S02E18 · SCENE 8/17 · 08:50
Take Your Daughter to Work Day · Dunder Mifflin Office
Dwight reads scary stories

Dwight reads a gruesome German children's book, upsetting the kids and Michael.

08:50→10:10
in the episode · 1m 20s · S02E18

What happens

08:50–10:10

Dwight reads Struwwelpeter to the children, which involves cutting off thumbs. Michael stops him and sends him away, while Jake calls him Mr. Poop again.

WhereDunder Mifflin Office
DriverDwight
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadMichael's childhood dream

Key lines

from this scene
09:06

‫by Heinrich Hoffmann from 1864.

09:44

‫I was gonna teach the children ‫how to make cornhusk dolls.

09:47

‫- Why don't you just leave, okay? ‫- Okay.

10:01

‫And out of the mouths of babes, ‫Michael Scott is freaking cool.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
social rule violation0.8
awkward0.7
absurd0.3
humiliation0.2

Beats

09:10Dwight reads Struwwelpeter.

Scene in the episode

08:50–10:10
A · Michael's childhood dream
B · Pam befriends a child
C · Ryan and Melissa
D · Jim and Abby

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Dwight Schrute184 episodes · drives 491 scenes
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Angela Martin184 episodes · drives 78 scenes
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Kelly Kapoor159 episodes · drives 26 scenes
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Ryan Howard166 episodes · drives 46 scenes
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Stanley Hudson184 episodes · drives 16 scenes
TF
Toby Flenderson147 episodes · drives 23 scenes
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Meredith Palmer183 episodes · drives 6 scenes
KM
Kevin Malone184 episodes · drives 56 scenes

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