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-->'''Michael:''' Times Square! Named for the... good times you have when you're in it![[note]]Location of the headquarters of the New York Times.[[/note]]
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* IdiotHoudini: This episode was partly intended to show how Michael remains employed at Dunder Mifflin despite all the trouble he's caused, with how he handles the kerfluffle at the meeting. He's good at thinking on his feet, saying the right things to the right people, and as demonstrated by Craig, other branch managers are even more incompetent than him.
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* IdiotHoudini: This episode was partly intended to show how Michael remains employed at Dunder Mifflin despite all the trouble he's caused, with how he handles the kerfluffle fiasco at the meeting. He's good at thinking on his feet, saying the right things to the right people, and as demonstrated by Craig, other branch managers are even more incompetent than him.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Thrown into sharp relief on Valentines Day, with Kelly pining after Ryan, Jim after Pam, and Michael after Jan.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan. He also thinks Manhattan is just an alternate name for New York City (rather than one of its five boroughs). Finally, in a city with hundreds of quality mom-and-pop pizzerias, his "favorite New York pizza place" is a Sbarro, a low-quality mass-market Italian food chain with hundreds of locations worldwide.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan. He also thinks Manhattan is just an alternate name for New York City (rather than one of its five boroughs). Finally, in a city with hundreds of quality mom-and-pop pizzerias, his "favorite New York pizza place" is a Sbarro, a low-quality mass-market worldwide Italian fast food chain associated with hundreds of locations worldwide.places like mall food courts and airports.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Ryan made the rather bad decision to hook up with office romance obsessive Kelly on February 13th. The day before... well, just look at the episode title. Naturally, she's acting like they're practically married on the day itself.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Ryan made the rather bad decision to hook up with office romance obsessive Kelly on February 13th. The day before... well, just look at the episode title. Naturally, she's acting like they're practically married on the day itself.itself, much to his chagrin.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Ryan made the rather bad decision to hook up with office romance obsessive Kelly on February 13th. The day before... well, just look at the episode title. Naturally, she's acting like they're practically married on the day itself.
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* HiddenDepths: Michael shows unexpected competence and persuasive skills when cleaning up his mess at the meeting, managing to quickly convince the necessary people that he and Jan aren't an item. He also shows selflessness and humility by falling on his sword and "admitting" that it was an inappropriate joke
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* ProductPlacement: Bordering on ParodyParodyPlacement: Michael decides to go to his "favorite New York pizza joint," which is actually Sbarro's instead of the hundreds of local pizzerias, demonstrating his lack of taste and how little he knows about New York.
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* ProductPlacement: Bordering on ParodyParodyPlacement: ParodyProductPlacement: Michael decides to go to his "favorite New York pizza joint," which is actually Sbarro's instead of the hundreds of local pizzerias, demonstrating his lack of taste and how little he knows about New York.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan. He also thinks Manhattan is just an alternate name for New York City (rather than one of its five boroughs).
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan. He also thinks Manhattan is just an alternate name for New York City (rather than one of its five boroughs). Finally, in a city with hundreds of quality mom-and-pop pizzerias, his "favorite New York pizza place" is a Sbarro, a low-quality mass-market Italian food chain with hundreds of locations worldwide.
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* ProductPlacement: Michael decides to go to his "favorite New York pizza joint," which is actually Sbarro's instead of the hundreds of local pizzerias.
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* ProductPlacement: Bordering on ParodyParodyPlacement: Michael decides to go to his "favorite New York pizza joint," which is actually Sbarro's instead of the hundreds of local pizzerias.pizzerias, demonstrating his lack of taste and how little he knows about New York.
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* KarmaHoudini: This episode was partly intended to show how Michael remains employed at Dunder Mifflin despite all the trouble he's caused, with how he handles the kerfluffle at the meeting. He's good at thinking on his feet, saying the right things to the right people, and as demonstrated by Craig, other branch managers are even more incompetent than him.
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* KarmaHoudini: IdiotHoudini: This episode was partly intended to show how Michael remains employed at Dunder Mifflin despite all the trouble he's caused, with how he handles the kerfluffle at the meeting. He's good at thinking on his feet, saying the right things to the right people, and as demonstrated by Craig, other branch managers are even more incompetent than him.
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* TheAce: Josh Porter from Stamford comes across this way in his presentation, complete with pie charts and exact figure quoting, compared to barely competent {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Michael and dim-witted Craig.
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* TravelogueShow: Rather than talk about the Scranton branch's financial numbers, Michael's presentation is a film about the branch and its employees.
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* TravelogueShow: Rather than talk about the Scranton branch's financial numbers, Michael's presentation is a film about the branch and its employees.employees, done in this style.
-->'''Michael voiceover''': Life moves a little slower in Scranton, Pennsylvania. And that's the way we like it.
-->'''Michael voiceover''': Life moves a little slower in Scranton, Pennsylvania. And that's the way we like it.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/MindyKaling both started their careers as interns for O'Brien on his show (as did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper). O'Brien is also a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who directed the episode), having been classmates at Harvard and serving together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/JohnKrasinski, Creator/MindyKaling both and Creator/AngelaKinsey all started their careers as ''Late Night'' interns for during the O'Brien on his show (as era (so did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper). O'Brien is also a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who directed the episode), having been classmates at Harvard and serving together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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** Michael's presentation video ends with the credit [[Creator/SpikeLee "A Michael Scott Joint"]] and a vanity card for Great Scott Films International, which features pictures of Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/RobinWilliams.
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** Michael's presentation video uses [[Music/{{U2}} the intro of "With or Without You"]] at the beginning, and ends with the credit [[Creator/SpikeLee "A Michael Scott Joint"]] and a vanity card for Great Scott Films International, which features pictures of Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/RobinWilliams.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/MindyKaling both started their careers as interns for O'Brien on his show (as did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper). O'Brien is also a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who also directed the episode), having been classmates at Harvard and serving together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/MindyKaling both started their careers as interns for O'Brien on his show (as did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper). O'Brien is also a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who also directed the episode), having been classmates at Harvard and serving together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/MindyKaling both started their careers as interns for O'Brien on his show (as did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper), and O'Brien is a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who also directed the episode), having served together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/MindyKaling both started their careers as interns for O'Brien on his show (as did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper), and Creator/EllieKemper). O'Brien is also a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who also directed the episode), having served been classmates at Harvard and serving together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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* KarmaHoudini: This episode was partly intended to show how Michael remains employed at Dunder Mifflin despite all the trouble he's caused, with how he handles the kerfluffle at the meeting. He's good at thinking on his feet, saying the right things to the right people, and as demonstrated by Craig, other branch managers are even more incompetent than him.
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Valentine's Day sees the office celebrating. Phyllis receives a ton of presents from [[InsistentTerminology Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration]]. Dwight seeks advice from Pam about what to buy for Angela. Michael travels to New York City to give a presentation on the branch's financial performance.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: David Wallace chuckles in agreement when Michael says that Craig from Albany isn't "the sharpest tool in the shed."
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag, as several of the cast members got their start as interns for Conan's shows.
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** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag, as several of the cast members got CastingGag. Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/MindyKaling both started their start careers as interns for Conan's shows. O'Brien on his show (as did future cast member Creator/EllieKemper), and O'Brien is a longtime friend of showrunner Greg Daniels (who also directed the episode), having served together on the writing staff of a bunch of shows, including ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* AsideGlance: At the end of the episode, Michael has defused the situation he started by spreading gossip about Jan. Against her better judgment, Jan gives in to her attraction to Michael and kisses him. Michael turns to the camera (which is filming the scene through a window looking onto the lobby) and gives it a look of pleasant surprise. Jan then turns to see what he's looking at, realizes she's been filmed, and gives the camera an OhCrap look.
* AsideGlance: At the end of the episode, Michael has defused the situation he started by spreading gossip about Jan. Against her better judgment, Jan gives in to her attraction to Michael and kisses him. Michael turns to the camera (which is filming the scene through a window looking onto the lobby) and gives it a look of pleasant surprise. Jan then turns to see what he's looking at, realizes she's been filmed, and gives the camera an OhCrap look.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan. He also thinks Manhattan is just an alternate name for New York City (rather than one of its five boroughs).
* LargeHamTitle: Bob even signs his Valentines as "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration".
* LargeHamTitle: Bob even signs his Valentines as "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration".
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* OhCrap: At the end of the episode, Michael has defused the situation he started by spreading gossip about Jan. Against her better judgment, Jan gives in to her attraction to Michael and kisses him. She gives the camera an OhCrap look when she realizes she's been filmed.
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* ShoutOut: Michael is very happy to pull this one off:
--> '''Michael''': I'll talk to David.
--> '''Jan''': Surely you cannot be serious.
--> '''Michael''': I am serious. (''smiles wide'') And don't call me Shirley. ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
--> '''Michael''': I'll talk to David.
--> '''Jan''': Surely you cannot be serious.
--> '''Michael''': I am serious. (''smiles wide'') And don't call me Shirley. ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Michael is very happy to pull this one off:
--> ---> '''Michael''': I'll talk to David.
--> ---> '''Jan''': Surely you cannot be serious.
--> ---> '''Michael''': I am serious. (''smiles wide'') And don't call me Shirley. ''Film/{{Airplane}}''''Film/{{Airplane}}''
** Michael's presentation video ends with the credit [[Creator/SpikeLee "A Michael Scott Joint"]] and a vanity card for Great Scott Films International, which features pictures of Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/RobinWilliams.
** Michael is very happy to pull this one off:
** Michael's presentation video ends with the credit [[Creator/SpikeLee "A Michael Scott Joint"]] and a vanity card for Great Scott Films International, which features pictures of Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/RobinWilliams.
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* StylisticSuck: Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
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* StylisticSuck: Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.it.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: [[invoked]] Michael compares Scranton to New York.
-->Scranton is great, but New York is like Scranton on acid...no, on speed...no, on steroids.
* TravelogueShow: Rather than talk about the Scranton branch's financial numbers, Michael's presentation is a film about the branch and its employees.
* ValentinesDayVitriol: Meredith finally can't stand not getting any Valentines gifts, so she gets drunk and passes out in the office.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: [[invoked]] Michael compares Scranton to New York.
-->Scranton is great, but New York is like Scranton on acid...no, on speed...no, on steroids.
* TravelogueShow: Rather than talk about the Scranton branch's financial numbers, Michael's presentation is a film about the branch and its employees.
* ValentinesDayVitriol: Meredith finally can't stand not getting any Valentines gifts, so she gets drunk and passes out in the office.
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* StylisticSuck: Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
* WhatAnIdiot: Craig, the manager from Albany who showed up to the meeting without any of the information about his branch he was told to bring. He tries to deflect by bringing up Michael and Jan. Michael easily diffuses the situation by saying he made a very inappropriate joke that "Craig the idiot" took seriously.
* WhatAnIdiot: Craig, the manager from Albany who showed up to the meeting without any of the information about his branch he was told to bring. He tries to deflect by bringing up Michael and Jan. Michael easily diffuses the situation by saying he made a very inappropriate joke that "Craig the idiot" took seriously.
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* StylisticSuck: Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
* WhatAnIdiot: Craig, the manager from Albany who showed up to the meeting without any of the information about his branch he was told to bring. He tries to deflect by bringing up Michael and Jan. Michael easily diffuses the situation by saying he made a very inappropriate joke that "Craig the idiot" took seriously.it.
* WhatAnIdiot: Craig, the manager from Albany who showed up to the meeting without any of the information about his branch he was told to bring. He tries to deflect by bringing up Michael and Jan. Michael easily diffuses the situation by saying he made a very inappropriate joke that "Craig the idiot" took seriously.
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* DeliberatelyBadExample: Craig, the manager of Albany, is even more incompetent than Michael is. While Michael may have made a weird movie, he at least bothered to bring all of the sales data corporate wanted.
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--> Pam: Sometimes a gift is about what it means, instead of what it is.
--> Dwight: You mean, like a ham?
--> Dwight: You mean, like a ham?
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--> Pam: '''Pam''': Sometimes a gift is about what it means, instead of what it is.
-->Dwight: '''Dwight''': You mean, like a ham?
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* ShoutOut: Michael is very happy to pull this one off:
--> '''Michael''': I'll talk to David.
--> '''Jan''': Surely you cannot be serious.
--> '''Michael''': I am serious. (''smiles wide'') And don't call me Shirley. ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
--> '''Michael''': I'll talk to David.
--> '''Jan''': Surely you cannot be serious.
--> '''Michael''': I am serious. (''smiles wide'') And don't call me Shirley. ''Film/{{Airplane}}''
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* StylisticSuck: Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
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* StylisticSuck: Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.it.
* WhatAnIdiot: Craig, the manager from Albany who showed up to the meeting without any of the information about his branch he was told to bring. He tries to deflect by bringing up Michael and Jan. Michael easily diffuses the situation by saying he made a very inappropriate joke that "Craig the idiot" took seriously.
* WhatAnIdiot: Craig, the manager from Albany who showed up to the meeting without any of the information about his branch he was told to bring. He tries to deflect by bringing up Michael and Jan. Michael easily diffuses the situation by saying he made a very inappropriate joke that "Craig the idiot" took seriously.
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* AnalogyBackfire : Dwight compares women to wolves.
* AsHimself : Played with. Michael mistakes a woman with glasses for Creator/TinaFey. Meanwhile, Creator/ConanOBrien walks by without Michael noticing.
* AsHimself : Played with. Michael mistakes a woman with glasses for Creator/TinaFey. Meanwhile, Creator/ConanOBrien walks by without Michael noticing.
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* AnalogyBackfire : AnalogyBackfire: Dwight compares women to wolves.
*AsHimself : AsHimself: Played with. Michael mistakes a woman with glasses for Creator/TinaFey. Meanwhile, Creator/ConanOBrien walks by without Michael noticing.
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* LiteralMinded : LiteralMinded: Dwight's gift idea.
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* OhCrap : OhCrap: At the end of the episode, Michael has defused the situation he started by spreading gossip about Jan. Against her better judgment, Jan gives in to her attraction to Michael and kisses him. She gives the camera an OhCrap look when she realizes she's been filmed.
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* StunnedSilence : After Michael's video finishes playing, no one knows what to say.
* StylisticSuck : Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
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* StunnedSilence : StunnedSilence: After Michael's video finishes playing, no one knows what to say.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Josh Porter is featured in this episode as one of the branch managers. Next season, he becomes Jim's manager when Jim transfers to Stamford.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Michael says he prefers to go to Times Square, while others go to the Empire State Building and he finds that "pretty touristy." Times Square is perhaps the most visited location in New York City.
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* ProductPlacement: Michael decides to go to his "favorite New York pizza joint," which is actually Sbarro's instead of the hundreds of local pizzerias.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Michael demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge about New York City. For instance, when seeing a river, he says it's either the Hudson or the East, which is unhelpful because these rivers are on opposite sides of Manhattan.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In Michael's narration.
--> Stanley's dedication is no doubt one of the hallmarks of foundation of the business we're hoping to build our basis on.
--> Stanley's dedication is no doubt one of the hallmarks of foundation of the business we're hoping to build our basis on.
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* StunnedSilence : After Michael's video finishes playing, no one knows what to say.
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Valentine's Day sees the office celebrating. Phyllis receives a ton of presents from [[InsistentTerminology Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration]]. Dwight seeks advice from Pam about what to buy for Angela. Michael travels to New York City to give a presentation on the branch's financial performance.
Air date: February 9, 2006.
!!! Tropes
* AsHimself : Played with. Michael mistakes a woman with glasses for Creator/TinaFey. Meanwhile, Creator/ConanOBrien walks by without Michael noticing.
** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag, as several of the cast members got their start as interns for Conan's shows.
* BigApplesauce : Michael has some time to kill before the meeting, so he takes a walking tour around the city.
--> New York, New York, so good they named it twice. Its other name is Manhattan.
* LiteralMinded : Dwight's gift idea.
--> Pam: Sometimes a gift is about what it means, instead of what it is.
--> Dwight: You mean, like a ham?
* OhCrap : At the end of the episode, Michael has defused the situation he started by spreading gossip about Jan. Against her better judgment, Jan gives in to her attraction to Michael and kisses him. She gives the camera an OhCrap look when she realizes she's been filmed.
* StylisticSuck : Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
Air date: February 9, 2006.
!!! Tropes
* AsHimself : Played with. Michael mistakes a woman with glasses for Creator/TinaFey. Meanwhile, Creator/ConanOBrien walks by without Michael noticing.
** According to WordOfGod on the commentary, this is also a CastingGag, as several of the cast members got their start as interns for Conan's shows.
* BigApplesauce : Michael has some time to kill before the meeting, so he takes a walking tour around the city.
--> New York, New York, so good they named it twice. Its other name is Manhattan.
* LiteralMinded : Dwight's gift idea.
--> Pam: Sometimes a gift is about what it means, instead of what it is.
--> Dwight: You mean, like a ham?
* OhCrap : At the end of the episode, Michael has defused the situation he started by spreading gossip about Jan. Against her better judgment, Jan gives in to her attraction to Michael and kisses him. She gives the camera an OhCrap look when she realizes she's been filmed.
* StylisticSuck : Michael's "introduction" video about the Scranton Branch. He's also baffled why people don't like it.
