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* Peter's nightmare about [[FanDisservice Lumbergh screwing Joanna]] and ''still'' being his usual inane, smarmy self. All done while [[MustHaveCaffeine still drinking coffee]]. According to Creator/GaryCole, it didn't click with him that they were making a comedy film until he was handed a coffee mug while filming this scene.

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* Peter's nightmare about [[FanDisservice Lumbergh screwing Joanna]] and ''still'' being his usual inane, smarmy self. All done while [[MustHaveCaffeine still drinking coffee]]. According to Creator/GaryCole, behind-the-scenes material, it didn't fully click with him Creator/GaryCole that they were making a comedy film until he was handed a coffee mug while filming this scene.scene, at which point he broke character and cracked up.
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* Peter's nightmare about [[FanDisservice Lumbergh screwing Joanna]] and ''still'' being his usual inane, smarmy self. All done while [[MustHaveCaffeine still drinking coffee]].

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* Peter's nightmare about [[FanDisservice Lumbergh screwing Joanna]] and ''still'' being his usual inane, smarmy self. All done while [[MustHaveCaffeine still drinking coffee]]. According to Creator/GaryCole, it didn't click with him that they were making a comedy film until he was handed a coffee mug while filming this scene.
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** Even more hilarious is that it was completely genuine, as David Herman was distracted from the rest of his line by an actual error message from the printer.


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* When Peter is grousing to Michael and Samir about his work and relationship issues he mentions being hopeful that Anne's insistence on hypnotherapy might actually help, leading to this exchange:
--> '''Peter:''' I mean, he ''did'' help Anne lose weight.\\
'''Samir:''' Peter, she's anorexic.\\
'''Peter:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Yeah, I know!]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice The guy's really good!]]
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* It's subtle (is Fridge Funny a thing?), but after all the hassle Peter went through slipping the letter under Lumbergh's door and then briefly trying to get it back, we see Milton coming in the next day, and walking in. It turns out the door was open all along.
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* Peter's meeting with the Bobs:
-->'''Peter:''' Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late. I use the side door, that way Lumbergh can't see me. Uh, and after that, I just sorta space out for about an hour.\\
'''Bob Porter:''' "Space out"?\\
'''Peter:''' Yeah. I just stare at my desk but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch too. I'd probably, say, in a given week, I probably do about fifteen minutes of real, actual work.
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* "... ''''PC Load Letter''''? The fuck does that mean?!"[[note]]For what it's worth, "PC" means "Paper Cartridge", which is an old term for the tray that you put paper in, and "Load Letter" means "Load letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches) paper" into that tray. Most modern printers display something like "Load letter paper in Tray 1", with the trays clearly marked as to which tray is which. Sadly, they're still not much better at recognizing that yes, letter paper ''is'' in that tray.[[/note]]

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* "... ''''PC Load Letter''''? The fuck does that mean?!"[[note]]For what it's worth, "PC" means "Paper Cartridge", which is an old (outdated even at the time of the movie) term for the tray that you put paper in, and "Load Letter" means "Load letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches) paper" into that tray. Most modern printers display something like "Load letter paper in Tray 1", with the trays clearly marked as to which tray is which. Sadly, they're still not much better at recognizing that yes, letter paper ''is'' in that tray.[[/note]]
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* "... ''''PC Load Letter''''? The fuck does that mean?!"[[note]]For what it's worth, "PC" means "Paper Cartridge", which is an old term for the tray that you put paper in, and "Load Letter" means "Load letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches) paper" into that tray[[/note]]

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* "... ''''PC Load Letter''''? The fuck does that mean?!"[[note]]For what it's worth, "PC" means "Paper Cartridge", which is an old term for the tray that you put paper in, and "Load Letter" means "Load letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches) paper" into that tray[[/note]]tray. Most modern printers display something like "Load letter paper in Tray 1", with the trays clearly marked as to which tray is which. Sadly, they're still not much better at recognizing that yes, letter paper ''is'' in that tray.[[/note]]
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* "... ''''PC Load Letter''''? The fuck does that mean?!"

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* "... ''''PC Load Letter''''? The fuck does that mean?!"mean?!"[[note]]For what it's worth, "PC" means "Paper Cartridge", which is an old term for the tray that you put paper in, and "Load Letter" means "Load letter-sized (8.5 x 11 inches) paper" into that tray[[/note]]
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* In one scene, Peter is blowing off his job off by fishing during a montage. In the very next scene of the montage, he brings the fish to work, lays it out on one of his memos and proceeds to partially gut it, tossing the guts on a blank pile of his hated TPS reports.

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* In one scene, scene during a montage, Peter is blowing off his job off by fishing during a montage.at the local lake. In the very next scene of the montage, he brings the fish to work, lays it out on one of his memos and proceeds to partially gut it, tossing the guts on a blank pile of his hated TPS reports.
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---> '''Samir''': Mother shitter! Son of an... ass!

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---> '''Samir''': '''Samir:''' Mother shitter! Son of an... ass!



--> '''Judge''': In light of the senselessness of these heinous crimes that you have committed against Initech, I hereby sentence you, Michael Bolton, and Samir Naan... Nanadajibad... to a term of no less than four years in a federal "pound me in the ass" prison. Peter Gibbons, you've led a trite and meaningless life, and you're a very ''bad'' person.

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--> '''Judge''': --->'''Judge:''' In light of the senselessness of these heinous crimes that you have committed against Initech, I hereby sentence you, Michael Bolton, and Samir Naan... Nanadajibad... to a term of no less than four years in a federal "pound me in the ass" prison. Peter Gibbons, you've led a trite and meaningless life, and you're a very ''bad'' person.



-->'''Peter:''' We need to swear...to God, Allah...to ''never'' tell ''anyone'' about this.
-->''(others nod)''
-->'''Lawrence:''' ''(through the wall)'' DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME, MAN! I WON'T TELL NOBODY EITHER!
-->'''Michael:''' Who the fuck was ''that?!''
-->'''Peter:''' Don't worry about him, he's cool.

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-->'''Peter:''' We need to swear...to God, Allah...to ''never'' tell ''anyone'' about this.
-->''(others nod)''
-->'''Lawrence:'''
this.\\
''(others nod)''\\
'''Lawrence:'''
''(through the wall)'' DON'T WORRY 'BOUT ME, MAN! I WON'T TELL NOBODY EITHER!
-->'''Michael:'''
EITHER!\\
'''Michael:'''
Who the fuck was ''that?!''
-->'''Peter:'''
''that?!''\\
'''Peter:'''
Don't worry about him, he's cool.



-->'''Peter''': So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. [[ButtMonkey So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.]]
-->'''Dr. Swanson''': What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
-->'''Peter''': [[BluntYes Yeah.]]
-->'''Dr. Swanson''': [[{{Understatement}} Wow, that's messed up.]]
* How about when they smash up that printer while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the Geto Boys are playing]]?. The icing on the cake is Michael snapping into a rage and pounding on what's left of the printer and having to be pulled off of it by Samir and Peter.

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-->'''Peter''': So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. [[ButtMonkey So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.]]\\
'''Dr. Swanson:''' What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?\\
'''Peter:''' [[BluntYes Yeah.]]\\
'''Dr. Swanson:''' [[{{Understatement}} Wow, that's messed up.
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-->'''Dr. Swanson''': What about today? Is today the worst day of your life?
-->'''Peter''': [[BluntYes Yeah.]]
-->'''Dr. Swanson''': [[{{Understatement}} Wow, that's messed up.]]
* How about when they smash up that printer while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the Geto Boys are playing]]?. playing]]? The icing on the cake is Michael snapping into a rage and pounding on what's left of the printer and having to be pulled off of it by Samir and Peter.



-->'''Peter:''' Not right now, Lumbergh, I'm kinda busy. In fact, [[IronicEcho I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead]] and come back some other time. I've got a meeting with the Bobs in a couple of minutes.
-->'''Lumbergh:''' Uh, I wasn't aware of a meeting with them.
-->'''Peter:''' Yeah, they called me at home.
-->'''Lumbergh:''' That sounds good, Peter. And uh, we'll go ahead and get this all fixed up for ya.

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-->'''Peter:''' Not right now, Lumbergh, I'm kinda busy. In fact, [[IronicEcho I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead]] and come back some other time. I've got a meeting with the Bobs in a couple of minutes. \n-->'''Lumbergh:''' \\
'''Lumbergh:'''
Uh, I wasn't aware of a meeting with them.
-->'''Peter:'''
them.\\
'''Peter:'''
Yeah, they called me at home.
-->'''Lumbergh:'''
home.\\
'''Lumbergh:'''
That sounds good, Peter. And uh, we'll go ahead and get this all fixed up for ya.



-->'''Michael:''' Well, that was easy.
-->'''Peter:''' Yeah, I guess it was.

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-->'''Michael:''' Well, that was easy.
-->'''Peter:'''
easy.\\
'''Peter:'''
Yeah, I guess it was.



-->'''Peter:''' Lawrence, let me ask you something: when you come in on Monday and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?
-->'''Lawrence:''' ...No. Naw, man. ''(leans in)'' '''Shit''' naw, man! I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' somethin' like 'at, man.

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-->'''Peter:''' Lawrence, let me ask you something: when you come in on Monday and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?
-->'''Lawrence:''' ...
Mondays'?\\
'''Lawrence:''' ...
No. Naw, man. ''(leans in)'' '''Shit''' naw, man! I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' somethin' like 'at, man.



-->'''Lawrence:''' So what would you do if you had a million dollars?
-->'''Peter:''' I would sit on my ass all day. I would do nothing.
-->'''Lawrence:''' Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man! Take a look at my cousin. He's broke, don't do shit!

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-->'''Lawrence:''' So what would you do if you had a million dollars?
-->'''Peter:'''
dollars?\\
'''Peter:'''
I would sit on my ass all day. I would do nothing.
-->'''Lawrence:'''
nothing.\\
'''Lawrence:'''
Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man! Take a look at my cousin. He's broke, don't do shit! shit!



--> '''Bob''': What would you say you ''do'' here?\\
'''Tom''': Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the ''goddamn'' customers so the engineers don't have to. I have ''people'' skills. I am ''good'' at dealing with people! Can't you understand that?! ''What the hell is wrong with you people''?!

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--> '''Bob''': -->'''Bob:''' What would you say you ''do'' here?\\
'''Tom''': '''Tom:''' Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the ''goddamn'' customers so the engineers don't have to. I have ''people'' skills. I am ''good'' at dealing with people! Can't you understand that?! ''What the hell is wrong with you people''?!



--> '''Anne:''' Listen, asshole, nobody hangs up on me. We're through. Oh, (chuckle), and one more thing; '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'VE BEEN CHEATING ON YOU!!!]]'''

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--> '''Anne:''' --->'''Anne:''' Listen, asshole, nobody hangs up on me. We're through. Oh, (chuckle), and one more thing; '''[[SuddenlyShouting I'VE BEEN CHEATING ON YOU!!!]]'''
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* How about when they smash up that printer while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the Geto Boys are playing]]?. The icing on the cake is Michael snapping into a rage and pounding on what's left of the printer and having to be pulled off of it by Samir and Michael.

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* How about when they smash up that printer while [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the Geto Boys are playing]]?. The icing on the cake is Michael snapping into a rage and pounding on what's left of the printer and having to be pulled off of it by Samir and Michael.Peter.
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* Peter's apartment complex is called "[[RagingStiffie Morningwood]] Apartments"
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* The scene with Lumbergh confronting Peter about the TPS reports while Peter is playing ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' on his computer.

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* The scene with Lumbergh confronting Peter about the TPS reports while Peter is playing ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' on his computer.computer (and he's removed one of his cubicle walls, with stuff scattered all over the floor).



-->'''Lumbergh:''' Meeting? I wasn't aware of any meeting.

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-->'''Lumbergh:''' Meeting? Uh, I wasn't aware of any meeting.a meeting with them.



-->'''Lumbergh:''' That sounds great, Peter. and uh, we'll go ahead and get this all fixed up for ya.

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-->'''Lumbergh:''' That sounds great, good, Peter. and And uh, we'll go ahead and get this all fixed up for ya.
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'''Tom''': Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the goddamn customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people skills. I am ''good'' at dealing with people! Can't you understand that?! ''What the hell is wrong with you people''?!

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'''Tom''': Well, look, I already told you. I deal with the goddamn ''goddamn'' customers so the engineers don't have to. I have people ''people'' skills. I am ''good'' at dealing with people! Can't you understand that?! ''What the hell is wrong with you people''?!
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* And how about this gem?

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* And how about this gem?Lawrence lights up the screen every time he shows up



-->'''Lawrence:''' Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing. Take a look at my cousin. He's broke, don't do shit!

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-->'''Lawrence:''' Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing. nothing, man! Take a look at my cousin. He's broke, don't do shit!

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* This exchange between Peter and Lawrence, particularly how it takes a moment for the utter lameness of the phrase to really sink in and how much seems to offend the latter:

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* This exchange between Peter and Lawrence, particularly how it takes a moment for the utter lameness of the phrase to really sink in and how much it seems to offend the latter:


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* And how about this gem?
-->'''Lawrence:''' So what would you do if you had a million dollars?
-->'''Peter:''' I would sit on my ass all day. I would do nothing.
-->'''Lawrence:''' Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing. Take a look at my cousin. He's broke, don't do shit!
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* After his meeting with the Bobs, Peter decides to just leave the office. On his way out he encounters Lumbergh, who greets him with a standard "Oh. Peter. What's happening?", expecting Peter to stop and talk to him. Peter however just sidesteps and continues down the hall toward the exit, leaving Lumbergh standing there looking as if he can't quite process what just happened.

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* After his meeting with the Bobs, Peter decides to just leave the office. On his way out he encounters Lumbergh, who greets him with a standard "Oh. Peter. What's happening?", expecting Peter to stop and talk to him. Peter however just sidesteps and continues down the hall toward the exit, leaving Lumbergh standing there looking [[DidNotSeeThatComing as if he can't quite process what just happened.happened]].

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