Jim
Selling paper isn't for everyone. In the humdrum world of slinging stationary and closing on cardstock, it sometimes becomes necessary to manufacture your own entertainment. For Jim Halpert, nothing was meliorate for getting through the mean solar day at Dunder Mifflin than finding the virtually unexpected means to prank overzealous and obnoxious co-worker Dwight K. Schrute.
Eventually, the ii became unlikely friends — just but after Jim unleashed a treasure trove of unforgettable pranks. Here are some of the best.
thirty. When Jim Created a Macro That Automatically Changed Dwight's Name to "Diapers"
Jim's earliest pranks on Dwight varied from impromptu, juvenile efforts to sophisticated, advisedly-planned gambits. While the latter earned enough of screen fourth dimension, it was often the subtler, more childish hijinks that stand up out, even if we never saw them play out on screen.
In season two's "Disharmonize Resolution," as Michael read a litany of charges Dwight has directed toward Jim, he revealed a time when Jim programmed Dwight's give-and-take processor to machine-replace his name with "Diapers." The genius of this applied joke is its simplicity. For little effort, Jim lands an like shooting fish in a barrel jab on Diaper'south ego. Excuse me, Dwight'due south ego.
When Dwight found one-half a joint of marijuana in the Dunder Mifflin parking lot, Jim sensed danger—and opportunity. "Dwight finding drugs," Jim pointed out, "is more dangerous than about people using drugs." Equally Dwight (dressed in full police costume) began interrogating his co-workers, Jim seized the moment.
Jim suggested that perhaps Dwight is the person who brought the drugs to work and simply forgot, due to the retentivity-loss furnishings of smoking marijuana. "That'southward not how it works," Dwight asserted, not realizing the corner he'd painted himself into. "Now how practise you know how information technology works?" Jim asked. Checkmate, Schrute.
28. When Jim Got Dwight to Scale a Phone Pole
The fundamental to any successful prank is to know the weaknesses of the prank's target. Jim understood that Dwight's paranoia and curiosity were admittedly clamorous. He would follow whatsoever small suspicion as far as he needed until he found the answer to the question bothering him.
With $twenty, Jim purchased 500 feet of blood-red wire and ran it from the back of Dwight's computer to the top of a phone pole in the function parking lot. Dwight, of course, scaled the pole, and of course, Jim had to climb upwardly there first, proving he'd go to any height (pun intended) to mess with Dwight.
27. When Jim Beat Dwight at Poker past Coughing
"Casino Night" proved to exist memorable for many reasons, so you might've forgotten how Jim wiped the floor with Dwight in poker. Not every prank is planned or even fully understood. Sometimes, Jim simply stumbled into the adventure to take advantage of Dwight'southward delusions.
Dwight arrived at Casino Night expecting to leave with his pockets total, thanks to his "acute ability to read people." That included Jim's "huge tell" of cough every time he had a practiced paw. Jim quickly realized this tell and coughed his fashion to victory. If just he could have read Pam like he did Dwight.
26. When Jim Stared at Dwight'southward Forehead
Absence has a fashion of making the heart grow fonder. It also has a way of making people fall back into quondam habits quickly. When Jim returned to the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin afterward time abroad in Stamford, Dwight was confident he'd maintain the upper hand. "Fact," he greeted Jim, "I am older. I am wiser. Do non mess with me."
Jim didn't miss a trounce, returning Dwight's greeting by staring a few inches over his gaze. Earlier long, Dwight was standing on his tiptoes, rage in his eyes, equally he demanded Jim "cease acting like an idiot."
25. When Jim Fabricated Dwight Sell Paper to Bill Buttlicker
When Jim and Dwight received subpar customer satisfaction reports from Dunder Mifflin'south surveys, Michael sat them down to oversee them with a more "microform of management" (what'south that called again?). Seated at the conference tabular array, Michael had Dwight do a mock sales call with Jim to make sure he wasn't existence likewise aggressive with clients.
Jim answered the telephone as the hard-of-hearing Bill Buttlicker and was offended when Dwight questioned his name and yelled at him. Dwight gave the phone to his boss, and Buttlicker agreed to buy $1 million worth of paper products — simply only if Michael fired Dwight.
24. When Jim Formed a Simulated Alliance with Dwight
Dwight's fright of downsizing in the get-go flavor of the evidence forced him to do the unthinkable: he approached Jim to course a Survivor-inspired alliance in lodge for them to "assist each other out."
The alliance blows up in both of their faces. Jim immediately tells Pam about the underground pact, and Dwight ends the twenty-four hours in a box inside the warehouse. Jim, meanwhile, gets a lilliputian too appreciating with Pam, grabbing her hand in front end of her fiance, Roy. He confronts Jim, who looks to Dwight for support on the alliance prank. Dwight plays dumb, leaving Jim high and dry.
23. When Jim Made Dwight Hit Himself in the Head with His Telephone
This is yet another prank we never see on photographic camera, but it'southward as well 1 yous can't get out of your head once you imagine information technology. Dorsum in flavor 2's "Conflict Resolution," equally Michael reads off what sounds like a greatest hits of Jim's pranks, we learn of the day Dwight hit himself in the head with his piece of work telephone thanks to Jim's long-term planning.
For weeks, Jim added i nickel at a time to Dwight's headset until he got used to the weight. When he emptied the nickels, musculus memory took over. A simple prank, and a cost-effective i, too.
22. When Jim Convinced Dwight It Was Friday … on Thursday
Jim was notorious for his power to program out pranks, but perhaps his greatest talent was the power to do information technology on the wing. In that location's no better example of this than the Thursday Dwight showed upward to piece of work convinced information technology was Friday.
For the balance of the day, Jim reinforced Dwight's defoliation with subtle clues. He called a friend about getting together on the 15th, which, Dwight noted, is a Saturday. He even enlisted Pam, who mentioned the previous night's episode of The Apprentice that Dwight missed for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation tag and drinks. On Friday, the punctual Dwight about missed the unabridged workday as a result.
21. When Jim Used Bed Bugs to Get Out of a Thirst Trap
In one episode, Cathy dropped in on Jim's hotel room wearing very little and fabricated herself a little as well comfortable for Jim'due south liking. How else could Jim get out of that bad-mannered state of affairs but by calling on Dwight for a bailout caper?
When Jim told Dwight he saw a bed bug, Dwight burst in, checked Jim's greasy hair, ripped off the sheets and his clothes and used his body heat to attract the fictitious bugs. "Then we'll see who's laughing!" Dwight crowed. Cathy wasn't, but Jim offered a smile — until Cathy moved into his shower.
xx. When Jim May Accept Gone Too Far
Even Jim had to admit he might have gone too far in "Free Family unit Portrait Studio" at the end of season 8. When he institute out where Dwight got his dry cleaning done, he custom-ordered a suit that matched Dwight's stitch for sew — with ane exception. He created a tear-away velcro version and stripped Dwight to his underwear in the parking lot.
The joke got a rare laugh from Stanley, but the consequences took a price on Jim's family. Dwight used a free family portrait studio at work to go Jim's kids into the office and seek vengeance.
19. When Pam Helped Jim Convince Dwight the CIA Was Recruiting Him
There's no icebreaker quite like tricking Dwight into thinking he's beingness recruited a clandestine agent. When Jim returned to Scranton with a new girlfriend, things were understandably icy between him and Pam. So, Pam used Christmas as the chance to help re-establish their friendship.
For months, Pam sent Dwight messages from the CIA, and on Christmas, she handed him a binder marked "classified." Jim hesitated, merely eventually he convinced Dwight a helicopter would option him up from the office roof. The escapade ended when the CIA aborted the compromised mission and Dwight chucked his cell telephone into the night air.
18. When Jim Intercepted All of Dwight's Calls
For someone too-versed in science fiction as Dwight, he's awfully dull when information technology comes to engineering. This is a weakness Jim was happy to exploit when Dwight left his cell phone sitting out on his desk. Jim paired the device to his bluetooth headset, and madness ensued.
First, Jim took a work telephone call of Dwight's phone, infuriating him to no end. Then Pam chosen Dwight, and Jim answered. Pam said he sounded sexy, and Dwight routed his cell telephone to his work telephone. Too late — Jim already forwarded the piece of work phone to his ain. It always pays to think ahead.
17. When Jim Put Dwight'southward Stuff Inside the Vending Automobile
It pays to have friends with powerful jobs. For Jim, a friendship with Steve, the vending machine guy, turned into the perfect opportunity to mess with Dwight. I by i, Jim placed all of Dwight's personal items inside of the vending machine in the part's intermission room.
When Pam bought Dwight's pencil cup for a dollar, Dwight reached for his wallet to buy back his things, but he found it, besides, was in the machine. Luckily, Jim was there to lend a helping manus—in the form of a bag of nickels. Another sound and efficient investment past Mr. Halpert.
xvi. When Jim Put a Plastic Pocketknife in Naked Dwight'south Hand
With Michael out of boondocks, Jim took advantage of Dwight's authoritarian inclinations to plough a meeting into a roasting of Dwight, who was recording a conference room meeting for Michael to heed to.
The audio format provided the perfect platform for Jim'south antics. "Oh my God, Dwight, what are you doing?" Jim interrupted. "Yous're non allowed to take off your pants in the middle of the office." Soon, Jim painted a exact, recorded film of Dwight nude and wielding a plastic pocketknife at Stanley's neck. Unfortunately, Andy took the deception too far past supposedly chopping off Phyllis' caput with a chainsaw.
15. When Jim Gave Dwight an Unforgettable Christmas Present
'Tis the season to exist jolly. 'Tis besides the flavour to give Dwight a Christmas present he'll never forget. Dwight'due south desk was a favorite area of target practice for Jim — more than on that to come — and with the holidays approaching, he decided to comprehend Dwight's workstation entirely in wrapping paper.
Dwight was unimpressed and mocked Jim for wasting time. He was also unimpressed by Jim'south blackness belt in gift wrapping and promises to unwrap everything in v minutes. Information technology took far less time than that—Dwight savage to the floor when he sabbatum on his chair and desk, which were actually just empty, paper outlines.
xiv. When Jim Turned Mega Desk into Quad Desk-bound
Jim's return to piece of work from paternity exit got off to a bad showtime when he found Dwight had commandeered his desk-bound to form a "mega desk." The station was complete with command central, surveillance and business concern areas. Not ane to exist outdone, Jim fired dorsum with a desk-related maneuver of his ain.
Enter "Quad Desk-bound," a stand-up, triangularly-stacked workstation whose proper name offended Dwight. "That'due south ridiculous," Dwight said. "This is made upwardly of iii desks." As Jim realized the desk needed a new name, Dwight's phone rang, and he crawled into the tiny space beneath Quad Desk-bound to answer the call.
thirteen. When Jim Put Dwight's Desk in the Bathroom
Kudos to Jim for the sheer logistical expertise required to movement Dwight's entire desk-bound into the men's bathroom. When Dwight arrived at work and constitute his desk-bound missing, he defendant Jim of being "unprofessional." "Well," Jim replied, "you lot're the one who lost his desk."
Simply every bit Dwight went to tell Michael, Jim began a game of Hot and Cold. Following Jim's cues, Dwight establish his desk-bound in the bathroom. The good news? His telephone still worked, and he helped Jim find a discount he'd been looking for. The bad news? It turned out Kevin doesn't wash his hands earlier leaving the men's room.
12. When Jim Framed Dwight for His Ain Murder
The clues were at that place all along. Remember "Disharmonize Resolution," when Dwight tattled on Jim for putting a bloody glove in his desk and accusing him of murder? In Flavor Eight'southward "Tallahassee," Jim took it to the next level.
While Dwight woke his fellow employees in a Tallahassee hotel, Jim, up at iv:fifteen a.1000. like any father of young kids, staged a murder scene in his hotel room. There was blood on the sheet, cash in a suitcase and a cherry-red warning on the wall that read, "Dwight did it." When Jim's limp torso roughshod out of the closet, Dwight and Erin screamed bloody murder.
11. When Jim Cracked the Instance of the Michael Scott Newspaper Company
Some applied jokes are strictly for laughs. Others assist salvage your wife's failing company and help her get a new job. When Dwight discovered the Michael Scott Paper Company was going broke, he rushed to Vice President Charles Milner, who was negotiating a buyout with Michael and Co.
Jim alertly stopped Dwight in his tracks by questioning his track record of cracking cases. Charles, unimpressed past Dwight's detective work in "The Example of the Beet Bandit," called him and Jim "morons," ignoring Dwight'due south warning. The buyout went through, and Pam ended up dorsum at Dunder Mifflin with a better job.
ten. When Jim Convinced Dwight He Was on the Radio
When local radio host Iris Black chosen Sabre seeking a invitee for her show, "Biz Wiz," Dwight jumped at the take a chance to promote his work and build his make. Unfortunately for Dwight, Iris called back later to abolish the interview. Fifty-fifty more unfortunately for Dwight, nobody told him.
Instead, Jim produced a simulated radio testify hosted by Nellie and soundtracked past Darryl, and the mock-interview went terribly for Dwight. First, they convinced him to take off all his apparel. Then, they convinced him he was tanking the company'southward stock during a toxic paper crisis. Information technology was gotcha journalism, and Dwight got gotched.
ix. When Jim Kept Rail of Every Second Dwight Wasted
There are traps we set for others, and in that location are traps we ready for ourselves. Dwight cornered himself in ane episode when he said in a business ethics lecture that he never wasted time at piece of work.
Enter Jim with a stopwatch and too much fourth dimension on his hands. It started with a four-second yawn and a 17-second personal conversation. Jim and so baited Dwight with Battlestar Galactica blasphemy, merely Dwight was determined. Before the day was over, Dwight peed in a soda bottle while filling out expense reports. Even so, he managed to notice 20 minutes for "personal time" with Angela.
viii. When Jim Convinced Dwight He Was a Vampire
Dwight's discovery of a bat inside the part of Dunder Mifflin prepare off an unforgettable chain of events. Meredith got chip and, we later discover, likely contracted rabies. Jim didn't go scrap, but that doesn't mean he didn't smell blood in the air.
Past inspecting his teeth, feigning fear at "ice cold" garlic bread and displaying sensitivity to low-cal, Jim insinuated he'd turning into a vampire. It made sense to Dwight — according to him, a vampire would live in a "-sylvania" state. Bonus points to Jim for the risk incurred—he was lucky Dwight never stabbed him in the eye with a stake.
7. When Jim Sold Dwight a Sack of Magic Beans
Inspiration for tomfoolery was everywhere for Jim, and perhaps his role as the male parent of immature kids planted the seed for this detail endeavour. In season seven's "Garage Auction," Jim "accidentally" left out a bag marked "Professor Copperfield'due south Miracle Legumes." He then regaled Dwight with a tale of a Jamaican mystic who sold him the legumes and vanished.
Through reverse psychology, Jim convinced Dwight of the legumes' magical powers, and Dwight ended up trading a $150 telescope for the beans. Y'all can always buy another telescope, later all. Miracle Legumes don't exactly grow on trees.
6. When Jim Was Really Asian All Along
Only Jim could plough a trip to the dentist into an opportunity to strength Dwight into questioning the fundamental nature of reality. With help from Pam and their actor friend Steve, the Halperts threw Dwight into a state of existential confusion when Steve, an Asian man, pretended to be Jim.
As "Jim" passed every examination Dwight threw his way — questioning his sales history, nailing his voicemail password — Pam delivers the prank'south kiss of death, laying a smooch right on Asian Jim's lips. When Dwight discovered a photo of Pam, Asian Jim, and their mixed-race babies, it was a knockout punch.
5. When Jim Sent Dwight Faxes From Future Dwight
Dwight'southward susceptibility to science fiction was a vulnerability Jim preyed on time and fourth dimension once more. When he left Scranton for Stamford, Jim looked to the future … literally. Before he left, he snagged a box of Dwight'due south stationery. From Stamford, Jim sent Dwight faxes — from himself, in the future.
The audience only saw this prank play out in 1 example. Future Dwight warned By Dwight that the coffee was poisoned, which pb Past Dwight to slap a full, hot mug from Stanley's easily. "Y'all'll thank me after," he insisted. No matter the fourth dimension or place, Jim ever had something upward his sleeve.
4. When Jim Trained Dwight with Altoids and Classical Conditioning
Jim had a reputation as a archetype underachiever, and then it's a trivial surprising to see how closely he paid attending in high school science. In this prank, Mad Scientist Jim borrowed from Pavlov's playbook and trained Dwight like a canis familiaris.
In his experiment, Jim replaced the audio of a bell with the sound of a computer booting up, and he replaced the dog's food with an Altoid mint. Every time he restarted his computer, he gave Dwight a mint — until the day he didn't, leaving Dwight's extended arm empty-handed and his rima oris tasting "so bad suddenly."
3. When Jim Stole Dwight'due south Identity
Imitation is the well-nigh sincere form of flattery. It's likewise an like shooting fish in a barrel mode to drive Dwight crazy. When Jim saw a $4 pair of glasses in a drug store, he decided to create an entire Schrute ensemble, consummate with calculator watch, short-sleeve mustard-colored button-down and middle-parted hair (an $xi investment, in total).
The payoff was well worth information technology. Jim peppered Dwight with questions nearly bears, beats and Battlestar Galactica before Dwight realized what was going on. When Jim placed a bobblehead on his desk-bound, it was the last straw for Dwight. "Identity theft is not a joke, Jim," he angrily shouted. "Michael!"
2. When Jim Put Dwight's Stuff in Jello
Classics have a manner of transcending time, sticking (pun intended) in memories long after they debut. They aren't necessarily flashy, but they endure because they connect with people in a unique and transcendent fashion.
There is no more than quintessential Jim prank on Dwight than when he put Dwight's stapler in Jello. This prank took identify in the pilot every bit our introduction to Jim's shenanigans and Dwight'south easily-acquired frustration. "He put my stuff in Jello again!" Dwight shouted, revealing that Jim had played this number before (for the 3rd time, in fact). And that'due south just fine — the classics are worth repeating.
1. When Jim Bailed on Being Dwight's Bestest Mensch
The winding route of Jim and Dwight's friendship lead to Dwight naming Jim the "bestest mensch" at his and Angela's hymeneals. Unfortunately, Jim discovered, he could not be Dwight'south bestest mensch considering Dwight was older than him, which goes against tradition. Dwight hadn't heard of this tradition, but Jim insisted. "I just actually wish there was something I could do," Jim said, earlier throwing his trademark glance toward the camera.
In walked Michael. "I can't believe yous came," Dwight exclaimed. "That'southward what she said," Michael replied. The audience, as usual, was left smile and satisfied equally Michael became the even bestest-er mensch.
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