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1. #1Dunder Mifflin

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   Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, Inc. (NYSE: DMI) is a mid-sized paper supplier for small businesses in North-eastern United States

   Mid-Cap Paper Supplier in Northeast United States

   Dunder Mifflin was founded in 1949 by Robert Dunder and Robert Mifflin as a metal bracket supplier for construction. In the 21st century, Dunder Mifflin is a mid-cap paper supplier for small businesses with seven offices set up in: Manhattan, New York (headquarters); Akron, Ohio; Nashua, New Hampshire; Rochester, New York; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Syracuse, New York; and Utica, New York.

   As early as 2005, Dunder Mifflin struggled to compete with major office-supply chains, like Staples and Office Depot, after failing to adapt to an increasingly paperless world ("Business School"). In 2007, newly-appointed CFO David Wallace promoted millennial intern Ryan Howard to Vice President of Northeast Sales in a desperate attempt to lead Dunder Mifflin into the Information Age. During his brief position, the company was restructured under Dunder Mifflin Infinity, which included rebuilding the company website before it was later infiltrated by sexual predators ("Night Out"). These costs ("hundreds of thousands of dollars", "Broke") and losses forced Wallace to maintain high prices during the American subprime mortgage crisis of 2007-2008 ("Job Fair").

   Dunder Mifflin's mission statement is posted on the door to the kitchen closet (which later became Ryan's office): DUNDER MIFFLIN, Inc. is committed to providing its customers quality office and information technology products, furniture, printing values and the experience required for making informed buyer decisions. We provide our Customers with the highest standard of integrity and quality, to enable them to develop long-term professional relationships with our employees and staff. We crusade to create a stable working environment and corporate spirit and to give unlimited opportunity to women, and to afford ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people. We are also committed to nurturing and promulgating wholesome American values. We strive to become the company most known for changing the worldwide poor–quality image of Chinese products.

2. #2Dunder Mifflin Scranton

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   Dunder Mifflin Scranton is a branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company that is based out of Scranton, Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County. It is located at 1725 Slough Avenue, Suite 200 in the Scranton Business Park.

   Dunder Mifflin Scranton warehouse - perhaps including the suite - is on a seven-year lease from Beekman Properties. According to Dwight, the lease was on its fourth year at the time, which means the lease will end sometime during the year 2009 if not renewed.

   Ed Truck - Former Regional Manager; was retired for some time, died in Season 3.

   Pam's desk was designed to be round so she could swivel to look at any point in the office. Dwight and Jim's desks are angled relative to each other, rather than facing each other. Jim's desk does not face Pam's, but Pam can look directly at Jim. This means that Jim has to make a conscious choice to look at Pam, and he is either unaware that she's looking at him, or at least pretending to be unaware. It also allowed for shots to be framed so that both of their faces are visible. The show did take liberty to remove the partitions between desks, so that everyone could see each other.[1]

   Realistically, the layout of the office doesn't change much throughout the series:

   Two desks are added in "The Merger":
       One is added to Jim and Dwight's desk clump. His usual place occupied by Ryan, Jim takes it.
       Another is added to Phyllis and Stanley's desk clump. The new desk is occupied first by Karen, then by Andy, then by Cathy, and finally by Nellie.
   Jim's new desk is removed in "Fun Run", following Ryan's promotion and temporary departure from Scranton.
   It is added back and occupied by Pam starting with "Casual Friday".
   In "The Promotion", a new office is built where Creed and Devon's desk clump used to be. Creed takes Ryan's old place, facing Meredith. The office in question is used first by Jim, then by Darryl.
   

3. #3Michael Scott

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   Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1965) was best known for his role as Regional Manager of the Dunder Mifflin branch in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

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   Michael the Magic Michael Scarn Michael Klump Date Mike Mike (by Darryl) Blind Guy McSqueezy Prison Mike Caleb Crawdad Master of Guidance Michael Wonka Reginald Poofta Michael Scotch Spiros Orville Tootenbacher Jesus Christ Johnny Carson Michael J Fox Mr. Fox Nicki Minaj The Incredible Mr. Fox Santa Bond Beyoncé Captain Bruisin' Michael Jackson Ryan's Girlfriend Dennis the Menace Eddie Murphy Spicoli Guy MC Mike Scott Michael Snot Elton Mr. Scott (By The High School Kids) Hot Tie Guy (By Pam) Tito Jackson Mike Tyson

   Michael Scott began his career at Dunder Mifflin as a salesman under Ed Truck. He later replaced him, likely while Randall was CFO pre 2005, and served as Regional Manager until 2008 (late Season 5) when he founded the Michael Scott Paper Company with Pam Beesly and Ryan Howard. Shortly after, he was reinstated as Regional Manager after his company was bought-out by Dunder Mifflin.

   Biography

   "I became a salesman because of people. I love making friends. But then I was promoted to manager at a very young age. And I still try to be a friend first. But, you know... when you're very successful, your co-workers look at you differently."
   —Michael Scott in "The Fire"
   

   Michael Gary Scott was born March 15, 1965, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He came from a relatively difficult childhood of loneliness. Michael had some trouble with his early education, shown in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity" as Michael tells the camera crew he was held back from second-grade. In "Diversity Day", Michael claims to be of English, Irish, German, and Scottish ancestry. He also claims to be "two-fifteenths" Native American. He has mentioned a stepfather, Jeff, whom he despises. In "Nepotism", it is revealed that Michael had a half-sister, from whom he was estranged for 15 years. Michael had a foreign exchange student he lived with growing up. When this boy, who he treated like a brother, returned home, he apparently stole all of Michael's jeans, utterly betraying him and leaving him in shorts throughout the winter.

   Michael explains that he was often left out as a child, never being picked for any teams. The one team he was picked for, however, was revealed to be a prank, as the sport itself didn't exist. But, with a name like "Poop Ball,

   In the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Michael makes the claim that he was a child star on a kids' show called Fundle Bundle; however, it becomes clear that he simply appeared on the show as one of many guest children. In the old recording being played, he speaks touchingly about what he wanted when he grew up: get married, and have "100 kids" so he could then have "100 friends" and none of them could say no to being his friend.

   Michael did not attend college, having lost all his tuition money in a "pyramid scheme."("The Fire")

   He spent a summer after graduating high school, working at a fast food restaurant, washing counters. (The Fire). YoungMichaelScott

   A young Michael Scott with his then boss, Ed Truck. (August, 1996)

   Michael started at Dunder Mifflin as a salesman in 1992.[8] He was winning consecutive awards for the best salesman. In "Two Weeks", he claims to have acquired half of the Scranton branch client base. It was there where met Todd Packer who used to sit next to each other. The two used to hang out together and called each other, BFFs. One time, Michael claimed that they once met a set of twins (Packer told them that him and Michael were brothers) Packed later had sex with both of them. He won Salesman of the Year Awards (1996, 1997). They once spent a whole day at work in their underwear and somehow able to convince everyone they were the crazy ones. He also worked in his desk with Stanley Hudson, Creed Bratton, Phyllis Lapin, Packer and Hank Doyle.

   Ed quit with pension in 2001 and handed the job of Regional Manager to Michael before leaving.

   After being promoted to a regional manager at a very young age, he continued to treat work-related relationships as personal friendships. He acknowledges the difficulty because his colleagues are all lower than him in the workplace's hierarchy. He seems to have few relationships outside the office.

   In 2003, Michael trained and recruited a couple of salesman upon getting the job like Jim Halpert and Dwight Schrute and taught the two everything about sales, and training them with hands on activists via improv sales call and watching retro 1980s movies featuring sales negotiations. Dwight grew to respect Michael and said he once told him "Would an idiot do that thing and if he would. You would not do those things". It was at that same time, he hired Pam Beesly as a secretary who he sometimes flirted with.

   In 2004, Michael moved Toby from the annex (Toby used to sit next to Dwight and Jim) for talking too much with Jim during work hours. At that same time, an accountant, Tom Peets had shot himself filing the position as Temp vacant. Tom has depression and tried to tell Michael who ignored him.

   In 2005, the camera crew started recording Dunder Mufflin.

   During a candid conversation in "The Fire", Michael tells Ryan that he became a salesman because he loved to make friends. After being promoted to a regional manager at a young age, he continued to treat work-related relationships as personal friendships. He acknowledges the difficulty because his colleagues are all lower than him in the workplace's hierarchy. He seems to have few relationships outside the office.

   In his interactions with other characters, Michael is shallow, callous, ignorant and unaware of basic social norms. He tends to overestimate his own importance in the eyes of his coworkers and cannot understand why they do not share his enthusiasm. Michael believes an office should be the "place where dreams come true."

   He is loyal to the company and honestly tries to help his employees when he thinks they are having a problem. Michael has been at Dunder Mifflin (as of "Michael's Last Dundies") 9,986,000 minutes, which means that he has been working there since May 6, 1992.

   Michael's constant desire to be the center of attention often manifests itself in selfish behavior. For example, when he burns his foot in "The Injury", he expects Pam and Ryan to tend to his needs, despite Dwight's much more serious concussion. When invited to "Phyllis' Wedding", he assumes his participation will be the high point of the ceremony. He pouts when he is upstaged by Phyllis' elderly father, eventually giving an insulting and overly familiar toast that gets him banned from the reception altogether. His desire to be liked often leads him to make unwise decisions or unfeasible promises without considering the consequences, only to back out when they result in an undesirable comeuppance. Michael appears to emphasize moments of sympathy or civility directed at him by his coworkers (mostly Jim) and inflates their importance in order to compensate for his loneliness.

   Michael is irresponsible with his finances, and at one point is so heavily in debt he has to take up a second job as a telemarketer at the Lipophedrine Diet Pill Company. Though Michael had trouble managing his finances, the majority of his issues came from his girlfriend Jan Levinson, who spends a majority of his money. She even sold their two cars in exchange for a Porsche. Oscar makes a chart of Michael's spending habits and chides him for spending too much money on things "nobody ever needs" like multiple magic sets and professional bass fishing equipment. Eventually, Michael is forced to declare bankruptcy (which he thinks requires only standing up and shouting "I declare bankruptcy!")

   Due to his overall lack of common sense, Michael can withstand significant abuse from his peers and is often the butt of jokes. He is quick to take offense when wronged and his response is often disproportionate to the harm suffered. Similarly, when he unintentionally offends people, he will apologize. The most notable example of "Gay Witch Hunt" when he cries after realizing his use of the term "faggy" hurt Oscar's feelings. Even though he is generally oblivious to criticism, derision and sarcasm, Michael has some limits to his patience, and leaves to question the extent of offense that he can actually acknowledge (demanding professional respect from Stanley Hudson in "Did I Stutter?" or standing up to the employees in favor of Holly in "Business Ethics").

   In "The Meeting", it is shown Michael does not aim for his employees' betterment or his own, thinking that this would put his job in jeopardy. He unwittingly turns down a promotion that would put Jim in his position, choosing the status quo over his employees' ambitions. He sabotages Jim with a bad recommendation, mistakenly believing Jim's promotion would lead to his firing. He does, however, concede to a co-managerial position with Jim to avoid losing him.

   Related to this, Michael tends to express disdain towards those who he feels challenge his authority, the most notable being Toby. He has also expressed issues with Gabe in "Viewing Party" and Charles in "New Boss". All three instances cause him to throw immature spiteful tantrums towards said person but Toby has taken the most of his abuse.

   Being a lifelong hopeless romantic, Michael has had several romantic relationships, most notably with Jan who had become too domineering over him thus forcing him to end their relationship. He eventually settled with Holly as she shared a similar sense of humor with him. He eventually quit Dunder Mifflin and moved to Boulder, Colorado to help her care for her ailing parents. They got married and had four kids together. In a publicity stunt, Governor John Hickenlooper appointed him as Director of Paper Distribution in the Department of Natural Resources, but this isn't considered canon.[9]

   Michael's catchphrase is "That's what she said!" a sexually suggestive double entendre he uses in inappropriate circumstances, including business meetings and legal depositions. Michael finds uttering the phrase so irresistible that in "Sexual Harassment", he is goaded into saying it just seconds after Jan Levinson and a lawyer from Corporate specifically asked him to stop.

   He has diverse interests in media. Song parody writing is often referred to: in "Goodbye, Toby", he relates the titles of two of his songs, "Beers in Heaven" ("Tears in Heaven" parody) and "Total Eclipse of the Fart" ("Total Eclipse of the Heart" parody), before singing a rendition of "Goodbye Stranger" as a departing gesture to Toby. He performs his parody of "The Chanukah Song" to reflect the Diwali celebration Kelly hosted. In "Dream Team", he comes up with "Achey Breaky Fart" ("Achy Breaky Heart" parody) and "My Stumps" ("My Humps" parody) during a brainstorming exercise. He hopes to finish the video production of his script, "Threat Level: Midnight", whose script was found and read by the office and whose finished movie (after ten years of production) was viewed in the seventh-season episode of the same name.

   Michael adores the theatrical stylings of Meryl Streep, describing her in "The Job" as the "best actor around," and mimics her character from The Devil Wears Prada after seeing the film. He loves Wikipedia and YouTube, although he doesn't seem to really understand how they work and believes them to be news media organizations. Michael also likes the music of Billy Joel and U2; the movies Mean Girls, Million Dollar Baby, Die Hard, What a Girl Wants; and television series such as ALF, Entourage, The L Word and Queer as Folk. Michael tends to be a bit "behind" when it comes to popular culture references, such as when he refers to his then-girlfriend Jan's youthful male assistant as James Van Der Beek or in his numerous ringtones, including "My Humps," "Mambo Number Five" and Salt-N-Pepa.

   He appears to have a history of playing ice hockey and demonstrates his talent in "Michael's Birthday". In high school, after his math teacher told him he was going to flunk out, he went out the next day and "scored more goals than anyone in the history of the hockey team." He also has invited potential clients to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins games. On multiple occasions, Michael has also expressed interest in basketball even though he is terrible (in "The Fire", "Basketball" and "Goodbye, Michael"). Michael is a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, and does not like the New York Mets.

   Michael has his jeans dry-cleaned, first mentioned in "The Client" and reprised in "The Convention". He started Casual Fridays specifically so he could wear his favorite jeans. His "fun jeans" are white.

   Michael enjoys fast food. His car is littered with Filet-O-Fish wrappers in the episode "Hot Girl", and he suggested having fast food at the end of "The Deposition". He makes numerous fast food jokes in "Lecture Circuit Part 1". Kelly is shocked at how many number 9 combos were on the receipt he gave her ("Classy Christmas").

   Michael loves sugar and sweets. See Michael Scott's sweet tooth.

   Other interests include his self-bought "World's Best Boss" mug from Spencer Gifts; and Chrysler automobiles. He drives a silver 2004 Sebring convertible for the first three seasons until he trades it in with Jan's Volvo for a shared Porsche Boxster in the episode "Money". After their relationship, he drives a red PT Cruiser convertible and later a newer-model red Sebring as a benefit of the buyout of the Michael Scott Paper Company by Dunder Mifflin in "Broke". His new Sebring is trashed by Stanley in "Gossip" after Michael inadvertantly told his wife of his affair. Michael enjoys planning fantasy entrepreneurial schemes that he would like to start, such as a men's shoe store called "Shoe La La", or another paper company simply called "Michael".

   Personality and management style

   Apart from his masterful salesmanship, Michael is lacking in almost any other skills, management or otherwise. Jim Halpert once made a color graph of how Michael spends his time: 80% distracting others; 19% procrastination; and 1% critical thinking. Jim added that he inflated the "critical thinking" percentage so people could actually see it on the graph. His laid-back approach more often results in lower than expected workplace productivity, particularly when Michael places personal interests as a priority over work (such as his birthday, someone else's birthday, or his various seminars). To avoid being disciplined for his foolish actions, Michael often resorts to scapegoating employees to cover himself. Although his actions often lead to more problems for his employees, Michael believes that Scranton is "the cool, fun branch... like Animal House". He is genuinely upset when the top salesman from the Utica office trashes Scranton in a phone call by saying it's "worse than Camden".

   Although his position as Regional Manager gives him broad decision-making authority on branch operations, he often places those responsibilities secondary to his desire to be friends with his employees. On the other hand, he also oversteps his authority by hosting events that Corporate disapproves of, such as The Dundies and a booze cruise.

   It is revealed in the episode "The Duel" that the Scranton branch is the best-performing company branch, well ahead of Utica and Nashua. Michael is called to corporate headquarters to answer the question, "What are you doing right?" After several minutes of Michael's inarticulate babble, his superiors concede that while Michael is definitely doing something right, they will probably never know exactly what. They send him on a lecture tour to spread his wisdom; instead, he wastes time and annoys the workers who have to listen to his drivel.

   Despite his ineptitude, Michael is prone to brief bouts of surprising insight and is shown to have a kind heart as he shows deep, family-like affection towards the people working in the Scranton branch. The staff initially finds Michael annoying but he grows on them and is given emotional goodbyes during his final days in Scranton. In the episode "Broke", Michael displays self-awareness of his inability to keep secrets when he, Pam and Ryan all agree not to let Dunder Mifflin know the Michael Scott Paper Company is broke. Moments later he is seen bent over and in a panic when he admits that he's afraid he won't be able to keep himself from letting the truth slip. In the same episode, he displays a remarkable ability to negotiate with Dunder Mifflin and convince the company to hire himself as well as Pam and Ryan back with full benefits.

   In the episode "Murder", Jim attempts to confront Michael for wasting time when he has the staff participate in a murder-mystery role playing game. However, he is confronted by an unusually serious and stern Michael, who demands to, "just let them [the staff] have this game". Jim then realized Michael actually was trying to distract the staff from the possibility of losing their jobs after a news article hinted at Dunder Mifflin going bankrupt. Michael-Pam

   Michael at Pam's gallery showing.

   In the episode "Business School", Michael is one of the few Dunder Mifflin employees to show up to Pam's gallery showing. Unlike Oscar and his then-boyfriend Gil, who had shown up and were critical of Pam's drawings (which Pam overheard), Michael immediately marvels at her work and asks to buy Pam's drawing of their office building. In a moment of sincere kindness, Michael tells Pam that he is very proud of her. Pam begins to tear up and hugs him. During "The Seminar", Michael advises a fledgling Andy Bernard to step up and begin selling at a seminar Andy is hosting, in order to boost his sagging sales.

   Michael's habits of joking around and treating professional colleagues as personal friends are often inappropriate for management. However, along with his encyclopedic knowledge of the paper industry, it is remarkably effective when utilized to sign clients, as seen in "The Client" and "Heavy Competition." In "Initiation", Pam balks at Michael's sugar-fueled phone calls to a local business, but later realizes that his silly conversation (including a Bill Cosby imitation) helped to secure a major sale for Dunder Mifflin. He remembers people through word association starting with nicknames such as "baldy" and "fatso" which, while offensive to the individuals in question, works to his advantage. Although he is unsuccessful using his sales methods as a telemarketer in "Money", his social interactions with coworkers suggest that he would be a more popular presence in an office of peers as opposed to subordinates.

   It is clear Michael loves Dunder Mifflin very much. He has also shown signs of feeling underappreciated, given his long history with the company. In the episode "The Negotiation", Michael discovers that he is making only slightly more money than Darryl, the warehouse manager, despite working for the company for 14 years. Later in the episode he drives to New York and demands a raise from Jan at corporate headquarters.

   In the episode "New Boss", Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace ducks Michael's calls throughout the day. When Michael's 15-year anniversary party is cancelled by his new superior, Charles Miner, he drives to New York to confront Wallace. Citing his long history of service and many sacrifices, Michael asks that he be treated more respectfully. Wallace, seeing his heartfelt openness, promises Michael his party and pledges to attend. Michael surprisingly recognizes that the CFO is just humoring him, and stuns Wallace by quitting his job

   Michael tends to overestimate his importance to his employees, but despite constantly offending some of them, he has a close bond with them. Most of the employees have been the focus of Michael's jokes at one point or another, usually in reference to their race, sex, size, attractiveness, or sexual orientation. Examples of Michael's difficult relationship with his staff include getting slapped by Kelly for being racist, hitting Meredith with his car, getting kicked out of Phyllis and Bob's wedding, and outing Oscar to the entire office without his permission. They are, however, generally sympathetic to his shortcomings and, while regularly losing patience when he interrupts their workflow, often try to assist him with his personal problems.

   Michael's relationship with the company warehouse employees is tense. He has a tendency to disrupt their daily work flow, and in a talking head interview, warehouse supervisor Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) explains that they have never been able to make a full year accident-free because of Michael's antics. CFO David Wallace tolerates Michael's antics because he values his loyalty to the company, but Michael offends CEO Allan and the rest of the executives during his only meeting with them.

   Although many Dunder Mifflin employees are initially barely able to tolerate Michael, they gradually grow to appreciate his sincere intentions, even at times coming to find amusement in his sophomoric humor and behavior; this transition is most apparent in Pam Halpert, with whom he eventually develops a genuine friendship.

   Dwight has the most respect for Michael, viewing him as a model for success, and is thrilled when asked to handle any task given to him, however ill-conceived it may be. Although on the surface, Michael usually appears dismissive of Dwight and generally views him as a suck-up, he is genuinely hurt and angry at the few times when Dwight has deceived him, such as when Dwight went over Michael's head to vie for the manager's job or when Dwight refused to reveal office secrets to Michael's new company, the Michael Scott Paper Company. In the episode "Heavy Competition" of Season 5, Dwight steals Michael's Rolodex and finds his own business card, on the back of which, Michael had written (before leaving Dunder Mifflin): "Dwight Schrute, tall, beets". Michael also cares how Dwight feels about him. After Michael beats Dwight at his own dojo, Michael finds out that Dwight no longer wanted Michael as his primary contact in case of an emergency which causes Michael to promote him from "Assistant to the Regional Manager" to "Assistant Regional Manager", with a three-month probational period. Dwight told Michael in Season 6 that Michael's pathetic career path hurt Dwight and he regretted working for him instead of taking a fast-track job at Home Depot, but they buried their differences later on.

   Michael has one-sided affection for Ryan, which often makes Ryan uncomfortable. Examples of this are when Michael gives Ryan the "Hottest in the Office" award in "The Dundies", when Michael declares he would definitely want to have sex with Ryan in "The Fire" and when Michael gives Ryan a $400 iPod for the Secret Santa gift exchange, despite the 20-dollar limit. In "The Deposition", a page from Michael's diary reveals he describes Ryan as "just as hot as Jan, but in a different way." In multiple occasions, Michael behaves inappropriately around Ryan, including slapping Ryan's buttocks, pinching Ryan's nipples, staring constantly at Ryan from behind his window blind, pinning Ryan to sit on his lap and making kissing gestures toward Ryan while calling him the belle of the ball.

   Michael is devastated when he finds out about Ryan's arrest for fraud, and much to the dismay of David Wallace, he later re-hires Ryan. In "Prince Family Paper", Michael acknowledges that his heart has led him astray before, naming Jan and Ryan as examples of this. In "Dream Team", Michael convinces Ryan to leave his job at the bowling alley and join his newly formed paper company. When working together, Ryan comes to respect Michael's skills as a salesman. In Season 7, Michael heavily invests in Ryan's WUPHF.com and won't agree to sell his majority shares when it is clear Ryan is exploiting Michael's goodwill and is incapable of saving the venture from bankruptcy.

   Michael's obsession with Ryan is further shown in a number of deleted scenes. In one from "Diwali", Carol says that Michael constantly talks about Ryan's attractiveness and has begun stalking Ryan. In another from "Safety Training", Michael confesses that he will miss Ryan the most after dying, which angers Ryan. In a deleted scene of "Beach Games", Michael says he especially wants to see Ryan put a hot dog in his mouth. In "Night Out", Michael is in bed with Ryan asking "Do you miss us?," to which Ryan declines to answer.

   Michael doesn't hesitate to compliment or criticize Pam for her looks and he frequently mentions her breasts. In the episode "Diwali" Michael mistakenly thinks that he and Pam have a connection, and is rejected when he tries to kiss her. Throughout their relationship, Pam has served as something of a shoulder angel for Michael by encouraging him to be more productive and discouraging his bad ideas, with varying degrees of success. She grows closer to Michael as he supports her goals in pursuing sales and art. Pam is visibly touched when, after many art show attendees dismiss her artwork, Michael is so impressed that he asks to buy her painting of their office building. Their relationship comes to a rocky point when he begins dating her mother Helene. This is only repaired after he breaks up with Helene and allows Pam to slap him in the face in the parking lot. He trusts and respects Jim, although when they were co-managers they clashed due to their polar-opposite management styles. In "Secret Santa", Michael mentions that in a future vision he sees himself and his future wife living next door to Jim and Pam and that their children will play together. He often also refers to Jim as his best friend in the office, although, based on his impersonation of Jim using surfer slang in "Michael's Last Dundies", does not have a very good understanding of his personality. While Jim and Pam are both shown to care about Michael, his clingy nature makes them reluctant to socialize with him outside of the office; such as when, after numerous unsuccessful invitations, Michael is forced to trick them in order to have them over for a disastrous dinner in the episode "Dinner Party." In a Season 5 episode, Michael also shows his admiration for Jim, when Jim wears a tuxedo to work and goes on and on about having a 'classy party' for the party planning committee, and frequently suggests all of the ideas Dwight had offered that Michael had then rejected, only to bother Dwight by having Michael accept the same ideas from him. During Cecilia Halpert's baptism, Michael approaches Pam referring to himself as "the godfather" while imitating Don Corleone, after which she sympathetically but emphatically asks him to acknowledge that he won't be Cece's godfather, he is disappointed but does so and is hurt to learn that the godparents are a couple they'd only recently met.

   Despite liking the majority of the staff, Michael fiercely hates Human Resources Manager Toby Flenderson. This is mainly due to Toby's requirement to enforce the rules of proper office behavior that Michael loves to flout. He says that it is his job to make the office fun and Toby's to make it boring, for which Toby is a "jerky-jerk jerk-face" and makes them "sworn enemies". Michael once reasoned that "Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for Corporate. So he's really not a part of our family. He's also divorced so he's not a part of his family either". Michael also frequently brings up that Toby is divorced which possibly serves as another reason he looks down on and resents him. One possibility is that Toby reminds him of his step-father, whom Michael hates for marrying his mom after his parents got divorced. Another possibility is that Michael resents Toby for being a divorcee because he desires marriage. His longtime goal is to get rid of Toby and any attempts at reconciliation between the two usually backfire, with Michael resorting to name calling or jokes at Toby's expense. In the episode "Goodbye, Toby", Michael is thrilled when Toby decides to move to Costa Rica and gives as his going away present a rock with a note that reads "Suck on this". The next season, after Toby's replacement Holly is transferred, Michael is horrified when Toby returns to Dunder Mifflin. In "Frame Toby", he goes to great lengths to get him fired, trying to frame him for possession of marijuana (which turns out to be a caprese salad), and although he later admits his actions to the cops out of guilt when they initially prepare to arrest Toby (showing that his hatred does have limits), he ends up hating Toby even more when the latter criticizes him for wasting the cops time instead of being framed (it is possible that Michael is disgusted that Toby lets himself be abused). In "The Chump", Michael says if he had a gun with two bullets and was in a room with Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden, and Toby, he would shoot Toby twice (which disgusts the rest of the office). In "Nepotism", after Michael spanks Luke, the office intern who is also his nephew, he is ordered to attend counseling sessions moderated by Toby, much to Michael's horror. At first Michael is uncooperative but is gradually tricked by Toby into discussing therapeutic details of his life and childhood. In "Classy Christmas", Michael is happy to hear the news that Toby is going to be on a leave of absence for jury duty and that Holly will be taking his place. In "Michael's Last Dundies", Michael eggs Toby's house in the cold open while yelling, "you suck", while he and Deangelo are handing out Dundie nominations. Ironically, Michael is shown to have befriended Toby's daughter Sasha in "Take Your Daughter to Work Day".

   Once Pam is promoted to salesperson following Dunder Mifflin's buyout of The Michael Scott Paper Company, Michael keeps Erin Hannon as her replacement. He is initially unkind to her as he misses having Pam as his receptionist, but she is able to earn his respect by cheering him up after his disastrous school visit in "Scott's Tots." Unlike her predecessor, Erin loves working as a receptionist, admires Michael and cheerfully accommodates many of his unusual requests (such as serving him a plate of ants on a log every day at 2:30 and spinning him in his chair until he's dizzy) that Pam likely would have been apprehensive about. Although he generally enjoys Erin's thoughtful treatment, his dismissive feelings towards Erin continue until "Secretary's Day" when he reluctantly agrees to take her out to lunch. Erin relishes the opportunity to spend time with her boss while Michael finds their conversation awkward and mentions that her then-boyfriend Andy Bernard was previously engaged to Angela Martin of which Erin was previously unaware, she is upset to learn this and ends her relationship with Andy. Later that day, Michael apologizes to Erin; the two are finally able to relate to each other over their mutual fondness for silly humor, stemming from their similar immature tendencies (with Michael's ignorance and Erin's naïveté). Their working relationship then develops smoothly while they bond by making each other laugh with childish jokes, such as Erin pointing out that the phrase "it's not" sounds like "snot." In "Viewing Party", Erin throws a Glee party with her new boyfriend, Gabe Lewis. Throughout the night, she unsuccessfully attempts to get Michael and Gabe to bond. Michael is jealous that the office looks to Gabe as the boss and attempts to sabotage the party. After being confronted by Erin in private, Michael questions why his opinion matters so much to her as he is not her father. In a moment of insight, Michael realizes that Erin, who was raised in foster care, does indeed look to him as a father figure and he instigates a playful fight as father and daughter by saying "go to your room, young lady!" Erin becomes protective of Michael to the point where she is hostile towards Holly Flax, saying in a talking head interview that she doesn't understand what Michael sees in her, until "The Search" when she, Dwight and Holly go searching for a missing Michael. Erin sees that Holly is able to sense where Michael is, and when she sees them reconcile, she finally understands their love for each other and smiles.

   Given his proclivity for constantly trying to keep his employees entertained (and coupled with his juvenile personality), Michael has created a variety of different alter egos which he uses for both entertainment, and, at times, educational purposes. Often at times, he uses these characters' names to hide transacting information, and at one point his credit card uses "Michael Scarn", instead of Michael Scott.

   Ping ("The Dundies", "The Seminar", "Goodbye, Michael"), a Chinese caricature based on Michael's Chinese food delivery man.
   Agent Michael Scarn ("Threat Level Midnight", "The Client", "E-mail Surveillance", referenced in "Product Recall", "Money", "Dinner Party", "Prince Family Paper") is the star of Threat Level Midnight, a derivative spy/action hero screenplay written and illustrated by Michael. He had kept it hidden in his desk drawer until it was discovered by Pam without his knowledge and photocopied so the staff could stage a rollicking reading of it while Michael was on a sales call. A thinly veiled portrayal of himself, Michael also adopts the persona in one session of his improv comedy class, ignoring the rule to base his dialogue on his scene partners, and ultimately shooting everyone in the room, regardless of their participation in the scene. He also uses the alias in another episode to go undercover in a local paper competitor to obtain information from it ("Prince Family Paper").
   Prison Mike ("The Convict") wears a purple bandana over his head, speaking in a caricature of New York English, and explains that he is in prison for theft, robbery and kidnapping the president's son for ransom (although he claims, in knee-jerk defensiveness, that he was never caught). He proceeds to paint an awful, and somewhat fanciful, picture of prison life. He states that the scariest part of prison is the Dementors. The character is likely the result of Michael's take on the Scared Straight! documentary series.
   Michael the Magic ("Cocktails") attempts to escape from a straightjacket but fails because of a lost key (actually hidden by Jim). Michael's fondness for magic is referenced throughout the series, including an off-screen visit to a children's magic camp. Michael also attempts to utilize a magic prop briefcase (which included a working chainsaw) while speaking at Karen's Utica branch in "Lecture Circuit". In the cold open for "Nepotism", he is seen performing numerous, albeit repetitive, magic tricks.
   Michael Klump ("Weight Loss", referenced in "Garage Sale") attempts to show that overweight people are people too. Michael wears a partially inflated sumo suit underneath a business suit, and is patterned after the Eddie Murphy character in the Nutty Professor remakes.
   Michael Scotch ("New Boss") was co-created when Michael and Dwight were trying to contact David Wallace to complain when Charles Miner cancelled Michael's fifteenth anniversary party because of budget cuts. Michael Scotch is an overly aggressive character who threatens that he has kidnapped David Wallace's son.
   Blind Guy McSqueezy ("The Lover") is a character Michael created at his improv class so he could feel up women.
   Caleb Crawdad ("Murder") is a Southern persona used for the purposes of a murder mystery game.
   Date Mike ("Happy Hour") is a personality Michael takes on when on a date. Michael creates this personality when Jim points out to him that Pam's friend likes him. Up to that point, Michael had been charming and likable, but Date Mike completely ruined things and the friend fled in disgust. Ironically, Michael felt Date Mike was successful because he impressed Donna, while Jim thought Date Mike was a disaster because he didn't know about Donna. Michael says Date Mike is inspired by watching dating competitions, saying " I absorb information, from the strategies of winners. And the losers! Actually I probably learn more from the losers." Date Mike comes off as egotistical and introduces himself with the line "Hi, I'm Date Mike. Nice to meet me. How do you like your eggs in the morning?"
   Michael Wonka ("Golden Ticket") is a character of Michael's referencing Willy Wonka from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He was used to announce Michael's "Golden Ticket" idea.
   Scranton Strangler ("Happy Hour")(Bloopers Season 6) occurs in the same episode as Date Mike, although he only appears in the blooper reel for the sixth season. Michael claims that "Oh, I'm working on a new one. Scranton Strangler... 'Hey, I'm going to kill you...'" The character was cut from the aired version of the episode.
   Mike Leno is an interview personality that is a parody of Jay Leno.[11]
   Santa Bond is an obvious parody of James Bond that Michael uses to help make Holly Flax notice him sexier in "Classy Christmas". However, it only appeared in that episode so far, and was replaced by a Santa Claus outfit later in the episode.
   Reginald Poofta is Michael's English character, briefly mentioned but never actually seen in "The Seminar". Michael brings up the character after running into David Brent.
   Mykonos ("The Seminar"), a Greek character whose persona he develops with the help of Holly, used in order to pretend he is a potential customer interested in Andy's product. Michael states Mykonos was based on another character, Spiros, who is never again mentioned.
   Orville Tootenbacher ("The Search") is Michael's briefly mentioned "millionaire character that farts popcorn".
   Lord Rupert Everton is Michael's hopeful identity for his dream to be in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program.
   Captain Bruisin' ("Goodbye Toby") is the director of Toby's bruise cruise.
   

   Michael bought a condo in the episode "Office Olympics", with the assistance of Realtor Carol Stills, whom he later briefly dates.

   Jan moves in with Michael after she is fired in "The Job." She redecorates it with her belongings, forcing Michael to move his things into the garage. She also takes over two of its rooms, one for her candles and one for her office (which she never uses). ("Dinner Party")

   After Michael and Jan break up, Michael stays with with Dwight briefly, to allow Jan time to move out.

   According to the letter from the Kellum Court Condo Association in "Dream Team", the address of Michael's condo is 126 Kellum Court, Scranton, PA 18510. Kellum Court is an alley in Scranton, with no houses facing it. Even if it had houses, there would be no house number 126: The alley ends before the house numbers can go below 300.

4. #4Dwight Schrute

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   He is one of the highest-ranking salesmen as well as the original assistant to the regional manager, (disputed),[2] and former Assistant Regional Manager at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin. Additionally, he is a bed-and-breakfast proprietor at Schrute Farms, a beet plantation owner, and an owner of the business park in which Dunder Mifflin exists. He is notorious for his lack of social skills and common sense, his love for martial arts and the justice system, and his office rivalry with fellow salesman Jim Halpert. He is also known for his romantic relationship with Angela Martin, head of the accounting department. He has at times risen to the position of acting Branch Manager of the Scranton branch, but often serves as a second or third in command as Assistant (to the) Regional Manager.

   When the series begins, Dwight Schrute is a competent salesman, despite lacking general knowledge, at the Scranton branch of the paper distribution company, Dunder Mifflin. Dwight formally held the title of "Assistant to the Regional Manager",[6] but constantly refers to himself as "Assistant Regional Manager", attempting to elevate himself to second-in-command to branch Manager, Michael Scott. (Michael privately makes him Assistant Manager in "The Fight", tells him that no record/mention will be kept of the "title change only", then never acknowledges it again.) Dwight craves authority over his co-workers and relishes any minor task that Michael or anyone else will give him.[3] Although Dwight acts superior to many individuals and is often resourceful in crises, he is shown to actually be quite gullible, ignorant, and naïve.[3] For this reason, he is easily tricked and pranked by his desk-mate and fellow salesman, Jim Halpert, who is also the counterpart character to Dwight.[7] Dwight often speaks in a halting, intense manner, even in casual conversations.[3] He often uses one-upmanship to better himself over his peers, such as boasting about how he trains specific parts of his body. Dwight will sometimes engage in jokes and games in attempts to please Michael but often fails to do so, because of Michael's perception of himself as the jokester of the workplace and Dwight sometimes overdoing it for Michael's taste. He has long watered the office plant and arranged the toys on Michael's desk in a manner that makes Michael happy, unbeknownst to Michael.

   Dwight is a former volunteer sheriff deputy,[8] but has to step down after breaking his pledge in order to help his boss, Michael, illegally pass a drug test by giving him his urine in the episode "Drug Testing". He is also a notary public; this creates difficulties when Angela desires to send him a notarized letter regarding their break-up. He resides on his family's beet farm, alongside his cousin, Mose. Dwight has affinities for paintball, Battlestar Galactica, ping pong, survivalism, Goju Ryu karate,[9] martial arts and weapons. He also has a preference to ride in the back seat of cars behind the driver because it is the safest location in a car. He takes Karate very seriously, gaining a black belt in season 9. He was also "Senpai" to the Sensei of the Dojo in which he took part in. He is also faster than a Black Pepper snake, known as a speckled kingsnake.

   Dwight's religion is never identified within the series, though in a deleted scene in "The Secret" he mentions he is Roman Catholic. It might have been removed as being one of the many of the show's writing errors about Amish German culture, because the Amish are anabaptist-protestantist.

   n an episode commentary on the Season 1 DVD, Wilson refers to Dwight as a "fascist nerd". In a feature on the Season 3 DVD, Wilson describes Dwight as "someone who does not hate the system, but has a deep and abiding love for it."[10] Wilson also noted that Dwight's personality has the unusual combination of personalities: He enjoys muscle cars and heavy metal music, but is also a science fiction/fantasy nerd.[4]

   During the series, Dwight drives a maroon 1987 Pontiac Trans Am, until the finale where he owns an orange 2013 Dodge Challenger SRT.

   In "Lecture Circuit", Dwight claims to remember his own birth, including his father, Dwight Schrute II, delivering him from the womb, and his mother biting off the umbilical cord.[11] In "Grief Counseling", Dwight states that he was a twin, but he "resorbed" his twin while still in his mother's womb, causing him to believe that he now has "the strength of a grown man and a little baby". He also claims to have been born weighing 13 lb 5 oz (6.0 kg), rendering his mother incapable of walking for three months and two days,[12] and in "Baby Shower", he claims to have performed his own circumcision. In "Viewing Party", he informs Jim and Pam that, in the Schrute family, the youngest child raises the other children.

   Little is known about Dwight's parents, except that his father used to take him hunting, cheated in games, made him and his siblings biscuits for breakfast every morning, and that he battled obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

   Dwight's maternal grandfather, whose surname is Manheim, according to Dwight's weblog on NBC.com,[13] fought in World War II. He killed twenty men before being imprisoned in an Allied prison camp (revealed in "The Fight"), implying that he was a soldier in the German army. In "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Dwight tells the documentary film crew that his grandfather is (at the time of the episode) 103 years old, and is still "puttering around down in Argentina", implying that his grandfather was one of the members of the SS who fled into South America. Dwight attempted to visit him once, but his travel visa was protested by the Shoah Foundation.[14] In "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Michael refers to Dwight's grandmother as a "Nazi war criminal".[15] Dwight's father and grandfather are also named Dwight Schrute; however, his Amish great-grandfather was named Dwide Schrude. In "Casino Night", Dwight reveals that the tuxedo he is wearing is the one that his grandfather was buried in. In a deleted scene from "The Surplus", Dwight tells Angela that his family came to the United States on a U-boat. It is revealed in "Money" that it is a tradition in the Schrute family that when a male has intercourse with a woman, he is rewarded with a bag of wild oats that are left on his doorstep by his parents. Dwight was shunned by his family from the age of four until his sixth birthday, for forgetting to save the excess oil from a can of tuna.[16] He lost a grade school spelling bee to Raj Patel by misspelling the word "failure", in front of the entire school.[17] In seventh grade, Dwight played the invented role of "Mutey the Mailman" in a production of Oklahoma! He explains that there were not enough roles for all of the children, so they made up roles.[18]

   Dwight lives in a nine-bedroom, one-bathroom farmhouse (with the single bathroom located under the porch, as revealed in "Office Olympics") on his family's beet farm, with his cousin Mose. The cousins sell beets to local stores, restaurants, and roadside beet stands.[19] Dwight uses part of his farm to grow hemp.[20] Dwight and Mose have also turned Schrute Farms into a ramshackle bed and breakfast, that was visited by Jim and Pam, during "Money".[21] The bed and breakfast had three theme rooms: America, Irrigation, and Nighttime. Schrute Farms was also to be the site of Andy and Angela's wedding before the two broke off their engagement. In "Garden Party", Andy throws a garden party at Schrute Farms in order to impress new CEO Robert California, and at the end of the episode, Robert also discusses the possibility of holding his birthday party at the farm.

   According to one of Dwight's blogs on NBC.com's "Schrute-Space", he had an uncle, named Gunther, a goat farmer, who fled the Allied invasion of Germany and married a Finnish woman, with whom he had 17 children.[22] He also had an Uncle Girt who revealed that the Schrute family has an ongoing hatred of Harry S. Truman because they were staunch supporters of Thomas Dewey. In another blog, he mentions a cousin named Heindl, who received numerous injuries and infections from an attack by a small dog.

   Dwight speaks German, but words like "Perfektenschlag" (albeit he admitted it's a word by the Schrutes themself) ("Special Project"), "Bildenkinder" ("Work Bus"), "Bestisch Mensch" (der Trauzeuge) and "Guten Pranken" ("Finale") do not exist in German.

   Dwight admits that his knowledge of German is "pre-industrial and mostly religious" ("Two Weeks"), as might be expected if the language was learned exclusively in an Amish church or context. This helps explain why he ends a phone call with "Auf Wiedersehen" rather than the correct "Auf Wiederhören" ("Money"), a specialized term for telephone conversations, which would not have existed in pre-industrial Germany.

   The Amish stem from a region in Germany where people farewell with "Adé". In the German dub of The Office, all references to Dwight's culture and language were deferred to Dutch.

   Due to his family's German ancestry, Dwight has adopted many aspects of German culture. In "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", he shares with the children stories from Struwwelpeter, a collection of outdated and gruesome cautionary tales for children, written by Frankfurt's doctor and psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann in 1844. In "Night Out", he sings the German lullaby Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf to Ryan. In "Moroccan Christmas", he enumerates the Schrute five-fingered intervention by counting on his fingers the German way, thumb first. The tradition of Belschnickel, as displayed by Dwight, does exist in reality.

   Dwight also wears clothes that were or were inspired by German military uniforms. See Dwight Schrute's clothing for more details.

   While references to German culture are abundant, hints on Dwight's own family history are inconsistent throughout the show for the effect of comedy.

   Dwight is trained in the art of surveillance and is a former Lackawanna County volunteer sheriff's deputy.[8] He has a purple belt in Goju-Ryu karate and is the senpai at his dojo.[9] Dwight is a pop culture and sci-fi enthusiast, who has expressed fanship of many sci-fi movies and popular television series. In the episode "The Fire", he mentioned the movie The Crow as being his favorite film. He hints at belief in fictional creatures such as androids, zombies, and vampires (though curiously, despite having claimed in "Business School", to have shot a werewolf (that was actually his neighbor's dog), he says in one of his blog entries that he does not believe in them; however, he may have simply been denying claims of werewolves at Schrute Farms in order to prevent potential visitors from being frightened away).[23] He enjoys, and is shown to be skilled at, playing table tennis, and states that many of his heroes are table tennis players.[24] His musical tastes vary, but heavy metal seems to be a recurring theme.[2] He also likes the popular rock band The Beatles, his favorite songs being Eleanor Rigby and Paperback Writer.[25] His personal musical talents are not lacking, as he plays guitar and recorder, and sings, as well.[15] He has a fascination with cars; he usually checks a car's suspension, especially muscle cars. He drives a 1987 Pontiac Trans Am though in the "Finale" he's driving a 2013 Dodge Challenger. His technological talents are limited, but he shows a passion for the online role-playing game Second Life, in which the only differences between himself and his avatar is that his avatar has the last name 'Shelford' and the ability to fly,[20] and in "Spooked", he plays StarCraft while dressed in a Halloween costume of Sarah Kerrigan. He also shows an interest in trains, as he is restoring a turn-of-the-century steam engine in his slaughterhouse, during "The Meeting", which has him bonding with Toby Flenderson, as they share the same interest. In "Todd Packer", it is revealed that Dwight does not know who Justin Bieber is, asking Jim "Who is Justice Beaver?", leaving Jim to answer "A crime-fighting beaver."

   Dwight owns an impressive array of weaponry. For more details, see Dwight's Hidden Weapons.

   In "Survivor Man", Dwight demonstrates extensive knowledge of how to survive in the wilderness, being able to provide himself with food, and, by observing Michael, from a distance, through the scope of his center-fire rifle, he stops Michael from poisoning himself, although it is not clear whether the mushrooms Michael started to ingest were actually poisonous.[26]

   Dwight is vocal about his views on justice, which is reflected in his television viewing habits, as he enjoys watching and has great admiration for Judge Judy, as well as Vic Mackey on The Shield. In "The Negotiation", Roy Anderson attacks Jim, because he kissed Roy's fiancée, Pam, but Dwight intercepts the attack with pepper spray.[27] Throughout the episode, Jim attempts to show his appreciation, but Dwight refuses to accept his gifts, simply stating "Citizens do not accept prizes for being citizens".[27] In "Drug Testing", Dwight finds half of a joint in the parking lot, which incites him to carry out a severe, and thorough, investigation.[8] When he discovers that Michael might have been exposed to illegal drugs at a concert, he substitutes his own urine during the mandatory drug test.[8] Dwight then resigns from his volunteer position at the Sheriff's Department, because he feels that he is no longer worthy of working there. In "Frame Toby", Dwight states that he is skilled at framing people, as well as animals, revealing that he once framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas gift, and a bear for eating out of the garbage, although he had made it obvious to the police that he wanted Toby to be imprisoned.[8] In the episode "Women's Appreciation", he is quoted as saying "Better a thousand innocent men are locked up than one guilty man roam free."

   In "Conflict Resolution", Dwight states that he does not like to smile, as showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates, and that whenever someone smiles at him, "all [he] sees is a chimpanzee begging for its life." Dwight owns many exotic pets including piranhas, frogs, an arctic wolf, a raccoon, a porcupine named Henrietta, and an opossum, although the wolf escaped due to poor restraints and he flushed his piranhas down the toilet. He also has an interest in bears and is ready to debate the habits and characteristics of different species of bears. He also has expressed a surprisingly large affection towards baby otters, as shown in the cold opening of "Whistleblower".

   In "Costume Contest", Dwight claims to be able to sit on a fence, and that he is even able to sleep on one, stating that "The trick is to do it face down, with the post in your mouth".

   It is revealed in the "Suit Warehouse" episode that as a child Dwight collected cat feces.

   In "Drug Testing", Dwight states that he likes his co-workers "with four exceptions", leaving it up to the audience to make educated guesses about who these four exceptions are. The four are most likely Jim Halpert, Ryan Howard, Meredith Palmer, and Toby Flenderson, due to Michael's hatred of him. However, it is also probable that Phyllis Vance could be one of the exceptions, as, on many occasions, she and Dwight are shown to have a strained relationship. Kelly Kapoor is likewise a viable choice as her ditsy nature contrasts Dwight's overly serious character, as we see later in the same episode during Dwight's interrogation of Kelly. This theory is also reinforced by Angela's hatred of Kelly and the influence Angela may hold as Dwight's girlfriend at the time. Pam Beesly is also a possible exception as she is often an accomplice to Jim's pranks against Dwight.

   Dwight holds a high level of respect for Michael, viewing him as a model for success, and often participating with Michael's ill-conceived schemes. Look at the Michael-Dwight Relationship for the whole scoop.

   Dwight is frequently the victim of practical jokes by co-workers Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly, including putting his desk supplies in the snack machine, putting his stapler into jello, and moving his desk into the men's restroom, although it appears that he remains oblivious to Pam's involvement; these pranks tend to exploit his stubborn and gullible nature. Dwight's frustration with Jim's pranks reaches a crisis point in "Conflict Resolution", when Dwight threatens to quit unless Jim is transferred.[28] Dwight occasionally pulls successful pranks on Jim in turn, most prominently in "Classy Christmas" where he subjects Jim to a barrage of pranks revolving around snowballs. Professionally, Dwight wins the 2005 Salesman of the Year Award, although, this is possibly due to, at least in part, his theft of Jim's largest client.[17]

   During "Initiation", Dwight tells Ryan he regrets that he and Jim never got along. In "Traveling Salesmen", Dwight quits and hugs Jim as a farewell which surprises Jim as he does not know that Dwight quit. Later, Jim is irritated when Andy replaces Dwight and even says that he misses Dwight. Earlier in the same episode, Jim and Dwight make an incredibly efficient sales team, functioning well as a duo and thinking similarly in their tactics. The two were paired together when they began as traveling salesmen at the company. In Company Picnic the two embrace in celebration after Dwight sets Jim up to score the final point in volleyball. Dwight plans to demote Jim from the Assistant Regional Manager spot, and make him miserable during "The Job"

   A subtle running joke throughout the series is Dwight's surprising success with attractive women, with Michael often failing to "hook up" at the same time. Despite Dwight's unusual appearance and mannerisms, he manages to attract women, who usually develop stronger feelings for him than vice versa. Michael has even pointed out how socially weird Dwight is acting, only for the woman to brush it off. In "Night Out", Dwight hooks up with a women's basketball player, while Michael fails in his attempts with other women. As Michael and Dwight leave the club, the woman calls out for Dwight to call her, which he says to Michael that he will not do. In "Niagara", Michael and Dwight compete for the attention of Pam's best friend, Isabel. When Dwight starts talking about his farm, Michael tries to explain that no one can connect with his experiences as a farmer, only for Isabel to become interested in Dwight's horses. Dwight ultimately manages to have sex with her, and she begins to develop deeper feelings for him which he does not return, although it is finally hinted in "The Delivery" that Dwight might have more intimate feelings for her than he originally let on. They meet again at the bar in "Happy Hour", and bond further, kissing at the end of the episode. In a chat at OfficeTally.com, Mindy Kaling noted that Dwight is not a typical "nerd" character, that he is a "farmer and kind of strapping and tall", and it generally makes sense that he does well with the opposite sex.

   Dwight's business phone number is [[3]].
   Rainn Wilson's eclectic family inspired the writers to make Dwight have a more rural and white-trash-y background.[40]
   Dwight's beet farm was based on the fact that Greg Daniels's grandparents had a beet farm in pre-war Poland.[40][4]
   He's the only character to both speak and physically appear in every episode.
   

5. #5Jim Halpert

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   He is introduced as a sales representative at the Scranton branch of paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin

   His character serves as the intelligent, mild-mannered straight man role to Michael, although it is also defined by a rivalrous pranking on fellow salesman Dwight Schrute and a romantic interest in receptionist Pam Beesly, whom he begins dating in the fourth season, marries in the sixth, and has children with in the sixth and eighth. Jim's coworker, Andy Bernard, who transferred from the Stamford branch, often calls him by the nickname "Big Tuna".

   Jim Halpert was born on October 1, 1978, to Gerald and Betsy Halpert. He has two brothers; Pete, who lives in Boston, and Tom, who lives in New Jersey. They both share Jim's general love of pranks but have come across as unpleasant and they somewhat bully their little brother. Jim's parents presumably live in Scranton, as well as his sister Larisa and best friend Alan Murphy, who are listed as his emergency contacts at Dunder Mifflin. While Pete and Tom have been seen on the show a few times, Larisa has not.[2] He has a niece, Vanessa,[3] and a nephew old enough to play T-ball.[4] In "Branch Wars," while he is not specific on which brother he is referring to, he states that his brother's wife just had another baby.[5] Jim enjoys cycling,[6] and, as he reveals in a deleted scene from "Take Your Daughter to Work Day," at times will babysit Toby Flenderson's daughter, Sasha.[7] He also lists soft-shell crab as his favorite food.[8] Jim has noted that basketball "Was kind of [his] thing" in high school.[9] Although no high school is specifically named by Jim, both Dunmore High School (as evidenced in a deleted scene from "Product Recall" where, during a business visit, he asks a high school student about a former teacher) and West Scranton High School (as evidenced when, during "Email Surveillance," Pam holds up his yearbook displaying their mascot name, Invaders, across the front) are referenced in separate episodes. In the episode "Dwight's Speech," Jim tells Dwight that he majored in Public Speaking, however, he later denies this.[10] Jim began working at Dunder Mifflin between 1998 and 1999 (as evidenced in "Pilot" and "The Merger," where Jim says that he still loves when Michael says, "Wazzup!" crazily after seven years, and that on his first day at work Michael played an orientation video which parodied The Blair Witch Project).

   In several episodes, it is stated that Jim is a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Eagles, and the Philadelphia 76ers. Jim appears to be a fan of hip-hop, specifically Eminem, as Pam mentions him listening to the 8 Mile soundtrack on his iPod in "The Delivery." He also appears to like alternative rock, soft rock, and the band Snow Patrol, as Jim uses "Open Your Eyes" as the background music for the video that he shows to Pam of their past history on the documentary in the episode "A.A.R.M." Apparently, he is of Scottish descent, as in "Niagara" his father can be seen wearing a kilt to Jim's wedding to Pam.[12] In the episode "Weight Loss," it is revealed that his screen name for AIM is JIM9334.[4] Like his father, Jim suffers from high blood pressure, as revealed in the episode "Pam's Replacement."

   Though Jim loves to play pranks on Dwight, he is shown to have some things in common with his nemesis, such as a knowledge of comic books and an appreciation for the sci-fi/fantasy genre; as demonstrated in "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" when Jim and Dwight correct Michael on details about Superman and Aquaman.[13] Despite their frequent conflicts, Jim and Dwight are also shown to be an extremely competent sales team in "Traveling Salesmen."[14]

   Jim Halpert is first introduced in the "Pilot." He is adamant throughout the series about his job as a salesman at Dunder Mifflin Paper being a temporary one, saying, "Right now, this is just a job. If I advance any higher, this would be my career. And if this were my career, I'd have to throw myself in front of a train."[15] This outlook is most apparent in the elaborate pranks that he plays on his workmates, primarily Dwight, as well as his sarcastic remarks and facial expressions to the film crew and his provoking comments during often ridiculous employee meetings. However, he succeeds professionally and is consistently one of the best salesmen. This is presumably because, as Pam mentioned later, "everybody likes Jim." His facial expressions have later been dubbed the “Jim Look.”

   A major part of Jim Halpert's character is his relationship with Pam Beesly, which is often the subject of office speculation. This is made worse by the fact that Pam was engaged to Roy Anderson, a Dunder Mifflin warehouse worker. Throughout the first two seasons, incidents such as Pam falling asleep on Jim's shoulder in "Diversity Day" and drunkenly kissing him in "The Dundies" show a possibility of the feelings being mutual; however, Pam never acts on them and she remains engaged to Roy. On one occasion, in "The Fight," his flirting with her goes a little too far, when Meredith looks over to see him play-fighting with her, causing her to shut him down immediately, startling him with her abruptness, though she eventually forgives him. He becomes so upset when he hears Pam discuss wedding details that he calls a travel agency and schedules a trip to Australia, deliberately making himself unable to attend the wedding. Feeling bored by his job, tortured by his situation with Pam, and guilty about a stack of complaints Dwight has filed against him, Jim investigates a transfer to Dunder Mifflin's branch in Stamford, Connecticut. In the season-two finale, "Casino Night," he confesses his love for Pam in the parking lot. Pam, whose wedding to Roy was planned out and just weeks away, clearly shows her anguish but gently turns him down. Jim tearfully walks away, later kisses her in the office, and the season ends. In the season-three premiere "Gay Witch Hunt," it is revealed that he did transfer to Stamford despite the fact that Pam has called off her wedding and he clearly still harbors intense feelings for her. His reason is later stated as "It's just, I kinda put it all on the line. Twice. And she said no. Twice." in "The Convention."

   Though in later seasons, after Ryan Howard's promotion, the relationship between him and Jim seems to be tense, in earlier seasons the two seem to be friendly. In "Casino Night," they are shown talking, laughing and drinking together.

   Throughout season two, Jim dates Katy, who initially appeared in season one as the "Purse Girl" in "Hot Girl." After Jim and Katy split up in "Booze Cruise," he leaves a message asking out a fellow Dunder Mifflin employee named Brenda, much to Kelly's disbelief. Jim's misfortunes are assumed to be because he is unable to get over Pam. Things begin to look up for Jim as he befriends salesperson Karen Filippelli in Stamford, and when the company board of directors decides to close the Scranton branch, Jim is named assistant regional manager of the newly created "Dunder Mifflin Northeast." However the company's plans change when Stamford regional manager Josh Porter accepts a job at Staples. The Stamford branch then closes, with a few employees being offered a transfer to Scranton. The offer to Jim to be assistant regional manager stands, though now at Scranton. Jim is at first unwilling to return to Scranton because of his history with Pam but eventually decides to do so. Karen, who has grown fond of Jim and wishes to pursue a relationship with him, also transfers to Scranton to be with him.

   In "The Merger," Jim's and Pam's reunion is awkward. Pam is overjoyed, but Jim is clearly uncomfortable. He lets Pam know that he is seeing someone, and gradually Karen is introduced as his girlfriend. As Jim settles back in at Scranton, he uses his promotion as an excuse to avoid his old interactions and pranks with Pam, claiming that pulling pranks is not appropriate for his position. However, in time, Jim does return to his old ways, especially targeting Andy Bernard, an annoying Stamford transfer whose singing antics irritate everyone, and of course, Dwight.

   Toward the middle of the season, it becomes clear that Jim's unresolved feelings toward Pam are affecting his relationship with Karen. In "The Return," Jim decides to pull a prank on Andy; however, Karen is unable and Ryan unwilling to aid him, so he turns to Pam, who readily agrees. Their interaction during the prank causes Karen to feel threatened. She confronts Jim, and he finally admits to still having feelings for Pam. Despite this fact, their relationship continues, although Karen is a bit more cautious around Pam.

   In "Cocktails," Roy trashes the bar when Pam tells him she kissed Jim during "Casino Night." Roy then attempts to attack Jim at work in "The Negotiation," but as Roy rears back his fist, Dwight leaps out of nowhere and douses Roy with several powerful blasts of pepper spray. Roy is fired, but when Pam assures Jim that it is over between her and Roy for good, Jim doesn't believe it and tells her so.

   In "Beach Games," during a company outing at the beach, Pam confesses to Jim in front of everyone that he was the reason she broke off her wedding to Roy. She also states that she has missed their friendship since he left Scranton for Stamford. Later that night, Jim tells Pam that he feels as if he never really came back from Stamford, tacitly admitting that he has actively been fighting his feelings for her all year. However, Jim's relationship with Karen and pending interview for a corporate position which would require his relocation to New York City, still obstructing a potential romance.

   In "The Job," Jim, Karen, and Michael each interview for the corporate position. During the interview, he notices a caring note from Pam in his briefcase, causing him nostalgia and a feeling of pain. After the interview he drives back to Scranton, leaving Karen without a ride. Back at the Scranton office, Pam is describing her lack of satisfaction with the current state of her relationship with Jim to the camera crew. Jim then suddenly interrupts the session to ask her to dinner, much to her surprise. She becomes flustered and overjoyed, and accepts the invitation. Jim replies "All right. Then...it's a date," and leaves abruptly. Pam turns back to the camera, smiling, only to ask, "What was the question?" In a webisode titled "Office Summer Vacation" found on NBC's website, Karen states that Jim "dumped my ass" and left her crying at a fountain.

   In "Local Ad," Jim develops an avatar of himself for Dwight's game Second Life. Pam notes that his online alter ego plays guitar and is a Philadelphia sportswriter, implicitly revealing Jim's lesser-known aspirations, and a callback to "Email Surveillance" from season two, in which he has a guitar in his bedroom.

   In the episodes "Survivor Man" and "Night Out," Jim takes on his role as manager while Michael is out of the office. Both times, however, his attempts at making the office better go awry. Ryan, annoyed by Jim's popularity with his boss David Wallace, gives Jim a performance warning in "Did I Stutter?" citing "goofing off with Dwight" and "spending time at reception" as productivity problems, despite his high sale numbers.

   Though early on in the series Jim drives a Toyota Corolla. He, during this time, drives late model Saabs, including the Saab 9-2x and top-line Saab 9-3 Aero, then a Subaru Outback. He mentions in "Niagara" that he has been able to drive a standard transmission since high school.

   Jim is somewhat skilled with Photoshop. Jim's classic lunch is a ham and cheese. Jim is the second tallest in the office, he is an inch shorter than Gabe. Spoiler: Thanks to calculations made by a fan of the series on Reddit, it is known that Jim spent more than 5,000 dollars on pranks for Dwight.

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   Human Resources Representative at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin/Sabre. His soft-spoken and mild-mannered demeanor often calms his environment down and is another point of difference to his energetic office rival Michael Scott.

   Toby is divorced and has a daughter, Sasha. At work, Toby is hated by Michael because as HR representative, he is always stifling Michael's inappropriate fun. He surpasses the regional management's reach of power by being directly appointed by corporate. He also continually addresses Michael like an adult, instead of pandering to his antics. When Andy is manager, he begins developing a similar hatred for Toby after he shuts down his fraudulent ideas such as making up a cause to get Nellie fired. Additionally, when Jim is acting manager in Survivor Man, he's annoyed by a request from Toby, describing him as "a little bit much" despite having been on good terms with him in other episodes. Toby has a crush on Pam Halpert, née Beesly, which has led him to sometimes deviate from his usually professional manner, such as delaying disclosure of Jim and Pam's office relationship to corporate, enforcing rules on public display of affection or other personally motivated rules to keep Jim and Pam apart.

   Toby possesses a master's degree in social work from Temple University as seen in "Counseling". The frame is crooked in the shot. In Season 4, Episode 2, a diploma is visible in Toby's cubicle that reads "California Coastal College, BSc in Psychology, Toby Flenderson", as well as a bumper sticker from Penn State University.

   When Michael holds his own diversity seminar, Toby remarks, "We're not all going to sit in a circle Indian style, are we?" Michael then throws him out of the meeting, saying that what he said was "offensive and lame" and that he "should just get the hell out". This is the first instance in which Michael shows his hatred for Toby that persists throughout the series, though Michael's actions could have been written as such due to his desire to appear politically correct rather than a demonstration of the two characters' dynamic. ("Diversity Day").

   Due to the recent events involving the company's CFO having had inappropriate relations with his secretary, Toby tells Michael that he must hold a seminar on sexual harassment in the workplace, about which Michael is less than enthusiastic. ("Sexual Harassment").

   When Jim learns that everyone around the office has their own little game to relieve them of boredom, he learns "Hateball" from Oscar and Kevin. Oscar later recommends that Toby teach him "Dunderball". Jim later plays the game with Toby. Toby partakes in the Office Olympics and competes against Oscar in a game involving a race around the office with a full cup of coffee in hand. Toby is present at the closing ceremonies ("Office Olympics").

   Toby stands around in the parking lot with the rest of the staff during the fire. He is seen in the background talking to various staff members and has no lines in the episode ("The Fire").

   Toby dresses up for Halloween, but as he only appears in the background, his costume is unclear. He appears to be wearing a dark green V-necked shirt. He is later invited to meet Devon at Poor Richard's for a drink ("Halloween").

   During Michael and Dwight's confrontation in the kitchen, Toby interrupts to see if Michael signed the paperwork yet as if he hasn't then that means he would have to stay late. Michael tells him to go away. Toby later asks Michael if he can sign the papers so he can go home but Michael responds with "Toby, you don't even have anyone to go home to". Toby and several other office staff members later end up signing the paperwork for Michael ("The Fight").

   Toby is not present at the reading of Threat Level Midnight. He was likely back in the annex doing work ("The Client").

   Toby was present at Michael's meeting on how to improve the branch but never says anything ("Performance Review").

   Toby was invited to attend Jim's barbecue. He is seen in the background playing video games with Sadiq ("Email Surveillance").

   Toby was present at the Secret Santa ceremony. In a deleted scene it is revealed that Ryan got him and he got him a book of short stories. When Michael buys the office vodka, Toby tells him that alcohol is not allowed. Michael tells him to "zip it". Toby apparently goes slack on this rule as he says nothing more. Later Michael sends him to fix Todd Packer up with a drink, a vodka bottle in hand ("Christmas Party").

   Toby was present at Michael's motivational speech meeting. However, he was not on the booze cruise. A deleted scene explains that Toby got to the docks late on purpose in order to miss the boat ("Booze Cruise").

   Michael, trying to be Jim's friend, takes him out to lunch at Hooters. Angela, however, is upset, believing that Michael had no right to classify it as a business lunch. She takes the issue to Toby, who tells Michael that he just got his business debit card back and warns Michael that he may get it taken away again. It is revealed that Toby had taken it away after Michael bought a magic set to impress potential clients. During his argument with Toby, Michael accidentally reveals that Jim has a crush on Pam. Michael later blames Toby for why he let loose the secret ("The Secret").

   Michael decides to take the office staff on a field trip to the warehouse. Toby, the last in the line, sneaks away back into the office ("Boys and Girls").

   Michael moves Ryan to be near Kelly, which annoys Toby. He is unsure whether this was intentional. Later on in that same episode, he spends hours trying to win a stuffed animal from a crane machine that Pam likes only to have her suggest he give it to his daughter ("Cocktails").

   Toby also brought a good looking woman as his date to Phyllis' wedding in which Kevin assumed that she was an escort but Toby stated that he met her at the gym ("Phyllis' Wedding").

   Toby wins the 5K run in "Fun Run". In "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Toby 'outs' Pam and Jim's relationship by sending out a company-wide fax about PDA. Michael thinks it is about him, but Toby then reveals it is about them. Later in the same episode, Toby enters the office and shares an uncomfortable kiss with a woman he identifies as his girlfriend, Amy. (The character of Amy is played by actor Paul Lieberstein's real-life then-girlfriend (now wife), Janine Poreba.)

   In "Night Out", it is revealed that he will move to Costa Rica. In that same episode, Jim, Pam, and Toby start laughing, Toby puts his hand on Pam's knee. Jim sees this, and Toby announces "I'm moving to Costa Rica. I've thought it over... so yeah." Then he runs out the door and hops the fence.

   In "Goodbye, Toby", Toby has a huge going away party, which Michael says matches the joy in his heart. Toby purchases a camera just so he can take a picture with Pam.

   In "Weight Loss", Toby appears at the end. He's in a hospital in Costa Rica for breaking his neck in a zip line accident.

   Finally, to Michael's absolute horror, Toby returns in "Frame Toby". Michael is desperate to get Toby fired and reads over things that Toby could do to get fired with Dwight. First, Michael tries to rope Toby into smacking him, but the calm Toby is not pressured into it. Michael finally decides to go to the Vance Refrigeration warehouse to buy pot, which he then puts in Toby's desk. When the police come, however, Michael feels guilty and tries to talk the police out of this before admitting that the "pot" was his. Fortunately, the cops find that the alleged "pot" was just a Caprese salad. Toby then criticizes Michael for wasting the cop's time, but this infuriates Michael even more, as Toby was more upset about wasting the cop's time than being framed, which causes Michael to hate Toby even more (it's possible that Michael is disgusted that Toby is letting himself be abused like that).

   In "Stress Relief", Michael didn't allow Toby to roast him.

   Toby's parents divorced when he was a child. Both of them wanted custody, and both asked him to testify against the other in court. He was unsure what to do because he loved both his parents and didn't want them to get divorced in the first place ("The Deposition").

   Toby graduated from Bishop O'Hara High School in 1981, the same high school that Katy, the purse salesgirl and Jim's girlfriend during the early part of the second season, graduated from ("Hot Girl").

   Toby joined the seminary but dropped out after a year to pursue a woman named Cathy. He followed her to Scranton and took the first job available, which was in Human Resources. The two married and had a daughter, Sasha. They later divorced ("Casual Friday"). (This story contradicts the claim that Toby went to Bishop O'Hara High School, suggesting he grew up in the Scranton area rather than moving there as an adult.)

   Toby is implied to have been abused by his ex-wife ("Test the Store") as he is quoted saying "There's no shame in being beaten up by a girl." He then adds under his breath, "My ex-wife used to demolish me."

   Toby attended Temple University with a degree in Social Work ("Counseling").

   Toby's ex-wife remarried and is now named Cathy Becker ("The Fight").

   Tony Gardner said that Toby was a nice and very helpful guy, as he helped him settle in which was the only reason he would have stayed before quitting because of Michael's management style ("The Merger").

   Toby has a crush on Pam, and Pam and Jim are aware of this. Before Toby leaves for Costa Rica, Pam reveals to the camera that she thought Toby was cute.

7. #7Darryl Philbin

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8. #8Ryan Howard

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   Ryan Bailey Howard is an American salesman, former receptionist, and convicted fraudster who worked at Dunder Mifflin. He was a temporary employee until he is promoted as Vice President of Sales. However, David Wallace demotes him when the Michael Scott Paper Company is acquired by Dunder Mifflin. He also worked at the Michael Scott Paper Company until the acquisition. Ryan was convicted of fraud for misleading the shareholders of Dunder Mifflin, and was arrested. However, he was released and required to do community service, as part of which he returned as a temp to Dunder Mifflin.

   In the show, Ryan is the aspiring millenial and entrepreneur who symbolizes the American dream, starting as a temp and student in business school to become the youngest CTO of a Fortune 500 company of all time. However, his quick rise to the top comes with pressure almost too much for a young man to handle, and flaws in his personal character, as well as temptations he gives in to would lead to his eventual downfall from public grace. He would ruthlessly advance his career and would use people for his own gain or satisfaction, including Kelly, who is his on-and-off girlfriend and Michael, who sees a younger version of himself in him. Typical for his generation, Ryan would present himself to be an edgy outside-the-box thinker who seeks to be envied by his peers, while lacking commitment or loyalty. Even though he questions the status quo for the sake of being opposed to it, he never questions the ways shown to him to go about, saying "This is how you build a business. This is how you make it in this country. (...) You find out what they need and you jump in front of them" (Nepotism). Typical for entrepreneurs in Big Tech, he demonstrated vindictiveness and a lack of empathy.

   Ryan shows an unhealthy relationship to ambition feeded by his privileged upbringing. The character in contrast would be Darryl Philbin, the ambitious warehouse foreman who lacks privilege or even a college degree and is able to extend empathy and decency even to people he's across with.

   Despite being the office's hot shot and being generally percepted as attractive, he can't wrap his head around how he's unable to do better than Kelly, as he was turned down by Pam, Karen and Erin, twice.

   Little is known about Ryan Howard's early life, but it is revealed in a deleted scene from "Diversity Day" that he grew up in Scranton and attended Penn State University. In the webisode "The Story of Subtle Sexuality", Ryan mentions that his parents live in separate houses. At the beginning of the series, Ryan Howard is a temporary employee at the Scranton branch of the fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin who joined the staff in the first episode, earning him the nickname "The Temp".

   In early episodes, he is shown to be uncomfortable with his professional relationship with his boss, Michael Scott. Michael often forces Ryan to carry out menial tasks for him while at the same time, becoming obsessed with Ryan's personal life as well as gaining Ryan's friendship. As the series progresses, Ryan begins to display a great deal of contempt and disdain for both his coworkers and his job. This becomes more apparent when Ryan is promoted in "The Job" to work at Dunder Mifflin's corporate office in New York. This leads to Ryan becoming an egotistical braggart despite lackluster sales skills. In the season 4 finale "Goodbye, Toby", Ryan is arrested for committing fraud. He is eventually released and required to work community service.

   In the season 5 premiere, Ryan returns to the Scranton branch after Michael arranges for him to work Pam's job. However, his malevolent aspirations to climb back to the top of the corporate ladder are revealed when he adds Jim and Kevin to a list of people who "will be sorry" when he returns to the top. In a deleted scene, he would add Dunder Mifflin CFO David Wallace to that list after Wallace called and became irate upon learning of Ryan's return to the Scranton branch.

   Ryan was a member of a fraternity in college and holds an MBA from the University of Scranton's Kania School of Management, which he earned during the second and third seasons. His dream is to one day own his own business.

   Throughout the series, Ryan changes his persona every year beginning with the third season. When offered a job for Corporate in the season 3 finale, Ryan relocates to New York City and adopts a nouveau riche persona: becoming extroverted, growing a beard, wearing nice suits, and getting $200 haircuts. But he subsequently ends up partying hard and getting addicted to drugs and alcohol. His downfall culminates in misleading Dunder-Mifflin's shareholders via his website's sales numbers, effectively committing fraud as Oscar Martinez later claims.

   In season 5, he returns with blonde highlights and a "work hard, plays hard" attitude. He works for Michael at the Paper Company and still tries to keep his work ethic and strive to do good.

   For the first episode and for much of season 1, Ryan's purpose in the show mirrors that of his British equivalent, Ricky Howard. He is the audience surrogate, allowing other characters to introduce themselves to him, and by extension, the viewer.

   Ryan was hired to replace Tom Peets, an employee who had lost a battle with depression and committed suicide shortly before the start of the series.[2] Tom is first referenced in "Performance Review", where a note from him in Michael Scott's long-ignored suggestion box requests counseling for his depression. Michael initially assumes the note is a joke, as no-one who currently works at the branch is named Tom until Phyllis reminds him of the suicide.

   Over the first two seasons, Ryan is primarily defined by his dissatisfaction with his job and his relationships with Michael and Kelly. His dissatisfaction manifests itself in his use of sarcasm and general disinterest towards his co-workers. He is ready to leave at a moment's notice, keeping no personal effects at his desk ("The Secret"), and is on the lookout for other job opportunities ("Drug Testing").

   Ryan initially viewed Michael as a mentor but quickly realized that Michael was a bad role model. He does not wish to stay at Dunder Mifflin long or even be remembered when he leaves, citing that his ultimate fear is that he will gain a nickname around the office (being "the something guy"). During Ryan's term as a temporary employee (and even for a few months after his promotion to full-time status), various characters (mainly Dwight) frequently address him as "Temp" instead of by his real name. In later seasons, several characters sarcastically use this term long after Ryan has risen to a more prominent position in the company.

   Ryan is often the victim of Michael's antics and bizarre man-crush on him, usually resigning to requests without complaint. Also, by the end of season 2, Jim facilitates a relationship between Kelly and Ryan, which is very rocky from the start.

   By the third season opener "Gay Witch Hunt", Ryan becomes a full-time employee and inherits the job vacated by Jim Halpert. Despite the promotion, Michael still treats Ryan as his personal assistant. Upon Jim's return to Scranton after the branch merger, there is a moment of awkwardness when Jim casually sets up at his former desk, only to learn that it now belongs to Ryan—who refuses to give the desk back to Jim, the first hint at a rivalry between the two.

   Ryan goes to his first sales call in "Initiation", where he is subjected to a series of tests by Dwight. Despite his superior education, Ryan is not a good salesman—his first client tells him flat out that he does not like him.

   In the last scene of "The Job", Ryan receives a call from the New York headquarters, offering him the job previously held by Jan Levinson and making him Michael's immediate superior.[3][4] After he hangs up, he immediately dumps Kelly.

   This season also includes episodes that exhibit Ryan's social life outside the workplace, such as showing his studio apartment in Manhattan. Over the season, he also becomes increasingly arrogant, condescending, and ambitious, speaking almost exclusively in business buzzwords. In "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Ryan presents his concept of Dunder Mifflin Infinity, a new website, to the Scranton branch, and gives a BlackBerry to all of the main employees. He is eager to show off his newfound wealth. His occasional brushes with Kelly remain tense. In "Money", Darryl for the first time expresses his romantic desire for Kelly as he claims to "get excited every time I see that little dude (Ryan) walk through the door". It is also apparent that his new corporate peers also do not care for him; one employee yells at Ryan to get out of his office, and another tells Michael and Dwight, "it was funny to see Ryan all embarrassed".

   Later in the season, Ryan's new website is plagued by problems, including child predators and slow sales. The salesmen resist the new site as well. The later episodes show him becoming more excited and on edge, and it is suggested that he has developed an addiction to cocaine. Feeling threatened by Jim Halpert's good relationship with David Wallace, Ryan conspires against Jim and sets out to get him fired. Ryan also begins dressing in an increasingly unkempt fashion.

   In "Goodbye, Toby" Ryan is – now typically – curt with Jim. However, it is discovered that Ryan has been misleading the company's shareholders. In a YouTube video entitled "Whoaa!! Check it out !!!", Ryan is seen being arrested and escorted out of Dunder Mifflin's New York office by police, much to Michael's dismay and Jim and Kelly's pleasure.

   In the first episode of season 5, it is revealed that Ryan has been released with a sentence of community service, and has gotten sober. Michael hires Ryan through the temp agency as the fill-in receptionist. In a deleted scene, he receives a call from David Wallace for Michael. Infuriated that Ryan is back at Dunder Mifflin, Wallace abuses Ryan by telephone in front of the staff. This prompts Michael to defend Ryan and save his job. However, Ryan still exhibits the ego issues he developed in the fourth season.

   Ryan moves back to the annex with Kelly soon before Pam is scheduled to return. He starts showing off in front of Kelly and the two start kissing passionately. Ryan tells Kelly to break up with Darryl via text message. Darryl responds quickly saying "it's cool", with Kelly overjoyed and Ryan shocked. In "Frame Toby", Ryan breaks up with Kelly again, saying he is going with friends to Thailand, but convinces her to have sex with him one last time and give him some traveling money.

   Ryan has an on-again, off-again relationship with office chatterbox Kelly Kapoor. The relationship has been troubled from the outset, for Ryan desires a very casual relationship, whereas the overbearing Kelly wants to get married and have children as soon as possible. The two "hooked up" on the eve of Valentine's Day, although Ryan was brusque with her the following day. Things seemed to be starting up between the two again during the office "Casino Night". Ryan and Kelly are later seen dating in "The Convention". Ryan met Kelly's parents during Diwali, but they were not impressed by his low income, desire to travel, and saving up money to buy an Xbox, rather than start a family. Ryan has more than once tried unsuccessfully to break up with Kelly, with one of the more notable occurrences after "The Merger" episode.

   Even though Ryan and Kelly continue to bicker, he is sweet to her in the episode "Safety Training". B. J. Novak has stated that Ryan and Kelly are going strong, well into the third season: "I think Ryan and Kelly is a relationship that everyone has been in. It's a puzzle as to why they're still together, but I think Ryan loves being loved-- even though he won't admit it. He lost Michael's love so he has to take in more love from Kelly."

   After accepting a promotion to Corporate by telephone in "The Job", an elated Ryan immediately breaks up with Kelly, telling her "You and I are done," with a smile.

   In "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", Kelly tries to rekindle their relationship by feigning pregnancy, a lie which she later reveals. This only upsets Ryan more and leads to him attempting to have her job outsourced to India. Ryan is visibly upset in later episodes when Kelly later flirts with and kisses Darryl in front of him. When Ryan is arrested in the season four finale, Kelly says she looks forward to rubbing in his downfall by visiting him in prison.

   Ryan and Kelly make amends in "Weight Loss", and Ryan indicates a renewed interest in her. He witnesses Kelly and Darryl kiss, as Kelly looks up to make sure Ryan sees it. In "Business Trip", Ryan and Kelly get back together when he moves back to the annex, though Ryan is uncomfortable again as he only made her breakup with Darryl with the expectation he would react violently, which he did not. In "Frame Toby", Ryan breaks up with her again and leaves the office altogether. Upon his return, the two do not rekindle their relationship, however, they constantly flirt and bicker with each other on Twitter.

   Michael has a one-sided affection for Ryan, which often frightens Ryan. In the early seasons, Ryan is inconveniently stuck in the position of being a personal assistant to Michael and was summoned to inappropriate tasks, on several occasions. In "The Injury", Michael wants Ryan to pick him up, after falling in the toilet and clean him. In "The Dundies", Michael gives Ryan the "Hottest in the Office" award and slaps Ryan's buttocks after congratulating him. In "The Fire", when the office is playing the game "Who would you do?" Michael chooses Ryan, explicitly proclaiming "I would definitely have sex with Ryan". When Ryan works at the front desk, Michael frequently stares at him through his window blind. When Michael gets Ryan's cell phone number, he constantly prank calls Ryan with crude impersonations of various celebrities and also pretends to be Ryan's mad girlfriend ("The Fight"). Michael gives Ryan a $400 iPod for the staff's Christmas Secret Santa exchange, despite the 20-dollar limit.

   In Season 3, Ryan begins correcting Michael for embarrassing him as evident by Michael sending Ryan kisses and calling him the belle of the ball in "The Convict". In a deleted scene from "Diwali", Carol says that Michael constantly talks about Ryan's attractiveness and knows where he lives. In a deleted scene of "Safety Training", Michael confesses that he will miss Ryan the most after dying, which angers Ryan. In a deleted scene of "Beach Games", Michael says he especially wants to see Ryan put a hot dog in his mouth. In "The Job", Michael comes back from his interview in New York and asks Ryan to get him coffee, but Ryan refuses. Michael is unaware that Ryan has just become his direct supervisor. In retaliation, Ryan orders Michael to get bottled water for him when returning to Scranton during "Dunder Mifflin Infinity". In a deposition following Jan's lawsuit against Dunder Mifflin, the lawyers discovered Michael's obsession with Ryan in his diary, as he considers Ryan "just as hot as Jan, but in a different way" ("The Deposition").

9. #9Erin Hannon

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   She is the office receptionist for the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, a position previously held by Pam Beesly before she quit to go work for the Michael Scott Paper Company.

   Erin Hannon is the receptionist hired to replace Pam Beesly (after Kevin's brief stint in the job) in "Dream Team". She first appears in "Michael Scott Paper Company", and is referred to by her middle name, Erin, to distinguish her from Kelly Kapoor. Although at times rather intellectually challenged, with her cheerful, silly demeanor, and childlike naïveté, Erin is usually the most consistently nice, optimistic Dunder Mifflin employee. Contrasting with her predecessor, Pam, she not only loves being a receptionist but admires her coworkers, including Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute, and yearns to fit in.

   In a deleted scene from "Niagara", she admits she was born four months prematurely and could not eat hard foods until she turned 6. "St. Patrick's Day" reveals further that she was sick and in the hospital between the ages of 3 and 6. Abandoned by her parents, Erin grew up in an orphanage, and later, was adopted into foster families, and has said ("Secretary's Day") that when she was younger "my hair was my room", i.e., the place she hid from stress and trauma. In "WUPHF.com", she said all of her peers were getting their drivers licenses eight years ago which would give her a birth year of approximately 1986. Later, though, she discusses with Phyllis how she (and Phyllis' orphaned child) was born in the wake of the release of the movie Porky's, which came out in November 1981, five months before her birth date. It is hinted that Erin was brought up in a very religious Christian household, as seen in "Nepotism", when Michael argues with the staff about nepotism and defends it by saying the person that God sent to help Earth was His Son, Jesus Christ, which Erin claims is a "really tight argument", and another example is in "Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager", when she is shocked to learn Gabe is an atheist, and is even more shocked when he states there might be a God, but he does not believe it is just some "guy with a long white beard." Despite her cheerful and innocent demeanor, Erin does have a "darker" side to herself, as revealed in "Paper Airplane", being a fiercely competitive and somewhat violent fighting drive developed during her time in the orphanage, fighting with the other children for just about everything, from food, toys, and even foster parents, and admits to having ripped off a girl's pigtail during a scuffle.

   She is seen repeatedly following Dwight's insane directions. Dwight and Andy both admit to being attracted to Erin, as does Ryan Howard. Erin seems to have a fun-loving and bubbly personality similar to Kelly Kapoor, although Erin is much more naïve. She admires Kelly's casual Friday outfit, commenting that she looks like J.Lo, and the two restart Michael's Café Disco after he shuts it down. The two also ride to Pam and Jim's wedding together with Andy, both listening to their iPods in the backseat.[2] In "Counseling", she took the term "disposable camera" literally as she throws a disposable camera away after taking the last picture, commenting that she thinks disposable cameras are wasteful and you never get to see the pictures.

   Erin also tells Michael she used to work at a Taco Bell Express but could not keep up when they turned it into a regular Taco Bell. In a deleted scene from "Mafia", Meredith tells Erin that the office will always like Pam better than her, saddening Erin as she does not like conflicts. She also accidentally ruins Pam's painting of the office building while trying to clean it. Later when asking Kelly to help her fix the painting, we find out Erin has a seizure condition—because Kelly demands her medical alert bracelet as payment for her services.[3]

   Erin may have attended Keystone College, as a pennant for the school can be seen at her desk in "The Boat" and in "Pool Party".

   After Kevin fails miserably as Pam's replacement, Charles Miner hires Erin as the new receptionist, whose first name is Kelly, but the office decides to call her by her middle name, Erin, to avoid confusion with Kelly Kapoor. She becomes good friends with Kelly and in "Café Disco", they help to generate interest in Michael's "Café Disco." Erin greatly admires her predecessor, calling her "a living legend" to DeAngelo Vickers, and often asks her advice on various aspects of the job. However, Pam is at first somewhat impatient with Erin's enthusiasm for a job she never took seriously and often dismisses her requests for approval by saying "it looks great."

   She loves cartoons and animation.

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    Dunder Mifflin Scranton agreed to take part in a documentary about average life office workers. They are interviewed a lot in separate rooms by the documentary crew. Camera crew likes to record their every interaction, they follow cast everywhere.

11. #11Pam Beesly

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    Her character is initially the receptionist at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin, before becoming a saleswoman

    At the beginning of the series, Pam and Roy have been dating for eight years and engaged for three years. Their open-ended engagement has become one of Michael's running gags and a sore spot for Pam.

    Pam does not want her current job to become permanent, remarking that "I don't think it's many little girls' dream to be a receptionist." Pam is apathetic toward her work, evidenced by her frequent games of FreeCell on her office computer. However, in the pilot episode, she breaks down crying when Michael pulls an ill-advised prank by telling her that she will be fired.

    Michael has criticized Pam for simply forwarding calls to voice mail without answering and (in a deleted scene) for not sounding enthusiastic enough when speaking on the telephone. Pam is usually happy to abandon her work if asked to do something else by Jim. She will do extra, unnecessary work (such as making a casket for a dead bird or paper doves for the Office Olympics) to make other people happy.

    Despite the abuse she takes from Michael, she never goes any further than calling him a jerk in the pilot. In later seasons, however, she becomes more honest and forward with Michael and will often make sarcastic comments toward him, while also translating his speech to the rest of the staff. Her and Michael got very close and Pam knew Michael well enough to translate his nonsense.

    While engaged to Roy, Pam denies, or is in denial about, having any romantic feelings for Jim. When Jim confesses his love for her at the Dunder Mifflin "Casino Night" she turns him down. She later talks to her mom on the phone and says Jim is her best friend (though she doesn't say his name), and says "Yeah, I think I am" to an unheard question. She is interrupted by Jim, who enters and kisses her; she responds by kissing back.

    Season three marks a turning point for Pam's character: she gains self-confidence and appears less passive and more self-assured as the season progresses. In "Gay Witch Hunt," the season's opener, it is revealed that Pam got cold feet before her wedding and did not marry Roy after all and that Jim transferred to a different Dunder Mifflin branch, in Stamford, shortly after Pam rejected him a second time, after their kiss. Pam moves into her own apartment, begins taking art classes, a pursuit that Roy had previously dismissed as a waste of time, and buys a new car, a blue Toyota Yaris. Jim returns to Scranton later on as a result of "The Merger", and brings along a female co-worker, Karen Filippelli, whom he begins dating. Jim and Pam appeared to have ended all communication after Jim transfers to the Stamford branch (aside from an episode in which Jim accidentally calls Pam at the end of the workday), and their episodes together following the branch merge are tense, despite both admitting to still harboring feelings for the other during the presence of the documentary cameras.

    Meanwhile, Roy vows to win Pam back. Roy's efforts to improve his relationship with Pam are quite successful, but once Pam and Roy are back together, he falls back into old habits almost immediately. When Roy and Pam attend an after-work get-together at a local bar with their co-workers, Pam, feeling that she should be more honest with Roy, tells him about Jim kissing her at "Casino Night." Roy yells, smashes a mirror, and trashes the bar. Pam, frightened and embarrassed by his reaction, breaks up with Roy immediately. Roy vows to kill Jim and in "The Negotiation", Roy unsuccessfully tries to attack Jim at work (Jim is saved by Dwight's intervention), and is subsequently fired. Pam later reluctantly agrees to meet Roy for coffee at his request, and after the polite but brief meeting, it appears that their relationship has ended amicably with Roy encouraging Pam to pursue Jim.

    Pam participates in an art show, but few people attend. Her co-worker, Oscar, brings his partner along who, not knowing that Pam is standing behind him, criticizes her work by proclaiming that "real art takes courage." Oscar then goes on to say that courage isn't one of Pam's strong points. Affected by this statement, Pam tells the documentary crew that she is going to be more honest, culminating in a dramatic coal walk during the next-to-last episode of the season, "Beach Games", and a seemingly sincere speech to Jim in front of the entire office about their relationship. Michael also comes to the art show and reveals his erratically kind heart and loyalty by buying, framing and hanging Pam's drawing of the Dunder Mifflin building in the office. In the season finale, "The Job," she leaves a friendly note in Jim's briefcase and an old memento depicting the 'gold medal' yogurt lid from the Office Olympics, which he sees during an interview for a job at Corporate in New York City. While he is asked how he "would function here in New York", Jim is shown to have his mind back in Scranton, still distracted by the thought of Pam. Jim withdraws his name from consideration and drives back to the office, where he interrupts a talking head Pam is doing for the documentary crew by asking her out for dinner. She happily accepts, visibly moved, abandoning a train of thought about how she would be fine if Jim got the job and never came back to Scranton. Karen quits soon after, becoming the regional manager at Dunder Mifflin's Utica branch.

    In Season 4, Pam retains the assertiveness she developed in the third season. In the season 4 premiere, "Fun Run", Jim and Pam confess that they have started dating after the camera crew catches them kissing. The office ultimately learns of their relationship in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity". In "Chair Model", after teasing Pam about his impending proposal, Jim tells the documentary crew he is not kidding around about an engagement and shows them a ring he bought a week after he and Pam started dating. In the next few episodes, Jim fake-proposes to Pam multiple times. In "Goodbye, Toby", Pam discovers she's been accepted at Pratt Institute, an art and design school in Brooklyn . In an interview later in the episode, Jim announces that he will propose to Pam that evening. Just as Jim is preparing to propose, however, Andy Bernard stands up and makes his own impromptu proposal to Angela. Having had his thunder stolen by Andy, Jim reluctantly puts the ring back in his jacket pocket, leaving Pam visibly disappointed as she was expecting Jim to propose that night.

    From her years working the front desk, Pam has become well-acquainted with the Dunder-Mifflin staff and is consistently shown to have a thorough understanding of her coworkers' personalities, including the more eccentric individuals Dwight Schrute and Michael Scott. She uses this familiarity to manipulate them, often for their and the company's best interests (such as her giving the staff elaborate instructions on how to handle a heartbroken Michael in "The Chump") but also occasionally for her own. This familiarity plays a large part in her efficiency as office administrator and was crucial to her being promoted to the previously non-existent position.

    She "will they or won't they" tension between Jim and Pam is a strong storyline in the early episodes of The Office, encompassing much of Seasons 1 to 3. In the opener of Season 4, the two characters are revealed to be dating, and as such, other character romances, such as the romance between co-workers Dwight Schrute and Angela Martin, begin to move more toward the forefront of episodes.

    In the series pilot, Michael is overtly rude to Pam and at one point fakes her firing, leaving her in tears. He often makes suggestive if harmless remarks about her beauty and general appearance, and at one point lies to the camera that they used to date (inspiring a horrified "WHAT???" from Pam when an interviewer relays the message to her). However, his impulsive attempt to kiss her during Diwali is shot down and marked the end of any romantic dreams for Michael with Pam. Despite their rough start, the first sign of them having a genuine friendship, or Michael becoming softer towards Pam, and respecting her, is in Business School. Michael is the only co-worker and Dunder Mifflin employee to attend her art show, (other than Oscar and His boyfriend, Gil, who criticizes her harshly) and acts genuinely, pleasantly surprised at her art, stating “Wow” and “You did these freehand?” “My god, these could be tracings!” when he sees her art displayed. He sees the painting of the Dunder Mifflin Building, and says “Wow! You nailed it!” in awe, showing he does have a soft nature despite acting very rash, and also shows his platonic love and support for Pam. He then says that he wants to buy it, asking her how much it is, and Pam responds in shock, “You want to buy it?” showing how not much people bought her art until Michael, and says he must have it in the Office. He then says he’s proud of her, and then Pam pulls him in for a hug, and Pam says thank you softly and they tenderly hug in silence. This shows this was the first kind act we see Michael do, towards Pam anyways. This is one of the strongest platonic Female friendships Michael has, along with his father-daughter like friendship with Erin. Over time, the combination of Michael being supportive of her goals, her transition from a bad relationship with Roy to a great one with Jim as well as her finding a job she not only enjoys but is effective at in the office administrator position and Michael finding his own soulmate in Holly Flax made Pam soften her stance towards Michael, and the experience at the Michael Scott Paper Company further bonded them (as did Michael's decision to choose Pam instead of Ryan Howard as the only MSPC salesman to keep that job when Michael returned as Branch Manager). In Fun Run, Pam sees Michael naked. Pam was furious at Michael for dating her mom Helene, and excoriated him at length during "The Lover" before eventually slapping him in "Double Date", but they once again were able to be civil to each other afterward.

    Toby, the Human Resources Representative for Dunder Mifflin in the Scranton branch, has a secret crush on Pam. In "A Benihana Christmas" she gives him her Dunder Mifflin bathrobe, a display of friendly affection, after he spent the day feeling bad that Dwight took his. In "Cocktails", while walking into Poor Richards, Pam indicates a liking to one of the toys in a claw machine, Toby tries to win the toy for her for the rest of the night. In Dunder Mifflin Infinity, Toby witnesses Pam kissing Jim Halpert in the break room, which prompts him to issue a memo about public displays of affection in the workplace. Later, when Jim and Pam admit they are dating and ask to fill out a disclosure form, he hesitates to give them a form saying they should wait and see. In "Night Out", Toby awkwardly rubs her knee while they share a laugh (and while Jim sits just on her other side), and the rest of the office watches in horror. In his mortification, Toby immediately announces that he is moving to Costa Rica before jumping over the locked gate and fleeing.

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    David Wallace is the CEO of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

    David is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Dunder Mifflin and as a result, all of the regional managers were to meet with him in the episode "Valentine's Day."

    When it is announced in "Branch Closing" that the Scranton branch would be closing, Michael and Dwight go to his house to get Wallace to change his mind. However, he is not home and the Scranton branch is later saved by reasons unrelated to their presence. In "Cocktails," Michael, Jan, Jim, Karen, and Dwight attend a cocktail party at David's house. However, he admits to hating cocktail parties and sneaks out to play basketball with Jim, whom he asks about what's going on between Michael and Jan.

    In "Beach Games," Wallace invites Michael to interview for a job at corporate, which Jim and Karen apply for as well.

    During the interview in "The Job," he reveals that the corporate position is actually Jan's job, whom the company will fire once they hire her replacement. Michael reveals this to Jan, who in turn angrily barges into Wallace's office, making a spectacle of herself. Wallace reveals the firing was due to Jan's lack of interest in her work, constant smoking in her office, numerous personal days she had been taking, and her poor work ethic. During the interview with Jim, he reveals that there is an HR rep in his building that he dislikes, even mentioning him in the same manner as Michael does to Toby.

    In "Local Ad," David calls Michael to find out why he sent away the ad people. Michael explains that he would like to use the creativity contained within the office and David decides to give Michael a chance on creating the commercial himself. Ultimately, the ad people's commercial is televised.

    In "The Deposition," his testimony reveals that while he thinks Michael is a nice guy, he never considered Michael a serious contender for Jan's old job at corporate (which ended up going to Ryan Howard); Michael seems hurt by the truth but mollified by David's sincere-seeming "nice guy" comments, which lead to him siding with the company over Jan and dooming her lawsuit.

    In a deleted scene in "Weight Loss," David Wallace tells off Ryan after he is re-hired by Michael. Wallace then questions Michael after he re-hired the disgraced temp, but finally lets up and tells Michael that Ryan cannot talk to any customers.

    In the episode "Crime Aid", David Wallace comes to Michael's fundraiser for the office and offers a stay at his vacation home in Martha's Vineyard. There, he witnesses Michael and Holly kiss and says in a talking head that he did not know they were in a romantic relationship.

    In the episode "Business Trip," David Wallace sends Michael to Winnipeg on a business trip to get a customer from Canada. He says he did so because he had to transfer Holly and also because "It's hard to find anyone that wants to go to Winnipeg in November."

    In the episode "Frame Toby," David Wallace tells Michael that he has to get along with Toby. He also questions Michael because he didn't realize that Toby had been back for a week before he found out.

    In the episode "The Duel," David Wallace invites Michael to Corporate to talk to him about his strategies in being a branch manager, because he wants to find out "What he's doing right." Since Michael's branch is doing well and making a profit, David listens with confused patience to Michael's philosophy on management.

    In the episode "Prince Family Paper," David asks Michael to go to the company Prince Paper to get their clients and to run them out of business. Michael is conflicted about whether to do what David says or to do what is right. Michael, reluctantly, and Dwight later give Wallace a list of Prince Paper's major clients and David is satisfied with the results. Michael then comments that he feels it was a bittersweet ending, because while he destroyed that family, David at least told him he did a good job.

    In the episode "Golden Ticket," David Wallace is first angry at Dwight's (really Michael's) idea to put golden tickets in random boxes. However, he apologizes to Dwight and says that the customer loved the idea so much that Dunder Mifflin will become the company's sole provider of paper. Then, Michael tells David that it was his own idea, and not Dwight's, and David leaves seemingly surprised and angry.

    In the episode "New Boss," Michael continues to call David because of the new boss, Charles Miner, but after he doesn't answer, Michael goes to corporate and tells David that he is going to quit his job as manager.

    In the episode "Broke," David Wallace comes to Scranton to talk to Dwight, Charles and Jim about the Michael Scott Paper Company's dent in Dunder Mifflin business. After two offers, he agrees to Michael's ambitious requests for himself, Pam and Ryan and they are seen cheering after.

    In the episode "Company Picnic," David Wallace plays on the Corporate team in the Dunder Mifflin Volleyball game. When Pam gets injured, he agrees with Charles Miner to get the injury looked at just so that the Scranton team would lose their best player. He also appears in this episode when Michael and Holly accidentally break the news to the entire company that the Buffalo branch was closing. Wallace lectures Michael and Holly for bringing up the topic.

    David Wallace lives in a 5000-square-foot house in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife Rachel and son Teddy ("Cocktails"). It is known he has a daughter which was referenced in "Secret Santa" who is in elementary school. Michael reveals he will pretend to be her to reach David in an emergency. David Wallace enjoys playing basketball and soaking in his hot tub.

13. #13Holly Flax

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    When Toby is preparing to move to Costa Rica, Holly is hired as his replacement. Holly undergoes training from Toby to become the HR representative at the Scranton branch. Dwight is instructed to haze Holly, which Dwight takes too far by putting a raccoon in her car and convincing her that Kevin Malone has special needs. Michael likes her and is angry at Dwight for doing that. Holly is shown to be similar to Michael. ("Goodbye, Toby")

    Holly's full name is given by the nameplate on her desk, which reads Hollis "Holly" P. Flax. Michael had been courting Holly in the first episode of the season; Holly continues to be a "major dork" (in the words of Jim Halpert) just like Michael. Holly learns that Kevin is not actually mentally challenged, as she had been duped into believing during season 4 by Dwight. Holly practices yoga, so Oscar refers Holly to a yoga class (with an attractive teacher). Holly agrees to a date with him, much to Michael's dismay. Holly buys tickets for Counting Crows, but the yoga instructor goes back on his word and doesn't call her after he promised he would. Michael, who does not pick up on several hints that Holly has given him (about attending the concert with her), purchases the tickets from her and rips them to pieces.("Weight Loss") While Holly appears to have a higher sense of morality than Michael (and has shown disapproval toward some of his ideas and schemes), she ultimately considers him to be her best friend in the office. It is also revealed that she was picked on as a child just like Michael and that she grew up in Des Moines, Iowa.("Business Ethics")

    Michael tells Holly he will treat her poorly in front of Jan during her baby shower because he has a vested interest in Jan's baby, which is not his (Sperm Donor). He expected Jan to still be pregnant, but she arrives with the baby already born. Nevertheless, Michael still treats Holly poorly. Despite being told of this, she is shown to be uncomfortable with Michael's attitude toward her. In a deleted scene, when Michael is treating her poorly, she tells the camera crew she sees what life was like in the office for Toby, who is on speakerphone agreeing with her. However, despite witnessing Michael's treatment of Holly throughout the day, Jan notices the two of them have a lot in common after Holly makes jokes in front of her. Jan then orders Michael not to date Holly before driving away. This, in addition to feeling no connection with Jan's baby, prompts Michael to hug Holly for treating her poorly and ask her out on a date, which she accepts, visibly moved.("Baby Shower") Holly4

    Holly and Michael date, and on their third date, they have sexual relations in the office (inadvertently leading to the break-in at the office). She helps Michael organize a fundraiser (offering yoga lessons) and displeases CFO David Wallace, who sees them kissing, thus noticing a relationship.("Crime Aid") In response, she is transferred back to Nashua. She and Michael plan to continue dating, but realize on the trip that the distance is insurmountable. Thus, they are forced to end their relationship, sharing one last embrace before saying goodbye. Michael tells everyone that they are engaged upon his return but later admits this is not true. Later, David is called out on the transfer by Michael, who chastises him on the phone before hanging up. ("Business Trip")

    When Michael comes to Nashua with Pam Beesly to give his lecture and find closure with Holly, she is not there because she is on an HR retreat. It is also revealed that she is dating one of the salesmen there, A.J., which deeply upsets Michael and makes him unable to do his presentation. He makes an attempt to but he ultimately breaks down and asks her boyfriend about Holly in front of everyone before leaving. He goes to her desk and smells her sweater, cutting a sleeve off to take with him. Doing so he hits her mouse and her computer awakens from sleep mode. Michael finds a file on her computer titled "Dear Michael" and copies it to his flash drive. He tells Pam about it, and Pam claims it wasn't a good idea and that he shouldn't read it because it is a violation of her trust. Pam volunteers to read it herself and deletes it afterward, telling Michael it said she still has feelings for him and that it isn't over, which makes Michael happy. It is unclear whether Pam was telling the truth.("Lecture Circuit")

    Holly is the female version of Michael:

    She makes a lot of sexual jokes.
    She enjoys making bad impressions of Yoda, Master Thespian, and E.T.
    She "quotes then cites": She quietly mutters "Lovitz" after doing a Master Thespian impression.
    She drives a convertible, the same impractical car that Michael drove for the first three seasons.
    She dislikes Toby somewhat, as she jokingly expresses disdain for him in "Goodbye Toby", however, she does not appear to be aware of the extent to which Michael mistreats him and Michael even attempted to hide this from her in the same episode.
    

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    He is introduced as the Regional Director in Charge of Sales at the Stamford branch of paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin in the third-season premiere when Jim Halpert transfers, ultimately merging with the Scranton branch in the episode "The Merger" later in the season.

    His character is insecure, seemingly due to a strained parental relationship, yet demonstrates self-centered and arrogant attitudes. Despite this, he has been shown to act very kindly to his co-workers on occasion, at times even acting as a brother. In "The Delivery", Andy reveals that his parents originally named him Walter Jr., but after his baby brother was born when he was 6, his parents felt that the brother better represented the Walter Jr. name. His parents then changed his name to Andrew, which they got out of a baby name book. He often references his education at Cornell University, where he was a part of an a cappella group, which contributed to his love for theatrical singing. Andy demonstrates a sycophantic attitude toward his superiors as well as severe anger management issues.

    Andy claims to have been born and raised in Simsbury, Connecticut.[5] His birth name was Walter Bernard Jr., but after his younger brother was born, his parents decided that the new baby better embodied that name and should be named after his father instead. Thus, the original Walter was renamed Andrew, a name taken from a book of baby names. He claims to have been an obese child, though he never talks about it. It can be assumed that Andy's family was considerably wealthy growing up, as he admits that whenever anybody wanted something they would write it on a list for the housekeeper to get.[6]

    Andy is descended from a well-heeled line of WASPs, that he claims "goes all the way back to Moses", and his family purportedly gained their wealth by transporting slaves. Andy often refers to himself by his nickname, "the 'Nard Dog". Within "Here Comes Treble", his nickname is "Boner Champ," which he earned after engaging in coitus with a snowman to completion.[7] He enjoys singing in a high falsetto voice, occasionally to the accompaniment of his banjo. He has experimented with the sitar, eventually learning to play "Deck the Halls".[8] He also plays piano and guitar.

    Andy has worked at Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, AIG, Enron and Abercrombie. It is also revealed that Andy suffers from irritable bowel syndrome.[9]

    Andy was the Regional Director in Charge of Sales at the Dunder Mifflin Stamford branch. Andy worked with fellow salesmen Jim and Karen, under the direction of Josh Porter. Upon the branch's closure, Andy transferred to the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch. Despite this, he repeatedly proves himself to be a poor salesman, being one of the two worst salesmen in the office along with Pam Halpert.[10] After she becomes an office administrator, he is left the worst salesman, outsold even by the warehouse workers.[11]

    Andy is shown to enjoy inventing nicknames for his colleagues. He nicknamed Jim Halpert "Big Tuna", because he ate a tuna sandwich on his first day at the Stamford branch, and once called Ryan Howard "Big Turkey," presumably for a similar reason.[12]

    Prior to his anger management training, Andy had severe anger problems. Upon finding his calculator embedded in Jell-O, a trademark prank of Jim's, he screams and kicks a trash can across the office.[13] After punching a hole in the wall of the office, in frustration over his hidden cell phone, Andy is sent to anger management training, which he claims is still "Management Training."[12]

    Andy regularly dresses in a distinctive, over-the-top Ivy League style, usually consisting of bright colored pants (some embroidered with animals and tennis rackets), D-ring belts, tattersall shirts, sweater vests, striped ties, a tie clip, or sometimes even a bow tie. In various episodes, Andy wears clothes of the style found at the stores Brooks Brothers, Vineyard Vines, and J. Crew. In various episodes, Andy is seen wearing a blue, thick woven bracelet on his right wrist, despite that it will, at times, clash with his overall appearance.

    Andy's fashion sense is generally preppy. He dresses in pastel colors with nautical-themed accessories, such as a braided wristband. These traits reflect his upper-class northeastern upbringing.

    Despite being considered irritating by some of his co-workers, Andy is well-intentioned and typically shows a rapport with his colleagues, as well as a desire to confirm that they are enjoying themselves.

    Andy is introduced in the season 3 premiere as the Regional Director in Charge of Sales at the Stamford branch, where Jim has transferred to.[13] Early season episodes reveal his anger issues, displayed when he finds his calculator encased in Jell-O and when he performs poorly due to Jim's inexperience at Call of Duty.[39]

    After the closure of Stamford and merger with Scranton, Andy attempts to gain favor with manager Michael Scott through his quoted tactics of "name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake". There is rivalry with Dwight Schrute over whether his title is higher than that of Dwight's Assistant Regional Manager, fueling an intense power struggle. However, Michael becomes agitated at Andy's sycophantic attitude and poor salesmanship, as does the office at his obnoxious singing. Jim takes matters into his own hands and hides Andy's mobile phone that rings with Andy's rendition of "Rockin' Robin" in the ceiling, enraging him into punching a hole in the office wall. A producer's cut of the episode explains Andy's departure from subsequent episodes as due to being sent to anger management training.[12]

    Andy returns a few months later to a short-lived "three-year" shunning courtesy of Dwight.[40] He accompanies Jim to meet with clients from a local high school following an obscene watermark being vandalized onto Dunder Mifflin paper. This unexpected trip leads Andy to the discovery that his girlfriend Jamie is a high school student.[41]

    In "Beach Games", Andy captains a team alongside Jim, Dwight and Stanley Hudson in a competition for Michael's selection of the next Regional Manager of the Scranton branch, as Michael believes he is a shoo-in for a position at corporate. However, he falls plight to the sabotage of Angela Martin, who favors Dwight, and ends up in a sumo wrestler costume drifting away into Lake Scranton.[42]

    In "The Job", When Dwight is appointed as the regional manager by Michael, Dwight holds tryouts for the Assistant to the Regional Manager position. Andy is the only person to sign up and takes place in several ridiculous interview tactics, such as arm wrestling and asking what kind of color is best. Eventually, since Andy is the only one who applied, he gets the position and spends time like a servant to Dwight before Michael reveals that he didn't get the corporate job and replaces a heartbroken Dwight.

    With the departure of Karen after Jim dumping her off-screen, Andy becomes the only salesman from Stamford aside from Jim to stay on at the Scranton branch. A preview clip for the fourth season features Andy taking up inner-tubing. The fourth-season premiere, "Fun Run", has Andy competitively participating in Michael's superfluously named run for rabies prevention through strategically drafting Kevin, although he falls prey to "nipple chafing."[43]

    Andy develops a friendship with Dwight in the third episode "Launch Party", in which he supports Dwight in beating the online sales of the company website Dunder Mifflin Infinity using a bear horn, much to the irritation of the office. He also develops for Angela Martin and confides his feelings for her to Dwight, unaware that they used to have a romance together. After hearing that Angela desperately needs one, he steals an elaborate ice sculpture for her launch party, and serenades her later in the same episode with a rendition of the ABBA song "Take a Chance on Me", receiving a rare, yet quickly suppressed smile in return.[44] He moonwalks in "Money" by her desk to impress her, although it takes the gift of the cat Garbage (from the previous episode) and a sentimental note to finally win her.[20] Angela and Andy continue to date into "Local Ad", in which Andy consults Dwight on how to pursue more intimacy with Angela. Andy discusses the exclamation of "Oh, D!" Angela exclaims during intimate moments, unaware that Angela may be referring to a nickname for Dwight and not him.[45]

    Andy and Kevin successfully team up in the season to recover lost parking spaces taken by renovators of another company in the business park in a meeting of the building tenants, called "The Five Families".[5] He is rebuffed from clubbing in "Night Out" with Michael and Dwight in New York with the newly promoted Ryan by Dwight, who has a rekindled dislike for Andy considering his relationship with Angela. This is evidenced later in "Did I Stutter?" when Dwight uses pressuring negotiation tactics in order to buy Andy's Nissan Xterra at a reduced price, only to flip it for profit on eBay much to Andy's protest.[46]

    In "Job Fair", Andy is invited to accompany Jim on a major sales call. However, in a deleted scene, Jim reveals Andy was invited in order to benefit Jim, as Andy's pride for Cornell would push the client- a graduate of Dartmouth- toward him. The scheme plays out as intended when the client invites Kevin to play golf with him again but denies Andy's request to join them.[47]

    In "Goodbye, Toby", Andy proposes to Angela (unbeknownst to him, at the same moment Jim had been preparing to propose to Pam) with a ring that he has carried in his wallet for six years, because "You never know when you'll meet the right girl". Angela accepts his proposal with a somewhat irritated "Okay"; shortly thereafter, though, she rekindled her intimate relationship with her former lover, Dwight, which is witnessed by Phyllis and the camera crew, who walk in on them making love by her desk.

    Between season four and five, Andy plans his wedding with Angela, although his ideas are often rejected by her. Unbeknownst to him is the continual affairs between his fiancée and Dwight. It takes until "Customer Survey" to convince her on a wedding concept, although Angela has manipulated Andy into having the only option to satisfy her demands being Dwight's farm. However, Andy has already placed many non-refundable deposits on other wedding ideas and lost them to Angela's indecisiveness.[48] The NBC/Office website contains a feature where Andy reveals all the details of his and Angela's wedding.

    In "Business Trip", Andy and Oscar bond over Andy's failed attempt to set Oscar up, drunkenly calling Angela and asking why they haven't consummated their relationship. Andy does admit Angela makes him a "better man" during his talks with Oscar, although he fails to hear Dwight in the background of the call. In the morning, Angela pushes him back to first base, although Andy feels better from the closer relationship he's gained with Oscar.[49] Angela and Andy later go on a tour of Schrute Farms in "The Surplus", unfortunately for Andy, who continually steps in manure on the grounds of the farm. During a tour of the wedding chapel, Andy portrays Angela's father and Dwight as Andy in a wedding rehearsal that Andy is oblivious to be a real wedding whose marriage license Angela later voids. This forward act by Dwight pushes Angela toward committing to Andy in the long run.[50]

    In "Moroccan Christmas", Andy takes up playing the sitar, and brings it to the office Christmas party. While he is in another room, Phyllis reveals that Dwight is having an affair with Angela. Andy then returns, unaware of what the rest of the staff know and decide not to reveal, and goes home with Angela.[8]

    In "The Duel", Michael informs him of Angela and Dwight's affair, and Andy responds to this by confronting Dwight and challenging him to a duel. They meet out in the parking lot, where Dwight realizes that Angela has had sex with Andy as well, despite telling Dwight that she had only been sleeping with him. Realizing that they have both been lied to, Andy cancels his wedding cake, and Dwight throws out the bobble head in his likeness, implying the men's relationships with Angela are now over. Andy refers to Angela on his registry as "The maid of DIS-honor".[22]

    In the beginning of "Stress Relief", the staff is trapped in the office while under the impression that it is on fire. Everyone panics, and Andy attempts to escape out one of the doors, but burns his hand, as Dwight had previously heated it with a propane torch. When Dwight sets off firecrackers, Andy believes that "The fire's shooting at [them]!". He then teams up with Jim, and they attempt to use the copier as a battering ram, against one of the locked doors. Later, at Michael's Roast, Andy writes a song about how unintelligent Michael is, aptly called "What I Hate About You".[51]

    In a deleted scene from "Lecture Circuit", Andy is shown to have a McCain-Palin bumper sticker on his car, which he scrapes off because he is romantically interested in Julia, an African-American, potential client, who he presumably assumes voted for Barack Obama (although, it is also possible that he only had the sticker to appease Angela, who is a Conservative).[35] He later attempts to kiss Julia, and she politely, but firmly rebuffs him. Later, he miserably notes that Dunder Mifflin also lost the account.[35] In "Blood Drive", when Michael holds a meeting for the Lonely Hearts Club party, he inquires as to Andy's whereabouts, since he is nowhere to be seen. Oscar informs the other staff that Andy is attending one of his honeymoons, which puzzles Michael. Oscar then explains that when Andy was making plans for the wedding, he put down non-refundable deposits at multiple destinations, and ended up going to all of them, to fulfill the deposit. Andy is later called "that new jackass" by Bob Vance, when he and Phyllis are having lunch with Jim and Pam.[52]

    In "Golden Ticket", Andy gives Kevin romantic advice that appears to reflect his own experiences with Angela: he tells him to never give his date compliments, push for physical contact, or be assertive to the point of rudeness.[53] In a deleted scene, Andy refers to Angela as "Satan".[53]

    In "New Boss", he is one of the observers of Michael's immature antics when he starts repeating everything that the new boss, Charles Miner, says. With the rest of the staff, Andy insists that Michael stop before he makes things worse for himself and for everyone else.[54]

    In "Two Weeks", Andy gives Michael a bottle of wine as a farewell gift, and Michael indirectly insults him. Later, in the Break Room, when Michael decides to start his own paper company, he offers him a job, to which a visibly uncomfortable Andy is about to reject Michael, when Dwight enters the room, and Andy refers Michael to Dwight, before leaving.[55]

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    She is head of the Accounting department at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. She can often be cold and stern with others. Angela loves cats and owned several of them.

    In addition to heading the accounting department, Angela is also the office safety officer and former head of the Party Planning Committee. She is a constant source of complaints to Human Resources, although she "redacts" those lodged against Dwight Schrute on the onset of their secret romance. Angela lives with several cats, adores posters of infants posed as adults, pretends to be a vegetarian while actually she's only picky with her food (see Angela Martin's vegetarianism for details), and enjoys singing occasionally. When she makes a mistake, Angela's first response is usually to shift the blame to someone else, along with an insult. She's also shown to have unrivaled hypocrisy when judging others to her standards and herself. When lying to Michael's face about a party at Jim's and been called out for being a liar, she straightly responds, "No, I am not!"

    Angela's strong homophobia makes her dislike the popular show 'Will and Grace' (although she claims it's because it's "terribly loud"), except for the scenes with Harry Connick Jr ("He's so talented"). She is a former child beauty pageant contestant and says that she enjoys being judged, which, throughout the show, has shown to be the opposite of the truth. She names colors "whorish", including orange and green, that always seem to correspond to the color of clothes being worn by either Phyllis or Meredith. While being the most promiscuous employee in the office next to Meredith, she would repeatedly judge other women in the office close to prostitution, even for so much as showing cleavage. She justified wearing a "sexy nurse" costume to a halloween party which included a competition, remarking that "we can all live in the real world, where it should be obvious what sells in this office". (Costume Contest)

    Angela bottles up her emotions to the point that, on occasion, she has private, emotional outbursts over relatively trivial matters. She appears to be a conservative Christian, at least she was called to be one by Roy. She states that the two books she would bring with her to read if stranded on a deserted island are the Bible and The Purpose Driven Life. Further, she would bring The Da Vinci Code, but only so she could burn it. She despises the mystery novel genre because, in her words, "I hate being titillated." She also frequently makes fun of Pam for dating two guys (Roy and Jim) in the office, although, she herself dated Andy, Dwight, and The Senator. She also cheated on all of them with each other, refusing any judgement about her doing, but was upset right up to commission battery against Oscar when she learned he was in an affair with The Senator. She takes pleasure in rough competition between two men over her, but was set back when Andy and Dwight learned, they both have been cheated upon by her and stopped fighting over her. She judged Pam about conceiving CeCe out of wedlock before conceiving her own child with Dwight before their wedding.

    She was mainly seen as a minor character in the first two seasons but since starting her relationship with Dwight her character has been explored numerous times and has been so further since their break-up in Fun Run. Angela, throughout season 3 and carrying on into season 4, essentially became the second lead female of the show, behind Pam Halpert.

    In a deleted scene from Dream Team, she says her new boss Charles Miner is mysterious and wants to flip to "his last page". In a deleted scene from Season 3, Angela glowingly compares Dwight to Fox News commentator Sean Hannity. She says in Prince Family Paper that her ideal of male beauty is Boris Becker.

    Angela has a sister to whom she was very close but has not spoken in sixteen years over a disagreement she does not even remember, a situation that she recounts with a great deal of pride. She appears unable to apologize, as further detailed in Product Recall when she cannot bring herself to say sorry on behalf of the company (saying instead "our official position is apologetic"), and in The Return, when she uses a wordy, third-person monologue as a way of apologizing to Oscar for being homophobic.

    She did, however, say she was sorry to Kevin for being "mean" twice in the mini web-series 'The Accountants'.

    It was revealed in The Return and Traveling Salesmen and confirmed in Happy Hour that her middle name is Noelle. It's also implied in Money that she suffers from sleep apnea.

    Angela drives a light brown first-generation Ford Focus sedan as seen in The Dundies. In Season 6 episode Niagara she is seen to drive a second-generation Saturn S-Series (which Oscar's ex-boyfriend Gil used to drive), and this also is shown in Andy's Play, where she drives away in it after cutting off sex with Dwight in a parking lot. In Season 8, Episode 24, she is seen chasing Dwight in a blue second-generation Cadillac SRX with a "Re-Elect Lipton" sticker on the rear bumper.

    Angela claims to weigh eighty-two pounds and wears a child's size ten (Women's Appreciation). In addition, because she finds the clothes at Gap Kids to sometimes be too "flashy", she occasionally shops at the American Girls store, buying items meant for "large colonial dolls". She is 4'10", short enough to walk under a limbo stick in Café Disco, without bending over. Michael has twice made fun of her stature, nicknaming her "Booster Seat" in reference to small children having to sit on one in restaurants. She is also only 82 pounds, as she said when Dwight created a fake fire, and Angela was trying to get pulled up through a vent by Oscar.

    He later "roasted" her during Stress Relief, by saying he couldn't see her when she was hiding behind a 'grain of rice'.

    Angela ruled (in seasons 1–4) the Party Planning Committee (PPC) with an iron fist. Usually, when a committee member suggests an idea, Angela immediately shoots it down with a mean comment or sharp rebuke. The PPC normally consists of Angela, Pam, Phyllis, and Meredith, although Meredith was naturally not present when the committee planned her surprise birthday party. Karen became a regular member of the PPC when she was transferred to Scranton but was expelled by Angela for her "unsuitable" ideas during A Benihana Christmas.

    Ryan joined the committee to help plan the Christmas Party, and Oscar joined it to help plan his own "Welcome Back" party (The Return). Angela was particularly hard on Phyllis during Launch Party and was left with a huge burden when Phyllis got fed up and quit the PPC.

    Because of its dysfunctional administration thanks to its head Angela, and being "a clique prone to politics" or "too much drama", the PPC faced dissolvement more than one time during the show. However, it always came back as either the powers that were to dissolve it were no more (Charles Miner) or office morale tanked after a few poorly executed parties, as office executives tried to fill the shoes of the dissolved PPC.

    It is implied in the webisode series, Blackmail, that she has or had a clandestine sexual relationship with her church pastor when Creed hands out envelopes containing incriminating information on several of his peers and Meredith opens her envelope and asks "Who's Pastor Davis?" prompting Creed to switch the envelopes between Angela and Meredith. After reading the note, Angela appears to be heavily embarrassed.

    Angela is the counterpart of Meredith. While Angela acts tightly-wound and oppressed and morally judgemental to everyone, Meredith is not inhibited by social restraint. Angela's way to relate with people led her to lead a life on her own with her cats, while Meredith's hedonism makes her friends easily after-hours. However, both characters exhibit promiscuity, but as Meredith would not feel bound to social or moral limitation while Angela basically overthrows everything she pretends to believe in when cheating three men with each other, Angela is less honest about her way of life.

    Angela is established as a strict and stubborn office worker, and she is something of a perfectionist. She appears to be a prime example of an authoritarian personality. She is also in charge of the Party Planning Committee and is often at odds with Phyllis Vance. When it is noted that red streamers are bad during Meredith's party, she blames it on Phyllis, though it seems to be her fault. There are many deleted scenes in which Angela is interviewed, as well as other members of accounting, suggesting that the series was originally intended to take a two-perspective look at the office: one from accounting's point of view, and one from sales.

    Angela refuses to accept the "Tight Ass" award at the 8th Annual Dundie Awards (The Dundies).

    When Toby tells the office staff that the inappropriate email forwards must stop, Angela applauds this decision as she finds them offensive yet she still forwards them out of fear of bad luck (Sexual Harassment).

    When Jim plays a variety of paper football that Kevin and Oscar play, Kevin remarks that it's called Hateball because of how much Angela hates it. Angela then gives Kevin a stare of intense hatred. She is the only staff member to not participate in the office Olympics and when asked if she plays games she replies with a list of several games that she plays with her cats. When Pam asks her if she plays any office games Angela replies that she keeps track of how many times Jim goes over to reception to talk to her. When Jim and Pam talk later, Pam notices Angela make a tally mark on a piece of paper before walking away. She possibly watched the closing ceremonies (Office Olympics).

    During the fire, Angela instructs everyone to not panic. While playing a game of what books she would bring to a desert island, Angela says she would bring the Bible and A Purpose Driven Life. She later changes her answer to also bring The Da Vinci Code to which she says she would burn it. During "who would you do" Roy describes her before Angela tells him her name leading to an awkward introduction (The Fire).

    Angela dresses as a cat during Halloween and she also plans the office's Halloween party. She discovers that the accounting department is overstaffed and Michael must fire somebody leading to paranoia in the accounting department. She later criticizes Pam for bringing in brownies for the party rather than chips and dip. Pam tells the cameras that she believes Angela is probably the one in the neighborhood who hands out toothbrushes, pennies and walnuts to the trick-or-treaters. When the office staff later leave to go to Poor Richard's with Devon, Angela asks the staff about the Halloween party (Halloween).

    Angela is present at Michael's meeting on how to improve the office. When Michael reads a comment on how he needs to do something about his coffee breath, Angela says that he talks to them too close sometimes, possibly indicating it's her who complained (Performance Review).

    Pam notices that there might be something going on between Dwight and Angela. She notices that Angela buys two candy bars rather than one and that Dwight later ends up with the extra one that she bought. Pam tries to find out if they are dating. Dwight tells Angela to delete any "sensitive" emails when it is learned that Michael is doing e-mail surveillance. There is also a clip of Michael using a puppet to knock over Angela's cat stuff while she tries to catch them and keep them from falling. When Michael is later on to Jim's party he asks Angela where she is going. She claims she is going to a bake sale for charity and Michael calls her a liar angering her. She later arrives at Jim's party and complains she got sap on her. When she asks Jim if there are any vegetarian options, Jim tells her there is soda inside. She is later seen making out with Dwight outside (Email Surveillance).

    Angela is head of the party planning committee and plans the Christmas party. She manipulates Phyllis and is very critical. Toby has her for Secret Santa and he gets her a poster of babies playing jazz instruments. Angela later gets upset when things begin to go wrong. She becomes angry when the tree lights that Phyllis got were to small to make much light and when Michael changes the Secret Santa into Yankee Swap. Angela later gets her poster from Kelly during the game. Angela becomes angry when Michael introduces alcohol into the party and she becomes jealous when she spots Kelly kissing Dwight. She goes outside and smashes Christmas ornaments against a dumpster (Christmas Party).

    Angela is present at Michael's motivational meeting and also on the booze cruise however she only appears in the background (Booze Cruise).

    Angela participates in cleaning out her desk during the early spring cleaning. When she reports to Dwight that Oscar is out sick, Dwight finds it unacceptable as does she causing the two to be even more attracted to each other. Phyllis later asks Angela who she would choose between Jim or Roy as they clean out the kitchen. Angela refuses to answer at first but later decides on Roy (The Secret).

    Angela is disgusted at the revelation that Oscar is gay (Gay Witch Hunt)), and does not bother to hide it. Her attitude toward him becomes much more sympathetic after he returns to work following an extended absence (The Return), and the two appear to have reconciled. She believes Oscar has the capability to cross over to dating women if he so chooses. Evidently, Angela continues to nurture a crush on Roy also said in (The Accountants: Someone in the Warehouse), complimenting him on his physique and greeting him, in the third-season episode Branch Closing. In the same episode, she spontaneously hugs Kevin upon discovering their branch will not be closed, the second moment to date, along with Kevin's cancer scare in the season two episode Michael's Birthday, in which she has shown anything but contempt for him.

    In The Convention, she secretly follows Dwight to his office supply convention under the name "Jane Doe", and gets a room which Jim accidentally enters, though it does not appear he saw that it was her (exclaiming "Dwight got a hooker"). Angela would seem to call Dwight "D" outside the office, as she (mistakenly) does when Jim enters Dwight's hotel room. She also persuades Dwight to supplant Michael as Regional Manager (à la Lady Macbeth), but it does not succeed. She has a good first impression of Andy Bernard when he shows up on his first day with a cat screensaver. When Angela rudely shoots down an idea proposed by Karen, the PPC defiantly splits into two groups and two parties. Angela holds the less popular one, to which only Kevin, Phyllis, and Hannah come, while Pam and Karen lead the more popular one. Eventually, the two parties merge back into one and Angela returns a "missing" power cord for the karaoke machine. In Traveling Salesmen it is suggested that Angela's middle name is Noelle when she becomes giddy over her blossoming relationship with Dwight and attempts to bond with Pam, a venture that is cut short when the latter declines Angela's offer of the "dominant male" in a recent litter of cats had by her favorite pet, Sprinkles.

    In The Return, she is briefly moved to tears while inviting Oscar to join the PPC as an apology for her apparent disapproval of his homosexuality and is visibly saddened by the insensitivity of Michael's proposal to celebrate Oscar's "Mexicality" by featuring Mexican lemonade (Lemoñadé, with diacritical marks added by Ryan, presumably upon Michael's request)and bite-sized frozen-dinner Chimichangas, though in both instances she may be displacing her grief over Dwight's temporary resignation from the company.

    It is illustrated that Angela has a love of learning, as seen in Ben Franklin, where she is the only woman intently listening to the Ben Franklin impersonator. Diwali is where she takes a cautious interest in learning more about Hindu religion and culture (although she also makes ignorant comments about the religion and Indian food, specifically whining that the naan at the Diwali party is dry), and The Job, in which she enthusiastically participates in Dwight's lecture on the soil.

    Her refusal to allow Dwight to publicize their relationship prevented him from exonerating himself against suspicion of disloyalty and forced his resignation. Dwight returns to Dunder Mifflin after she clears his name while preserving the secrecy of their relationship (she tells Michael that Dwight bailed her out, but does not correct Michael's clueless assertion that Dwight helped her "as a random co-worker").

    The relationship between Angela and Dwight is almost of Macbeth proportions as when Dwight was fooled by Michael into believing he was going to be the new regional manager at the branch (which Angela pushed by Dwight going behind Michael's back), Dwight leaves her in charge of the women. In The Job when Dwight is temporarily given Michael's job as acting regional manager, Dwight immediately informs her and she seems to rekindle the idea of mastering the puppet strings over Dwight, as well as speculating happily that co-worker Kelly Kapoor will be fired.

    In the episode Fun Run Dwight and Angela's relationship hits a snag when Dwight euthanizes Sprinkles, Angela's old and sickly pet cat. Dwight thought Sprinkles had died after he'd expertly administered it with a lethal dose of Benadryl, and so put the cat in the freezer to cover the smell; however, Angela was horrified to find that Sprinkles had only died when frozen. Angela is especially bothered by this because, "cat heaven is a beautiful place, but you don't get there if you're euthanized". In the next episode, Dunder Mifflin Infinity, Angela breaks up with Dwight because "every time {she looks} into his eyes, {she sees} Sprinkles's cold, lifeless body". In Launch Party, Angela prepares a party for the launch of the company website. On the day of the launch, Dwight attempts to woo her back by competing (and winning) against the website to sell more reams of paper than the other, but Angela refuses to consider it. Michael, in a bid for vengeance against a perceived slight by Ryan, orders Angela, with one hour left before the party begins, to implement his over-the-top ideas for decorations and catering. She is unable to do so partly due to not having enough time and partly due to Phyllis taking a stand against her harsher than usual criticism and refusing to help. In the meantime Andy tries to win Angela's affection; although initially unsuccessful (to Dwight's relief), a last-minute performance of "Take a Chance on Me" produces a partially suppressed smile from her. In the episode Money, Angela decides to go out with Andy after he gives her a cat as a present (actually a stray that Dwight had tried unsuccessfully to give her as a reconciliation gift), giving him instructions on taking her to dinner that included "no vegetables, and no seafood". In the following episodes, they have apparently been seeing each other, but it is implied that Angela still harbors feelings for Dwight, as Andy reports in Local Ad that she cried out "Oh, D!" when they were making love, which Dwight instantly recognizes as her nickname for him (though Andy thinks it means "Dee" as in "An-Dee").

    In Job Fair, Angela and Dwight were the only two left in the office after the remaining members of the team took off early as a result of Michael not being in the office. the two share an awkward atmosphere which eventually thaws towards the end of the day.

    In Goodbye, Toby at Toby's outdoor leaving party, Angela reluctantly accepts Andy's proposal of marriage, after he asks her in front of everyone, including his own parents. At the very end of the episode, however, Phyllis is taking some of the party supplies back to the office and walks in on Angela mid-intercourse with Dwight. The episode ended on Angela and Dwight's reaction to Phyllis's walking in.

    In Weight Loss, Andy continually pesters Angela with ideas for their wedding. Most of his proposals are outlandish and expensive, and Angela continues to treat him and his ideas with contempt. Every time the stress of wedding planning burdens her, she pages Dwight, and they meet in the Dunder Mifflin warehouse to have sex. This seems to be a habit, but later in the episode, Andy tells Angela he doesn't care where they marry so long as they're together. This moves Angela enough not to cheat on him with Dwight who is left waiting alone on this one occasion but it doesn't last, as Andy continues to irritate Angela about his college friends coming to stay with them for three weeks to perform at the wedding. Angela tells Andy they'll talk about it later and rushes to page and subsequently hook up with Dwight downstairs.

    Meanwhile, Phyllis has dethroned Angela as head of the Party Planning Committee and does not hesitate to give Angela harsh orders. Angela puts up with Phyllis' sternness because she doesn't want Phyllis to tell Andy she is cheating on him.

    In Crime Aid, Dwight, with advice from Phyllis, gives Angela an ultimatum—him or Andy. Angela looks to Andy, signifying that she chooses him, although Dwight says to Phyllis that "she ignored the ultimatum." Dwight then treats Phyllis coldly but forgives her after he realizes she was just trying to help.

    In Customer Survey, Angela finally agrees to Andy's renting a tent—as long as it's set on a site which matches Schrute Farm Bed & Breakfast. Andy books the farm and Dwight gleefully agrees to plan every detail of the wedding, pointedly offering to be available to Angela day or night. Angela understands the double meaning and shows signs of being very turned on by it.

    In Business Trip it is revealed she and Andy have never been intimate. When Andy drunk dials her demanding sex, she is disgusted, even though, in the background, viewers can hear Dwight in her bed. She later demotes Andy back to "first base", which for her is a kiss on the forehead.

    In The Surplus, Dwight escorts Angela and Andy to Schrute Farms to plan details of the wedding. In a supposed mock ceremony, Dwight stands in for Andy as a Mennonite, German-speaking minister completes the vows. Angela begins to admit she has made a mistake and seems to reconcile with Dwight, however, he announces they have actually married. She is angered at his deception and storms off. At the office, she passionately kisses Andy in front of the staff and leaves to "take care of a legal matter", implying she will have the marriage annulled.

    In Moroccan Christmas Phyllis continues her torment of Angela, going as far to force Angela to discard her personal nativity scene and the Christmas tree as they don't fit in with the theme. When she learns that she's eating food served during Ramadan, she immediately spits it out. When Angela finally revolts because she believes Phyllis will never reveal her secret, Phyllis stuns the entire staff by revealing the Dwight-Angela affair. Angela is visibly humiliated and upset (while Dwight is actually amused) and asks Andy (who was out of the room at the announcement) to take her home.

    However, the truth is eventually revealed in The Duel when Michael decides to take the matter into his own hands, much to the objection of the staff by telling Andy the news. Devastated, Andy confronts Angela who tries to squirm her way out of the confrontation before admitting to the affair. This only sparks a duel between Andy and Dwight which seems to arouse Angela because of two men fighting over her. But that is short-lived when Andy tells Dwight that he slept with her twice in comparison to how many times Dwight has slept with her, and when Dwight states that Angela said that she only slept with him. The two men non-verbally break up with Angela, with Andy making preparations to cancel the wedding and Dwight throwing out the bobble head doll purchased for him as a gift by Angela; she is shown with a dejected look on her face.

    In Stress Relief, Dwight traps all of the employees in the office, while leading them to believe that it is on fire. Everyone panics and attempts to break out. Angela goes to get her cat, Bandit, who she is revealed to keep in a drawer by her desk. She sees Oscar climbing into the ceiling, and attempts to get him to save her cat by taking it with him, but he is ignoring her. She then attempts to throw Bandit up into the ceiling to Oscar, but this results in the cat going up into one part of the ceiling, and coming down hard out of another part. She later takes part in the roast and during an interview expresses amusement over it, before she realizes she is sounding human and puts her stern facial expression back in place.

    In Blood Drive, Angela reveals that she once had two men duel over her, and everyone thinks she means Andy and Dwight, but she corrects them: two men named John (John Mark and John David) once fought for her affections in Ohio (which Dwight seems to be bewildered by). She also goes out of her way to tell Oscar she doesn't approve of his homosexuality, even though she also seems generally sympathetic to his tale of romantic failure.

    In New Boss, she, along with Kelly, develops a crush on Charles Miner, the new vice president. It leads to the women battling for his affections, with Angela insulting Kelly in an interview by saying Charles is an attractive and cultured man and "He does NOT need to go Dumpster-diving for companionship!".

    In Company Picnic, Dwight's friend, Rolf, constantly insults Angela on her relationship with Dwight, telling her that he does not hear "Cheaters, Tramps, or Women who break his friend's heart," after she wants to play in the volleyball game. However, by the end, Dwight defends Angela, indicating that their relationship may be thawing as the season ends.

    Angela tends to be somewhat abrasive towards other office workers, often outright insulting them with no remorse for her actions.

    Angela had a secret office romance with Dwight for years.

    Angela is reluctant to apologize or to accept blame for having made a mistake.

    In the episode "The Alliance", Michael scolds the Party Planning Committee for doing a bad job with the streamers. Angela responds, "Phyllis wanted red. I didn't." In reality, Angela rejected Phyllis's suggestion of green streamers, because "green is whorish".
    In the Webisode "The Books Don't Balance", Angela insists that she is not the source of the accounting discrepancy. When the error is revealed to be hers in "The Best Day of My Life", she initially denies that she made the error, but when Oscar points out that this implies that she allowed an unknown person to access her books, she is forced to admit, "Very well. Case closed."
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    Bobble head Angela In the episode "A Benihana Christmas", Angela says that she has not spoken to her sister in 16 years over some disagreement she does not even remember. In the episode "The Return", Angela tries to apologize to Oscar for her behavior, but manages only to say, "Certain events have transpired. And I've thought about certain things. And I'm sorry for the way those certain events transpired. And I would just like to make some changes about certain things and certain situations." In the episode "The Return", Angela is forced to admit that she failed to submit important documents, but she blames Kevin for failing to remind her. In the episode "Product Recall", Angela is pressured to apologize to Oscar and Kevin for insulting them. She says, "I'm sorry that you're both morons." In the episode "Product Recall", Angela is unable to bring herself to apologize to customers on behalf of Dunder Mifflin for the product recall.

    Angela professes to be Christian. Her exact denomination is unknown. She is extremely disapproving of other religions, particularly Hinduism. Angela is the safety officer and previously led the Party Planning Committee. Angela claims to be a vegetarian and hates seafood or at least the idea of serving it at an office party. When Kevin suggests the idea of having the office farewell lunch at Cooper's Seafood, in the episode "Branch Closing" she exclaims "No seafood!" See Angela Martin's vegetarianism for more details. In her family, if anyone seems like a slut, they say "someone took the slow train from Philly" In "The Fire" when asked who Roy would have sex with, he replies "That tight-ass Christian chick", referring to Angela. In "Money", Dwight returns a sleep apnea mask to Angela, indicating that she suffers from sleep apnea. In "Stress Relief", Angela stated she weighs only 82 pounds. She must have lost weight as in "The Convict" she states she is 90 pounds. Among fans of the office, Angela is often considered the opposite of Pam, just like Dwight is the opposite of Jim. She is known to be a germaphobe. In the episode St. Patrick's Day, Erin Hannon sneezes, urging her to put on a surgical mask. Angela states that she and her sister haven't spoken in a while due to a disagreement. However, in "Finale", Angela states that the two are very close and even have a secret language. This may have been a different sister, however. In "The Surplus", Dwight says, "after the readings by all of your sisters...", confirming that she has multiple sisters. In "Traveling Salesman", when telling a story to Pam, she uses the alias "Noelle" for herself, while using "Kurt" for Dwight, implying that Noelle could be her middle name. This is confirmed three seasons later in "Happy Hour" when Angela cites her full name as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against Dwight. Angela appears to have a foot phobia. In "Casual Friday " she is offended by Oscar wearing sandals and attempts to get Toby to act on this. While talking to Toby, she calls Oscar's attire "Gross!" and ends the conversation with Toby by yelling "I don't want to look at his feet! Do your job!"

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    Helpful, old guy with hidden past.

    Creed Bratton is a deviant, former hippie and homeless man employed at the Scranton branch of paper distributor Dunder Mifflin as a quality assurance manager. Creed is a mysterious figure who is prone to making bizarre or confusing statements on a regular basis. In the episode "Fun Run", Creed claimed to have been born on November 1, 1925. However, this is likely untrue due to his age not matching up with his appearance. As a result of drug use during his career as a rock musician in the 1960s, combined with signs of apparent mental illness, Creed has a phenomenally poor memory. In "The Convention", he introduces himself to Meredith, (after calling Angela "Andrea") implying that he thinks she just started working at Dunder Mifflin, despite her having worked there for several years. When seen at his office computer, he is usually playing spider solitaire. He is never shown to have been doing any actual work at the office, though occasionally takes extreme measures to ensure his job security. Because he is typically very quiet, most of his coworkers are not sure what he does there—something of which Creed himself is also unsure.

    Little is known about Creed's life outside the office. The scattered details that emerge (as well as his behavior in the office) are invariably bizarre and it is unknown how much of what he says is true. In fact, much of what he does say is either unsettling or downright disturbing, sometimes even describing violent crimes he claims to have committed or plans to commit. Despite all of this, Creed is outwardly quite cheery most of the time and is tolerated (or simply ignored) by his fellow employees.

    In "The Injury", he claims to have been in an iron lung when he was a child.[4] In a deleted scene from "The Convict", Creed states that he has been incarcerated before and that prison is where he obtained the name "Creed",[5] though he later changes his story, implying that he had previously killed a man named Creed Bratton and assumed his identity. Several episodes have shown him to be either senile or extremely absent-minded. In "Casual Friday" he reveals he has a daughter and tries to hook Jim up with her. When Jim says he already has a fiancée, Creed says, "I thought you were gay". When Jim questions why Creed would want to set him up with his daughter if Creed thought he was gay, Creed simply responds, "I don't know". It is implied in "Gay Witch Hunt" that he is bisexual, stating after the outing of Oscar that in the 1960s he had sex numerous times with women and it was possible that he could have had relations with a man as well.

    In "Conflict Resolution", he submits a formal complaint to Toby that says that he is sick of looking at "the redhead" all day (Meredith), and wants a seat facing the receptionist (Pam).[6] In the season 2 episode "The Carpet", when Creed smells human feces in Michael's office he says, "Is someone making soup?" In another episode, when Oscar returns from vacation to find Dwight no longer working at Dunder Mifflin, Creed tells him that Dwight was decapitated (mistaking Dwight leaving for Ed Truck's death and Michael making them have a funeral for a bird to cope with his grief). When Jim states that he's sure that wasn't real, Creed angrily replies, "You're not real, man!"

    He is also extremely dishonest, with details emerging of his many scams, including faking his own death, and in the season 4 episode "Fun Run" he admits to being involved in many religious cults, saying, "You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader". He is a kleptomaniac and regularly steals items from coworkers and charity drives, and he even tears off a card from a gift at Phyllis's wedding in order to pretend that it's his. When asked his age, the reply varies wildly depending upon what suits him at the time. In "Fun Run", Creed states that he will soon be 82. In the next episode ("Dunder Mifflin Infinity"), attempting to look young, he dyes his hair black (with ink from a printer cartridge from a printer in the office) and says that he is 30 years old. He then corrects himself, saying that he'll be 30 in November. In the episode "Frame Toby", when police enter the office on a drug investigation, he stands up and nervously puts his hands on his head, then hides in the conference room with the camera crew pretending to talk to them until the cops leave. Which could imply that he is hiding drugs in the office that he never told anyone about. In one episode when the entire office is role-playing a murder mystery, he walks into the conference room, and when Michael says that this is a murder investigation and that Creed is a prime suspect he says, "Let me just settle in," at which point he runs outside to his car and quickly drives away.[7] In "Money", when explaining how he never goes bankrupt, he holds up his passport issued in the name William Charles Schneider (actor Creed Bratton's actual birth name). The passport indicates that he was born on February 8, 1943, the real Creed Bratton's birthdate. The real Creed Bratton was 64 at the time the episodes were filmed and aired.

    Creed is working towards scuba diving, stating, "If I can't scuba, then what's this all been about? What have I been working towards?" Creed's favorite thing to eat on his birthday is peach cobbler. Creed drives a 1980s Lincoln Town Car, a car that Michael believes was named after the first president in "New Leads" (Michael erroneously believes Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the United States).

17. #17Kevin Malone

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    Kevin is a part of the accounting department at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. The other accountants are Oscar Martinez and Angela Martin.

    Kevin is of Irish descent as stated in "The Podcast” and did not grow up around Scranton, as stated in "The Delivery". Kevin received a job as an accountant at Dunder Mifflin after applying for a job in the warehouse because Michael Scott had "a feeling about him." ("Scott's Tots")

    Kevin has a sister who lives nearby him as shown in a deleted scene from Andy's Play, as well as a mother who recently has become incapable of living by herself and needs to be put in a home.

    When the show began, Kevin was engaged to Stacy, who has a daughter named Abby ("Take Your Daughter to Work Day").

    Stacy was the fourth woman to whom Kevin proposed, but the first to say yes, and he was very happy, though he secretly considered her a second choice to one of the other women, Melissa Riley ("Phyllis' Wedding").

    Little is known about Stacy. She never speaks on camera and appears only in the background. Kevin reveals in "Chair Model" that they have broken up.

    In "Blood Drive", Kevin meets Lynn, and they begin dating. However, in a deleted scene in "Café Disco", we learn that she just wanted to be friends.

    Kevin is typically quite subdued, although he is known for making blunt or offensive comments regarding the other employees.

    There are hints of Kevin's unbecoming Internet habits, particularly pornography.

    When he learns that Michael has gained access to his e-mail in "E-mail Surveillance", Kevin says in a talking head interview, "I gotta erase a lot of stuff." In a deleted scene, he deletes an enormous collection of pornographic videos.
    In "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Kevin notes in a talking head interview that he hopes that his fiancée's daughter doesn't look on his computer, and then runs out of the interview to check.
    In "Prince Family Paper", Pam notes that Kevin does not get full Internet access.
    In "Whistleblower", Kevin sprints to his computer when he learns that Corporate is searching everyone's computer for information on the leak.
    In "Finale", Dwight says, "Your internet searches were so filthy we had to throw your computer."
    

    Kevin is unaware of his own size and frequently bumps into things, [2][3]:11:12 particular his diminutive fellow accountant Angela Martin.[4]:20:52 An example of this occurs in the cold open of "Employee Transfer". Kevin also has an odd quirk of not rotating at the waist, but always turning his entire body.[3]

    Kevin plays drums and is also the lead singer in a local tribute band called Scrantonicity. The group initially was a Steve Miller Band tribute called "Jokers and Tokers", but recently refocused on the music of The Police, and rebranded accordingly as "Scrantonicity", a homage to their album Synchronicity. However, after getting into a fight with his bandmates, Kevin breaks off and forms a new band, "Scrantonicity II", a reference to The Police song "Synchronicity II".

    His favorite foods are cookies, Cup o' Noodles, and M&M's. Kevin's favorite movies are American Pie 2 ("Michael's Birthday"), Weekend at Bernie's, and The Cannonball Run. His favorite number, not surprisingly, is 69, after the sexual position. According to Jim in a deleted scene from "The Dundies", Kevin is interested in naval history and enjoys bowling.

    He is the resident gambler, partaking or initiating various bets throughout the office with other co-workers, and shows a fairly sharp talent for monitoring games fairly. In "Casino Night", he reveals that he won a World Series of Poker bracelet for the $2500 No-Limit Deuce-Seven Draw in 2002, but he nonetheless suffers defeat at the hands of an unwitting Phyllis Lapin-Vance. Kevin also enjoys cooking. As seen in the "Kevin Cooks Stuff in The Office" short, Kevin is currently brewing beer in the cabinet beside his desk, much to the disgust of his coworker Oscar Martinez. The rules specifically stated that no beer was to be consumed at work, but Kevin found a loophole as the rules never said anything about making beer at work. He also has recipes for office-made quesadillas, creme brulee, and mashed potatoes and once a year brings in a large pot of his "famous" chili for the office. Kevin and Oscar's personalities complement each other, with Oscar being the most intelligent Dunder-Mifflin employee and Kevin being arguably the least, and they are shown to be close friends. The two often do a fist bump when they have a minor achievement such as playing office games.

    Kevin is a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite his obvious lack of athleticism, Kevin has demonstrated above-average skill at some sports: in "Basketball", he is shown to be an excellent shooter, and in "Dwight's Speech" he catches a hard-thrown football with ease despite his hands being full and throws a hard and tight spiral directly on target.

    In "Health Care", it was revealed that he suffers from anal fissures ("Health Care")

    Kevin suffers from plantar hyperhidrosis ("Grief Counseling" deleted scene). Angela is regularly disgusted by Kevin's feet, and he protests that she knows about his medical condition.

    In a webisode of "The Accountants", Angela sarcastically calls Kevin a genius, though Kevin secretly thinks his IQ of 100 makes him a genius. Personal Information

    According to NBC a loan application released in conjunction with the webisode Taste the Ice Cream, Kevin's birthday is 06/01/1968. He lives at 24 Stanford Ave, Scranton, PA 18505 and his telephone number is 570-555-0137.

    According to a diploma hanging in his workspace, Kevin received an Associate of Science degree in accounting from Penn Foster College.

    Kevin is one of the more featured supporting characters and has many comic moments. While making a basketball team for a game against the warehouse employees, Michael ignores Kevin's plea to join the team, but it later turns out that Kevin is in fact an excellent player, as opposed to Stanley Hudson, whom he assumed to be talented based merely on the stereotype that because he is an African-American man, he would excel at playing, though he was actually clumsy and slow. He often tells people that Pam is "hot", though when Katy, a purse saleswoman, comes to the office, he tells Pam that Katy is prettier than she is. On "Diversity Day", when the employees are given a card with a specific race written on it, Kevin is given "Italian". In the same episode, he attempts to reenact for his coworkers a race-themed Chris Rock routine without offending anyone; Michael complains that Kevin has butchered the routine.[5]

    Kevin is the winner of the "Don't Go In There After Me" award at the 8th Annual Dundie Awards (a reference to his bathroom odor). This is referenced again later when he is seen coming out of the men's room with a lit scented candle ("Women's Appreciation", "The Fight"). His favorite games to play at work are a paper football game which he and Oscar call "Hateball" (because Angela hates it), and "How Many M&M's Can You Put In Your Mouth?" (Angela points out that only he plays this.) ("Office Olympics")

    Kevin's relationship with Stacey begins this season. Kevin is despondent on Valentine's Day when he doesn't know where she is, but in a deleted scene he becomes very happy when she calls and says she's back in town. In "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", he brings Stacey's daughter Abby to the office, where she quickly becomes pals with Jim.

    In "Michael's Birthday", Kevin gets tested for skin cancer, which takes the mood away from party festivities, much to Michael's displeasure. The results end up negative, though Michael thought that 'negative' meant that his test revealed cancer ("Michael's Birthday).

    Jim and Pam encounter his The Police tribute band Scrantonicity, while searching for bands for Pam's wedding and Roy asks him to play for them which he accepts (although the marriage ends up being called off).

    Generally, he doesn't get much responsibility, so in "The Merger", he is delighted that he gets to shred company documents. However, in the excitement of showing everything that it can shred, he puts in his own credit card. He later uses the shredder to make a salad ("The Merger"). After some deliberation, Kevin joins Angela's party in "A Benihana Christmas", but only because of the double-fudge brownies. Scrantonicity got to perform at "Phyllis' Wedding". It was the third wedding they performed at, having also played at their bassist's wedding and their guitarist's wedding.

    During "Cocktails", Kevin is asked if he and Stacy have set a date for their wedding. Kevin says they have, but it is very complicated, hinting that they may have separated. After Roy begins to shout at Pam for revealing the kiss she shared with Jim, Kevin can briefly be seen holding up his fists ready to defend Pam as she walks away from Roy.[6] During "The Merger" (deleted scene), he hides his M&M's under his desk so "they" (the new employees from Stamford) won't get to them, but is willing to share with Jim. In "The Convict", Kevin implies that he is involved in insider trading but wasn't aware of the legal implications. He greatly enjoys the hot dog eating contest during "Beach Games", saying that lying on the beach eating hot dogs is "all he's ever wanted".

    In the season premiere, "Fun Run", Kevin openly suspects Jim and Pam of "hooking up" and is determined to prove his speculations to his neighboring accountant Oscar. Oscar is not convinced, but Kevin is vindicated in the episode "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", when Jim and Pam reveal their relationship to their coworkers.

    Kevin suffers a series of setbacks during the season. In the episode "Money", Kevin announces that has split from the band "Scrantonicity" and formed "Scrantonicity II". However, none of his coworkers come to support his new band. He also reveals in the episode "The Chair Model" that he and his fiancée Stacy have ended their engagement. Also, Kevin, along with all of the other Dunder Mifflin employees (except for Michael) are made to park in a satellite parking lot, which angers all of them. Kevin is one of the most distraught, and he teams up with Andy in order to do something about it. They suggest to Michael that an assembly be called between the "Five Families". He later explains that the "Five Families" are the five companies which share the Scranton business park, and that the bosses "rarely meet". When Michael denies him the opportunity to call a meeting, Kevin and Andy decide to call a meeting anyway. At the meeting, Kevin and Andy attempt to be polite and in charge, since Michael isn't there. Kevin finally breaks down, demanding the parking spaces back, claiming that "some people have to park really far away and walk all the way to the office, and some people sweat too much for comfort." Kevin's later success in resolving the parking space problem in Dunder Mifflin's favor gives him the small victory that he really needed ("The Chair Model"). In "Job Fair", Kevin's zeal to gamble during a trip to the golf course with Jim, Andy and a prospective customer implies that his gambling may be a compulsive behavior rather than just a casual hobby, as he takes money from petty cash in order to turn it into "this month's rent."

    In "Goodbye, Toby", Dwight tells the office's new HR representative Holly that Kevin is mentally challenged and that he got his job at Dunder Mifflin through a special program. Holly pays special attention to Kevin, praising him for being able to drive a car and helping him decipher how to choose a snack from the vending machine. Kevin, however, interprets Holly's frequent praise and breathy condescension as sexual interest in him.

18. #18Kelly Kapoor

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    She is the Customer Service Representative at Dunder Mifflin's Scranton Branch.

    Introduced as a coworker of ethnical minority on which Michael misplaces his misled and racist attempts to "integrate", she became the on/off love interest of hot shot Ryan Howard with whom she shares some unhealthy personality traits, leading to dysfunct relationship dynamics. She is susceptible and impressed by people's interest, fashion, luxury and the public life of celebrities to a level where she would tell a lot more about what she got from the media than about her own life. She talks and communicates a lot more than anyone else in the office, without any break or interruption, although the things she talks about have little substance. Being one of many children to her parents and surrounding herself with people who would only use her for their own gain like Ryan, she never learned to express her wishes any other than with a threat to suicide. She indulges in fantasies, hyperbole or even blatant lies, using the word "literally" to emphasize metaphorism, which overall leads to her coworkers not taking her seriously. She lies about being victim of crimes to turn the table on inconvenient situations.

    Ironically, while being a sensitive person, she shares Ryans lack of empathy and honesty, and the things she would say in reference to her relationship with him are often just pretext for drama. She faked pregnancy to extort a date from Ryan, and when called out about her lies, she doesn't see any problem with that. Her demeanor in relationships makes her high maintenance, Darryl and Ryan passing on her for that reason.

    When Michael uses the stereotype of Indians owning convenience stores during his diversity training seminar in Diversity Day, Kelly slaps him hard for his ignorance of diversity. Michael is then very stunned and then says, "That's what I'm talking about!!" for showing the appropriate reaction of anger.

    Kelly gossiped with Pam and Phyllis about Michael and what is written about him in the women's bathroom. She is still targeted by Michael about her race, which is why she reluctantly accepts the "Spicy Curry" award at the Dundies ("The Dundies").

    Kelly appears mostly in the background during Toby's sexual harassment meeting in "Sexual Harassment".

    Kelly watches Jim and Toby play Dunderball and later participates in the Office Olympics. She is later seen at the closing ceremonies in "Office Olympics".

    During the fire, she tries to evacuate the building. Dwight grabs her and pulls her to safety, much to her annoyance. She later plays the games with the rest of the staff and agrees on Jim in "who would you do" in "The Fire". Kelly's first Halloween costume

    Kelly's first Halloween costume

    Kelly dresses up like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz for Halloween and Michael tells her that she should have worn soccer attire and been the Indian girl who plays soccer from the movie "Bend it like Beckham". When Kelly replies that she doesn't really play soccer, Michael responds, "Well, I don't really have two heads" referring to the fact his costume is himself with two heads. She is later invited to join Devon at Poor Richard's along with the rest of the office staff and goes in "Halloween".

    Dwight starts teaching Karate to everybody in the office and shows Kelly how to fight. She seems uncomfortable when Dwight tells her that he will now attack her from behind. Michael comes in and warns her that Dwight might sucker- punch him, leading the two to start getting angry at each other. She did not attend the fight between Michael and Dwight in "The Fight".

    Kelly supposedly goes to the reading of Threat Level: Midnight but has no known part in "The Client".

    Kelly attends the meeting on how Michael can better the office however she doesn't say anything in "Performance Review".

    Kelly confronts Michael along with the rest of the office on why he is spying on everybody's' emails. She later goes to Jim's party and drinks a lot of the beer with Meredith. She asks Oscar and Stanley to talk about something other than work, however they seem at a loss. When Michael sang karaoke, he offered Kelly to sing the part of the female, but she declined in "Email Surveillance".

    Kelly got Oscar for Secret Santa and gifted him a shower radio. He is displeased because she got him the same thing last year. Michael decides to turn the game into "Yankee Swap" and everyone is forced to trade their gifts. Ryan ends up getting Kelly's gift- a flowery name plate that says "Kelly". Kelly later picks Angela's gift, a poster of babies playing jazz instruments. Kelly remarks that its "the creepiest thing she's ever seen." During the party she gets drunk and kisses Dwight, filling Angela with jealousy ("Christmas Party").

    When Michael announces that the years company retreat is a booze cruise, Kelly tells Michael that she bought a bathing suit since Michael instructed people to in order to throw them off. Michael tells her to return it but she says she already cut the tags off. Kelly seems bored during the cruise and is seen sleeping in the background in several scenes ("Booze Cruise").

    When Michael accidentally tells Toby that Jim is in love with someone who is clearly Pam based on his hints, Kelly correctly guesses it's her. When Kelly learns about Jim's feelings for Pam, she asks him why he didn't tell her making Jim realize that Michael told everyone ("The Secret").

    Kelly attends Jan's seminar for women in the workplace. Kelly says during the questions that she doesn't want to be a "mom schlepping her kids around in a minivan." She then says she would want an SUV with three rows of seats. She and the other women then undermine Jan's authority by bringing up Jan's one night stand with Michael ("Boys and Girls").

    After Kelly goes on a first date with Ryan, she becomes bubbly and happy telling Jim she wishes that they could date forever. Jim tries to convince her not to get too excited as Ryan doesn't feel the same way. She appears obsessed with Ryan ("Valentine's Day").

    Kelly pushes Pam to wear better clothes and helps her shop online. Kelly says Pam looks like a princess and that she is going to cry. She sets up a double date with her, Ryan, Pam and her neighbor, Alan, a cartoonist. It doesn't go well. ("The Convention")

    Kelly tells Angela that Dwight is a freak. Angela screams at her. ("Initiation") She gets back to her Indian roots by hosting a Diwali party along with other Indians, however, she doesn't really know what it is. She dances and tries to convince her family that she and Ryan are meant for each other, however, they want to put her in an arranged marriage with a doctor. She hates her sisters. ("Diwali") She is sad when she and Ryan have to break up because of the closing branch but is thrilled when Jan Levinson announces that Dunder Mifflin Stamford will be closing instead. Ryan is not as happy. ("Branch Closing")

    She hugs Jim when he comes back from Stamford and tells her about how celebrities' lives have changed while he was gone. When Jim asks what's going on with her, Kelly, shocked, says that she told him. ("The Merger") She sings a song for Ryan at the Christmas Party and decides to go to Pam and Karen's party in the break room. ("A Benihana Christmas") Kelly wears white at a wedding because she has an emergency: she looks really good in white. ("Phyllis' Wedding")

    Her friendship with Pam is strained when she doesn't go to her art show. ("Business School") Her relationship with Ryan continues to be horrible, and finally she admits to the girls in the office that her relationship is awful. ("Women's Appreciation")

    Ryan breaks up with her, to her dismay and shock. ("The Job")

    Kelly explains that she is not sad about Ryan. However, she still has pictures of him. ("Fun Run") Kelly then starts a relationship with Darryl Philbin ("Launch Party"), mostly to make Ryan jealous. Kelly wears a short dress to make Ryan want her back, and Pam notices. Kelly then tells Ryan that she is pregnant with his child and goes on a date with Ryan to talk it over. ("Dunder Mifflin Infinity") Kelly continues to ask people about Ryan's whereabouts while continuing her halfhearted relationship with Darryl. Darryl begins to defend Kelly after Dwight gets mad at her. ("Launch Party")

    Kelly continues to berate Ryan. In a meeting, she tells people that Ryan used her as an object. She then makes out with Darryl in front of everyone. Ryan sends Darryl out, while Kelly looks at Ryan. ("Money") Kelly begins to make fun of Jim and Pam's relationship and talks smack towards him about Ping-Pong. She kisses Darryl throughout, continuing the relationship. ("The Deposition") Kelly tells Ryan that if Darryl was Ryan, she'd kill herself. ("Night Out")

    When Ryan is arrested for fraud, Kelly tells the documentary crew that she is planning to wear a cute sweat suit and go to jail to say hello to Ryan. Then she will walk away as the other inmates say, "Damn." ("Goodbye, Toby")

    Kelly continues her relationship with Darryl, only to make out with him in front of the new receptionist, disgraced Ryan. Kelly becomes obsessed with losing weight and passes out on the ground. She is sent to the hospital for three days with an IV. She is sold a tapeworm by Creed, although Creed explains that it wasn't a tapeworm. ("Weight Loss") Kelly sells dancing lessons to Ryan just to increase the sexual tension. ("Crime Aid") She dresses up for Halloween and, when Ryan tells her she looks good, she tells him that it is inappropriate. ("Employee Transfer")

    Since Jim and Dwight didn't go to her America's Got Talent Finale party, she makes up bad reviews for them. She then admits it, but tells Michael she was raped, again. Michael decides not to follow her. ("Customer Survey") Kelly then gets back together with Ryan and breaks up with Darryl, who is relieved. ("Business Trip") However, Ryan then breaks up with her and asks Kelly for sex one more time and money. Ryan leaves for Thailand. ("Frame Toby")

    Kelly is offended by Michael making fun of her ethnicity and saying that this is what it would be like if she hadn't left India. ("Moroccan Christmas") She points out that Angela is old and doesn't understand why Andy and Dwight would even fight over her. ("The Duel") She cries hysterically when people say that Hilary Swank isn't hot, because she isn't hotter than Hilary Swank. ("Prince Family Paper") Kelly participates in the roast for Michael and points out that she would rather kiss Kevin. ("Stress Relief")

    When Jim and Dwight forget Kelly's birthday, she is angry and tells them to screw themselves. She tells them that she wants a cake. Dwight then learns by going into her personal records that she went to juvenile detention. ("Lecture Circuit") Kelly later is angry when her cake is not decorated and freaks out, (Jim mentions here that he is not sure whether her name is spelled "Kelly" or "Kelley", which ends up misspelled at the party anyway) however, she is thrilled that she can take a nap at work as her present. Her odd relationship with Dwight continues when Dwight slaps her butt. ("Lecture Circuit")

    Kelly begins to be nicer and pushes Michael to keep looking for the blood drive girl. When Michael says they can leave since it's 5 o' clock they stay hours later to help Michael cope. Kelly and everyone else wish Michael goodbye. ("Blood Drive")

    Kelly falls for Charles Miner, the new boss and tries to get him to ask her out. She is jealous when Angela Martin also shows interest. ("Golden Ticket") Kelly continues to pine for Charles and tells him that he is smooth like Jamba Juice smoothies and tells him that she and her sisters are like the Kardashians. When Angela comes into the room to talk to Charles, Kelly tells Charles that Angela is turning 50. ("New Boss") Kelly continues to show interest and when Charles calls Kelly Erin Hannon, the new replacement for Pam Beesly, she comes in and tells him that he wanted her. ("Two Weeks")

    Kelly befriends new receptionist, Erin Hannon when she tells Kelly that she looks like Jennifer Lopez. ("Casual Friday") They restart Café Disco and dance together. Kelly has a dance-off with Andy Bernard and pierces his ear for him. ("Café Disco")

    Kelly was born to Indian parents who were wed in an arranged marriage, having met only once before their wedding day. ("Diwali")

    Kelly's surname is "Kapoor", which is a traditionally Punjabi name from the northern part of India. However, in "Customer Survey", Dwight calls her "a little girl from southern India", suggesting further that Kelly was born in India and immigrated to the United States. One possible explanation is that Kelly's parents or one of their ancestors moved to southern India. Another is that Kelly simply didn't bother to correct Dwight because she was more focused on rebutting the accusation that she faked the survey results.

    Kelly complains that her parents pressure her to marry an Indian guy and settle down. ("Body Language") She does become engaged to Indian pediatrician Ravi and moves with him to Ohio ("New Guys"), but later abandons him to run off with Ryan. ("Finale").

    Kelly's Hindi name is given on the Print in All Colors Web site. Her middle name Rajnigandha is the name of a flower and is a traditional female name.

    Kelly grew up in the United States and is proud of her Indian heritage despite not knowing much about it.

    Kelly is Hindu but knows little about her religion. She corrects Michael when he says that means she believes in Buddha. However, when asked, "Are you sure?" she admits, "No."

    She does not know the significance of the holiday Diwali, understanding it only as an occasion to have a party and wear fancy clothes. ("Diwali")

    Kelly claims that she cannot stop talking.
    Toby once sat in the same cubicle as Kelly, but due to her incessant talking, he was prompted to leave.
    Kelly has claimed that she has a sister who is dead.
    Kelly and Toby decided to have matching Halloween outfits one year and Gabe overheard and decided to dress the same as them.
    In the episode "Body Language", Dwight tries to manipulate Kelly into joining the Ethnic Program so that he could control her and take over the company. Instead, Kelly works with Ryan and in retaliation, Dwight tries to get Oscar and Stanley to run against her. When they refuse, he says that he can protect them from Kelly and Erin snorts in disagreement. At the end of the episode where Kelly had won the Ethnic Program slot, Dwight congratulates her, and Kelly tells Dwight that she will never forget what he had done for her. Then she says very ominously that she "Never forgets anything."
        In a deleted scene from "Body Language" the camera man asked Oscar and Stanley if they are afraid of Kelly. They both laughed at the question and then became very silent and would not look at the camera.
    In the seventh season when Andy is holding a business conference, she calls one of her professors and asks him to tell the group of people in the room the ten secrets of business. At first, the man on the phone seemed to only want to flirt with her, but after asking him to do it for her, he gave in and told the group ten bullets. Andy says to the camera, "That brilliant little bitch."
    Kelly has decided to call herself the business bitch, the diet bitch, the shopping bitch, and the etiquette bitch because it is important to brand yourself.
    Kelly and Ryan Howard had an on and off relationship but get back together in series finale.
    Despite often get annoyed with each other, Toby and Kelly are shown to be close friends.
    In the webisode Blackmail: Kelly, Creed tries to blackmail Kelly by threatening to publish a photo of Kelly kissing a girl, but Kelly tells him that it's her Myspace profile picture.
    

19. #19Oscar Martinez

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    He is an accountant at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin.

    Oscar is one of the three accountants at Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Fellow employees are pleased by his calm and polite nature, but his kindness has been shown to be a facade for disgust or sarcasm in a few occasions. Oscar is convinced he knows better than his fellow employees, and others perceive him as a cultured know-it-all who interjects facts into conversation. He also reads a lot. He also is shown to avoid confrontation, even after demonstrating to seemingly know better. However, he is quick to offer his help and advice when others are in need.

    As a critical thinker, he is a member of The Finer Things Club with author Toby Flenderson and artist Pam Beesly.

    Oscar is Mexican American; the son of parents born in Mexico. His parents moved to the United States a year before he was born. ("Diversity Day")

    Oscar attends the Dundies, but his award is unknown. ("The Dundies")

    Oscar attends Toby's sexual harassment meeting and is mostly seen in the background. ("Sexual Harassment")

    During the fire, Oscar and the rest of the office staff stand around in the parking lot. When Jim suggests playing "who would you do" both Kevin and Oscar say Pam. Pam, Meredith and Phyllis all agree on Oscar in "who would you do." ("The Fire")

    Oscar dresses as a woman during Halloween and when Michael remarks that he is "showing his true colors" Oscar seems to get paranoid and asks what Michael is implying. When Angela later discovers that the accounting department has more people than necessary and Michael has to fire someone, Oscar gets nervous. As he is later walking out of the bathroom, Ryan remarks that his dress is stuck in the back. Oscar is later invited to join Devon at Poor Richard's, which he accepts along with most of the office staff. ("Halloween")

    When Jim pranks Dwight by moving his desk into the men's bathroom, Oscar observes this from the reception desk. He later attends the fight between Michael and Dwight. ("The Fight")

    When Michael and Jan leave to woo a potential major candidate, Michael tells everyone goodbye but says "adios" to Oscar. When sitting in the break room the gang is talking about worst first dates and Oscar is heard saying "she" when talking about his horrible first date. In Michael's absence the staff decide to read the script to a screen play that Michael wrote. Oscar plays the villain Goldenface. ("The Client")

    Oscar attends Michael's meeting on how to make the workplace better but has no lines throughout the whole episode. ("Performance Review")

    Oscar asks Michael why he is spying on their computers, but Michael tries to convince the whole office that Oscar has lost it. Michael later asks Oscar where he is going, and Oscar is able to get out of it by pointing out that he is on the phone. Oscar later goes to Jim's barbeque and talks to Stanley about work. When Kelly asks that they all please talk about something else, an awkward silence goes between them. ("Email Surveillance")

    Oscar reveals that he got Creed for Secret Santa but doesn't know anything about him. However, Oscar believes that Creed might be Irish, so he got him a shamrock key chain (Christmas Party).

    Oscar explains Michael's theme for last year's "retreat." ("Booze Cruise")

    Oscar calls in sick, but Michael and Dwight call him believing that he might be playing hooky. Oscar sounds sick, but Dwight goes to spy on him. It turns out that Oscar was in fact playing hooky and was actually on a date with his boyfriend Gil. Dwight, not realizing that Oscar is secretly gay, tells Oscar that he won't tell Michael if he can hang out with them. Dwight later watches TV with them while Oscar and Gil hold hands behind his back. ("The Secret")

    When Michael asks anyone if they want a souvenir from New York, Oscar tells Michael that the best present is for him to make a good impression in front of the new CFO. Michael assures him that he will. Oscar later gets flowers for Valentine's Day. When asked who they're from, Oscar replies to his mom. ("Valentine's Day")

    Oscar and Gil go on a three-month vacation to Europe on Dunder Mifflin's tab after Michael accidentally outs him and, in an attempt to make Oscar feel better and show the rest of the employees that he is not homophobic, kisses Oscar in front of everyone in the conference room. He says he was planning to quit before he was given the time off. ("Gay Witch Hunt") Oscar is absent from the office from "The Convention" to "A Benihana Christmas" where he makes a brief appearance but does not reappear until "The Return".

    Oscar says that he is planning on breaking up with Gil. ("Beach Games")

    Oscar speaks Spanish fluently, using it in "Night Out" to explain to the Spanish speaking cleaning crew that the office staff have been locked in the parking lot.

    Oscar continues to speak Spanish fluently, using it in "Stress Relief", where he rants about Michael at his roast. He accompanies Michael and Andy to Canada in "Business Trip".

    Oscar was discovered by the documentary crew to be gay in the episode "The Secret". He became openly gay after being outed by Michael Scott in "Gay Witch Hunt".

    Prior to being openly gay, Oscar covered as straight to his co-workers. (In reality, the show had not yet decided that his character was gay.)

    In "The Fire", when the employees play "Who would you do?", Oscar immediately picks Pam.
    In "The Client", Oscar tells a story of his worst first date, which was with a woman.
    

    The show is internally inconsistent about the history of Oscar's sexual orientation.

    In a deleted scene from "Gay Witch Hunt", Oscar points out that he mentioned that he was gay during his job interview, but Michael thought it was a joke.
    In "A.A.R.M.", Oscar says “I was still having sex with women” when they started filming the documentary.
    
    Oscar joins the Party Planning Committee to help plan his own "Welcome Back" party.
    Both of his parents are from Mexico and moved to the US a year before he was born.
    Oscar is a member of the exclusive "Finer Things Club" and claims that besides having sex with men, the Finer Things Club is the gayest thing about him.
    Oscar takes a Bikram Yoga class in Dickson City (which he recommends to Holly in "Weight Loss").
    The shooting location for Oscar's house (seen in "The Secret") is actually 5232 Longridge Ave, Los Angeles.
    Oscar is an impressively good figure skater, as seen in "Michael's Birthday".
    His favorite musicians are Bowling for Soup and Elton John.
    He says he liked Shakespeare in Love more than Die Hard, which prompts Michael to call him "Faggy."
    Sometime between "A.A.R.M." and "Finale", Oscar is promoted to Chief Accountant and is subsequently given Darryl's old office.
    

20. #20Meredith Palmer

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    Meredith has two kids. Her son, Jake, lives with her ("Take Your Daughter to Work Day"). Her daughter, Wendy ("the good one"), lives with her ex-husband ("The Accountants: Meredith"). In the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", she brings her son, who has been suspended from school. In season one, it is mentioned Meredith has been divorced twice. As it is not mentioned beyond season one, it is unclear whether it was the same man both times.

    Meredith is allergic to dairy, so she could not eat her own ice cream birthday cake ("The Alliance").

    Meredith has an alcohol problem that sometimes affects her job performance. In one episode she passes out with her head on her desk. In another, after a party in the office, she's so drunk she removes her top in front of Michael in his office after everyone else has left. Michael responds by taking a deep breath/sigh then taking a quick picture. In "Moroccan Christmas", she gets so drunk that she lights her hair on fire. Michael stages an intervention and tries to check her into a rehabilitation clinic, but they do not accept unwilling patients.

    Meredith is sexually promiscuous and hints at kinky sexual interests. In "Women's Appreciation", Michael tells the girls that Jan likes some unusual, even "dangerous" sexual practices. Pam says "Normal women don't do those things," but the expression on Meredith's face at this point seems to indicate that she thinks Pam has led a sheltered life. In "The Cover-Up", Meredith notes that the heart-shaped hot tubs in the Poconos have "room enough for three."

    Meredith has an unfortunate habit of suffering various misadventures. She's contracted herpes, been hit by Michael's car, had her pelvis broken, had her hair set on fire, caught head lice, and been bitten by a bat, a rat, and a raccoon, all on separate occasions, and had to get rabies post-exposure treatment. Pam also accidentally threw a football at her head (Night Out).

    A running joke is that Meredith winds up shirtless, often fueled by either her drunkenness or her sex-crazed-ness (or both). In "Booze Cruise", she is topless (with a life vest), presumably due to the emergency interrupting a tryst with Captain Jack. In "Christmas Party", she drunkenly flashes her breasts to Michael. In "Beach Games", she accidentally flashes the documentary crew because she forgot to wear her swimsuit. In "Casual Friday", she wears a too-short dress to work.

    Despite her personal life being a bit of a mess, Meredith is kind to her co-workers. She chooses Phyllis's oven mitt during the "Christmas Party" after Michael insults it. In "Michael's Last Dundies", she invites Michael and Deangelo into her house for breakfast even though she doesn't have much to offer. In "Lice", she forgives Pam for giving her head lice.

    Meredith is the counterpart of Angela. While Angela acts tightly-wound and oppressed and morally judgemental to everyone, Meredith is not inhibited by social restraint. Angela's way to relate with people led her to lead a life on her own with her cats, while Meredith's hedonism makes her friends easily after-hours. However, both characters exhibit promiscuity, but as Meredith would not feel bound to social or moral limitation while Angela basically overthrows everything she pretends to believe in when cheating three men with each other, Meredith is more honest about her way of life.

21. #21Phyllis Vance

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    Phyllis attended the same high school as Michael, where she and her friends often wondered if he was gay due to the fact that he often wore nice suits and ties to school. According to Michael her nickname in school was "easy rider". Having become pregnant at a young age, Phyllis decided to place her baby for adoption. This led her later in life to conduct a genetic test with Erin (Pam's replacement), who was placed for adoption herself, but the result showed no relation. She is married to Bob Vance from Vance Refrigeration.

22. #22Stanley Hudson

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    He is a salesman at Dunder Mifflin Scranton and sits across from Phyllis Vance.

    Stanley is a senior salesman at the end of his career. He ever faced prejudice at the work place since he was hired by Dunder Mifflin as their first "urban" employee in 1989, to which he developed a tolerance close to indifference. He doesn't care about anything what happens in the office under Michael's management, because he doesn't care for Michael and his management in the first place. He wouldn't notice anything odd in the office, which he leaves exactly at five, sometimes even sooner. He's older but also ranking lower than Michael, so he represents the elder workforce who has to work under younger management. There's more than one convention Stanley breaks, as he's never seen without a riddle magazine in meetings and sometimes at desk, he was the first Black employee hired by Dunder Mifflin (in 1989) and he cheats on his wife with two women. His low respect for Michael led him to outlash on Michael in a meeting, and it wouldn't improve on Michaels misled attempts to groom a friendship with him as Michael's attempts on doing so are almost always racist. Next to Ryan, Stanley is one of the employees where Michael's admiration is not mutual, as it is mainly based on his race and not honest.

    The first impression of Stanley could come off as being lazy, but he's actually a very efficient salesman who reaches his commission cap early and, as result, would have a lot of time on his hand, which he spends in riddle books. He would take every opportunity to escape from the menial routine of his job and he looks forward to his retirement.

    Stanley has worked at Dunder Mifflin for 26 years; in Season 9 Ep 19, he says he's put 17 years into the company, which when weekends and vacations are added on comes to 26 years.
    A line in "Survivor Man" seems to indicate that Stanley may be diabetic. This is later confirmed when Stanley talks of taking shots of insulin. In "Lecture Circuit: Part 1", Andy reveals that Stanley has adult-onset diabetes, commonly known as Type 2.
    In the episode "Gay Witch Hunt," Stanley states he has 2 toasters at his house, one of which was intended to be a wedding gift to Pam and Roy, but the wedding was canceled. He states he tried to return the toaster but was unable to do so because the store claimed they "no longer sold that kind of toaster." He even tries to give the same toaster to Bob and Phyllis in "Phyllis' Wedding," only to find that Jim has gotten the marrying couple a toaster as well. In "Niagara" his wedding gift to Jim and Pam is also a toaster.
    Hired in 1989, Stanley was Dunder Mifflin's first "urban" employee, according to the timeline on DunderMifflin.com.
    He has relationships with Teri (his wife), Cynthia and Lydia, sometimes all at once.
    Stanley has no direct counterpart from The Office UK, but his closest counterpart is Malcolm, as Stanley is given some of Malcolm's lines in "Pilot" and is openly critical of Michael Scott
    Stanley is only happy when he is on vacation after which he reverts to his grumpy self.
    His favorite day is Pretzel Day.
    Stanley is a drinker; his preferred drinks are rum and red wine.
    

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    It has a warning paper sticked to it with the message: "To whoever made the microwave mess: the microwave is a shared kitchen appliance. By not cleaning it up you are basically telling whoever follows that their time is less valuable as they will have to scrub up your disgusting splatter. Sincerely, disappointed." The note was left by Pam because she was angry due to the mess, but she wants to stay anonymous.

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