Dwight is vocal about his views on justice, which is reflected in his television viewing habits, as he enjoys watching and has great admiration for Judge Judy, as well as Vic Mackey on The Shield.
Throughout the episode, Jim attempts to show his appreciation, but Dwight refuses to accept his gifts, simply stating "Citizens do not accept prizes for being citizens".
In "Drug Testing", Dwight finds half of a joint in the parking lot, which incites him to carry out a severe, and thorough, investigation. When he discovers that Michael might have been exposed to illegal drugs at a concert, he substitutes his own urine during the mandatory drug test. Dwight then resigns from his volunteer position at the Sheriff's Department, because he feels that he is no longer worthy of working there.
In "Frame Toby", Dwight states that he is skilled at framing people, as well as animals, revealing that he once framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas gift, and a bear for eating out of the garbage, although, he had made it obvious to the police that he wanted Toby to be imprisoned. In the episode "Women's Appreciation", he is quoted as saying "Better a thousand innocent men are locked up, than one guilty man roam free.
In "Conflict Resolution", Dwight states that he does not like to smile, as showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates, and that whenever someone smiles at him, "all [he] sees is a chimpanzee, begging for its life".
In "Body Language", Dwight reveals that he and Mose are currently attempting to reanimate a deceased bull. It has been implied that Dwight is against vegetarianism. In "Happy Hour", he tells Isabel that he is pleased that she is not a vegetarian. Dwight's dislike of cats, made evident in "Fun Run", also seems to support this theory, as he states that "cats do not provide milk, wool or meat".
Dwight owns many exotic pets including piranhas, frogs, a wolf, a raccoon, and an opossum, although the wolf escaped, and he flushed his piranhas down the toilet. He also has an interest in bears, and is ready to debate the habits and characteristics of different species of bears. In "Booze Cruise", Dwight claims to have been the youngest pilot in Pan Am history, stating that, when he was four, he and his father were invited into the cockpit of an airplane, and that he was allowed to co-pilot the aircraft.
He also claims that he would have been capable of landing it, but his father had wanted them to return to their seats. In "Costume Contest", Dwight claims to be able to sit on a fence, and that he is even able to sleep on one, stating that "The trick is to do it face down, with the post in your mouth". He also appears to be a fan of the band The Decemberists, as shown by his family singing their song "Sons and Daughters" in "The Farm", to convince his siblings to run the family farm with him, through the "power of nostalgia".
In "Drug Testing", Dwight states that he likes his co-workers, "with four exceptions", leaving it up to the audience to make educated guesses about whom these four exceptions are.
However, it is also probable that Phyllis Lapin-Vance could be one of the exceptions, as, on many occasions, she and Dwight are shown to have a strained relationship. Kelly Kapoor is likewise a viable choice, as her ditsy nature contrasts Dwight's overly serious character, as we see later in the same episode during Dwight's interrogation of Kelly.
This theory is also reinforced by Angela's hatred of Kelly and the influence Angela may hold as Dwight's girlfriend at the time. Pam Halpert is also a possible exception, as she is often an accomplice to Jim's pranks against Dwight. Towards the middle of season 2, Dwight develops a secret relationship with Angela Martin.
Pam begins to suspect a relationship between the two, in "E-mail Surveillance", by observing their interactions, suspicions which are strengthened in "The Injury" and "Conflict Resolution", and confirmed by "Traveling Salesmen", where Angela confides in Pam about her relationship, using code names. In "Michael's Birthday", Ryan discovers the relationship between the two when he overhears a coded conversation between them in the kitchen, while in "The Negotiation" Jim discovers the relationship while coming out of the office bathroom after quitting time, to find Dwight and Angela kissing he then tells the documentary crew that, with his silence, the debt he feels to Dwight is repaid , although, on an earlier occasion, he unwittingly glimpsed Angela dressed in lingerie, lying in Dwight's hotel room, but mistook her for a prostitute.
Instead of caring for the feline, Dwight feels he should put Sprinkles out of its misery, and feeds it antihistamines until it falls asleep, to which he then subsequently places the sleeping, but not deceased, cat in Angela's freezer. This backfires, and Angela terminates their relationship. Jim, on a visit to Dwight's beet farm, finds Dwight sitting alone at night, contemplating Angela's cherub figurineand moaning in anguish.
In the fourth season finale "Goodbye, Toby", Dwight is obviously hurt when Angela's boyfriend, Andy, proposes to her. However, in the final scene of the episode, Phyllis re-enters the office, following Toby's farewell party, and catches Dwight having sex with Angela, strongly indicating a reconciliation between the two is possible. In the fifth season premiere, "Weight Loss", Dwight and Angela have resumed a covert relationship, using a storage room in the warehouse to have sex whenever Angela finds Andy too unbearable.
In "Business Ethics", it is revealed that it takes Dwight nineteen minutes and forty-eight seconds to make love to Angela.
In "Crime Aid", Dwight once again becomes depressed when Andy and Angela have set a date for their wedding. After some advice from Phyllis, Dwight gives Angela an ultimatum: call off the engagement, or he will no longer be with her.
She ultimately chooses to marry Andy. Phyllis eventually tells everyone, apart from Andy, about Angela's affair with Dwight; Michael steps in and tells Andy, when Angela fails to do so. A duel between Dwight and Andy takes place, but both realize that Angela has been lying to them, and neither one remains with her. For quite some time afterwards, Dwight and Angela avoid each other; however, later episodes have hinted at a possible future for the couple.
In the season 6 episode "The Delivery", Dwight, witnessing Jim and Pam talk to customers about their unborn child, decides that he wants a child, and asks Angela to be the mother. They sign an elaborate contract, including eating guidelines for Angela to follow when she is pregnant, and how the baby will be raised. While Angela seems excited by the reconciliation, Dwight doesn't appear to share her romantic feelings.
When Dwight develops an interest in Pam's friend Isabel, he tells Angela to forget about the contract; this infuriates Angela, and she sues him in small-claims court. He then proceeds to abuse his genitals in an effort to sterilize himself, and curtly fends off Angela's efforts to be romantic during Session 6 in "The Chump".
In Season 7, the deal continues, but, a combination of both she and Dwight having mixed feelings about it, along with Angela's meeting of a handsome, though closeted homosexual, State Senator, leads her to void the pact in WUPHF. Upon seeing the now-defunct document, Dwight looks visibly distraught.
In "Jury Duty", it is revealed that, a month before her wedding to the State Senator, Robert Lipton, Dwight and Angela had sex, as Robert was not fulfilling Angela's sexual needs, so Dwight believes that he is the baby's biological father. In "New Guys", it is revealed he isn't the father. In season 9, they become close again first when Dwight finds out that Robert is cheating on Angela with Oscar, and later in "Moving On" when Angela helps him take care of his elderly aunt. They share a kiss, but afterwards both say that she should remain faithful to her husband.
After inheriting his aunt's beet farm, Dwight starts a relationship with neighboring milkmaid Esther Bruegger. When Dwight seems to be getting serious with Esther and the Senator has publicly dumped Angela, Angela breaks down and admits to Oscar Martinez that she still loves Dwight.
On the day that he intends to ask Esther to marry him, Dwight instead proposes to Angela. She says yes, finally admitting that he is the father of her son, Phillip. Dwight holds a high level of respect for Michael, viewing him as a model for success, and often participating with Michael's ill-conceived schemes. With the enormous exception of going over Michael's head to vie for the manager's job in "The Coup", his loyalty to his boss rarely flags.
Despite this, Michael frequently dismisses Dwight and often appears embarrassed by his antics; for much of the series, he also refuses to promote Dwight from "Assistant to the Regional Manager" to "Assistant Regional Manager".
Several times throughout the series, however, it is revealed that Michael does care about Dwight's feelings, and the two sometimes share bonding moments. In "Training Day", Dwight is unhappy when the open branch manager position goes to Deangelo Vickers, and when he learns that Michael did not recommend him for the job, as he led him to believe, he snubs Michael and goes to a meeting Vickers has called, leaving Michael standing outside, by himself.
In "Goodbye, Michael", Dwight is still frustrated with Michael, but his hostility turns into heartfelt appreciation as Michael hands him the recommendation letter. At first, the letter does not seem to impress him, but, as he reads through, he realizes that Michael really does truly care for him. They are later seen engaging in a friendly paintball fight, and Dwight's loyalty to Michael is once again restored. In the episode "Finale", as Jim explains that the "Bestest Mench" best man in Dwight's wedding must be older than him, Dwight is disappointed.
However, the camera reveals that Michael returned, and the two continue to engage in a friendly conversation. During the wedding, Michael is present behind Angela and Dwight getting married, eventually attending the reception. He watches as his "family" is sitting together, and is last seen dancing with Dwight. Dwight is frequently the victim of practical jokes by co-workers Jim Halpert and Pam Halpert, including putting his desk supplies in the snack machine, putting his stapler into jello also seen in UK version , and moving his desk into the men's restroom, although it appears that he remains oblivious to Pam's involvement; these pranks tend to exploit his stubborn and gullible nature.
As a result of this, Dwight and Jim have an ongoing feud that reaches to a crisis point in "Conflict Resolution", when Dwight threatens to quit, unless Jim is transferred.
Professionally, Dwight wins the Salesman of the Year Award, although, this is likely due to, at least in part, his theft of Jim's largest client. Somewhat surprisingly, Dwight was regretful during "Initiation", as he told Ryan that he and Jim never got along, and since, from that point onwards, and Jim's return from Stamford, they have generally gotten along better; their relationship could be best described as "frenemies.
Jim even consoled Dwight during the painful aftermath of his breakup with Angela, although Dwight maintains a supercilious attitude towards him. In addition, as shown in "Traveling Salesmen", Jim and Dwight make an incredibly efficient sales team, functioning well as a duo and thinking similarly in their tactics. The two were paired together when they began as traveling salesmen at the company. In a Rolling Stone interview, Seth Rogen said he auditioned for the role.
The character is based on Gareth Keenan of the original British version of the show , who was played by actor Mackenzie Crook. All original series characters were adapted for the U. Unlike Steve Carell , Wilson watched every episode of the original British series and was a fan before he auditioned for the U.
Rainn Wilson was surprised at the audition feedback that his performance as Dwight was looser and more natural when he was improvising. Wilson didn't consider himself an improv actor, but he incorporated this feedback into his performance. Wilson based Dwight's hairstyle on the style he himself had when at the age of sixteen. When the series begins, Dwight Schrute is a competent salesman, despite lacking general knowledge, at the Scranton branch of the paper distribution company, Dunder Mifflin.
Dwight formally held the title of "Assistant to the Regional Manager", [5] but constantly refers to himself as "Assistant Regional Manager", attempting to elevate himself to second-in-command to branch Manager, Michael Scott.
Dwight craves authority over his co-workers and relishes any minor task that Michael or anyone else will give him. Dwight will sometimes engage in jokes and games in attempts to please Michael but often fails to do so, because of Michael's perception of himself as the jokester of the workplace.
After Dwight temporarily leaves Dunder Mifflin, it is shown that he had long been watering the office plant and arranging the toys on Michael's desk in a manner that made Michael happy, unbeknownst to Michael.
Dwight is a former volunteer sheriff deputy, [7] but has to step down after breaking his pledge in order to help his boss, Michael, illegally pass a drug test by giving him his urine in the episode " Drug Testing ". He is also a notary public; this creates difficulties when Angela desires to send him a notarized letter regarding their break-up.
He resides on his family's beet farm, alongside his cousin, Mose. Dwight has affinities for paintball, Battlestar Galactica , ping pong, survivalism, Goju Ryu karate, [8] and weapons. He also has a preference to ride in the back seat of cars behind the driver because it is the safest location in a car.
He takes Karate very seriously, gaining a black belt in season 9. He was also "Senpai" to the Sensei of the Dojo in which he took part in. He is also faster than a Black Pepper snake, known as a speckled kingsnake.
Dwight decides to purchase the industrial park building where the Scranton branch resides. He has shown entrepreneurial traits, like converting the building lobby into a coffee shop in " Nepotism ", converting an empty room in the office building into a state-of-the-art gym in " Mrs. He also owns a plot of land on the light side of the moon, given to him by Andy Bernard in season 8. In a feature on the Season 3 DVD , Wilson describes Dwight as "someone who does not hate the system, but has a deep and abiding love for it.
In " Lecture Circuit ", Dwight claims to remember his own birth, including his father, Dwight Schrute II, delivering him from the womb, and his mother biting off the umbilical cord. He also claims to have been born weighing 13 lb 5 oz 6. In " Viewing Party ", he informs Jim and Pam that, in the Schrute family, the youngest child raises the other children. Little is known about Dwight's parents, except that his father used to take him hunting, cheated in games, made him and his siblings biscuits for breakfast every morning, and that he battled obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
He killed twenty men before being imprisoned in an Allied prison camp revealed in " The Fight " , implying that he was a soldier in the German army. In " Dunder Mifflin Infinity ", Dwight tells the documentary film crew that his grandfather is at the time of the episode years old, and is still "puttering around down in Argentina", implying that his grandfather was one of the members of the SS who fled into South America.
Dwight attempted to visit him once, but his travel visa was protested by the Shoah Foundation. In " Casino Night ", Dwight reveals that the tuxedo he is wearing is the one that his grandfather was buried in.
It is revealed in " Money " that it is a tradition in the Schrute family that when a male has intercourse with a woman, he is rewarded with a bag of wild oats that are left on his doorstep by his parents.
Dwight was shunned by his family from the age of four until his sixth birthday, for forgetting to save the excess oil from a can of tuna. He explains that there were not enough roles for all of the children, so they made up roles. Dwight lives in a nine-bedroom, one-bathroom farmhouse with the single bathroom located under the porch, as revealed in " Office Olympics " on his family's beet farm, with his cousin Mose. The cousins sell beets to local stores, restaurants, and roadside beet stands.
Schrute Farms was also to be the site of Andy and Angela's wedding before the two broke off their engagement. In " Garden Party ", Andy throws a garden party at Schrute Farms in order to impress new CEO Robert California , and at the end of the episode, Robert also discusses the possibility of holding his birthday party at the farm. According to one of Dwight's blogs on NBC. Truman because they were staunch supporters of Thomas Dewey. In another blog, he mentions a cousin named Heindl, who received numerous injuries and infections from an attack by a small dog.
Dwight admits that his knowledge of German is "pre-industrial and mostly religious" " Two Weeks " , as might be expected if the language was learned exclusively in an Amish church or context. Due to his family's German ancestry, Dwight has adopted many aspects of German culture. In " Take Your Daughter to Work Day ", he shares with the children stories from Struwwelpeter , a 19th-century collection of German morals for children.
In " Night Out ", he sings a German lullaby to Ryan. In " Moroccan Christmas ", he enumerates the Schrute five-fingered intervention by counting on his fingers the German way. Dwight also wears clothes that were or were inspired by German military uniforms.
See Dwight Schrute's clothing for more details. Dwight is trained in the art of surveillance and is a former Lackawanna County volunteer sheriff's deputy. In the episode " The Fire ", he mentioned the movie The Crow as being his favorite film. He hints at belief in fictional creatures such as androids, zombies, and vampires though curiously, despite having claimed in " Business School ", to have shot a werewolf that was actually his neighbor's dog , he says in one of his blog entries that he does not believe in them; however, he may have simply been denying claims of werewolves at Schrute Farms in order to prevent potential visitors from being frightened away.
His technological talents are limited, but he shows a passion for the online role-playing game Second Life , in which the only differences between himself and his avatar is that his avatar has the last name 'Shelford' and the ability to fly, [19] and in "Spooked" , he plays StarCraft while dressed in a Halloween costume of Sarah Kerrigan.
He also shows an interest in trains, as he is restoring a turn-of-the-century steam engine in his slaughterhouse, during " The Meeting ", which has him bonding with Toby Flenderson , as they share the same interest.
Dwight owns an impressive array of weaponry. For more details, see Dwight's Hidden Weapons. In " Survivor Man ", Dwight demonstrates extensive knowledge of how to survive in the wilderness, being able to provide himself with food, and, by observing Michael, from a distance, through the scope of his center-fire rifle, he stops Michael from poisoning himself, although it is not clear whether the mushrooms Michael started to ingest were actually poisonous.
Dwight is vocal about his views on justice, which is reflected in his television viewing habits, as he enjoys watching and has great admiration for Judge Judy , as well as Vic Mackey on The Shield. In " Frame Toby ", Dwight states that he is skilled at framing people, as well as animals, revealing that he once framed a raccoon for opening a Christmas gift, and a bear for eating out of the garbage , although he had made it obvious to the police that he wanted Toby to be imprisoned.
In " Conflict Resolution ", Dwight states that he does not like to smile, as showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates, and that whenever someone smiles at him, "all [he] sees is a chimpanzee begging for its life.
He also has an interest in bears and is ready to debate the habits and characteristics of different species of bears. He also has expressed a surprisingly large affection towards baby otters, as shown in the cold opening of " Whistleblower ".
In " Costume Contest ", Dwight claims to be able to sit on a fence, and that he is even able to sleep on one, stating that "The trick is to do it face down, with the post in your mouth". It is revealed in the " Suit Warehouse " episode that as a child Dwight collected cat feces. In " Drug Testing ", Dwight states that he likes his co-workers "with four exceptions", leaving it up to the audience to make educated guesses about who these four exceptions are.
However, it is also probable that Phyllis Vance could be one of the exceptions, as, on many occasions, she and Dwight are shown to have a strained relationship.
Kelly Kapoor is likewise a viable choice as her ditsy nature contrasts Dwight's overly serious character, as we see later in the same episode during Dwight's interrogation of Kelly. This theory is also reinforced by Angela's hatred of Kelly and the influence Angela may hold as Dwight's girlfriend at the time.
Pam Beesly is also a possible exception as she is often an accomplice to Jim's pranks against Dwight. Dwight holds a high level of respect for Michael, viewing him as a model for success, and often participating with Michael's ill-conceived schemes. Look at the Michael-Dwight Relationship for the whole scoop. In " Finale ", as Jim explains that the "Bestest Mensch" best man in Dwight's wedding must be older than him, Dwight is disappointed.
The camera then pans over to reveal that Michael returned, much to Dwight's surprise and delight, and Jim has arranged for him to fill in as best man. Michael watches as his "family" the office workers is sitting together, and is last seen dancing with Dwight. Dwight is frequently the victim of practical jokes by co-workers Jim Halpert and Pam Beesly, including putting his desk supplies in the snack machine, putting his stapler into jello, and moving his desk into the men's restroom, although it appears that he remains oblivious to Pam's involvement; these pranks tend to exploit his stubborn and gullible nature.
Dwight's frustration with Jim's pranks reaches a crisis point in " Conflict Resolution ", when Dwight threatens to quit unless Jim is transferred. Professionally, Dwight wins the Salesman of the Year Award, although, this is possibly due to, at least in part, his theft of Jim's largest client.
During " Initiation ", Dwight tells Ryan he regrets that he and Jim never got along. In " Traveling Salesmen ", Dwight quits and hugs Jim as a farewell which surprises Jim as he does not know that Dwight quit. Later, Jim is irritated when Andy replaces Dwight and even says that he misses Dwight. Earlier in the same episode, Jim and Dwight make an incredibly efficient sales team, functioning well as a duo and thinking similarly in their tactics.
The two were paired together when they began as traveling salesmen at the company. There's not a hell. You're not really a bad person if you drink or do drugs. In the past year as the cult of Dwight has grown — there's even a Dwight bobblehead doll — Wilson has turned geek to cool. In the upcoming movie "The Rocker," he plays lead drummer in a rock band, a part for which he learned to play the drums pretty well.
Banging it out in his garage one afternoon he declared, "I'm cool dude. I'm cool baby. Yes, I'm no longer the geek. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. CEO who threw chair inside Capitol on Jan.
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