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Season 1

The initial title sequence uses the following clips:

Season 2

Beginning with the episode "Office Olympics", the actor credit for Steve Carell uses a clip from the episode "Sexual Harassment." The rest of the title sequence remains unchanged.

Season 5

While no permanent changes are made to the usual title sequence, two episodes in this season have unique title sequences:

The episode "Stress Relief" has a unique title sequence, showing off all the main cast.

The episode "Michael Scott Paper Company" has a unique title sequence as well, focusing on the titular company instead of Dunder Mifflin.

Scenes from Scranton, Pennsylvania shot by John Krasinski and his friends as they drove through the city.

Directory sign in the Scranton Business Park lobby, focusing on "Michael Scott Paper Co. Inc."

Michael (Steve Carell) talking to Pam and Ryan.

A wall with four clocks set to different time zones: "Paris", "London", "Beijing" and "USA".

Dunder Mifflin's old copier, with "Trash" written on it.

Dwight (Rainn Wilson), reading a paper, almost bumps into the MSPC door, and changes course to the men's bathroom on his right.

Pam watering a plant.

Ryan removing a staple.

Closeup on a photo of Jim (John Krasinski) on Pam's desk.

A fish tank with Michael's "World's Best Boss" mug behind it.

Pam (Jenna Fischer) typing on her laptop.

A power strip.

Ryan (B.J. Novak) staples some papers together.

Michael throws a little basketball into a net on the wall, misses, and the ball hits Ryan.

Michael, Pam and Ryan blocking each other's way.

Michael playing with a Newton's cradle.

Season 6

Starting from the episode "Sabre", the title sequence now lists Ed Helms. Also, only the shortened version of this title sequence is used, a full version does not exist.

Season 7

In Season 7 most of the intro is redone.

Starting with the episode "The Inner Circle", the title sequence is redone again, in order to replace scenes where Steve Carell appears, to mark his departure.

Full versions of the opening exist only for the Deangelo version and the Creed version (used in the extended cut of the "Search Committee", available on DVD) . When aired, "Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager" used a shortened version of the title sequence and "Search Committee" used an extra-shortened one, with only the footage of Scranton and the statue scene.

Season 8

Parts of the title sequence were redone for season 8.

The full version of this title sequence is very rarely used and many episodes of this season use an extra-shortened title sequence consisting of the initial footage of Scranton and Andy trying to adjust the statue.

Season 9

Part of the title sequence were redone for season 9.

In episodes where Andy is absent or does not hold the Regional Manager position, the final shot is absent.

Trivia

The shots of Scranton in the opening credits were filmed by John Krasinski and two of his friends before production began on the series. They shot the footage from their Jeep with the camera outside the sunroof. [1]

Jay Ferguson composed the theme song.

In The Finale, a new opening was featured with all the cast. The Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak, and Ed Helms titles remained the same however.