* Even if he was mistaken about the situation in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugwj8452Ucs Bring Your Daughter To Work Day]]," Stanley makes [[PapaWolf quite an impression]] verbally laying into Ryan when he thinks he's [[MistakenForPedophile flirting with Stanley's teenage daughter]].
-->'''Stanley:''' ''(yelling at Ryan)'' That little girl is a ''child!'' I don't wanna see you sniffing around her anymore this afternoon, do you understand? Boy, have you lost your mind?! Cause I'll help you find it! What are you lookin' for, ain't nobody gonna help you out there! ''Jesus'' could come through that door, and he's not gonna help you if you don't stop sniffin' after my child!
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** Kevin owns his own successful bar

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** Kevin owns his own successful barbar
* On a meta level, it was revealed in ''The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s'' that the cast and crew managed to hide Steve Carell's cameo from the NBC executives up until '''the day before the episode aired.''' Both Carell and producer Greg Daniels agreed that they didn't want the finale to be promoted as "the episode where Michael Scott comes back," so they went to huge lengths to keep it a secret from everyone who wasn't directly involved in a scene with him. And somehow, they succeeded.
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*** Later on, Michael and Dwight run into one of the corporate employees, who tells Michael it was awesome that he embarrassed Ryan like that and congratulates Dwight on his accomplishment.
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* Also from "Shareholder Meeting", Jim is unable to get Ryan to take his work seriously due to Ryan's apathetic attitude given the company is on the verge of bankruptcy. He later discovers that Ryan has sent everyone a memo stating that Jim's co-manager position means he's not allowed to fire people, severely undermining Jim's authority over the office. So he comes up with a workable solution: He "graciously" moves Ryan into the storage closet, introducing it as his new office. This humbles Ryan a great deal and shows everyone that Jim really does mean business, and as everyone watches him in awe, Jim retreats to his office with a smile on his face.
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* Dwight suffers from appendicitis in "Tallahassee" and needs to be taken away to have an operation. He returns to the meeting to do his team's presentation after only 3 hours at the hospital and with very little knowledge on the direction of the presentation. [[Didn'tThinkThisThrough It doesn't go that well for him.]] However, Nellie is very impressed by his willpower.

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* Dwight suffers from appendicitis in "Tallahassee" and needs to be taken away to have an operation. He returns to the meeting to do his team's presentation after only 3 hours at the hospital and with very little knowledge on the direction of the presentation. [[Didn'tThinkThisThrough [[DidntThinkThisThrough It doesn't go that well for him.]] However, Nellie is very impressed by his willpower.
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* Dwight suffers from appendicitis in "Tallahassee" and needs to be taken away to have an operation. He returns to the meeting to do his team's presentation after only 3 hours at the hospital and with very little knowledge on the direction of the presentation. [[RealityEnsues It doesn't go that well for him.]] However, Nellie is very impressed by his willpower.

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* Dwight suffers from appendicitis in "Tallahassee" and needs to be taken away to have an operation. He returns to the meeting to do his team's presentation after only 3 hours at the hospital and with very little knowledge on the direction of the presentation. [[RealityEnsues [[Didn'tThinkThisThrough It doesn't go that well for him.]] However, Nellie is very impressed by his willpower.
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-->'''Deangelo''': (fed up with Dwight continuing to not respect him) DAMMIT DWIGHT! (Dwight is startled by the sudden show of authority) GET YOUR ASS DOWN TO THE WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW, OR FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO SELL PAPER!\\
(Dwight gets up from his seat and begins walking down to the warehouse)\\
'''Dwight''': (in a talking head) Okay, something you should know about me. (exhales nervously) I respond to shows of authority.

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-->'''Deangelo''': (fed up with Dwight continuing to not respect him) DAMMIT DWIGHT! DAMN IT, DWIGHT, ENOUGH! (Dwight is startled by the sudden show of authority) GET YOUR ASS DOWN TO THE WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW, DOWNSTAIRS, OR FIND ANOTHER A NEW PLACE TO SELL PAPER!\\
(Dwight gets up from his seat and begins walking fast-walking down to the warehouse)\\
'''Dwight''': (in a talking head) Okay, something you should know a little about me. (exhales nervously) I respond to shows of authority.
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* As much of an incompetent, sexist goob he is compared to even the likes of Michael Scott, you can't help but have a bit of respect (tiny as it may be) for him when Deangelo puts his foot down when Dwight decides to continue dissing him.
-->'''Deangelo''': (fed up with Dwight continuing to not respect him) DAMMIT DWIGHT! (Dwight is startled by the sudden show of authority) GET YOUR ASS DOWN TO THE WAREHOUSE RIGHT NOW, OR FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO SELL PAPER!\\
(Dwight gets up from his seat and begins walking down to the warehouse)\\
'''Dwight''': (in a talking head) Okay, something you should know about me. (exhales nervously) I respond to shows of authority.
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!!Season 1

* Before the massive {{Flanderization}} that would overtake her character, Kelly gets an awesome moment when she slaps Michael after he makes a racist impression of an Indian shop owner during his ''horrendous'' attempt at diversity training.

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* Also in "Business School", while giving a lecture, Michael learns by accident that Ryan had badmouthed Dunder Mifflin and Michael's management style behind his back, prior to the presentation. Very offended by this and fed up with Ryan and his classmates' arrogance, Michael gives an awesome ending to an otherwise cringeworthy presentation, firmly defending his company and putting everyone in their places:
--> '''Michael:''' Yeah sure, you know business, sitting up here in your ivory tower. And your ebony tower. You know what? Tell you one thing, Dunder-Mifflin is here to stay.
--> '''Business Student #1:''' But how can you compete against a company with the resources of a nationwide chain?
--> '''Michael''': David will always beat Goliath.
--> '''Business Student #2:''' But there’s five Goliaths, there’s… Staples, Officemax…
--> '''Michael:''' Yeah, yeah. You know what else is facing five Goliaths? America. Al-Qaeda, global warming, sex predators… mercury poisoning. So do we just give up? Is that what we’re learning in business school?
--> '''Business Student #2:''' But in the big picture…
--> '''Michael:''' Dunder-Mifflin '''''is''''' the big picture! [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech Can’t you understand that? No, you can’t. You’re too young. Ryan… has never made a sale.]] [[Recap/TheOfficeUSS2E4TheFire And he started a fire trying to make a cheesy pita.]] [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech And everybody thinks he’s a tease. Well you know what? He doesn’t know anything, and neither do you.]] ''[walks out]'' '''SO SUCK ON THAT!'''



* In "Toby's Goodbye," Jim calls Ryan and let's him know that he's going to fight for his job

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--> '''Jim:''' Hey, Ryan, it’s Jim. Look man, I don’t know what’s gotten into you lately, but you know what? I really don’t care, because you’re trying to get rid of me. And I bet you don’t think I care enough about this job to actually fight back, but you’re wrong, because I do, and I will. So you can keep trying to push me out of this place, but guess what? I’m not going anywhere.
* Later in the same episode, Ryan gets arrested for fraud, and Jim calls him to leave another message:
--> '''Jim:''' Hey, Ryan, it’s Jim. You know what? Totally disregard that last voicemail, because you obviously have your hands tied. Good luck!
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** Also the fact that, despite usually being desperate for the spotlight, Dwight rejects any and all thanks [[spoiler:except the promise of mind blowing sex from Angela]] in the wake of his actions, stating that he was merely protecting the office and his coworkers feom harm.

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