Roy attempts to assault Jim, and is thwarted by Dwight. When Roy is fired, Darryl wants a raise. Michael has to negotiate with him and inadvertently reveals that he makes barely more than Darryl. Darryl encourages Michael to pursue a raise. Dwight won't allow Jim to give him a gift to thank him for saving his life.
Air date: April 5, 2007
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- Ascended Extra: With Roy now gone, this episode is when Darryl becomes the most visible warehouse employee and gains a larger role in the series.
- The Bus Came Back: Andy returns from anger management. And gets maced by Dwight. Bit of a Brick Joke, as he was assigned 10 weeks of training, claimed he would only need 5, and this episode aired exactly 11 weeks after his previous appearance.
- Crazy-Prepared: Dwight not only keeps pepper spray hidden in his desk, he has a number of weapons, including nunchucks and throwing stars, around the office.
- Delayed Reaction: Roy comes in to pick up his last paycheck, under guard, near the end of the episode, and Kevin runs in to warn Jim about him when Roy has already left.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Michael is right when he tells Jan that Darryl is using Roy's firing as leverage to get a raise.
- Extended Disarming: After macing Andy, Dwight is forced to give up all his weapons, including nunchucks, throwing stars, a sword, and a taser.
- Genius Ditz: Toby concedes to Michael's brilliance in reassigning Ryan to the annex to punish Toby, not Ryan.note
- Internal Reveal: Jim sees Dwight and Angela kissing in the accounting area, and decides that not saying a word will make him even with Dwight.
- Jerkass: Darryl asks for a raise and then when he finds out Michael's salary, he laughs at him and texts this information to friends.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Darryl may be rude to Michael during their meeting, but he does make a good argument for why he should be given a raise. Namely, that the Scranton branch merging with Stamford caused his workload to double and now he has to cover for the fired Roy on top of that. Even Michael admits his argument is good and only refuses to give him a raise because of Jan's instructions.
- Lysistrata Gambit: Gender inverted- Michael threatens to withhold sex from Jan if she doesn't give him a raise. She gives in quickly.
- Manly Tears: Subverted. In his first talking head, Dwight is weeping, but it's from the pepper spray.
- Mistaken for Gay: Roy says that, while he knew about Pam's friendship with Jim, he always thought Jim was gay.
- Pet the Dog: While driving to New York, Darryl decides to spend the night in the city. He offers Toby to stay with him at his cousin's, while refusing to extend the invitation to Michael.
- Power is Sexy: Angela is very eager to hear the details of how Dwight took down Roy, to the point of planning to incorporate it into the bedroom.
- Put on a Bus: Roy is fired for trying to attack Jim. After collecting his last paycheck, he has a final coffee with Pam and leaves for good.
- The Rashomon: Played with. Angela asks everyone what happened when Dwight defended Jim. Creed's version is completely inaccurate (involving Jim having stolen Roy's car, Jim taking out a sock full of nickels, and Dwight using a can of hairspray and a lighter, leading Angela to call him useless.
- Rule of Three: Dwight's nunchuks appear three times in the episode. The first time, Jim talks about them during his talking head after Roy's attack. The second time, Dwight puts his hand on them when Roy picks up his final pay and everyone is on edge. The third time, Toby confiscates them after Dwight pepper-sprays Andy.
- Schmuck Bait: Inverted, and commented on. Dwight falls for Jim's pranks every time, but when Jim wants to be nice to him, he can't because Dwight always suspects it's a trick.
- Shout-Out: To Batman and to Superman, when Dwight states the true heroes get a call from the commissioner then take off their glasses and put on their capes and fly around.
- Sticky Fingers: Michael gave Creed forty dollars "in a way".
- That Came Out Wrong: In a talking head upon his return from his anger management course, Andy ends his discussion of how he's a new person by enthusiastically saying "Watch out, Dunder Mifflin!" Given the circumstances that led him to attend anger management in the first place, he then has to catch himself and clarify that he means it "in a fun way, not in an 'I'm-gonna-hurt-you' way."
- Think Nothing of It: Jim is grateful for Dwight interceding on his behalf and tries to thank him, but Dwight feels that he was just doing his duty as a citizen and rejects all of Jim's thank you attempts.
- Token Black Friend: When Michael asks Darryl to teach him some phrases he learned "in the hood", Darryl can't help messing with him.
- Unplanned Crossdressing: Michael wears a woman's suit he pulled out of a bin, much to everyone's delight. While waiting for Jan, he sits next to a woman with the same jacket.
- Who's Laughing Now?: Dwight uses these exact words in regards to the fact everyone mocked him for keeping weapons like pepper spray in his desk in case of attack.
- Would Rather Suffer: Micheal tells Toby that he's going to get his head beaten in with a hammer. The alternative is to sit next to Kelly and Ryan's Masochism Tango. It takes him about two seconds to settle on getting his head beaten in.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Having worked through his temper issues at anger management class and being given a second chance by Dunder-Mifflin, Andy is ready to return to work and turn a new leaf with his co-workers. Unfortunately, he gets pepper sprayed by Dwight the second he walks in the door.
