History Recap / TheOfficeUSS9E22AARM

* XDaysSince: To assist with their plan to turn the Scranton branch into a "no-nonsense office", Dwight and Jim have an "X Days Since Our Last Nonsense" sign.

* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone admonishes Darryl for having left without saying goodbye.

* RealityEnsues: Andy waits for several hours in a long line to audition on ''America's Next A Capella Sensation'', only for the producer to close the line because there's no room for any more auditions. Andy storms his way into the audition room anyway, but the judges refuse to grant him one. His humiliating tantrum over the ordeal makes it on air as a blooper and goes viral.

Jim convinces Dwight that he needs someone to act as an ''Assistant'' to the Assistant to the Regional Manager; the two subsequently hold tryouts for the position.

* RealityEnsues: Andy waits for several hours in a long line to audition on ''America's Next A Capella Sensation'', only for the producer to close the line because there's no room for any more auditions. Andy storms his way into the audition room anyway, but the judges refuse to grant him one. His humiliating tantrum over the ordeal makes it on air as a blooper and goes viral.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dwight installs a steam trap at the door to scare intruders. Creed intentionally gets the passwords wrong so he can use the steam to dry clean his clothes.

* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Oscar and Angela get along quite well, considering the circumstances.

* WackyMarriageProposal: On the shoulder of a freeway, involving a bullhorn.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Jim and Dwight basically acknowledge that they have this relationship once and for all in this episode, with Jim willingly becoming Dwight's Assistant to the Regional Manager. When Dwight interrupts Jim's big moment with Pam to ask for his help, Jim just blows it off at first as typical Dwight SeriousBusiness tomfoolery, but when he realizes that Dwight really is going through a big personal crisis and really needs help, he goes to talk with him, and gives him a serious piece of advice that really does him some good.

Jim, back at Dunder Mifflin full-time, becomes Dwight's Assistant to the Regional Manager, and convinces him that he needs someone to act as an ''Assistant'' to the Assistant to the Regional Manager; the two subsequently hold tryouts for the position.

* RealityEnsues: Andy waits for several hours in a long line to audition on ''The Next Great A Capella Sensation'', only for the producer to close the line because there's no room for any more auditions. Andy storms his way into the audition room anyway, but the judges refuse to grant him one. His humiliating tantrum over the ordeal makes it on air as a blooper and goes viral.

* XDaysSince: To assist with their plan to turn the Scranton branch into a "no-nonsense office", Dwight and Jim have an "X Days Since Last Nonsense" sign.

* ShoutOut: After failing to impress the judges of ''America's Next A Capella Sensation'' with a rendition of "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" (the actual Cornell University anthem), he tries singing "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''.

* TheReveal: Phillip truly is Dwight's son.

Jim convinces Dwight that he needs to choose someone to act as an Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager; the two subsequently hold tryouts for the position.

After her daycare turns away her child, Angela is forced to bring her kid to work.

* LoveConfession: Dwight confesses to Angela that he loves her, even if her son isn't his, and proposes. Angela says yes, and then reveals that she lied about Phillip not being his son because she wanted Dwight to marry her for ''her''.

Andy auditions for "The Next Great A Capella Sensation".

* VitriolicBestBuds: Jim and Dwight basically acknowledge that they have this relationship once and for all in this episode. When Dwight interrupts Jim's big moment with Pam to ask for his help, Jim just blows it off at first as typical Dwight SeriousBusiness tomfoolery, but when he realizes that Dwight really is going through a big personal crisis and really needs help, he goes to talk with him, and gives him a serious piece of advice that really does him some good.

* InternalReveal: Jim finally shows Pam the card that he had wrote for her but never gave in "[[Recap/TheOfficeUSS2E10ChristmasParty Christmas Party]]". Literally an internal reveal in this case, because we still don't find out what it says.

* InternalReveal: Jim finally shows Pam the card that he had wrote for her but never gave in "Recap/TheOfficeUSS2E10ChristmasParty Christmas Party". Literally an internal reveal in this case, because we still don't find out what it says.

* BookEnd: The episode ends with the entire office crew at Poor Richard's Pub watching as the documentary they'd been filmed for for over nine years finally starts on TV, with the first scene being the first scene that we saw all the way back in "Recap/TheOfficeUSS1E1Pilot Pilot]]".