Office Space
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Directed by	Mike Judge
Produced by	Daniel Rappaport Michael Rotenberg
Written by	Mike Judge
Starring	Ron Livingston Jennifer Aniston David Herman Ajay Naidu Diedrich Bader Gary Cole Stephen Root
Music by	John Frizzell
Cinematography	Tim Suhrstedt
Editing by	David Rennie
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	February 19, 1999
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000 (estimated)
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Office Space is an American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. It satirizes work life in a typical software company during the early 1990s, focusing on a handful of individuals who are fed up with their jobs. The film's sympathetic portrayal of ordinary IT workers garnered it a cult following among those in that profession, but also addresses themes familiar to office workers and employees in general. It was filmed in Austin, Dallas, and Houston, Texas. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 402 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (507 × 755 pixel, file size: 50 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. ... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. ... Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green in the popular television sitcom Friends. ... David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. ... Ajay Naidu Ajay Naidu (born 12 February 1972 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American actor of Indian ancestry. ... Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor. ... Gary Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, Midnight Caller, American Gothic, Wanted and Crusade, and the films Office Space, In the Line of Fire, Kiss the Sky, Dodgeball, The Brady Bunch Movie, A Very... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Comedy film is genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor. ... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... The term software company could be applied to: a) a company that produces software, distributes software from a third party, or provides services such as custom software development. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. ... Dallas redirects here. ... Houston redirects here. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ...

Office Space is based on the Milton series of cartoons Mike Judge created for Saturday Night Live and Liquid Television. Office Space was Mike Judge's first foray into live action film and his second full length motion picture release (the first being the animated Beavis and Butthead Do America). The promotional campaign for Office Space often associated it with Beavis and Butthead, ensuring that audiences would expect a brand of humor similar to that of the creator's previous animated efforts, rather than the relatively low-key ironic humor of this film. This article is about the American television series. ... Liquid Television was a 1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. The first season of Liquid Television originally aired on BBC Two. ... Beavis And Butt-head Do America is a animated feature film that was released in 1996, produced by MTV and directed by Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge. ... Beavis and Butt-head is an animated comedy show that aired on US TV station MTV from 1993 to 1997. ...

While not a box office success, the film has become a cult classic; it has since sold very well on video and DVD,^[1] and some of the movie's dialogue has entered into the popular lexicon since its release. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Plot

The film depicts a group of employees at Initech, a company plagued by excessive management, and the everyday annoyance of office work in a cube farm setting evocative of the Dilbert comic strip. Soon after the movie begins, two consultants (John C. McGinley and Paul Willson), nicknamed "The Bobs" since they both have the same first name, are brought in to Initech to help with cutting expenses. The workers at Initech are then interviewed in order to determine which employees will be downsized or outsourced. A cubicle desk forms an integral whole with the five or six foot high partitions that separate it from the neighbors. ... Dilbert (first published April 16, 1989) is an American comic strip written and drawn by Scott Adams. ... John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter, most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in NBCs Scrubs and Sergeant Red ONeil in Oliver Stones Platoon. ... Paul Willson Paul Willson (born December 25, 1945 in Fairmont, Minnesota) is an American actor, most notable for his television work. ... Downsizing is a euphemism referring to layoffs initiated by a company in order to cut labor costs by reducing the size of the company. ... Outsourcing became part of the business lexicon during the 1980s and refers to the delegation of non-core operations from internal production to an external entity specializing in the management of that operation. ...

Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is a software engineer who spends his days updating bank software to remedy the then-expected Y2K disaster. His co-workers include Samir Nagheenanajar (Ajay Naidu), who complains that no one in the US can pronounce his name correctly; Michael Bolton (David Herman), who is angry that he shares his name with the real-life singer whom he hates; and Milton Waddams (Stephen Root), a soft-spoken, fixated collator who mumbles to himself incessantly (most notably about his co-workers borrowing his stapler) and is repeatedly harassed by management, especially the callous vice president Bill Lumbergh (Gary Cole). Lumbergh is Peter's nemesis — a stereotypical corporate middle-manager who spends most of his time wandering the office with coffee mug in hand, wears white-collared shirts, suspenders and a belt (a fashion faux pas), and emotionlessly micromanages his employees while engaging them with superficial small talk. Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. ... Software engineering (SE) is the profession concerned with specifying, designing, developing and maintaining software applications by applying technologies and practices from computer science, project management, and other fields. ... This article is about the millennial computer glitch. ... Ajay Naidu Ajay Naidu (born 12 February 1972 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American actor of Indian ancestry. ... David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. ... Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), better known as Michael Bolton, is an American singer-songwriter, known for his soft rock ballads and tenor vocals. ... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... Alphabetical redirects here. ... Gary Cole on the left as Bill Lumbergh and Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons. ... Gary Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, Midnight Caller, American Gothic, Wanted and Crusade, and the films Office Space, In the Line of Fire, Kiss the Sky, Dodgeball, The Brady Bunch Movie, A Very... Look up faux pas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In business management, micromanagement is a management style where a manager closely observes or controls the work of their employees, generally used as a pejorative term. ...

Peter finds himself stressed, burnt out, and ineffective, and will likely be on the Bobs' downsizing list. Fortunately for him, something unusual happens during an occupational hypnotherapy session urged upon him by his soon-to-be ex-girlfriend Anne. The obese "occupational hypnotherapist" Dr. Swanson, portrayed by Mike McShane, suddenly dies of a heart attack before he can snap, or "unhypnotize", Peter out of a state of complete relaxation. The newly relaxed and still half-hypnotized Peter finds out that Anne is cheating on him but takes the news in stride and doesn't seem to care. He announces that he will not work anymore, instead pursuing his lifelong dream of "doing nothing", and finally asking out Joanna (Jennifer Aniston), a waitress he's long wanted to date. In a parallel story, Joanna is experiencing a similar frustration with her boss regarding trivial issues, notably the "flair" on her uniform (catchy slogan buttons that supposedly contribute to the "fun" atmosphere of the restaurant). Although she wears the required number, 15, she is constantly harassed for only doing what is required, although it is never explicitly stated that she should wear more. Meanwhile, during his interview with the Bobs, Peter opens up for the first time about the absurdity of his job and of how Initech is run, including the issue with having too many managers and not having any real motivation to work except to avoid hassles. The Bobs interpret Peter's candor, easy-going attitude, and lack of regard for his job as evidence that he is unmotivated in his current position and thus a prime candidate for a managerial position. Much to his surprise, and Lumbergh's dismay, Peter receives a promotion while his friends Samir and Michael, two of the department's best employees, are scheduled to be laid off. At a bar with his two friends, he reveals that his strange behavior is not so much due to the residual effects of hypnotism, but instead to seeing the hypnotherapist keel over in front of him, which has given him a new perspective on life, mainly to not waste it on pointless activities. For the novel by Lucas Hyde, see Hypnosis (novel). ... Michéal (Mike) McShane (born December 10, 1957 in East Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor and improvisational comedian who first became known to American audiences through his appearances on the British version of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? McShane has performed on stage, on television, and... Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green in the popular television sitcom Friends. ... Layoff is the termination of employment of an employee or (more commonly) a group of employees for business reasons, such as the decision that certain positions are no longer necessary. ...

In order to get back at the company, the three friends decide to infect the accounting system with a computer virus, which will round down fractions of a cent from accrual of interest and transfer the leftovers into their own account over a period of years, leaving them with a cash windfall undetected by the corporation (see salami slicing). Peter, when questioned by Joanna about what he and his friends had been celebrating, attempts to diminish the sense that he is doing something illegal by comparing the theft to taking the pennies from the penny tray at a convenience store. The plan however backfires when a bug in the virus program's code causes it to take $305,326.13 in one day. The three friends are certain that such a large amount going missing in so short a time period will be noticed and result in their arrest. After a crisis of conscience, Peter decides to write a letter in which he takes all the blame for the crime. Peter slips an envelope containing the letter and the money in unsigned Travellers cheques under the door of Lumbergh's office when Lumbergh is not there, expecting to be arrested soon afterwards. A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. ... In computer crime, salami slicing is the illegal practice of stealing money repeatedly in extremely small quantities, usually by taking advantage of rounding to the nearest cent (or other monetary unit) in financial transactions. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A travelers cheque (also travellers cheque, travelers check, or travelers cheque) is a preprinted, fixed-amount cheque designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer (usually a bank) for that privilege. ...

However, all their problems are solved when Milton finally snaps due to Lumbergh, who had taken away Milton's beloved red Swingline stapler, moved his desk to a cockroach-infested storage room in the basement, and stopped sending his paychecks, fixing an accounting glitch wherein Milton had, unknown to him, been laid off years earlier but continued to come to work and be paid. Milton sets the Initech office building on fire, having warned several times that he would "set the building on fire" throughout the film, destroying all the computers and the virus code. Peter finally finds a job that makes him happy: working construction with his neighbor Lawrence (Diedrich Bader); Samir and Michael get jobs at Initech rival Initrode, and Milton makes his way to a resort in Mexico with the $305,326.13 he found in unsigned traveler's checks in an unmarked envelope inside Lumbergh's office. Psychosis is a psychiatric classification for a mental state in which the perception of reality is distorted. ... Swingline is a brand of the American Clip Company (ACCO) that specializes in manufacturing staplers and hole punchers and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. ... Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor. ... A travelers cheque (also travellers cheque, travelers check, or travelers cheque) is a preprinted, fixed-amount cheque designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer (usually a bank) for that privilege. ...

Cast

Artie Lange also auditioned for the role of Milton.^[2] He describes his audition as being so bad it was "like a plumber who won a radio contest and got to try out for a movie." Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and television actor. ... Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and television actress, best known for her role as Rachel Green in the popular television sitcom Friends. ... Gary Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, Midnight Caller, American Gothic, Wanted and Crusade, and the films Office Space, In the Line of Fire, Kiss the Sky, Dodgeball, The Brady Bunch Movie, A Very... Gary Cole on the left as Bill Lumbergh and Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons. ... David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor. ... Ajay Naidu Ajay Naidu (born 12 February 1972 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American actor of Indian ancestry. ... Alexandra Ali Wentworth (born January 12, 1966) is an American comedian, actress and author who has appeared in movies and on television. ... Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. ... Richard Riehle is an actor who has been in movies such as Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, potraying Deuces father, Office Space, as well as being on the show Grounded for Life. ... Diedrich Bader Karl Diedrich Bader (born December 24, 1966) is an American actor. ... Paul Willson Paul Willson (born December 25, 1945 in Fairmont, Minnesota) is an American actor, most notable for his television work. ... John Christopher McGinley (born August 3, 1959) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter, most notable for his roles as Perry Cox in NBCs Scrubs and Sergeant Red ONeil in Oliver Stones Platoon. ... Michéal (Mike) McShane (born December 10, 1957 in East Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor and improvisational comedian who first became known to American audiences through his appearances on the British version of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway? McShane has performed on stage, on television, and... Orlando Jones (born April 10, 1968) is an American comedian and film and television actor. ... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... Jack Betts (born in Miami, Florida) is an American stage, movie, and television actor. ... Arthur Steven Lange, Jr. ...

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The DVD release contains a scene not included in the theatrical release which establishes a different fate for the character of Bill Lumbergh. In one deleted scene, characters refer to his funeral. In the theatrical release, he does not appear in any of the final scenes.

Production

The origins for Office Space lie in a series of four animated short films about an office drone named Milton that Mike Judge created for Saturday Night Live in 1993.^[3] The inspiration came from a temp job he once had that involved alphabetizing purchase orders^[4] and a job he had as an engineer for three months in the Bay Area during the 1980s, "just in the heart of Silicon Valley and in the middle of that overachiever yuppie thing, it was just awful."^[5] The setting of the film reflected a prevailing trend that Judge observed in the United States. "It seems like every city now has these identical office parks with identical adjoining chain restaurants," he said in an interview.^[3] He remembers, "There were a lot of people who wanted me to set this movie in Wall Street, or like the movie Brazil, but I wanted it very unglamorous, the kind of bleak work situation like I was in."^[4] For the Nintendo 64 game, see Space Station Silicon Valley. ... Yuppies (young urban professionals, young up and coming professionals or less commonly young upwardly-mobile professionals[1]) is a market segment whose consumers are characterized as self-reliant, financially secure individualists. ... Elaborate marble facade of NYSE as seen from the intersection of Broad and Wall Streets For other uses, see Wall Street (disambiguation). ...

Judge sold the film to 20th Century Fox based on his script and a cast that included Jennifer Aniston, Ron Livingston, and David Herman.^[3] Originally, the studio wanted to make a movie out of the Milton character but Judge was not interested, opting instead to make more of an ensemble cast-based film.^[5] The studio suggested he make a movie like Car Wash but "just set in an office."^[5] Judge made the relatively painless transition from animation to live-action with the help of the film's director of photography who taught him about lenses and where to put the camera. Judge says, "I had a great crew, and it's good going into it not pretending you're an expert."^[4] Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ... For other uses, see Car wash (disambiguation). ...

Reaction

Office Space barely recouped production costs, earning $10,827,813 at the box office.^[6]

In his review in the New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote, "It has the loose-jointed feel of a bunch of sketches packed together into a narrative that doesn't gather much momentum."^[7] Owen Gleiberman in Entertainment Weekly criticized the film for feeling "cramped and underimagined."^[8] However, in USA Today, Susan Wioszczyna wrote, "If you've ever had a job, you'll be amused by this paean to peons."^[9] The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Owen Gleiberman (born 24 February 1959) is a film critic for Entertainment Weekly, a position he has held since the magazines launch in 1990. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ...

In popular culture

Several phrases, items and concepts from the film have found their way into common usage (particularly in office environments):

• PMITA prison refers to 'pound me in the ass prison' as opposed to soft time in white collar prison.
• TPS report — denotes any type of pointless office paperwork, based on the film's satirical example of such work.
• PC Load Letter — an actual HP laser printer error message indicating that the printer needs letter-sized paper, but more generally a catch-all for any nonsensical error message. The "PC" in the phrase stands for "Paper Cassette", a paper reservoir for many printers. This error is more common in Europe when printing US documents on printers loaded with size A4 paper.
• In the movie, the printer's unreliability finally prompts Peter, Samir and Michael to take a baseball bat to the device in an open field as "Still" by Geto Boys plays, in a scene visually referencing a violent episode in Casino. The term Office Space-style, or "Going Office Space on" is used to refer to this type of destruction.^[10]
• Did/Didn't you get that memo? — refers to a question a worker is asked by multiple supervisors at varying levels.
• A case of the Mondays — refers to expressions of frustration at one's job (especially on Mondays); phrase is used by a cheery co-worker to describe Peter's attitude at the start of the film, and again later by Brian, the insufferably upbeat Chotchkie's waiter.

• Red Swingline stapler — The item that is the only constant in the life of abused employee Milton Waddams, who snaps after it is stolen. Swingline hadn't made red staplers in years, and a red Swingline was not available from office supply shops when Office Space was released (a prop department employee, named Ric Trzeciak, painted one PPG red, according to the film's commentary), but due to popular demand Swingline released a limited run of the red version in 2004. The official Swingline product page describes the product thus: "Discover the stapling star of any office space - the bold head-turning design and legendary performance of Swingline's Rio Red Stapler."^[11]
• No-talent ass clown — expression of Michael Bolton's antipathy for the pop singer Michael Bolton, who he shares his name with. The term is now used to refer to a celebrity or performer who is successful despite having only marginal talent. It is also used as a general term of derision. The term "ass clown" was also used in the film Bad Santa, by Ajay Naidu, as a tribute to this film. WWE wrestler Chris Jericho was known for using 'ass clown' during his earlier years with the company.
• Pieces of Flair — refers to the mass quantities of buttons and pins Joanna is required to wear while working at the fictional Friday’s-esque restaurant "Chotchkie's", as in the title of the 2005 "Special Edition, with Flair" DVD release. (Tchotchke is a Yiddish word meaning "worthless trinket"—like the pieces of flair). Peter Gibbons criticises the practice, saying, "You know, the Nazis had pieces of flair that they made the Jews wear."^[12]

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In other media

Television

DVD cover showing the character Milton

• The animated Office Space short appeared on Liquid Television (MTV) in 1992, involving Milton and his stapler.
• In the similarly-themed British television series The Office, "Pete Gibbons" is mentioned on two occasions as a former Wernham Hogg employee.
• Although Gary Cole is credited as supplying numerous voices on the Fox series Family Guy, he reprised his role as Bill Lumbergh in the episode titled "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz."
• In the television series Lost, John Locke has a flashback of working in a cubicle office and being harassed by his obnoxious boss, Randy, asking about TPS reports.
• In the episode "The Redneck on Rainey Street" of the animated series King of the Hill, Kahn Souphanousinphone tells his boss on the phone that he has filed his TPS reports. King of the Hill is another Mike Judge production.
• A red Swingline stapler is seen in an episode of Scrubs ("My Bright Idea") when Dr. Percival "Perry" Cox (played by John C. McGinley, who portrayed one of the Bobs in the movie) is seen talking to Elliot Reid through such a stapler.
• In the "High" (originally aired 8/22/07) episode of Rescue Me a scene opens with Janet Gavin at work as she hands a colleague some papers and says, "The TPS reports."
• Actor Greg Pitts appeared as himself in a second season episode of The Sarah Silverman Program ("Ah, Men", original air date 10/31/07). Throughout the episode he is referred to as "the 'oh face' guy from Office Space" and repeatedly recites his famous catch phrase.

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Commercials

• In the series of Reebok commercials featuring "Terry Tate: Office Linebacker", after one of his devastating hits on a co-worker, he yells "You know you need a cover sheet on your TPS Reports, Richard! That ain't new, baby!"
• In a promotional ad for an episode of the show 30 Days about job outsourcing, series creator Morgan Spurlock is seated in an office cubicle. He drinks from a coffee cup and says the Lumbergh line "Yeah, we're gonna have to move your desk ... to India."
• Blizzard Entertainment used a scene in this film in a commercial for World of Warcraft. The scene in particular was of Peter playing Tetris on his work computer while blowing off Lumbergh. The Tetris game running on the monitor was digitally replaced with footage from World of Warcraft, and the game's box was digitally added to the top of the monitor. Additionally, the Cheetos on Peter's desk were digitally replaced with WoW CDs.^[13]
• A commercial for Absolut Vodka themed for "Absolut: Case of the Mondays" uses the scene of the printer being pummeled.
• The 2007 Super Bowl Ad for CareerBuilder, "Promotion Pit," features a character covered in sticky notes.

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Music video

• In the video "Virus Alert" from the album Straight Outta Lynwood by Weird Al Yankovic, people are observed running from the flaming Initech building.

Singles from Straight Outta Lynwood Released: August 21, 2006 Released: September 12, 2006 Released: September 26, 2006 Released: March 19, 2007 Straight Outta Lynwood is the twelfth album by Weird Al Yankovic. ... This article is about the musician. ...

Video games

• In the video game Enter the Matrix, in a scene set in a post office building, there is an area where the player can hear two employees discussing TPS reports, and referring to one having the other's stapler.
• The video game F.E.A.R. contains several levels with shootouts set among cubicles in an office building. Papers entitled "TPS Report" litter desks, notes with the phone number to "Chotchkie's" are on cabinets and there is a red Swingline stapler on one of the desks. A poster entitled "Planning to Plan" is seen.
• In the MMORPG City of Heroes robotic office workers/adversaries refer to 'TPS Reports'.
• In the computer game Counter-Strike, as well as the Source engine sequel, TPS reports can be seen on the shelves in the multiplayer online map cs_office. On the same multiplayer map, the computer screens display a Windows desktop with an opened window titled "TPS report".
• In the game Doom 3, one of the magazines called "UAC" has a red stapler on it and has the caption "Where is my Stapler?"
• In the mod Zodiac for the game Deus Ex, you infiltrate an office complex modelled after the workplace in the movie, with Milton sitting in a corner enclosure talking about his stapler, TPS reports on his desk.
• On the zm_little_city level in the Zombie Mod for Counter-Strike: Source, all the computer screens have a Microsoft Excel worksheet open with the title TPS Reports. Also, there is a Windows command prompt window open with a script named embezzle.bat typed and ready to run.
• In the MMORPG Guild Wars: Eye of the North, in the map Magus Stones, there is a NPC called Blimm that is searching for his staff and thinks that his ex-employer stole it. He says to players: "And, if you see my red staff, bring it back to me. It's not okay, and if she took my staff, I'm going to burn the laboratory down." as a reference to Milton.

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See also

• Office Space soundtrack
• Dilbert
• The Office (UK TV series)
• The Office (US TV series)

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References

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External links

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Office Space

• Office Space at the Internet Movie Database
• Time "Cue the Stapler!"
• Lumino Magazine's 5th anniversary retrospective article
• Filming Locations
• BullshitJob.com an office space fan site
• Entertainment Weekly retrospective article
• Choregus Office Space Review