The Florida contingent puts the final touches on the new Sabre store, with Dwight preparing a theatrical presentation in his continuing bid to impress Nellie. Back in Scranton, a red-faced Andy arrives at work with a humiliating injury.
WAR
83.3
Wins Above Replacement
“Test The Store” ranks #160 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 83.9 — Elite. The episode packs 85 scored jokes at 3.6 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Dwight landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Meredith: Meredith: 'Can I please leave? I have a rape flute.'
Meredith Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Phyllis: Phyllis: 'Oh my God, I think I see the imprint of a ring pop.'
Phyllis Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Jim's presentation continues: 'When I was ten years old, my parents took me to Disney World. I cried the whole time. I was not able to comprehend the beauty that was before me. I just wanted to go home. This is what the pyramid will do for you. It is the bridge to the world.'
Jim Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toby: Toby's running commentary during Kelly's attack: 'Okay, this is what's called pre-violent posturing.' Then, after getting hit: 'Okay, I'm at what's called the decision point.'
Toby Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim, landing the product specs with the same gravity as his emotional confessions: 'It has a USB port. Wireless... will be available in 2013.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Standout Moments
Meredith: Meredith: 'Can I please leave? I have a rape flute.'
Meredith Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Phyllis: Phyllis: 'Oh my God, I think I see the imprint of a ring pop.'
Phyllis Setup/Punchline Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Jim: Jim's presentation continues: 'When I was ten years old, my parents took me to Disney World. I cried the whole time. I was not able to comprehend the beauty that was before me. I just wanted to go home. This is what the pyramid will do for you. It is the bridge to the world.'
Jim Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 85 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Dwight: Dwight's talking-head intro: 'I, Dwight Truth I'm in charge of the entire operation' — clearly a grandiose self-introduction undercut by the absurd mangled title
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Dwight · Erin: Erin admits she's afraid of falling off the chair while Dwight insists 'your tiny fingers make the best knots'
Erin: Erin breaks from her 'hipster Tabitha' cover identity to whisper to the camera: 'Psst. It's me, Erin.'
Erin Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Nellie: Nellie claims she was born in Basildon and 'until the age of 32, I talked like this' then does a thick working-class accent: 'which was bloody horrendous, innit?'
Nellie Character Comedy Misdirection Nellie · Unknown staff member: Nellie's escalating list of what's 'lower than dirt': 'Loam, magma, mantle, outer core, inner core'
Nellie: Nellie: 'I hit rock bottom. When I auditioned for the Spice Girls, I didn't even get a callback.'
Nellie Misdirection Character Comedy Nellie · Unknown: Someone asks 'Which Spice Girl?' and Nellie answers 'The black one. I never stood a chance.'
Dwight: Dwight's dossier on bloggers: 'Bloggers are gross, bloggers are obese. Bloggers have halitosis. You're gonna love 'em.'
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Ryan: Ryan: 'When people see this presentation, they're gonna [bleep] in their pants.'
Ryan Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight · Packer: Dwight assigns Packer as 'the sexual predator who has come to prey on the trendy teenage girls obsessed with the pyramid'
Packer: Packer's talking-head: 'Schrute's out to get me. But I'm playing the long game. As soon as he messes up, I swoop in like a sexual predator.'
Packer Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: Dwight: 'I want to create a sense of wonder and enthusiasm as if, at the end of ET, candy poured out of the screen.'
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Dwight: Dwight: 'Speaking of pimples, let's release the bloggers!'
Dwight Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Andy · Jim: Andy dismisses Jim mid-sentence: 'Don't care. Tell me later.' then immediately pivots to 'Listen, it's important. You've gotta hear this.'
Andy Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Meredith · Phyllis: Meredith overhears 'black eye' as 'black guy in the office': 'Hey, I was on the can. What's this about a black guy in the office?'
Oscar: Oscar: 'Since the interesting thing happened till now, so much time has passed, it's like my life is buffering.'
Oscar Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Andy · Pam: Andy's 'gang' story: motorcycles, weapons, 'punches were going, and I ducked a few, landed a couple'
Andy Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Erin: Erin's hipster persona mispronounces 'Zooey Deschanel' as 'Zoo-ey Desh-channel' and 'Coachella' as 'Couch-arilla Music Festival'
Erin Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Andy · Office workers: Andy desperately escalates against calling the police, citing 'neighborhood pride' and shouting his zip code: '1-8-5-0-5... Dash 7-4-2-7!'
Toby: Toby's reaction when asked to teach self-defense: 'Me?' — then a beat — 'I can't believe you remembered I do self-defense. Um, I'll go put on my cup.'
Toby Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Office ensemble: The office collectively cheering 'Yes! Okay!' when Toby agrees to teach self-defense
Blogger: Blogger spots Andy's untouched Sabre phone: 'He's got his Sabre phone on, and he's not even using it. This is a perfect photo for my Daily Fail blog.'
Blogger Irony/Sarcasm Setup/Punchline Dwight · Jim: Dwight frantically demonstrates how Jim should have used the phone: 'Hello. Hi, sweetie. It's Jim. I'm calling you from the new Arrowhead...' doing a Jim impression
Dwight · Jim: Jim offers: 'Maybe pretend to be Chuck?' and Dwight responds 'You could have pretended to be Chuck. I BEGGED you to pretend to be Chuck — but you chose to be yourself, and you can no longer be Chuck! Surrender the tripack.'
Dwight: Dwight trying to operate a camera/projector and failing: 'Point it towards the store, idiot!' and 'One of these buttons is— Damn it. Take over.'
Dwight Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Dwight · Erin: Dwight spots elderly visitors: 'The elderly suck the life out of the young. Get them out of here!' then instructs Erin to shoo them away by telling them the pigeon fountain is 'out behind the bank'
Toby: Toby's self-defense class: 'Strike, scream, and run.' Demonstrates — immediately injures someone. 'Ow.' 'That may have been my fault.'
Toby Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toby: Toby's 'I-a-a-t-g' acronym: 'It's all about the groin.'
Toby Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Dwight: Dwight (presumably): hypothetical of a '4'11" man who's penisless' as an attacker scenario — demanding Toby address this specific case
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Toby: Toby: 'Why are you fixated on this hypothetical transgendered attacker?'
Toby Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Andy: Andy's self-defense suggestion: 'Show us how to defend ourselves against a baby, and then like a fifth-grade girl, and then, if we have time, on up to a scary man.'
Andy Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Andy · Toby: Andy pivots to a 'point of view of the attacker' question — asking how an attacker can protect himself after getting sucker-punched — and Toby notes: 'It's interesting that you're drawn to the point of view of the attacker.'
Andy Toby Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Toby: Toby mentions 'The latest Chad Flenderman novel, based from the point of view of his nemesis, Dr. Lucifer Wu' as a comparison for perspective-switching
Toby Absurdist Character Comedy Dwight · Cathy · Patty Grossman: Cathy is introduced to 'fatty gruesome, freelancer for Wired Magazine' — actually Patty Grossman, who is a woman
Ryan: Ryan's pre-presentation meltdown: 'No bleep, Sherlock! Can somebody please tell me something encouraging before I go out there in front of a million people?'
Ryan Character Comedy Escalation Dwight: Dwight's attempt at encouragement: 'You just need to realize so much rides on this. You have no idea.' — then to camera: 'I'm trying to make him feel important.'
Dwight Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim improvises a Kelly impression to encourage Ryan: 'Oh, Ryan, you're so smart. You're smarter than Mark Zuckerberg and those Google guys all combined.'
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jim · Ryan: Jim's Kelly impression continues: 'You're so ignorant, you barely know what you're talking about. That's so ridiculous. You really need to read a couple of books.' Ryan: 'What's a book?'
Jim Ryan Character Comedy Absurdist Callback Dwight: Dwight tries to do the Kelly impression and it fails immediately: 'You can... You can do it, Ryan. And you know that I'm capable of this. You're the only one who can do it, s-sweetie.'
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Ryan · Unknown: Ryan's circular feedback loop: 'I would just fix that one—' / 'Oh, "fix" means you hate it! I knew it!'
Ryan · Jim: Ryan's drink order meltdown: 'Not red! Get me something yellow or green from a nearby store. Not red!' — standing there while Jim doesn't move
Ryan Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Toby: Toby, mid-self-defense class: 'Now, if your attacker is willing to defile a corpse, you better stop playing dead right away and just make it known that you're alive.'
Toby Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Mother · Andy · Office: A woman arrives claiming her daughter had an altercation with 'some fancy gentleman with a squeaky voice' — and points to Andy: 'That's him... The guy I hit.'
Andy · Girl's father · Girl: Andy's daughter and her father confront Andy at the office — revealing the 'gang' was a 12-year-old girl and her dad
Kevin: Kevin blurts: 'Poor Andy! First you got beat up by a gang, and now she kicks your ass?'
Kevin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Callback Mother · Pam: The mother: 'What about the lady you hit with a pine cone?' / 'There. That chubby one.' — pointing at Pam, who just had a baby
Girl: The girl apologizes: 'Sorry I kicked your ass in front of your "thin" girlfriend.' — with air-quotes on 'thin'
Girl Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Girl: Girl follows up: 'How 'bout we wait till next year after you have your kid?' — about Pam
Girl Dark/Subversive Escalation Callback Girl's father: Girl's dad: 'You know what? Tiffy's going to college.' — said as a final statement of dominance before leaving
Girl's father: Girl's dad: 'Friend of mine uses your paper. You do good work.' — to the Dunder Mifflin employees after everything
Toby · Andy: Toby: 'My ex-wife used to demolish me. No, there is shame in it, okay? We have to draw the line somewhere.'
Ryan: Ryan calls his uncle to get a Ritalin prescription: 'Hey, Uncle Lucas, it's your nephew, Ryan. I could use a prescription for Ritalin right now... I know you did one for Aunt Carol. Oh, so it's different because it's your wife? Well, that doesn't make any sense to me.'
Ryan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Dwight: Dwight pitches the remaining bloggers on Ryan: 'We got this young whiz kid — Ryan. He's like an even more handsome Bill Gates.'
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Ryan: Ryan calls his Uncle Lucas from the bathroom asking for a Ritalin prescription, referencing 'Aunt Carol' as precedent
Ryan Character Comedy Dark/Subversive Ryan: Ryan's text to Dwight: 'I'm sorry. I lied. I'm not in the bathroom. I can't do it. I need to see my mom. I'm going home.'
Ryan Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Elderly woman · Erin: Old woman at the store tells Erin she's searching for 'handsome men' after being redirected from the Sabre store, and expresses sympathy when told Erin was rejected by Andy: 'Someone rejected you? With that body and those bazongas?'
Elderly woman · Erin: Elderly woman to Erin: 'And you should forget your husband.' Erin: 'Well...' — the implication being that Erin's 'husband' (Andy) is not actually her husband
Dwight · Jim: Dwight pivots from Ryan's absence: 'As brilliant and creative as he is, he is nothing... compared to this guy!' — pointing at Jim
Jim: Jim: 'This is not the face of a performer. This is the face of a scary apparition you see before you die.'
Jim Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight · Jim: Dwight insists there's a costume for the presentation. Jim: 'A costume?' Dwight: 'Of course there's a costume!'
Dwight · Jim: Dwight hovering outside the changing room: 'Hurry up. Let me in. I wanna watch you get dressed. Did you find the eyeliner?'
Dwight · Jim: Jim: 'I'm not wearing eyeliner.' Dwight: 'You are wearing eyeliner, Jim.'
Dwight Jim Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim: Jim's presentation opening: 'Time. Space. Gender. There are no rules anymore. All boundaries are breaking down in the wake of the infinite future.'
Jim Absurdist Character Comedy Jim: Jim's presentation devolves into personal confession: 'I've been in a relationship that tore my heart apart without ever being able to accept that love drove the pain.'
Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim: Jim: 'When I was ten years old, my parents took me to Disney World. I cried the whole time. I was not able to comprehend the beauty that was before me. I just wanted to go home. This is what the pyramid will do for you. It is the bridge to the world.'
Jim Absurdist Misdirection ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim, landing the product specs with the same gravity as his emotional confessions: 'It has a USB port. Wireless... will be available in 2013.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim: 'You can play anything from Chuck to Cars 2.'
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Irony/Sarcasm Jim · Dwight: Jim catches Dwight's eye during the presentation and Dwight gives him a thumbs-up/encouraging signal — the absurdity that this is going well
Jim · Dwight: Jim appears to take a bow/finish the presentation — then Dwight hisses 'Psst!' from offstage and Jim realizes he missed something and returns
Dwight · Jim: After Jim's presentation: Dwight leads the team in celebration. Jim: 'Thank you very much.' Dwight: 'Okay, this isn't over. Let's stay focused, okay?'
Toby: Toby's self-defense callback to Andy: 'Little things can be dangerous. 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.'
Toby Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Unknown: Reaction: 'What is a tub of electricity?' — another character calls out Toby's nonsense advice
Unknown Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Callback Kelly: Kelly volunteers for the self-defense demonstration: 'I have had a lot of pent-up aggression. Thanks.'
Kelly Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Kelly · Toby: Kelly attacks Toby while yelling: 'You think you're so pretty! Well, you're not gonna be so pretty come prom time!'
Kelly Toby Character Comedy Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Toby: Toby's running commentary during Kelly's attack: 'Okay, this is what's called pre-violent posturing.' Then, after getting hit: 'Okay, I'm at what's called the decision point.'
Toby Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Toby: Kelly hits Toby in the eye: 'God! My good eye!' — Toby's reaction
Toby Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: Jim laughs at Toby being hit, then immediately claims he's laughing at 'something Cece did on the playground... yesterday... this morning.'
Jim Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Andy: Andy's talking-head defense of himself: 'You know why I got hit by girls? Because I stood up for others... Pam and Toby. You may want to ask yourselves, where were you when the girls came?'
Andy Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: Andy's final talking-head: 'Tough day. Yes. But I feel good. I put the office in their place, took a bunch of pain killers, drank half a bottle of wine, took my pants off. I just feel good!'
Andy Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Dwight: Dwight's final talking head: 'Tough day. Yes. But I feel good. I put the office in their place, took a bunch of pain killers, drank half a bottle of wine, took my pants off. I just feel good!'
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Nellie · Dwight: Nellie delivers the news to Dwight: 'Okay, I will be the first to admit it — we could have integrated more Chuck into the presentation. Dwight. You're the Vice President.'
Dwight: Dwight's celebration erupts into wordless physical comedy: 'Ha ha ha ha! Yeah! Okay! Come on! Aah! Right on! Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam! Boom!'
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