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* ConsummateLiar: Creed shows up to the wedding with just a card, which he sticks on a random gift. He throws the original card in the trash.
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Phyllis' wedding day has arrived. In order to get six weeks' leave for her honeymoon, Phyllis asked Michael to be in the wedding party, which ramps his social awkwardness UpToEleven. Pam notices the wedding is really familiar. Dwight, ever vigilant, guards against wedding crashers.

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Phyllis' wedding day has arrived. In order to get six weeks' leave for her honeymoon, Phyllis asked Michael to be in the wedding party, which ramps his social awkwardness UpToEleven.up to eleven. Pam notices the wedding is really familiar. Dwight, ever vigilant, guards against wedding crashers.
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* CallForward: It's a throwaway line, but it will re-appear in the series finale. [[spoiler: Dwight says the Schrutes get married standing in their own graves. Dwight and Angela get married in their graves.]]
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* ShownTheirWork: Jim's prank on Dwight in the cold open is actually considered an accurate replication of [[BehavioralConditioning Pavlov's experiment]], to the extent that the clip has been used in college courses about classical conditioning.

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** Kevin's band Scrantonicity, first mentioned in "Casino Night", plays at the party after the ceremony.

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** Kevin's band Scrantonicity, first mentioned in "Casino Night", plays at the party after the ceremony.reception.


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* ScatterbrainedSenior: Phyllis' uncle Al, who has dementia, can't remember whose wedding this is, so Dwight suspects him of being a wedding crasher and throws him out. Later, when Kevin is asked to make an announcement about Al disappearing before Scrantonicity starts their set, Dwight has an OhCrap moment.
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* CringeComedy: Michael's ItsAllAboutMe attitude gets genuinely loathsome after a while, particularly when he tries to stop Phyllis' dad from getting up out of his wheelchair,

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* CringeComedy: Michael's ItsAllAboutMe attitude gets genuinely loathsome after a while, particularly when he tries to stop Phyllis' dad from getting up out of his wheelchair,wheelchair.

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* BouquetToss: Phyllis does it at the end of the wedding, and it gets caught by Toby's escort. Watch closely, and you can see Ryan deflecting it away from Kelly.

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* BouquetToss: Phyllis does it at the end of the wedding, and it gets caught by Toby's escort."date". Watch closely, and you can see Ryan deflecting it away from Kelly.



* HighClassCallGirl: Kevin thinks Toby's mysterious, extremely attractive date is an escort and gets a nice dirty chuckle out of it (in a DeletedScene, she claims to be a pediatric nurse).



* ItsAllAboutMe: Michael tries to increasingly insert himself into the wedding party, thinking his role as "employer of the bride" actually means something.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: ItsAllAboutMe:
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Michael tries to increasingly insert himself into the wedding party, thinking his role as "employer of the bride" actually means something.something.
** Ignoring the unspoken rule that only the bride is supposed to wear white, Kelly wears a conspicuous white dress with a tiara.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/WeddingCrashers''.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/WeddingCrashers''.ShoutOut:
** Jim and Dwight talk about ''Film/WeddingCrashers'', which leads Dwight to appoint himself as the bouncer who'll throw out any suspected crashers.
** Angela's dress and pillbox hat are very similar to UsefulNotes/JacquelineKennedy's famous JFK inauguration outfit.

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* CallBack:
** The same child actor (Jake Kalender) who played young Michael in the ''Fundle Bundle'' clip in "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" plays him in the wedding clip here.
** Kevin's band Scrantonicity, first mentioned in "Casino Night", plays at the party after the ceremony.



* CringeComedy: Michael's ItsAllAboutMe attitude gets genuinely loathsome after a while, particularly when he tries to stop Phyllis' dad from getting up out of his wheelchair,



* LargeHamTitle: Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration.

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* LargeHamTitle: "And do you, Phyllis, take Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration. Refrigeration, to be your lawfully wedded husband?"



* ThrowingOffTheDisability: To everyone's amazement, Phyllis' father walks the remaining distance to the altar.

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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: To everyone's amazement, Halfway down the aisle, Phyllis' father stands up and walks the remaining distance to the altar. Everyone is amazed and touched. Except Michael.
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* WeddingDay: For Phyllis and Bob. It's actually a nice wedding, despite Michael's antics.

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* WeddingDay: WeddingEpisode: For Phyllis and Bob. It's actually a nice wedding, despite Michael's antics.
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* AppealToVanity: Phyllis gives Michael a small role in the wedding (pushing her father's wheelchair down the aisle) so that he will approve six weeks for her honeymoon.

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* AppealToVanity: AppealToFlattery: Phyllis gives Michael a small role in the wedding (pushing her father's wheelchair down the aisle) so that he will approve six weeks for her honeymoon.
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* PottyFailure: Michael at his mother's wedding.

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* PottyFailure: Young Michael at his mother's wedding.
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* BouquetToss: Phyllis does it at the end of the wedding, and it gets caught by Toby's escort. Watch closely, and you can see Ryan deflecting it away from Kelly.
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* AppealToVanity: Phyllis gives Michael a small role in the wedding (pushing her father's wheelchair down the aisle) so that he will approve six weeks for her honeymoon.


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* GiveAwayTheBride: Michael believes that, as he is pushing Phyllis' father down the aisle, he is "co-giving away the bride." He tries to hold onto her as well and gets upset when her father stands up for the rest of the walk.


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* ThrowingOffTheDisability: To everyone's amazement, Phyllis' father walks the remaining distance to the altar.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Michael tries to increasingly insert himself into the wedding party, thinking his role as "employer of the bride" actually means something.
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* BrickJoke: Stanley tries to give Phyllis and Bob the toaster he bought for Pam and Roy, and gets annoyed when Jim also gifts a toaster.
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* SommelierSpeak: Subverted. Michael tries to claim that he’s an expert in fine food and drink, but all he can tell about his wine is that it’s a white.

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* SommelierSpeak: Subverted. Michael tries to claim that he’s he's an expert in fine food and drink, but all he can tell about his wine is that it’s it's a white.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheWeddingCrashers''.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheWeddingCrashers''.''Film/WeddingCrashers''.
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* IThoughtItMeant: Michael says he'll claim Prima Nocta before Jim explains it to him. Also his definition of "wedding" from the dictionary.
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* SommelierSpeak: Subverted. Michael tries to claim that he’s an expert in fine food and drink, but all he can tell about his wine is that it’s a white.
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* CallForward : It's a throwaway line, but it will re-appear in the series finale. [[spoiler: Dwight says the Schrutes get married standing in their own graves. Dwight and Angela get married in their graves.]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer : Michael to Bob, and Bob to Michael.

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* CallForward : CallForward: It's a throwaway line, but it will re-appear in the series finale. [[spoiler: Dwight says the Schrutes get married standing in their own graves. Dwight and Angela get married in their graves.]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer : IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Michael to Bob, and Bob to Michael.



* LargeHamTitle : Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration.
* OldShame : Michael says Phyllis' high school nickname was "Easy Rider."

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* LargeHamTitle : LargeHamTitle: Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration.
* OldShame : OldShame: Michael says Phyllis' high school nickname was "Easy Rider." This is what ends up getting him kicked out of the wedding.



* WeddingDay : For Phyllis and Bob. It's actually a nice wedding, despite Michael's antics.

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* WeddingDay : WeddingDay: For Phyllis and Bob. It's actually a nice wedding, despite Michael's antics.
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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheWeddingCrashers''.

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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheWeddingCrashers''.''Film/TheWeddingCrashers''.
* WeddingDay : For Phyllis and Bob. It's actually a nice wedding, despite Michael's antics.
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Phyllis' wedding day has arrived. In order to get six weeks' leave for her honeymoon, Phyllis asked Michael to be in the wedding party, which ramps his social awkwardness UpToEleven. Pam notices the wedding is really familiar. Dwight, ever vigilant, guards against wedding crashers.

Air date: February 8, 2007

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* BehavioralConditioning: Jim's prank of the episode is to offer Dwight a mint every time he reboots his computer, training Dwight to want a mint at the sound of the Windows startup.
* CallForward : It's a throwaway line, but it will re-appear in the series finale. [[spoiler: Dwight says the Schrutes get married standing in their own graves. Dwight and Angela get married in their graves.]]
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer : Michael to Bob, and Bob to Michael.
* IThoughtItMeant: Michael says he'll claim Prima Nocta before Jim explains it to him. Also his definition of "wedding" from the dictionary.
* LargeHamTitle : Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration.
* OldShame : Michael says Phyllis' high school nickname was "Easy Rider."
* PottyFailure: Michael at his mother's wedding.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheWeddingCrashers''.

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