Phillip Schrute (born Phillip Halsted Lipton) is the son of Dwight Schrute and Angela Martin. He was named after Angela's cat, Phillip.
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Who are Phillip Schrute's biological parents?
Why was Phillip Schrute named after Angela's cat?
What was the result of the DNA test between Dwight and Phillip?
What led to Angela and Robert's divorce?
How did Angela's relationship with Dwight evolve over time?
History[]
When Phillip was born, he was presumed to be the son of Angela and her husband Robert Lipton, but Dwight became convinced he was the real father as he had slept with Angela nine months before Phillip's birth. Dwight eventually stole one of the baby's diapers in order to have DNA tests carried out, but these seemingly revealed that he was not Phillip's father.
After Robert came out as a homosexual, he and Angela subsequently divorced, and she, Phillip, and her cats moved into a dilapidated apartment in "Paper Airplane." When they were evicted soon afterwards, they then moved into Oscar's apartment in "Livin' the Dream", leading to Oscar acting as a paternal figure for Phillip.
In "A.A.R.M.," Phillip came to the office with Angela after being kicked out of daycare. Oscar and Angela taking care of him throughout the day made their colleague Kevin jealous; however, Kevin completely warmed to Phillip when Oscar and Angela gifted him an iTunes gift card worth seven dollars in Phillip's name.
Meanwhile, in spite of the negative DNA test, Phillip's behavior while at the office made Dwight suspect once again that he was his son; Phillip looked at the Galactica in the same excited way as Dwight, and ate the same kind of paper that Dwight himself would eat. Dwight experimented by giving Phillip a choice between a check for $1 million or a beet; he chose the vegetable without hesitation, prompting Dwight to question Angela again about Phillip's paternity, but she still insisted Robert was his father.
In "A.A.R.M.", Dwight proposed to Angela, having concluded his love for her was what mattered to him most; however, Angela confessed after accepting his proposal that the DNA test was false and Phillip was indeed his biological son, and that she had kept the truth from Dwight to ensure that if he chose to be with her, she would know it was not only because they had a child together.
Phillip moved into Schrute Farms with his mother sometime between the events of "A.A.R.M." and "Finale", and Oscar was officially named his godfather. His final appearance is as the ring bearer at Dwight and Angela’s wedding.
Notes and Trivia[]
- In "Special Project", which takes place on Valentine's Day, Dwight notes that Phillip was born four days earlier, confirming his date of birth to be February 10.