History VideoGame / MissManagement

* BerserkButton: Denise's co-workers have one, with something as justified as seeing other employees slack off, to minor inconveniences like turning on the air conditioner. Denise, for her part, will stress out from an overdue task.

* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: However, conversely, they slowly grow more OCD; by the end, you have an employee who ''goes [[BerserkButton berserk]] if anybody else works''.

* GratuitousSpanish[=/=]{{Malaproper}}: Timothy when he happily quits his job says "hasta la fuego" prompting Tara to ask if he just said "until the fire". It's supposed to be "hasta luego".

* SortingAlgorithmOfWeaponEffectiveness[=/=]SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: The competency of your employees slowly increases with each new one introduced, from "average at everything and hates one task type" to "good at positively anything." However, conversely they slowly grow more OCD; by the end, you have an employee who ''goes [[BerserkButton berserk]] if anybody else works''.

* TokenMinority: Mahavir, to a mild extent ranging from assuming that English isn't his first language (despite being [[SurprisinglyGoodEnglish very good at it]]) to being called "[[AmbiguouslyBrown swarthy]]".

* AnythingThatMoves: Mahavir is implied to be this when he claims that "the love of Mahavir knows no bounds"…except for Timmy.

* BerserkButton: Every single character in the game, with the sole exception of Denise, has one. Ah, but Denise ''will'' stress out from an overdue task.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The tasks.
* EvilPlan: Pearl's "Project PEARL."
* AFatherToHisMen: Parodied in Duncan, who fails oh-so-hard.

* [[GranolaGirl Granola Guy]]: Luke fits this to a T.

* ShoutOut: Amongst the several shout-outs, there's one reference to TheRedStapler. Of course, this might be a reference to the movie ''Film/OfficeSpace'' instead, due to the similar settings.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue
* TheWikiRule: [[http://missmanagement.wikia.com/wiki/Miss_Management_Wiki Here.]]

%% * HandsomeLech: Mahavir.

* TheRedStapler: Alluded to in the red "Office Classique" stapler available at the store.

* ShoutOut: Amongst the several shout-outs, there's one reference to TheRedStapler.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Duncan; Denise and her fellow coworkers have no qualms doing what he says, but it's obvious the only reason why is because he outranks them all. Other than that, not a single one of them have any love for him.

* HandsomeLech: Mahavir.

* BigBadDummvirate: Duncan and Pearl during Season 3, with Duncan being the boss and Pearl kissing up to him every chance she gets. It shifts to Pearl and Nadine come Season 4, with Pearl being the boss and Nadine being her number two.

'''This game provides examples of:'''

* BerserkButton: Every single character in the game, with the sole exception of Denise, has one.
** Ah, but Denise ''will'' stress out from an overdue task.

''VideoGame/MissManagement'' is a TimeManagementGame, which unlike most has a plot, considering that it's the result of ''Videogame/DinerDash'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mating with]] ''TheOffice''. You play Denise, a young woman starting her first day as both the office manager and the OnlySaneEmployee for Conkling Associates International. Denise must ensure that her infuriating coworkers complete both their tasks and reach their desired goals—which typically consist of lounging around and not doing work. Combined with the fact that all of her coworkers possess the occasional quirk, conflicting personalities and wildly different work ethics this proves to be a tough job for Denise.

* He-ManWomanHater: Duncan seems to have shades of this; he doesn't outright hate the female workers, but he does tend to value the opinions of the male workers more.

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Mahavir and Wintson, although the latter is the younger brother of Brooke (who's black), while the former apparently hails from Bombay (another name for Mumbai, which is in India).

* {{Office}}

''VideoGame/MissManagement'' is a TimeManagementGame, which unlike most has a plot, considering that it's the result of ''Videogame/DinerDash'' [[XMeetsY mating with]] ''TheOffice''. You play Denise, a young woman starting her first day as both the office manager and the OnlySaneEmployee for Conkling Associates International. Denise must ensure that her infuriating coworkers complete both their tasks and reach their desired goals—which typically consist of lounging around and not doing work. Combined with the fact that all of her coworkers possess the occasional quirk, conflicting personalities and wildly different work ethics this proves to be a tough job for Denise.

* BigBadDummvirate: Duncan and Pearl during Season 3, with Duncan being the boss and Pearl kissing up to him every chance she gets, but soon realizing how much of a liability Duncan is and prompting her to egg Denise on to cut Duncan loose. It shifts to Pearl and Nadine come Season 4, with Pearl being the boss and Nadine being her number two.

* PutonaBus: Several characters end up quitting their jobs and are never seen again afterwards (save the epilogue).

* ReplacementGoldfish: Most employees exist just so they can replace the ones who got PutonaBus; for instance, Tara, who quit at the end of Season 2, gets replaced by Ashley, who makes her presence known halfway into Season 3, as the artist of the team.