History YMMV / Outsourced

* SpiritualSuccessor: The creators and cast have outright called it ''Series/TheOffice'', but with people who actually like their job.

* FakeNationality: Pretty much all of the Indian characters are played by American, Canadian, or British actors. They're of Indian and Sri Lankan descent, but not native Indians like their characters, so they fake the Indian accent with varying degrees of success.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Despite getting good ratings at the 9:30 slot on Thursday nights, NBC gave the slot back to its predecessor, ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' (whose ratings were lower when it lost the slot) and pushed Outsourced to 10:30. Later that year, the show was cancelled.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: The show has a growing popularity in India, is broadcast repeatedly on the local Comedy Central channel and was advertised as 'back by popular demand'.

* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is not well known, and NBC's marketing for the show ignores its existence. After the show cancellation. however, the film enjoyed some air time on the Showtime channel.

* MostWonderfulSound: When the workers power up their computers on the roof. Thirty or so computers all playing the Windows XP startup sound at once.

** [[spoiler:They aren't]]

* AdaptationDisplacement: The movie is not well known, and NBC's marketing for the show ignores its existence.
** As of 2012 the film has been shown repeatedly on Showtime, and is gaining a whole new following.

** He's a less dislikeable version of this in the film, thinking India is a totally alien place that's impossible for him ever to understand, until he finds himself in the middle of a Holi celebration (about 1/20th as insane as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holi an actual Holi]]). It's a slightly more sophisticated version of all those films where someone regains their childlike innocence (or oppressed children regain their spontaneous joy) via a FoodFight. But you forgive it because the actors make it work in context. It also helps that he only had to learn his lesson once in the film, whereas he learns it over and over again in the series thanks to AesopAmnesia.

* HollywoodHomely: [[http://www.poptower.com/anisha-nagarajan-picture-30775.htm This]] is the ugly chick on this show?
** Her ShrinkingViolet tendencies are what prevent her from being socially active; nobody's tried to make the case that she's unattractive (except probably [[MeanBoss Rajiv]])
** She is said to be of a lower caste than the rest of the crew.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Despite getting good ratings at the 9:30 slot on Thursday nights, NBC gave the slot back to its predecessor, ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' (whose ratings were lower when it lost the slot) and pushed Outscored to 10:30. Later that year, the show was cancelled.

* TheOtherDarrin: Everyone. The movie and TV show have no shared cast members. Happens within the show itself, as the actress playing Rajiv's love interest, Vimi, changes once across the season.