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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        = 6009
+|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 sixth season of [[The Office]] and the 108th episode overall. It was written by Warren Lieberstein and Halsted Sullivan, who had most recently wrote the episode, ''[[Cafe Disco]]'' and directed by Reggie Hudlin. It aired on October 29, 2009. It was viewed by 8.20 million people.
+}}'''"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.
-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==
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 * 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==
+==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.
+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 "Dick in a Box", "Mother Lover" and "3-Way" Sketch
+*Michael- Character from SNL's "D**k in a Box", "Mother Lover" and "3-Way" Sketch
 *Dwight- Jigsaw
 *Jim- Facebook
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 *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.
+*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==
-Do Not Mock List
+'''[[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-"
-*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
+==Goofs==
-* Stanley- Crosswords
+* 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.
-*Ryan- Kelly
-== Goofs ==
-* Michael walks in soaking wet, but instantly lies about the circumstances that led to this. This is unlike [[Dunder Mifflin Infinity]], where he admitted what had happened to him. It is possible that Michael only told everyone he drove into a lake when he had someone to blame, technology / Ryan.
 ==Cast==
 ===Main cast===
 * [[Steve Carell]] as [[Michael Scott]]

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Contents

Synopsis

Connections to previous episodes

Halloween costumes

Trivia

Quotes

Goofs

Cast

Main cast

Supporting cast

Guest cast