Michael puts off doing work, while Pam tries to everything she can to get him to sign and initial papers. Dwight challenges Michael to a fight, to show off his martial arts training.
Air date: November 1, 2005
Tropes
- Easily Forgiven: Subverted. Pam does forgive Jim, but only at the very end of the episode when he brings her a peace offering.
- Finger-Snapping Street Gang: Michael claims to have been involved in a gang as a youth. Jim snaps his fingers and says, "Once you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way." Later, Michael has to confront Dwight about an issue and Jim follows him, snapping his fingers in rhythm.
- Insult Backfire: Jim to Michael.Michael: I know a ton of 14-year-old girls who could kick his ass.Jim: You know a ton of 14-year-old girls?
- My God, What Have I Done?: Jim has this reaction when he upsets Pam by being overly flirtatious at the dojo.
- Nazi Grandpa: Dwight's grandfather killed 20 men, and spent the rest of the war in an Allied prison camp.
- Popcultural Osmosis Failure: Michael thinks Michael Jackson's ranch is called Wonderland (instead of Neverland). Also, that "You talkin' to me?" is a line from Raging Bull, and that Al Pacino starred in Raging Bull.
- Shout-Out: To West Side Story
- And The Karate Kid
The Hilary Swank version. - That Came Out Wrong: When Dwight tells Kelly to let him take her from behind.
- Wimp Fight: When they finally confront each other at the dojo, Michael and Dwight both have fighting techniques that could best be described as "clumsy", with lots of flailing punches and backtracking.
