Genius Foreshadowing In 'The Office' We Never Noticed

Jim plays a simulation video game as Jim Samtanko in Season 4, Episode 9.Jim plays a simulation video game. Second Life.Life.Jim plays as Jim Samtanko.Jim plays a Philadelphia sportswriter.

Jim becomes a Philadelphia sports marketing agent in Season 9, Episode 1.

Michael breaks up with Jan in Season 4, Episode 14 and asks staff for new girlfriend recommendations. Pam asks Jim what he wrote. He replies, "Your mom.""Your mom."

Michael starts dating Pam's mom in Season 6, Episode 7.

Michael says he knows many 14-year-old girls that can beat up Dwight in Season 2, Episode 6.Michael says he knows many 14-year-old girls that can beat up Dwight.

Michael Scott tells his 18-year-old "tots" he cannot pay for their college education as promised in Season 6, Episode 12.

The episodes are four years apart.

On the work party boat in Season 2, Episode 11, Roy announces a date for his and Pam's wedding. The captain offers to marry them then and there, which Pam declines.Pam declines the captain's offer to marry Roy on the work party boat in Season 2, Episode 11.

Pam and Jim get married on a boat in Niagara Falls in Season 6, Episode 5.

Michael describes a hypothetical situation where employees betray him by arriving late due to dentist appointments in Season 2, Episode 6.The employees arrive late because of dentist appointments in Season 2, Episode 6.

Dwight tells Michael he is going to the dentist but is actually meeting Jan to try and overthrow Michael in Season 3, Episode 3.

DwightDwight hums "Little Drummer Boy" in the pilot.Dwight hums "Little Drummer Boy" in the pilot, which is later revealed to be his wife Angela's favorite song.

Erin and Andy share their first kiss at a garbage dump in Season 6, Episode 20.

Their relationship ends up being a dumpster fire.Their relationship ends up being a dumpster fire.

Dwight holds up a newspaper whose headline reads "Fee Proposed for City Murals" in Season 8, Episode 7."Fee Proposed for City Murals."

Pam gets selected to paint a city mural in Season 9, Episode 12.

The "Open Skate" headline may reference the Season 2 episode "Michael's Birthday," which takes place at a skating rink.

After Oscar is revealed to be gay, Michael wonders if Oscar and Angela are having an affair in Season 3, Episode 1.Michael wonders if Oscar and Angela are having an affair.

Oscar starts having an affair with Angela's then-husband, Senator Robert Lipton, in Season 9, Episode 1.

Michael tells Stanley he is "fired like a heart attack" in Season 4, Episode 16."fired like a heart attack."

Stanley has a heart attack in Season 5, Episode 14.

Michael gifts Jim a condom so he will not knock up Pam when he visits her in New York in Season 5, Episode 1.Michael gifts Jim a condom so he will not knock up Pam when he visits her in New York.Jim will not knock up Pam when he visits her in New York.

Jim has knocked up Pam in Season 5, Episode 28.

Dwight accidentally fires his gun in the office in Season 7, Episode 24. Oscar looks into the bullet hole in the carpet and comments that there's hardwood flooring underneath.There's hardwood flooring underneath.

Oscar says, "Wait! It’s beautiful. Hardwood! I always knew it was down here, I just never dreamed that I would actually see it." in Season 9, Episode 11 after everyone overdoses on caffeine and starts tearing up the carpet.

Season 2, Episode 14 introduces Ed Truck, former Dunder Mifflin branch manager.

Season 3, Episode 4 reveals that Ed TruckEd Truck was decapitated in a truck accident.

Michael annoys Jan in Season 3, Episode 17.Michael offers Jan a candle to smell.

In Season 4, Episode 13, Jan shows her scented candle line, "Serenity by Jan," at the famous dinner party.