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It's spring cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim revealed his feelings about Pam to Michael in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will share the secret with the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.

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It's spring cleaning spring-cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim revealed his feelings about Pam to Michael in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will share the secret with the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.



* IncrediblyLamePun[=/=]WhatsAHenway: Jim pulls the "smells like updog"[=/=]"what's updog?" gag on Michael, who eagerly tries it out on everyone else. But due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, he screws it up, even when Dwight falls for it perfectly.



---> IT'S GR-R-R-APE!...soda

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---> IT'S GR-R-R-APE!... soda



* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Pam lets her hair down to show Kelly how she's planning to wear it at her wedding. When Michael sees it he says "Mikey likey! Why don’t you wear your hair like that all the time? It’s much sexier." Pam ashamedly puts her hair back up immediately.

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* WhatsAHenway: Jim pulls the "smells like updog"[=/=]"what's updog?" gag on Michael, who eagerly tries it out on everyone else. But due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, he screws it up, even when Dwight falls for it perfectly.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Pam lets her hair down to show Kelly how she's planning to wear it at her wedding. When Michael sees it it, he says "Mikey likey! Why don’t you wear your hair like that all the time? It’s much sexier." Pam ashamedly puts her hair back up immediately.
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** Michael thinks that saying "He is in love with a girl he works with who’s engaged" is somehow preserving Jim's secret.

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** Michael thinks that saying [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "He is in love with a girl he works with who’s engaged" engaged"]] is somehow preserving Jim's secret.
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--> '''Michael:''' Any news on the P situation?
-->'''Jim:''' I don't know what you mean.
-->'''Michael:''' P-A-M.
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* ShoutOut:
** Michael mistakenly thinks [[Music/TheGoGos "Our Lips Are Sealed"]] was by Music/TheBangles.
** He also does a bad imitation of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_the_Tiger Tony the Tiger]].
---> IT'S GR-R-R-APE!...soda
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-->'''Michael''': And the lead character, Shyla, is framed for murder. She goes on the run and winds up working at a bordello in Malibu. I don’t...I don’t want to live like that. I like it here. I don’t want to be Shyla, I like being Michael Scott.

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-->'''Michael''': And the lead character, Shyla, is framed for murder. She goes on the run and [[HighClassCallGirl winds up working at a bordello in Malibu.Malibu]]. I don’t...I don’t want to live like that. I like it here. I don’t want to be Shyla, I like being Michael Scott.
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It's spring cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim revealed his feelings about Pam to Michael in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will share the secret to the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.

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It's spring cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim revealed his feelings about Pam to Michael in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will share the secret to with the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.
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* IncrediblyLamePun[=/=]WhatsAHenway: "What's Updog?" Michael, due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still screws it up.

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* IncrediblyLamePun[=/=]WhatsAHenway: "What's Updog?" Jim pulls the "smells like updog"[=/=]"what's updog?" gag on Michael, who eagerly tries it out on everyone else. But due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still he screws it up.up, even when Dwight falls for it perfectly.
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It's spring cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim revealed his feelings about Pam to Michael in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will reveal the secret to the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.

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It's spring cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim revealed his feelings about Pam to Michael in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will reveal share the secret to the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: "The Secret" ostensibly is Jim being in love with Pam, but can also refer to Dwight and Angela's secret relationship, and Oscar being gay.
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-->'''Michael''': And the lead character, Shila, is framed for murder. She goes on the run and winds up working at a bordello in Malibu. I don’t...I don’t want to live like that. I like it here. I don’t want to be Shila, I like being Michael Scott.

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-->'''Michael''': And the lead character, Shila, Shyla, is framed for murder. She goes on the run and winds up working at a bordello in Malibu. I don’t...I don’t want to live like that. I like it here. I don’t want to be Shila, Shyla, I like being Michael Scott.

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Jim spends the day trying to keep Michael from revealing his secret. He fails. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.

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It's spring cleaning day (in January) at Dunder Mifflin. After Jim spends the day trying revealed his feelings about Pam to keep Michael from revealing his secret. He fails.in "Booze Cruise", Michael has started talking openly about it with Jim, who's afraid that Michael will reveal the secret to the rest of the office. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.



* BirdsOfAFeather: Dwight and Angela start flirting over their mutual disapproval of Oscar calling in sick on cleaning day.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jim admits that confiding his secret to Michael was not a smart move, though he admits he [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy had a few drinks beforehand]].
* TheDitz: Creed doesn't know who Pam is.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough:
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Jim admits that confiding his secret to Michael was not a smart move, though he admits he [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy had a few drinks beforehand]].
** Michael thinks that saying "He is in love with a girl he works with who’s engaged" is somehow preserving Jim's secret.
* TheDitz: Creed doesn't know who Pam is. He also thinks his assigned cleaning chore was "on a voluntary basis".



* SecretKeeper: Played with. Michael sees himself as this, since Jim revealed his feelings for Pam in a moment of drunken vulnerability. He's terrible at keeping the secret, including talking to Jim in front of Stanley, and using patently obvious "code."

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Dwight's suspicion that Oscar wasn't really sick is eventually proven correct.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: In his closing monologue, Michael tries to explain that he doesn't like keeping secrets by recounting the plot of a (fictional) movie he saw on Creator/{{Cinemax}} called ''More Secrets of a Call Girl''.
-->'''Michael''': And the lead character, Shila, is framed for murder. She goes on the run and winds up working at a bordello in Malibu. I don’t...I don’t want to live like that. I like it here. I don’t want to be Shila, I like being Michael Scott.
* SecretKeeper: Played with. Michael sees himself as this, since Jim revealed his feelings for Pam in a moment of drunken vulnerability. He's terrible at keeping the secret, But he CannotKeepASecret, including talking to Jim in front of Stanley, and using patently obvious "code."



-->'''Michael:''' No, that's not what I meant.

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-->'''Michael:''' No, that's not what I meant.meant.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Pam lets her hair down to show Kelly how she's planning to wear it at her wedding. When Michael sees it he says "Mikey likey! Why don’t you wear your hair like that all the time? It’s much sexier." Pam ashamedly puts her hair back up immediately.
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* IncrediblyLamePun[=/=]WhatsAHenway: What's Updog? Michael, due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still screws it up.

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* IncrediblyLamePun[=/=]WhatsAHenway: What's Updog? "What's Updog?" Michael, due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still screws it up.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dwight found out something about Oscar...He's not sick!

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dwight found out something about Oscar... He's not sick!
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* TheDitz: Creed doesn't know who Pam is.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Jim admits that confiding his secret to Michael was not a smart move, though he admits he [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy had a few drinks beforehand]].
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* CaptainOblivious: This episode reveals that Oscar is gay, and Dwight completely misses this.
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-->'''Dwight:''' Means and empty mind.

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-->'''Dwight:''' Means and an empty mind.
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* CaptainMorganPose : Michael does this at Jim's desk, which is painfully high for the pose.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint : Dwight found out something about Oscar...He's not sick!
* FanserviceWithASmile : Subverted when Michael takes Jim to Hooters for lunch. He orders the "chicken breast without the chicken," and the waitress gives him a well-deserved verbal smackdown.
* IncrediblyLamePun : What's Updog? Michael, due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still screws it up.
* SecretKeeper : Played with. Michael sees himself as this, since Jim revealed his feelings for Pam in a moment of drunken vulnerability. He's terrible at keeping the secret, including talking to Jim in front of Stanley, and using patently obvious "code."
* ThatCameOutWrong : Michael's talking head.
--> Michael: A cluttered desk means a cluttered mind. That means an empty desk...
--> Dwight: Means and empty mind.
--> Michael: No, that's not what I meant.

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* CaptainMorganPose : CaptainMorganPose: Michael does this at Jim's desk, which is painfully high for the pose.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint : ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dwight found out something about Oscar...He's not sick!
* FanserviceWithASmile : FanserviceWithASmile: Subverted when Michael takes Jim to Hooters for lunch. He orders the "chicken breast without the chicken," and the waitress gives him a well-deserved verbal smackdown.
* IncrediblyLamePun : IncrediblyLamePun[=/=]WhatsAHenway: What's Updog? Michael, due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still screws it up.
* SecretKeeper : SecretKeeper: Played with. Michael sees himself as this, since Jim revealed his feelings for Pam in a moment of drunken vulnerability. He's terrible at keeping the secret, including talking to Jim in front of Stanley, and using patently obvious "code."
* ThatCameOutWrong : ThatCameOutWrong: Michael's talking head.
--> Michael: '''Michael:''' A cluttered desk means a cluttered mind. That means an empty desk...
--> Dwight: -->'''Dwight:''' Means and empty mind.
--> Michael: -->'''Michael:''' No, that's not what I meant.
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Jim spends the day trying to keep Michael from revealing his secret. He fails. Oscar takes a sick day, and Dwight tails him to see if he's lying.

Air Date: January 19, 2006

!!! Tropes

* CaptainMorganPose : Michael does this at Jim's desk, which is painfully high for the pose.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint : Dwight found out something about Oscar...He's not sick!
* FanserviceWithASmile : Subverted when Michael takes Jim to Hooters for lunch. He orders the "chicken breast without the chicken," and the waitress gives him a well-deserved verbal smackdown.
* IncrediblyLamePun : What's Updog? Michael, due to his CannotTellAJoke tendencies, still screws it up.
* SecretKeeper : Played with. Michael sees himself as this, since Jim revealed his feelings for Pam in a moment of drunken vulnerability. He's terrible at keeping the secret, including talking to Jim in front of Stanley, and using patently obvious "code."
* ThatCameOutWrong : Michael's talking head.
--> Michael: A cluttered desk means a cluttered mind. That means an empty desk...
--> Dwight: Means and empty mind.
--> Michael: No, that's not what I meant.

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