Michael is feeling left out after finding out Ryan took a handful of branch managers and even Toby on a wilderness retreat, but didn't invite him. In order to get back with nature, Michael asks Jim if he would consider a camping trip together. Hypothetically, Jim answered yes.
WAR
67.6
Wins Above Replacement
“Survivor Man” ranks #14 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 88.0 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 7.1 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
Dwight: I will remain close by to provide unseen moral support, but I will never help him. I will let harm befall him. I will even let him die. But I will never let him lose his dignity.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Angela: No. No way. I am not a machine, Jim. You can't just change plans willy nilly and expect these little magic party elves to do your bidding.
Angela Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: Wish I could have gone with Ryan on that cool retreat! Jan has plastic boobs! I HAVE HEMORRHOIDS!
Michael Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight · Michael: You would never escape. Well, yes I would. And I would survive. I would make sure that you were dead. Then I would remove your teeth and cut off your fingertips so you could not be identified. And they would call me the Overkill Killer.
Michael · Jim: I never know. I just say it. I say stuff like that, you know, to lighten the tension. When things sort of get hard. That's what she said.
Michael Jim Meta/Self-Referential Callback ★ Rewatch Callback All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jim: Michael wasn't invited. Apparently they already knew everything they needed to know about him.
Jim Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toby: Made so many s'mores, that I finally had to say, 'No more s'mores, no more s'mores.'
Toby Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: Hey, nobody cares. Nobody cares. I need that room at some point, so just, wrap it up.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: When Michael plays the hypothetical game, I always say yes. And I am always busy.
Jim Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Your body only has a certain amount.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist Michael: Hello, I'm Broken Mountain.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Michael: It's one guy, or two guys, if your plans change. Not gonna change.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael · Jim: Asbestos. I thought we had that looked at.
Dwight: I keep various weaponries strategically placed around the office.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: I saved Jim's life with a can of pepper spray I had velcroed under my desk.
Dwight Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: It's better to be hurt by someone you know accidentally, than by a stranger on purpose.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael · Dwight: The choice is yours. No, the choice is actually yours.
Michael: This is a very personal private experience in the wild, that I wish to share with me, myself and I.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jim: Let's put it this way: no, I do not.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dwight · Michael: You would never escape. Well, yes I would. And I would survive. I would make sure that you were dead. Then I would remove your teeth and cut off your fingertips so you could not be identified. And they would call me the Overkill Killer.
Michael: You are as creepy as a real serial killer. For real.
Michael Reaction Beat Character Comedy Dwight: It would be better if you were unconscious.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Please allow me to have one cathartic experience in my life.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: What? There are thirteen people working in this office, so thirteen times a year Michael gets a cake and balloons, and some sort of joke gift and makes a toast.
Jim Observational Setup/Punchline Jim: Look at those wrinkles. Blacks do crack! Not crack the drug.
Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim: He only sings the high harmony to 'Happy Birthday.'
Jim Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: And he's a very big believer in surprise parties. Maybe even, arguably, possibly to a fault.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Setup/Punchline Andy: You're shaking things up a bit, huh? It's a pretty good idea, don't you think? Do you think it's a good idea? No... I think it's a great idea.
Andy Character Comedy Escalation Dwight: You know, try sending them another invoice. Did you see my memo by the way?
Dwight Visual Gag Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: I'm trying to confuse your sense of direction.
Dwight Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick Creed: Wow! That was easy. Yeah, people like me, I guess.
Creed Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Creed · Jim: I want pie. I want peach pie. You want a birthday pie? I want a nice cobbler.
Creed: You tell her it's for Creed. She'll know what that means.
Creed Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: The sun is in the two-thirds easterly quadrant, which would make it about 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
Michael: Watch that I don't hit my corroded artery here...
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Dwight: I will remain close by to provide unseen moral support, but I will never help him. I will let harm befall him. I will even let him die. But I will never let him lose his dignity.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Andy: Me likey the ice cream cake, okay? Fudgey the Whale.
Kevin: Pizza rolls. OK, I'm gonna go into this office here to do some work. So I will be in here. Mushroom caps.
Kevin Character Comedy Absurdist Michael: Wish I could have gone with Ryan on that cool retreat! Jan has plastic boobs! I HAVE HEMORRHOIDS!
Michael Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight: Michael is a man of great depth and passion. I don't know what he's searching for out here. I hope he finds it.
Dwight Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Well, it is a little chillier than I had thought, so I have fashioned my hat back into my pants.
Michael Visual Gag Character Comedy Callback Michael: I have made this spear, with which I will impale my dinner.
Michael: I have been without food for a good three hours or so. I'm startin' to feel it a little bit.
Stanley: I took an extra shot of insulin in preparation for this cake today. If I don't have some cake soon, I might die.
Stanley Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Stanley: Why don't you mind your business?
Stanley Character Comedy Reaction Beat Phyllis: Jimmy had his birthday three weeks ago, so he doesn't care. Probably went to his head.
Michael: Well if you take a look at this, I tented my pants. I've made myself a nice pants tent shelter.
Michael: And this little guy may be Dunder Mifflin paper some day.
Michael Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Dwight: Nothing to worry about. Just using the scope. Safety is... on.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Toby: My birthday was two months ago. There was no party. Well, it... there was. But Michael scheduled it for 4:58 on a Friday. You know, people sang in the parking lot.
Toby Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Jim: Toby's great. He's great, but sometimes he can be a little bit much. 'I don't see the harm in that.' Well, it's a cake Toby, so, c'mon.
Jim Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Angela: No. No way. I am not a machine, Jim. You can't just change plans willy nilly and expect these little magic party elves to do your bidding.
Angela Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Phyllis · Jim: Hey, Michael. I mean Jim. Yup, Phyllis called me Michael. And I will always and forever be haunted by that fact.
Phyllis Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Those are nature's best mushrooms. Wild, and I have to say these little buggers are damn tasty as well.
Michael Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael Physical/Slapstick Dark/Subversive Callback Michael: Man became civilized for a reason. He decided that he liked to have warmth, and clothing, and television and hamburgers, and to walk upright, and to have a soft futon at the end of the day.
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Michael: I don't need fresh air, because I have the freshest air around, A.C.
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun Michael: I can also make it the sky.
Jim · Michael: Well, I tried to put all the birthdays together at once. Terrible idea. Yeah, okay, I did that. Rookie mistake.
Michael · Jim: Just wait. Ten years, you'll figure it out. I don't think I'll be here in ten years. That's what I said.
Michael Jim Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: That's what she said.
Michael Running Gag Setup/Punchline Callback Michael · Jim: I never know. I just say it. I say stuff like that, you know, to lighten the tension. When things sort of get hard. That's what she said.
Michael Jim Meta/Self-Referential Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Nice. Really good. Bravo, my young ward.
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