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Sometimes I sit back in awe of Jim's genius in pranking Dwight. Sure, Dwight is full of himself and highly gullible and easily seduced by the supernatural, but not everyone can pull a prank on Dwight with the flair Jim has. And just when you think he can never top himself, Jim cooks up another fiendishly brilliant prank for the ages.
So, your favorite? After last night, I think Vampire Jim has to be up there with Future Dwight and Telekinetic Jim. The careful attention to detail, such as the garlic bread, and the popped collar of his jacket, elevates the prank to art.
Let's hear your favorites.
Well, the ones you just mentioned are defintely my top 3, but I've got some more:
Vending machine is the best. That prank transcends Dwight and would have worked for any victim. Nickels in the handset also required careful, long-term planning and persistence.
He possibly topped himself last night with the vampire bit. Despite the pranks I think deep down, very deep down, they almost have a close relationship.
Oh, I almost forgot a great tie-in. Where do you think Jim got that bag of nickels he gave Dwight so he could buy his wallet from the vending machine?
The vending machine will always be my sentimental fave as it was the first eps I saw but I found pavlov-dwight with the computer restart and the altoids to be particularly inspired.
I don't know if this qualifies as a prank, but I loved it when Jim and Dwight went on the sales call together in Traveling Salesman, and Jim hit the brakes so Dwight bumped his head on the head rest.
Does Jim stealing Dwight's purple belt count as a prank? That scene is probably one of my favorite Jim-Dwight scenes ever.
"And it absolutely is a toy...arigato."
The way he slowly produces the belt as he says "someone will steal it" gets me every time. It's like a magic trick.
Right - TRBF - it's the little things in that scene that get me. John and Rainn do such a good job with the exchange and then John pulls out the belt with that line, and Rainn's reaction is so great...gah, it just cracks me up every time I see it.
I also love that Dwight, even though he is mad at Jim still responds back with "Arigato"
Clearly I am partial to the Jim as Dwight scene. It's so rewatchable. And still hilarious.
"Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica." His Dwight-on tone - awesome.
Future Dwight, desk in the bathroom (and yes, it's so much funnier because of the pc and phone being hooked back up!) and then vending machine are also up there.
Cross-posted . . .
Jim and Pam are TOGETHER... they should be pranking Dwight to the fullest extent!
This is true, and if there's one disappointment I've had so far this season, it's that Jim & Pam haven't found time in their busy schedule of ogling each other to make Dwight and/or Andy's life miserable.
My favorite pranks (that we actually see, anyway) are probably when Jim puts all of Dwight's stuff in the vending machine in "Booze Cruise", and Phone in Ceiling.
The Pavlovian training with Altoids. I can't hear someone's computer shut down without thinking of that and smiling.
That's a good one. Is it from "Phyllis' Wedding"? Probably why I forgot it.
DwightfromtheFuture, thank you for being so nice about the other discussion i tried to start. i totally should have looked to check before i just started it :) I used to go to a bunch of x-files message boards and started a lot of threads---but it seems more organized here :)
Seriously, I am hoping for some serious pranking soon. they can't leave us in the lurch like this.
I have to say... my favorite prank... jim conditioning dwight to salivate for an altoid at the sound of the computer. so diabolical...so beautiful.
I like the phone in the ceiling. Those false acoustical ceilings have to be good for something! But mostly it's the way that every single person went along with it.
Not a prank per se, but I love this Jim/Dwight exchange from Michael's Birthday, after Jim gets back from Rite-Aid:
Dwight: Where have you been? And don't say the bathroom, 'cause I kicked in all the stalls.
Jim: Well that's an invasion of privacy, so, I'm going to tell Michael.
Dwight: Please, don't.
Jim: You... owe me.
So Jim disappears for a couple hours without telling anyone, gets called out by Dwight, and within 15 seconds flips it around to the point where Dwight owes him. Brilliant.
So Jim disappears for a couple hours without telling anyone, gets called out by Dwight, and within 15 seconds flips it around to the point where Dwight owes him. Brilliant.
Excellent observation, AMJ. You know, it's a good thing Jim chooses to use his powers for good and not evil... (mostly.)
Rewatching The Fight now. I absolutely love the cold open prank with the best part being Jim calling for a price check and Dwight not even thinking that it is part of the prank.
It would definitely be in my top 5 pranks.
I absolutely love the cold open prank with the best part being Jim calling for a price check and Dwight not even thinking that it is part of the prank.
That is my favorite part of that prank. And Dwight just answering the phone, so routinely, like answering the phone in the bathroom is just not weird. I guess that speaks to how seriously Dwight takes his job, that he can be freaking out in one minute about where his desk is, and then go back to being Captain Paper in the next.
It's my personal favorite prank too. The "hot or cold" game just kills me.
The original "stapler in jello" makes me laugh because Jim is eating jello while denying responsibility.
I always thought Dwight's stuff in the vending machine was my favorite, but I think now I have to go with the Cold Open from The Fight.
The warmer-colder thing was perfect. But the funniest part was, Dwight doesn't even seem to think it's weird that his desk is in the men's john! And, of course, the price check was perfect.
Very funny stuff.
The fact that he put everything in the bathroom was great. The fact that he hooked everything back up is what makes it the best.
Another golden moment: When Kevin walks out of the stall with the candle, his jacket over his arm and a newspaper. Oh, and "wash your hands Kevin". Comedy just doesn't get any better than that cold open.
When Kevin walks out of the stall with the candle, his jacket over his arm and a newspaper.
Actually, that reminds me of a 'Tirade' I almost posted the other day, but got distracted.
I went into the Men's Room at work and someone had just "pulled a Kevin", if you know what I mean.
C'mon, guys! They put a can of air freshener in there for a reason!
Jeez!