History Recap / TheOfficeUSS5E25Broke

* ItsAllAboutMe: After Michael rejects David's $60,000 buyout offer, Ryan complains that Michael just cost him $60,000, somehow believing the money was all going to him.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Charles tries to give a last goodbye to the Scranton branch as he's leaving, only for Michael to cut him off and tell him "You're done" in the exact same way Charles had forced him out.

** On the flip side, because of Michael's company, Scranton lost 10 of their biggest clients. Unless they get those back, in the next shareholders meeting, which will happen soon, they're going for David Wallace's head, who will have to explain how the company's most profitable branch is losing clients so quickly. Unspoken, but implied, is that he will have to explain the policies that led to the company's most successful and longest lasting regional manager to quit in frustration.

* RealityEnsues:

** Angela and Kelly try listening in on the negotiations by holding a coffee cup up to the wall. When Angela asks what she hears, Kelly responds with muffled noises.
* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of the episode, Michael, Pam, and Ryan get their jobs back at Dunder Mifflin. Of course, they have to [[EarnYourHappyEnding work for it]], with Pam's risk in particular in joining Michael getting her a new job in sales.

* BatmanGambit: Jim pulls one when Dwight finds out that the Michael Scott Paper Company is broke and rushes to tell Miner before the negotations are closed. Knowing that Dwight has already embarrassed Miner twice in front of Wallace, Jim derails him from staying on topic by egging him on about all the cases that he's cracked before. This causes Dwight to go into a rant about solving mysteries on his farm and Miner, clearly out of patience and once again seeing Dwight as an idiot, completely dismisses him and orders him to stay away from the negotiations.

* BatmanGambit: Jim pulls one when Dwight finds out that the Michael Scott Paper Company is broke and rushes to tell Miner before the negotations are closed. Knowing that Dwight has already embarrassed Miner twice in front of Wallace, he forces Dwight to derail from giving Charles the news by egging him on about all the cases that he's cracked before. This causes Dwight to go into a rant about solving mysteries on his farm and Miner, clearly out of patience and once again seeing Dwight as an idiot, completely dismisses him and orders him to stay away from the negotiations.

--> '''Michael''': I don't think I have to outwait Dunder Mifflin, I just have to outwait ''you''.

* BatmanGambit: Jim does one of these when Dwight finds out that the Michael Scott Paper Company is broke and simply can't last, and rushed to tell Miner so that he can use that information against Michael in the buyout negotiations. Jim, overhearing Dwight get the news, follows Dwight to Miner. Jim knows that Dwight has already embarrassed Miner twice in front of Wallace, and that Miner doesn't want to look stupid again, but also doesn't want Miner to think he's supporting Michael and undermining Dunder-Mifflin. So he instead compliments Dwight on "cracking the case" and asks him why he hasn't cracked any other cases. This pisses off Dwight, who starts ranting about solving the Case of the Missing Beets from his beet farm, which was done by a man who didn't leave footprints because he wasn't wearing shoes when he stole the beets, only socks, etc. Miner, clearly out of patience, dismisses everything Dwight says and orders him to stay away from the negotiations.

* IdiotBall: Ryan didn't account for expenses such as delivering product when coming up with the company's price model, meaning the company is one its way to bankruptcy. He even has to be explained to what a variable cost pricing model is, despite having gone to business school.

* IdiotBall: Ryan didn't account for expenses such as delivering product when coming up with the company's price model, meaning the company is one its way to bankruptcy.

** On the flip side, because of Michael's company, Scranton lost 10 of their biggest clients. Unless they get those back, in the next shareholders meeting, which will happen soon, they're going for David Wallace's head, who will have to explain how the company's most profitable branch is losing clients so quickly.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Implied by Phyllis when she asked David that he should have talked to Michael on the phone instead of directing him to Charles and this entire situation could have not happened. It's strongly hinted that he thought that too.

** Michael Scott Paper Company low prices, while effective in gaining more customers, are costing them money and could go broke in less than a month.
** On the flip side, because of Michael's company, Scranton lost 10 of their biggest clients. Unless they get those back, in the next shareholders meeting, which will happen soon, they're going for David Wallace's head, who will have to explain how they're losing clients so quickly.

** On the flip side, because of Michael's company, Scanton lost 10 of their biggest clients. Unless they get those back, in the next shareholders meeting, which will happen soon, they're going for David Wallace's head, who will have to explain how they're losing clients so quickly.
* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of the episode, Micheal, Pam, and Ryan get their jobs back at Dunder Mifflin. Of course, they have to [[EarnYourHappyEnding work for it]], with Pam's risk in particular in joining Michael getting her a new job in sales.

** On the flip side, because of Michael's company, Scanton lost 10 of their biggest clients.

* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of the episode, Micheal, Pam, and Ryan get their jobs back at Dunder Mifflin.

* BatmanGambit: Jim does one of these when Dwight finds out that the Michael Scott Paper Company is broke and simply can't last, and rushed to tell Miner so that he can use that information against Michael in the buyout negotiations. Jim, overhearing Dwight get the news, follows Dwight to Miner. Jim knows that Dwight has already embarrassed Miner twice in front of Wallace, and that Miner doesn't want to look stupid again, but also doesn't want Miner to think he's supporting Michael and undermining Dunder-Mifflin. So he instead compliments Dwight on "cracking the case" and asks him why he hasn't cracked any other cases. This pisses off Dwight, who starts ranting about solving the Case of the Missing Beats from his beat farm, which was done by a man who didn't leave footprints because he wasn't wearing shoes, only socks, etc. Miner, clearly out of patience, dismisses everything Dwight says and orders him to stay away from the negotiations.