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"Koi Pond" is the eighth episode in the sixth season of The Office and the 108th episode overall. It was written by Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan and directed by Reggie Hudlin. It aired on October 29, 2009 and was viewed by 8.20 million people.

Synopsis

Michael accompanies Jim to a client meeting. While there, Michael accidentally trips and falls into their koi pond. Word spreads around the office, causing all types of puns and jokes at Michael's expense. Michael, unable to handle humor directed at him, gets angry. Jim tries to calm Michael down and get him to see the humor in the situation. If he shows that he can take a few jokes, it will probably cause them to end more quickly. He starts off well, lobbing a few hardballs at himself, but inevitably goes too far in mocking his friendship challenges and storms off. Then Meredith is sent a video of the incident. Jim attempts to convince the group to leave things alone, but Michael decides to let it be shown. The video captures Jim deliberately bending backward to avoid grabbing Michael as he falls.

In Michael's office, Jim admits he resented that Michael didn't trust him to handle the meeting himself. Michael can't believe that Jim is jealous of him.

Meanwhile, Andy and Pam, the two poorest-performing salesmen, are sent on cold calls. The potential clients assume that the two are a married couple which causes some awkward moments and quick denials. Eventually, they decide to pose as a married couple in hopes of landing a sale. Andy takes the ruse too far which makes Pam and the client uncomfortable. They land no sales. On the car ride back to the office, Andy admits to liking Erin, and Pam tries to help the two get together.

Connections to previous episodes

Creed offering to sell blood to children is a callback from when Creed stole blood from the blood drive in the Season 5 episode, "Blood Drive."
This is the second time Michael ends up soaking wet. The first is in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity".
Meredith is using her coffee mug from Kelly that is first seen in "Customer Survey".

Halloween costumes

In the deleted scene that was removed after the premiere of the episode, the staff put up a haunted warehouse for the local children. Each staff member is wearing a Halloween costume.

Michael- Character from SNL's "D**k in a Box", "Mother Lover" and "3-Way" Sketch
Dwight- Jigsaw
Jim- Facebook
Pam- Rosemary Woodhouse
Darryl- Wearing a jack-o-lantern shirt, Michael refers to him as a "gangster pumpkin"
Angela- Black Widow
Kevin- Paul Blart
Erin- Princess Fiona
Kelly- Leeloo from "The Fifth Element"
Ryan- Edward Cullen
Creed- Dracula
Meredith- Hobo
Mose- Himself
Oscar- Sarah Palin
Andy- Michael Jackson

Trivia

The original opening for the episode involved the office putting together a haunted house in the warehouse for some children. The opening was removed however after people were offended by a scene of Michael hanging himself.
Do Not Mock List:
- Michael- Koi Pond, Fountain (he says he also fell into the fountain at the Steamtown Mall)
- Dwight- Nose too small
- Erin- Orphan
- Kevin- Huge Gut
- Angela- Shrimpy (Then she says that some people think she eats like a squirrel. Phyllis says, "So you're comparing yourself to a cute tiny animal?".)
- Meredith- Sex with a terrorist
- Phyllis- Acid Reflux
- Stanley- Crosswords
- Ryan- Kelly
Strangely, Dwight doesn't react when Jim yells at Angela as he usually does when someone wrongs her. This is especially odd considering Dwight's vendetta against Jim at the time.
Most of the office workers change their computer's screensavers to fish tanks after this episode.
Michael says "Loser" in a similar way Jim Carey famously does in the movie "Ace Ventura".
Michael incorrectly answers that "Wilma" is the wife of Popeye. In his naivety, he's actually getting her confused with the wife of cartoon character Fred Flintstone, from the classic 1960s cartoon The Flintstones. Olive Oyl, is in fact Popeye's wife.

Quotes

Dwight: "Jim is my enemy. But it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So, Jim is actually my friend. But... because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy. So, actually Jim is my enemy. But-"

Goofs

Michael says he doesn't even have Jan's cell phone number, but in the season 4 episode: Chair Model he accidentally calls Jan while talking to Pam's landlady. Although, it’s possible that she has changed her phone number since then.

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 {{Office episode
-| Title       = Koi Pond
+|Title      =Koi Pond
-| Image       = [[File:KoiPond.jpg|250px]]
+|Image      =[[File:KoiPond.jpg|250px]]
-| Season      = 6
+|Season     =6
-| Episode     = 8
+|Episode    =8
-| Code        = 608
+|Code       =6009
-| Original    = October 29, 2009
+|Original   =October 29, 2009
-| Writer(s)   = [[Warren Lieberstein]] and [[Halsted Sullivan]]
+|Writer(s)  =[[Warren Lieberstein]] and [[Halsted Sullivan]]
-| Director    = [[Reggie Hudlin]]
+|Director   =[[Reggie Hudlin]]
-| Prev        = [[The Lover]]
+|Prev       =[[The Lover]]
-| Next        = [[Double Date]]
+|Next       =[[Double Date]]
-}}'''Koi Pond''' is the eighth episode in the 6th season of [[The Office]], which was written by Warren Lieberstein & Halsted Sullivan, who had most recently wrote the episode, ''[[Cafe Disco]]'' and directed by Reggie Hudlin. It aired on October 29, 2009.
+}}'''"Koi Pond"''' is the eighth episode in the [[Season 6|sixth season]] of ''[[The Office]]'' and the 108th episode overall. It was written by Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan and directed by Reggie Hudlin. It aired on October 29, 2009 and was viewed by 8.20 million people.
-== Synopsis ==
+==Synopsis==
+Michael accompanies Jim to a client meeting. While there, Michael accidentally trips and falls into their koi pond. Word spreads around the office, causing all types of puns and jokes at Michael's expense. Michael, unable to handle humor directed at him, gets angry. Jim tries to calm Michael down and get him to see the humor in the situation. If he shows that he can take a few jokes, it will probably cause them to end more quickly. He starts off well, lobbing a few hardballs at himself, but inevitably goes too far in mocking his friendship challenges and storms off. Then [[Meredith]] is sent a video of the incident. Jim attempts to convince the group to leave things alone, but Michael decides to let it be shown. The video captures Jim deliberately bending backward to avoid grabbing Michael as he falls.
+In Michael's office, Jim admits he resented that Michael didn't trust him to handle the meeting himself. Michael can't believe that Jim is jealous of him.
-[[File:KoiPond1.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]Michael and Jim prepare to go to a business meeting, and Michael falls into a koi pond at it, and he becomes soaked. Michael tries to get the office not to make fun of him, but eventually learns from a video tape offered by [[Meredith]] that Jim let Michael fall in.
-[[Andy]] and [[Pam]], the two poorest-performing salesmen, are sent on cold calls. The potential clients assume that the two are a married couple, and Pam eventually agrees to play along. Andy, however, takes the role-play too far and makes Pam uncomfortable. They land no sales. On the car ride back to the office, Andy admits to liking [[Erin]], and Pam tries to help the two get together.
+Meanwhile, [[Andy]] and [[Pam]], the two poorest-performing salesmen, are sent on cold calls. The potential clients assume that the two are a married couple which causes some awkward moments and quick denials. Eventually, they decide to pose as a married couple in hopes of landing a sale. Andy takes the ruse too far which makes Pam and the client uncomfortable. They land no sales. On the car ride back to the office, Andy admits to liking [[Erin]], and Pam tries to help the two get together.
-==Connections to Previous Episodes==
+==Connections to previous episodes==
 * Creed offering to sell blood to children is a callback from when Creed stole blood from the blood drive in the [[Season 5]] episode, "[[Blood Drive]]."
 * This is the second time Michael ends up soaking wet. The first is in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity".
 * Meredith is using her coffee mug from Kelly that is first seen in "Customer Survey".
-==Cultural references==
+==Halloween costumes==
+In the deleted scene that was removed after the premiere of the episode, the staff put up a haunted warehouse for the local children. Each staff member is wearing a Halloween costume.
-* ''Dick in a Box'' is a reference to the the SNL sketch featuring Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake that aired in 2006.
+*Michael- Character from SNL's "D**k in a Box", "Mother Lover" and "3-Way" Sketch
-* Darryl mistakes Jim's costume for BookFace, but it is really [http://www.facebook.com/ Facebook], a hugely popular social networking site.
-* Dwight is actually not Jigsaw Killer. He is Billy the puppet.
+*Dwight- Jigsaw
+*Jim- Facebook
-* Finding Nemo and Toy Story were hit Pixar movies.
+*Pam- Rosemary Woodhouse
-* Ryan makes a comment about the hit Twilight series.
+*Darryl- Wearing a jack-o-lantern shirt, Michael refers to him as a "gangster pumpkin"
-* Michael calls himself a loser in an "Ace Ventura" way.
+*Angela- Black Widow
+*Kevin- Paul Blart
+*Erin- Princess Fiona
+*Kelly- Leeloo from "The Fifth Element"
+*Ryan- Edward Cullen
+*Creed- Dracula
+*Meredith- Hobo
+*Mose- Himself
+*Oscar- Sarah Palin
+*Andy- Michael Jackson
-== Trivia ==
+==Trivia==
+*The original opening for the episode involved the office putting together a haunted house in the warehouse for some children. The opening was removed however after people were offended by a scene of Michael hanging himself.
-{{Col-begin}}{{Col-2}}
+*Do Not Mock List:
-The Employees are dressed in the following:
+**Michael- Koi Pond, Fountain (he says he also fell into the fountain at the Steamtown Mall)
-*Darryl: as a "Gangster pumpkin"/Pumpkin
+**Dwight- Nose too small
-*Jim: in his regular clothes, only with the word "book" scribbled across his face (reference to facebook)
+**Erin- Orphan
-*Meredith: A Hobo
+**Kevin- Huge Gut
-*Dwight: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_%28Saw%29 Billy] from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_%28film_series%29 ''Saw''] movie series (calls himself JigSaw)
+**Angela- Shrimpy (Then she says that some people think she eats like a squirrel. Phyllis says, "So you're comparing yourself to a cute tiny animal?".)
-*Angela: A Black Widow Spider
+**Meredith- Sex with a terrorist
-*Oscar: Sarah Palin
+**Phyllis- Acid Reflux
-*Kevin: Paul Blart from the film "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_Cop Paul Blart: Mall Cop]"
+**Stanley- Crosswords
-*Kelly: LeLu from the film "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element The Fifth Element]"
+**Ryan- Kelly
-*Phyllis: A witch
+*Strangely, Dwight doesn't react when Jim yells at Angela as he usually does when someone wrongs her. This is especially odd considering Dwight's vendetta against Jim at the time.
-{{Col-2}}
+*Most of the office workers change their computer's screensavers to fish tanks after this episode.
-*Stanley: His regular clothes, only on a electric chair doing his crossword puzzles. He hates Halloween, and thus wears no costume.
+*Michael says "Loser" in a similar way Jim Carey famously does in the movie "Ace Ventura".
-*Erin: Princess Fiona from Shrek
+*Michael incorrectly answers that "Wilma" is the wife of Popeye. In his naivety, he's actually getting her confused with the wife of cartoon character Fred Flintstone, from the classic 1960s cartoon The Flintstones. Olive Oyl, is in fact Popeye's wife.
-*Pam: Rosemary from the 1968 film Rosemary's Baby
-*Creed: As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Dracula Count Dracula]
-*Ryan: As Edward from the film [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_(2008_film) Twilight]
-*Andy: Michael Jackson from his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson's_Thriller Thriller] video
-*Michael: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_in_a_Box Dick in a Box]
-*In the beginning, Dwight's cousin, [[Mose Schrute]], can be seen standing behind Dwight. He is not dressed in a costume, only dressed in an Amish attire and standing like a wax figure.
-{{Col-end}}
+==Quotes==
-{{Col-begin}}{{Col-2}}
+'''[[Dwight Schrute|Dwight]]:''' "[[Jim Halpert|Jim]] is my enemy. But it turns out that Jim is also his own worst enemy. And the enemy of my enemy is my friend. So, Jim is actually my friend. But... because he is his own worst enemy, the enemy of my friend is my enemy. So, actually Jim is my enemy. But-"
-How Darryl mis-identifies the employees' costumes:
+==Goofs==
-*Angela: "an octopus"
+* Michael says he doesn't even have Jan's cell phone number, but in the season 4 episode: [http://theoffice.wikia.com/wiki/Chair_Model Chair Model] he accidentally calls Jan while talking to Pam's landlady. Although, it’s possible that she has changed her phone number since then.
-*Kelly: "a burn victim"
-*Creed: "an old man"
-*Ryan: "a goth dude"
-*Meredith "the old crone from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_Me_to_Hell ''Drag Me To Hell'']"
-*Dwight: "a clown"
-*Jim: "Bookface"
-Do Not Mock List
-*Michael- Koi Pond, Fountain (he says he also fell into the fountain at the Steamtown Mall)
-*Dwight- Nose too small
-*Erin- Orphan
-*Kevin- Huge Gut
-*Angela- Shrimpy (Then she says that some people think she eats like a squirrel. After noticing the word Shrimpy, Phyllis' comment, "So you're comparing yourself to a cute tiny animal?" makes more sense.)
-*Meredith- Sex with a terrorist
-*Phyllis- Acid Reflux
-*Stanley- Crosswords
-*Ryan- Kelly
 ==Cast==
+===Main cast===
-===Main Cast===
 * [[Steve Carell]] as [[Michael Scott]]
 * [[Rainn Wilson]] as [[Dwight Schrute]]
 * [[John Krasinski]] as [[Jim Halpert]]
-* [[Jenna Fischer]] as [[Pam Beesly]]
+* [[Jenna Fischer]] as [[Pam Halpert]]
 * [[B.J. Novak]] as [[Ryan Howard]]
-===Supporting Cast===
+===Supporting cast===
 * [[Ed Helms]] as [[Andy Bernard]]
-* [[Angela Kinsey]] as [[Angela Martin]]
-* [[Kate Flannery]] as [[Meredith Palmer]]
 * [[Leslie David Baker]] as [[Stanley Hudson]]
-* [[Oscar Nunez]] as [[Oscar Martinez]]
 * [[Brian Baumgartner]] as [[Kevin Malone]]
+* [[Kate Flannery]] as [[Meredith Palmer]]
+* [[Creed Bratton (actor)]] as [[Creed Bratton]]
 * [[Mindy Kaling]] as [[Kelly Kapoor]]
-* [[Phyllis Smith]] as [[Phyllis Lapin]]
+* [[Ellie Kemper]] as [[Erin Hannon]]
+* [[Angela Kinsey]] as [[Angela Martin]]
 * [[Paul Lieberstein]] as [[Toby Flenderson]]
-* [[Creed Bratton (actor)]] as [[Creed Bratton]]
+* [[Oscar Nunez]] as [[Oscar Martinez]]
-* [[Ellie Kemper]] as [[Erin Hannon]]
+* [[Phyllis Smith]] as [[Phyllis Vance]]
-* [[Craig Robinson]] as [[Darryl]]
-===Recurring Cast===
+===Guest cast===
-* [[Michael Schur]] as [[Mose Schrute]]
+* Tom Yi as Tim Dockery
-===Guest Cast===
-* Jennifer Hasty as receptionist
 * Amy Weaver as Keena Gifford
-* Tom Yi as Tim Dockery
+* Jennifer Hasty as the Receptionist
 {{Season6}}
 [[Category:Episodes]]
 [[Category:Season 6]]
+[[Category:Halloween Specials]]
+[[Category:Season 6 Episodes]]