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Dwight Schrute

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Dwight Kurt Schrute
Gender
Male
Job
Assistant to the Regional Manager; Sales Representative; Security Supervisor
Actor

Dwight Kurt Schrute, is a fictional character played by Rainn Wilson in the television series The Office.

Through seasons one and two, Dwight is constantly acting like Michael's personal bodyguard. He evens refers to Michael as the 'one person I have been hired to protect' (The Fight).

Dwight had a serious relationship with Angela, but it was broken off because he euthanized her cat. (Fun Run)

Dwight lives on a 60 acre beet farm with his cousin Mose Schrute. He also turns his beet farm into a bed and breakfast.

He is just like Noah Brock.

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[edit] Skills

Dwight has a wide range of skills, some believable and some absurd.

  • In The Secret, Dwight knows several ways to identify someone who is lying.
  • In Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Dwight plays "Greensleeves" on the recorder. He also plays "On The Wings of Love" on his recorder for the bird funeral in the episode Grief Counseling.
  • In Gay Witch Hunt*, Dwight says that his father taught him how to identify homosexuals and his grandfather taught him how to identify Communists. He also knows how to remove the web content block on the work computers.
  • In The Coup, Dwight reveals that he knows what Jan's favorite brands of clothing are.
  • In A Benihana Christmas, Dwight knows about various Japanese knives and cuisine.
  • In Ben Franklin, Dwight apparently knows how to jump start a car (as he shakes his head when Michael tries to explain how to do so).
  • In Cocktails, Dwight knows how to escape from a strait jacket.
  • In Business School, Dwight claims to have hunted werewolves (actually shooting his neighbor's dog).
  • In Money, Dwight uses the German words for "Hello" and "Good-bye" in a telephone conversation. In later episodes he is shown to fully understand and speak German.
  • In Survivor Man, Dwight displays excellent knowledge of surviving in the wilderness.
  • Dwight is experienced in home inspection and financing.
    • In Office Olympics, Dwight points out many flaws in the condo Michael is about to purchase. He also cautions Michael against taking a "ten over thirty" mortgage.
    • In A Benihana Christmas, Dwight is impressed with how Carol saved Michael $2000 on his condo.
    • In Cocktails, Dwight enthusiastically conducts an inspection of David Wallace's house.
  • Dwight is a skilled table tennis player (The Deposition). His table tennis heroes are Zoran Primorac, Jan-Ove Waldner, Wang Tao, Jörg Roßkopf, Ashraf Helmi, Hugo Hoyama, and Andrzej Grubba.

[edit] Religion

  • In Drug Testing, Dwight says he will pray to Thor, the Germanic God of Thunder.
  • In The Carpet, Dwight tells a joke about a nun to a customer on the phone. The customer gets offended and Dwight responds "I am Catholic too."

[edit] Family

Dwight's maternal grandparents (the Mannheims) were Nazis.

  • In The Fight, Dwight says that his maternal grandfather killed 20 men and spent the rest of World War II in an Allied prison camp.
  • In Take Your Daughter to Work Day, Michael refers to Dwight's grandmother as a "Nazi War Criminal."
  • In Initiation*, Dwight says that his grandfather, Heinrich Rolf Mannheim, was a good man "who did some very bad things."
  • In Dunder Mifflin Infinity, Dwight states that his Grandpa Mannheim lives in Argentina. He tried to visit him, but his visa was protested by the Shoah Foundation.

Grammutter Mannheim lived to the age of 101; Grandfather Heinrich Rolf Mannheim is said to be still alive at 103, living in Argentina (Dunder Mifflin Infinity). This would have made Grandfather Mannheim approximately 30 years old at the start of World War II, which is an unlikely age for an enlisted soldier, suggesting that he may have been an officer. However, during a deleted scene from Initiation, Dwight kneels next to his grandfather's tombstone, which reads "Born 1910 Died 1975"

In a deleted scene from The Convict, Dwight names his cousins and their respective place within the family. He names Johan (the handsome one), Mose (the artsy one), Helga (the outlaw), Heindl (the runt) and himself (the cool one).

In a deleted scene from the third season episode, Gay Witch Hunt, Dwight reveals he had an uncle who worked at Hershey Chocolate in Hershey, PA as a fudge packer, and he himself worked there as an intern one summer.

In Initiation*, Dwight takes Ryan to what we are led to believe is the grave of his grandfather Mannheim, contradicting Dwight's later claim that Grandfather Mannheim is still alive. It is possible that Heinrich faked his death in the 1970s to get out of America; Dwight says that he "did some very bad things."

Dwight's paternal great-grandfather (Dweide Schrude) was Amish (Drug Testing). In The Coup, Dwight praises the Schrute family's loyalty.

In the blog entry "Power", Dwight states that his paternal family have a long lasting hatred for Harry Truman, as they were staunch supporters of Thomas Dewey.

The blog identifies several other members of Dwight's family:

  • Uncle Grit Schrute ("Power"). Curiously, Grit is woman's name in German, short for Margaret.
  • At least five other uncles ("Power").
  • Cousin Helga ("Power"), married to Hank Hecht, with a son Johnny.

The Schrutes have a very bizarre set of customs and traditions.

  • In a blooper from the Season 2 DVD, Dwight (in a talking head from Drug Testing) states that his father would take him and his brothers to a swimming hole on hot summer days until 10:00 AM, then they would work in the beet fields until well after midnight (at which point Rainn Wilson cracks up).
  • In Phyllis' Wedding, Dwight states that the Schrutes marry standing in their own graves and thus make the funerals very romantic (weddings are a bleak affair).
  • In Money, Dwight states that the Schrutes give a bag of wild oats to a male when he has sex with a woman.

[edit] Trivia

  • Dwight is a purple belt. Dwight's middle name is Kurt, although he once said it was Danger. It is not Fart, and he is not a security risk. Dwight is a fan of Mussolini's, or at least, of his speaking style.
  • On principle, Dwight refuses to tip anyone for a job he can perform himself, specifically calling out delivery people, taxi drivers and barbers. To date, the only person he has tipped was his urologist, as he can not pulverize his own kidney stones.
  • He can, and does, cut his own hair.
  • He enjoys listening to Froggy 101.
  • He did not become a volunteer sheriff's deputy to make friends, and he hasn't.
  • According to the flyer in Did I Stutter?, Dwight's office extension is 1015.
  • In "Health Care," Dwight claims to have "never been sick." However, we learn in "Performance Review" that he once had walking pneumonia (though he still came in to work), and in "Michael's Birthday" that he has a history of kidney stones.
  • First mentioned in the episode The Client, Mutie the Mailman is a character played by Dwight Schrute in a 7th grade production of the play Oklahoma. Due to the fact that there were more students than characters, they made up parts such as this one.
  • According to Angela in "Launch Party", Dwight is a notary.
  • In 2008, Presidential candidate John McCain appeared on The Daily Show and announced that Dwight Schrute would be his running mate. Rainn Wilson coincidentally appeared on The Tonight Show a few days later and read a response letter from Dwight Schrute. Actor Rainn Wilson sent a copy of the complete letter to Office Tally.

[edit] Recurring jokes

  • Dwight begins any question with "Question"?
  • Dwight is a big fan of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica (2004):
    • In Email Surveillance, Michael is so desperate that he even offers to watch "that show you've been wanting to watch, that stupid Battleship Galaxy."
    • In Dwight's Speech*, Michael and Dwight walk past a Battlestar Galactica convention. Dwight mentions, "The entire cast... is gonna be here, including Starbuck. I'm so in love with her."
    • In Casino Night*, Dwight uses "the planet Caprica" in a game of Mad Libs.
    • In The Return, Dwight wears a Battlestar Galactica sweatshirt to the office.
    • In Cocktails, Dwight calls Dan Gore "an idiot" because he doesn't watch Battlestar Galactica.
    • In Product Recall, Jim pretends to be Dwight and says "Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica."
    • In Survivor Man, Michael wears the Battlestar Galactica sweatshirt that Dwight wore in The Return. resumably Dwight gave it to him to keep warm after his aborted survival expedition.
    • In Business Ethics, Dwight protests being called a "time thief" by Jim and spends the whole day at his desk avoiding anything non-work related. Dwight later overhears Jim tell Andy that the re-imagined BSG is a "shot-for-shot" remake of the original series and forces himself to work instead of correcting Jim.
  • Dwight is also a fan of the television series Lost (2004):
    • In The Fire, when choosing his desert island books, Dwight asks, "Did my shoes come off in the plane crash?"
    • In Boys and Girls, he compares visiting the warehouse to the episode of Lost "where they met the Others."
    • In Initiation, Dwight asks Ryan, "What is the DHARMA initiative?"
    • In Phyllis' Wedding, Dwight demands to see a copy of the guest "manifest" in order to weed out wedding crashers, mirroring a similar plotline (involving the passenger manifest) from the first season of Lost.
    • In The Job*, Dwight asks Andy, "What is the DHARMA initiative?"
  • Dwight is a fan of the fantasy series The Lord of the Rings:
    • In The Alliance, Jim successfully guesses that Dwight's passwords are Frodo and Gollum.
    • In Basketball, Dwight correctly identifies Gimli as the curmudgeonly dwarf from the series.
    • In Dwight's Speech, Dwight mentions his plans to travel to New Zealand and "walk the Lord of the Rings trail to Mordor. And then I will hike Mount Doom."
  • Dwight is obsessed with weapons and keeps a bizarre arsenal of weaponry at the office.
    • In The Alliance, Dwight uses a Swiss Army knife to escape a box he was in.
    • In Office Olympics, Dwight mentions that he has a crossbow range at the farm.
    • In Christmas Party, Dwight's gives paintball lessons as his Secret Santa gift.
    • In Boys and Girls*, Dwight fires his potato gun.
    • In Drug Testing, Dwight wants to bring his bo staff after being appointed security chief.
    • In Conflict Resolution, Dwight claims to have kept his potato gun under his desk all day with no one suspecting anything.
    • In Business School, Dwight enlists Creed's help in sharpening a stick. He wears his paintball mask when capturing the bat.
    • In The Negotiation, Dwight attacks Roy and Andy with pepper spray. At the end of the episode, Toby confiscates his pepper spray, as well as his nunchucks, throwing stars, taser, boomerang, handcuffs, nightstick, brass knuckles, and samurai sword.
    • In Women's Appreciation, Dwight uses the pointed stick from the Business School episode when looking for the flasher.
    • In Fun Run, Dwight uses a real gun to start the race.
    • In Branch Wars, Dwight produced at least twelve Molotov cocktails for use in the panty raid on Utica.
    • In Survivor Man, Dwight reveals that he has a hidden cache of knives, a samurai sword, and a blowgun throughout the office. He also keeps an eye on Michael with a .22 rifle with scope (and forgets to turn the safety on at first).
    • In The Duel, Jim confiscates all of Dwight's weapons so he cannot use them in his duel with Andy.
    • In Stress Relief, Dwight pulls out a knife that was holstered on his lower leg.
  • Dwight is bothered by the to the in his job title. He pretends it isn't there or is mocked by others for it.
    • In the Pilot, Dwight explains, "I'm Assistant Regional Manager. I should know first." Michael corrects him: "Assistant to the Regional Manager."
    • In the Pilot, Dwight introduces himself to Ryan as "Assistant Regional Manager." Michael corrects him: "Assistant to the Regional Manager."
    • In The Alliance, Dwight asks Michael, "if there were [downsizing], I'd be protected as Assistant Regional Manager?" Michael corrects him: "Assistant to the Regional Manager."
    • In Basketball, Dwight accepts responsibility for the weekend schedule from Michael, adding, "And that's why you have an assistant regional manager." Michael corrects him: "Assistant to the regional manager." In a deleted scene, the conversation is extended slightly. Dwight: "Same thing." Michael: "No it's not. It's lower."
    • In Basketball, Michael names Dwight "Assistant to the team manager." Dwight asks, "Assistant team manager?"
    • In Hot Girl, Jim tells Dwight to talk to the purse girl. "You're Assistant Regional Manager." Dwight reluctantly corrects him: "Assistant to the Regional Manager."
    • In Halloween, Dwight tries to fire Stanley. He says, "As Assistant Regional Manager..." Stanley interrupts him: "To the."
    • In Halloween, Dwight tries to negotiate a promotion to "Assistant Regional Manager."
    • In The Fight, Dwight explains, "I am now Sempai, which is Assistant Sensei." Jim mocks him: "Assistant to the Sensei, that's pretty cool."
    • In The Fight, Michael "promotes" Dwight to Assistant Regional Manager but instructs him not to tell anybody.
    • In The Coup, Michael tells Dwight that he is the acting Regional Manager and that Michael will be the Assistant Regional Manager. Dwight corrects him: "Assistant to the Regional Manager."
    • In The Job, Dwight appoints Pam Secret Assistant Regional Manager, then reconsiders. "Let's call it Secret Assistant to the Regional Manager."
  • Dwight is obsessed with robots and the risk they pose to humanity.
    • In The Fight, Dwight explains that it impossible for humans and robots to coexist peacefully.
    • In Grief Counseling, Dwight takes Michael's suggestion that they build a robot statue in honor of Ed Truck and incorporates safety precautions to protect against the robot turning against humans.
    • In Safety Training, Dwight tries to lure Michael down with the promise of a Repliee Q1 female robot.
    • In Launch Party, Dwight explains to the documentary crew that robots sometimes become sentient.
    • In Goodbye, Toby*, Dwight assumes that the Dunder Mifflin Infinity Web site is down so it can conspire with other Web sites.
  • Dwight does not accept rewards for good work.
    • In The Return*, Toby says that Dwight did not accept his severance package (saying "he'd rather the company have the money than him").
    • In The Negotiation, Dwight turns down Jim's gifts and gestures for thanking him after stopping Roy.
    • In Launch Party, Dwight says that he has been top salesman for thirteen of the past twelve months. He did so well in February that he asked for two plaques from Corporate in lieu of a pay raise.
  • Dwight confuses "hero" with "superhero".
    • In Diversity Day, Dwight explains that "A hero kills people, people that wish him harm. ... A hero is part-human and part-supernatural. A hero is born out of a childhood trauma, or out of a disaster that must be avenged."
    • In The Negotiation, Dwight explains, "The guys who wake up every morning, and go into their normal jobs, and get a distress call from the commissioner, and take off their glasses and change into capes and fly around fighting crime. Those are the real heroes." He also calls Hiro from Heroes a hero, as well as Bono.
  • Dwight does things without making friends.
    • In The Fight, Dwight says, "Do I feel bad that I haven't bonded with the other students? No. I'm not there to make friends. I'm there to attack people."
    • In Drug Testing, Dwight says, "I did not become a Lackawanna County Volunteer Sheriff's deputy to make friends. And by the way, I haven't."
  • There are many scenes of Dwight eating and drinking, often in large quantities. The trend began in earnest in the third season.
    • In The Secret, Dwight messily eats Pam's jelly beans.
    • In The Coup, Dwight wolfs down pancakes.
    • In The Coup, Dwight eats M&M candies.
    • In Initiation, Dwight tries and fails to down a boilermaker in one gulp.
    • In Branch Closing, Dwight gulps a sports drink.
    • In The Convict*, Dwight eats a butter sandwich in the kitchen.
    • In The Return, Dwight eats a sandwich on his lunch break at Staples.
    • In Women's Appreciation, Dwight eats the bananas he removed from the refrigerator.
    • In Women's Appreciation, Dwight eats (and briefly chokes on) Andy's candy bar.
    • In Women's Appreciation*, Dwight eats borscht in the kitchen.
    • In Beach Games, Dwight eats a sandwich before challenging Andy to a rematch, this despite the hot dog eating contest earlier in the day.
    • In Launch Party, Dwight gulps a package of energy gel.
  • Dwight removes his shirt.
    • In Basketball, Dwight removes his shirt during the game.
    • In Hot Girl*, Dwight pulls up his shirt to show his belt.
    • In The Dundies, Dwight attempts to take his shirt off to cushion Pam's head when she falls off her stool.
    • In The Fight, Dwight lifts his shirt and challenges Michael to punch him.
    • In The Client, Dwight sleeps on the office couch in his underwear.
    • In The Return, Dwight takes off his Staples uniform.
    • In Cocktails, Dwight swaps shirts with Michael.
    • In Did I Stutter?, Dwight washes his car in his undershirt.
    • In Goodbye, Toby, a shirtless Dwight is caught in flagrante delicto with Angela.
  • Dwight tries to high-five Michael but is (almost) always rejected.
    • In Christmas Party, Dwight celebrates Michael drawing the paintball lessons.
    • In The Convention, Dwight celebrates Michael making a deal with Hammermill.
    • In The Return, Michael returns the high-five after Dwight agrees to come back to Dunder Mifflin.
  • Dwight's Deceased Grandfather.
    • In Casino Night, Dwight mentions that the tuxedo he is wearing is the one his grandfather was buried in, thus making it a family heirloom
    • In Grief Counseling, Dwight says that his grandfather was reburied in an old oil drum
    • In Initiation, there is a coffin in Dwight's barn that Dwight tells Ryan to climb into; given the previous references to his Grandfather's exhumation("Casino Night") and subsequent re-internment("Grief Counseling") in an oil drum, it is likely this casket is his Grandfather's.
  • Dwight seems to be a [Billy Joel] fan:
    • In The Fire, Dwight sing "[Ryan] Started The Fire" an obvious play off the song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
    • In Michael's Birthday, Dwight plays "The Longest Time" for Michael. Another Joel song.

[edit] Relationship Status

[edit] Behind the scenes

[edit] Appearances

Dwight appears in all episodes.

* Deleted scene.

Characters of The Office

Main characters

Michael Scott | Dwight Schrute | Jim Halpert | Pam Beesly | Ryan Howard

Recurring characters

Accounting: Angela Martin | Oscar Martinez | Kevin Malone
Sales: Stanley Hudson | Phyllis Lapin | Karen Filippelli | Andy Bernard
Product oversight: Kelly Kapoor | Meredith Palmer | Creed Bratton
Warehouse: Roy Anderson | Darryl Philbin | Lonny | Madge | Philip | Lester
Corporate: Toby Flenderson | Holly Flax | Jan Levinson | Todd Packer | David Wallace

Other characters

Carol Stills | Bob Vance | Mose Schrute | Josh Porter | Katy
Devon | Billy Merchant | Tony Gardner | Martin Nash | Hannah Smoterich-Barr | Ed Truck

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