These Michael Scott quotes will make you laugh out loud and inspire you at the same time. In "Dream Team", he comes up with "Achey Breaky Fart" ("Achy Breaky Heart" parody) and "My Stumps" ("My Humps" parody) during a brainstorming exercise. Michael believes an office should be the "place where dreams come true.". Michael is irresponsible with his finances, and at one point is so heavily in debt he has to take up a second job as a telemarketer at the Lipophedrine Diet Pill Company. In "Two Weeks", he claims to have acquired half of the Scranton branch client base. Most of the employees have been the focus of Michael's jokes at one point or another, usually in reference to their race, sex, size, attractiveness, or sexual orientation.

In the episode "Broke", Michael displays self-awareness of his inability to keep secrets when he, Pam and Ryan all agree not to let Dunder Mifflin know the Michael Scott Paper Company is broke. Eventually, Michael is forced to declare bankruptcy (which he thinks requires only standing up and shouting "I declare bankruptcy!"). [8] In the original BBC version of The Office, Ricky Gervais's character David Brent frequently used the similar phrase "as the actress said to the bishop" as an inappropriate joke. In "Michael's Last Dundies", Michael eggs Toby's house in the cold open while yelling, "you suck", while he and Deangelo are handing out Dundie nominations. He trusts and respects Jim, although when they were co-managers they clashed due to their polar-opposite management styles. When working together, Ryan comes to respect Michael's skills as a salesman. At first Dwight is angry with Michael, but they make amends when Michael gives him a letter of recommendation on his final day at Dunder Mifflin.

Michael has his jeans dry-cleaned, first mentioned in "The Client" and reprised in "The Convention". The strength of his relationship with Pam is revealed as he continuously asks about her whereabouts, not wanting to leave without saying goodbye.
After Michael fails to defend Jan in her wrongful dismissal suit against Dunder Mifflin, they remain together for a short while, but end up blowing up at each other during an ill-fated dinner party and eventually break up. Photo: 610066", "The Whole World Is Watching, and Ben Silverman Is Watching Back", "One Last Cringe for 'The Office' Finale", "Home - The Official Site of Governor Jared Polis", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Scott_(The_Office)&oldid=980111402, The Office (American TV series) characters, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 24 September 2020, at 17:46. He also dated Carol (played by Carell's wife Nancy Carell), a real estate agent from whom Michael bought his condominium. Michael advises Erin that she shouldn't rush things and that she'll know what to do when the right guy comes along. He remembers people through word association starting with nicknames such as "baldy" and "fatso" which, while offensive to the individuals in question, works to his advantage. Examples of Michael's difficult relationship with his staff include getting slapped by Kelly for being racist, hitting Meredith with his car, getting kicked out of Phyllis and Bob's wedding, and outing Oscar to the entire office without his permission. On multiple occasions, Michael has also expressed interest in basketball even though he is terrible (in "The Fire", "Basketball" and "Goodbye, Michael"). [4] However, Come to Papa was quickly canceled, allowing Carell to commit to The Office. All original series characters were adapted for the U.S. version. With her time at the Scranton branch almost up and the recent knowledge that her aging parents need to be taken care of, they ultimately become engaged. Oscar makes a chart of Michael's spending habits and chides him for spending too much money on things "nobody ever needs" like multiple magic sets and professional bass fishing equipment.
Even Jim Halpert concedes that he might never become as good a salesman as Michael in "Koi Pond". Eventually, Michael is forced to declare bankruptcy (which he thinks requires only standing up and shouting "I declare bankruptcy!"). In the seventh-season episode "The Seminar", Michael in fact briefly meets David Brent in the lobby and they establish an immediate rapport, joking together and generally signalling that they would have been good friends. He hopes to finish the video production of his script, "Threat Level: Midnight", whose script was found and read by the office and whose finished movie (after ten years of production) was viewed in the seventh-season episode of the same name. In 2015, Michael was also made an honorary Citizenship of Delphi, Greece – Επίτιμος Δημότης Δελφών – in recognition of his work related to the sanctuary of Delphi. Michael's obsession with Ryan is further shown in a number of deleted scenes. Despite his failings, Scott has been oddly successful as regional manager.