The Office is a timeless comedy, and one of the few shows where the funny moments stay hilarious years after the final broadcast. The mockumentary-style show, now on Peacock, lasted a solid 9 seasons, which meant that there was a huge amount of material and jokes for fans to watch and rewatch over and over again.
The best way to sum up the shenanigans of Michael Scott and Dunder Mifflin-ites would be to use the universal language of the internet: memes. These employees had virtually no boundaries between personal and professional, and these memes accurately show just how outrageous The Office could get, and just how much fans loved that.
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Viewers love Fleabag's breaking of the fourth wall, but fans of The Office would say Jim Halpert did it first. Jim's iconic, deadpan stare into the camera when anyone did anything embarrassing or weird is one of the most legendary parts of the show, and the mockumentary would be incomplete without it.
His looks ranged from alarmed to amuse, and sometimes plain shock as members of Dunder Mifflin went about saying and doing awkward things.
Becoming the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Scranton Branch was Dwight's biggest dream, and something that he tried to snatch out from under his boss, Michael Scott's, feet because he believed he could do better.
His ascent to becoming the actual Manager was definitely worthy of a documentary (which it got) and a title that would make it to Netflix by itself too. Dwight did, eventually, make it.
The truth is that The Office was a huge hit because of how fantastical it was. It featured an imaginary workplace with the wildest storylines that were just too much, and almost everything they did would not fly in today's world.
Andy left his job for three months to go sailing, Dwight started a fire, Stanley was tranquilized, a pizza delivery boy was kidnapped, and the list goes on and on. These shenanigans are what make The Office so popular, and without them, the series would be much shorter.
Jim and Pam, Michael and Holly, Dwight and Angela: The Office gifted fans with the best couples and most iconic scenes. Everybody adored the love and care with which the men looked at their significant others with, and then realized that Stanley looked at his one yearly free pretzel with the same devotion.
It was rare to see him excited at all during the show, but Pretzel Day was the one time his face lit up. He didn't mind standing in line and waiting, which made this the happiest day of Stanley's life at Dunder Mifflin.
Characters on shows are recast all the time, but The Office diehards have a bone to pick with the casting choices for Pam's mother. At first, the character is extremely sweet and warm, and the actor who played her matched this dynamic that Pam and her mother shared.
However, when Helene got recast in season 6, everyone was stunned. Actor Linda Purl was nothing like the Helene Beesly that fans had seen earlier and seemed a little colder. While the swapping sometimes doesn't work, it did actually work in this instance as Helene was going through a divorce (which explained the different mannerisms).
There were several high points in Michael's career, as well as low ones. To him, what mattered most was that he was happy, as were his employees. Many would argue that he was at his most joyful when he proposed to Holly and she said yes, while some would say it was right before he left and the cast sang a touching song for him.
However, real fans would know that Michael Scott found true happiness when Toby decided to leave the company. "Goodbye Toby Parts I/ II" really bring forth just how ebullient the Regional Manager was when he heard that his worst enemy, Toby, was getting out of his hair. His rivalry with the HR rep is legendary.
Bob Vance was a big deal in The Office (despite barely being around), and if someone didn't know that, Phyllis was always ready to teach them who he was. They had a sweet courtship and a married life, which was equal parts cute and sometimes uncomfortable for people to hear about.
Bob's habit to incessantly say his whole name, followed by his company name was a big part of the show, and easily one of the most heard catchphrases on The Office.
Characters on the show were impulsive and chaotic, but David Wallace was the lighthouse in a stormy ocean. He was calm, quiet, and able to take Michael's shenanigans in good spirit. He lost everything but returned to buy Dunder Mifflin when he could, and even gave Michael, Pam, and Ryan a good buy-out on the Michael Scott Paper Company.
Wallace was unlike any other senior management employer at the company, and his soothing and encouraging presence was a great foil to all the madness in The Office.
Dwight and Angela had a connection from the very start, and if only Angela had accepted it, much of the heartache that Andy, her, and Dwight felt could have been minimized. Although she was very much justified in breaking up with Dwight for killing her cat, many thought it was a bit unfair of her to start up this relationship again when she got engaged to Andy.
Once the truth was out, instead of apologizing, Angela agreed that the two men duel it out to get her hand in marriage (so it wasn't surprising that she lost both in the end). Looking back on it now, the Dwight-Angela-Andy love triangle was one of the most convoluted ones on the show.
Since the entire premise of the show was that the Scranton Branch was being filmed for a documentary, the filmmakers sure had vested interests and priorities. Brian and the crew didn't bat an eyelid when they saw theft, intentional fires, cheating, or criminal activity, but they ran to save Pam when she was almost assaulted by one of the warehouse workers.
It just went on to show that the crew got a little too invested in some parts of Dunder Mifflin (or some people) and didn't care much for the others. Fans will always remember this distinction in the history of the show.
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