B.J. Novak credited as playing...
Ryan Howard
- [In the conference room, the office workers are discussing the correct use of 'whoever' vs. 'whomever']
- Kevin Malone: I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.
- Ryan Howard: Do you really know which one is correct?
- Kevin Malone: I don't know.
- Pam Beesly: It's 'whom' when it's the object of the sentence and 'who' when it's the subject.
- Phyllis Lapin: That sounds right.
- Michael Scott: Well, it sounds right, but is it?
- Stanley: How did Ryan use it, as an object?
- Ryan Howard: As an object.
- Kelly Kapoor: Ryan used *me* as an object.
- Stanley: Is he right about that...?
- Pam Beesly: How did he use it again?
- Toby Flenderson: It was... Ryan wanted Michael, the subject, to explain the computer system, the object...
- Michael Scott: Thank you!
- Toby Flenderson: ...to whomever, meaning us, the indirect object... which is the correct usage of the word.
- Michael Scott: No one asked you anything ever, so whomever's name is Toby, why don't you take a letter opener and stick it into your skull.
- Ryan Howard: What I really want, honestly, Michael, is for you to know it so that you can communicate it to the people here, to your clients, to whomever.
- Michael Scott: [chuckles] Okay.
- Ryan Howard: What?
- Michael Scott: It's 'whoever', not 'whomever'.
- Ryan Howard: No, it's 'whomever'.
- Michael Scott: No, 'whomever' is never actually right.
- Jim Halpert: Well, sometimes it's right.
- Creed Bratton: Michael is right. It's a made-up word used to trick students.
- Andy Bernard: No. Actually, 'whomever' is the formal version of the word.
- Oscar Martinez: Obviously it's a real word, but I don't know when to use it correctly.
- Michael Scott: [to camera] Not a native speaker.
- Kevin Malone: I know what's right, but I'm not gonna say because you're all jerks who didn't come see my band last night.