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** Jim seems quite good at this: after an episode of needling the newly rehabilitated Andy about the various problems in his life, which culminate in Andy's discovery that his girlfriend is in fact a high school student, Jim begins singing "Wimoweh" as the two drive back to the Office. Andy joins in, looking much happier.
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*** Worse still? Of all the companies he contacted to market it, ''only one declined outright..''
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*** Worse still? Of all the companies he contacted to market it, ''only one declined outright..''''
** Jim's taunting of Andy in his return episode, testing the new limits of his anger management therapy is supposed to show Jim's brilliant snark and brass balls of prakitude. In reality, and especially after what Andy is going through in that episode, it makes him come off as a mean-spirited jerk who is prepared to re-wreck a man's life for his own transient amusement. Worse, his needling is so bad that Andy at one point ''draws breath to yell at him''...then ''very'' slowly lets it out. Jim does, however, redeem himself from this out-of-character behaviour by singing "Wimoweh" with Andy at the end of the episode in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
** Jim's taunting of Andy in his return episode, testing the new limits of his anger management therapy is supposed to show Jim's brilliant snark and brass balls of prakitude. In reality, and especially after what Andy is going through in that episode, it makes him come off as a mean-spirited jerk who is prepared to re-wreck a man's life for his own transient amusement. Worse, his needling is so bad that Andy at one point ''draws breath to yell at him''...then ''very'' slowly lets it out. Jim does, however, redeem himself from this out-of-character behaviour by singing "Wimoweh" with Andy at the end of the episode in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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* JerkAssWoobie: Michael Scott. He may be a JerkAss, but when you consider his horrid relationship with the bitchy Jan and his depression after his roast over how much fun he'd have instead of what really happens at a roast and his short lived romance with Holly and he stil holds a torch for her. Also in general his lack of social skills can be a downer sometimes.
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* JerkAssWoobie: JerkassWoobie: Michael Scott. He may be a JerkAss, but when you consider his horrid relationship with the bitchy Jan and his depression after his roast over how much fun he'd have instead of what really happens at a roast and his short lived romance with Holly and he stil holds a torch for her. Also in general his lack of social skills can be a downer sometimes.
** Nellie is a bitch who [[spoiler:stole Andy's job]] and not only got away with it but basically kicked off a downward spiral that got him fired. On the other hand, we learn that she ''does'' have feelings that can be hurt and that her life is crappier than Michael Scott's was: Due to her shopping addiction shes maxed out all of her credit cards and is in serious debt, shes been rejected for adoption because shes unmarried, she doesn't have any friends or a social life and her family lives in the UK. At the top of the ninth season Andy becomes blatantly abusive towards her and announces his intention to fabricate a reason to fire her, again making her more sympathetic by comparison.
*** Of course, considering the only reason Nellie has a job there in the first place is because she stole Andy's job in an absurdly implausible manner, there is plenty of justification for getting rid of her.
*** And many of these revelations about her make her come across more UnintentionallyUnsympathetic than anything else, since they in no way excuse the things she's done, and are mostly self-inflicted.
*** Of course, considering the only reason Nellie has a job there in the first place is because she stole Andy's job in an absurdly implausible manner, there is plenty of justification for getting rid of her.
*** And many of these revelations about her make her come across more UnintentionallyUnsympathetic than anything else, since they in no way excuse the things she's done, and are mostly self-inflicted.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Nellie. Attempts to give her a sympathetic backstory rang a bit flat since they didn't excuse her behavior and detractors were quick to point out that many of her sympathetic points and problems were of her own doing.
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** In "Search Committee", Jo praises Nellie's integrity for not mentioning the friendship between them. However, based on Nellie's later talking head, in which Nellie mentions her friendship with Jo will get her the job, chances are she either forgot to mention it in the interview, or she knew that Jo would bring it up herself.
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** In "Search Committee", Jo praises Nellie's integrity for not mentioning talking about the friendship between them. them when interviewing for the Regional Manager job. However, based on Nellie's later talking head, in which Nellie mentions states that her friendship with Jo will get her the job, chances are she either forgot to mention it in the interview, or she knew that Jo would bring it up herself.
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* CreatorsPet: Nellie in season 8. While she had definite signs of TheScrappy initially (hated by fans), the writers have been publicly praising CatherineTate (adored by creators), brought back and put in as the boss and attempted to be given a sympathetic backstory (put into large scenes), and [[CharacterShilling finally talked up by other characters]] (with Jim and Pam taking to defend her at one point). This may expire in season 9.
** Actually, it's gotten ''worse'' in Season 9, considering they're actively [[CharacterDerailment derailing Andy's character to make Nellie look better by comparison]] and giving us a few new CharacterShilling moments for Nellie in seemingly every other episode. There really is no end to the writers trying to push this horrible character on us, is there?
** Actually, it's gotten ''worse'' in Season 9, considering they're actively [[CharacterDerailment derailing Andy's character to make Nellie look better by comparison]] and giving us a few new CharacterShilling moments for Nellie in seemingly every other episode. There really is no end to the writers trying to push this horrible character on us, is there?
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* CreatorsPet: Nellie in season 8. While she had definite signs of TheScrappy initially (hated by fans), the writers have been publicly praising CatherineTate (adored by creators), brought back and put in as the boss and attempted to be given a sympathetic backstory (put into large scenes), and [[CharacterShilling finally talked up by other characters]] (with Jim and Pam taking to defend her at one point). This may expire in season 9. \n** Actually, it's It's gotten ''worse'' in Season 9, considering they're actively [[CharacterDerailment derailing Andy's character to make Nellie look better by comparison]] and they're giving us a few new CharacterShilling moments for Nellie in seemingly every other episode. There really is no end to the writers trying to push this horrible character on us, is there?
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** In "Work Bus", Erin spends some time with Nellie. While Nellie's goal of adopting a child would logically appeal to Erin, the fact that Erin seems to believe that Andy hates Nellie for no real reason, and ''Nellie'' is the one comforting a crying ''Erin'' when Andy refuses to provide Nellie with a character reference, makes it fall squarely under this.
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** In "Work Bus", Erin spends some time with Nellie. While Nellie's goal of adopting a child would logically appeal to Erin, [[OrphansOrdeal Erin]], the fact that Erin seems to believe that Andy hates Nellie for no real reason, and ''Nellie'' is the one comforting a crying ''Erin'' when Andy refuses to provide Nellie with a character reference, makes it fall squarely under this.
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** In "Search Committee", Jo praises Nellie's integrity for not mentioning the friendship between them. However, based on Nellie's later talking head, in which Nellie mentions her friendship with Jo will get her the job, chances are she either forgot to mention it, or she knew that Jo would bring it up herself.
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** In "Search Committee", Jo praises Nellie's integrity for not mentioning the friendship between them. However, based on Nellie's later talking head, in which Nellie mentions her friendship with Jo will get her the job, chances are she either forgot to mention it, it in the interview, or she knew that Jo would bring it up herself.
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* CharacterShilling: A constant barrage is doled out for Nellie:
** In "Search Committee", Jo praises Nellie's integrity for not mentioning the friendship between them. However, based on Nellie's later talking head, in which Nellie mentions her friendship with Jo will get her the job, chances are she either forgot to mention it, or she knew that Jo would bring it up herself.
** In "Welcome Party", Jim, after discovering a number of things about Nellie [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic intended]] to paint her as TheWoobie, gets Pam to help him defend her as the rest of the office trashes her. Made infinitely worse by the fact that this happens immediately after Nellie ''[[MoralEventHorizon steals Andy's job]]''.
** In "Andy's Ancestry", Pam begins talking up Nellie after apparently finding her to be "fun".
** In "Work Bus", Erin spends some time with Nellie. While Nellie's goal of adopting a child would logically appeal to Erin, the fact that Erin seems to believe that Andy hates Nellie for no real reason, and ''Nellie'' is the one comforting a crying ''Erin'' when Andy refuses to provide Nellie with a character reference, makes it fall squarely under this.
** In "Search Committee", Jo praises Nellie's integrity for not mentioning the friendship between them. However, based on Nellie's later talking head, in which Nellie mentions her friendship with Jo will get her the job, chances are she either forgot to mention it, or she knew that Jo would bring it up herself.
** In "Welcome Party", Jim, after discovering a number of things about Nellie [[UnintentionallyUnsympathetic intended]] to paint her as TheWoobie, gets Pam to help him defend her as the rest of the office trashes her. Made infinitely worse by the fact that this happens immediately after Nellie ''[[MoralEventHorizon steals Andy's job]]''.
** In "Andy's Ancestry", Pam begins talking up Nellie after apparently finding her to be "fun".
** In "Work Bus", Erin spends some time with Nellie. While Nellie's goal of adopting a child would logically appeal to Erin, the fact that Erin seems to believe that Andy hates Nellie for no real reason, and ''Nellie'' is the one comforting a crying ''Erin'' when Andy refuses to provide Nellie with a character reference, makes it fall squarely under this.
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* CreatorsPet: Nellie in season 8. While she had definite signs of TheScrappy initially (hated by fans), the writers have been publicly praising CatherineTate (adored by creators), brought back and put in as the boss and attempted to be given a sympathetic backstory (put into large scenes), and finally talked up by other characters (with Jim and Pam taking to defend her at one point). This may expire in season 9.
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* CreatorsPet: Nellie in season 8. While she had definite signs of TheScrappy initially (hated by fans), the writers have been publicly praising CatherineTate (adored by creators), brought back and put in as the boss and attempted to be given a sympathetic backstory (put into large scenes), and [[CharacterShilling finally talked up by other characters characters]] (with Jim and Pam taking to defend her at one point). This may expire in season 9.
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* CreatorsPet: Nellie in season 8. While she had definite signs of TheScrappy initially (hated by fans), the writers have been publicly praising CatherineTate (adored by creators), brought back and put in as the boss and attempted to be given a sympathetic backstory (put into large scenes), and finally talked up by other characters (with Jim and Pam taking to defend her at one point). This may expire in season 9.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Nellie. Attempts to give her a sympathetic backstory rang a bit flat since they didn't excuse her behavior and detractors were quick to point out that many of her sympathetic points and problems were of her own doing.
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** Even further than that, throughout the show, it's clear that most of Michael's decisions (becoming a salesman being a big one) are made with the intent of either making friends or finding romance. Unfortunately, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failure seems to be the only option for him]], as bad luck tends to break up any chance at either that Michael's own [[JerkAss thoughtlessness]], [[ManChild childishness]], [[TooDumbToLive oblivity]], or [[TedBaxter generally self-centered nature]] doesn't drive away first. It gets really woobieish at the brief points where Michael actually ''realizes'' this, such as in "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day".
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** Even further than that, throughout the show, it's clear that most of Michael's decisions (becoming a salesman being a big one) are made with the intent of either making friends or finding romance. Unfortunately, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failure seems to be the only option for him]], as bad luck tends to break up any chance at either that Michael's own [[JerkAss thoughtlessness]], [[ManChild childishness]], [[TooDumbToLive oblivity]], or [[TedBaxter generally self-centered nature]] doesn't drive away first. It gets really woobieish at the brief points where Michael actually ''realizes'' this, such as in "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day".Day" and "Koi Pond".
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*** Also don't forget that most of the people she's stated as mistreating in the above entry are those who spent most of the early seasons treating her like dirt, and, in most cases, still do more often than not. Also, the office administrator job wasn't so much nonexistent as it was unfilled, and putting herself in that position can hardly be called a jerkass move when she goes to the trouble of making sure that her salary is reasonable, and takes said job seriously once she got it.
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*** Also don't forget that most of the people she's stated as mistreating in the above entry are those who spent Angela and Dwight tended to spend most of the early seasons treating her like dirt, and, in most cases, still do more often than not. Also, the office administrator job wasn't so much nonexistent as it was unfilled, and putting herself in that position can hardly be called a jerkass move when she goes to the trouble of making sure that her salary is reasonable, and takes said job seriously once she got it.
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*** Also the cold opening with Michael pretending to committ suicide was this for many people, the American Suicide Prevention Center especially, they found the scene incredibly tasteless so NBC had the scene removed from all repeats of the episode and it was also removed from the DVD releases(though the missing scene can still be viewed on NBC's website)
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*** Jim and Pam's pranks, while numerous and often elaborate, tend to be little more than petty annoyances; they never took it to a personal level by dragging Moze, Dwight's failed hotel business, or his break-up with Angela into them(and in fact tried to cheer him up at his lowest points regarding the latter two). Dwight trotted out Pam's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest personal failure]] and shoved it in her face for a laugh.
** Michael physically dragging Meredith to rehab. Regardless of his intentions, a person dragging another person anywhere, with her screaming "NO, let me go!" the whole time, is assault.
** Michael physically dragging Meredith to rehab. Regardless of his intentions, a person dragging another person anywhere, with her screaming "NO, let me go!" the whole time, is assault.
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* FridgeHorror: In-universe: After Michael hits Meredith with his car, Jim starts to wonder about the time Michael came into work complaining about hitting a "speed bump".
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*** It's more touching in context: Earlier that day, Michael was bullied by a business class believing that his company will flounder in a paperless world. Looking at Pam's art reminds Michael that paper still has a future.
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* JerkAssWoobie: Michael Scott. He may be a JerkAss, but when you consider his horrid relationship with the bitchy Jan and his depression after his roast over how much fun he'd have instead of what really happens at a roast and his short lived romance with Holly and he stil holds a torch for her. Also in general his lack of social skills can be a downer sometimes.
** Even further than that, throughout the show, it's clear that most of Michael's decisions (becoming a salesman being a big one) are made with the intent of either making friends or finding romance. Unfortunately, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failure seems to be the only option for him]], as bad luck tends to break up any chance at either that Michael's own [[JerkAss thoughtlessness]], [[ManChild childishness]], [[TooDumbToLive oblivity]], or [[TedBaxter generally self-centered nature]] doesn't drive away first. It gets really woobieish at the brief points where Michael actually ''realizes'' this, such as in "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day".
*** The "Fundle Bundle" tape with young Michael qualifies as MoodWhiplash.
** Pam's this way now. Interesting in that she started off as the Woobie, and developed Jerkass tendencies. Examples include: Mocking how the senator proposed to Angela; Manipulating Dwight, claiming they've been great friends when she knows that's not true, so that he can take care of her daughter for a night, so she (Pam) could ''sleep''; Lying and manipulating her way into a nonexistent job where she created her own higher salary because she couldn't cut it as a salesman.
*** Don't forget she also considers half of the people in the office losers. Though that might be because she was being moody from her pregnancy.
*** Also don't forget that most of the people she's stated as mistreating in the above entry are those who spent most of the early seasons treating her like dirt, and, in most cases, still do more often than not. Also, the office administrator job wasn't so much nonexistent as it was unfilled, and putting herself in that position can hardly be called a jerkass move when she goes to the trouble of making sure that her salary is reasonable, and takes said job seriously once she got it.
** Even further than that, throughout the show, it's clear that most of Michael's decisions (becoming a salesman being a big one) are made with the intent of either making friends or finding romance. Unfortunately, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption failure seems to be the only option for him]], as bad luck tends to break up any chance at either that Michael's own [[JerkAss thoughtlessness]], [[ManChild childishness]], [[TooDumbToLive oblivity]], or [[TedBaxter generally self-centered nature]] doesn't drive away first. It gets really woobieish at the brief points where Michael actually ''realizes'' this, such as in "Bring Your Daughter to Work Day".
*** The "Fundle Bundle" tape with young Michael qualifies as MoodWhiplash.
** Pam's this way now. Interesting in that she started off as the Woobie, and developed Jerkass tendencies. Examples include: Mocking how the senator proposed to Angela; Manipulating Dwight, claiming they've been great friends when she knows that's not true, so that he can take care of her daughter for a night, so she (Pam) could ''sleep''; Lying and manipulating her way into a nonexistent job where she created her own higher salary because she couldn't cut it as a salesman.
*** Don't forget she also considers half of the people in the office losers. Though that might be because she was being moody from her pregnancy.
*** Also don't forget that most of the people she's stated as mistreating in the above entry are those who spent most of the early seasons treating her like dirt, and, in most cases, still do more often than not. Also, the office administrator job wasn't so much nonexistent as it was unfilled, and putting herself in that position can hardly be called a jerkass move when she goes to the trouble of making sure that her salary is reasonable, and takes said job seriously once she got it.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creed is one of the few characters out there that is particularly meant to be underused. His charms are his mysterious past, and the suddenness of his CloudCuckoolander-ness. If he is to be developed--hell, if he is given more screen time than he has already been, those charms will run out.
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** In "Product Recall", Creed is largely to blame for the recall. He shunts the blame over to some random supervisor at the paper mill, getting her fired. Afterwards, he [[PetTheDog collects money from the other office employees to send her off with]] - [[SubvertedTrope then pockets the money and tosses the Hallmark card in the trash.]]
*** In "Blood Drive" he actually steals a bag of donated blood.
*** In "Blood Drive" he actually steals a bag of donated blood.
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* FinalSeasonCasting: With Steve Carell gone now its uncertain how many more seasons the show will last, whether or not this trope results depends on that factor as well as who if anybody actually replaces Michael or if one of the other characters (say Jim or Dwight) gets promoted instead.
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* FridgeHorror: In-universe: After Michael hits Meredith with his car, Jim starts to wonder about the time Michael came into work complaining about hitting a "speed bump".
* FridgeHorror: In-universe: After Michael hits Meredith with his car, Jim starts to wonder about the time Michael came into work complaining about hitting a "speed bump".
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*** Should they NOT have been peeved? This prank fits the trope because it went way past the degree of previous pranks from both parties. And that going too far--it's like telling someone that their dog died--is consistent with Dwight's character.
*** Jim and Pam's pranks, while numerous and often elaborate, tend to be little more than petty annoyances; they never took it to a personal level by dragging Moze, Dwight's failed hotel business, or his break-up with Angela into them. Dwight trotted out Pam's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest personal failure]] and shoved it in her face for a laugh.
** Michael physically dragging Meredith to rehab. Regardless of his intentions, a person dragging another person anywhere, with her screaming "NO, let me go!" the whole time, is assault.
*** Jim and Pam's pranks, while numerous and often elaborate, tend to be little more than petty annoyances; they never took it to a personal level by dragging Moze, Dwight's failed hotel business, or his break-up with Angela into them. Dwight trotted out Pam's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest personal failure]] and shoved it in her face for a laugh.
** Michael physically dragging Meredith to rehab. Regardless of his intentions, a person dragging another person anywhere, with her screaming "NO, let me go!" the whole time, is assault.
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* HamAndCheese: Jim as Goldenface in ''Threat Level: Midnight''. He only did it to impress Pam, but he sure looked like he had fun with it (although ge admits he wasn't "in love" with the character).
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* HamAndCheese: Jim as Goldenface in ''Threat Level: Midnight''. He only did it to impress Pam, but he sure looked like he had fun with it.
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** Also, during an earlier season, when Jim discovers that Josh, the manager of the Stamford branch, had allowed the company to design a merger with him in mind as its leader when he had no intention of taking the job and just wanted to use it to leverage a better position at a rival company. Most of Jim's interactions with Michael before that point involved nothing but mockery, but when Jim finds out what Josh is planning, he becomes uncharacteristically serious and admits, "You know, say what you want about Michael Scott, but he would never do THAT."
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** "Getting married [[spoiler: on the boat]] was actually Plan C. Plan B was the church wedding... and Plan A was marrying her a long, long time ago."
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*** Also the cold opening with Michael pretending to committ suicide was this for many people, the American Suicide Prevention Center especially, they found the scene incredibly tasteless so NBC had the scene removed from all repeats of the episode and it was also removed from the DVD releases(though the missing scene can still be viewed on NBC's website)
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** Jan's 'forgetting' the SafeWord. Sounds like she [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped Michael.]]
*** But since RapeIsOKWhenItIsFemaleOnMale, it doesn't count, right?
*** Actually, this was treated by all as not remotely "OK", and prompted everyone to tell Michael to end things with Jan.
*** But since RapeIsOKWhenItIsFemaleOnMale, it doesn't count, right?
*** Actually, this was treated by all as not remotely "OK", and prompted everyone to tell Michael to end things with Jan.
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** Jan's 'forgetting' the SafeWord. Sounds like she [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped Michael.]]
*** But since RapeIsOKWhenItIsFemaleOnMale, it doesn't count, right?
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* FauxSymbolism:
** In a Halloween episode, Dwight mentions that [[HypocriticalHumor he is perfectly willing to leave Scranton to go wherever 'they value loyalty the most']]. His costume? [[StarWars Sith Lord.]]
** In a later Halloween episode, Ryan is dressed as [[WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], referencing his rise and fall in the corporate world.
** In a Halloween episode, Dwight mentions that [[HypocriticalHumor he is perfectly willing to leave Scranton to go wherever 'they value loyalty the most']]. His costume? [[StarWars Sith Lord.]]
** In a later Halloween episode, Ryan is dressed as [[WallStreet Gordon Gekko]], referencing his rise and fall in the corporate world.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: IGN says that Meredith is the most disgusting and saddest character in the show in [[http://tv.ign.com/articles/112/1128318p1.html this article.]]
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: [[spoiler: David Brent appears in the cold opening of "The Seminar" and asks if there's an opening]].
* BaseBreaker: Michael Scott with his CringeComedy moments are this amongst the fanbase. As is the Jim Vs. Dwight debate.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The singing of "On the Wings of Love" during the funeral of a bird that flew into the building.
** Dwight and Andy singing John Denver's "Country Roads" to get Erin's attention. They first sing competitively with Dwight on guitar and Andy playing the banjo then they sing together in harmony completely forgetting about Erin! Unfortunately interrupted by Toby.
** The seventh season premiere's cold opening.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In "Money" Dwight is severely depressed over his break up with Angela. Upon hearing her agree to go out with Andy he races out of the room. Jim finds him crying in the stairwell and relates to him what he was going through during season 2, how watching Pam prepare for her wedding caused him to basically have a nervous breakdown. He then tells Dwight "I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy...which includes you." Dwight then reaches out and actually tries to touch Jim comfortingly but he's already gone. Jim goes upstairs to Pam and kisses her right in front of the office. Seconds later he admits to the cameras that he's in love with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Italian food]] (Pam).
** Michael's final episode is full of this but the most notable examples are Michael's recommendation letter to Dwight, Jim's goodbye to Michael and Pam showing up at the last minute to tell Michael goodbye at the airport.
** Andy and Erin's first kiss at the landfill.
** Michael showing up at Pam's art show, hugging her and telling her how proud he is of her, and buying her painting of the Dunder-Mifflin building to display in the office.
* DesignatedVillain: In later seasons, ''anyone'' who opposes Michael in any way, even if it's for the better.
** This goes especially for Toby, who Michael always sees as the bad guy, even when Toby ''is agreeing'' with Michael.
** Exceptions: Jim and Pam, and sometimes Darryl, who are understood to be the only reasonable ones in the office. Exception to the exception: Michael is generally better at managing than Jim during their season six stint as co-managers.
* DudeNotFunny: Both Michael and David react angrily to an office prank, until they realize it was done by Packer/Finch. Then they love it.
** When Daryl was working on a ladder, Michael ''pulled it out from underneath him'' and asked "How's it hangin?" Daryl could've died, but only ended up breaking his leg. Recounting the story to the camera, Michael still thinks it's hilarious.
** Dwight's knock-knock joke to Michael, the punchline of which is slapping Michael in the face, gets Michael very angry, who "officially" bans knock-knock jokes. Jim does the exact same joke to Dwight a mere ''seconds'' later, and Michael is laughing his ass off.
** In "Company Picnic", Michael & Holly re-enact the torture scenes from ''SlumdogMillionaire'' [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]].
** In "Koi Pond", the entire office has a field day with the fact that Michael fell into a Koi Pond, until they find out that Jim pulled away instead of trying to help. This made it look like Jim ''let'' Michael fall into the pond because he didn't reach out a hand to help him, so they start giving him a hard time instead.
** Michael taking insulting Toby just a little too far in "The Chump". A shame really, as he was actually getting some laughs before he hit that point.
--->'''Michael''': If I had a gun with two bullets, and I was in a room with [[AcceptableTargets Hitler, Bin Laden]] and [[MurderArsonAndJayWalking Toby]], I would shoot Toby twice.
** In the cold open to "Cafe Disco," Dwight pulls a prank on Pam. Since the prank deals with Pam giving up on her artistic dreams, both Jim and Pam are peeved. Apparently they can dish it out to Dwight repeatedly, but can't take it even once.
*** Should they NOT have been peeved? This prank fits the trope because it went way past the degree of previous pranks from both parties. And that going too far--it's like telling someone that their dog died--is consistent with Dwight's character.
*** Jim and Pam's pranks, while numerous and often elaborate, tend to be little more than petty annoyances; they never took it to a personal level by dragging Moze, Dwight's failed hotel business, or his break-up with Angela into them. Dwight trotted out Pam's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest personal failure]] and shoved it in her face for a laugh.
** Michael physically dragging Meredith to rehab. Regardless of his intentions, a person dragging another person anywhere, with her screaming "NO, let me go!" the whole time, is assault.
** It is a blink and miss but Dwight claims to have "4 and 3/4" horses. [[spoiler: He then explains that he designed a machine that allows to take meat for hamburgers out of live horses without having to kill them]].
*** Worse still? Of all the companies he contacted to market it, ''only one declined outright..''
* DumbassHasAPoint: In the seventh season finale Kelly tells Jo that Gabe was unprofessional in dating Erin to suck up but she pointed out that Gabe was acting creepy when she broke up with him.
* EarWorm: Karen tries to annoy Jim with the squeaking of the chair that he swapped with hers. Jim responds by repeatedly singing the chorus from "Lovefool" by The Cardigans. Karen is begging him to stop in seconds.
** The theme song itself is one of these.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Erin was initially meant to be a temporary character, but she was made into a regular as a result of both the producers loving the actress and the positive fan response to the character.
** Dwight's cousin Moze is very popular, thanks to many [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny moments]]. He even has his own Facebook fan page
* FetishFuel: Pam for Kevin when she has to wear glasses.
* {{Flanderization}}: Pretty much the entire supporting cast in the US version.
** Taken to the extreme with Erin. Her character started off being merely an extremely [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] and somewhat [[TheDitz klutzy]] WideEyedIdealist, to a drifty CloudCuckooLander, and finally becoming TooDumbToLive- ''all in one season''.
** Also very notable is Kevin who started as a normal overweight man with a somewhat funny smile who was relatively competent at his job, (GamblingAddiction aside) to a bumbling stupid FatIdiot and crazed pervert incapaple of basic math and accounting who is thought of as mentally retarded and even talks more ridiculously as the show goes on.
*** Though it has also introduced areas that he ''is'' capable in; he is evidently a great cook and a talented musician. "Nepotism" indicates that he has some skill with electronics as well.
* FinalSeasonCasting: With Steve Carell gone now its uncertain how many more seasons the show will last, whether or not this trope results depends on that factor as well as who if anybody actually replaces Michael or if one of the other characters (say Jim or Dwight) gets promoted instead.
* GrowingTheBeard: After an extremely shaky first season, the show really comes into its own in the second. In fact, many people would even say season two was the show's peak.
* HamAndCheese: Jim as Goldenface in ''Threat Level: Midnight''. He only did it to impress Pam, but he sure looked like he had fun with it.
* HollywoodHomely: Generally averted, as most of the cast are average-looking or are dressed sufficiently dumpy to pass. Played for laughs with Karen (Rashida Jones), who is stunningly gorgeous but is backhandedly insulted by Michael.
** Played straight in an episode where Pam was out of contact solution, and wore her glasses to work. Michael told her to her face at every opportunity how "hideous" she looked.
*** And nobody else except Phyllis does. Michael and Phyllis sniping at Pam is supposed to show how rude and shallow they are.
* HoYay: Michael has a way of getting into these situations. Also, Kevin and Oscar in "Niagara." Yes, we know that Oscar is actually gay.
** Also interesting is the Dwight-Ryan conspiracy in "Manager and Salesman."
** Dwight and Jim. In the episode where Dwight is fired (he was re-hired in the next episode) he doesn't say goodbye to anyone, but does stop to give Jim a big hug. Also, in the episode where Jim (with Karen and Pam's help) tricks Dwight into thinking that he's turning into a vampire, Dwight has tears in his eyes when he "realizes" that he must be the one to put Jim out of his "suffering".
** In "Michael Scott Paper Company," Dwight and Andy are competing to impress Erin as they play a song together. However, they eventually forget about her as they are singing and she leaves the room while they continue their duet.
** Michael has been enamored of Ryan for a long time.
*** Michael repeatedly writes about Ryan in his diary; when read a Jan's deposition, anyone who didn't know Ryan believed he was a woman Michael was in love with, based on some entries.
*** There's also the Dundies, the annual office awards assigned by Michael. Michael repeatedly awards Ryan "Hottest in the Office", a title previously held by Pam. When someone else wins "Hottest in the Office" in the 7th season, Ryan is shown to be pretty upset by this.
** Dwight towards Michael, arguably. Dwight is always trying to please Michael, takes care of him when he's hurt, and in the episode "Koi Pond" calls him handsome when trying to cheer him up.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The first season really suffered for being too similar to the original UK series.
** This can also lead to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness when you go back and watch that season after being more familiar with the later episodes.
* IdiotPlot: Occurs MANY times.
* MagnificentBastard: Dwight [[SmugSnake would like to think he is one.]] He actually manages to pull it off in "Scott's Tots."
** And "Classy Christmas." He had Jim reduced to a horribly paranoid mess by the end of the episode.
* MemeticMutation: Boom! Roasted.
** That's what she said!
** '''NO''', GOD. NO, God, please, no, NO! NO! '''NOOOOOOOOOOO'''
* {{Moe}}: Erin - we even see her in her "jammy jams".
* MoralEventHorizon: Dwight crosses one in "The Coup," when he tries to back stab Michael and take his job. Notable in that Dwight recognizes this and Lampshades it as he does so. This also triggered some character development for him, as earlier in the series he seemed to be genuinely in awe of Michael. Afterward, his character maintains the facade but reveals various times that he no longer respects him.
** Michael trying to make every aspect of Phyllis's wedding all about him. He actually implied that the bride was dishonorable in front of her husband at the wedding. In [[GoodOldWays time gone by]] that would have ensured a DuelToTheDeath.
** Dwight making an extremely serious attempt to get Jim fired in "Scott's Tots." This was actually so effective on the audience that the writers [[AbortedArc aborted the related arc]].
** David Wallace sends Michael and Dwight to infiltrate a smaller paper company (that was posing no real threat to Dunder Mifflin) so that they could steal their clients and run them out of business.
** [[RuleOfThree Dwight]] (is that even possible??) ''murders'' Angela's cat because it was "weak."
*** That one was somewhat justified. Dwight was misapplying his farm experience (putting down sickly suffering animals.)
*** Then again, considering all of the problems that cat was implied to have, it possibly ''would'' count as a mercy kill.
*** But he botched it: it becomes apparent that its ultimate fate was to suffocate/freeze to death in Angela's refrigerator.
** Angela while rude and insensitive, is usually ok with people, if tightly wound, except when she thinks they deserve it, or is vying for power (especially in regard to party planning). But in the dinner party episode, for no apparent reason, she lies about Pam's alleged romantic intentions with Michael to make Jan hate her.
*** Given Angela's view of Pam as the "office bicycle", her tendency to say things like "I think [insert color Phyllis is wearing here] is whorish", and her character conception as the type of person who says, "I don't want to say anything, BUT..." it's actually completely in character of her to believe that Pam was probably, or had probably, slept with Michael in addition to Jim and Roy since, after Jim, Michael was the one in the Office she spent the most (unwilling) time with.
*** Actually Angela did believe it but she wasn't the one to tell Jan it was true. Micheal did. All Angela said was "I've seen the way you look at him too."
** Jan's 'forgetting' the SafeWord. Sounds like she [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped Michael.]]
*** But since RapeIsOKWhenItIsFemaleOnMale, it doesn't count, right?
*** Actually, this was treated by all as not remotely "OK", and prompted everyone to tell Michael to end things with Jan.
** Dwight again in "Doomsday" when he installs a device to send an email to Robert California to get every one fired if they make 5 mistakes in a day. He then refuses to give up the password to them and says he'll write negative refrences to them if they get fired. If there ever was a time to give someone a kick to the testicles, this would be it.
*** To be fair though, it's revealed at the end of the episode that Dwight never intended to actually do it; he was just banking on the office believing that he would. It really was just a scare tactic.
* NeverLiveItDown: "Fire Guy!"
** "Big Tuna", too.
* NightmareFuel: Deangelo [[spoiler: wandering back in to the office after having been hospitalized with a head injury, attempting to give out orders despite aphasia making him into a disturbing version of TheUnintelligible.]]
** Dwight's "fire drill," while hilarious, is also horrifying. The panic of all the office workers goes on for a four minute long cold open, with things like Michael smashing open a window and screaming [[HeReallyCanAct pretty un-hammily for help]], Jim yelling, "I am not dying here!" Dwight's DissonantSerenity, oh, and Stanley having a heart attack. It's pretty unnerving.
* OlderThanTheyThink: A great many fans of the American version are not aware of the English one.
** Or they wouldn't, if it weren't for Ricky Gervais complaining every time he gets a microphone about how "everyone" thinks SteveCarell is the creator of ''TheOffice''.
** Also, the character Michael Scott, who bears an intriguing resemblance to Willy Loman from ''DeathOfASalesman''.
*** Willy Loman strives for success but his main goal in life is to be loved, the same as Michael Scott. Both are convinced that's ''how'' you succeed. Both were very successful salesmen before the start of the narrative, and neither has realized how far downhill they've gone. Both are at a dead end in their careers, and neither realizes that their true talents lie elsewhere (Michael as a salesman, Willy as a carpenter). Both are desperate for normal human connections, and are incapable of keeping them. Willy Loman is really just Michael Scott in fifteen years, played for tragic anti-hero rather than [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]].
* ParanoiaFuel: What if your coworkers really do have you under electronic surveillance, looking for something they can use to ruin you for their own benefit.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Unintentionally. [[http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Braylon-Edwards-gave-79-students-10-000-for-col?urn=nfl-wp14415 This]] sounds exactly like "Scott's Tots," only the real-life version was a success.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Andy.
* RomanticPlotTumor: The Dwight/Angela/Andy love triangle in season 5. Just sort of drug on and made Dwight and Angela into bastards.
* SeriesFauxnale: "Goodbye Michael", even though it isn't even the ''season'' finale, has all the hallmarks of a series finale and functions as such for some fans.
* SoBadItsGood: What the members of the office see Michael's movie ''Threat Level: Midnight'' as, though Michael wants it to be taken seriously. [[spoiler: He eventually accepts the fact that he doesn't need to make a great movie so he lets them enjoy it as they want to.]]
* TheScrappy: YMMV the main cast can fall unto this, the biggest one being Angela.
** Ryan, season 5 onwards, turned into a total College-brat, who doesn't even ''have'' a real job in [[{{Irony}} the office]].
*** Ryan's conniving, bratty nature started showing back in season 3. It even gets [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] at one point.
--->'''Jim''': I liked you better when you were just the temp.
--->'''Ryan''': Yeah, so did I.
** ReplacementScrappy: Deangelo Vickers
*** He's an arguable example, though, as he was never intended as an actual replacement for Michael. Heck, he was PutOnABus less than one episode after Michael was.
** Jim is also becoming this with a lot of fans: he's been [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into a smug, entitled [[{{Jerkass}} jerkass.]]
* SeasonalRot: There were complaints about a fall in quality starting around the fourth season (when the [[WillTheyOrWontThey primary ongoing plot]] was resolved at last). It picked up even more during the sixth and seventh seasons and now that Michael Scott is gone those complaints have increased tenfold.
* SuperCouple: Jim and Pam, especially in seasons 2-6. One of the great examples of a HappilyMarried couple on TV this side of ''FridayNightLights''.
* TearJerker: In "Boys and Girls," Jan discusses ambitions with all the office women; Pam wants a house with a terrace to plant flowers, and a job where she can use her art skills. Jan offers to put in a good word for her on a graphic design internship in New York, but [[spoiler:when Pam tells Roy about it, he tells her to forget about it. Pam explains all this to the camera along with the terrace (it's from a children's story she read, and something about it stuck with her). But what are dreams worth? "It's impractical. I'm not gonna try to ''get'' a house like that. Um, they don't even make houses like that in Scranton...so, I'm never gonna..." Pam has to stop herself from crying]].
** Then Pam goes to art school (hooray!), fails once, and gives up (boo!). Roy turns out to be right in hindsight. A jerk, sure, but right.
** When Michael leaves the office for the last time. In fact, the entire episode, though hilarious, was one big tear jerker.
---> '''Jim:''' You know what I think we should do? I think we should just save the goodbyes for tomorrow. At lunch.
* TheWoobie: Pam before she gets married; Erin more than anyone else.
** Phyllis and Toby get picked on by Michael a lot. Especially Toby.
** While he is normally a creepy sexist, one ColdOpening has Kevin going out of his way make chili for everyone in TheOffice, proudly declaring that it's his greatest skill. As soon as he walks in the door (after carrying it up the stairs due to a broken elevator) he trips and spills it all over the carpet. Seeing the big guy trying in vain to scoop it all back into the pot just makes you want to give him a hug.
*** Kevin also seemed pretty Woobie-ish in the episode where he and Andy protested to get their parking spots back, while at the same time Kevin deals with his fiancee breaking up with him. After they win the parking situation at the end, Kevin says with a warm smile, "It's just nice to win one."
*** Kevin again, when he explicitly compares himself to [[FutureLoser an alternate future version of Jim that had never gotten together with Pam.]]
*** And yet again, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Michael makes him eat the butt of a piece of broccoli.]]
** Andy has some Woobie elements too.
-->'''Andy:''' "What we have here is the ultimate smackdown between the Nard Dog and crippling despair, loneliness and depression. [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet I intend]] [[BadassBoast to win]]."
** Erin is an orphaned [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] who just wants everyone to like her, but she seems to have been fleshed out into a full fledged woobie as of ''Secretary's Day''. She had a [[CringeComedy cringe worthy]] HeroicBSOD when she found out that Andy and Angela used to be engaged: her breathing pattern became irregular, she pulled her hair to her face, and started yelling.
--->'''Erin''': In the foster home my hair was my room.
*** Turned up to eleven when Michael lands a devastating blow during an argument in "Viewing Party"(Though in fairness, he picks up on the mistake uncharacteristically fast and immediately moves to fix it).
---> '''Michael:''' I'm [[ParentalSubstitute not your dad!]]\\
'''Erin:''' *cue massive teary doe eyes*
** Jim and Dwight had their moments. Jim during the lowest points of his pining for Pam; Dwight after Angela dumped him (especially when, after he defeated the computer in a sales competition and Angela didn't care, Pam, who had been impersonating the Dunder-Mifflin computer network as part of a prank, sent him an instant message admitting its defeat. Dwight cries).
** Young Michael on the videotape in "Take Your Daughter To Work Day" (which goes a long way towards explaining parts of his adult personality): "I want to get married and have a hundred kids, so I can have a hundred friends, and no one can say no to being my friend."
*** When then turns [[MoodWhiplash into a painfully hilarious moment]] when the kids and crew are struck silent by this, complete with the Muppet {{Expy}} doing a subtle JawDrop.
** Even Angela gets in on it at one point, when Dwight gives her the news of her cat Sprinkles having died. Pet owners can relate.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: [[spoiler: David Brent appears in the cold opening of "The Seminar" and asks if there's an opening]].
* BaseBreaker: Michael Scott with his CringeComedy moments are this amongst the fanbase. As is the Jim Vs. Dwight debate.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The singing of "On the Wings of Love" during the funeral of a bird that flew into the building.
** Dwight and Andy singing John Denver's "Country Roads" to get Erin's attention. They first sing competitively with Dwight on guitar and Andy playing the banjo then they sing together in harmony completely forgetting about Erin! Unfortunately interrupted by Toby.
** The seventh season premiere's cold opening.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: In "Money" Dwight is severely depressed over his break up with Angela. Upon hearing her agree to go out with Andy he races out of the room. Jim finds him crying in the stairwell and relates to him what he was going through during season 2, how watching Pam prepare for her wedding caused him to basically have a nervous breakdown. He then tells Dwight "I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy...which includes you." Dwight then reaches out and actually tries to touch Jim comfortingly but he's already gone. Jim goes upstairs to Pam and kisses her right in front of the office. Seconds later he admits to the cameras that he's in love with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Italian food]] (Pam).
** Michael's final episode is full of this but the most notable examples are Michael's recommendation letter to Dwight, Jim's goodbye to Michael and Pam showing up at the last minute to tell Michael goodbye at the airport.
** Andy and Erin's first kiss at the landfill.
** Michael showing up at Pam's art show, hugging her and telling her how proud he is of her, and buying her painting of the Dunder-Mifflin building to display in the office.
* DesignatedVillain: In later seasons, ''anyone'' who opposes Michael in any way, even if it's for the better.
** This goes especially for Toby, who Michael always sees as the bad guy, even when Toby ''is agreeing'' with Michael.
** Exceptions: Jim and Pam, and sometimes Darryl, who are understood to be the only reasonable ones in the office. Exception to the exception: Michael is generally better at managing than Jim during their season six stint as co-managers.
* DudeNotFunny: Both Michael and David react angrily to an office prank, until they realize it was done by Packer/Finch. Then they love it.
** When Daryl was working on a ladder, Michael ''pulled it out from underneath him'' and asked "How's it hangin?" Daryl could've died, but only ended up breaking his leg. Recounting the story to the camera, Michael still thinks it's hilarious.
** Dwight's knock-knock joke to Michael, the punchline of which is slapping Michael in the face, gets Michael very angry, who "officially" bans knock-knock jokes. Jim does the exact same joke to Dwight a mere ''seconds'' later, and Michael is laughing his ass off.
** In "Company Picnic", Michael & Holly re-enact the torture scenes from ''SlumdogMillionaire'' [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]].
** In "Koi Pond", the entire office has a field day with the fact that Michael fell into a Koi Pond, until they find out that Jim pulled away instead of trying to help. This made it look like Jim ''let'' Michael fall into the pond because he didn't reach out a hand to help him, so they start giving him a hard time instead.
** Michael taking insulting Toby just a little too far in "The Chump". A shame really, as he was actually getting some laughs before he hit that point.
--->'''Michael''': If I had a gun with two bullets, and I was in a room with [[AcceptableTargets Hitler, Bin Laden]] and [[MurderArsonAndJayWalking Toby]], I would shoot Toby twice.
** In the cold open to "Cafe Disco," Dwight pulls a prank on Pam. Since the prank deals with Pam giving up on her artistic dreams, both Jim and Pam are peeved. Apparently they can dish it out to Dwight repeatedly, but can't take it even once.
*** Should they NOT have been peeved? This prank fits the trope because it went way past the degree of previous pranks from both parties. And that going too far--it's like telling someone that their dog died--is consistent with Dwight's character.
*** Jim and Pam's pranks, while numerous and often elaborate, tend to be little more than petty annoyances; they never took it to a personal level by dragging Moze, Dwight's failed hotel business, or his break-up with Angela into them. Dwight trotted out Pam's [[MyGreatestFailure biggest personal failure]] and shoved it in her face for a laugh.
** Michael physically dragging Meredith to rehab. Regardless of his intentions, a person dragging another person anywhere, with her screaming "NO, let me go!" the whole time, is assault.
** It is a blink and miss but Dwight claims to have "4 and 3/4" horses. [[spoiler: He then explains that he designed a machine that allows to take meat for hamburgers out of live horses without having to kill them]].
*** Worse still? Of all the companies he contacted to market it, ''only one declined outright..''
* DumbassHasAPoint: In the seventh season finale Kelly tells Jo that Gabe was unprofessional in dating Erin to suck up but she pointed out that Gabe was acting creepy when she broke up with him.
* EarWorm: Karen tries to annoy Jim with the squeaking of the chair that he swapped with hers. Jim responds by repeatedly singing the chorus from "Lovefool" by The Cardigans. Karen is begging him to stop in seconds.
** The theme song itself is one of these.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Erin was initially meant to be a temporary character, but she was made into a regular as a result of both the producers loving the actress and the positive fan response to the character.
** Dwight's cousin Moze is very popular, thanks to many [[CrowningMomentOfFunny funny moments]]. He even has his own Facebook fan page
* FetishFuel: Pam for Kevin when she has to wear glasses.
* {{Flanderization}}: Pretty much the entire supporting cast in the US version.
** Taken to the extreme with Erin. Her character started off being merely an extremely [[ThePollyanna optimistic]] and somewhat [[TheDitz klutzy]] WideEyedIdealist, to a drifty CloudCuckooLander, and finally becoming TooDumbToLive- ''all in one season''.
** Also very notable is Kevin who started as a normal overweight man with a somewhat funny smile who was relatively competent at his job, (GamblingAddiction aside) to a bumbling stupid FatIdiot and crazed pervert incapaple of basic math and accounting who is thought of as mentally retarded and even talks more ridiculously as the show goes on.
*** Though it has also introduced areas that he ''is'' capable in; he is evidently a great cook and a talented musician. "Nepotism" indicates that he has some skill with electronics as well.
* FinalSeasonCasting: With Steve Carell gone now its uncertain how many more seasons the show will last, whether or not this trope results depends on that factor as well as who if anybody actually replaces Michael or if one of the other characters (say Jim or Dwight) gets promoted instead.
* GrowingTheBeard: After an extremely shaky first season, the show really comes into its own in the second. In fact, many people would even say season two was the show's peak.
* HamAndCheese: Jim as Goldenface in ''Threat Level: Midnight''. He only did it to impress Pam, but he sure looked like he had fun with it.
* HollywoodHomely: Generally averted, as most of the cast are average-looking or are dressed sufficiently dumpy to pass. Played for laughs with Karen (Rashida Jones), who is stunningly gorgeous but is backhandedly insulted by Michael.
** Played straight in an episode where Pam was out of contact solution, and wore her glasses to work. Michael told her to her face at every opportunity how "hideous" she looked.
*** And nobody else except Phyllis does. Michael and Phyllis sniping at Pam is supposed to show how rude and shallow they are.
* HoYay: Michael has a way of getting into these situations. Also, Kevin and Oscar in "Niagara." Yes, we know that Oscar is actually gay.
** Also interesting is the Dwight-Ryan conspiracy in "Manager and Salesman."
** Dwight and Jim. In the episode where Dwight is fired (he was re-hired in the next episode) he doesn't say goodbye to anyone, but does stop to give Jim a big hug. Also, in the episode where Jim (with Karen and Pam's help) tricks Dwight into thinking that he's turning into a vampire, Dwight has tears in his eyes when he "realizes" that he must be the one to put Jim out of his "suffering".
** In "Michael Scott Paper Company," Dwight and Andy are competing to impress Erin as they play a song together. However, they eventually forget about her as they are singing and she leaves the room while they continue their duet.
** Michael has been enamored of Ryan for a long time.
*** Michael repeatedly writes about Ryan in his diary; when read a Jan's deposition, anyone who didn't know Ryan believed he was a woman Michael was in love with, based on some entries.
*** There's also the Dundies, the annual office awards assigned by Michael. Michael repeatedly awards Ryan "Hottest in the Office", a title previously held by Pam. When someone else wins "Hottest in the Office" in the 7th season, Ryan is shown to be pretty upset by this.
** Dwight towards Michael, arguably. Dwight is always trying to please Michael, takes care of him when he's hurt, and in the episode "Koi Pond" calls him handsome when trying to cheer him up.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: The first season really suffered for being too similar to the original UK series.
** This can also lead to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness when you go back and watch that season after being more familiar with the later episodes.
* IdiotPlot: Occurs MANY times.
* MagnificentBastard: Dwight [[SmugSnake would like to think he is one.]] He actually manages to pull it off in "Scott's Tots."
** And "Classy Christmas." He had Jim reduced to a horribly paranoid mess by the end of the episode.
* MemeticMutation: Boom! Roasted.
** That's what she said!
** '''NO''', GOD. NO, God, please, no, NO! NO! '''NOOOOOOOOOOO'''
* {{Moe}}: Erin - we even see her in her "jammy jams".
* MoralEventHorizon: Dwight crosses one in "The Coup," when he tries to back stab Michael and take his job. Notable in that Dwight recognizes this and Lampshades it as he does so. This also triggered some character development for him, as earlier in the series he seemed to be genuinely in awe of Michael. Afterward, his character maintains the facade but reveals various times that he no longer respects him.
** Michael trying to make every aspect of Phyllis's wedding all about him. He actually implied that the bride was dishonorable in front of her husband at the wedding. In [[GoodOldWays time gone by]] that would have ensured a DuelToTheDeath.
** Dwight making an extremely serious attempt to get Jim fired in "Scott's Tots." This was actually so effective on the audience that the writers [[AbortedArc aborted the related arc]].
** David Wallace sends Michael and Dwight to infiltrate a smaller paper company (that was posing no real threat to Dunder Mifflin) so that they could steal their clients and run them out of business.
** [[RuleOfThree Dwight]] (is that even possible??) ''murders'' Angela's cat because it was "weak."
*** That one was somewhat justified. Dwight was misapplying his farm experience (putting down sickly suffering animals.)
*** Then again, considering all of the problems that cat was implied to have, it possibly ''would'' count as a mercy kill.
*** But he botched it: it becomes apparent that its ultimate fate was to suffocate/freeze to death in Angela's refrigerator.
** Angela while rude and insensitive, is usually ok with people, if tightly wound, except when she thinks they deserve it, or is vying for power (especially in regard to party planning). But in the dinner party episode, for no apparent reason, she lies about Pam's alleged romantic intentions with Michael to make Jan hate her.
*** Given Angela's view of Pam as the "office bicycle", her tendency to say things like "I think [insert color Phyllis is wearing here] is whorish", and her character conception as the type of person who says, "I don't want to say anything, BUT..." it's actually completely in character of her to believe that Pam was probably, or had probably, slept with Michael in addition to Jim and Roy since, after Jim, Michael was the one in the Office she spent the most (unwilling) time with.
*** Actually Angela did believe it but she wasn't the one to tell Jan it was true. Micheal did. All Angela said was "I've seen the way you look at him too."
** Jan's 'forgetting' the SafeWord. Sounds like she [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped Michael.]]
*** But since RapeIsOKWhenItIsFemaleOnMale, it doesn't count, right?
*** Actually, this was treated by all as not remotely "OK", and prompted everyone to tell Michael to end things with Jan.
** Dwight again in "Doomsday" when he installs a device to send an email to Robert California to get every one fired if they make 5 mistakes in a day. He then refuses to give up the password to them and says he'll write negative refrences to them if they get fired. If there ever was a time to give someone a kick to the testicles, this would be it.
*** To be fair though, it's revealed at the end of the episode that Dwight never intended to actually do it; he was just banking on the office believing that he would. It really was just a scare tactic.
* NeverLiveItDown: "Fire Guy!"
** "Big Tuna", too.
* NightmareFuel: Deangelo [[spoiler: wandering back in to the office after having been hospitalized with a head injury, attempting to give out orders despite aphasia making him into a disturbing version of TheUnintelligible.]]
** Dwight's "fire drill," while hilarious, is also horrifying. The panic of all the office workers goes on for a four minute long cold open, with things like Michael smashing open a window and screaming [[HeReallyCanAct pretty un-hammily for help]], Jim yelling, "I am not dying here!" Dwight's DissonantSerenity, oh, and Stanley having a heart attack. It's pretty unnerving.
* OlderThanTheyThink: A great many fans of the American version are not aware of the English one.
** Or they wouldn't, if it weren't for Ricky Gervais complaining every time he gets a microphone about how "everyone" thinks SteveCarell is the creator of ''TheOffice''.
** Also, the character Michael Scott, who bears an intriguing resemblance to Willy Loman from ''DeathOfASalesman''.
*** Willy Loman strives for success but his main goal in life is to be loved, the same as Michael Scott. Both are convinced that's ''how'' you succeed. Both were very successful salesmen before the start of the narrative, and neither has realized how far downhill they've gone. Both are at a dead end in their careers, and neither realizes that their true talents lie elsewhere (Michael as a salesman, Willy as a carpenter). Both are desperate for normal human connections, and are incapable of keeping them. Willy Loman is really just Michael Scott in fifteen years, played for tragic anti-hero rather than [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]].
* ParanoiaFuel: What if your coworkers really do have you under electronic surveillance, looking for something they can use to ruin you for their own benefit.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Unintentionally. [[http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Braylon-Edwards-gave-79-students-10-000-for-col?urn=nfl-wp14415 This]] sounds exactly like "Scott's Tots," only the real-life version was a success.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Andy.
* RomanticPlotTumor: The Dwight/Angela/Andy love triangle in season 5. Just sort of drug on and made Dwight and Angela into bastards.
* SeriesFauxnale: "Goodbye Michael", even though it isn't even the ''season'' finale, has all the hallmarks of a series finale and functions as such for some fans.
* SoBadItsGood: What the members of the office see Michael's movie ''Threat Level: Midnight'' as, though Michael wants it to be taken seriously. [[spoiler: He eventually accepts the fact that he doesn't need to make a great movie so he lets them enjoy it as they want to.]]
* TheScrappy: YMMV the main cast can fall unto this, the biggest one being Angela.
** Ryan, season 5 onwards, turned into a total College-brat, who doesn't even ''have'' a real job in [[{{Irony}} the office]].
*** Ryan's conniving, bratty nature started showing back in season 3. It even gets [[LampshadedTrope lampshaded]] at one point.
--->'''Jim''': I liked you better when you were just the temp.
--->'''Ryan''': Yeah, so did I.
** ReplacementScrappy: Deangelo Vickers
*** He's an arguable example, though, as he was never intended as an actual replacement for Michael. Heck, he was PutOnABus less than one episode after Michael was.
** Jim is also becoming this with a lot of fans: he's been [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into a smug, entitled [[{{Jerkass}} jerkass.]]
* SeasonalRot: There were complaints about a fall in quality starting around the fourth season (when the [[WillTheyOrWontThey primary ongoing plot]] was resolved at last). It picked up even more during the sixth and seventh seasons and now that Michael Scott is gone those complaints have increased tenfold.
* SuperCouple: Jim and Pam, especially in seasons 2-6. One of the great examples of a HappilyMarried couple on TV this side of ''FridayNightLights''.
* TearJerker: In "Boys and Girls," Jan discusses ambitions with all the office women; Pam wants a house with a terrace to plant flowers, and a job where she can use her art skills. Jan offers to put in a good word for her on a graphic design internship in New York, but [[spoiler:when Pam tells Roy about it, he tells her to forget about it. Pam explains all this to the camera along with the terrace (it's from a children's story she read, and something about it stuck with her). But what are dreams worth? "It's impractical. I'm not gonna try to ''get'' a house like that. Um, they don't even make houses like that in Scranton...so, I'm never gonna..." Pam has to stop herself from crying]].
** Then Pam goes to art school (hooray!), fails once, and gives up (boo!). Roy turns out to be right in hindsight. A jerk, sure, but right.
** When Michael leaves the office for the last time. In fact, the entire episode, though hilarious, was one big tear jerker.
---> '''Jim:''' You know what I think we should do? I think we should just save the goodbyes for tomorrow. At lunch.
* TheWoobie: Pam before she gets married; Erin more than anyone else.
** Phyllis and Toby get picked on by Michael a lot. Especially Toby.
** While he is normally a creepy sexist, one ColdOpening has Kevin going out of his way make chili for everyone in TheOffice, proudly declaring that it's his greatest skill. As soon as he walks in the door (after carrying it up the stairs due to a broken elevator) he trips and spills it all over the carpet. Seeing the big guy trying in vain to scoop it all back into the pot just makes you want to give him a hug.
*** Kevin also seemed pretty Woobie-ish in the episode where he and Andy protested to get their parking spots back, while at the same time Kevin deals with his fiancee breaking up with him. After they win the parking situation at the end, Kevin says with a warm smile, "It's just nice to win one."
*** Kevin again, when he explicitly compares himself to [[FutureLoser an alternate future version of Jim that had never gotten together with Pam.]]
*** And yet again, when [[ItMakesSenseInContext Michael makes him eat the butt of a piece of broccoli.]]
** Andy has some Woobie elements too.
-->'''Andy:''' "What we have here is the ultimate smackdown between the Nard Dog and crippling despair, loneliness and depression. [[ThrowingDownTheGauntlet I intend]] [[BadassBoast to win]]."
** Erin is an orphaned [[ThePollyanna Pollyanna]] who just wants everyone to like her, but she seems to have been fleshed out into a full fledged woobie as of ''Secretary's Day''. She had a [[CringeComedy cringe worthy]] HeroicBSOD when she found out that Andy and Angela used to be engaged: her breathing pattern became irregular, she pulled her hair to her face, and started yelling.
--->'''Erin''': In the foster home my hair was my room.
*** Turned up to eleven when Michael lands a devastating blow during an argument in "Viewing Party"(Though in fairness, he picks up on the mistake uncharacteristically fast and immediately moves to fix it).
---> '''Michael:''' I'm [[ParentalSubstitute not your dad!]]\\
'''Erin:''' *cue massive teary doe eyes*
** Jim and Dwight had their moments. Jim during the lowest points of his pining for Pam; Dwight after Angela dumped him (especially when, after he defeated the computer in a sales competition and Angela didn't care, Pam, who had been impersonating the Dunder-Mifflin computer network as part of a prank, sent him an instant message admitting its defeat. Dwight cries).
** Young Michael on the videotape in "Take Your Daughter To Work Day" (which goes a long way towards explaining parts of his adult personality): "I want to get married and have a hundred kids, so I can have a hundred friends, and no one can say no to being my friend."
*** When then turns [[MoodWhiplash into a painfully hilarious moment]] when the kids and crew are struck silent by this, complete with the Muppet {{Expy}} doing a subtle JawDrop.
** Even Angela gets in on it at one point, when Dwight gives her the news of her cat Sprinkles having died. Pet owners can relate.
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