The Office: Jim Halpert Profile
If Michael Scott is the star (or antagonist) of The Office, then Jim Halpert is the hero.
Jim is a relatively young paper salesman, is efficient, and has one of the best senses of humor. He is creative, intelligent, and romantic. Unlike most of his co-workers, Jim has clarity and realizes he is in a dead-end office, with an insane boss and lazy and/or dumb co-workers. Jim has a lot of potential, but lacks the motivation to find another job or better himself financially. In truth, his main goal has always been to be with Pam, the receptionist, who has engaged for years. Jim has loved Pam for all 7 seasons, and finally became romantically involved with her. Some say his relationship with Pam is one of the most realistic portrayals of a romance on television.
There is no doubt that Jim is the “coolest” office worker, and everyone knows it. Women find him attractive, and his boss Michael Scott always tries to go out with him. Some of the veteran disgruntled workers don’t take him seriously because he is a notorious pranker. Some are envious. Jim’s pranks are infamous, and he and Pam team up to really cause mischief to obnoxious co-workers who deserve it, such as Jim’s arch-nemesis Dwight Schrute and Andy, who is very obnoxious.
Jim is famous for looking at the camera wide-eyed or raising his eyebrows in amazement when his boss or co-workers say something REALLY STUPID. Jim also can humor the most insane people. In many ways, the viewer can’t help but relate to and like Jim, since he is the sanest worker there is, who is surrounded by Lazy Man Ethics and office absurdity.
Jim has his flaws, though, and The Office shows them as well. Most of his negative traits are seen when he is bored, disgruntled, when his motivation is shot, when he runs away from problems, or if there is an obstacle in expressing his love for Pam.
Michael Scott’s Dunder-Mifflin’s Rejected Commercial, as introduced by Jim
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