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Oscar Martinez

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For the actor, see Oscar Nunez
Oscar Martinez
Gender
Male
Job
Accountant
Actor

Oscar Martinez, is a fictional character played by Oscar Nunez in the television series The Office.


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[edit] Season 1:

Oscar is Mexican-American, son of parents born in Mexico. Quote from Oscar: "I'm an accountant at a failing paper company in Scranton."

[edit] Season 2:

After some hints that he might be gay, we find out he indeed is when Dwight spies on Oscar's house to see if his sick day is legitimate, and he sees Oscar arrive home from shopping with a man (his boyfriend Gil). Later, in Oscar's living room, all three watch TV on the sofa with Dwight in the middle while Oscar and Gil hold hands behind Dwight's back. Dwight apparently has no idea what's going on with Oscar.

Oscar plays "Hate Ball" with Kevin.

He seems to have developed a friendly relationship with Creed ("Christmas Party," "The Carpet").

[edit] Season 3:

Oscar and Gil went on a three-month vacation to Europe on Dunder Mifflin's tab after Michael accidently outed him and, in an attempt to make Oscar feel better and show the rest of the employees that he was not homophobic, kissed Oscar in front of everyone in the conference room.  

[edit] Season 4

Oscar speaks Spanish fluently, using it in Night Out to explain to the Spanish-speaking cleaning crew that the office staff had locked themselves in and out of.

[edit] Trivia

  • Oscar actually told Michael that he was gay during his job interview. This caused Michael to laugh uncontrollably and hired him on the spot. (Interestingly, there are allusions to Oscar being straight in "The Fire" and "The Client.")
  • Oscar joined the Party Planning Committee to help plan his own "Welcome Back" party.
  • Oscar is a member of the exclusive "Finer Things Club". He feels that, besides having sex with men, the Finer Things Club is the gayest thing about him.
  • Oscar takes a Bikram Yoga class in Dickson City (which he recommended to Holly in "Weight Loss").
  • The shooting location for Oscar's house (seen in "The Secret") is 5232 Longridge Ave, Los Angeles.

[edit] Recurring jokes

  • Oscar talks on his cell phone a lot.
    • In Basketball, Oscar talks on the phone while the others play basketball.
    • In Hot Girl, Oscar is on the phone when Michael shows Katy around.
    • In The Fire, Oscar is on the phone when the fire alarm rings. He continues talking on the phone as he leaves the office.
    • In Email Surveillance, Oscar talks on the phone as he leaves work to avoid having to tell Michael where he's going.

[edit] Appearances

Oscar appears and has lines in every episode, with the following exceptions:


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