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Season 1

Season 2

In "Sexual Harassment", Michael compares him and his employees to the main characters of Friends, but Michael, being Michael, thinks Dwight is Kramer's counterpart.
"Halloween":
- Dwight dresses up as a Sith Lord.
"Performance Review":
- Dwight quotes Lex Luthor and namedrops Smallville afterwards.
In "Boys and Girls" when the office workers meet the warehouse workers, Dwight says, "Remember on Lost when they met the Others?"
"Valentine's Day":
- Michael quotes Leslie Nielsen's character from Airplane!.
  Jan: Surely you cannot be serious.
  Michael: I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley. [turns to the camera] Airplane.

Season 3

"Initiation"
- One of Dwight's questions to Ryan is "What is The DHARMA Initiative?"
"The Coup":
- The Stamford Branch plays Call of Duty.
"Diwali":
- Michael says that two of the most notable Indians are Apu and M. Night Shyamalan who directed Unbreakable, The Village (2004) and The Sixth Sense. Dwight gives away the latter's ending.
"The Convict" has "Prison Mike" claiming that the scariest thing about prison is the Dementors.
"The Negotiation" has these after Dwight is hailed as a hero for saving Jim from Roy and then has his weapons confiscated by Toby.
Dwight: I am not a hero. I am a mere defender of the office. [shot of Toby confiscating all of Dwight's weapons] You know who is a real hero? Hiro, from Heroes. That's a hero. Also, Bono.
Dwight: No, don't call me a hero. Do you know who the real heroes are? The guys who wake up every morning, and go into their normal jobs and get a distress call from the commissioner, and take off their glasses and change into capes and fly around fighting crime.
At the end of "Women's Appreciation":
- Michael throws a dollar bill into a fountain and wishes for Pam to have courage, Angela to have a heart, and Kelly to have a brain.

Season 4

"Job Fair":
- Michael once again quotes Leslie Nielsen in Airplane!, but this time without the appropriate setup for the punchline.
  Pam: Are you serious?
  Michael: Yes. And don’t call me Shirley.

Season 5

"Weight Loss":
- Michael has pictures of obese characters including Jabba the Hutt and The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
- In a deleted scene, a sunburned Meredith told her coworkers that she was called Hellboy.
"Employee Transfer":
- Creed, Kevin and Dwight dress up as The Joker from The Dark Knight.

Season 6

"Secret Santa"
- Darryl tells Michael dressed up as Jesus that he looks like Gandalf.

Season 7

"Nepotism":
- Michael tells Pam about the "Don't bother Luke" sign "Have you seen Ghostbusters, Pam?"
"Counseling":
- Michael claims to Toby that he was probed by an alien life form named ALF.
"The Sting":
- Dwight wants Oscar and Ryan to be representatives of Stark Industries.
"Michael's Last Dundies":
- In a talking head, Dwight says about Deangelo getting picked by Michael, "Always the Padawan, never the Jedi."
"Goodbye, Michael":
- Deangelo confesses that he conquered obesity and isn't saying he is Superman.
"The Inner Circle":
- Kelly compares Ryan to Rango.

Season 8

"Test The Store":
- Sabre endorses Cars 2 and Chuck.
- Nellie wants to create a sense of wonder as if the end of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, candy would pour out of the screen.
- Kevin said "Whether it's a Gremlin or Chucky the Doll, the key is to throw it in something like a fireplace or a tub of electricity."

Season 9

"Here Comes Treble":
- Meredith dresses up as Black Widow.
"Finale":
- In an alternate opening, Jim tricks Dwight into thinking he is inside The Matrix.

Webisodes

Shout Out / The Office (US)