"Jake and Amir are two best friends that work together, live together, and play together. We're not really best friends, so don't type that. Yes we are. No we aren't, and we also don't live together. Whatever. Not whatever. Dinner tonight? Nope."

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Jake and Amir is a popular internet series of short videos by CollegeHumor. Like Hardly Working, they are filmed in and around the College Humor office and revolve around Jake Hurwitz, a usually normal guy, and his co-worker, Amir Blumenfeld, an unstable, unbalanced and generally weird Manchild who is obsessed with Jake and determined to prove that they're "best friends".

The complete episode archive can be found at http://www.jakeandamir.com/archive or the College Humor website.

Abandoned Catchphrase: Acknowledged in "Journal": Amir: Dinner tonight? Jake: Wow, please don't start saying that again. Amir: I barely say it anymore! Jake: You used to say it all the time.

Abusive Parents: Amir's parents, assuming he's telling the truth. By his account in "Driving Lesson", they forced him to take driving lessons when he was four, and they threw knives at him.

Actually Pretty Funny: Jake has his moments. Amir: (rapping) Because you (rapping) Because you Palin-comparison to Sarah ! ...So, I dunno. Jake: That wasthat's actually clever. That was kind of clever, you should write that down. Amir: I actually already just forgot it. Something about "Dick...Dick Cheney in your..." Jake: No, all right, no, no. Amir: Yeah, forget it.

Adam Westing: Rick Fox plays himself in several episodes as an egg-obsessed tractor thief. Ben Schwartz's career switching oddball character is highly speculated to just be Ben Schwartz himself. In the finale, Ben Schwartz shows up as himself and all the other Schwartz appearances are revealed to be separate identities.

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Aerith and Bob: To some extent, Jake and Amir, though Amir is a very popular name in Israel where he was born. More commonly, Amir's friends will have blatantly made up names like Tracyn, Den, or Wideley. Jake: Who names your friends?

All Girls Want Bad Boys: Dave, who owns a motorcycle and boasts of kicking in his ex-girlfriend's teeth, effortlessly wins over Sarah, to Jake's distress.

All Guys Want Sorority Women: This is Jake's motivation in "Frat." Jake: Have you ever hooked up with a sorority girl? Amir: No. Jake: Well you know what, pretty soon that's something you and I won't have in common.

All Jews Are Cheapskates: Amir has taken it as far as demanding to be paid back for a single stick of gum or an 80-cent bag of sandwich cookies shared between four people. Inverted with his personal spending, which tends to be unwise to the tune of dropping 40k on a vacation with someone who never agreed to go.

All Love Is Unrequited: Jake will never be Amir's best friend. If Jake likes a girl, she will probably end up hating him, apart from once, and then she died. There's also Jake's long-standing crush on Sarah, and later, Emily's absurd advances towards Jake.

Alternate Continuity: Acknowledged in the intro to "Donald Trump": Amir: I thought we got fired . Jake: Right. Right. Don't overthink it

Alternate Reality Episode: Though generally considered part of Jake and Amir, the two-episode series "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate" has Amir as a ghost haunting Jake's house rather than his coworker, with the dynamic still playing out in exactly the same way.

Amateur Filmmaking Plot: The "Ace and Jocelyn" episodes.

Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: In "Mom ", Amir rudely reprimands his mother for "embarrassing" him because she wants to bring cookies up for him and his coworkers.

Ambiguous Disorder: Many different theories are brought up as to what exactly is wrong with Amir. All that people know for sure is that there's something very wrong with him.

Ambiguously Bi: Aside from his Stalker with a Crush-type behavior toward Jake, Amir's on Grindr and has apparently been with quite a few guys. However, a gay coworker who assumed that he and Amir were an item thanks to his obsessive and overly-friendly behavior quickly found out that he didn't even have a concept of homosexuality.

Ambiguous Syntax: In "Dating Coach," when Amir brings his dating coach (played by Ben Schwartz) to the office: Dating Coach: For your two thousand dollars, I'm gonna get you to have sex with any girl you want in here. Amir: (uncomfortable) I don't want to have sex with girls in here, so...

Amusing Injuries: Happens often, most commonly when either of them accidentally hit their head on their desks.

Analogy Backfire: "Graveyard," when Amir shows up at Lerona's grave with a bigger bouquet than Jake's: Jake: I wanna fight you now! Amir: Good, then, I hope it's a flower fight because then we got a real Good, then, I hope it's a flower fight because then we got a real David and Goliath thing going on. Jake: Okay, well, David actually wins, so... Amir: Okay then, let's switch bouquets then!

with a bigger bouquet than Jake's: In "Deals" as Amir is trying to remember the Tongue Twister slogan he came up with for his cousin's website: Amir: Once you say it once you always remember it, okay? It's like a lockbox like that. Jake: You must've said it once! Amir: Yeah I know, and I freakin' lost the lockbox too! So...the metaphor doesn't hold!

"Driving Lesson": Amir: I know how to drive, okay? I'm a regular I know how to drive, okay? I'm a regular James Dean Jake: Jesus.

And Then I Said: Parodied in "Half-Birthday," which opens with Amir apparently deep into telling a story to Jake. Jake then tells him that he can't start his stories in the middle.

An Odd Place to Sleep: Amir has been seen sleeping at his desk, on the floor , curled up on a stone table , and on a toilet in the office restroom.

Appeal to Familial Wisdom: "Interpreters 2 (Cheer Up)": Pat: (to Jake) I'm gonna tell you what my dad told me, and it's gotten me through some of the hardest times Amir: SHOTS!!! Pat: THANK you!

A Round of Drinks for the House: In Fired when Jake takes Amir out drinking to try to soften the upcoming blow of getting him fired, Amir buys everyone a round in honor of "working together forever."

Ascended Extra: Murph and Emily.

Audience Surrogate: When Jake and Amir are both acting weird, Pat tends to take on the Only Sane Man role.

Author Appeal: Jake and Amir write the episodes according to what they find funny, which changes over time.

Author Filibuster: At the end of "Journal", the writers respond to criticism for changing the series and using catchphrases less by having Jake represent them when Amir tells him, "In a perfect world, nothing would ever change."

Ax-Crazy: Amir has threatened Jake with a hammer, stabbed him in the abdomen, kicked his tongue off and smacked him around countless times, all with little or no provocation...and that's the guy he likes. Early on, he also reacted violently to any real or perceived slight toward Jake, to the point of putting at least one coworker in the hospital. In the finale he publicly castrates himself offscreen , proving that even Amir isn't safe from Amir. Amir: ... I stabbed the therapist in the eye with a tack! And I'd do the same to you!

, proving that even Amir isn't safe from Amir. Keeping all of the above in mind, Jake is far more scared of Murph than he is of Amir. 'Nuff said.

Backhanded Apology: Amir: Okay, I apologized for that. Jake: You said "Sorry you don't have a sense of humor, You said "Sorry you don't have a sense of humor, bitch ." Amir: And I genuinely meant that.

Bad Impressionists: Jake has a tendency to do impressions when trying to impress people. He sucks at almost all of them.

Battle Rapping: In the "Rap Teacher" series, Jake becomes determined to beat Amir in a rap battle. He doesn't lose so much as fail to achieve liftoff.

Bavarian Fire Drill: Amir has successfully pretended to be a CEO, a train conductor and a speaker at a marketing seminar.

Beach Bury: Amir tries to encourage Jake to do this to him in the episode "Nantucket ". He starts by piling a handful of sand onto his belly.

Bedsheet Ghost: Seen in "Costumes" and "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate."

Belated Love Epiphany: After Jake takes a new job in California, he talks incessantly about Amir to his new coworker until she demands, "Who is obsessed with who here?", causing him to realize that he's having a hard time letting go.

Benevolent Boss: "Who's the Boss?" does a lot to explain why Amir stays hired, as Ricky is perhaps the only person laid-back enough to have put up with him for that long. He's also on friendly terms with his employees, or at least with Jake.

Big Brother Worship: Jake to his older brother Kumail, also a Big Brother Bully.

Bilingual Bonus: Trouble has a Cantonese man loudly accosting Jake and Amir for an incident that Amir described as "the second duck thing."

has a Cantonese man loudly accosting Jake and Amir for an incident that Amir described as "the second duck thing." Mickey has Amir briefly speaking to his friend Mickey in Hebrew.

Bitch Slap: Amir's signature move.

Bizarre Taste in Food: Amir. In "Lunch" and "Lunch Meeting" he makes the same lunch order: "Jam, tuna fish, cracked pepper and vinegar on a chocolate croissant" with "a keg of what Coke is made of" (the syrup). Amir: Oh! Um, and do you guys...you know how turkey pastrami is like, turkey with a pastrami seasoning around it? Do you have that, but with Twinkies? With the seasoning? No. Okay. So that was just a dream of mine, then. That's fine, I was just checking.

Black Comedy Rape: "Interrogator Part 2."

Blood Brothers: In the episode of the same name, Amir unsuccessfully tries to convince Jake to take the requisite Blood Oath.

"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: While monologuing in Snowstorm , Amir blackmails Jake by revealing he knows about a crime Jake committed in 1999.

Book Ends: The first and last episode of the "Girlfriend" arc each have Jake and Amir arguing over whether worms can be considered cannibals.

Boomerang Bigot: Amir complains about his perceivedly ethnic facial features and alludes to anti-Semitic conspiracy theories with reference to Mark Zuckerberg. Amir: I'm a loser and a Jew! Jake: (uncomfortable) That's true, but don't...say it like that.

Borrowed Catchphrase: Jake uses Amir's to the point where they're almost more like shared catchphrases.

Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: In "Jake and Amir's Dream": "What time is it? 4 am? 5 am? 4:05 am?"

Breaking the Fourth Wall: From "Happy Holidays: Amir: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Jake and Amir! Jake: Who're you talking to? Amir: Nobody...

From Cousins: Linford: That's me! (winks at camera) Jake: Who the f**k are you winking at?

Bridal Carry: Amir does it to a knocked-out Jake in "Sleeping Pills" and manages to bang his head against a computer in the process.

Brutal Honesty: Jake's usual approach to Amir. Amir's usual approach to everybody.

Bully Turned Buddy: Murph's first few instances of Hair-Trigger Temper were (naturally) aimed at Amir, but he increasingly became protective of him, causing him to target Jake instead. Amir often takes advantage of this.

The Bus Came Back: CollegeHumor cofounder Ricky Van Veen, who became CEO of Notional in 2009, reappears for 2014's "Relocation" with the explanation that he's spent the last five years in Ibiza but was "accessible via email".

...But He Sounds Handsome: Amir's reaction to incriminating security footage. Jake: All right, so that's not you dancing? Amir: Ah, wow, no. That looks like me though, so I can see... I'm not offended because that guy's handsome and so am I. But, holy... that was awesome, or I was ... that is... Ah, wow, no. That looks like me though, so I can see... I'm not offended because that guy's handsome and so am I. But, holy... that was awesome, or I was ... that is... that is an awesome dance, whoever that is

Subverted in "Vandalism." Amir actually just admires the unknown office vandal, who turns out to be Will.

Milkman "Charles Crooshtoost" denies that he's the guy who molested Jake in "Interrogator Part 2," but says that if Jake finds the person he's looking for, he should tell him, "Nice milkman outfit." They genuinely are different people, but they know each other.

But Thou Must!: Invoked in "Bathroom Break." Amir: Okay, should I chill out here or you want me to wait for you? Jake: Just chi(sigh) okay, I see what you did.

Butt-Monkey: Pat Cassels is frequently the target of Amir's shenanigans, and Amir often goes out of his way to call him a loser.

Call-Back: In the 8-part "Girlfriend" episode Jake talks to Lerona for a while about flying a kite. He says almost the exact same thing as he did in "Kite" three years earlier.

Cannot Tell a Joke: Both Jake and Amir suffer from this.

Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them: Despite his constant frustration, Jake will miss Amir's annoying presence if it's withdrawn. Particularly visible in the storyline beginning with "Sick Day," when Jake gets a new job in California, but quits and moves back solely for Amir.

Captain Obvious: In "Eighty Cents," Dan says of Amir, "You guys noticed he's weird?"

Casual Danger Dialogue: Jake trying to talk Amir out of hitting him in the head with a hammer.

Censorship by Spelling: In the episode featuring Julia Nunes, Amir thinks that singing in front of her will work this way and fesses up to the scam he's pulling on her in song. Jake: Amir, she can understand you when you sing, it's not like spelling things in front of a toddler, or you.

Character Development: Jake starts out the series as a calm average guy and Amir as a nerd with no confidence. As Jake begins to give him attention, Amir gets more and more confident making Jake more and more angry. As for Jake, he starts to reveal deep-seated insecurities halfway through the series, becoming less of a straight man and more of a defensive douchebag.

Chekhov's Gunman: Caused by Real Life Writes the Plot. From 200809 Sam Reich, CollegeHumor's then-Director of Original Content, made fairly regular appearances as a Sidekick and Ignored Enamored Underling to Amir. After he was promoted to President of Original Content, his appearances were limited to a single fourth-wall-breaking gag at the end of the All-Nighter episode "Hoops" (in which he complains about the sketch) before his character reappears for a major role in the finale, finally firing Jake and Amir once and for all . Despite his vast shift in status, a Continuity Nod makes it clear that it's still the same character.

Chew Bubblegum: In Amir's script in "Table Read 2," his main character Darryl McMillionare opens by saying, "I only care about one thing: pussy, money, and cash. And I'm almost out of cash."

Childhood Friend Romance: A one-sided example with Jake's crush on Sarah. In "Friend Quiz" he says they have been friends since they were kids.

Christmas Episode: One each year, "Christmas", "Happy Holidays", "Santa" and "Toy Drive".

Chronic Pet Killer: Amir. Jake: Okay, you shouldn't own pets, man, you can barely keep yourself alive. Amir: Okay, don't tell me I shouldn't own pets, I've had like, ten owls in the past year. Jake: What happened to them? Amir: They're frickin' dead!

Class Clown: Amir thinks of himself as this at the office, but has a hard time understanding when he's the joke. Definitely a Sad Clown to boot.

Closet Geek: Jake is a secret Lord of the Rings obsessive.

Clothing Switch: The actors sometimes wear the same shirts from other clips. Noticeable in the flashbacks of "Happy Holidays" and Record Breaker.

Cloudcuckoolander: Amir is a particularly deranged example, but he almost looks sane compared to Ben Schwartz's characters. Quite a few of Amir's associates qualify too, including Doobs, Den and Cheryl.

Fired has CEO Alan Avery, who is constantly exposing himself at the office and prank-calling people, wears roller blades at all times and insists that Jake replace all verbs related to ambulation with verbs related to rollerblading. Jake: So I wanted to run something by you. Avery: Blade something by me? Jake: Sure. Avery: Say it. Jake: I wanted to...blade something by you. I ran into Amir last night. Avery: Bladed into Amir? Jake: I didn't, I ran into him. Avery: Bladed. Jake: We were wearing shoes. Avery: Blades.

Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Jake is constantly trying to explain social norms to Amir and encouraging him to straighten out his life, with limited success. He's even protective of Amir on occasion, usually when others gang up on him. Pat: (to Jake, about Amir) Has he done this before?

Cloudcuckoolanguage: Amir's is elaborate, consisting of needless suffixes, odd arrangements, various rhymes and puns, deliberate mispronunciations and Pretty Fly for a White Guy slang. Jake is fluent, much to his own shame. Amir: I do nay have a legal birfday, and I def do not have a social securitay numbre, comprende, so-ay, helpay on dat-ay. Jake: God, I'm so mad I understood all of that.

Cluster Bleep-Bomb: Amir several times.

Comedic Sociopathy: Amir behaving like a sociopath is the show's bread and butter.

The Comically Serious: Paul Greenberg, the CEO. Also Not So Above It All. Paul: Look, I think you guys know why I called you in here. (Jake and Amir look ashamed.) I heard you can get 200 coins in Tiny Wings?

Competition Freak: A game of office ping-pong, rock paper scissors, or Angry Birds is enough to set Jake off.

Completely Unnecessary Translator: In "Translator," Amir goes Trolling Translator while speaking Hebrew to a girl on Jake's behalf, until she reveals, not only that she speaks perfect English, but that she told Jake and he refused to accept it .

Connected All Along: In "Dating Coach," we find out that Hallie, ex-girlfriend of Jake and brief love interest to Amir, is also Sarah's sister, which kind of gives some context to Sarah's lack of interest in Jake.

"Double Date" establishes a particularly weird backstory between Amir and Murph: Amir has been Murph's butler his entire life because Amir's father was employed as a butler to Murph's father and backed out of a Suicide Pact with him, causing him to owe the family a life debt.

Couch Gag: The "Hey, you're watching Jake and Amir" voiceover in the opening sequence, which typically features a quick exchange or argument between the characters. The gag is usually random but occasionally ties into the episode's content.

Crazy Jealous Guy: Amir with regard to Jake's other friends.

Murph. Unfortunately for Jake, Murph's girlfriend Emily has a thing for him too.

Creepily Long Arms: An occasional gag with Amir is that he can reach Jake across about ten feet of desk space.

Cringe Comedy: The earlier episodes relied on this, feeling less like comedy sketches and more like awkward, unscripted conversations between coworkers.

Cruella to Animals: Taken Up to Eleven by Amir in "Fur" when he goes on a "morbid spending spree" that ends in him wearing an outfit comprised of a fur hat and coat, a mink scarf, two dead doves for shoes, a wallet made from a dead rat, and just for the hell of it an iguana that he strangled to death sticking out of his pocket. Amir: I became blood-hungry! Sure, who wouldn't?

Crying Wolf: "Split Pea Soup": Jake: Hey, all right, I'm going to call 911, okay? Amir: No, it's not going to do anything, I prank-call them all the time! Jake: I'll call it from my phone. Amir: I do it from your phone! Jake: Well, I'll just tell them you legitimately burned your face this time! Amir: I crank-yanked them last night with that exact line! I said, "Please come, I legitimately burned my face this time!"

Cuckoosnarker: Amir. Dan: I'm trying to give you constructive criticism. Amir: Ha, yeah. More like destructive cynicism. (Dan and Jake look at Amir.) Jake: ...How'd you learn those words?

Cutting the Electronic Leash: Parodied in "The Moment," when Amir encourages Jake, who's taking pictures of the skyline, to put away his phone and enjoy the moment. When Jake actually takes this advice, he decides he himself wants a picture, borrows Jake's phone so he can take one, and immediately throws it into the water. Amir: Disconnect, Disconnect, bitch!

Damned by a Fool's Praise: The entire point of "Donald Trump." Amir: And by the way, Trump wants to put a lid on immigration, illegal or otherwise, which I actually like as a moron with high standards.

Daydream Surprise: My Boy , which starts out with Jake praising and hugging Amir and then reveals that Amir was daydreaming the whole thing. Also an example of Face Doodling, since we see that someone drew a dick on Amirs face while he was zoned out.

, which starts out with Jake praising and hugging Amir and then reveals that Amir was daydreaming the whole thing. Also an example of Face Doodling, since we see that someone drew a dick on Amirs face while he was zoned out. "Couples Therapist Part 1" details how Amir hopes his therapy session with Jake will go as he explains it to the couples therapist. Part 2 is a nearly shot-for-shot remake of Part 1 where the appointment goes about how you'd expect.

Department of Redundancy Department: Amir slips into this from time to time ("food restaurant," "book library," "group orgy") and generally repeats himself a lot. Amir: Wait, Jake Jake Jake Jake! Can you buy these for me? I am strapped (holds up Wait, Jake Jake Jake Jake! Can you buy these for me? I am strapped (holds up guitar straps ) for cash! I don't have cash on me. I wish I had cash and I don't have cash and I'm Jake and Amir: strapped for cash.

According to Murph in "Double Date," "you only YOLO once."

Description Cut: After Amir, who's tangled in a giant net, unaccountably goes missing in "Mountain Hiker Part 2": Jake: (to Stanley) Shut up, okay? Amir's really scared right now! Amir: (holding a smoothie while talking cheerfully on the phone) Hello hello, yes! Uh, I'm gonna need another smoothie, please! Basically, you need to freshen me up. Yeah, same guy in the net.

Dialogue Reversal: In "Pizza," first between Amir and Jake and then the other way around: "Forget it." "Forget it 'cause you're dumb?" "Forget it 'cause you don't know what the fuck you're talking about...ass!"

Disproportionate Retribution: Amir put Rosie in the hospital for laughing at Jake.

Jake broke Amir's ribs over a game of Rock Paper Scissors.

In "iPhone Case," Amir tries to jack an iPhone on the subway, to which the other passengers not only beat him up but force him to lick his victim's shoes and take turns stepping on his face and flicking his genitals.

Dissimile: In "Taste Test" Amir tries a pineapple and describes it as a "cold ... sweet ... wet chicken nugget."

Does Not Like Yams: Amir. Jake: No, I'm well aware that you hate yams. Amir: I hate em. I hate yams.

The Dog Bites Back: At the end of Couch for Sale, after years of being trolled and jerked around by Amir, Mickey finally snaps and trashes Amirs apartment.

Don't Explain the Joke: Amir explains a joke while telling it. "A guy walks face first into a bar. A metal bar. Ouch."

Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Amir alternates between this and angling for Jake's pity, which Jake points out in "Split Pea Soup." Jake isn't much better.

Doppelgänger Dating: Space Twins has Jake dating a female Amir lookalike, appropriately named Rima.

Double Date: In "Double Date," Jake double-dates with Murph, his terrifyingly flirtatious girlfriend Emily, and their completely wordless and non-responsive friend Nico. As if the pressure on him isn't bad enough, it turns out Murph only invited him because he's planning to propose to Emily that night. Murph: I mean, I want it to be intimate, so I figured, "What's more intimate than a double date?" Jake: ...Single date!

Do You Trust Me?: Parodied a few times, since Jake really doesn't trust Amir. See "Ransom."

Drives Like Crazy: Amir is continuously distracted and feels totally free to take both hands off the wheel at any time. If If I Were You is to be believed, this may be one of the few characteristics he has in common with his real-life counterpart.

Drunken Song: Amir and Pat sing "Tubthumping," "Piano Man" and "Lady in Red" as they get increasingly deep into the drink supply in "Interpreters 2 (Cheer Up)."

Dude, Not Funny!: Jake's typical reaction to Amir's attempts at humor, which include rickrolling an email thread about funeral arrangements.

Drowning My Sorrows: Pat tries to help Jake do this in "Interpreters 2 (Cheer Up)," but he and Amir go through all the alcohol themselves.

Early Installment Weirdness: The earliest episodes involve Hurwitz and Blumenfeld messing around with video editing, improv comedy, and brief gags, many involving Medium Awareness and No Fourth Wall. The characterization of Amir as socially inept, attention-seeking and obsessed with Jake began to emerge with "Tattoo" and "Practical Joke," and the classic opposite-desks formula officially debuts with "Beer."

Easily Embarrassed Youngster: Amir still has this kind of relationship with his mom, to Jake's bemusement. Jake: You know, when you're an adult it's actually not cool to not love your mom.

Easy Amnesia: Amir in "Amnesia."

Eating Lunch Alone: An early episode called "Lunchtime" has Jake making fun of Amir for doing this.

Averted in several episodes, such as Rock Paper Scissors and Choking where Amir invites Jake to lunch to avoid "eating" alone, despite the fact that he has no food.

Eating Shoes: In "Milk Man" Amir suffers symptoms of what's assumed to be food poisoning until Jake follows the advice of a 911 operator to punch him in the stomach and an entire shoe comes up. Amir: That actually makes sense... That actually makes sense... because literally a second before I started complaining of pain...I ate a shoe

Embarrassingly Painful Sunburn: Jake gets one in Sun Tan after falling asleep in the tanning bed (and Amir forgets to wake him up).

after falling asleep in the tanning bed (and Amir forgets to wake him up). Amir gets one in Staycation Part 2 , where he gets sunburned so badly that he spends the next couple of episodes peeling.

Embarrassing Middle Name: Amir Valerie Blumenfeld. Jake: You know you can change your middle name, right?

Embarrassing Nickname: Jake hates it when Amir calls him "Jakey."

A Running Gag is that Doobs keeps changing his name to increasingly outlandish, embarrassing "names" in an attempt to avoid Amir's highly innocuous Malicious Misnaming.

Enraged by Idiocy: Jake, often. In "Time Saver" his attempt to keep a cool head in the face of Amir's latest manifestation of Insane Troll Logic results in the pressure building up until he leaps over both desks and physically attacks Amir.

Entendre Failure: When Mike, Jake's replacement at work when he briefly changes jobs, mentions a former "partner" and asks Amir if he's ever had a "BF," Amir thinks he's referring to his best friend and talks about Jake. He then suggests that Mike should be his "partner" and is put off and confused when Mike responds flirtatiously. Mike apologizes for assuming he was "out" and Amir confirms that he's not out, because they're both indoors.

Erotic Dream: When Amir describes one in "Bagels," he manages to simultaneously offer too much and too little information. Amir: Imagine every koala ever in a bikini. ... Amir: Do you know what it's like to grow up on the street? To be hood? Or would you rather just suck off Uncle Sam and swallow what he gives you? Do you know what it's like to grow up on the street? To be hood? Or would you rather just suck off Uncle Sam and swallow what he gives you? By the way, that was my dream last night.

Establishing Shot: The classic episode formula set in the work area of the office always opens with a wide shot of the opposite-facing desks belonging to the title characters.

Excrement Statement: In "Celebration," Jake finds out that Amir has no idea how to express positive emotions. When he asks him how he'd celebrate if he won the lottery, Amir pulls down his pants and yells "GRRR! SHIT ON YA!"

Eye Scream: Invoked by Jake when Amir cites LASIK as the reason he's ditched his glasses. When Jake describes what the procedure actually entails, Amir's horrified reaction makes it obvious that he not only never had it done but had no idea what the word meant in the first place.

Face Palm: Jake, frequently. (On a meta level, this is Hurwitz's go-to way to hide evidence of Corpsing).

Fake Charity: The Amir Blumenfeld Foundation for Not Giving a Shit, which in fairness makes no attempt to hide it. According to Jake, the reward for a $10 donation to said organization's Kickstarter is a shirt that says, "I donated ten dollars to a fake charity and all I got was this lousy dick."

Fast-Forward Gag: Seen in "30 Second Debate"; Amir asks Jake a question, Jakes answer is fast forwarded, and Amir tells him to slow down because hes talking too fast.

Fear of Thunder: See "Storm," in which Amir is so cripplingly afraid of thunder that he wets himself after a loud thunderclap.

Fleeting Passionate Hobbies: Amir's various obsessions. Jake: You're so fast at being dumb.

Flowery Insults: In "Angry Birds," a fed-up Jake explodes at Amir, "You are an anus of the highest caliber!" Amir remembers the insult and eventually fires it back, sort of: Amir: Yeah, you can share with me, you anus of the highest Yeah, you can share with me, you anus of the highest calendar

Food Slap: In "Embarrassed" Amir gets deeply emotionally invested in what he doesn't realize is an entirely one-sided conversation with Jake, who's on the phone with someone else. Upon finally catching on, he throws a cup of water in Jake's face, to Jake's confusion.

Footsie Under the Table: Emily manages to divest Jake of his shirt this way in "Double Date."

Foreshadowing: In "Hospital" , Amir tells Jake he won't let "some quack in a van hack him up in a can". A year later in "Nose Job" , that's exactly what happens.

Forged Message: In "Ballgame," Jake deals with the unwanted company of Amir while watching a baseball game at his apartment. The end reveals that Jake invited a whole group of coworkers over, but they never showed up because Amir left a note on the door "from" Jake saying that the event was cancelled.

Forgetful Jones: Amir tends to forget how a discussion started in the middle of the conversation or fail to remember something he or another person just said. He's also repeatedly left the house without his shoes.

Forgotten Birthday: Amir refuses to learn Sam's birthday because he's worried it will make him forget Jake's.

In "Jacuzzi", Amir calls out Jake for forgetting his birthday and Jake legitimately feels bad about it.

"Freaky Friday" Flip: Amir tries to force this to happen in "Freaky Friday by tackling Jake, hoping that their bodies will somehow switch in the process.

Freeze-Frame Bonus: In several episodes if you pause at just the right time, you'll be able to see one of the photos of Jake that Amir keeps on his desk.

Freudian Excuse: Amir's family life is ridiculously terrible, to say nothing of the five years he spent being kidnapped and living entirely on chicken nuggets .

Friendly Tickle Torture: Amir likes doing this to Jake, who has responded with violence more than once.

The Friend Nobody Likes: Amir at the CollegeHumor office. And increasingly, Jake too. Streeter: Nobody likes you guys. Jake and Amir: We know!

Friendship Moment: The conclusion of the "Sick Day" story arc has Jake returning to his old job and retaking his desk opposite Amir. He then agrees to take Amir to McDonalds for dinner, and the episode ends with a hug. There's also the ending to Part 3 that was cut from the YouTube upload. Amir is crying too hard to accept Jake's departing handshake, so Jake gives up and walks away. Amir catches the elevator at the last second and holds out his hand, to which Jake puts his stuff down and wraps him in a hug instead. When they get to Jake's floor Amir refuses to let go, and Jake agrees to ride the elevator with him two more times

Throughout the 4-part "Brother" series Jake, who is being scammed for money by his older brother Kumail, is only angered by Amir's repeated attempts to warn him that the guy isn't trustworthy, cumulating in his accepting an invitation to go with Kumail on a "weekend camping trip," all while Amir knows firsthand that Kumail plans on ditching him that night. Jake turns up subdued to the office on Monday and talks to Amir about the fun time he and his brother had camping. In a rare moment of sensitivity, Amir doesn't call him on the lie, instead asking him if he'd like to go camping with him when he's not "camped out" from the supposed first trip. Jake eagerly jumps on the chance to go camping "again," but quietly thanks Amir, showing that he's aware of, and grateful for, what Amir is doing for him.

Almost in "Business Card. Amir gets his own business card, but its completely worthless; its written in invisible ink, and even then, it only says, Tweet at me, bitches! with no contact info listed. Just to be nice, Jake sends Amir a tweet complimenting him for the card. Amirs response? Dont fucking pity me!"

At the end of Fired Jake finally calls Amir his best friend. Amir ruins it by insisting that they're best best friends.

Subverted in Feast ; Amir tries to have an impromptu Thanksgiving dinner at the office with Jake, because he doesnt have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving. Jake says, I cant believe Im about to do this, and then locks Amir in the office so he cant crash Jakes Thanksgiving dinner. Played straight in the immediate follow-up "Driving Home," which reveals that Amir somehow managed to make it to Jake's Thanksgiving anyway; after realizing that Amir's family refused to tell him where they were , Jake ultimately decides he's glad it happened.

Funny Background Event: See The Godfather , in which Pat and Sarahs conversation is accompanied by Jake and Amir getting into a wrestling match in the background.

Fun T-Shirt: Several recurring ones, including the actual Jake and Amir shirts from BustedTees (the in-universe explanation for their existence is that Amir pitches them himself).

Gag Penis: Amir is implied to have one in Brother Part 1 , when theres a brief shot of him completely bottomless and the censor bar goes past his knees.

Garrulous Growth: Amir tells an insane story about one in "Day After Thanksgiving."

Geeky Turn-On: Jake falls for Amir's girlfriend Lerona because she's into Lord of the Rings. There's clearly a bit of Loving a Shadow in play, though: Lerona: Jake and I were just talking about Lord of the Rings. Amir: Those DVDs own hard. Jake: Yeah, only we were talking about the books, you fing ass. Lerona: ...I was talking about the movies.

Gender Flip: The All-Nighter sketch "Jake and Amir's Dream" has several guest comedians briefly playing the roles of Jake and Amir, including a sequence where they're respectively played by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of Broad City fame.

Get-Rich-Quick Scheme: "Get Rich Quick Schemes" (or as Amir would have it, "wet bitch thick creams").

Gilligan Cut: "Resume" opens with Jake sitting to the far left of an otherwise empty couch, to which Amir arrives and tries to squeeze in to the left of Jake. Jake: What are you doing? Sit there! Amir! Sit there! We have an entire couch, and I'm not gonna move, because I was (Abrupt cut to Amir sitting to the left with Jake on the right.)

The Glasses Come Off: When Murph takes off his glasses it's a sure sign that Jake is about to get his ass kicked. In "Table Read 2" Jake pleadingly motions for him to put them back on, to no avail.

Glasses Curiosity: In "Glasses" Jake wears Amir's glasses while Amir looks for them, having forgotten that he let Jake try them on.

The Glomp: Amir is a frequent dispenser of these and can be seen jumping on Jake's shoulders in two of the intros.

Godwin's Law: Touched on in "Election": Amir: Okay, so red state is Nazi? Jake: Republican. Amir: Same thing. Jake: ...I can't decide if you're being poignant or stupid. Amir: ...Same thing. Jake: Got it. Stupid.

Good Cop/Bad Cop: In "Good Cop, Bad Cop" Amir decides to attempt this on the interns and goes instantly off the rails, having to be restrained by everybody in the room within less than two minutes to prevent him from killing someone with a hammer. He was shooting for "good cop."

Got Me Doing It: Jake's tendency to slip into Amir's Verbal Tics and other mannerisms. When he briefly takes a job in California during the New York era, his new desk partner assumes he's using East Coast slang she's unfamiliar with.

Gross-Out Show: Blood, urine, vomit and excrement in abundance.

Group Hug: See Group Hug , in which Amir initiates one with a crowd of strangers.

Hair-Trigger Temper: Both Amir and Murph.

Hammy Herald: In "Shia," Amir ushers Mike Fink, an intern he's convinced is Shia LaBeouf, around the office by singing a rewrite of "Prince Ali" from Aladdin.

Hand Wave: In "Compost," Jake tells a story about how one of Amir's canine teeth fell out the week before and adds, "I guess you got a veneer later?"

Has Two Thumbs and...: Amir misuses the phrase several times, applying it to others instead of him.

Hates Being Touched: Jake with Amir. Lampshaded in Keys: Jake: What did Ricky say about touching me? Amir: He said, Maybe sometimes, if you ask politely." Jake: No, he said never.

Headbutt of Love: Amir inflicts a very unwanted one on Jake in "Keys."

Headphones Equal Isolation: Jake's go-to tactic for ignoring Amir.

Heh Heh, You Said "X": "Taxes": Jake: Okay, do you have any other source of income besides your salary, like do you do freelance? Amir: Ha, you said doodoo! Jake: I didn't actually Amir: "Do you do"! Jake: Yeah well, there's a "you" in there. Amir: Still.

He's Dead, Jim: A minor Running Gag has Dave Rosenberg saying "He's dead" at the end of an episode. (He's always wrong about it.)

Heterosexual Life-Partners: Or Amir wishes they were at least. He repeatedly tries to enforce the idea that he and Jake are best friends, even when Jake makes it explicitly clear that he wants nothing to do with Amir. Nevertheless, Jake ultimately spends more time with Amir than just about anyone else, sometimes willingly, and has made at least two major career decisions based on wanting to continue working with him. In "Real Estate Agent" they even shop for an apartment together, although by 2020's "Social Distance Scroll" they haven't seen each other in five years

Hilarious Outtakes: The youtube channel JakeAndAmirOuttakes with Corpsing being the most promient.

Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Amir (see Abusive Parents above).

Hi, Mom!: Amir does this in Fired after thinking he's the victim of a Candid Camera Prank.

Hollywood Healing: Averted with Bozo; Amir ends the episode by jumping out the window, and in the following episode, Tampon, hes seen in a wheelchair.

Also averted with Rock Paper Scissors (in which Jake punches Amir in the stomach, breaking his ribs) and the next episode Bake Sale (where Amir is seen to still have the rib fracture).

Hug and Comment: The ending line of the "Sick Day" arc: Jake: Hey, did you make out with a guy? Amir: Yeah, it was weird.

Hurricane of Excuses: "Game Ideas": Jake: You're invading other people's privacy. Amir: No I won't! Again. Or for the first time. I won't, and I didn't. And I haven't. Again. Or ever.

Hypocritical Heartwarming: The standard logic gets inverted by Amir in "Traffic": Amir: It's like how you can make fun of my mom, but I can't. Jake: That's not how that works. Amir: It's 'cause I'm too close to her, but you have a lot of material to work with. It's 'cause I'm too close to her, but you have a lot of material to work with. She's dumb and short

Hypocritical Humor: Often; Amir has no sense of irony, and Jake has been known to criticize Amir for attitudes, behavior and failings that closely resemble his own.

I Can Explain: Subverted in "Come Again. Pats date catches him getting mounted by Amir, and when Amir tries to explain, Pat cuts him off and says that itd just be easier to break up with her.

Ice-Cream Koan: "April Fools Soup": Murph: It's funny, you know? You're always wondering what to expect...maybe you should start expecting what to wonder.

Ignored Enamored Underling: In his initial role as Amir's Sidekick, Sam's "friendship" with Amir was even more pathetically unrequited than Amir's with Jake. Sam: Remember that Jake-themed birthday party I threw for you on my birthday? I was thinking about having a sequel. Amir: Dude, I don't even know what your birthday is. Sam: It's July 22nd! Amir: Don't tell me! Now I might forget Jake's!

Ignored Epiphany: In "Friend Quiz" Jake comes to the horrified conclusion that he and Amir really are best friends

I Just Want to Be You: Amir to the point where he will sometimes refer to himself by Jake's name.

"I Know What We Can Do" Cut: In Unknown Co-Worker , both Jake and Amir are fretting over the fact that they dont know any of their co-workers names. Amir claims he has a great idea, and then it cuts to him enjoying a sandwich. Then he says he has another great idea, and after the cut, we see him eating the same sandwich, only with ketchup.

The Illegal: Amir. He was seemingly born in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

I'll Kill You!: Kelly, the girl from "Sunday Football," at the end of the video when Amir finally hits her Rage Breaking Point.

I'll Take Two Beers Too: In "Profile Pic" with the standard roles reversed: Amir: Can we get two waters anddo you want anything? Jake: So both waters are for you? Amir: Four waters, please.

Imagine Spot: In Office Fantasy , Amir fantasizes about seeing Jake get hit on by a hot co-worker, only for Jake to tell her that he doesn't go anywhere without Amir.

I'm a Humanitarian: Kevin Bacon is on Amir's list of Top 10 Fish To Fry.

Improbably Predictable: Amir, to Jake. Amir: ... I will get out of here, right away, if you answer me this. Jake: Okay, Okay, Shasta McNasty Amir: Uh. Jake: And it wasn't the best show ever on television. Now leave? Amir: Double or nothing. Jake: French fries! Amir: (getting up) Okay, never mind.

I'm Standing Right Here: Downplayed via Selective Obliviousness in "BFF": Sarah: Listen, you and Amir being best friends is not a big deal. Why don't you just try hanging out with him and you might actually like him? Jake: I don't see how that's possible. I mean, he's so fucking annoying. Sarah: I know, I know, but just give it a shot. You never know. Jake: I guess. I mean, I'll try it, whatever. (Pan out to show Amir slumped next to him on the couch.) All right, let's go. Amir: Okay, finally! That was boring as hell! Okay, finally! That was boring as hell! Who were you talking about?

Incoming Ham: Pretty much any Ben Schwartz role. And Doobs. Doobs: IT IS I!

Inexplicably Identical Individuals: Ben Schwartz's various characters are in fact different people who all appear together in the finale.

Inferiority Superiority Complex: Both Jake and Amir suffer from this to varying degrees.

Infinite Supplies: Particularly in earlier episodes, Amir regularly throws large amounts of money around. It's explained once or twice that his dad is funding him in addition to his salary.

Initiation Ceremony: Jake's frat Upsilon Upsilon Upsilon has a particularly insane hazing process of which a few of the milder items include eating socks, chugging absinthe and getting branded with a branding iron.

In Love with Your Carnage: When Murph apologizes to Emily for his violent Crazy Jealous Guy outbursts, she interrupts him and urges him to be more crazy. He's only too happy to oblige.

Inner Monologue: "Thoughts" depicts Amir's profound meditations on his efforts to photograph a record-breaking bowel movement without setting off the motion censor on the toilet.

Innocent Inaccurate: "Dave Part 2": Jake: What's that? What's "nose candy"? Amir: Me and Dave snort sugar at lunch and it makes us happy for a little time and then we sort of flatten out and get a little depressed. Jake: Sugar? Dave: It's cocaine, dad, relax. Jake: You guys do cocaine during work?! Amir: What's cocaine?

Insane Troll Logic: Amir runs on this. For example, in "Time Saver " he uses bizarre logic to argue that you can save time by wiping before you shit. Amir: All Im saying is that if you wipe before you shit, theres not a lot of shit there so you dont have to wipe as much!

Instant Sedation: In Sleeping Pills , Amir tries to knock out Jake by spiking his coffee with sleeping pills. Jake says that he doesnt drink coffee, and in the background we see a guy take a sip from his coffee mug and instantly pass out.

Insult Backfire: Amir does this so often that Jake anticipates it and tries to get around it. Jake: All right, don't take this as a compliment Amir: Thank you. Jake: That's your best app idea yet. Amir: Appreciate it. Jake: It's still terrible Amir: Danke. Jake: it's just all your other ideas are so bad. Amir: Gracias. Jake: Okay, don't take this Amir: Todah rabah! Jake: Fuck you! (Beat.) Amir: (under his breath) Ouch.

Hilariously subverted in "Movie Date 2" after Doobs proposes to Jake's date, Julia, on the spot just because he found out she had a thing for Amir. Doobs: I'm gonna hit it, and every time I hit it, I'm gonna think of Amir! Jake: No, I don't think that's the insult that you want it to be. Amir: ( actually insulted ) Yes. It is.

Insult Misfire: "Meeting Invitation": Jake: (on the phone) Sorry, there's just this idiot yelling in my ear right now. Amir: Apology accepted! But if you don't want someone yelling in your ear, I suggest you put down the phone!

Intergenerational Friendship: Amir's "oldest friend" Cheryl is in fact an absurdly youthful-looking 50-year-old that he met yesterday.

I Reject Your Reality: Amir's approach to life. Amir: You know how you have a weird love affair with coupons? Jake: I know how you make up realities to justify the weird, stupid things you do.

Irishman and a Jew: Two sets for the price of fun with the Irish Pat and Murph as frequent supporting players to the (respectively) half-Jewish and Jewish main duo.

Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery: Amir's attempts to emulate Jake.

Is This a Joke?: In Fired when the new CEO confronts Jake and Amir with their misdeeds, Amir becomes convinced he's on Punk'd and smashes a wall clock he assumes is a hidden camera.

"It" Is Dehumanizing: Amir and Jake discussing the "Big Brother" program: Amir: What if I get one...and it can't talk? Jake: Please don't call them "it."

It's All About Me: By his own admission, Amir literally thinks the world revolves around him.

It's Been Done: In the episodes where Amir pitches ideas to Jake, his concepts tend to be either hilariously bad or this. Jake: You think you invented milk?!

Jerkass: Jake becomes one of these as the series goes on. His behavior towards Amir is typically justifiably harsh, but there are plenty of times where he acts like a completely self-centered jackass who'll exploit Amir or grandstand around others, as well as sometimes disagreeing with or mocking Amir for the sake of it (or in spite of actually being the wrong one).

Amir starts out as obnoxious, but mostly harmless, but his antics and overall personality become increasingly malicious as the series progresses.

The few times Dave appears, he exhibits Jerkass tendencies - reminiscing about domestic abuse and pursuing Sarah even when he knows Jake is interested.

Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Amir, to Jake's eternal disappointment.

Jewish Complaining: Amir. Amir: I honestly feel like God owes me money at this point for dealing me more than a shit hand. And I'm not talking about being paid back karmically, like, uh, like with a good career opportunity, or a Cash! I honestly feel like God owes me money at this point for dealing me more than a shit hand. And I'm not talking about being paid back karmically, like, uh, like with a good career opportunity, or a Love Interest . I'm talking about Him! Owing! Me!

Jews Love to Argue: If either Jake or Amir were capable of letting the other one slide, there would be no show.

Jumping the Shark: Discussed by Amir in "Facebook Redesign," though he alternates between the correct expression and "jumping the carp."

"Just Joking" Justification: Amir often claims that he did something "as a goof." Jake similarly tends to defend himself by claiming that everybody else needs to "learn how to be funny."

Kavorka Man: Downplayed but still visible with Amir, who easily charmed Diana, Hallie and Lerona and on the whole has an edge on Casanova Wannabe Jake when it comes to the opposite sex. His problem seems to lie more in maintaining relationships than in achieving them.

Kick the Dog: Amir is constantly doing this to his friend Mickey.

Killed Off for Real: Lerona in the "Girlfriend" arc.

Kubrick Stare: Amir, more than once. Jake also gets one at the end of "Valentine's Day" when Sarah gives Amir a hug.

Lame Comeback: Amir is given to comebacks of the No, You variety, but it's Jake who is the true master. Particularly evident in the "Rap Teacher" series and in any clash with Murph. Jake: You know what, Murph? I've been working out, so I got news for you: you come at me, I'm gonna run away so fast that I'm gonna tell on you.

Lap Pillow: At the end of "Ground Rules," Amir rests in Jake's lap while recovering from a Psychic Nosebleed.

Late-Arrival Spoiler: The thumbnail for "Finale Part 3: Ben Schwartz 2" shows that Ben Schwartz's characters are different people

Le Film Artistique: Doobs and Amir's film A Bridge Over River Queer.

Left It In: Amir has no idea how to cut video. This comes back to bite him in the finale.

Let's You and Him Fight: Emily likes to see Murph get violent on Jake, to the point where she starts masturbating in public in "Table Read 2".

Left the Background Music On: Murph lampshades this in Grandma. The episode begins with him talking about his grandmas failing health, when all of a sudden the Austin Powers theme starts playing, bewildering him, Jake and Dave.

Less Embarrassing Term: Amir insists that his diary is a "journal," but begins each entry with "Dear Diary."

"Muscle Tee": Amir: Whoa, cool tank top. Jake: Whoa, cool wrong word for it!

Literal Metaphor: At the end of "Beer" when Jake suddenly starts talking about his dying cat, Amir responds, "So sick."

In the Bacardi spot "Unknown Coworker," Amir tries to figure out who he "ran into" in the elevator. It gradually becomes clear that he actually collided with the guy while running into the elevator at full speed.

Living Lie Detector: Amir has an uncanny knack for calling people's bluff.

LOL, 69: Whenever Amir has to provide a number, you can expect this.

Loony Fan: Amir. Besides his fixation on Jake, he's worshipful toward Mike Fink, an intern whom he mistakes for Shia LaBeouf.

Love Triangle: The Jake and Amir: Girlfriend series starts out as a Type 4, as Jake falls in love with Amirs girlfriend Lerona. Eventually the roles of Jake and Amir switch after Jake confesses to Lerona and she chooses him over Amir ...and then gets promptly run over by a bus.

The "Interpreters" series kicks off one between Jake, Sarah and Pat.

Lower-Deck Episode: In "Password," which depicts an exchange between Will and Paul the CEO, Jake and Amir get precisely one second of screentime. (The episode interacts with "4th of July Scroll," in which they briefly hear the argument going on offscreen and turn their heads to look; the same footage is reused in "Password.")

The Mad Hatter: Amir is surprisingly self-aware. Amir: Oh my God, relax, I was just checking your voicemail! Jake: You were checking my voiI'm not gonna relax, why were you checking my voicemail?! Amir: Because I'm crazy, all right, you know that, for two years I've been annoying you and I've been insane, how can you be surprised right now?!

Cheryl. Jake: This isn't gonna happen, right? Cheryl: No. I'm insane. ( No. I'm insane. ( Slasher Smile

Mad Libs Catch Phrase: From Amir, "Bad [noun]? Nah, bad you," "[phrase]? Nah, [rhyming phrase]" or "[phrase]? More like "[rhyme or pun]."

"How's that for [adjective]?"

"How is that X?" Used by both Jake (when questioning Amir's Insane Troll Logic) and Amir (when complaining, ex. "How is that fair?", "How is that normal?")

"Last time I checked, [statement]."

"A [noun] for this [rhyming noun] makes [plural noun] [verb] [something]" ex. "A Zinfandel for this infidel makes me think, don't ask, do tell," or "A chinstrap for this thin chap makes the fat booty go clap." For some reason, this tends to get followed up with a Too Much Information confession, Jake's preferred format being "I [past-tense verb] my [family member] at a [place]."

Jake frequently defends his fashion choices with "Or was [person] at the [event or place] not stylin'?"

Amir often describes himself and others in the form of "a [noun] and a [noun]," ex. "a pimp and a philosopher," "a coward and a fool," "a loser and a Jew."

Major Injury Underreaction: In "Fish Scroll", Jake throws a pencil at Amir, accidentally spearing him through the throat... and Amir just continues reading his scroll. Jake: We have to go to a hospital! Amir: I'll go in a bit.

Make-Out Kids: Murph and Emily.

Malaproper: Amir, and to a lesser degree Jake.

Manchild: Amir. He, among other things, still believes in Santa Claus despite the fact that he's in his late twenties (and, for that matter, Jewish).

Man Hug: "Decision" has a particularly authentic one.

Marijuana Is LSD: In Brownies , Amir goes on a surreal psychotic bender after eating a handful of pot brownies. Subverted in that the whole thing was just his idea for an anti-drug PSA.

Meaningful Echo / Foreshadowing: In the Girlfriend episodes: Amir: Kinda crazy, huh? Jake: What is? Amir: One minute you're here; the next (simulates a crash with his hands) you're worm food. "You're my boy."

Medium Awareness: In "30 Second Debate," "Shred" and "High Five," Jake and Amir immediately react to and discuss edits made to the videos.

Mind Screw: Amir drags in a Christmas present for Jake wrapped in a giant box and asks him to open it. Jake pulls it open and finds Amir inside, who is no longer standing beside him.

Mirror Routine: In "Mirror Image," Jake and Amir coincidentally sneeze at the exact same moment, which spurs Amir to start mirroring Jake's movements until a fed-up Jake manages to get him to spill water on his own keyboard. Amir: You're a jerk!

Parodied in "Cereal Thief": Jake plays along for a few seconds before abruptly taking back the bowl of cereal Amir was trying to sneak out of the kitchen.

Modesty Towel: "New Apartment, Amir shows up in just a towel at Jakes apartment.

Money to Burn: In both "Economic Crisis 2" and "One Almond," Amir tries to use 100-dollar bills to light cigars.

Morton's Fork: Amir characterizes Jake's question about whether he deleted all of his computer files this way. Amir: Okay, let's say I say, "Yes, I did delete all your computer files." Then I'm like a big meanie, so. Jake: The other way? Amir: Uh, I guess the other way would be like, "All right, no, I didn't delete any of your computer files." Then it's like, ooh, I'm the asshole who deleted all your computer files and then lied about it to cover it up or something. Jake: Gotcha. Amir: You're damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Multiple-Choice Past: Good luck getting the randomly tossed-off details of Amir's backstory to hang together. Done deliberately in the two installments of "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate," in each of which he has a different explanation for how he died.

Mundane Object Amazement: "Kite." Jake: So pimp. It's just so fucking pimp. Soaring like a majestic eagle or something. Likethat's it, right up in the air, that's my kite. I'm not even explaining it right cause I'm so amped still. Like your adrenaline is pumping, it's just in the sky, you just don't let go, you can't let go of the kite. It's just the...it's the best feeling when you just see it. The wind blowing and shit. The unraveling spool. So phat, you don't even know. The phattest fucking thing in the world. Flying that kite, I owned it. It's like I ownedI was owning, all day long, all morning, and thenstarting in the morning then to the afternoon, just owning the kite. Owning the sky. It was so fucking sick. Sprinting across the grass. Picturing it now it almost brings a fucking tear to my eye.

Amir attempts this while trying to stay in-character as astronaut accountant Jocelyn in "Ace and Jocelyn - The TV Pilot," but he doesn't really think it through: Amir: (examining office phones) Oh my gosh! What a findwhat are these weird plastic rods? Who am I supposed to call with them, I have no idea Jake: You know they're for calling people, but you don'tbut you think they're foreign rods. But they're for calling people, definitely.

Murder by Inaction: In a spoof of the famous scene from Breaking Bad, Jake attempts this in "Standing Desk" when Amir chokes on nachos.

My God, What Have I Done?: Occasionally Jake's reaction upon physically hurting Amir.

Nasal Trauma: In "Nose Job" and "Lottery."

Naughty Birdwatching: In "Sunday Football," Amir talks about his recently-acquired taste for this in a monologue that gets increasingly disturbing in response to the efforts of those around him to focus on the football game in front of them.

Never My Fault: Amir. Jake: Everyone who thinks you're an assholeeveryone who thinks you're an asshole for posting mean comments and linking to porn, they're a circlejerking diva, and nothing's wrong with you? Amir: Yeah, exactly right.

Nice Guy: Pat is usually portrayed as a well-meaning, good-natured guy who is the hapless victim of Jake and Amir's shenanigans. That said, he has an occasionally-seen unscrupulous side, at one point withdrawing money from Jake's bank account after he hears Amir announcing his PIN number.

Murph is this when his Hair-Trigger Temper isn't activated. Unfortunately, the man is a walking Berserk Button.

Noodle Incident: In "Snowstorm", apparently whatever Jake did on March 15, 1999 was bad enough that it could put him in prison.

"Trouble" is about a series of noodle incidents that Amir's dad is angry about and thinks Jake was responsible for. For example, "the duck thing, the high school track fiasco, and the second duck thing".

No Periods, Period: Averted several times. In "Jake's Cousin, when Jake brings his 13-year-old cousin into work, the first thing Amir says to her is, "Ooh! Somebody's gonna get their period soon!"

No Social Skills: Amir has no conception of social norms. In "Celebration," his behavior bewilders Jake to the point that he calls him "alien".

Nostalgia Filter: Memorably articulated by Amir in "Facebook Redesign." Jake: You just said it was perfect. The same version you hated two years ago. You just called it perfect. Amir: Garbage becomes perfect over time as you get used to the garbage and forget what made it so bad.

No Such Thing as H.R.: Pushed to its surrealist limits. Actions like firing a gun in the office merely count as a strike against the title characters. On one occasion the CEO nearly fires Amir on the spot when he catches him exposing himself to the office, only to demur when Amir explains that it's Opposite Day.

No Sympathy: Amir and Jake frequently inflict this on each other. See "Gross Websites" and "Corduroy Pant."

NOT!: A favorite of Amir's.

Not Me This Time: In "Brother Part 1" Jake's brother Kumail throws Amir's cell phone against the wall to stop him from calling Jake. Since Amir's already done this to his own phone, everyone easily believes that he did it again.

In "Vandalism," Will, not Amir, is the office vandal.

"Not Wearing Pants" Dream: Amir seemingly transitions into describing one of these while he's explaining how he managed to find out that the United States caught Osama Bin Laden without also finding out that he was dead.

Not What It Looks Like: In "Toilet," Jake's response when he's caught talking to Amir while the latter is sitting in a bathroom stall with the door wide open.

N-Word Privileges: Cheryl's Berserk Button is Jake casually using the word "pussy" as an insult, to the point where she pulls a knife on him. As Jake points out, she constantly says it herself ("I'm allowed to say it") and has no problem with Amir doing the same.

Oblivious Guilt Slinging: Subverted in "Scissors" (Jake is immune) and "For the Wolf Shirt" (he's not, but the guilt-slinging is deliberate ). Played straight in Fired.

Oblivious to His Own Description: Many times with Amir. In "Online Joke," Jake gets a message from Rosie that makes him laugh, so Amir goes to Rosie's computer to find out what he wrote. He doesn't get what's funny about the line "Like a retarded chipmunk with glasses."

In "Ace and Jocelyn Episode 7 - Space Twins!" Jake tries to talk his new girlfriend Rima out of various stylistic choices that make her resemble Amir, which Amir agrees with because "only nerds wear glasses" and "spiky hair is for homos." She gets fed up and leaves. Amir: Honestly, Ace, I think I did you a huge favor, because if you think about it, she looks. A lot like. Honestly, Ace, I think I did you a huge favor, because if you think about it, she looks. A lot like. Shiiiiiiiiiiat . And I wouldn't be caught dead in public with someone who looks like that. Let's go to the D's!

"Video Chat": Amir: What did that creep-o Murph do this time? Jake: Oh, not much, just set up this iChat thing to watch me while I work. Amir: (gasp) Gross! Jake: Yeah. Yeah. Only it wasn't Murph, it was you Amir: Was it?

In "Mountain Hiker Part 2," Amir orders several fast food deliveries to pass the time while trapped in a giant net. The second time he specifies that he's not "the freak nerd in the net" but "the cool guy in a net" and is mildly surprised by the coincidence of two guys being trapped in nets in the area.

Obliquely Obfuscated Occupation: Nobody has any idea what Amir's job is, least of all Amir himself. It's variously implied that he fills a hard-to-replace role and gets paid more than Jake, that his cousin is pulling strings to keep him employed, and that he's a glorified intern who never moved up from tasks on the level of refreshing the site's homepage repeatedly so that he can tell the programmers if it breaks. Fired, "Table Read" and its sequel, and "Relocation" imply that he's a writer.

Obsessed Are the Listmakers: Amir is constantly writing bizarre lists and seeking feedback on them from Jake. In "Date Ideas" Jake speculates that he sits up at night writing them. While it's unclear what impulse drives this behavior, what is clear is that he's perfectionistic about it by inexplicable standards of his own, going as far as writing the rhyming top 10 lists on scrolls. Jake: Why are you pitching me anything? Amir: I like lists. In fact, can I pitch you a list of list ideas that I have?

Obsessive Love Letter: "Moving Part 2" has Jake and Amir stumbling on the first draft of a letter Amir wrote to Jake on their second day working together. It looks to be at least 50 pages long and quickly devolves into a transcription of "Smooth" by Santana and Rob Thomas.

In "Snack Attack," Pat seeks Jake's advice on what to write in an email to Sarah and ends up intently transcribing what he doesn't realize is just a standard clash between Jake and Amir, leading to lines like "I'm watching you, so don't steal anything from me" and "I'm going to break your fucking neck." She loves it.

Odd Couple: Oh yes.

Odd Name Out: In "High School Play," Amir claims that his nieces and nephews are named "Ryan, Brian, Cryin, Fryin, and Sandra, the Little Engine that Can't."

Office Golf: Alan Avery in Fired.

Offscreen Reality Warp: In Carbs , Amir starts the video by claiming that hes not eating any carbs this month. From that point on, every time the camera cuts back to him, hes seen with a different carb-loaded food in his hand- first a sandwich, then a bagel, then a slice of pizza, then a bowl of pasta, then a plate of brownies.

, Amir starts the video by claiming that hes not eating any carbs this month. From that point on, every time the camera cuts back to him, hes seen with a different carb-loaded food in his hand- first a sandwich, then a bagel, then a slice of pizza, then a bowl of pasta, then a plate of brownies. In Los Angeles and other episodes, Amir is able to put on and take off sunglasses quickly between shots, which Jake then points out.

Offscreen Teleportation: Done in "Sick Day 3: Goodbye. We start with Amir at home calling Jake while hes at work; Jake tells him to come into work, and a few seconds later, Amirs right next to Jake.

Done again in Commute, when Amir calls Jake on the way to work, and he somehow appears right next to Jake before he hangs up.

Oh, No... Not Again!: In the finale when Jake's date jumps out of a moving limousine to get away from him, he complains that out of the six total dates he's been on in the past few years, she's the fifth to jump out of a moving car in mid-date.

Older Than They Look: Amir's oldest friend, Cheryl, who's played by then-24-year-old Allison Williams. Cheryl: We met yesterday. Jake: He said you were his oldest friend. Cheryl: I'm fifty.

Ominous Obsidian Ooze: The ghost version of Amir in "My Super Not Chill Ghost Roommate" gets this all over Jake's keyboard.

The Oner: Several episodes consist mainly or entirely of a single take, including "Phone Call," "Music Box," "Angry Birds," "Tiny Wings" and "Driving Lesson."

Only Friend: Amir considers Jake this. It's pretty much voluntary since he's highly dismissive of his other coworkers, particularly Pat and Sam, and tends to regard them as obstacles to his relationship with Jake.

Only Sane Man: Jake whenever Amir plays Rabble Rouser or when another bizarre character shows up to supplement him, particularly any time Ben Schwartz is on board. "Double Date" and "Movie Date" push his Straight Man role to its limits by surrounding him with casts so weird that Amir's presence is practically a footnote. The finale's "Ben Schwartz 2" takes the cake by putting him in the same room with every single character played by Ben Schwartz over the series' run. Jake: This is the worst day of my life.

Opinion Flip Flop: Amir, as seen in "Opinions," has a compulsion to agree with every opinion Jake has. Jake deliberately changes his stated opinions repeatedly, leading to Amir tying himself into knots as he tries to agree with him every single time.

Amir on the 2008 presidential election: "I don't know, I'm like conflicted because one guy says the other guy is bad and then the other guy says the other person is bad, so, like, I think I'm just going to vote for the last person I hear talk."

"Chinstrap Beard": Jake: This chinstrap, it's obviously a goof, I'm shaving it as we squeak. Murph: I don't know, man, I think it looks pretty cool. Jake: So do I. It does make me look quite "strapping." Murph: Haha, uh, I was joking. It sucks. Jake: Dude, I was joking too. (Laughs.) ...Tell me what to think.

Opposite Day: Amir falls victim to a Logic Bomb when Jake says it is Opposite Day on Ground Rules .