
Character Analysis

Holly Flax
Played by Amy Ryan
89 jokes across 16 episodes of The Office
9.7
89
6.7
6.5
Character Comedy
Holly delivers 89 scored jokes across 16 episodes of The Office, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 on impact for a career WAR of 9.7. Their comedy leans toward character comedy. The highest-scoring line is below.
Funniest Holly Lines
Michael · Holly:In a tender moment where Holly is near tears about Nashua, Michael quietly says 'That's what she said.'
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'Michael, you cried at that tag line for a movie you made up. "He had no arms or legs. He couldn't see, hear or speak. This is how he led a nation."'
Michael · Holly:"Holly Flax, marrying me, will you be?" / "Your wife becoming, be will I."
Jim · Holly:Orville Tootenbacher, that's Michael's millionaire character that... Farts popcorn.
Dwight · Holly · Kevin:Dwight berates Kevin over the spreadsheet — Holly intervenes, defending him. Then Holly reveals she thinks Kevin is mentally challenged: 'He is mentally challenged. But he's doing a super job here.'
All Jokes — 179 total
Michael · Toby · Holly:Holly introduces herself; Michael: 'Oh hey, do you still work here?' to Toby
Michael · Holly:Michael to Holly: 'My job is to make the office fun, your job is to make the office lame. And we have an eternal struggle, you and I. And only one of us can be the winner. Spoiler alert... I'm gonna win.'
Holly · Michael:Holly to Michael: 'Yeah, I know what you mean. I nearly fell asleep when he gave me a tour of the files.'
Michael · Holly · Kevin:Michael tells Holly that Kevin is 'here on a special work program. He's slow, you know, in his brain.' Holly responds: 'Oh, good for you guys.'
Kevin · Holly:Kevin offers Holly M&Ms: 'I keep them here at my desk so that everybody doesn't take them.' Holly: 'Well, that is a very safe place for them.'
Holly · Kevin:Holly helps Kevin at the vending machine — he has 75 cents, she explains what he can get from the 'top row', and speaks to him with extreme patience
Holly:Holly explaining why she's on the floor: 'I tried to adjust the lumbar support on Toby's chair, and that made this up/down lever thing not work. And then I took the whole chair apart, and...that is the story of me on the floor. It's pretty good, right? I'm gonna sell the movie rights.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly do Yoda impressions while assembling the chair: 'Sit on floor and put together chair we will.' / 'Yo-da.' / 'Pass curvy metal piece you will.'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'So you can't make my orgy?' pause 'Kidding.' pause 'Acting!' Holly: 'Acting!' Both: 'Lovitz.'
Michael · Holly:Holly comforts Michael about Ryan; Michael: 'I'm holding it together. I have a business to run. I'm cool.' Holly: 'No, hey, stop. You can let yourself be upset. He's your friend.'
Dwight · Michael · Holly:Dwight has put a raccoon in Holly's car as 'playful hazing.' Holly runs away screaming; Michael: 'There is a raccoon in the car, Dwight!' Dwight: 'No, there's not.'
Kevin · Holly:Kevin drives his own car to the store. Holly is surprised. Kevin confirms: 'Yup, this is my car.' Holly: 'Do you drive your own car?' Kevin: 'Yep, just like you.' Holly: 'Okay, bye.' Kevin: 'Bye.'
Michael · Holly:Michael to Holly: 'Someday I would love to hear Beers in Heaven.' Holly: 'Oh, okay. Yeah.' Michael: 'Well, actually, too soon. It's...very sexual.'
Meredith · Michael · Holly · Pam:Meredith takes photo: 'Oh let's do it again. Pam, your smile is weird.' Pam: 'It's digital, so just take as many as you want.'
Holly:Holly's end-of-day talking head: 'Well, I can see Andy proposing to Angela. I can also see him proposing to Oscar. So...'
Michael · Holly:Michael spontaneously offers to go to the diner with Holly for pie: 'I'll go to the diner with you.' Holly: 'That would be great.' Michael: 'Yeah, we can go eat pie. I love pie.' Holly: 'Me too.'
Michael · Holly:Michael asks Holly to get dessert. Holly suggests the Glider Diner. Michael: 'I'll go to the diner with you.' Holly: 'I love pie.' Michael: 'Me too.'
Holly:Holly's goodbye: 'I gotta buckle him in.' (referring to her dog/pet in the car)
Kevin · Holly · Pam:Kevin asks Pam if she weighs 226 pounds. Holly awkwardly tries to cover. 'Math is hard.' 'Yeah.' 'Just... We'll, just keep going.'
Holly · Oscar:Holly suggests a yoga teacher as a romantic prospect for a coworker — 'He's a catch.' The coworker responds: 'Actually, I'm a lesbian.' Then immediately walks it back.
Oscar · Holly:Holly: 'I'm messing with you, Holly.' — Oscar catches her, and she immediately claims she knew: 'I knew that. Okay, bye.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly perform a joint rap: 'I'm MC Mike Scott and I am hot / She's DJ Jazzy Flax and she is the best / All the sucker branches can suck our fat / Wicka-wicka-wicka what?'
Oscar · Holly:Oscar, after the lesbian/yoga incident, quietly goes back to Holly: 'I don't know if your offer still stands or whatever, but you can give your yoga teacher my number.'
Dwight · Holly · Kevin:Dwight berates Kevin over the spreadsheet — Holly intervenes, defending him. Then Holly reveals she thinks Kevin is mentally challenged: 'He is mentally challenged. But he's doing a super job here.'
Michael · Holly:Michael shows off Pam's art (which we can see is a building sketch) to Holly: 'Oh. So rude of me. Have you seen Pam's new art? It's right there. Check it out.' — a long silence as Holly looks at it.
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'We should have a party and not invite them.' / 'Yeah. Let's go mini-golfing.' / 'Yeah?' / Holly: 'Oh, hey, could I have a rain check on the mini-golf? I actually have a date tonight.'
Michael · Holly:Michael enters in a half-inflated sumo suit as 'Michael Klump.' Holly calls it out: 'Because you're kind of doing Michael Klump.' / 'How do you know Michael Klump?' / 'Because it's your making fun of fat people character.' / 'How dare you! Michael Klump is a celebration of fat people.'
Michael · Holly:Holly and Michael debate whether 'I say, I say, I say, I'll sit on you' is Klump's catchphrase. Michael corrects her wrong version while demonstrating his own 'correct' version of the same thing.
Michael · Holly:Holly confronts Michael: 'Because you're kind of doing Michael Klump.' Michael: 'How do you know Michael Klump?' Holly: 'Because it's your making-fun-of-fat-people character.' Michael: 'How dare you! Michael Klump is a celebration of fat people.' Holly: 'I think of him as more like a monster.'
Holly:Holly's date was an 8.5 but she got a red wine stain on her favorite shirt. Three days later, no call. She has Counting Crows tickets for tonight.
Michael · Holly:Michael is asking Holly if 'that guy' called. He overheard her conversation with Oscar. Holly: 'And you know what? I even got two tickets to see the Counting Crows tonight as a surprise. Why do guys not call when they say they're going to call?' Michael: 'I don't know. I always call everybody back right away.' — pause — 'But he'll call back, though. Give him until the end of the day. He'll call. He'll call. If he doesn't, he is loco.'
Michael · Holly:Michael buys Holly's Counting Crows tickets from her and then asks if he can pay tomorrow because he has a $60 ATM limit.
Holly:Holly: 'I have to say, I think the problem with that whole thing... was that he was a complete stupid idiot.'
Holly · Ryan:Holly says 'without mentioning any names' about the fired corporate employee — Ryan is sitting right there
Ryan · Holly:Ryan's 'good speech' is him bragging about hooking up with a Survivor contestant lookalike
Holly · Employee:Debate over quiz wording: someone marked 'very strongly agree' instead of 'totally agree' and thought it sounded stronger
Holly:Holly: 'Can't set them up like that' — self-aware acknowledgment after 'this meeting' comeback
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'What was the dilemma?' — Michael: 'To tell you or not, and I'm glad I did. I feel very, very good and catharctic.'
Holly · Dwight · Jim:Holly challenges Dwight: 'Dwight, you've really never stolen any company time?' — Dwight: 'Never.' — Jim: 'You are a thief of joy.'
Michael · Holly:Michael praises Holly: 'You really pulled that one out. Classic, classic meeting.' Then immediately pivots to celebrating before she can address Meredith.
Holly:Holly: 'Ooh, ooh, reaching.' — critiquing Michael's 'mike-raculous' pun
Michael · Holly:Holly brings a packed lunch; Michael insists 'your food is no good here, my lady' — then immediately suggests they split the bill
Holly:Holly's response to splitting the bill: 'Ethical.'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'So you're from Des Moines? Wow, that sounds so warm.' Holly: 'In summer.' Michael: 'Here too.'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'You know what my favorite season is?' Holly: 'Maybe we should talk about Meredith first.' Michael: 'Yes. Yeah. Get the boring stuff out of the way. Autumn was what I was gonna say.'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'You have to tolerate a lot when you're part of a family.' Holly: 'It's not a family. It's a workplace.'
Holly:Holly's talking-head: 'It turns out being the morality police does not make you popular. I should know, because in middle school I was the hall monitor and the kids used to stuff egg salad in my locker. Yeah, I was just hoping middle school was over.'
Michael · Holly:Holly sits down — Michael: 'I don't know. Can you?' correcting her grammar
Meredith · Holly:Meredith walks in asking 'Am I getting fired?' at precisely the wrong moment. Holly: 'Now is really not the time, Meredith.'
Michael · Holly:Michael approaches Holly with 'Ahoy, matey!'
Michael · Holly:Michael tells Holly that Jan is 'incredibly fat and enormous right now, extremely unattractive' — then adds that he's treating Ryan the same way
Michael · Holly:Holly tries to check in on Michael emotionally and he snaps: 'I'm fine, weirdo. Such an HR weirdo. Try not to suck all the air out of there when you walk in.'
Holly · Michael:Michael, after Jan and baby leave, silently approaches Holly — long pause — then: 'You still going to be mean to me?'
Michael · Holly:Michael asks Holly out with a simple 'Want to go out?' Holly says 'Yes.' — then Michael's talking head: 'I didn't feel much when I held Astrid, but I got a good feeling from Holly.'
Michael · Holly:Holly says 'Yes' to going out with Michael — Michael's talking head: 'I didn't feel much when I held Astrid, but I got a good feeling from Holly.'
Holly:Holly responds 'Hell yeah.' to Michael asking if they're having sex tonight
Michael · Holly:I'm a crazy 8. I'm crazy. / You're crazy. Go crazy.
Holly · Michael:Do you think they can hear us? / Not if we turn these dials all the way down. / Now they can't hear us at all. / Good. We're totally alone.
Holly:Holly calls Michael a dork: 'You are such a dork!'
Holly · Michael:I never felt safe here. / You're always safe with me. I'm a very good screamer.
Michael · Holly:And one day, we're gonna move to Disney's celebration village in Florida and leave all of this behind. / I would very much like that.
Holly:Michael scored the big ticket item. Springsteen tickets. The boss scored the boss. I think that's pretty boss. He knows how to get things. He got me.
Holly:Holly's awkward camera look after Michael's 'Sorry. Twice. Right?' — implying she's been embarrassed by him twice already this morning
Holly:The Springsteen tickets seemed too good to be true. / But a lot of Michael seems too good to be true. / So far it's all true. / But yeah, those tickets really seemed too good to be true.
Michael · Holly:Michael has packed puzzles, string for cat's cradles, puppets, and a road-trip CD for a 7-hour drive
Michael · Holly:'Breaker 1-9, copy?' / 'Copy that, breaker! Those Duke boys are at it again.' / 'Hey, do not touch my radio.'
Holly:Holly's talking-head: The relationship dispute ended with Michael saying 'I asked you first,' then both saying 'first' simultaneously, then Michael saying 'Jinx' — and they never discussed who moves again
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly singing along to 'Life Is a Highway' at full volume during the road trip
Michael · Holly:Holly talking-head: 'This trip is longer than I thought.' Michael: 'Yeah, it did look shorter on the map.'
Michael · Holly:Michael realizes Holly was asleep and talking in her sleep; Holly says 'Was I saying anything interesting?' / 'Not really.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly pull off the highway looking for a B&B and find absolutely nothing — 'There's nothing out here, man.'
Michael · Holly:Holly is crying in the car; Michael asks if she has allergies; then asks 'Did Darryl touch you?'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'I've dated almost four women in the last...' / Holly: 'I dated four guys last year, too.' / Michael: 'Not last... No, in like the last 10 years I've dated almost four women'
Michael · Holly:Holly: 'Don't make it harder than it has to be.' / Michael: 'That's what she said.'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'Here's my wish: I want you to meet a great guy and I want you to be happy.' / Holly: 'Thank you.' / Michael: 'My wish has come true, incidentally, because you've met me and you are happy.'
Michael · Holly · Darryl:Holly decides to ride back with Darryl instead of staying — Michael has to put her things back in the truck
Holly:Holly: 'Nana Mimi can't be in canvas that long.'
Michael · Holly · AJ:Michael spots Holly with her boyfriend AJ and says 'We're just friends.' Then, upon seeing AJ: 'Wait a second. Who let you in here is what I wanna know.'
Michael · Holly:'I see they're letting just anybody in here.' (Michael to Holly, implying AJ specifically)
Michael · Holly · AJ:When Holly introduces AJ as her boyfriend, Michael says: 'A little bit. I meet a lot of people.'
Michael · Holly · AJ:Michael offering lemonade: 'Or one of you? Or both of you. Either or. The combinations are endless.'
Michael · Holly · AJ:Holly reveals she and AJ are designing a house together; immediately cut to Michael: 'I'm designing a chair.'
Holly · Michael:Holly remembers Michael's chair pants idea from before, indicating he's been developing this for some time.
Michael · Holly:Michael puts Holly down for a pair of chair pants, says 'All right, fatty. I will do it.'
Michael · Holly:'You guys are really gonna do this?' / 'You bet your fat ass we are.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly launch into their improv bit: 'Have ya hoyd the news? Extry, extry! Read all about it!'
Michael · Holly:Michael as a newsboy approaches a blind man (with sunglasses) and asks 'Are you blind?' then doubles down: 'Sir, with the glasses, are you literally blind? You might be in danger.'
Kevin · Michael · Holly:Kevin barges into the newsboy bit, joining in: 'Are... you... blind? Can you see things with your eyeballs?'
Michael · Holly:Michael reveals he planned to 'wing' the entire Dunder Mifflin history sketch; Holly responds: 'Crystal cool.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly brainstorming ideas for the sketch: 'Back to the Future' where they convince 'Dunder and Mifflin to go back in time to fix their parents.' Then 'Jaws': 'Dun-der, Dun-der, Dunder Dunder Dunder...'
Michael · Holly:'We haven't found our great idea yet.' / 'We're circling it.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly's sketch title: 'Slumdunder Mifflinaire!'
Michael · Holly:The game-show format of Slumdunder Mifflinaire: asking trivia about Dunder Mifflin's founding as if it's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Michael · Holly:Holly plays both Robert Dunder and Robert Mifflin with a brief moment of announcing herself, then: 'I'm Robert Dunder.' 'I'm Robert Mifflin.' Then Michael as narrator: 'Robert Mifflin had a great life. But unfortunately, had undiagnosed depression, which 9 million Americans suffer from, and is very treatable.'
Michael · Holly:The sketch reveals Robert Mifflin had 'undiagnosed depression, which 9 million Americans suffer from, and is very treatable.' — mid-comedy sketch PSA
Michael · Holly:The suicide question: 'For $250, how did he kill himself? A) A rope. B) A knife. C) A gun. D) Brushing his teeth!'
Michael · Holly:The Buffalo closing question: '$500,000 — is it A) Scranton, B) Buffalo, C) Utica, or D) Toothbrush?'
Holly · Michael · David Wallace:Holly answers the Buffalo question correctly because 'David Wallace told me!' — revealing she got the information in confidence and accidentally disclosed a branch closing to the employees at a picnic
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly's post-mortem on the sketch: 'There weren't any laughs.' / 'No, it was a tough audience.' / 'We wrote it specifically for this audience.'
Michael · Holly:'There weren't any laughs.' / 'No, it was a tough audience.' / 'But we wrote it specifically for this audience.'
Michael · Holly:Michael tells Holly: 'You guys should hit the road before... I close down another branch.'
Michael · Holly:Michael on the phone with Holly: 'Any nuns?' / 'Three nuns.' / 'Missionaries from South Africa.' / 'Were they in the missionary position?' — Holly laughs
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly phone conversation: 'We would have twins.' / 'I don't think we'd have kids. We dated for a few weeks.' / 'We would be married.'
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'Michael, you cried at that tag line for a movie you made up. "He had no arms or legs. He couldn't see, hear or speak. This is how he led a nation."'
Michael · Holly:Holly tells Michael that Ryan is taking advantage of him; Michael's defense: 'I think you are wrong.'
Erin · Holly:Erin refuses to help a woman carry boxes because she's waiting for 'my boss' pretty friend to arrive.' The woman IS Holly.
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly greet each other with an extended Three Stooges / Simpsons / Looney Tunes bit: 'Well, well, well, if it isn't Michael Scott, you old bastard!' 'Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!' 'D'oh!' 'Oh, Homey.'
Michael · Holly:'Oh, huggy monster!' 'Oh, not the huggy monster! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!'
Holly · Michael:Holly brought maple candy from New Hampshire but ate some on the drive. 'That's adorable.' The remaining candy is maybe six pieces.
Holly:Holly: 'It looks beautiful in here. Super-classy. It's like a party for limousine drivers.'
Holly:Holly on the 'classy' party decor: 'It's like a party for limousine drivers.'
Michael · Holly:Michael shows off his 'guns' (biceps). Holly: 'What kind of guns do you have? Six-shooter?'
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'Oh, and you have a Woody.' [Michael and Holly share a loaded look] Michael: 'Bah!'
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'You know who my favorite character in Toy Story is? Andy's mom.' Michael: 'Why?' 'Because without Andy's mom, there is no plot.'
Holly · Michael:Holly describes AJ finding Woody in her bed with a note: 'You've got a friend in me.' Michael: 'Really? That's creepy.' Holly: 'We live together.' Michael: 'Oh.'
Holly · Michael:Holly reveals Aj now sleeps in her bed with a note pinned to him reading 'You've got a friend in me.'
Holly:Holly's confessional: 'I guess there are just some people who you stay together with when you transfer, and some people you don't.' Beat. 'And I can be mature about that.'
Holly:Holly: 'Yet another opportunity where a blanket would have come in handy.' [callback to the Hello Kitty gift]
Dwight · Holly · Jim:Dwight argues that Jim's snowballs were dangerous and he intends to sue for 'acute psychological distress' — despite being the aggressor
Holly:Holly: 'Last time I was here, you were both best friends.' (About Jim and Dwight fighting)
Michael · Holly:Michael reveals decapitating Woody was 'part of the party' to make Holly jealous. Holly: 'You think this is funny?' Michael: 'I don't. But someday I think we will laugh about this... when we tell our kids...'
Michael · Holly:Michael reveals the Woody defacement was part of the party — a surprise. Holly: 'You think this is funny?' Michael: 'I don't. But someday I think we will laugh about this... when we tell our kids...'
Michael · Holly:Holly and Michael's confessionals intercut: Michael talking to the ceiling looking for Dwight; Holly's oblivious 'I don't think he's in the ceiling, babe.' 'I don't think any of us really know.'
Michael · Holly:Michael tells Holly a story about a woman who slipped on black ice, went into a coma forever, and 'every day her husband went and visited her in the hospital until she died.' Holly: 'That's a sad story.' Michael: 'Yeah, well, at least he was married.'
Michael · Holly:Michael re-gifts Holly the Hello Kitty laptop sleeve as his Christmas present to her, claims he got it at the mall, then is exposed by a fast food receipt from April
Holly · AJ:Holly covers for Woody's condition to AJ: 'I was making salad, and he fell right into the dressing. There was salad dressing all over him.' AJ: 'He smells awful.' 'It was blue cheese dressing. Great.'
Michael · Holly:Holly arrives — Michael tries to see if she has a ring by manufacturing an elaborate mitten handshake sequence: 'Those are so fuzzy and warm. Let me feel those... Put her there. Give me a good firm one... You're hired.'
Michael · Holly:Michael sees no ring on Holly's hand and realizes she's NOT engaged — 'Oh, I get it. Everybody knows about the ultimatum.' Holly: 'Yes, I told everyone.' Michael: 'Ha! Hey, right back at you, bitch.'
Michael · Holly · Kelly:Holly has a new phone; Michael does an elaborate E.T. bit to communicate with her. 'E.T. phone Holly. Holly like phone? Holly misses old phone.' Holly plays along. Kelly: 'Oh, God. Please stop.'
Pam · Holly:Pam asks Holly: 'Not even for a week to make him buy you a present?'
Michael · Holly:Michael sets up an apology meeting and says 'I thought there should be an HR rep here for this' — implying Holly being HR makes his apology to Creed and Kevin somehow need oversight
Holly:Holly alone, repeating 'we're gonna be just fine' until it stops sounding like words: 'Going to be just fine. Just fine, just fine, just fine.'
Michael · Holly:I just don't agree. / Well, you don't have to agree. / Yes, I do. / No, you don't. / Yes, I do. / No, you can have your own opinion... / I have my own opinion, and my opinion is to disagree with you.
Dwight · Holly · Erin:Stupid question. He went back to the office, obviously, which is that way. / Oh, really? You don't think he walked by that bakery just for the smell of it? / She's right. He went that way.
Holly · Dwight · Erin · Cell Phone Clerk:Cell phone store scene: Holly is 'just changing my cell phone plan' / clerk calls her 'Fanny Smellmore' / Holly realizes it's a fake name Michael used.
Jim · Holly:Orville Tootenbacher, that's Michael's millionaire character that... Farts popcorn.
Dwight · Holly:Where did he go, Holly? / I have no idea. / Do you see a little clown that you wanna follow, huh? Is there a little bird that's chirping to you, 'this way, this way.'
Holly · Erin · Dwight:Okay. Close your eyes. We need you to think. What is Michael seeing right now? / Can you tell him that we miss him? / Michael, we're coming for you! / Will you stop?
Holly:I can do this on my own. I can think like Michael. All right... I'm deep below the ocean's surface in a submarine. A torpedo's coming right at me. No. Damn it, that's just my own imagination.
Holly:Maybe he's bowling.
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly's extended goodbye: 'Okay, bye. Okay, bye. (both moan) I'll miss you. Miss you. Okay. I'll be in my office if you need me. Bye-bye. (kissing) Bye. Okay, bye. Bye. Bye. Okay. One more big one. Don't go. I don't want you to go. Let go. Don't go.'
Michael · Holly:Michael corrects Holly on 'scavenger hunt' vs 'treasure hunt': 'A scavenger hunt is where you find items from a master list. This is where you follow clues that lead to a prize. Common misuse. Good luck.'
Michael · Holly:Holly: 'But there's no clue.' Michael: 'Well, get to work.' Holly: 'I can't 'cause there's no clue.' Michael: 'The puzzle is the clue.'
Holly:Holly's talking head: 'He can put both his legs behind his head.'
Michael · Holly:Michael returns to the meeting room, claims he 'forgot to collect his things,' and Holly narrates: 'Ah, the old leave behind. Oldest trick in the book. Good thing it's working.'
Michael · Holly:Michael explains why he sits on Holly's lap: 'I don't sit on your lap because it's comfortable. I sit on your lap because I like the way your thighs feel on my butt.'
Michael · Holly:Michael tells Holly he loves her. They negotiate what kind of love: 'Do you mean you love me like, Hey, there's Holly, I love that girl, or do you mean you love me like you love me love me?' — 'I love you love you.' — 'You love me love me.' — 'I love you love you.'
Michael · Holly:Michael and Holly try not to touch each other in the hallway — almost touching, pulling away, groaning, 'Almost got you. No, so close.' — worse than the PDA.
Michael · Holly:Michael approaches Holly: 'Give me all your money and take off your clothes.' Holly: 'We're not supposed to PDA.' Michael: 'Come on. Nobody's looking.'
Michael · Holly:In a tender moment where Holly is near tears about Nashua, Michael quietly says 'That's what she said.'
Michael · Holly:Michael tries to break up with Holly on Valentine's Day mid-emotion: 'Holly, I love you so, so, so much. And I think that we need to break up. What? Actually, it's Valentine's Day. Shouldn't be doing this today. I'll talk to you tomorrow.'
Michael · Holly:Holly: 'It's got action. It's got heart. It's got symbolism. It's got you.' Michael: 'It's got a lot of me.'
Holly:Holly to Michael: 'I loved that you got to work together with all your friends. Isn't that so great when you can all work together like that?'
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'I'm not worried about that.' Beat. Michael: 'This is 11 years, okay?'
Michael · Holly:Holly: 'I'm real.' Michael: 'Yeah, you're a real pain in the ass.' Then immediately: 'And I'm sorry I called you a pain in the ass. I'm angry, and I love you.'
Holly · Michael:Holly interrupts Goldenface's origin story mid-sentence to tell Michael the movie IS good. Michael: 'No, no, it's not. But they really seem to be enjoying it.'
Todd Packer · Holly · Michael:Packer to Holly: 'Michael, I thought we were meeting Holly today, not Jennifer Aniston.'
Michael · Holly:Michael tells Holly that Packer is funniest after five shots and it also helps if she's had five shots. Holly: 'I already have.'
Holly · Michael:Holly's visible discomfort and confused reaction as Michael praises Packer's hiring in front of the whole staff
Oscar · Holly:Oscar and the others to Holly: 'Don't what's up us. You think you're so cute with your pretty blond hair. Pull it back.'
Phyllis · Holly · Pam:Phyllis: 'That's how he gets you to take off your panties.' Then Holly: 'Why are you nodding?' Pam: 'United front.'
Oscar · Holly:Oscar: 'We can't fire someone because we don't like him. Right. This isn't the U.S. government.' Holly: 'What are you referencing?' Oscar: 'Everything.'
Kelly · Holly:Kelly: 'He humped Michael.' Holly: 'Well, if that's the case, I guess I've got to be fired, too.'
Holly · Michael:Holly: 'He's not funny at all.' Michael: 'So I'm less funny than not funny at all?'
Michael · Holly:Holly to Michael after Packer leaves: 'I'm sorry about your friend.' Michael: 'No. He's an ass.' Holly: 'You are.' Michael: 'What are you, wicked smaht?'
Holly · Holly's Mom · Holly's Dad:Holly calls home and her father can't focus on the conversation — keeps referencing a TV program about India and forgetting Holly is in Pennsylvania
Holly:Holly's confessional about when to move a parent to care: 'If you wait for the day when your parent comes to you and says, "I can't take care of myself," that's never going to happen.'
Holly · Michael:Holly begins to propose to Michael — 'Michael Scott, will you...' — and Michael panics and shuts it down
Michael · Holly:Holly and Michael's garage sale results: 'Thirteen dollars. That's great. And still have most of our stuff? Good.'
Michael · Holly:Michael's tour of meaningful office locations: 'This is where Toby announced he was going to Costa Rica. It was the happiest day of my life until the day you came to replace him.'
Michael · Holly:Michael: 'I was sitting at this desk when I called you to tell you that I had herpes and that I was still in love with you, and you said it was over... But thank goodness none of that was true, including the herpes. Ingrown hair.'
Michael · Holly:Michael recounts the 'obesity awareness' meeting they co-ran: 'Saved a lot of lives that day. That's when you first met Michael Klump. "I say, I say, I'll sit on you."'
Michael · Holly:Holly: 'That's when you first met Michael Klump.' Michael: 'I say, I say, I'll sit on you.' (Both laugh)
Michael · Holly:Michael reminds Holly: 'Over there, that's where you realized that Meredith was prostituting herself for Outback steak. And you had the cutest look on your face because you couldn't believe it.'
Michael · Holly:Michael reveals a spot that's just... a window he'd stand at to stare at Holly. 'I would just find an excuse to come here so I could stare at you through that window. This is what I'd do.'
Michael · Holly:Michael's proposal: 'This is where I fell in love with you. And this is where I ask you to marry me.' — the candles spell out something, fire alarm goes off mid-proposal
Michael · Holly:"Holly Flax, marrying me, will you be?" / "Your wife becoming, be will I."
Michael · Holly:Michael calls Holly to confirm their town name and hears her voice doing a bit: 'Is something wrong? Are you okay?' Holly: 'No. Just needed to hear your voice.' Holly: 'Oh, you mean this?' [does a voice]
Holly:Holly (on phone): 'My mom's looking at me like she has no sense of humor. It's a joke.'