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* FreezeFrameBonus: The [[https://carboncostume.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/young-michaelscott-shakinghands-theoffice.jpg text]] of the newsletter next to the Ed[=/=]Michael photo is a hilariously meta explanation of placeholder text.
-->"By typing alot of words in two columns on the front of this page, we can achieve the look of a newsletter without really reporting much news or provide any real information to the reader at all."
-->"By typing alot of words in two columns on the front of this page, we can achieve the look of a newsletter without really reporting much news or provide any real information to the reader at all."
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* CallBack: After deciding he needs to move on from Pam, Jim leaves a voicemail for Brenda, the corporate liaison who was visiting Scranton in "Booze Cruise", asking her for a date. It's been speculated that when Jim says he has a date in "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", it's with her.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Kelly Kapoor had been on the show since the second episode "Diversity Day", but had been limited to background scenes and one or two lines per episode. Her constant pestering of Jim when he sits by her here marked the debut of her familiar immature MotorMouth personality. It also marked the start of the Kelly[=/=]Ryan RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
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* TheUnreveal: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet. It's implied to be feces, but any direct naming of it is completed avoided.
* WhamEpisode: This episode marks the beginning of the Ryan[=/=]Kelly RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
* WhamEpisode: This episode marks the beginning of the Ryan[=/=]Kelly RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
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* TheUnreveal: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet. It's implied to be feces, but any direct naming of it is completed avoided.
* WhamEpisode: This episode marks the beginning of the Ryan[=/=]Kelly RelationshipRevolvingDoor.avoided.
* WhamEpisode: This episode marks the beginning of the Ryan[=/=]Kelly RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
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* {{Manchild}}: Strong examples in this episode of Michael and Kelly both having the mental age of a teenager, with Michael conducting a "raid" on the accounting department and throwing their paperwork on the floor, and Kelly begging Jim to ask Ryan if he likes her.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: We never get to see the mess left on Michael's carpet, or even know what it actually is. But everyone's reactions to the awful smell and the necessity of getting a hazmat team to remove it tells us enough about how bad it is.
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* EightiesHair: Younger Michael has a shoulder-length mullet in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* EightiesHair: Younger Michael has a shoulder-length mullet when he's shaking Ed Truck's hand in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.photo.
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Someone pulls a prank on Michael, leaving a foul-smelling substance on his office carpet. While Darryl and Roy clean out the office and replace the carpet, Michael relocates to Jim's desk, forcing Jim to take the empty desk next to Kelly, to his regret. After failed attempts to bond with employees, Michael punishes them. Pam returns from vacation, and Jim continues to have trouble dealing with his feelings for her.
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Someone pulls a prank on Michael, leaving a foul-smelling substance on his office carpet. While Darryl and Roy clean out the office and replace the carpet, Michael relocates to Jim's desk, forcing Jim to take the empty desk next to Kelly, to his regret. After failed attempts to bond with his employees, Michael punishes them. Pam returns from vacation, and Jim continues to have trouble dealing with his feelings for her.
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* EightiesHair: Younger Michael has shoulder-length hair in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* EightiesHair: Younger Michael has a shoulder-length hair mullet in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* EightiesHair: Michael has shoulder-length hair in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* EightiesHair: Younger Michael has shoulder-length hair in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* 80sHair: Michael has shoulder-length hair in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* 80sHair: EightiesHair: Michael has shoulder-length hair in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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* 80sHair: Michael has shoulder-length hair in the newsletter photo where he shakes hands with Ed Truck.
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Someone pulls a prank on Michael. He punishes the whole office. Pam returns from vacation, and Jim continues to have trouble dealing with his feelings for her.
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Someone pulls a prank on Michael. He Michael, leaving a foul-smelling substance on his office carpet. While Darryl and Roy clean out the office and replace the carpet, Michael relocates to Jim's desk, forcing Jim to take the empty desk next to Kelly, to his regret. After failed attempts to bond with employees, Michael punishes the whole office.them. Pam returns from vacation, and Jim continues to have trouble dealing with his feelings for her.
* HypocriticalHumor:
** After subjecting Jim to a non-stop monologue about the mundane details of her life, Kelly claims to be too shy to ask Ryan if he's interested in her.
** Michael is extremely upset about the mess on his carpet, until [[spoiler:Packer tells him he's the one who did it]], then Michael finds it hilarious.
* TheReveal: At the end of the episode Michael learns that [[spoiler:Todd Packer was the one who soiled his carpet]].
** After subjecting Jim to a non-stop monologue about the mundane details of her life, Kelly claims to be too shy to ask Ryan if he's interested in her.
** Michael is extremely upset about the mess on his carpet, until [[spoiler:Packer tells him he's the one who did it]], then Michael finds it hilarious.
* TheReveal: At the end of the episode Michael learns that [[spoiler:Todd Packer was the one who soiled his carpet]].
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* TheUnreveal: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet. It's implied to be feces, but any direct naming of it is completed avoided.
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* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Jim unwittingly becomes the middleman between Kelly and Ryan as they gauge their interest in each other.
* TheUnreveal: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet. It's implied to be feces, but any direct naming of it is completedavoided.avoided.
* WhamEpisode: This episode marks the beginning of the Ryan[=/=]Kelly RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
* TheUnreveal: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet. It's implied to be feces, but any direct naming of it is completed
* WhamEpisode: This episode marks the beginning of the Ryan[=/=]Kelly RelationshipRevolvingDoor.
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* NoodleIncident: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet.
* StopHavingFunGuys: [[invoked]] Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
* StopHavingFunGuys: [[invoked]] Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
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* TheUnreveal: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet. It's implied to be feces, but any direct naming of it is completed avoided.
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no trope page for Father Figure, using A Father To His Men instead; tagging Stop Having Fun Guys as invoked; fixing spacing on colons
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* BlatantLies : Michael tells Ed Truck there is a problem with his pension, to get him to meet.
* FatherFigure : Subverted. Michael expects a boss to be a father figure to his employees, and is angry when Ed tells him to keep his friends, family, and work relationships separate.
* NoodleIncident : No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet.
* StopHavingFunGuys : Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
* FatherFigure : Subverted. Michael expects a boss to be a father figure to his employees, and is angry when Ed tells him to keep his friends, family, and work relationships separate.
* NoodleIncident : No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet.
* StopHavingFunGuys : Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
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* BlatantLies : BlatantLies: Michael tells Ed Truck there is a problem with his pension, to get him to meet.
*FatherFigure : AFatherToHisMen: Subverted. Michael expects a boss to be a father figure to his employees, and is angry when Ed tells him to keep his friends, family, and work relationships separate.
*NoodleIncident : NoodleIncident: No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet.
*StopHavingFunGuys : StopHavingFunGuys: [[invoked]] Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
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* BlatantLies : Michael tells Ed Truck there is a problem with his pension, to get him to meet.
* FatherFigure : Subverted. Michael expects a boss to be a father figure to his employees, and is angry when Ed tells him to keep his friends, family, and work relationships separate.
* FatherFigure : Subverted. Michael expects a boss to be a father figure to his employees, and is angry when Ed tells him to keep his friends, family, and work relationships separate.
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Someone pulls a prank on Michael. He punishes the whole office. Pam returns from vacation.
Air date: January 26, 2006
!!! Tropes
* NoodleIncident : No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet.
* StopHavingFunGuys : Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
Air date: January 26, 2006
!!! Tropes
* NoodleIncident : No one really knows what's on Michael's carpet.
* StopHavingFunGuys : Michael describes Ed Truck as this type of boss.
