List of Jim's pranks

Jim's pranks

One of the central elements to Jim's character as originally conceived is his devotion to playing pranks at the office to relieve boredom. By far, his most common target is his overbearing deskmate Dwight Schrute, and moves on to playing pranks on Stamford co-worker Andy Bernard when he transfers branches. More often than not, Pam collaborates with Jim on the pranks on Dwight. Here are some of the more notable pranks Jim has played on Dwight, Andy, or any other unsuspecting co-worker. Major pranks, generally important to the plot, are in boldface.

• Encased Dwight's stapler in Jell-O. ("Pilot")
• Built a pencil fence between his and Dwight's desk. ("Pilot")
• Encased Michael's 'World's Best Boss' coffee mug in Jell-O. ("Pilot")
• Changed Dwight's assigned "race" from "Asian" to "Dwight" in the Diversity Day exercise. ("Diversity Day", deleted scene)
• Locked Dwight inside his own "work space". ("Health Care")
• Assisted Pam in preparing a list of absurd medical conditions. ("Health Care")
• Agreed to participate in an "alliance" with Dwight, using it to feed his paranoia in a variety of ways including dying his hair and hiding him in a box. ("The Alliance")
• Convinced Dwight to purchase a purse from a vendor ("Hot Girl"), and then made fun of him for having it (deleted scene).
• Found Dwight's wallet in the parking lot, and decided, on Pam's suggestion, to give the wallet back to Dwight intact and unchanged. Dwight, not believing Jim, immediately canceled all his credit cards. ("Office Olympics", deleted scene)
• Threw stuff in Dwight's coffee mug Office Olympics
• With Pam, posted Dwight's résumé online, specifically for positions in Alaska. ("Halloween")
• Relocated Dwight's desk to the men's restroom. ("The Fight")
• Popped Dwight's fitness orb. ("Performance Review")
• Convinced Dwight a Thursday was a Friday, causing him to be late for work the next day. ("Performance Review")
• Made Dwight believe that Jim's party was a surprise party for Michael. This prank backfired when Michael crashed the party. ("Email Surveillance")
• Placed Dwight's wallet and desk items in the vending machine. Following this, he hands Dwight a bag of nickels, probably just removed from his phone handset. ("Booze Cruise")
• Gave Dwight dubious "tips" on public speaking. The prank backfired; the speech was a smashing success. ("Dwight's Speech")
• Tried to convince Dwight in an interview that Dwight had smoked marijuana. ("Drug Testing")
• Paid coworkers five dollars to call Dwight "Dwayne" for an entire day. (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Convinced Dwight an abandoned infant was in the women's restroom, causing him to walk in on Meredith "on the can." (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Used a macro so that every time Dwight typed his name, it appeared as "diapers". (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Replaced Dwight's writing instruments with crayons. (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Incrementally increased the weight of Dwight's telephone handset, then abruptly decreased the weight, causing Dwight to smack himself in the face with the phone. (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Placed a bloody glove in Dwight's desk and attempted to convince him that he had committed murder. Dwight, in fact, thought that "Jim was the real killer." (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Created an absurd identification badge for Dwight. ("Conflict Resolution")
• Repositioned Dwight's desk by moving it an inch at a time over the course of the day. (Mentioned in "Conflict Resolution")
• Encircled Dwight's desk in police tape. ("Conflict Resolution", deleted scene).
• With Pam, convinced Dwight that he (Jim) had telekinetic powers. ("Casino Night")
• Inadvertently caused Dwight to fold in Texas Hold Em whenever he (Jim) coughed as Dwight believed this was Jim's tell that he had good cards. ("Casino Night")
• Held Dwight's bobblehead doll for $5 ransom. (Third Season Primetime Preview)
• Encased Andy's calculator in Jell-O. This prank backfired when Andy reacted violently. ("Gay Witch Hunt")
• Convinced Dwight (and Michael) that gaydar was a genuine electronic device that can be purchased. ("Gay Witch Hunt"). Later sent "gaydar" to Dwight, which Dwight amusingly used and set off the sensor on himself.
• Gained access to Dwight's hotel room at a paper convention in Philadelphia just to find a hooker in his room that is actually Angela Martin, though he doesn't appear to recognize her. ("The Convention")
• With Pam, made high-pitched noises hoping Dwight would schedule an appointment with an ear doctor, called "pretendonitis". (Mentioned in "The Coup")
• A number of ploys for finding Herr's chips for Karen, including imitating a man from the warehouse.
• Sent faxes signed "Future Dwight" on Dwight's own stationery. ("Branch Closing")
• Stared at Dwight's forehead for no reason. ("The Merger")
• Gave Andy wildly incorrect "tips" on winning Pam's affections. Pam later returned the favor in a deleted scene. ("The Convict")
• Ordered fifteen large sausage pizzas to the office under the name 'Dwight'. ("The Convict" Deleted Scene)
• With Pam, tricked Dwight into believing he was being recruited by the CIA and made him destroy his cell phone. ("A Benihana Christmas")
• Told Dwight that their waitress couldn't remember how to butcher a goose, causing Dwight to tell her how to in violent detail. ("A Benihana Christmas")
• Told Dwight that the Benihana Waitress was asleep when really Andy was telling her to close her eyes and imagine her dream home. ("A Benihana Christmas")
• "Narrated" Dwight's absurd behavior when Dwight taped a meeting. This prank backfired when Andy took the joke too far. ("Back From Vacation")
• Glued Dwight's office drawers together. (Mentioned in "Back From Vacation", deleted scene)
• Changed Dwight's voicemail to make him sound like a chipmunk. (Mentioned in "Back From Vacation", deleted scene)
• Told Dwight there was a 4am meeting, who was the only one to attend. (Mentioned in "Back From Vacation", deleted scene)
• Shipped Dwight's desk by mail to Roswell, New Mexico, where Dwight was vacationing. (Mentioned in "Back From Vacation", deleted scene)
• Hid Andy's cell phone in the ceiling tiles, then, with Pam, called it repeatedly. This backfired when Andy again reacted violently, punching a hole in the wall. ("The Return")
• Hired a Benjamin Franklin impersonator instead of a male stripper for Phyllis's bachelorette party. ("Ben Franklin")
• Told Dwight that the Ben Franklin impersonator was the real Franklin. ("Ben Franklin")
• Conditioned Dwight to expect an Altoid mint each time he heard a computer chime through use of the Pavlovian Theory. ("Phyllis' Wedding")
• Manipulated Dwight into patrolling for wedding crashers. This backfired when Dwight mistakingly evicts a legitimate guest who happens to suffer from dementia. ("Phyllis' Wedding")
• Convinced Dwight that he (Jim) was turning into a vampire. ("Business School")
• Hid the key to Michael's straitjacket. ("Cocktails")
• Relayed intentionally incorrect messages from Dwight to Andy when Dwight was "shunning" his traitorous co-worker. ("Safety Training")
• Dressed up as Dwight and parodied his speaking style. ("Product Recall") Dwight returned the favor later in the episode but was unable to successfully mimic Jim's pattern of speech.
• Named his team Voldemort, as a response to Dwight naming his Gryffindor ("Beach Games";)
• Hired Elizabeth the Stripper by convincing Michael she was a "rabies nurse". ("Fun Run")
• With Pam, sent IMs convincing Dwight that the Dunder Mifflin website achieved self-awareness. ("Launch Party")
• Along with Michael and Dwight, put on a fake moustache and infiltrated Karen's branch. ("Branch Wars") This was admittedly against his will.
• Deliberately guessed the wrong names playing "Celebrity" when Michael was giving blatantly obvious clues. ("Dinner Party")
• Stole Jan's CD Dinner Party
• Linked Dwight's cell phone to his Bluetooth headset and took his calls. Additionally forwarded Dwight's office phone to his own. ("Goodbye, Toby")
• Stacked boxes in front of Dwight, Enceased Dwight's stapeler in Jell-o, Threw Dwight's stapeler out the window, kissed Dwight, loocked him in the conference room, tried to make him sound gay, hid his computer, and glued his phone to the desk. ( Original series)
• In Conflict Resolution, Jim is faced with a litany of various pranks he has pulled on Dwight. He says they don't sound that funny one after another, but insists that Dwight deserves it.
• In The Convention, Jim comments about how when he saw Dwight again he realized that all the pranks he pulled were petty and stupid...until Dwight spoke