Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character on NBC's The Office , played by Steve Carell and based on David Brent from the original English version of the program. Michael is the central character of the series, serving as Scranton's Regional Manager of the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin Inc. from season 1 to 7. However, he left Dunder Mifflin to temporarily form Michael Scott Paper Company with Pam and Ryan during the end of the 5th season and shared a co-managerial position with Jim Halpert during the 6th season arc of "The Meeting" to "The Manager and the Salesman". At the end of the 7th season, he proposed to HR Holly Flax's representative and moved to Colorado to care for aging parents, leaving manager's position for Deangelo Vickers in "Goodbye, Michael", for Andy Bernard in season 8 after Vickers became a dead brain, and finally to Dwight Schrute in season 9.
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Casting
All original series characters have been customized for the US version. NBC programmer Tracy McLaughlin suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor refused. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk are also reported to be interested. In January 2004, Variety reported Steve Carell from the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart , was in talks to play the role. At that time, he's already committed to another NBC midseason substitute comedy, Come to Papa . Since Carell is unavailable, Bob Odenkirk was selected as Michael Scott and is part of the player presented to NBC executives. However, Come to Papa was quickly canceled, allowing Carell to commit to The Office . Carell later stated he only saw about half of the original pilot episodes of the British series before he auditioned. He does not keep watching for fear that he will start copying Gervais characterization. In the audio commentary of The Pilot episode, director Ken Kwapis said that Carell's unfamiliarity with the English version of The Office and their experience working together on Watching Ellie affects the cast as Scott.
Two supporting roles in the film helped to get the attention of the audience: Bruce Omnipotence, in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), who gets a funny hit while accompanying the news. In Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy , Carell plays another news personality, as a lover of slow weather, Brick Tamland. Although the series premiered for mediocre appraisals, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of the 40-Year-Old Virgin movie Carell , and the event later became a successful ranking. Carell won the Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award in 2006 for his role. He also received Emmy nominations in 2006, 2007 and 2011 for his work in this series. Though the 40-year-old Virgin was a surprising success, Carell revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he had no plans to leave the Office . However, at the BBC Radio 5 Live Film Review, he stated in an interview that his time on the show might end after his contract expires after Season 7. This was later confirmed on June 28, 2010, when Carell confirmed that his seventh season was to be the last after his contract with NBC ended.
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Character, Arc, and Backstory Information
Biography
Michael's hometown is also Scranton, Pennsylvania. The date of birth is March 15, 1964, as given in "Michael's Birthday" and "Dream Team". His full name is Michael Gary Scott, as said in the episode "Double Date". He came from a relatively difficult childhood lonely, describing to Jan Astrid's son that he would be able to survive without having a father figure because he was in that position as a child. In "Diversity Day", Michael claims to be of British, Irish, German and Scottish descent. He also claims to be two-fifteen Native Americans. He has mentioned his stepfather, Jeff, whom he hates. In "Nepotism," it was revealed that Michael had his half-brother, from whom he was exiled from 1995 to 2010. As a consequence of their reunion, Michael hired his nephew, Luke, as an apprentice for the post, but ended up dealing with the incompetent. and harsh Luke and finally hit him in front of the office, causing Luke to cry and stop.
In the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Michael makes a claim that he is a child star on a children's show called Fundle Bundle ; However, it became clear that he only appeared on the show as one of the many guest children who usually watch from home. In the old tape he played, he talked touchingly about what he wanted when he grew up: married, had "100 children" so he could have "100 friends" and none of them could say no to be his friends. Michael did not attend college, lost all his school fees in a pyramid scheme.
He was hired as a salesman at Dunder Mifflin in the 1990s, where he proved very effective. Dwight praised her in the deleted scene of "The Coup" for winning consecutive awards for the best sellers. In "Two Weeks", he claims to have acquired half of the Scranton branch client base. In "The Client," he impressed his past manager, Jan Levinson-Gould, by himself acquiring important clients through a rather unorthodox method. Both Pam Halpert and Ryan Howard were impressed by him for selling and negotiating their contracts while working at The Michael Scott Paper Company. Even Jim Halpert admits that he might never be a salesman as good as Michael in "Koi Pond".
During a brief conversation in "The Fire," Michael tells Ryan that he became a salesman because he loves to be friends and, after being promoted to regional manager at a young age, continues to treat work-related relationships that he admits is more difficult because his co- his colleagues are all lower than he in the workplace hierarchy. He seems to have little relationship outside the office. In his interactions with other characters, he is superficial, unfeeling, unconcerned and does not know basic social norms. He tends to exaggerate his own interests in the eyes of his co-workers and can not understand why they do not seem to be having fun at work, because he believes an office to be "the place where dreams come true." However, Michael is rather loyal to the company and honestly â € <â €
Michael's constant desire to be the center of attention often manifests itself in selfish behavior. For example, when he burns his feet in "The Injury", he expects Pam and Ryan to take care of his needs, even though Dwight's concussion is much more serious. When invited to be an introduction to "Phyllis Wedding," he assumed that his participation would be the highest point of ceremony and pout when he was defeated by Phyllis's elderly father, who ultimately gave a contemptuous and too intimate rebuttal that made him forbidden. from the reception altogether. His desire to be liked often leads him to make unwise decisions or improper promises without considering the consequences, only to retreat when they produce an unwanted blow. Michael seems to emphasize the moments of sympathy or modesty directed against him by his co-workers (mostly Jim) and increases their importance to keep up with his loneliness.
Michael is not responsible with his finances, and at one point heavily in debt he has to take a second job as a telemarketer. Oscar graphs Michael's shopping habits and scolds him for spending too much money on "no-one" things like some magic sets and professional bass fishing gear. Finally, Michael is forced to declare bankruptcy (which he thinks only needs to stand up and shout, "I declare bankruptcy!")
Due to lack of common sense, Michael can withstand the significant harassment of his friends and often become a joke. He is quickly offended when he realizes that he has been harmed and his response is often disproportionate to his losses; he would tend to unintentionally offend people, but would usually sincerely apologize on the rare occasion that he realized he had inadvertently insulted someone, the most prominent example in the "Gay Witch Hunt" when he wept when he realized he using the term "faggy" "Hurt the feelings of Oscar.Although in general he does not care about criticism, ridicule and sarcasm, Michael has some limitations to his patience, and goes to question the level of offense that he really admits (demands professional rewards from Stanley Hudson in "Am I Stammering?" Or stand up to the employee who supports Holly in "Business Ethics").
In "The Meeting," it was shown that Michael was not aiming for the repair of his employees or his own, thinking that this would put his work in jeopardy; he unknowingly rejected the promotion that would put Jim in his position, chose the status quo over his employees' ambitions, and sabotaged Jim with bad recommendations because he mistakenly believed that Jim's promotion of his work would lead to his dismissal. He, however, admits to a co-managerial position with Jim to avoid losing him.
Interests
Michael's slogan is "That's what he said!", A sexually suggestive dual meaning he uses even in the most inappropriate circumstances, including business meetings and legal deposition. Michael found the phrase so unbearable that in "Sexual Harassment" he was provoked to say it was only seconds after Jan Levinson and a Corporate lawyer specifically asked him not to.
He has various interests in the media. The writing of a song parody is often mentioned: in "Goodbye, Toby", he links the titles of his two songs, "Beers in Heaven" and "Total Eclipse of the Fart", before singing the song "Goodbye Stranger" as leaving a gesture to Toby. He parodies about "The Chanukah Song" to reflect Diwali's celebrations that invite Michael to Michael. In the Dream Team, he appears with "Achey Breaky Fart" and "My Stumps" during brainstorming exercises. He hopes to complete the production of his script video, "Threat Level: Midnight", whose script is found and read by the office and whose final film (after ten years of production) is seen in a seven-season episode of the same name..
He liked the style of Meryl Streep theater, described it in "The Job" as "best actor", and imitated his character from The Devil Wears Prada after watching the movie. He worships Wikipedia and YouTube, though he does not seem to really understand how they work and trust them to become a news media organization. Michael also likes Billy Joel, Mean Girls, Million Dollar Baby, Die Hard , What a girl wants , and television series like ALF , Entourage , The L Word and Queer as Folk . Michael tends to be a bit "behind" when it comes to references to popular culture, such as when he refers to his boyfriend's young boyfriend Jan as "James Van Der Beek" or in many ringtones, including "My Humps," "Mambo Number Five" and "Salt N Pepa."
He seems to have a history of playing ice hockey and shows his talents on "Michael's Birthday", and mentions in "Dream Team" that in high school, after his math teacher tells him that he will fail, he goes out the next day and "scores more goals than anyone in the history of the hockey team. " He also invited potential clients for the "Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins" game. On several occasions, Michael has also expressed interest in basketball even though he is very bad at it (in "The Fire", "Basketball" and "Goodbye, Michael"). Michael is a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and dislikes New York Mets. It appeared in episode 6 season 1, when he made a phone call with Jan Levinson-Gould. He has been shown wearing a Pittsburgh Pirates hat.
Other interests include a pair of Levi's which he calls "delightful jeans," which are professionally dried and possibly institutionalized on Fridays Friday, according to Pam, in "The Convention", a self-purchased "World's Boss" cup. he buys at Spencer Gifts, that he has a duplicate, and a Chrysler car. He drove Sebring's 2004 silver convertible for the first three seasons until he traded it with Jan's Volvo for the Porsche Boxster together in the episode "Money". After their relationship, he drove a convertible PT Cruiser and then Sebring's new model as an advantage of purchasing Michael Scott Paper Company to Dunder Mifflin in "Broke". Michael likes to plan a fantasy entrepreneurship scheme he wants to start, like a men's shoe store called "La La Shoes", or another paper company called "Michael".
Personality and management style
Despite his remarkable skill, Michael has no skills, management, or other. Co-manager Jim Halpert once made a color chart of how Michael spends his time: 80% "distracts others," 19% "delays," and 1% "critical thinking," adding that he increases the percentage of "critical thinking" can see it in the graph. His relaxed approach often results in lower-than-expected workplace productivity, especially when Michael places his personal interests as a priority for work (such as birthdays, birthdays of others, or various seminars). In order not to be disciplined for his foolish actions, Michael often took the risk to scapegoat the employee to cover himself. Although his actions often cause more problems for his employees, Michael believes that Scranton is "a cool and fun branch... like Animal House ," and is really upset when the top seller from Utica's office is fouling Scranton in phone call by saying it was "worse than Camden".
Although his position as Regional Manager gives him extensive decision-making authority on branch operations, he often places that responsibility beyond his desire to befriend his employees. On the other hand, it also exceeds its authority by organizing events not approved by the Company, such as The Dundies and liquor cruises.
It is revealed in the episode "The Duel" that, although Michael is incompetent, Scranton's branch is the best-performing company branch, way ahead of Utica and Nashua. Michael was summoned to the Corporate to answer the question, "What are you doing right?" After a few minutes of rambling Michael, his boss acknowledged that while Michael was really doing something right, they probably would never know exactly what it was. They sent him on a lecture tour for Michael to spread his wisdom; on the contrary, he wastes time and harasses the workers who have to listen to his nonsense.
Despite his obvious dislike, Michael is vulnerable to a brief attack of surprising insight and proves to have a good heart when he shows deep affection, like the family against most of the people who work for him in the Scranton branch. The staff initially found Michael annoying but he grew up on them and given an emotional goodbye during his last days in Scranton. In the episode of "Broke", Michael displays self-awareness of his inability to keep secrets when he, Pam and Ryan all agree not to let Dunder Mifflin know that the Paper Company of Michael Scott goes bankrupt, but moments later he is seen bending and in near panic when he admits that he's afraid he will not be able to stop himself from letting the truth slip. Later in the same episode, he showed off his amazing ability to negotiate with Dunder Mifflin and convince the company to recruit himself and Pam and Ryan back with full benefits.
In the episode of "Murder", Jim tries to confront Michael for wasting time when he has staff participating in a mystery-killing role play. However, he was confronted by a very serious and violent Michael, who demanded, "let alone [the staff] have this game". Jim then realizes Michael is actually trying to distract staff from the possibility of losing their jobs after a news article hinted at Dunder Mifflin going bankrupt, and trying to protect their unhappy happiness a little longer before rumors of bankruptcy become real.
In the episode "Business School", Michael is one of several employees of Dunder Mifflin who appeared at the Pam gallery show. Unlike Oscar and his girlfriend Gil, who appeared and was critical of Pam's (intercepted Pam) pictures, Michael immediately admired his work and asked to buy a picture of their office building. In a moment of genuine kindness, Michael told Pam that he was very proud of her. Pam started crying and hugged Michael, who seemed to be touched by her reaction, too. During the "Seminar", Michael suggested young Andy Bernard to move on and start selling at Andy's hosting seminar, to increase his sales slump.
While Michael's habit of joking and treating professional colleagues as personal friends is often not appropriate for management, they, along with encyclopedic knowledge near the paper industry, are very effective when used to sign clients, as seen in "Clients" and "Heavy Competition." In " Initiation, "Pam balks at sugar-induced sugar calls for local businesses, but then realizes that her stupid conversation (including Bill Cosby's replication) helps secure big sales for Dunder-Mifflin. He remembers people through word associations starting with nicknames such as "bald" and "fat" which, while offending the individual concerned, works to his advantage. Although he was not successful in using his sales method as a telemarketer in "Money", his social interactions with colleagues showed that he would become a more popular presence in peer offices compared to subordinates.
It seems clear that Michael loves Dunder Mifflin very much, but he also shows signs that sometimes he feels less appreciated, given his long history with the company. In the episode "The Negotiation," Michael finds that he earns a little more money than Darryl, the warehouse manager, although by then he has worked for the company for 14 years and is in a management position. Later in the episode he drove to New York and demanded a pay raise from Jan at the company headquarters.
In the episode of "The New Boss", after Dave Mario's CFO David Wallace fucked Michael's call all day and Michael's 15th birthday party was canceled by Michael's new boss Charles Miner, Michael went to New York to confront Wallace. Citing the long history of service with the company and his many sacrifices to Dunder Mifflin, Michael requested that he be treated more respectfully. Wallace, seeing the sincere openness of Michael, promised Michael his party and a promise to attend as well. But Michael surprisingly admits that the CFO just cheered him up, and surprised Wallace by quitting his job.
Relationships
Michael tends to exaggerate the importance of his employees, but despite the frequent mention of some of them, he has a close bond with them. Most employees have been the focus of Michael's jokes at one point or another, usually referring to their race, sex, size, attractiveness, or sexual orientation. Examples of Michael's difficult relationship with his staff include being slapped by Kelly for being racist, hitting Meredith in his car, getting kicked out of Phyllis and Bob's wedding, and spending an Oscar all over the office without his permission. They are, however, generally sympathetic to their shortcomings and, while regularly losing patience as he disrupts their workflow, often try to help him with his personal problems.
Michael's relationship with the corporate warehouse employees is strained. He has a tendency to disrupt the flow of their daily work, and in a talk head interview, warehouse supervisor Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) explains that they can never make a year-old accident free due to Michael's antics. CFO David Wallace tolerates Michael's antics because he values ​​his loyalty to the company, but Michael allan CEO Allan and other executives during their only meeting with them.
Although many employees of Dunder Mifflin at first could hardly tolerate Michael, they gradually grew to appreciate his sincere intentions, sometimes even coming to seek entertainment in his humor and sophomoric behavior; this transition is very real in Pam Halpert, with which he eventually develops true friendship. His co-worker was very excited when Michael found his soul mate at Holly Flax, participated in his romantic appeal and proved emotional when he left Scranton to be with him. Jim Halpert even cried when he called Michael "the best boss he ever had."
Dwight Schrute
Dwight greatly respected Michael, saw him as a model for success, and was glad when asked to handle whatever task he was given, no matter how bad it was. Though on the surface, Michael usually seems to underestimate Dwight and generally sees him as a sucker, he is really hurt and angry at several times when Dwight has been deceiving him, just as when Dwight went over Michael's head to compete with his manager. work or when Dwight refused to reveal the secret of the office to the new company Michael, the Michael Scott Paper Company. In the episode "Heavy Competition" Season 5, Dwight stole Michael's Rolodex and found his own card, behind him, Michael wrote (before leaving Dunder Mifflin): "Dwight Schrute, tall, bit". Michael also cares how Dwight feels about him. After Michael defeats Dwight in his own dojo, Michael discovers that Dwight no longer wants Michael as his main contact in an emergency that caused Michael to promote it from "Assistant Regional Manager" to "Assistant Regional Manager", with a three-month trial period. Dwight told Michael in Season 6 that Michael's miserable career path hurt Dwight and he regretted working for him instead of taking a quick job at Home Depot, but they buried their differences later on. When Deangelo Vickers arrives to become the new Branch Manager, Dwight is depressed that he does not get a job after Michael recommends it, only to learn from Gabe that Michael does not recommend it. At first Dwight is angry with Michael, but they make amends when Michael gives him a letter of recommendation on his last day on Dunder Mifflin. They ended the day with a paintball war behind the building. At the end of the series, Michael was the best man at Dwight's wedding after Jim set it up.
Ryan Howard
Michael has a one-sided mancrush on Ryan, which makes Ryan uncomfortable. An example is when Michael gave Ryan $ 400 iPod for a Santa Secret Secret Christmas staff, despite his approved office limit of $ 20 per person, and when in "The Dundies", Michael gave Ryan the "Hotest at the Office" award. Michael appears to see Ryan as an idolized friend, just like when he grew a beard just because Ryan also grew one, and as a son, who he said he looked at Ryan as in "Secret Santa". In "The Deposition", a page from Michael's diary reveals he describes Ryan as "as hot as Jan, but in a different way." He feels horrified when he finds out about Ryan's arrest for cheating, and much criticism of David Wallace, he hired Ryan despite the fact that he was fired by the corporate office for his crimes. He later earns Ryan's respect when Ryan sees Michael's talent as a salesman over the phone. In Prince Family Paper, Michael admits that his heart has misled him before, calling Jan and Ryan an example of this. In Season 7, Michael shows his entire relationship with Ryan: he invests heavily in WUPHF.com and will not agree to sell his majority stake when it is clear Ryan is not able to save business from bankruptcy, though Ryan exploits Michael's good intentions in their friendship to maintain survival his business. But Ryan was stunned when Michael later called his negative qualities and confirmed that Ryan had only nine days without space before he failed everyone. Michael was then relieved when Ryan sold the project and everyone got their money back. Ryan then appears as part of the group to help Michael brainstorm a perfect proposal for Holly.
Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly (later Halpert)
Michael does not hesitate to praise or criticize Pam for his performance and he often mentions her breasts. In the episode "Diwali" Michael mistakenly thinks that he and Pam have a connection, and were rejected when he tried to kiss her. Throughout their relationship, Pam has served as an angel for Michael by encouraging her to become more productive and downplay her bad ideas, with varying degrees of success. He is getting closer to Michael as he supports his goal in pursuit of sales and art. Pam was touched when, after many art exhibitors fired her artwork, Michael was so impressed that she asked to buy her paintings in their office building. Their relationship came to a rocky point when he started dating his mother, Helene. This was only corrected after he broke up with Helene and allowed Pam to slap her face in the parking lot. He trusted and respected Jim, though when they became co-managers, they clashed because of their polar opposite management style. In "Secret of the Santa", Michael mentions that in the vision of the future he sees himself and his future wife staying next to Jim and Pam and that their children will play together. He often also refers to Jim as his best friend in the office, though, based on his impersonation of Jim using a slang surfer in "Michael's Last Dundies", does not have a very good understanding of his personality. While Jim and Pam both proved to care about Michael, his inherent nature made them reluctant to socialize with him outside the office; as when, after many failed invitations, Michael was forced to trick them into having dinner on the "Dinner Party" episode. In the episode of Season 5, Michael also showed his admiration for Jim, when Jim wore a tuxedo to work and went on and on about having a 'party class' for the party planning committee, and often pointed out all the ideas Dwight offered Michael then refused, only to annoy Dwight by asking Michael to accept the same idea from him. During the baptism of Cecilia Halpert, Michael approached Pam who called himself "godfather" while imitating Don Corleone, after which he sympathetically but firmly asked him to admit that he would not be Cece's godfather, he was disappointed but did it and was hurt to learn that godparents are the couple they just met. Pam proves to have a soft spot for Michael, comforting her after she finds Holly in relationship with AJ, and she advises him on ideas about how to lodge to Holly. In "Goodbye, Michael" revealed that Michael secretly planned to go to Colorado at the end of his second workday from behind, thus avoiding having to say goodbye to everyone. Jim knows it and passes it on, telling Michael that he'll tell him how great his boss is the next day at lunchtime, which they both know Michael will not exist; Michael and Jim were both sentimental during this last conversation between them. The power of her relationship with Pam was revealed as she kept asking about her whereabouts, not wanting to leave without saying goodbye. Pam, who spends most of the day away from the office, finds Michael at the airport and says goodbye to a touching scene just as he will board his plane to Colorado. He watched from the window as his plane flew. In the deleted "Inside" scene, Pam was flattered that Michael named her new dog "Pamela Beagsley." Pam then teases Jim that their second child will be named "Little Michael Scott" showing the friendship he developed with his former boss.
Toby Flenderson
Despite liking most of the staff, Michael hates Human Resources Manager Toby Flenderson, probably because of Toby's requirements to enforce the exact rules of office behavior that Michael likes to make fun of. Michael once argued that "Toby is in HR, which technically means he works for the Corporates, so he's really not part of our family and he's divorced so he's not part of his family." The long-term goal is to get rid of Toby and every reconciliation effort between the two usually backfires, with Michael forced to call a call or a joke at Toby's expense. In the episode "Goodbye, Toby", Michael is very happy when Toby decides to move to Costa Rica and gives when he goes to present a stone with a note that says "Suck this". The following season, after Toby's successor, Holly was transferred, Michael was horrified when Toby returned to Dunder Mifflin. In "Frame Toby", he tried hard to get him fired, trying to trap him for having a marijuana (which turned out to be a salad caprese). In "The Chump", Michael says if he has a gun with two bullets and is in a room with Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden, and Toby, he will shoot Toby twice (which disgusts the rest of the office). In "Nepotism," after Michael struck Luke, the nephew's office clerk, he was ordered to attend a counseling session moderated by Toby, which made Michael terrified. At first Michael was uncooperative but gradually deceived by Toby to discuss the details of his life and childhood therapies. In "Classy Christmas", Michael is happy to hear that Toby will be on leave for jury duties and that Holly will take his place. In Michael's Last Dundies, Michael's eggs are in the cold open place while shouting, "you suck", while he and Deangelo are handing out Dundie's nominations. Ironically, Michael proved friends with the daughter of Toby Sasha in "Take Your Daughter to Work". In "Goodbye, Michael", Michael is seen saying goodbye to Toby without insulting him, perhaps indicating that he will miss Toby on some level. Toby suggested Michael visit his brother Rory, who also lives in Colorado.
Erin Hannon
After Pam was promoted to salesman after the purchase of Dunder Mifflin from The Michael Scott Paper Company, Michael made Erin Hannon his successor. She was initially not nice to him because she missed Pam as her receptionist, but she was able to earn her respect by encouraging her after her devastating school visit at "Scott's Tots." Unlike his predecessor, Erin loves to work as a receptionist, admire Michael and gladly accommodate many unusual requests (like presenting a plate of ants in the log every day at 2:30 and ask her in her chair until she gets dizzy) that Pam might be worried about that matter. Though he generally enjoyed Erin's wise treatment, his dismissive feelings toward Erin continued until "Secretary Day" when he reluctantly agreed to take her to lunch. Erin enjoys the opportunity to spend time with her boss while Michael finds their conversation awkward and mentions that her boyfriend Andy Bernard was previously engaged to Angela Martin previously unknown to Erin; she is annoyed with this and ends her relationship with Andy. Later that day, Michael apologized to Erin; the two can finally interconnect with each other for their penchant for ridiculous humor, derived from their same immature tendencies (with Michael's ignorance and Erin navetdevet). Their working relationship then progresses smoothly while they are bound by making each other laugh with childish jokes, as Erin points out that the phrase "no" sounds like "snot." In "Viewing Party", Erin has a Glee party with her new boyfriend, Gabe Lewis. All night, he had not managed to get Michael and Gabe tied up. Michael is jealous because his office considers Gabe as the boss and tries to sabotage the party. Having confronted Erin personally, Michael questioned why his opinion was so important to him because he was not his father. In a moment of insight, Michael realizes that Erin, who grew up in an orphanage, does look at her as a father figure and he instigates a nice fight as a father and daughter by saying "go to your room, young lady!" Erin becomes protective of Michael to the point that she is hostile to Holly Flax, saying in a chief interview that she does not understand what Michael sees in her, until The Search when she, Dwight and Holly go in search of Michael who lost. Erin notices that Holly is able to sense where Michael is, and when she sees them at peace, she finally understands their love for each other and smiles. Then at "Goodbye, Michael", Erin talks with Michael about her love life and hopes that she knows her biological mother so she can tell Erin what to do. Michael advises Erin that she should not be in a hurry and she will know what to do when the right man comes. Michael then tells him that he will not need his mother for advice, because he will always have his personal phone number when he needs advice and kisses his head.
Holly Flax
Shortly after the disbanding of Jan's troubled relationship, Michael finds love with Holly Flax (Amy Ryan), Toby's successor as HR Representative, who appears for a while to be Michael's best chance of love, with both sharing the same sense of humor. and social awkwardness. However, after David Wallace watched them kiss, Holly moved to Nashua's branch and she and Michael broke up after choosing not to pursue a long-distance relationship. Despite breaking up with Holly and Holly's new relationship with another man, their affection for each other is not lost, as it shows that Holly has written notes for Michael on her computer, as well as their subtle romantic gazes to each other during a summer company picnic. As long as his absence in Season 5 (excluding Picnic Company) and continuing into Season 7, Michael deals with several other women, but eventually he realizes that they can not compare to him. Around Christmas in Season 7, Toby was forced to leave the office because it was selected as part of a jury duty for a local murder case, resulting in Holly returning as a temporary replacement in HRD. There was an initial tension between the two of them and doubt on his side (mostly after he suddenly broke up with A.J.), but Holly finally reunited with Michael after realizing they were both soul mates. The two continued dating for several weeks, and on Valentine's Day they told each other that they loved each other, decided to stay together, and decided that they would not allow Dunder Mifflin to interrupt their future together. With the time at the Scranton branch running low and the recent knowledge that his elderly parents need to be taken care of, they end up engaged. Holly then moves back to Colorado and Michael follows her shortly afterward. At the end of the story it was revealed that they had a child together. It was revealed in a photo album on NBC that they have three children and expect their fourth child.
Another romantic relationship
Michael's longest relationship before his marriage to Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin), his former boss from Corporations. Starting with a one-night stand after they closed their business deal on Chili's at "The Client" (featuring Tim Meadows guest guest as eponymous client), Michael and Jan started an awkward date, became an official couple, and eventually moved together after Jan fired from his job - although it should be noted that Jan usually treats Michael with contempt. After Michael failed to defend Jan in his wrong dismissal of the Dunder Mifflin, they stayed together for a while, but eventually blasted each other over an unlucky dinner party and finally broke up. She also dated Carol (played by Carell's wife, Nancy Walls), a real estate agent where Michael bought his condo. Michael was much more interested in Carol than he was in him, and after he made unwanted, impromptu marriage proposals, Michael's decision to photograph Photoshop about himself over Carol's ex-husband in a family photograph resulted in the breakup of their relationship. On a business trip to Winnipeg, Michael and "Concierge Marie" became close, and Michael did not want to leave him after they were caught in his room. After Jim and Pam's marriage, Michael began dating Pam's mother, Helene (much of Pam's horror), but she broke up with her on her birthday after learning that she was 58 years old. Toward the end of season six, Michael begins dating Donna (Amy Pietz), the local bar manager, but later finds out that he is married and he is, as he says, "the lady". He continues to see it until his employees disdain him to listen to his conscience and cut him off. In "Ed Sex" Season 7, Michael reunited (directly or on the phone) with all his past boyfriends when he believed he had herpes. Thus, she realizes that Holly is the only one she really loves.
Alter ego Michael Scott
The show often uses the "that's what he says" jokes popularized by Wayne's Saturday Night Live sketches. In the original version of the BBC of The Office , Ricky Gervais's character, David Brent often uses phrases similar to "as the actress told the bishop" as an inappropriate joke. Michael included the phrase as a sexually attractive dual meaning even in the most inappropriate situations, including business meetings and legal deposition. Michael found the phrase so unbearable that in "Sexual Harassment" he was provoked to say it was only seconds after Jan Levinson and a Corporate lawyer specifically asked him not to. This phrase has become closely related to the character that the TV show "30 Rock" in the episode "TGS Hates Women" there was a scene where Liz Lemon became angry at the use of another character from "TWSS" because "Steve Carell has' That's What She Said, 'okay? She owns it! "In the episode," Goodbye, Michael "," that's what she said "is the ending line (inaudible) of Steve Carell as a regular series, and is her first line after returning as a guest star in "Finale".
Comparison with David Brent
Although originally based on David Brent, Scott has grown to a very different character from his counterpart in England. While Brent proved incompetent, Scott was described as an extraordinary salesman who was unwisely promoted to a management role that he seemed very unsuitable. (In a spicy performance review during the second episode of the second season, Jan Levinson pointed out that Scott had to be removed from his management role and returned to sales). Thus, Scott is a precise example of the Peter Principle which states that competent people in a hierarchical organization will "rise to their level of incompetence" after which they will not advance.
Despite his failures, Scott has been strangely successful as a regional manager. This is due, in part, to his weakness from the delay in which he usually loses poor choices by seeking advice from his more competent subordinates (like Jim, Oscar, or Darryl) and using their recommendations. Scott's success is also partly due to his core strength: really caring about the well-being of the office and treating his employees like family. When he took over the Scranton Branch, he lowered the cost by 17%, without firing personnel. After the merger of two branches, Scott did not lose a single client despite the many employee turnovers (many of whom he was responsible for). He received a $ 3,000 bonus to sack Devon, most likely because he did save the company about $ 50,000. Although it is suggested that Brent has the same success, such claims only come from Brent itself, thus making them unreliable.
Scott's social inability and inability to cope with responsibility are balanced with a much more caring personality than Brent, though both make unwise comments in hot moments. Unlike Brent, who pretended to be friendly with many of his employees solely for the benefit of the camera, Scott seemed genuinely fond of his colleagues, with the exception of Human Resources Director Toby Flenderson. Scott's need to be liked by his staff and his conviction that people see him as a true friend makes him very hurt when he realizes that this is not the case. Most, if not all, Scott's managerial mistakes can be directly correlated with the extent to which he wants to be liked by his employees or jealously seek their approval.
The DVD commentary for the pilot episode shows that Scott's character continues the process that begins in the second British series, where Gervais and Merchant deliberately make Brent less evil, and more of a clown. It said in a comment that Gervais and Traders suggested that this be applied to Scott. It also reflects a general shift in the behavior of the US version, which is more sympathetic to the characters, and undermines the original cruel humor. The comments also say that Steve Carell has not seen more than a few minutes of the original British series when he was offered the role of Scott, and has since made a conscious decision not to watch it if it affects his own performance. During an interview with Marc Maron podcast, Jenna Fischer said that, when initially developing the event, Gervais explained that it is much more common in the UK for people to spend years working on jobs they do not like or do not deserve than in the US, that's why Michael Scott is described as being significantly more successful at work than Brent.
The show's authors have said that the 2005 hit movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin provides a very useful guide as they improve the character together with Steve Carell between 1 and 2 seasons. Michael Scott wore a large amount of hair gel and dressed haphazardly in Season 1, but in Season 2 he had a more conventional haircut and dressed much neater. Also, while Michael is often rude and wicked in Season 1, he is generally better and harder in subsequent seasons.
In the seven-season episode of "The Seminar", Michael actually had time to meet David Brent in the lobby and they built a direct relationship, joking together and generally indicating that they would become good friends.
Behind the scenes
- US. Developer Greg Daniels imagines Michael Scott acting as if "I hope that a documentary about this will one day be seen by Jennifer Aniston, and I'm just trying to impress her as much as I can." In the audio commentary for Valentine's Day, Daniels notes that he incorporated a meeting between Michael and two other branch managers to compare Michael's level of competence with them: while Michael is not as dynamic as Josh Porter who would then be hired in senior management positions at Staples, his management skills are superior to incompetent Craig and can be considered a sufficient but non-exceptional branch manager who, despite his humor, is competent enough to avoid being fired.
- Author B. J. Novak explains that Michael Scott is riding Sebring because it is the most luxurious car he can afford, choosing a convertible despite the fact that the climate in Scranton is cool even in the summer.
- After the "Garage Sale" airing, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper issued a press release appointing Michael Scott to the position of Director of Paper Distribution at the Department of Natural Resources.
- Until "Inner Circle", Michael Scott's character has appeared in every episode.
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