History Characters / TheOfficeUSSecondaryCharacters

* OddFriendship: Kelly is a loud and immature chatterbox and Toby is a quiet and rational sad-sack and these two actually do seem to be good friends as they often get along very well with each other even if Toby gets mildly annoyed with her at times.

* JerkassHasAPoint: His [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech brutal teardown]] of Michael in "Did I Stutter?' is understanding given the fact that Michael is inappropriate with the staff and acts extremely childish.
** Also, had Michael given the same talk to Stanley right after the initial "Did I Stutter" incident as he did at the end of the episode, all of that drama could have been avoided. Stanley is correct that Michael's childish behavior has a tendency to escalate and make things worse.

** Her blackmail of Angela ''should'' have been a case of TheDogBitesBack or KickTheSonOfABitch, but rather than use it to get Angela to be nicer to her, she forces Angela to remain on the committee and serve as Phyllis' punching bag, bullying and belittling her while assigning her any demeaning task she can. When Angela finally has enough, rather than accept she went too far, she outs Angela's affair to the office.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: As the Human Resources rep, he's technically a member of the corporate office who works remotely in Scranton. Because of this, he's the only employee whom Michael doesn't have any authority over.

%%* DrivesLikeCrazy

! Sales

! Other Bullpen Staff

-->'''Jan''': Why don’t we go around the table and all say something that we know we’re good at. I will start. I am good at public speaking.
-->'''Meredith''': Hi. I’m Meredith and I’m an alcoh...good at supplier relations.

-->'''Creed''' "I’m not offended by homosexuality. In the [='60s=] I made love to many, many women, often outdoors, in the mud and the rain. And it's possible a man slipped in... there would be no way of knowing."

--> '''Creed''': "Did one of you tell Stanley I had asthma? 'Cause I don't. If it gets out, they won't let me scuba. If I can't scuba, then what's this all been about? What am I working toward?"

--> '''Creed''': Nobody steals from Creed Bratton and gets away with it. The last person to do this disappeared. His name? Creed Bratton.

-->'''Creed''': Oh, I steal things all the time. It’s just something I do. I stopped caring a long time ago. You should see how many supplies I’ve taken from this place. Honestly, I love stealing things.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: She doesn't like the amount of Irish people in the office (i.e. Kevin, Creed and Meredith), tells Oscar “Ay Caramba!” in a mocking accent, and asks Stanley to keep his opinions on the basketball court. They way she gaslights Pam into compliance hints she [[FemaleMisogynist doesn't think much of women]] either.

! Annex Staff

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: {{Downplayed}}; it's usually only Michael who holds Toby with straight up contempt while everyone else tolerates him enough. Still, his unexcitable demeanor doesn't earn him many close acquaintances within the workplace which, combined with the vitriol he receives from Michael being in full effect, makes him underappreciated in his own right. Sure enough, later seasons do show him being treated without respect by other characters as well, culminating in [[spoiler: getting an impromptu termination by Dwight in the series finale.]]

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Becomes wracked with guilt after George Howard Skub is convicted and devotes himself to preaching his innocence. [[spoiler: He visits him in prison and is promptly strangled so hard, his vocal cords are crushed.]]

--> ''"It was...Ryan wanted Michael, the subject, to, uh explain the computer system, the subject...to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object... which is the correct usage of the word."''

-->'''Prof. Powell''': (''salaciously'') Hey, Kelly Kapoor. What a delicious surprise...
-->'''Kelly''': Professor Powell, you are on speakerphone.
-->'''Prof. Powell''': (''suddenly nervous'') Uh, why?

-->'''Michael''': Holly is sweet and simple, like a lady baker. I would not be surprised to find out that she had worked in a bakery before coming here. She has that kind of warmth. I'm pretty sure she's baked on a professional level.

-->'''Jim''': No, Pete is not the new Jim. The only we have in common is that neither of us wants to sit on Meredith's face. And if that makes him the new Jim, then every human being in the world is the new Jim.

* OutOfFocus: A fairly important character in the first half of the final season but after [[spoiler: he and Erin openly start dating]] he recedes into the background with only a handful of lines in the last episodes.

! Warehouse Crew

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* TookALevelInKindness: After her TraumaCongaLine in the final season, she slowly becomes a kinder and more open-minded person, and is much nicer by the series finale.

* TookALevelInKindness: From Season 2 and after she slowly develops into a more open-minded, nicer person, but it really hits after her TraumaCongaLine.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Nellie. Pam may also technically count, as while not a "full" redhead her hair has a rather auburn/strawberry blonde tinge.

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* NoRespectGuy: Concerning Michael, at least. He's generally well respected by the others. Later, Jim, Andy, and Nellie get in on it.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The main reason Toby has a crush on Pam is because she was one of the few people that was generally nice to him and Pam isn't in love with him, she admits that she was always thought that he was kind of cute.

* TheBore: Toby is often ridiculed by Michael for being one to ruin his fun and he's generally a soft-spoken introvert that can be well-liked by "some" people but his boring demeanor is often the butt-of-the-joke.

* ButtMonkey: Micheal treats him like absolute dirt whenever possible. The rest of the office isn't much better.

* TheComicallySerious: Toby often tries to be a calm, patient and responsible H.R. Rep but hardly gets enough respect he deserves for putting up with the other characters' ridiculousness, especially Michael. Toby can be a very boring and awkward person but is generally normal enough to be the comedic StraightMan when interacting with other characters at Dunder Mifflin.

* NiceGuy: Provided that he isn't actively trying to sabotage Jim and Pam's relationship. He seems to have accepted that fact and moved on with his life despite his obvious jealously.

* NotSoAboveItAll: While Toby is a rational HR rep whose job is to keep Michael's inappropriate nature under control, his behavior towards Pam and Nellie ranges from cringe-worthy and awkward to downright creepy and inappropriate. Like affectionately touching Pam's leg and rubbing Nellie's shoulders.

* HiddenDepths: He actually knows how to have fun, as we see in the Florida story arc.

* EnemyMine: He doesn't make it a secret that he doesn't like Michael but the moment someone cuts in line on Pretzel Day, they team up and jeer at them until they go away.

* YoungerThanSheLooks: Michael refers to her as being the "Office Grandma" despite the fact that [[HypocriticalHumor they're the same age,]] and went to high school together. And before you call this joke mean-spirited, note that Smith is 11 years older than Carrell in real life.
** Ryan uses her face to sell his actual grandma's pesto because he thinks she has the Italian grandma look.

* TookALevelInDumbass: The longer the show's on the air, the dumber he gets. It's hard to reconcile the Kevin of recent seasons as being the same character revealed to have won a World Series of Poker bracelet in season two.

* TheBeard: Angela is unknowingly this to the state senator she married.

* AlphaBitch: She's probably (and openly) the meanest of the office and she was during a time the head of the Party Committee, spending her time to insult and be bossy with other members, especially Phyllis.

* AlphaBitch: She's problably and (openly) the meanest of the office and she was during a time the head of the Party Committee spending her time to insult and be bossy with other members especially Phyllis.

* {{Jerkass}}: She's cold, condescending, and judgmental.

* GeniusDitz: While he's not all that bright and a terrible accountant, he's a talented singer, musician, cook, and basketball player. And he can do relatively impressive math in his head... so long as pies are involved. [[spoiler: He also ends up being very successful as a bar owner after he gets fired. Maybe Dwight firing him was better for him in the long run]].