History Recap / TheOfficeUSS6E10Murder

* {{Catchphrase}}: Michael adopts "I do declare" as one for his game character Caleb Crawdad, on the grounds that it's "the way Southern people talk."

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Oscar's bizarre, high-pitched attempt at a Southern drawl when Michael forces him to start talking in-character, sounding like some unholy cross between a Cajun WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and [[Series/GomerPyleUSMC Gomer Pyle]].

* {{Corpsing}}: The cast really must've had trouble keeping it together in the conference room scene where Michael starts the game out, with all the goofy character names and accents. You can see Creator/RainnWilson covering his mouth with Dwight's game card to hold back his laughter after Angela's ComicallySerious objection to playing the role of "Voodoo Mama Juju", and Phyllis Smith cracks a seemingly-character-breaking smile at one point.

-->'''Michael''': Delta Burke, I do declare!

--->'''Michael:''' Nah. Just poopin'. You know how I be.

* StressVomit: In the cold open, Michael becomes so nervous over the rumors of Dunder Mifflin filing for bankruptcy that he throws up in the men's room. This happens [[VomitDiscretionShot entirely off-camera]], all we're privy to is retching sounds (and Michael [[SarcasmMode very unsuspiciously]] wiping his mouth with a paper towel when a concerned Kevin opens the door to check if he's okay).

* StressVomit: In the cold open, Michael becomes so nervous over the rumors of Dunder Mifflin filing for bankruptcy that he throws up in the men's room. This happens [[VomitDiscretionShot entirely off-camera]], all we're privy to is retching sounds (and Michael [[SarcasmMode very unsuspiciously wiping his mouth with a paper towel]] when a concerned Kevin opens the door to check if he's okay).

* StressVomiting: In the cold open, Michael becomes so nervous over the rumors of Dunder Mifflin filing for bankruptcy that he throws up in the men's room. This happens [[VomitDiscretionShot off-camera]], all we're privy to is retching sounds (and Michael [[SarcasmMode very unsuspiciously wiping his mouth with a paper towel]] when a concerned Kevin opens the door to check if he's okay).

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Oscar's bizarre, high-pitched attempt at a Southern drawl when Michael forces him to start talking in-character, sounding like some unholy cross between WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and [[Series/GomerPyleUSMC Gomer Pyle]].

When rumors about Dunder Mifflin going under start to spread and bad news are close, Michael decides to get the office to calm down by playing a southern themed murder mystery game. As Michael finds himself unable to break character and wants the game to continue, Pam and Jim worry that he has lost it.

* {{Corpsing}}: The cast really must've had trouble keeping it together in the conference room scene where Michael starts the game out, with all the goofy character names and accents. You can see Creator/RainnWilson covering his mouth with his game card to keep from laughing at Angela's objection to playing "Voodoo Mama Juju", and Phyllis Smith cracks a seemingly-character-breaking smile at one point.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Andy couldn't decide whether the date he got with Erin was real or just part of the game. As he is unable to decide, he tries to save face by passing it off as a game. Erin reveals to the camera that she was excited because she thought it was a real date.

* ShownTheirWork: [[https://www.officetally.com/the-office-murder-qa-with-danny-chun The writers did research]] for the episode by playing a RealLife murder mystery game, taking note of how convoluted the gameplay became and how all the characters had a PunnyName.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Jim goes to the conference room to find out that Pam, of all people, is in there in a pretend MexicanStandOff with Dwight, Michael and Andy.

* NoodleIncident: Creed arrives late to the game and, upon being told he was a suspect in the 'murder', he runs to his car drives away like a bat out of hell.

* NoodleIncident: Creed arrives late to the game and, upon being told he was a suspect in the 'murder', he runs to his car drives away lime a bat out of hell.