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* Judging from the last few episodes before his leave, I'd argue that this is confirmed. I'll copy paste an analysis I wrote on reddit regarding his development:
->Michael Scott is the most well-developed character on television that I can think of...ever. [Edit: I meant to say television comedy here] Every dimension of his being works out beautifully. If any single character on comedic comedy shows the full depth of a person, it's Michael. He is simultaneously a very selfish person, but also very caring. He is very offensive, but also strives to be politically correct (in a very misguided way). He is a fantastic salesman, but a horrible people person. There's a bunch of hypocrisies in his character, but the writing and Steve Carrell's acting handled them very well.
->At his heart, Michael is just a very lonely guy, who wants, above all else, to feel accepted. This is at the heart of almost all of his quirks and problems. Not just that he wants to feel accepted, but also the fact that he is unable to be honest with himself about who he really is. His self-dishonesty leads to him being quite dense with himself and others which leads to him being more isolated from others. It's a viscious cycle.
->Consider the mug on his desk. "World's Greatest Boss". Who gave him that? He did himself. Similarly he put up fake diplomas on the wall, etc. He loves to brag to people about various things in his life (especially his sex life) in order to gain approval from "the guys", and he has shown the tendency to constantly misrepresent reality to make himself feel better. The episode with Dwight's speech? When Dwight did better than him, Michael left and got a beer to avoid it, and then rationalized it away by saying that since Dwight was inspired by him then Michael is a great speaker as well.
->He is a treasure trove of defense mechanisms. All to hide himself from himself. They don't all result in bad things. Because of his tendency to equate work with family, he has intense care for the people at his office....like the time he was the only one to visit Pam's exhibit. No matter how much he upsets people, he always tries to be there for them, like a father, because fathers feel needed and wanted. This kind of acceptance is the one thing he wants in his life, above all else.
->Towards the end of his run, he finds true love in Holly, proposes to her, etc. At the last Dundies, everyone there sang to him and gave him a Dundie. The beginning of his last episode he throws the his old mug into the trash and replaces it with the Dundie, symbolizing his realization that he has gained acceptance from his employees. Towards the middle of the episode, he has a small nervous breakdown, resulting in him reaching into the trash and pulling out that old "Best Boss" mug again, until he gets Holly on the phone again to reassure him. This isn't a coincidence...its pretty obvious symbolism. He matured quite a bit throughout the series (despite his antics becoming arguably stupider, he has emotionally matured, I feel), but still has a bit to go. But at least he has someone to go through this struggle with...Holly, and their thousands of kids he will be friends with.
->Michael Scott is the most well-developed character on television that I can think of...ever. [Edit: I meant to say television comedy here] Every dimension of his being works out beautifully. If any single character on comedic comedy shows the full depth of a person, it's Michael. He is simultaneously a very selfish person, but also very caring. He is very offensive, but also strives to be politically correct (in a very misguided way). He is a fantastic salesman, but a horrible people person. There's a bunch of hypocrisies in his character, but the writing and Steve Carrell's acting handled them very well.
->At his heart, Michael is just a very lonely guy, who wants, above all else, to feel accepted. This is at the heart of almost all of his quirks and problems. Not just that he wants to feel accepted, but also the fact that he is unable to be honest with himself about who he really is. His self-dishonesty leads to him being quite dense with himself and others which leads to him being more isolated from others. It's a viscious cycle.
->Consider the mug on his desk. "World's Greatest Boss". Who gave him that? He did himself. Similarly he put up fake diplomas on the wall, etc. He loves to brag to people about various things in his life (especially his sex life) in order to gain approval from "the guys", and he has shown the tendency to constantly misrepresent reality to make himself feel better. The episode with Dwight's speech? When Dwight did better than him, Michael left and got a beer to avoid it, and then rationalized it away by saying that since Dwight was inspired by him then Michael is a great speaker as well.
->He is a treasure trove of defense mechanisms. All to hide himself from himself. They don't all result in bad things. Because of his tendency to equate work with family, he has intense care for the people at his office....like the time he was the only one to visit Pam's exhibit. No matter how much he upsets people, he always tries to be there for them, like a father, because fathers feel needed and wanted. This kind of acceptance is the one thing he wants in his life, above all else.
->Towards the end of his run, he finds true love in Holly, proposes to her, etc. At the last Dundies, everyone there sang to him and gave him a Dundie. The beginning of his last episode he throws the his old mug into the trash and replaces it with the Dundie, symbolizing his realization that he has gained acceptance from his employees. Towards the middle of the episode, he has a small nervous breakdown, resulting in him reaching into the trash and pulling out that old "Best Boss" mug again, until he gets Holly on the phone again to reassure him. This isn't a coincidence...its pretty obvious symbolism. He matured quite a bit throughout the series (despite his antics becoming arguably stupider, he has emotionally matured, I feel), but still has a bit to go. But at least he has someone to go through this struggle with...Holly, and their thousands of kids he will be friends with.
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[[WMG: The mug Michael gave Jim is his first step in a lighthearted XanatosGambit.]]
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[[WMG: The mug Michael gave Jim is his first step in a lighthearted XanatosGambit.{{Plan}}.]]
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** Confirmed in "Jury Duty".
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[[WMG: Todd Packer is a closeted homosexual]]
* The frequency with which he calls people "queers" reeks of HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, and he really seems to enjoy dry-humping men's butts.
* The frequency with which he calls people "queers" reeks of HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, and he really seems to enjoy dry-humping men's butts.
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* The frequency with which he calls people "queers" reeks of HaveIMentionedAmHeterosexualToday, and he really seems to enjoy dry-humping men's butts.
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* The frequency with which he calls people "queers" reeks of HaveIMentionedAmHeterosexualToday, HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, and he really seems to enjoy dry-humping men's butts.
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[[WMG: Todd Packer is a closeted homosexual]]
* The frequency with which he calls people "queers" reeks of HaveIMentionedAmHeterosexualToday, and he really seems to enjoy dry-humping men's butts.
* The frequency with which he calls people "queers" reeks of HaveIMentionedAmHeterosexualToday, and he really seems to enjoy dry-humping men's butts.
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[[WMG: Oscar clammed up on purpose at the shareholders meeting]]
* His new ideas wouldn't have changed the character of the people who mismanaged it, and he'd gotten sick of his good ideas constantly being ignored. Add to that the fact that the company swept his sexual harassment claim under the rug, and the fact that he could probably find other opportunities if need be, then perhaps he just wanted to watch Dunder Mifflin go down in flames.
* His new ideas wouldn't have changed the character of the people who mismanaged it, and he'd gotten sick of his good ideas constantly being ignored. Add to that the fact that the company swept his sexual harassment claim under the rug, and the fact that he could probably find other opportunities if need be, then perhaps he just wanted to watch Dunder Mifflin go down in flames.
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* Everybody in this universe knows that they're being monitored, and everybody knows it's not for the purpose of obtaining dirt or criminal evidence against people so much as evaluating the results of The Party's social engineering programs. Everyone, that is, except Michael Scott, who believes the SecretPolice when they tell him it's a reality show. ParksAndRecreation also takes place in this universe.
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* Everybody in this universe knows that they're being monitored, and everybody knows it's not for the purpose of obtaining dirt or criminal evidence against people so much as evaluating the results of The Party's social engineering programs. Everyone, that is, except Michael Scott, who believes the SecretPolice when they tell him it's a reality show. ParksAndRecreation ''ParksAndRecreation'' also takes place in this universe.
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[[WMG: The show takes place in an Orwellian alternate universe]]
* Everybody in this universe knows that they're being monitored, and everybody knows it's not for the purpose of obtaining dirt or criminal evidence against people so much as evaluating the results of The Party's social engineering programs. Everyone, that is, except Michael Scott, who believes the SecretPolice when they tell him it's a reality show. ParksAndRecreation also takes place in this universe.
* Everybody in this universe knows that they're being monitored, and everybody knows it's not for the purpose of obtaining dirt or criminal evidence against people so much as evaluating the results of The Party's social engineering programs. Everyone, that is, except Michael Scott, who believes the SecretPolice when they tell him it's a reality show. ParksAndRecreation also takes place in this universe.
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[[WMG: Oscar's sexual harassment settlement included stock options]]
* For what other conceivable reason would Oscar own Dunder Mifflin stock?
* For what other conceivable reason would Oscar own Dunder Mifflin stock?
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[[WMG: Angela still has feelings for Andy]]
* The cat she keeps at the office? It's the one Andy gave her.
* The cat she keeps at the office? It's the one Andy gave her.
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* Dwight actually sees Jim as a good friend, possibly his best friend, and treats him just as he would treat a brother. It's just the Schrute's have aggressive and antagonistic relationships with family.
* Dwight actually sees Jim as a good friend, possibly his best friend, and treats him just as he would treat a brother. It's just the Schrute's have aggressive and antagonistic relationships with family.
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** Also, she's head of the Accounting department, so despite her personal views, she obviously does good work. She and Oscar get along well enough, so there really isn't any reason why she would be fired.
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* If she was going to be fired over the Oscar situation it probably would have happened back then. I don't see her getting fired any time soon. She's pregnant. It's considered pretty lousy to fire a pregnant woman without an extremely good reason, and I don't think "gay husband" has ever been grounds for dismissal.
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* If she was going to be fired over the Oscar situation it probably would have happened back then. I don't see her getting fired any time soon. She's pregnant. It's considered pretty lousy etiquette to fire a pregnant woman without an extremely good reason, and I don't think "gay husband" has ever been grounds for dismissal.
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* If she was going to be fired over the Oscar situation it probably would have happened back then. I don't see her getting fired any time soon. She's pregnant, and it's considered pretty lousy to fire a pregnant woman without an extremely good reason, and I don't think "gay husband" has ever been grounds for dismissal.
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* If she was going to be fired over the Oscar situation it probably would have happened back then. I don't see her getting fired any time soon. She's pregnant, and it's pregnant. It's considered pretty lousy to fire a pregnant woman without an extremely good reason, and I don't think "gay husband" has ever been grounds for dismissal.
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* If she was going to be fired over the Oscar situation it probably would have happened back then. I don't see her getting fired any time soon. She's pregnant, and it's considered pretty lousy to fire a pregnant woman without an extremely good reason.
reason, and I don't think "gay husband" has ever been grounds for dismissal.
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* If she was going to be fired over the Oscar situation it probably would have happened back then. I don't see her getting fired any time soon. She's pregnant, and it's considered pretty lousy to fire a pregnant woman without an extremely good reason.
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[[WMG: Angela may face the threat of being fired]]
With the fact that [[spoiler: her husband is gay]], plus her behavior about [[spoiler: Oscar coming out of the closet in season 3]] came off as very very prejudiced. Also [[Tropers/SpiderFan14 I personally]] [[TheScrappy would like her ass canned.]]
With the fact that [[spoiler: her husband is gay]], plus her behavior about [[spoiler: Oscar coming out of the closet in season 3]] came off as very very prejudiced. Also [[Tropers/SpiderFan14 I personally]] [[TheScrappy would like her ass canned.]]
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[[WMG: Creed Bratton isn't actually Creed Bratton. He's a psycho who murdered him and stole his identity.]]
* "No one steals from Creed Bratton and gets away with it. The last man who did disappeared. His name? Creed Bratton."
* "No one steals from Creed Bratton and gets away with it. The last man who did disappeared. His name? Creed Bratton."
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[[WMG: Angela's baby is Dwight's.]]
* There's no way that Dwight/Angela's storyline is over, despite her marriage to the Senator. Calling it now!
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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(U.S._season_8) Confirmed.]]
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* {{Jossed}} in Michael Scott's last episode when he takes off his microphone.
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* He's socially awkward because he didn't have any friends or a father figure when he was growing up. After all, he wanted to be friends with his coworkers.
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Confirmed by Jenna herself in this article: http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/07/the_offices_jenna_fischer_conf.html
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[[WMG: Catherine Tate's character who was interviewed for the management position at the end of season 8 is [[DoctorWho Donna Noble]].]]
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[[WMG: Catherine Tate's character who was interviewed for the management position at the end of season 8 is [[DoctorWho [[Series/DoctorWho Donna Noble]].]]
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[[WMG:Jim and Pam will have another baby in season eight.]]
Jenna Fischer is pregnant in real life, so it'd make sense to write it in. There wouldn't have to be as much focus this time around, like with Cecelia. No camera crews in the hospital or anything like that.
Jenna Fischer is pregnant in real life, so it'd make sense to write it in. There wouldn't have to be as much focus this time around, like with Cecelia. No camera crews in the hospital or anything like that.
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* Alternately, in the Officeverse, the show has not yet been broadcast. The documentary crew is doing a long-term project, like "What will these people be doing in ten years?" This is why they show things outside the office, such as Toby in Costa Rica and Pam at art school.
** The show could also be shown in Communists countries as a satire of Capitalism.
** The show could also be shown in Communists countries as a satire of Capitalism.
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[[WMG: In the Officeverse, the show has not yet been broadcast.]]
The documentary crew is doing a long-term project, like "What will these people be doing in ten years?" This is why they show things outside the office, such as Toby in Costa Rica and Pam at art school.
* Semi-confirmed, at least as far as Michael Scott's last year. He asked if they would ever start airing it.
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[[WMG: There are no cameramen, TheOffice employees are just extremely schizophrenic.]]
Think about it, this is one of the only ways that can really explain how so many episodes are able to feature such intimate personal lives of the employees and the tons and tons of FridgeLogic revolving around the show. Dunder Mifflin was constructed under a toxic runoff, which has seeped into their water supply leading the entire cast to believe that there's an invisible camera person documenting their entire lives making them PerfectlyParanoid. This also explains why many outsiders like David, Holly and Erin never once question the fact that there would be a camera crew at a paper company- they just [[ObfuscatingStupidity secretly roll with it]].
Think about it, this is one of the only ways that can really explain how so many episodes are able to feature such intimate personal lives of the employees and the tons and tons of FridgeLogic revolving around the show. Dunder Mifflin was constructed under a toxic runoff, which has seeped into their water supply leading the entire cast to believe that there's an invisible camera person documenting their entire lives making them PerfectlyParanoid. This also explains why many outsiders like David, Holly and Erin never once question the fact that there would be a camera crew at a paper company- they just [[ObfuscatingStupidity secretly roll with it]].
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[[WMG: There are no cameramen, cameramen. TheOffice employees are just extremely schizophrenic.]]
Think aboutit, this it. This is one of the only ways that can really explain how so many episodes are able to feature such intimate personal lives of the employees and the tons and tons of FridgeLogic revolving around the show. show.
Dunder Mifflin was constructed under a toxic runoff, which has seeped into their watersupply leading supply. This has led the entire cast to believe that there's an invisible camera person documenting their entire lives making them PerfectlyParanoid. lives. This also explains why many outsiders like David, Holly and Erin never once question the fact that there would be a camera crew at a paper company- company: they just [[ObfuscatingStupidity secretly roll with it]].
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