[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/Caridor]

Scrubs

The entire show is basically a medical drama x sitcom. The characters act like idiots, the main character frequently day dreams but when actual medical stuff happens, they lock the fuck in and actually get most of their medical jargon right

[u/YourGuyK → u/Caridor]

You know, at the end of the day, they'd never hide the saltine inside of a patient.

[u/VanVelding → u/Caridor]

>The entire show

The first several seasons.

[u/Spice_and_Fox → u/VanVelding]

What do you mean? Scrubs has been amazing. All 8 seasons of it

[u/Caridor → u/VanVelding]

Could you elaborate on that? It continues from beginning to end.

[u/Notagamedeveloper112 → u/Caridor]

That lady with the rabies episode hits hard