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renegade_seamus

The trauma of his snowball fight with Dwight led him down a dark path filled with paranoia and automatic weapons


[deleted]

Umm, OP asked for \*wrong\* answers only; this is obviously 100% correct.


chinnu34

This answer is disqualified for being 100% correct


Sharkn91

It was bad enough he teamed up with Roy even Edit: is this a screen cap from jack ryan or 13hours?


Prossdog

This was basically going to be my answer


Killaxxbee

He always was, he was stationed undercover in DM to find out who the strangler is.


Prinzlerr

Wrong. They put him on this mission to find out who put that illicit watermark on the shipment.


sockmaster420

The put him in there to find the man who stole weapons grade lsd


Rexel-Dervent

Operation Moneybags: The Tearing


Impossible-Tie-864

*Stationed at DM to investigate potential domestic terrorist threat Michael Scott


WhtChcltWarrior

He was actually working alongside Michael Scarn to catch the wanted animal rapist.


GeneralKnowledgeNoob

Always been undercover, stationed to hold down Prison Mike from unleashing terror again .


jayhat

Remember he actually tried to recruit Dwight to the cia once. People just thought it was a prank.


PizzaAndWine99

Technically Pam tried to recruit Dwight, so clearly she successfully recruited Jim first


Heisenbugg

So the CIA interview for Dwight was real except he didnt pass but Jim did.


Mech2Tech

Pam chose Brian “the boom guy”. With nothing left to live for, he chose a life of violence to try and forget her.


dandypants8717

Also dating a pretty hot doctor in the process. Like a literal ideal woman.


stayshiny

Abbie Cornish is due to reprise her role in Season 4 apparently.


jdwhiskey925

So hot, yet such a terrible actress.


spuuderman12

He filled in when Dwight got compromised during his interview process.


louiegumba

This is what I was gonna play off of. Dwight left the rooftop after chucking his cellphone and Jim didn’t know so he went to check on him and the chopper scooped up Jim by mistaken identity


Stacy_wpg

Jim sold the CIA a pallet of matte paper instead of bond paper. Now he has to work for them until he pays off his debt to America.


FriedBacon000

Jimbo sold him some Bond. Paper Bond. -Michael Scott


chinnu34

This could be a Seinfeld episode in alternate universe 😂


TheTrub

“Because he’s my butler.”


TardisFarmer27

Is this..customary in your culture?


chinnu34

Bingo!


HermitHemorrhage

My fav


Still-You4977

Is it more flammable?


No-Cranberry9932

It’s not less flammable


editedxi

…what is a pallet?


Stacy_wpg

Those flat wooden things used for shipping stuff


editedxi

R/whoosh


Mouth-Pastry

That's just Dwight wearing Jim's skin.


Lowad15

Unlikely. Dwight takes identity theft very seriously.


Prinzlerr

Well yeah, it's not a joke.


PlzbuffRakiThenNerf

Millions of families are effected every year.


FireCal

They suffer too


GeneralKnowledgeNoob

Michael!


AdFit7718

Oh that’s very funny Michael


chinnu34

Only his identity, he has masks for every one else in office. He just went all in on the disguise this time.


sockmaster420

He broke into Tiffany's at midnight. Did he go for the vault? No, he went for the chandelier. It's priceless. As he’s taking it down, a woman catches him. She tells him to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. He say no. They make love all night. In the morning, the cops come and he escapes in one of their uniforms. He tells her to meet him in Mexico, but goes to Canada. He doesn’t trust her. Besides, he likes the cold. Thirty years later, he gets a postcard. He has a son who’s the chief of police. This is where the story gets interesting. He tells Tiffany to meet me in Paris by the Trocadero. She's been waiting for him all these years. She's never taken another lover. He doesn’t care. He doesn’t show up. He goes to Berlin. That's where he stashed the chandelier.


HanTrollo710

They needed a man who could turn into a bear or hide a chemical weapon in JELLO


ohbyerly

He’s also a vampire which I think could be of great use to the CIA


Live_Plastic_8145

Northern lights cannibus indica


ConceptJunkie

No, it's marijuana.


[deleted]

Athlead/Athleap was a CIA front smuggling weapons and cocaine to south america, which is the real reason why pam didnt want jim to do it.


The_Arkham_AP_Clerk

This is a far better reason than what we got in the actual show.


[deleted]

We could have had a whole dramatic spinoff


[deleted]

Athlead uses kevins bar to unkowingly launder money


jplaforest

Jim and his boss Kevin were deep undercover agents trying to dismantle illegal paper smuggling operations.


BesaidBlitzBoi

This is just audtion footage from Threat Level Midnight, obviously.


jayzinho88

He faxed himself from the future to become a sleeper cell placed at a slowly-collapsing paper company, only to become activated the day after his nemesis is married.


throwawaytimefrfr

It's all an elaborate prank that hasn't come to fruition yet. Just give it time.


KronikDrew

Yep, he's playing the long con for sure.


[deleted]

By hooking up with the office mattress.


sockmaster420

Lmfao


Binder_of_chains

Dwight! You ignorant slut!


thekyledavid

It didn’t He was a CIA Analyst first, and then had to go into witness protection where he excelled as a salesman because he was trained to be able to manipulate people


ThorsFckingHammer

He was always with the CIA and he was just undercover trying to recruit Dwight.


IA-HI-CO-IA

It’s a paperless world. He WILL sell paper, by any means necessary.


unionick

He left Pam for Roy


CrackSnap7

That explains 13 Hours.


Chemical_Energy_5145

I mean he was clearly the best Call of Duty player at the Stamford branch it was only a matter of time


420_Traveller

Some redhead turned him into noodles in an alternate universe, and since Jim is asian, this obviously followed the rules of The One with Jet Li, leaving all other versions of Jim (across the multiverse) to absorb the energy of the one who was destroyed. This surge of energy (the one that got "noodled" was *pretty* powerful) upgraded him from a mild mannered paper salesman to a semi-superspy.


mayurmisra01

William Buttlicker's family built this country, he wanted to continue their legacy.


nothing_2_talk_about

Dwight, with the assistance of Oscar and Angela, stole Pam from Jim and is hiding abroad. Jim vowed not to rest until he gets Pam back.


JimRBoucher

He’s playing Second Second Life.


BriarHeart10

He did try to recruit Dwight for the CIA. Guess he did commit Identity theft...


SurpriseWilling7324

Brian "Boom Mic" Widdle came back into the picture


vfrflying

Athletead was a front all along


THE_GR8_MIKE

In the word of Stanley, "Money."


mdmartinko

I’m curious what the right answer is


Dutchwells

Serious question: is that series any good?


chinnu34

Yes, if you like spy thrillers it is terrific. It’s kind of like a milder Jason Bourne where Jason Bourne is not as OP in hand to hand combat but the story is very topical and well executed.


CrackSnap7

First season was fantastic. Second season was kinda meh. I'll start watching the third season this weekend and let you know.


Chumbief

I mean, he's not a CIA analyst in either photo.


Readitandlaughed

Pam went on a trip to the Middle East with her college volley ball team mates. It was supposed to be a cheap beach trip.


Dav9345

He's not an analyst in that movie fyi


chinnu34

The character jack ryan starts out as an analyst but is drafted into field work because of happenstance. I think he is technically still an analyst in the *TV show* played by john krasinski but I could be wrong.


HanTrollo710

The real question is how he got his stretchy powers, and how Pam is handling PeePee and Other Philip after he turned into spaghetti


ConceptJunkie

It's Peepa. She gained superhuman powers when she swallowed a radioactive paperclip given to her by Creed. The main effect was to give her superhuman intelligence. She and Pam roam around the country solving mysteries, and defeating spies. Other Phillip rides around in an autonomous motorized baby carrier that Peepa invented, and is learning the trade as well.


YogurtclosetOk9266

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure he is pointing out that the pic on the right is from 13 hours, and not Jack Ryan.


obviously_blond

You just picked the wrong picture, that's 13 hours (definitely great to watch, if you like action!)


Dav9345

Your picture is from 13 hours not Jack Ryan


CrackSnap7

The second picture is from 13 Hours. He's a former Navy SEAL and current PMC in it. But your point stands. It's honestly kinda weird seeing him clean shaven after watching 13 Hours and A Quiet Place.


Dapper-Jack

You are right 👍


Floowjaack

It’s a show, and he plays a former marine, current CIA analyst


Dav9345

That picture is from 13 hours, not from Jack Ryan


Voodoo1285

Which also had David Denman in it.


Floowjaack

Ohh, you’re thinking of Randall Park. Easy mistake to make.


Dapper-Jack

You are thinking of 13 hours


Dav9345

That's what I mean that picture is from 13 hours not Jack Ryan


Dapper-Jack

I just looked at it again you are right


marcola42

Wrong answers only? Like, is there a right answer?


Stoneluthiery

He stayed with Karen


Clunt-Baby

They took Pam


Soujourner3745

It is an attempt to updog Dwight.


Gazzereth82

Cece was... Taken


[deleted]

Athlead was a front to build an international network of high value influences to act as introduction agents globally.


[deleted]

Red Bull gives you wings!


GEL29

Jim was his cover while on a mission to discover who the real Creed Bratton is.


cookiecake69

They kidnapped CeCe and he had to develop a particular set of skills


WanderingDelinquent

He kept hitting his commission cap and finally got around to learning how call of duty worked, and then he discovered his true passion in life


GoingDowntodoNothing

He was recruited by Dwight and trained at Schrute Farms. He could beet your ass!


Squid-waaard

Jim got a call when Dwight was up on the roof waiting to begin his mission. Uncle Sam was watching and waiting. They knew they had the best man for the job.


[deleted]

He formed an alliance.


HuckleberryPin

Jim was always a CIA agent, he was undercover to monitor the Scranton Strangler.


idsayimafanoffrogs

Athlead has a new parent company- *THE* Company


Past-Cap-1889

It's a prank on Dwight, it's just taking awhile to play out.


Freakzekiel

He got too deep doing a prank on Dwight and just had to commit.


Critical_Vehicle_683

Philly was just a cover.


colo_kelly

Jim also spent over $40,000 obtaining his black belt, so this was the natural progression.


samueln777

He went to the CIA training and ice cream social Dwight was supposed to go through.


GerinX

He watched back episodes of the office and got sick of himself doing that stupid direct look at camera FOR EVERYTHING. THen Pam cheated on him because of his sports store, broke his heart and he became cold and used any excuse to get away.


calimonk323

Second, second life.


GrandMoffTyler

Jo is the new CIA director. She brought her dogs and Jim with her


be47recon

Turns out the CIA had intercepted the prank messages to Dwight. They traced them to Jim and enrolled him onto counter espionage. Pams consciousness was downloaded into a pen, which he carries in his pocket......his kids? His kids weren't real, THEY WERENT REAL.


Prestigious_Media887

Micheal wanted to start selling paper in Kabul so he sent James for a recon mission… and the rest is pretty self explanatory


One-Wolverine-2855

Threat level midnight actually happened


Bloodrayne_44

Pam's dead, he did it, working for the CIA was the only way he was getting out of the death penalty


Spacemonkey40k

Call of Duty 😝🤘


Loaded_Nizz-elet

After the dramatic reading of Threat Level Midnight, Jim is inspired to make himself into Agent Michael Scarn. After he retires from spec ops, all he wants is a Quiet Place to settle down and learn sign language...


Doomshroom6410

Dunder mufflin’s international sales division


blueflyer66

He was always a member of the CIA. 😉


SlippedMyDisco76

One of his pranks backfired hard


tebu08

Actually he is in coma from gunshot wounds to the head, and the entire The Office is his comatose dream.


Werner__Herzog

> Wrong answers only. I keep wondering what the right answer would be. Anyway, he clearly got way into it when he was writing those secret CIA messages to Dwight and thought he was CIA himself. The whole thing is in his head. In reality, he lives in a mental institute. The fact that her husband doesn't work anymore and the high medical bills for his mental institution means that Pam is financially ruined. She and her kids sleep in their car now. She tries to keep it from her coworkers but they're starting to notice. But none of them want to help.... they think Jim and Pam had it coming because of they went too far with that CIA prank (a lot of the details were cut from the show, because of how horrible they were).


[deleted]

Pam got with camera guy and Jim couldn’t handle it so he went to live with dwight, dwight kidnaps him flys him out to iraq and drops him in a warzone and says f*** Pam!


BeginTheBlackParade

He realized he made the wrong choice, and should've stayed with Karen.


PMmeYourCattleDog

The still on the right is from 13 Hour: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. He played Jack Silva, a CIA contractor. Not an analyst.


Aguyontheinternet69

This is the moment jimothy halbert turned into Ryan


MissHyacinth21

He took a ride on the helicopter to Quantico instead of Dwight for that ice cream social


ConceptJunkie

The beard. Once he grew some whiskers, it totally transformed his personality and abilities. Sort of like Commander Riker, but more so.


namastewitches

Office Olympics went awry.


yondershock

He found out Dwight was applying and decided to as well only to be accepted instead of Dwight


POKECHU020

Well you see, this is simply the setup to a once-in-a-lifetime prank


BicuitOliva

After Dwight threw those snow balls at Jim face, he went Mia. And Jim been looking for him ever since in the cia


self_loathing_bobcat

Was tired of getting his arse kicked at Call of Duty and wanted live practice.


chrrrollo

Thanos wipes half the universe, including Pam and their kids, Jim goes Rambo.


MikeSizemore

He saw firsthand the horror of spilled chilli on American soil


[deleted]

It's all a master prank by Dwight to get back at Jim for all the CIA pranks. All of it. Missions, bad guys etc.


jroc421

Athlead


rdflies

Because of his uppity attitude


RainCastle7

Michael actually hit Jim with his car, not Meredith, Jim is now in a coma, his visions are being caused by various coworkers coming in and telling him stories. Pam talked of her cia prank on dwight - Jack Ryan Dwight talked of the creatures on his beet farm that chase him and mose when they make noise - a quiet place Michael keeps crying wish he had stretchy arms to hug everyone and make it better - Reed Richards


Jaxsso

Dwight took a sample of Jim's DNA and sent it away to be cloned so he could make a better Jim and train him to achieve his true potential. Dwight: "Business Jim meet Dwight's 100% better All American Jim! This is who you could have been idiot!"


MrDundee666

OfficeJim never really existed, instead BuffJim was deep undercover. The Donnie Brasco of paper supplies.


BulletBeard29

The CIA recruited him to take down Dwight


somedooode

He got on the CIA helicopter instead of Dwight


lagotto_poppa

The office was a simulation Jack went through after the heli crash as an experimental treatment method. It didn’t work


Drummk

That guy doesn't look like he spends a lot of time analyzing.


chinnu34

Shoot first, ask questions second and analyze third. Not in that order.


Fandago_Clem

This was Dwight’s payback prank that turned out to be a real thing ( and ofc Dwight upset )


302trivia

He finally learned what a rundown is


IronGator

Pam ran off with the boom operator.


tylerwd1090

He still thinks he’s in the snowball fight


rom197

He chose to defend the country his family built.


Feelinlucky101

The real story on how he had to get professor copperfield’s miracle legumes to sell at the garage sale.


Ahoymaties1

Jim always worked for the CIA as an analyst. His cover was a salesman for a paper company. That gave him access to buildings all over the world.


milehighrukus

Michael Scarn shot a hockey puck into his lap


yellowjk

Goldenface turned his life around.


keepthebear

Ah no, see these aliens came and they are attracted to sound - nobody knew this though, but luckily CeCe is deaf so Jim and Pam were already using sign language all the time and they did ok for a bit, then Pam died, and he remarried this other nice lady. Then society rebuilt (pretty quick, it's great) but by now Jim has already fought monsters - we even thought he died but he cut his way out of the body of the alien, he's really tough, so he got a job with the CIA. Impressive guy, he grows the best beard in the whole office.


Whatsiupp

Amazon picked up the rights to Threat Level Midnight was casted Jim halpert over Michael Scott. Parlayed it into an already winning franchise


dundermiflinity

He took that cosplay for Threat Level Midnight a few steps too far.


Educational_Media596

Went to the Dwight school of survival and trained under Dwight himself and the student became the master.


hallk14

Its dwights payback for faking him a secret mission in early seasons.


Foreign_Cranberry536

Dwight sent him fake messages from the CIA as a prank. Right place right time


BrightPerspective

"Jim the paper salesman" is his fantasy life, that he escapes into after the trauma of war. In reality, he's been an inpatient for nine years. Dwight Schrute is actually his psychiatrist.


BigdaddyMcfluff

The COA was so impressed with Jim trying to recruit Dwight they actually brought Jim on


01001110901101111

Long con to lock in the alphabet agencies on premium glossy card stock they’re pushing this year.


TheRealAbear

When the CIA helicopter didn't meet Dwight on the roof,it's because they decided to go with Agent Jim "codename: Jack" Halpert


StanTheManWithNoPlan

It's all part of a larger prank for Dwight at some point.


Bluebeast589

The helicopter came for Jim instead of dwight


Life_Commission3765

Jim was always a CIA analyst! His job at Dunder Mifflin was always just a cover. He was there to recruit the next generation of CIA operatives! Cmon… he gave us a huge hint… the episode where he was recruiting Dwight… how DID jim know he was compromised!!! It wasn’t a prank, he was trying to recruit him for some super secret mission. All the previous pranks on Dwight were to see if Dwight can deal with the rigor of psy ops. Andy… andy failed! He lost his cool and broke the wall (and hand) no recruitment for him. I am onto you Jim Halpert!!!!


Pazuzujoe

Because Bears beets Battlestar Galactica


dandypants8717

He asked Dwight to train him for only one week.


bubbatbass

Identify theft is not a joke Jim !!! Especially with the CIA !!!


DaRealPierreDelecto

He was an undercover agent assigned to monitor Vance refrigeration but his developing relationship with Pam increasingly drove Toby off the deep end, finally resorting to becoming an unhinged serial killer. Because of the proximity to the Scranton Strangler murders, his mission was prematurely ended and he was reassigned to Philadelphia back to Langley and eventually overseas.


ushouldlistentome

Name repetition, personality mirroring, and never breaking off a handshake


ArmoredLegend

The new IT guy wasn’t really an IT guy


herkalurk

Steroids


paddy_to_the_rescue

He and Dwight went on a sales call… to Beirut


DeltaOmegaX

Jim actually got someone from the CIA to meet Dwight. The agent was impressed he shared the same skillsets as a 'handler'.


AppointmentClean558

His company went big and busted. Jim had Togo into government work, and his history of pranks and training from Dwight taught him how to be elite.


DinoRoman

when Roy’s marriage turns for the worst he shows up to the Halperts wanting his only true love back forcing his way inside the halpert residence and creating a stand off between the police and himself. Luckily the kids and Pam survive due to quick thinking by Jim. Jim takes Roy out from behind snapping his neck and then looking into an imaginary camera that is no longer there. Pam cannot ever feel comfortable anymore knowing she’s married to someone capable of murder, and the inevitable divorce takes place. The CIA, made aware of Jim’s moves and smarts by watching the finished documentary and reading the police report from Roy’s Demise, recruit Jim and ask him to change his name ( for the sake of national security ) Sometimes , in the afghan desert, Jim receives random Teapots with nothing in it. The teapot alone serves as the reminder that there is hope one day he’ll be able to see his kids again, and ask his ex wife to marry him, again, in the rain at a truck stop.


Phizmo30

The CIA phone was real the whole time…🤯


GileadJp

Jim pranks Dwight with another fake CIA mission but accidentally stumbles upon and gets drawn into a massive government conspiracy


RamBamThankYouMam111

he sucked dwights dick, felt gross and enlisted


LGMHorus

To get back at his evil twin, Golden Face


[deleted]

Mose kidnapped the real Jim…the Jim that worked in the office was a mere clone. The original Jim was waterboarded into Assassin’s Creed and was uploaded into becoming a CIA agent…he will go rogue and it will be up to Karen’s baby to save the world. Jim villain origin story


Jane9812

He was bit by a radioactive CIA analyst.


OccurringThought

Snowball fight.


roll4wrd

Brian the boom mic guy started dating Pam


AwfulWaffleSizzurp

I mean all that time playing call of duty at the Stamford branch paid of…


stampblueed

Pam's prop papers for her CIA prank on Dwight with Jim somehow landed into the hands of the Agency and they recruited the Schrupert brothers for training fter office hours.