Michael and Erin meet "Scott's Tots", a group of local teenagers whose college tuition was promised in one of Michael's grand delusions ten years prior. Meanwhile, in Michael's absence, Dwight convinces Jim to start an employee-of-the-month program with the intention of sabotaging Jim.
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Wins Above Replacement
“Scott S Tots” ranks #47 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.0 — Elite. The episode packs 46 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.2 on craft and 6.9 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
Michael: Which is rendered useless without batteries. And I have one for each of you.
Michael Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight: In an ideal world, I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Scott's Tots: Hey, Mr. Scott what you gonna do? Make our dreams come true?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael: You know, when I hired kevin, he was actually applying for a job in the warehouse
Michael Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 46 analyzed
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Michael: wittle-ittle, footy-wutties, num nums, jammies, make boom-boom, widicuwous, wode iwand
Michael Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Andy: Well, if I do, andy's sowwy
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Andy: a lot of people think your elvis voice is annoying
Andy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Andy Character Comedy Callback ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: The entire office has come down with a pernicious case of the mondays
Andy Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Andy: Bear stearns. Lehman brothers. Aig. My summer at enron.
Andy Dark/Subversive Observational ★ Rewatch Erin · Michael: There's about 30 news alerts for 'nip slip'
Michael Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim · Michael: Did you murder someone? - Worse than that. - Oh, my god.
Jim Reaction Beat Observational Michael: But I work hard, I love this company, and for those reasons, I think I would make a good employee of the month
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: In approximately six hours, jim will get a phone call from david wallace. He will be fired.
Dwight Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael: Has it really been ten years?
Michael Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort Michael · Erin: To change lives. - No, michael, why would you promise that?
Michael: I've made some empty promises in my life, but hands down, that was the most generous.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dwight: I bet if you tried, you could grow the best beard of anyone in this office
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: I didn't mean any of those things I just said
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Dwight: In an ideal world, I would have all ten fingers on my left hand so my right hand could just be a fist for punching
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Erin: You didn't even hear it.
Erin Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Scott's Tots: Hey, Mr. Scott what you gonna do? Make our dreams come true?
Andy: So jim thought it would be ideal if we all pitched in a twenty
Andy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Principal: You are a dream maker
Principal Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Student: I just want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to go to college, educate myself, and become the next president obama
Student Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim: I did not. That was not. How come not?
Jim Cringe/Discomfort Reaction Beat Dwight: yeah, but in your perfect world, only you get money
Dwight Character Comedy Setup/Punchline Michael: But you know what's invaluable is intuition. You know what that is? That is the ability to know when something is about to happen.
Michael Character Comedy Misdirection ★ Rewatch Michael: Well, zion, I am not going to be paying for your tuition
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Some people have evil dreams. Some people have selfish dreams or wet dreams. My dream was in the right place.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: But you don't have to go to class to be in class
Michael: Which is rendered useless without batteries. And I have one for each of you.
Michael Absurdist Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: And I have one for each of you
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael Cringe/Discomfort Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Angela: Guys, I'm starting to think Pam's not even pregnant.
Angela Character Comedy Misdirection Dwight: Son of a bitch! Pam halpert.
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy Kevin · Kevin: Oh, really, from what, two to four? - yep.
Kevin Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Kevin: This is kevin malone. Is david there?
Kevin Character Comedy Escalation Kevin: Tell him I'm mad at Jim, 'cause he's asking us to give money to Pam.
Kevin Character Comedy Escalation Erin · Michael: It's about $1,000. Really. That's... That's over $200 a year.
David Wallace: Jim, I bumped you up because I thought you could make my life easier. If you can't do that, we're gonna have a separate discussion.
Michael: 15 lives. I destroyed 15 young lives today.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Erin: The principal told me that 90% of Scott's Tots are on track to graduate and that's 35% higher than the rest of the school.
Erin Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Erin: The principal told me that 90% of scott's tots are on track to graduate and that's 35% higher than the rest of the school
Erin Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: You know, when I hired kevin, he was actually applying for a job in the warehouse
Michael Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Ryan: I want to take jim halpert down. I want in.
Ryan Character Comedy Escalation Ryan: I found a copy of it in the copier tray.
Ryan Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Top Episodes — The Office
