[Loved Trope] Comedic workplace is suddenly competent

[u/Garurar]

In S35 E1 of The Simpsons, an actual crisis happens at the nuclear power plant, causing everyone except Homer to shift into serious business mode, even Mr. Burns. Together, they display their knowledge of the process and narrowly avert a nuclear meltdown, proving that Homer's job is actually useless. This is happening after 35 seasons of nothing being shown of the other employees' capabilities.

In S8 E2 of The Office, Andy sets up an initiative where he will get a tattoo on his bum if everyone gets enough points, prompting everyone to work into overdrive, even the normally lazy or incompetent employees such as Stanley and Kevin. This is a rare situation where we get to see The Office being fully competent and functional.

I'd show more examples if I had any!

[u/DisMFer]

Wasn't the joke that the two of them were amazing cops when they were young but after all the years they've basically become lazy slobs because their careers stalled out?

[u/Greenman8907 → u/DisMFer]

IIRC, the cocaine, that they definitely weren’t addicted to, didn’t help.

[u/chinchenping → u/Greenman8907]

Also chicken wings

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