23 things on ‘The Office’ you’ve never noticed before

The Office is truly the show that keeps on giving.

Though the NBC comedy has been off the air since 2013, the discussion surrounding it is still very much alive. To this day, fans keep finding new, hilarious Easter eggs in the show.

The more than 750,000 diehards who come together on r/DunderMifflin to chat about the program are experts at pointing out the hidden details they pick up mid-rewatch. 

We’ve compiled 23 of the best. Find out how well you really know your stuff.

1. David Wallace *also* has a world’s best boss mug

If you thought Michael Scott was the sole best boss in the world, you’re wrong! At least according to the desk mugs …

Turns out David Wallace, chief financial officer of Dunder Mifflin, has a World’s Best Boss mug on his desk, too. It’s visible in the Season 2 episode, “Valentine’s Day.” It’s black and has a more obnoxious font than Michael’s. It’s unclear whether David Wallace bought his own mug.

2. Michael uses his own brand of salad dressing

In the second episode of Season 4, Michael and Jan are chatting about ageism in his office while eating salads. Everything seems normal until you look closely: The salad dressing on the table is Michael Scott’s own personal brand, “Great Scott.”

The jar is adorned with a homemade label featuring Michael’s face and a bowl of salad. Thanks to a deleted scene from the previous episode, “Fun Run,” we know all about it. 

“What do I look like to you, Paul Newman? That’s actually not a good example, because I have been compared to a young Paul Newman, my eyes and my face. And I make my own salad dressing,” Michael says in the deleted scene, which starts around 4:10. “I mix Newman’s Ranch with Newman’s Italian. Sell it at flea markets for a slight loss. I could make … I could make a profit if I changed one of the ingredients to Wishbone, but I won’t do it.”

3. That Dunder Mifflin Newsletter was trolling us

In Season 1, Episode 4, viewers get a glimpse of an old Dunder Mifflin Employee Newsletter. The Easter egg lies within the text.

In a classic move, the people writing the words didn’t take the time to crank out a full article. Rather, they wrote a bit of sensical information followed by absolutely anything.

“Welcome to yet another exciting edition of the Dunder Mifflin Employee Newsletter,” the article begins quite reasonably. But by the second paragraph, things get meta.

“As anybody can easily tell, this newsletter doesn’t really have a lot to say. It’s really just a prop to fill some space and sort of look like a newsletter without really being much of a newsletter at all … In fact, at times we can probably get away with not using real English words, such as kjgavbiwiwpo…”

This isn’t even the only time The Office writers did this. Now you know!

4. Jim signs Meredith’s pelvis cast “John Krasinski”

Remember when Michael hit Meredith with his car and she had to get a cast on her pelvis? John Krasinski does! Because in Season 4, Episode 3, he signed it … as himself, not his character Jim Halpert! Whoops.

5. Stanley’s resolution was, um, telling

In “Gossip,” the first episode of Season 6, Dunder Mifflin Scranton learns Stanley’s been cheating on his wife, Teri, with some woman named Cynthia. In Season 7, Episode 13, it’s crystal clear that hasn’t changed. Stanley’s resolution card literally says, “To be a better husband and boyfriend.” Boy, have you lost your damn mind?

6. Oscar’s drinkin’ prop wine

Oscar was so excited to drink the wine in Season 8, Episode 12, no one realized the prop label was still on the bottom of the bottle. If you pause the episode you can clearly see a piece of tape with the word “Oscar” on that bottle of, um, Chateau Galmon?

7. Michael keeps his broken plasma on the wall for a while

Michael and Jan broke up after all hell broke lose in the Season 4 episode, “Dinner Party,” but he held onto a key reminder of his ex well into Season 5.

In “Dream Team,” Pam visits Michael’s place to start the Michael Scott Paper Company, and his pride and joy — the mini plasma TV Jan shattered by throwing a Dundie Award at it — is still mounted on the wall. The most hilarious part of the situation? Michael clearly got a new television, which he placed directly under the broken flatscreen, neglecting to trash the old one. 

Could it be he wasn’t ready to let go — or that Jan mounted it on the wall and he had no idea how to take it down? We may never know.

8. He then attempts to sell the broken plasma

Finally, in “Garage Sale,” Episode 19, of Season 7, Michael is finally ready to part with his tiny broken plasma. But rather than throw it out, he attempts to SELL IT at the warehouse garage sale. Come on, dude.

9. Return of the clown art

Speaking of that warehouse garage sale, another familiar object was for being sold: That creepy clown painting that used to be stuck to the walls of Jim and Pam’s house (aka, Jim’s parent’s old house). Wonder how they finally got it off the wall …

10. Bob Vance was possibly a marketing genius

Any fan of The Office knows that Phyllis’ husband, Bob Vance (of Vance Refrigeration), loves to plug his business whenever he gets the chance. 

But one theory considers the idea that Bob Vance wasn’t simply trying to market Vance Refrigeration to Dunder Mifflin employees — instead, perhaps he was constantly repeating his company name for the cameras filming the Dunder Mifflin documentary in hopes that if the footage ever aired it’d be free advertising. Genius.

11. Michael ate tiramisu from the trash

This one’s kind of a long story, but in Season 5, Episode 10, Jim gives Pam a piece of tiramisu as a peace offering after going out to lunch with Michael.

Pam rejects the offering and throws the tiramisu away, but in a later scene we see Michael eating a piece of tiramisu at his desk. Though some speculate Michael also brought tiramisu back from the restaurant, he’s seen walking into the office alongside from Jim empty-handed and even claps at a joke.

Michael later takes a shot at Pam, scolding her for throwing away “perfectly good tiramisu” just because it has a hair on it, so all signs point to him digging Pam’s dessert out of the trash.

12. This extremely deep paper clip find

In Season 5, Episode 1, Michael introduces Pam to the office’s replacement receptionist, Ronnie, via video chat, explaining that Ronnie is unable to find “those little colored paper clips” he likes so much.

Somehow, an Easter egg mastermind discovered that Jim and Pam’s license plate, CHD-0032, is the model number for those clips Michael likes. (If you Google the plate number, they come up.) 

13. Jim’s title in Stamford was “Assistant Regional Manager”

Dwight spent season after season begging for the title “Assistant Regional Manager” instead of “Assistant to the Regional Manager,” and all Jim had to do to get it was transfer to the Stamford branch. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

In Season 3, Episode 6, Jim falls asleep at his desk, and we get a peek at that nameplate, baby!

14. Creed’s fake name is the actor’s real name

In Season 4, Episode 4, Creed Bratton — the character on The Office played by actor Creed Bratton — explained that whenever he gets into financial trouble, he transfers his debt to a man named “William Charles Schneider.” Turns out William Charles Schneider is actor Creed’s real name, and there’s a good chance that’s his real passport.

15. Michael’s wallet looks like a ’90s DIY project

Does Michael Gary Scott carry around a bedazzled wallet? That’s absolutely what it looks like…

16. Jim wears a wig in Season 3

John Krasinski’s received some feedback on Jim’s floppy hair over the years, but if things looked a little off in Season 3, it wasn’t his fault.

Krasinski had to cut his hair short for his role in the film Leatherheads, which gave him no choice but to wear a wig during the last six episodes of The Office‘s third season. Krasinski further explains his hair challenges in this interview starting at around 2:15.

17. St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were lit

Season 6, Episode 19 is dedicated to St. Patrick’s Day, and the office really goes all out. For example, did you notice Michael has an Italian flag on his desk instead of an Irish one, or that they dyed the water in the community water cooler green? LOL.

18. Andy’s Call of Duty username is extremely Andy

Viewers get a glimpse of Andy playing Call of Duty in Season 3, Episode 5 of the show. If you look closely you’ll see his username is a very fitting “Here Comes Treble” — named after his college a cappella group, who we later hear about in the Season 9 episode, “Here Comes Treble.”

19. Creed possibly has a mugshot hanging at his desk

Does Creed casually have his mugshot hanging above his desk? Honestly, we wouldn’t put it past him.

20. Jim’s last name is misspelled on his wedding sign

Congrats to Pam Beesly and Jim HalpRET on their wedding. Was this a typo or an intentional joke? We can’t keep track anymore.

21. Wait, who is that?

You know when TV shows like actors so much they bring them back to play other roles in the future? How about when they replace a character with a different actor and expect viewers not to notice or to be totally fine with it? The Office is guilty of doing both of those things.

Dwight’s nephew in the show’s final season was also an extra in Season 7’s “WUPHF.com” episode. Elizabeth, the stripper hired throughout the course of the show, appeared in the “Ben Franklin,” “Fun Run,” and “Finale” episodes, yet each time none of the characters remember her. Andy’s parents and Pam’s mom were recast throughout the series. And Dwight hired Devon, the employee Michael fired in Season 2, back in the finale.

22. John Krasinski shot the opening Scranton footage

This one’s less of a “did you notice?” and more of a “did you know?” but John Krasinski, the man you know and love as Jim Halpert, is semi-responsible for the iconic Office intro. According to TV Guide, Krasinski shot scenes from the opening credits sequence while on a research trip.

23. There’s a nod to the UK version of the show

What would the U.S. version of The Office be without a reference to the UK version of the series? 

The address of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton office is 1725 Slough Avenue, Scranton, PA, which is special because there’s a town in the UK called Slough, where the UK version of the show just so happens to take place. 

And that’s not all. When you search in the Scranton branch’s address in Google maps it shows Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Company, the building that’s featured in the intro footage, and Poor Richards Pub, the Dunder Mifflin employees’ go-to place for Happy Hour.

So there you have it, fans. The writers, cast members, and show runners of your favorite comedy were even more clever than you realized. Now it’s time to re-watch the show and see if you can spot any other hidden treasures.