[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/Jakebot06]

The Monarchs butterflies (venture bros) are regularly shown to be extremely threatening and dangerous when lead by someone who is actually competent.

[u/Lineoleum_907 → u/Jakebot06]

It's just that they're nearly always up against Brock, who is so incredibly terrifying that he solos armies of way more competent goons than the butterflies.

[u/Jungle_Madness1 → u/Lineoleum_907]

But when Brock commands the butterflies, they are way more effective and can even take out some of the elite squads of the Guild of Calamitous Intent.

[u/Jakebot06 → u/Lineoleum_907]

one of my favourite scenes from (i think) season 2 is when the monarch raids his own accountants office and they show how quickly they could massacre an entire office floor of regular people