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Most Underrated 'The Office' Moments

10 Hilarious Quotes You May Have Missed

By Reese MariePublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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1. 'It's a James Bond.'

After obtaining leads from the family-run company, Prince Paper, Michael decides that rather than running them out of business, they should "live and let live."

Dwight, who has no problem destroying a family company to help Dunder Mifflin responds, "I'm not familiar with that expression."

Michael, annoyed, responds, "It's a James Bond," referring to the 1973 film, Live and Let Die.

2. 'What do you think history is?'

When Phyllis injures herself dancing at Cafe Disco, Michael puts Dwight in charge of treating her back injury.

Dwight begins to explain that, "Back injuries are common. Not as common as knee injuries, but more common than wrist injuries."

Michael, who is annoyed and just wants Dwight to get Phyllis out of Cafe Disco says, "I don't need a history lesson, ok?"

Dwight: "What do you think history is?"

3. 'Give it up, he's dead.'

The day after the Roast of Michael Scott, Michael does not show up to work. He texts Dwight, saying he took a personal day. When the employees discuss where he could be, Creed chimes in, saying, "Give it up, he's dead."

This claim has absolutely no grounds especially because, as Jim points out, "He just sent a text."

4. 'Michael Scotch'

Dwight and Michael call David Wallace's office, desperate to discuss their problems with their new boss, Charles.

Dwight tries to think of a fake name.

Dwight: "My name is, uh... Michael..."

He sees a roll of scotch tape, and continues, "Scotch."

5. 'Manhattan is the other name.'

As Michael drives to New York City, he says it's the "City so nice they named it twice. Manhattan is the other name."

6. 'Dwigt'

Pam finds a copy of Michael's screenplay for Threat Level: Midnight, and the employees all gather in the conference room to read the script.

Dwight leaves the table angrily after they stumble across a character named, "Dwigt."

Pam explains, "Here's what we think happened. Michael's sidekick, who all through the movie is this complete idiot who's causing the downfall of the United States, was originally named Dwight. But then Michael changed it to Samuel L. Chang using a search and replace, but that doesn't work on misspelled words, leaving behind one Dwigt."

Dwight then angrily spells his name for the camera. "D-W-I-G-H-T"

7. 'Negative means good.'

While the employees celebrate Michael's birthday at an ice rink, Kevin gets a call about the results of his skin cancer test.

He announces that the test came back negative, and Michael breaks down, hugging Kevin and saying, "We're gonna beat this."

He thought negative meant the results were bad, that Kevin did in fact have cancer. He says, "Well, apparently in the medicine community, negative means good. Which makes absolutely no sense."

8. 'I am collar blind.'

The employees from the office gather with the employees from the warehouse. Michael addresses the group saying, "You may look around and see two groups here. White collar. Blue collar."

But Michael does not see it that way because he is, "collar-blind."

9. 'Blue Blast'

Michael recruits Ryan to help him clean out his car. Ryan sorts through the bottles, asking Michael which ones he wants to keep.

He picks up a bottle of "power drink," and asks Michael if he should throw it away or keep it.

Michael asks, "What flavor?"

Ryan: "Blue."

Michael: "Blue's not a flavor."

Ryan: "It says, 'Flavor: Blue Blast.'"

After Ryan has clarified, Michael decides to keep it: "Oh, Blue Blast. Yes, put that in the trunk."

10. 'Crentist'

Dwight tells Michael he is going to the dentist when really, he meets with Jan and tells her that he would like to replace Michael as manager.

Later, Jan calls Michael and tells him.

Michael eventually deducts that Dwight was not really at the dentist, so he challenges him, asking what his dentist's name is.

After a long pause, Dwight answers, "Crentist."

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