A routine office day is changed when children come to Dunder Mifflin for "Take Your Daughter to Work Day". Michael is surprised when he strikes up a friendship with the five-year old daughter of his sworn enemy, Toby. Pam is desperate to befriend her colleagues' offspring and a misunderstanding puts Ryan under Stanley's thumb.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Take Your Daughter To Work Day” ranks #52 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 81.8 — Elite. The episode packs 40 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.7 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Young Michael: I wanna be married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends. And no one can say no to being my friend.
Sasha · Michael: Did you get married? No. Why not? It just never happened. So do you have any kids? Nope. Do you have a girlfriend? I do okay. So you didn't get to be what you wanted to be. I guess not.
Stanley: That little girl is a child! I don't wanna see you sniffing around her anymore this afternoon. Boy, have you lost your mind? 'Cause I'll help you find it. Whatcha looking for? Ain't nobody gonna help you out there. Jesus can come through that door, and he's not gonna help you if you don't stop sniffing after my child.
Stanley Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: I need a user name. And I have a great one. Littlekidlover. That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: In the olden days the women would bear many children so we would have enough laborers to work the fields. And if it was an especially cold winter and there weren't enough grains or vegetables, they would eat the weakest of the brood. No! They didn't eat the children. It never came to that.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 40 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael: So I put out a bunch of extra candy on my desk so the kids will come talk to me. Like the witch in Hansel and Gretel.
Michael Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Jim Deadpan/Understatement Pam: It's Pam. Ms. Beasley if you're nasty. Janet Jackson.
Pam Wordplay/Pun Observational Michael: Hey, you having a wardrobe malfunction, or...
Michael: This is like HBO. No limits. Who knows what I'm gonna say? Crazy stuff. And it is R rated. It is not rated G. I am like Eddie Murphy in Raw. And they are trying to make me into Eddie Murphy in Daddy Daycare.
Michael Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael · Unknown child: I am like Superman. And the people who work here are like citizens of Gotham city. That's Batman. That's Batman. Okay, I'm Aquaman.
Michael: I work with a bunch of nerds.
Dwight: Mmm. Hello, tiny one. Come on. You are the future.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Roy: I just hope she doesn't look on my computer. Actually, I'd better go check.
Roy Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline Michael · Melissa: She is turning into a stone cold fox. Better keep the frat boys away from her. I'm in 8th grade.
Michael: It's not that children make me uncomfortable. It's just that, why be a dad when you can be a fun uncle? I've never heard of anyone rebelling against their fun uncle.
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Unknown child · Pam · Jim: Do you need any help? No, thanks. We'd have to explain everything. It's probably just easier if we do it ourselves.
Jim: All right, I wasn't expecting that.
Angela: I guess I wouldn't mind a pair of small, well behaved boys.
Angela Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ryan: Kelly and I both agreed that we would just have fun. And I'm learning that fun for Kelly is getting married and having babies. Immediately. With me.
Ryan Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Toby: I only have one goal today. To make one kid like me. Just one.
Toby Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: Hey, you know what? Can I call you back? I'll call you right back. Yes, I promise.
Jim Visual Gag Awkward Silence Michael · Sasha: All aboard for sales! Next stop, Cook... camonga! Ow ow ow ow, you broke my hand.
Dwight · Jim · Sasha: There is no way that hurt. Really? 'Cause she's pretty strong, Dwight. I didn't feel anything. Nothing. You're so weak.
Dwight · Jake: You call your mom Meredith? That's very disrespectful. You can refer to me as Mr. Schroot. Mr. Poop? Schroot. Mr. Schroot. Sure, Mr. Poop.
Unknown child: Are you Mother Goose?
Melissa · Ryan: Ryan, you are so dorky. Give me your number so I can text you. Can I have your email address?
Stanley: That little girl is a child! I don't wanna see you sniffing around her anymore this afternoon. Boy, have you lost your mind? 'Cause I'll help you find it. Whatcha looking for? Ain't nobody gonna help you out there. Jesus can come through that door, and he's not gonna help you if you don't stop sniffing after my child.
Stanley Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Ryan: Stanley yelled at me today. That was one of the most frightening experiences of my life.
Ryan Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: The great tall tailor always comes to little girls that suck their thumbs. And ere they dream what he is about, he takes his great sharp scissors out and then cuts their thumbs clean off.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Michael · Unknown child: These are cautionary tales for kids, Michael. The kids don't wanna hear some weirdo book that your Nazi war criminal grandmother gave you. What's a Nazi?
Jake Running Gag Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Children cannot lie. They are innocent, and they speak the truth. And out of the mouths of babes, Michael Scott is freakin' cool.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Abby · Jim: You're just a middleman. Wait, why doesn't the sawmill just sell the paper directly to people? You are describing Office Depot. And they're kind of running us out of business.
Abby Jim Observational Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Creed · Children: You ever seen a foot with four toes? Eww! What are you doing? Stop it, stop it!
Michael: There was a show called Fundle Bundle, and I was the star. Ryan, can you come here a second? I would like you to go to my mother's house in Dixon City. And if she's at the pool, the back kitchen window should be unlocked. I want you boost yourself up...
Michael Escalation Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: I don't get why parents are always complaining about how tough it is to raise kids. You joke around with them. You give 'em pizza. You give 'em candy. You let 'em live their lives. They're adults, for God's sake.
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Young Michael: I wanna be married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends. And no one can say no to being my friend.
Sasha · Michael: Did you get married? No. Why not? It just never happened. So do you have any kids? Nope. Do you have a girlfriend? I do okay. So you didn't get to be what you wanted to be. I guess not.
Melissa: Who, Terry? That woman is not my mother. That is my stepmother.
Melissa Setup/Punchline Cringe/Discomfort Jake · Dwight: Mr. Poop, I have to tell you something. You're ugly. Well, at least I'm not a horrible little latchkey kid who got suspended from school, so...
Michael · Toby: Do you think that it is too late for me to have kids? Well, you need a wife first or at least a girlfriend. What about Jan? Not Jan.
Michael: I need a user name. And I have a great one. Littlekidlover. That way people will know exactly where my priorities are at.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: Why does he own a guitar if he doesn't know how to play it? I think he thought his ukulele skills would transfer.
Jim Pam Observational Deadpan/Understatement Dwight: In the olden days the women would bear many children so we would have enough laborers to work the fields. And if it was an especially cold winter and there weren't enough grains or vegetables, they would eat the weakest of the brood. No! They didn't eat the children. It never came to that.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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