The Office Finale Deleted Scene Revealed Jim’s Punishment For Pranking Dwight
Jim Halpert spent the majority of his time at Dunder Mifflin pranking Dwight Schrute, with a deleted scene from The Office’s finale revealing that he eventually received punishment for such antics. One of the best recurring gags from The Office’s nine seasons was Jim pranking Dwight, with the latter character rarely getting the upper hand. The Office’s running joke was so common that it’s been estimated that Jim spent around $6,000 pranking Dwight, which doesn’t include the pranks that happened before the cameras started rolling on Dunder Mifflin.
Although Jim would at times take a break from pranking Dwight to seem more professional, he always came back to this pastime – presumably because he was never punished. Now Dwight also did plenty of heinous things during The Office’s timeline, but he was typically disciplined for such actions, such as being reprimanded by corporate for starting a fire, destroying the CPR dummy, shooting a gun in Dunder Mifflin, or betraying Michael in season 3. Dwight’s actions certainly deserved some sort of punishment, but it was surprising that Jim’s incessant and often elaborate pranks never received discipline from his superiors.
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While The Office ended without Jim’s pranks being condemned by Dunder Mifflin, a deleted scene from the series finale reveals that he had an extensive punishment after the fact. In The Office's cut scene, Clark gives a talking head in which he explains that after the documentary aired, so many young boys started copying Jim’s pranks onto their sisters that it became a notable problem. To rectify Jim’s poor influence after the documentary, John Krasinski’s character was forced to go
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