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An American version of [[The Office (UK series)|the UK series]], starring [[Steve Carell]] and John Krasinski, that premiered in Spring of 2005. It started out as a fairly poor [[Cultural Translation]] but has [[Growing the Beard|since come into its own]] as it has moved away from the original's cringe-inducing awkwardness format and towards more of an absurdist style. It ended in May 2013 after nine seasons.
It has been much better received than most American remakes and become one of the most acclaimed comedies on TV today, winning accolades in particular for the performances of Carell and the rest of the cast. The US version also spawned ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''.
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: Current showrunner Paul Lieberstein has admitted that Jim's {{spoiler|demotion back to Assistant Regional Manager, after being promoted half a season earlier}} was a result of poor audience response to the change and Dwight's resulting plot to {{spoiler|seriously get him fired}}. This meant that the Ryan-Dwight alliance established at the end of "Scott's Tots" lead to nothing, as the Jim plot ended four episodes later.
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** This was taken [[Up to Eleven]] with Jim's Quaddesk.
* [[Bacon Addiction]]: Michael.
* [[Back for the Finale]]: Michael Scott finally returns in the finale.
* [[Badass Boast]]: Robert California delivers one to Andy in "Turf War":
{{quote|''"I will not be blackmailed by some ineffectual, privileged, effete, soft penis'd debutante. If you wanna start a street fight with me bring it on, but you're gonna be surprised by how ugly it gets. You don't even know my real name! I'm the [[Precision F-Strike|fucking]] lizard king."}}
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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
{{quote|''Phyllis:'' Michael wasn't invited on Ryan's camping trip. Toby went, but Michael didn't go. He wasn't invited.}}
* [[Derailed for Details]]: When asked which five books he would want on a deserted island, Dwight acts like a [[Munchkin]] (see below), [[Comically Missing the Point|Completely Missing the Point]] of the game and asking whether there is any firewood on the island or whether he lost his shoes before he got there.
* [[Description Cut]]: In "PDA", Holly has a talking head in which she gives a description of Michael Scott basically exudes sex. As she's talking, a montage is shown of Michael being anything ''but'' sexy, culminating in a shot of him slouched in a chair with his face and bits of his suit smeared with Cheese Puff dust.
* [[The Determinator]]: Dwight in "Tallahasee" tries to make it through a Sabre seminar, even though he's in pain from an appendicitis. Later in the day, he still tries to give a presentation just a few hours after having an emergency appendectomy.
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{{quote|''You don't snipe on Carentan!''}}
** Done intentionally in the "Ethics" episode. After Dwight boasts that he does not waste any time at work, Jim carries around a stopwatch to keep track of any time not spent on work related activity. It culminates with him discussing [[The Remake]] of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', and deliberately gushing about things like [[Star Trek|"Klingons"]] and [[Star Wars|"Wookies"]], and tells Andy that it's "practically a shot-for-shot remake" of the original. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Dwight is struggling with every fiber of his being to focus on his work]].
{{quote|'''Jim:''' It's about this guy named [[Harry Potter|Dumbledore]] [[Star Wars|Calrissian]] who has to [[The Lord of the Rings|return a ring to Mordor.]]}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: In the Christmas episode, Jim intends to give Pam a teapot filled with several mementos linked to inside jokes the two of them share. After explaining the stories for a couple of the items, Jim pulls out an unsharpened pencil, and simply states that "'it would take too long to explain."
* [[No Such Thing as HR]]: Technically there is in the form of Toby and Holly, but in keeping with the theme of the show, they're pretty useless at resolving the office hijinks.
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*** Though it would seem odd that benefit plans would be decided on a branch-by-branch basis, especially for a decision that would be more suited to HR such as health benefit plans. This one was given to Michael with the obvious intent of shielding Jan from being the bad guy.
* [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: Ed Helms (in Season 6), James Spader (in Season 8).
* [[Proud Warrior Race]]: Invoked. In one episode, Dwight reads a speech by Mussolini shouting [[
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Dwight.
* [[Punch a Wall]]: Andy's reaction to one of Jim's pranks, leading to his Anger Management.
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