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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: In the ColdOpen, Pam insists machines, such as the new phone system, can't replace her completely because she also leaves out candy for people. Then she remembers vending machines do that.

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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/EdHelms doesn't appear, with the explanation that Andy is off alone redeeming a non-refundable honeymoon package he'd set up for himself and Angela. Creator/{{NBC}} later posted pics of Andy visiting various places on their website with the note that "the Ol' Nard Dog is doing just fine."



* ValentinesDayVitriol: Michael, frustrated over being alone, is jealous of Jim and Pam, and sets up a Lonely Hearts party for the single people at the office, specifically to exclude them. Decorations include broken hearts and Cupid minus a bow and arrow.

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* ValentinesDayVitriol: Michael, frustrated over being alone, is jealous of Jim and Pam, and sets up a Lonely Hearts party for the single people at the office, specifically to exclude them. Decorations include broken hearts and Cupid minus a bow and arrow.arrow.
* WrittenInAbsence: Creator/EdHelms doesn't appear, with the explanation that Andy is off alone redeeming a non-refundable honeymoon package he'd set up for himself and Angela. Creator/{{NBC}} later posted pics of Andy visiting various places on their website with the note that "the Ol' Nard Dog is doing just fine."

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* CallBack: A BaitAndSwitch example. Angela talks about two men dueling over her, which everyone assumes is Dwight and Andy in "The Duel", but it turns out it was an entirely different set of men back when she lived in Ohio.



* CallBack: A BaitAndSwitch example. Angela talks about two men dueling over her, which everyone assumes is Dwight and Andy in "The Duel", but it turns out it was an entirely different set of men back when she lived in Ohio.
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* CelebrityParadox: Kelly apparently has seen ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', but it's not known if she noticed that Giselle [[Creator/AmyAdams had a remarkable resemblance to Jim's old girlfriend Katy]].
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim and Pam are puzzled when Bob and Phyllis disappear from the restaurant table for over ten minutes. It turns out they went off to have sex in a restroom.[[note]]Some GettingCrapPastTheRadar hints when they get back to the table suggest that specifically she was performing oral sex on him[[/note]]

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim and Pam are puzzled when Bob and Phyllis disappear from the restaurant table for over ten minutes. It turns out they went off to have sex in a restroom.[[note]]Some GettingCrapPastTheRadar hints when they get back to the table suggest that specifically she was performing oral sex on him[[/note]]
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim and Pam are puzzled when Bob and Phyllis disappear from the restaurant table for over ten minutes. It turns out they went off to have sex in a restroom.

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim and Pam are puzzled when Bob and Phyllis disappear from the restaurant table for over ten minutes. It turns out they went off to have sex in a restroom.[[note]]Some GettingCrapPastTheRadar hints when they get back to the table suggest that specifically she was performing oral sex on him[[/note]]



* TakeOurWordForIt: Whatever activity Jim and Pam could hear the Vances participating in through the restroom door, it made them ultra-uncomfortable.

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* TakeOurWordForIt: Whatever activity Jim and Pam could hear the Vances participating engaging in through the restroom door, it made them ultra-uncomfortable.

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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/EdHelms doesn't appear, with the explanation that Andy is off alone redeeming a non-refundable honeymoon package he'd set up.

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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/EdHelms doesn't appear, with the explanation that Andy is off alone redeeming a non-refundable honeymoon package he'd set up.up for himself and Angela. Creator/{{NBC}} later posted pics of Andy visiting various places on their website with the note that "the Ol' Nard Dog is doing just fine."



* NoNameGiven: We never find out the name of the blood drive woman.
* ShipperOnDeck: Michael immediately tries to set up Lynn with Kevin when she walks in for the mixer.



** Kelly compares Michael and the glove to ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.

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** Kelly compares Michael and the glove to ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.to "a modern-day ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''" (a movie that had been released just two years earlier).


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* ThrowTheDogABone: Kevin gets a new potential love interest in Lynn, a business park worker who shows up to the mixer.
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* TheMalaproper: Michael talks about Cupid and his "sparrow".
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* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Michael thinks some enjoyable small talk with a woman means she might be his soulmate, and that she'll make a grand entrance at his mixer to kindle a romance. This also applies to Kelly, who's completely thrilled and captivated when he explains the situation.

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* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Michael thinks some enjoyable small talk with a the woman at the blood drive means she might be his soulmate, and that she'll make a grand entrance at his mixer to kindle a romance. This also applies to Kelly, who's completely thrilled and captivated when he explains the situation.
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* ShoutOut:
** The cold open ends with Jim, Michael, Pam and Dwight all doing the [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie]] "ayyyyyy" bit.
** At the party, Michael says [[Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre "Relationships? We don’t need no stinkin' relationships!"]]
** Kelly compares Michael and the glove to ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''.
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ValentinesDayEpisode. Michael is still pining for Holly. The business park is holding a blood drive, and as Michael gives blood he has a pleasant conversation with a pretty woman donating blood at the same time, but he passes out and when he wakes up, she's gone, leaving only her glove. He hastily puts together a singles mixer for the business park in hopes that she'll show up. Jim and Pam go out for lunch with Phyllis and Bob Vance.

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* AbsenteeActor: Creator/EdHelms doesn't appear, with the explanation that Andy is off alone redeeming a non-refundable honeymoon package he'd set up.
* CallBack: A BaitAndSwitch example. Angela talks about two men dueling over her, which everyone assumes is Dwight and Andy in "The Duel", but it turns out it was an entirely different set of men back when she lived in Ohio.
* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Jim and Pam are puzzled when Bob and Phyllis disappear from the restaurant table for over ten minutes. It turns out they went off to have sex in a restroom.
* TakeOurWordForIt: Whatever activity Jim and Pam could hear the Vances participating in through the restroom door, it made them ultra-uncomfortable.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Michael thinks some enjoyable small talk with a woman means she might be his soulmate, and that she'll make a grand entrance at his mixer to kindle a romance. This also applies to Kelly, who's completely thrilled and captivated when he explains the situation.
* ValentinesDayVitriol: Michael, frustrated over being alone, is jealous of Jim and Pam, and sets up a Lonely Hearts party for the single people at the office, specifically to exclude them. Decorations include broken hearts and Cupid minus a bow and arrow.

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