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* HiddenDepths: Creed sings a poignant song, then makes a thoughtful observation in his final ConfessionCam bit.
-->'''Creed''': No matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this miraculous gift to make that place home.

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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
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Creed sings a poignant song, then makes a thoughtful observation in his final ConfessionCam bit.
-->'''Creed''': --->'''Creed''': No matter how you get there or where you end up, human beings have this miraculous gift to make that place home.home.
** Meredith was pursuing a doctorate in school psychology the entire time, and was disappointed the documentary only focused on her drinking and promiscuity.
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->"I thought it was weird when you picked us to make a documentary. But, all in all, I think an ordinary paper company like Dunder Mifflin was a great subject for a documentary. There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kinda the point?"

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->"I ->''"I thought it was weird when you picked us to make a documentary. But, all in all, I think an ordinary paper company like Dunder Mifflin was a great subject for a documentary. There's a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn't that kinda the point?"point?"''




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** Just like in the pilot, Jim describes his role as a salesman. To show that his character arc is now complete, Jim speaks about his job with fondness rather than jadedness.



* CallBack: Angela and Dwight marry, according to Schrute tradition, while standing over shallow graves, a tradition that Dwight had mentioned to exist before.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
** After failing to maintain the habit back in Stamford, Jim now rides a bike to work.
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Angela and Dwight marry, according to Schrute tradition, while standing over shallow graves, a tradition that Dwight had mentioned to exist before.



** Michael has become calm, lets other people take the spotlight and much more mellow by the end of the show. At the wedding, he mostly talks about his children rather than bragging about himself.

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** Michael has become calm, lets other people take the spotlight and much overall is far more mellow by the end of the show. At the wedding, he mostly talks about his children rather than bragging about himself.



** Michael is a happy married FamilyMan now, having the wife and kids he always wanted.

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** Michael is a happy happily married FamilyMan now, having the wife and kids he always wanted.wanted and getting to play a major role at his employee's wedding.



** Dwight is regional manger of Dunder Mifflin Scranton which is now more successful then ever before, with a loving wife, a son, an entire beet farm in his name, and two best friends in Jim and Pam. As one last show of friendship, he opts to fire them instead of letting them quit, which allows them to take a severance package he will attempt to make as big as possible.
** Ryan and Kelly proclaim their love for each other once more and run away together into the sunset.
** Stanley got to go away and live in a small, peaceful city in Florida after retiring.

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** Dwight is regional manger of Dunder Mifflin Scranton which is now more successful then ever before, with a loving wife, a son, an entire beet farm in to his name, and two best friends in Jim and Pam. As one last show of friendship, he opts to fire them instead of letting them quit, which allows them to take a severance package he will attempt to make as big as possible.
** A more cynical example; Ryan and Kelly proclaim their love for each other once more and run away together into the sunset.
** Stanley got to go away has retired and live now lives in a small, peaceful city in Florida after retiring.



** Toby's writing career is taking off and he finally gets invited by the Dunder Mifflin crew to hang out.

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** Downplayed; While he was fired, now living in a shared apartment and is still hopeless with women, Toby's writing career is taking off and he finally gets invited by the Dunder Mifflin crew to hang out.



* EleventyZillion: New Dunder Mifflin accountant Dakota (Creator/DakotaJohnson) discovers an odd repeated symbol in the company's old financial records that Oscar explains is a "keleven", a number Kevin made up to cover his mistakes.

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* EleventyZillion: New Dunder Mifflin accountant Dakota (Creator/DakotaJohnson) discovers an odd repeated symbol in the company's old financial records that Oscar explains is a "keleven", a number Kevin made up to cover his mistakes. But sometimes even keleven doesn't get the desired results, so Kevin came up with an even more ridiculous-sounding number.



** Deleted scenes give extra focus to Kevin's replacement, a young woman named Dakota who is implied to be Clark's new love interest.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Creed confessed to a lot of felonies and was caught in several more. When the documentary goes to air, he goes underground to avoid the consequences of his actions. A year later, Creed has become careless and is caught on film. His final scene is being hauled off by the police.



* YouAreNotAlone: Meredith's send off phrase.

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* YouAreNotAlone: Meredith's send off phrase.phrase.
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: Part of the InUniverse MemeticMutation of Andy's audition breakdown from "A.A.R.M." is his "sit here and cry" tantrum turned into an AutoTune-filled song.


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* VoiceClipSong: Part of the InUniverse MemeticMutation of Andy's audition breakdown from "A.A.R.M." is his "sit here and cry" tantrum turned into an AutoTune-filled song.
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** Bill Hader and Seth Meyers appear as themselves in a LenoDevice where they capitalize on the Baby Wawa meme.

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** Bill Hader Creator/BillHader and Seth Meyers Creator/SethMeyers appear as themselves in a LenoDevice where they capitalize on the Baby Wawa meme.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Dwight's past comment about Schrutes marrying while standing in their own graves is given a less creepy context: it is a physical representation of "til death do you part".


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* LiteralMetaphor: Dwight's past comment about Schrutes marrying while standing in their own graves is given a less creepy context: it is a physical representation of "til death do you part".
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* MovingAwayEnding: Pam agrees to move to Austin with Jim so he can work at Athlead headquarters. As they are about to quit, Dwight fires them--so that he can [[PetTheDog pay them hefty severance packages]].
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** Jennie Tam, creator of the ''Office'' fansite [=OfficeTally=].com, appears as a fictionalized version of herself in the Q&A sequence. The script even has her introducing herself by name, but that line was cut from the aired version.

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** Jennie Tam, Tan, creator of the ''Office'' fansite [=OfficeTally=].com, appears as a fictionalized version of herself in the Q&A sequence. The script even has her introducing herself by name, but that line was cut from the aired version.
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** Jennie Tam, creator of the ''Office'' fansite [=OfficeTally=].com, appears as a fictionalized version of herself in the Q&A sequence. The script even has her introducing herself by name, but that line was cut from the aired version.
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* TheUnreveal: Neither the viewers in-universe or out of universe ever find out what was written in the letter Jim wrote for Pam with the teapot. When asked about it, Pam decides that it is something so personal, she'd rather keep it just between them. Out of universe, Jenna Fischer revealed that the letter was written by John Krasinaki to her as a farewell due to the series ending, but declined to read the actual letter, saying there are some things you just don't share.

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* TheUnreveal: Neither the viewers in-universe or out of universe ever find out what was written in the letter Jim wrote for Pam with the teapot. When asked about it, Pam decides that it is something so personal, she'd rather keep it just between them. Out of universe, Jenna Fischer revealed that the letter was written by John Krasinaki Krasinski to her as a farewell due to the series ending, but declined to read the actual letter, saying there are some things you just don't share.
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**Ryan and Kelly proclaim their love for each other once more and run away together into the sunset.
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—->''"I saw a friend today it had been a while\\

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—->''"I -->''"I saw a friend today it had been a while\\

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* AmicableExes: Implied to be what Andy and Erin end up becoming. At the warehouse party, Andy can be seen conversing with Erin and Pete, indicating that he no longer bears ill will towards them. A deleted scene shows them remembering Florida, with no hard feelings present.
* AsHimself: Creed sings "All The Faces", a song written and sung by the actor Creed Bratton himself.
-->''"I saw a friend today it had been a while\\

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* AmicableExes: AmicableExes:
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Implied to be what Andy and Erin end up becoming. At the warehouse party, Andy can be seen conversing with Erin and Pete, indicating that he no longer bears ill will towards them. A deleted scene shows them remembering Florida, with no hard feelings present.
** Ryan and Kelly reunite on good terms at Dwight’s wedding, before they outright get back together (at the expense of Ryan abandoning his son, who is taken in by Nellie, and Kelly ditching Ravi, who just gets fed up with the whole situation).
** While the main cut of the finale doesn’t make it clear what happens to Darryl and Val, the extended version with deleted scenes makes it clear that they split up when Darryl moved to Austin. Nevertheless, they appear to be fine with each other when they reunite, and Darryl even says Val should come down to Austin sometime.
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Creed sings "All The Faces", a song written and sung by the actor Creed Bratton himself.
-->''"I —->''"I saw a friend today it had been a while\\


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** Bill Hader and Seth Meyers appear as themselves in a LenoDevice where they capitalize on the Baby Wawa meme.
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* AmicableExes: Implied to be what Andy and Erin end up becoming. At the warehouse party, Andy can be seen conversing with Erin and Pete, indicating that he no longer bears ill will towards them. A deleted scene shows them remembering Florida, with no hard feelings present.


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** Carol appears as the one selling Jim and Pam’s house.
** Elizabeth the Stripper makes an appearance at Dwight’s bachelor party, after a few years of being absent.
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* ImportantHaircut: According to a deleted scene from ''[[Recap/TheOfficeUSS5E15StressReliefPart2 Stress Relief]]'', Michael had been dying his hair. This episode reveals that, now that he is a happy father (and/or under advice from Holly, we'll never know), he stopped: when he appears in this episode, his hair is visibly graying.

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