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Lists about the beloved American adaptation of the BBC workplace comedy series "The Office," which ran on NBC from March 2005 until May 2013.

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The Office is celebrated as one of the greatest comedies on television. However, fans argue that the reason why The Office was so great was because it depicted real life relationships - and real life heartwarming moments. Here are the best comments about heartwarming moments on The Office.

It&#39;s time we face the reality of Dunder Mifflin, often overlooked by many. And that is that Kevin Malone was the underrated MVP of The Office.

Fans have weighed in, and the proof is in the pudding (or chili) below.

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With nine seasons to work with, fans of the NBC smash sitcom&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;have come up with plenty of conspiracy theories.&nbsp;If you watched the series, you might know the characters well enough to be emotionally involved in their lives, so a fan theory about one of your favorites might hit you right in the feels. Here&nbsp;are some fan theories about&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;that may shock, anger, and maybe even emotionally destroy you.

After you&#39;ve recovered, check out <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-office-fictional-businesses/jim-rowley" target="_blank">our roundup of every fictional company in The Office</a>. If you&#39;re heartbroken you&#39;ve&nbsp;finished the series, be sure to check out <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-the-office/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;here</a>.&nbsp;

There are so many good episodes of The Office, but which ones really stand out? Do you like &quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-dundies-you-most-want-to-win/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">The Dundies</a>&quot; the best, or is &quot;Goodbye Michael&quot; your favorite episode of The Office? To determine once and for all what the best episodes of The Office are, let&#39;s rank every The Office episode from the best to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-the-office-episodes/calistylie" target="_blank">the worst episodes</a>. And make sure to check out other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-the-office/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like The Office</a> too.

Based on the original British series of the same name, The Office on NBC also presented the daily operations of an ordinary paper goods office in single-camera documentary style. The Office starred Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and BJ Novak, and was set in the fictional Scranton, Pa., branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The Office was adapted by Greg Daniels and aired for nine seasons from March 24, 2005 to May 16, 2013. During its run, The Office received 42 Emmy Award nominations and won five, including &quot;Oustanding Comedy Series&quot; for season two.

Vote up your favorite episodes of The Office, and downvote any bad episodes that you really didn&#39;t enjoy, despite how much you love the series as a whole. It can be painful to put one The Office episode over the other when there are so many good ones, which is why you can vote on however many episodes you like.

There are so many moments from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/important-office-episodes/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">The Office</a> that have stood the test of time and remain&nbsp;funny years later and after much repetition. Michael hitting Meredith with his car may be one of the greatest comedy television moments from the early 2000s, and his trainwreck dinner party with Jan serves&nbsp;up all of the belly laughs.

But, given its documentary-style format that catches a range of emotions, the beloved series is also known for its sincere and heartfelt moments like Jim and Pam&rsquo;s wedding and Michael&rsquo;s tearful goodbye. In spite of all the silliness, there are times when the characters on The Office endure&nbsp;real pain and crushing heartbreak. Here&rsquo;s a rundown of some of the saddest moments in the history of The Office -&nbsp;and be sure to vote up the ones that truly tug at your heartstrings.

NBC&#39;s The Office&nbsp;has become a staple of bingeworthy television, with jokes so well known that even people who haven&#39;t watched the show can recognize&nbsp;bits from it, such as &quot;That&#39;s what she said.&quot; This list is celebrating the more obscure, yet no less funny, jokes that make&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;the beloved comedy it is. Don&#39;t forget to vote up the lesser-known moments that made you laugh out loud!

If anyone is chaotic good, it&#39;s Creed Bratton&nbsp;from&nbsp;The Office.&nbsp;A total enigma, he commits identity fraud, has been the leader of a cult, and hasn&#39;t done his job for at least an entire year. Instead of working, he spends his time typing&nbsp;up all of his conspiracy theories on a Word document he believes to be a website and alluding to some pretty bizarre experiences from his past.

But&nbsp;all of Creed Bratton&#39;s antics are all in good fun. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-stories-from-the-office/zack-howe" target="_blank">Behind-the-scenes stories from The Office</a>&nbsp;might be wacky, but they&nbsp;don&#39;t hold a candle to some of the craziest, most delightful things Creed has said and done.

It's exhausting trying&nbsp;to keep track of all the awful things Michael Scott did on The Office. And even though fans think he's the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-the-office-u-s-characters" target="_blank">best character</a> on the long-running NBC sitcom,&nbsp;Michael Scott is the worst boss ever (even though <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Coffee-Michael-Dunder-Mifflin/dp/B00KGH5P4S" target="_blank">his mug</a> says differently). He has loveable moments and shows true compassion for&nbsp;his co-workers,&nbsp;but, ultimately, he's nosy, selfish, and inconsiderate.For every&nbsp;nice thing he does for Ryan or Pam, there are&nbsp;50 times&nbsp;Michael Scott on The Office&nbsp;is mean to Phyllis, Toby, or Dwight. Some&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-office-fan-theories/cehudspeth" target="_blank">Office&nbsp;fan theories</a>&nbsp;think Michael just plays the fool for his own amusement, but&nbsp;that's highly unlikely.&nbsp;His branch is one of the most successful in all of Dunder Mifflin, but&nbsp;that often has&nbsp;little to do with his leadership. The sales and administration team often has&nbsp;to clean up the messes he leaves&nbsp;behind, yet&nbsp;Michael is always more than happy to take the credit. And while fans can point to a handful occasions where the &quot;World's Best Boss&quot; lived up to his billing, there are plenty of truly horrible reasons why Michael Scott is actually the worst.

It appears&nbsp;on many a basic dating app bio: &quot;I&#39;m searching for that Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly relationship.&quot; It pops up on countless couple&nbsp;photos: &quot;The Jim to my Pam.&quot; Everywhere you turn, fans of&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;happily promote the show&#39;s most recognizable pair as their ultimate #RelationshipGoals.&nbsp;But what if we have it all wrong? What if Jim (John Krasinski)&nbsp;and Pam (Jenna Fischer) are the exact opposite of what we should be looking for? What if we&#39;re all too blinded by their ordinary, somewhat romantic love story to see the truth?&nbsp;

While plenty of fans of&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;have come to the conclusion that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jim-halpert-is-a-scumbag/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Jim is the worst</a>, most have yet to realize that Pam is just as bad as her husband. Together, these two create an up-and-down relationship with plenty of annoying moments and not a lot of stability. <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ben-wyatt-vs-jim-halpert/eric-conner" target="_blank">Jim falls short</a> when compared to other fictional husbands, and his relationship with Pam often includes a lot more toxicity than genuine happiness.

Jim and Pam commit&nbsp;to their relationship, make it through some tough times, and end&nbsp;the show happy and ready to move forward -&nbsp;that&#39;s true -&nbsp;but the simple fact that they stay&nbsp;together doesn&#39;t mean they&#39;re the archetype of a good relationship.&nbsp;

Face it: Jim Halpert is the worst. The resident heartthrob of The Office may be presented as the coolest guy in Scranton who gets the girl and becomes successful without trying very hard, but he’s your college boyfriend. He’s that guy who has to have an ironic detachment from everything he likes to protect himself from his feelings. He’s a headset-wearing douchebag who manipulates everyone around him. To put it simply, Jim Halpert is a scumbag. It’s already heavily suggested&nbsp;that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/compelling-evidence-jim-cheated-on-pam-in-the-office/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Jim cheated on Pam</a>, and if you were watching NBC in the mid-2000s then you know that Ben Wyatt was <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ben-wyatt-vs-jim-halpert/eric-conner" target="_blank">a much better husband</a> than Jim could ever be. But just in case you’re on the fence, consider this irrefutable evidence that Jim is a horrible man.Before you get too worked up, this isn't to say the show is bad. Not at all – The Office was such an important show for young comedy fans. It proved that a sitcom didn’t have to follow the same structure that had been run into the ground, it played with pathos as much as humor, and it put normal looking people onscreen. But the show made its hero Jim Halpert, who was straight up scum. If you need convincing, keep reading to find out why Jim from The Office sucks.

Dunder Mifflin paper salesman&nbsp;Dwight Schrute, played by <a href="https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Dwight_Schrute" target="_blank">Rainn Wilson</a>, is an intense personality, to say the least. He&#39;s competitive,&nbsp;difficult, and uncompromising, and he causes trouble in the Dunder Mifflin Scranton office as often as he makes sales. At first, his best moments are presented as the yin&nbsp;to Jim Halpert&rsquo;s yang -&nbsp;Dwight is an antihero posing as a supporting character. He&rsquo;s characterized as the guy who gets left out and&nbsp;the weirdo no one relates to. However, he&#39;s also caring, dedicated, loyal, and relentlessly himself, which makes him one of the most lovable Office characters.&nbsp;

Over the course of the show, Dwight Schrute becomes&nbsp;synonymous with Dunder Mifflin and transforms&nbsp;into the leader he always wanted to be. He falls in love with uptight coworker Angela&nbsp;and develops genuine friendships with his coworkers, especially <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/compelling-evidence-jim-cheated-on-pam-in-the-office/jacob-shelton?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Jim and Pam</a>. Dwight Schrute&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/dwight-schrute-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">funniest moments and quotes</a> have become an unforgettable&nbsp;part of The Office. By loving Dwight, we learn to love ourselves and accept whatever makes us defiantly unique.

Holly Flax

This is a list of The Office characters. Please feel free to add any more characters from The Office that you like and to vote on them. Who is your favorite character ever on the U.S. version of The Office TV show? These characters are often awkward, occasionally insulting, and certainly hilarious. Since its debut in 2005, The Office&nbsp;has featured so many memorable characters coming through Dunder-Mifflin&#39;s doors that it&#39;s almost impossible to keep track. But that is what this list is for: It&#39;s the greatest fictional Office characters ranked by you, the fans.

The show is undoubtedly one of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-sitcoms-in-television-history" target="_blank">greatest sitcoms in television history</a>, after all. The Office&nbsp;ended it&#39;s incredible run in 2013, but that doesn&#39;t mean any of the people listed here will ever be forgotten (even if you try, seriously you can&#39;t forget them). Is there any way that Michael Scott (Steve Carell) will ever be erased from your brain? He left in season seven, but he&#39;s still one of the most popular Office characters of all time. Other big contenders for the best Office character include Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson), Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), and the always likable Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer). All of these characters helped to make The Office one of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/funniest-tv-shows-ever" target="_blank">funniest, most unforgettable TV shows ever</a>.

Feel free to re-rank this list of characters in The Office and certianly, add any that are missing. And, if you absolutely love excellent TV characters, head over and vote for your favorites on this list of the <a href="/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-characters-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest TV characters of all time</a>, or meet new characters to love in the many <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-the-office/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like The Office</a>.

Michael Scott did some truly awful things during his time at Dunder Mifflin&nbsp;- the whole Scott&#39;s Tots debacle is just one of many examples. But other times, the most low-key awful <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-awkward-michael-episodes-the-office/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Michael Scott moments</a> came from his awkwardness creating uncomfortable situations. These are moments that tend to be more cringeworthy than despicable. Of course, the people on the receiving end might have felt differently.

Whether you think <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/michael-scott-from-the-office-is-actually-a-bad-person/collin-flatt" target="_blank">Michael is a bad person</a> or simply tries too hard, fans of&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;know he often walked a fine line between terrible and inconsiderate.

Celebrate trick-or-treat with your favorite&nbsp;Dunder&nbsp;Mifflin employees by watching&nbsp;the best Halloween episodes on The Office. Whether you're looking for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-the-office-halloween-costumes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">The Office Halloween costume&nbsp;ideas</a> or how to throw a spooky party, this list of The Office Halloween episodes includes memorable moments, like the costume contest and the haunted warehouse, as well as cameos from Timothy Olyphant and Stephen Colbert. The Office Halloween episodes are some of the<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-halloween-episodes-in-sitcoms/ranker-tv" target="_blank"> best sitcom Halloween episodes</a> of all time.Vote up the best The Office Halloween specials, and see how they rank among the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/important-office-episodes/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">funniest episodes of The Office ever</a>.&nbsp;

Michael Scott is initially a difficult&nbsp;character to love. But these fan-favorite moments prove that he&#39;s got a compassionate and mature heart for others. Vote up the best ones down below!

Character Costumes

After ranking the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-the-office-halloween-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">funniest Halloween episodes</a>, it&#39;s time to rank the best The Office&nbsp;Halloween costumes. If you&#39;re looking for Halloween costume ideas, check out this full list of all the costumes on The Office. Season 7&#39;s &quot;Costume Contest&quot; featured Gabe as Lady Gaga, Ryan as Justin Bieber, and Jim finally dressing up as Popeye. No Dunder Mifflin Halloween party is complete without insensitive and offensive costumes, like Creed as Osama Bin Laden or Michael Scott as the infamous &quot;D*ck in a Box&quot; character from Saturday Night Live. What are your favorite Halloween costumes from The Office?

Vote up the best Halloween costumes <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/behind-the-scenes-stories-from-the-office/zack-howe?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">from The Office</a>, and vote down the ones who clearly didn&#39;t try. (We&#39;re looking at you, Jim.)

The Office is one of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest shows of all time</a>. Nothing is better than the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-the-office-u-s-characters" target="_blank">US cast of characters in The Office</a>&nbsp;because&nbsp;nothing beats Jim and Pam. Their&nbsp;love is as pure as moonlight, and they&#39;re hands-down one of the best couples to ever grace a sitcom.&nbsp;

Fans of&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;sure do love their&nbsp;Scrantonites, and what better way to&nbsp;deepen that love than reveling in&nbsp;behind-the-scenes stories? As you can imagine, from the outside,&nbsp;making The Office&nbsp;looks like it was a hoot. However,&nbsp;there&#39;s more to it than just blooper reels. After nine seasons, there&#39;s so much to love about this show&nbsp;and about the people behind it. Admittedly, the show has left many unanswered questions, which has spawned numerous <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-office-fan-theories/cehudspeth" target="_blank">fan theories about&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-office-fan-theories/cehudspeth" target="_blank">The Office</a>.&nbsp;But if you&#39;re struggling to go on without new episodes, there are more <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-the-office/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like&nbsp;The Office</a>&nbsp;out there.

But what about true stories behind the beloved sitcom? Compiled here are real tales about The Office, many of which will make you squeal (like when you saw Pam and Jim&#39;s first kiss). Check them out below and vote up the greatest&nbsp;stories of what went down&nbsp;behind the scenes in&nbsp;The Office.&nbsp;

Underrated

For nine seasons,&nbsp;The Office&nbsp;made audiences laugh, cringe, and yes, even cry. With a huge cast of hilarious characters, there are many quotes - <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-jim-halpert-quotes/movie-and-tv-quotes" target="_blank">from Jim Halpert</a>, among others - that we&#39;re still chuckling about today. But what are the quotes that fly a little more under the radar?

Vote up&nbsp;The Office&#39;s underrated quotes below, and see which one rises to the top.

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While he sometimes got overshadowed by more eccentric (annoying) characters (looking at you, Pam) Stanley was an absolute legend.

We all saw how the staff of Dunder Mifflin Scranton reacted to a simple fire drill, but how would they handle this current pandemic?&nbsp;

Dunder Mifflin, This Is Pam

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The Office&nbsp;may have ended back in 2013, but the fandom is still as strong as ever. From subtle references to the character&#39;s personalities to precise callbacks to jokes from previous seasons, fans are pointing out their favorite&nbsp;tiny yet thought-out details throughout the seasons&nbsp;that make&nbsp;them appreciate the entire series even more. Vote on your favorites below!

30 Small But Poignant Details Fans Noticed About 'The Office' That Make The Show Even Funnier

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The Plasma TV That Jan Threw A Dundie At During The Dinner Party Episode

"I Like Waking Up To The Smell Of Bacon, Sue Me!"

Dunder Mifflin Feels The Festive Spirit

A Nod To Jo Bennett

The Office&nbsp;may have ended back in 2013, but the fandom is still as strong as ever. From subtle references to the character's personalities to precise ...