Here's what happens when I took a week of binge-watching the US version of The Office in a belated fashion, and then mash them with Nickelodeon characters.

On a sunny day of fall in Burbank, California, a documentary crew goes inside the branch office of Nickel Odeon Paper Company and enters the conference room to set up the camera equipment. They also assign the head superior of Nickel Odeon to be the first person interviewed.

SpongeBob Squarepants for a talking head interview:

"Hi, I'm SpongeBob. SpongeBob Squarepants. You may know me as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. I also once studied in the University of Fry Cooking for Major in Spatula Anatomy. But now, I work as Regional Manager for the Burbank branch of Nickel Odeon Paper Company. Yeah, you could see the bar I just reached there. No, there are no bars in our company. Nobody goes to a bar here. I cannot even call Salty Spitoon a bar. Anyway, about Nickel Odeon, I pictured it as the cradle of life. The safe haven where the best paper resides, where there are origami angels with trumpets who greet you when you come in. You get the drill. The point is here in proud city of Burbank, in this very branch, you can count on my supremacy and my *doing a Vin Diesel impression* family to give you the best paper in the world. I mean just take a look at them."

As SpongeBob opens one part of the blinds, the cameraman shows the staff of Nickel Odeon idling around, but zooms in particular to Patrick Star, the accountant, who is sleeping with a pencil above his mouth.

"There, I think that sums it up." SpongeBob then grins.


The Office (Nickelodeon Edition)

Starring SpongeBob Squarepants, Danny Fenton, Ginger Foutley, Sokka, Lincoln Loud, Timmy Turner and Zim

Episode 1: Pilot

It is a normal day for the staff of Nickel Odeon, doing their usual idle activities before their actual work arrives.

Squidward is writing on his sheet music: a crossword puzzle.

Sheen Estevez, an accountant, is throwing M&Ms to Patrick while the latter is sleeping. Helga Pataki, their fellow accountant, just watches in disgust.

"Hey Helga, wanna watch me flick this blue M&M to his pencil?" Sheen brags to her.

"Oh yeah, do it and you're dead," Helga utters.

Then just as Sheen flicks the M&M, it hits the pencil, making it roll to Patrick's mouth and choking him. Sheen laughs at this, but gets pummeled by Patrick, who is trying to choke out the pencil to sucession.

"My point exactly," Helga remarks.

Angelica Pickles is repeatedly putting her makeup on, while her best friend Susie Carmichael is looking at her in a baffled way.

"Are you okay there?" Susie asks.

"Can't you see I'm perfecting a beautiful first impression," Angelica replies.

Meanwhile, Cosmo and Wanda try to concentrate to work…while playing online Tetris. Cosmo loses one round and is tempted to get his wand. But Wanda warns him, "Cosmo, no! Let's work on human technology."

"Sure fine, as if human technology is sophisticated," he replies. Cosmo then opens his draw to grab a snack.

Customer service representative Sam Manson is listening to grunge music, while her colleague Tucker Foley is texting while a call is beeping to his account.

Rocko is tidying up his desk, while his seatmates, human resources representative Catdog, fight over a referral on paper.

Zim is using his time to "negotiate" with clients.

"I tell you, I promise you 9 gazillion assurances that your wealth will be more and more, and we can rule the world!" he pitches, "Plus tax."

Salesmen Arnold, Gerald, Timmy and Danny go through their files either by paper or computer, until they see the arrival of Sokka humming to an over-the-top rendition of "Little Drummer Boy" as he plugs his telephone and sets up his mug.

"There goes the scare-crowe," Gerald remarks.

"Uhmm I don't which you are referring to," Sokka replies, "There a lot of scarecrows in the world. There's from L. Frank Baum. There's the one in Batman. There's the commercial."

"No, Gerald meant the guy who sang like a whale in Les Miserablés," Danny adds, leading to an all-out laughter from him and Gerald.

"Oh, shut up, he was great in Gladiator!" Sokka stresses, as Danny and Gerald laugh at him. "I swear he will make an outstanding opera act."

All the while, after touring them around the complex, SpongeBob guides the documentary team to the interior of Nickel Odeon Paper Company. "So, we welcome you to Nickel Odeon, where magic happens. No, not the other one, Penn & Teller. This is real magic: how paper is sold in the real market."

He leads the team from the signage to the concierge where receptionist Ginger Foutley is assigned.

"Now, this is the Burbank branch. This is my kingdom and I'm the king, but not Burger King-ish. But the friendly king like Stephen King."

SpongeBob then taps on the top of the receptionist desk to call out for Ginger's attention.

"Gingy, Gingy, how's my Gingerbread lady?" SpongeBob asks ecstatically.

Timidly, Ginger replies, "You can start by refraining from calling me 'Gingy'. It's already hyped."

"Oh, classic Gingy," SpongeBob swanks, "Gingy has been with us since…"

"Six? Four? I'm guessing four," she replies.

"Yeah, sixty-four years. Can you tell from her youthful visage?"

But Ginger remains undeterred from her boss's remarks.


Ginger Foutley for a talking head interview:

"Actually I was here for about three and a half years. Was expecting an accounting job. But SpongeBob find it to be stable. So I stumbled on the receptionist desk ever since. It wasn't part of my ambition as a receptionist. I am more of a storyteller. I do poems. I do stories. Creative writing. Danny thinks they're good."


"So, what we have for today?" SpongeBob asks.

"We have a new recruit, needing of an orientation," Ginger confirms while handing him some related files.

"Heard that boys? New recruit," SpongeBob speaks to the camera, "That only means Catdog's Quizno's loyalty card is at stake. As you may not know, their streak of recruits have been well…bad. So I keep warning them about this. It's the Quizno's the safest dare, since I cannot dare pull of their coffee privileges and VIP access to the dumpster." He then gets his attention back to Ginger. "Alright, is that all?"

"Oh, Sandy from corporate will see you later," Ginger confirms, "It's urgent."

SpongeBob twitches when he heard about "corporate". For that, he dodges the bullet. "Oh Sandy. Hehe…Hmmm well, corporate's ringing the bells. Well, let's get to it." He then starts imitating the jogging sequence from Chariots on Fire while chanting the Vangelis score to amuse Ginger, to her confusion. "Come on Ginger. Chariots of Fire. Hello? I'll tell you, I'll send you a copy. You'll get good storytelling out of it, along with Meet the Spartans."

From there, SpongeBob leads them to the conference room where the new recruit, Lincoln Loud, is waiting for his orientation. Catdog then hands to him Lincoln's records.

"Here you go, Bob," Cat assures, "I think you'll find him thoughtful."

"Yeah, it's not like we picked anyone from the street and tell them 'you're in'," Dog adds, not helping the situation.

"That's always your method, Catdog," SpongeBob remarks, "Try to shake things up by actually promoting."

The manager of Nickel Odeon Burbank then enters the conference room, where Lincoln is anxiously waiting by grasping his shoulder bag repeatedly.

"There he is, the new...bie. Or might I call, the noob, if that's what the YOLO kids say," SpongeBob says, then shakes the hand of Lincoln, "Hi, I'm SpongeBob, the regional manager of Nickel Odeon - Burbank branch."

"Lincoln Loud, I just came lucky to be here," he replies.

"Great! That's what the last noobs said," SpongeBob replies, "I think they were called 'Breadwinners'. I don't if they are because they are idiot ducks."

"I think they are," Lincoln hesitantly replies, trying to scale to the level of his new superior.

"So, are you ready Lincoln?"

"Oh yeah, I'm ready boss!"

"No, I supposed to answer that question. Around here, you see, I get to say 'I'm ready'. You, the employee, should repeat the question. Let's repeat. Are you ready?"

Hesitantly, Lincoln follows his boss's requests, "I don't know boss. Are...you...ready?"

"I'M READY! Again."

"Are you ready boss?"

"I'M READY! Good, feeling the vibes. Now, let's meet the staff." He then guides Lincoln out of the room and to the workstations.