Line #12 Recap/TheOfficeUSS2E20DrugTesting


1	Dwight finds half a joint in the parking lot and launches an investigation in the office, to find the culprit. Michael needs clean pee. Jim loses to Pam in a game of "Jinx," and has to be silent until he buys her a Coke.
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3	Air date: April 27, 2006
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5	!!! Tropes
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7	* CoughSnarkCough: coughNarc!*cough
8	* {{Gaslighting}}: Jim indulges in a bit of this when Dwight interviews him as part of the investigation:
9	-->'''Jim''': I'm just saying that you can't be sure that it ''wasn't'' you.
10	-->'''Dwight''': That's ridiculous, of course it wasn't me.
11	-->'''Jim''': Marijuana is a memory loss drug, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia so maybe you just don't remember.]]
12	-->'''Dwight''': I ''would'' remember.
13	-->'''Jim''': Well, how could you, if it just erased your memory?
14	-->'''Dwight''': That's not how it works.
15	-->'''Jim''': (suspicious) Now how do you know how it works?
16	-->'''Dwight''': ...knock it off, okay, I'm interviewing ''you''!
17	-->'''Jim''': No, [[SelfServingMemory you said that]] ''[[BlatantLies I'd]]'' [[DuckSeasonRabbitSeason be conducting the interview when I walked in here]], now ''exactly'' how much pot did you smoke?!
18	-->'''Dwight''': ([[StunnedSilence wide-eyed]] [[HeroicBSOD and silent]])
19	* IgnoredExpert: When Creed identifies a photo as being "Northern Lights Cannabis Indica," Dwight dejectedly says, "No, it's marijuana," and continues interviewing people.
20	* InsultBackfire: When Michael calls Dwight a narc.
21	-->'''Dwight''': If you are attempting to compliment me, then you are doing a very good job.
22	* JinxGame: Pam jinxes Jim after he does an impression of Stanley, and informs him he cannot speak until he buys her a Coke. The vending machine is out, however, and Pam takes delight in {{Troll}}ing Jim throughout the episode, until she tells him he can tell her anything, and his face becomes very serious, as he has feelings for her. She later buys him a Coke to give her.
23	* KnowNothingKnowItAll:
24	** Michael's lecture to the employees about drugs is woefully uninformed. He warns them against "smoking drugs" and "doing alcohol", then his list of drugs includes cocaine along with several street names for it listed separately, [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "heroine"]] and "hookah", which Toby points out is a type of tobacco pipe rather than a drug.
25	** Dwight himself is also shown to not actually know that much about marijuana. When he shows a picture of it to Creed, Creed identifies it as "Northern Lights Cannabis Indica". Dwight, not realizing Creed just identified the marijuana by its strain name, thinks this means Creed doesn't know what it is and that he's innocent.
26	* LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics: Michael makes some dubious claims in his presentation.
27	-->This year more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children!
28	* MotorMouth:
29	** One of the few times Kelly is called out on this.
30	-->'''Kelly''': And the guys are saying "chug! chug! chug!" but I’m so small and all I’d eaten that day was one of those Auntie Anne pretzels from the food court so I said “Is it okay if I sip it?” and they said no, but Ryan seemed cool either way...
31	-->'''Dwight''': Stop! This is ''not'' Kelly Kapoor Story Hour! Illegal drugs were consumed on company property, okay? Your ass is on the line, [[PronounTrouble mister]]! My ass is on the line!
32	** Later in the episode, though, this helps Jim, since Kelly's one-sided monologue in her "best conversation" with him means he doesn't need to talk, as per his Jinx from Pam.
33	* ObliviousToTheirOwnDescription: It takes Kevin a while to catch on when Dwight goes through the side effects of pot smoking with him.
34	-->'''Dwight''': You tell me who this sounds like...Slow moving. Inattentive. Dull. Constantly snacking. Shows a lack of motivation.
35	-->'''Kevin''': (''nods in agreement, then pauses for a bit'') Hey!
36	* SecretTestOfCharacter: When Michael suddenly chastises everyone for mocking Dwight, the others point out that Michael was doing it as well. Michael then very unconvincingly tries to claim that he was actually testing them, and they failed.
37	* SeriousBusiness: Dwight finds a smoked joint in the parking lot and not only does he start interrogating everyone to find out who it belonged to, he even draws a chalk outline around it and surrounds the spot with traffic cones like it's a crime scene.
38	--> '''Jim:''' As it turns out, Dwight finding drugs is more dangerous than most people using drugs.
39	* ShoutOut: In his lecture, Michael notes "Everybody knows that Creator/CheechAndChong are funny, but just imagine how funny they would be if they didn’t smoke pot!"
40	* SoUnfunnyItsFunny: Michael's attempt to imitate [[TheStoner a stoner]].
41	-->'''Michael''': [[Film/DudeWheresMyCar Dude, where's my office]]? I totally lost it...'cause I was [[Film/HalfBaked half-baked]]...smokin' doobies...[[Music/TheDoobieBrothers Doobie Brothers]]...I was smokin' doobies with my brothers...[[Series/AmericanIdol peace out, Seacrest]]!\
42	'''Ryan''': I don’t think Michael’s ever done drugs. I don’t know if anyone has ever ''offered'' him any.
43	* TurnInYourBadge: Dwight becomes so disillusioned after providing Michael with his urine that he resigns as a volunteer sheriff afterwards. This is played with in a deleted scene, where it's revealed that Dwight wasn't supposed to have a badge, or weapons-grade mace, or perform any law enforcement activities.

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