Talk:Creed Bratton (The Office)

Creed's Chinese
Can anybody make out what Creed is saying (in "Dwight's Speech") when he allegedly speaks Chinese? It's something-something 中華的朋友,你好 in Mandarin (not Cantonese, which is what is spoken in Hong Kong). I would dispute the claim of semi-fluency. -- Raymondc0 18:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I figured it out. It's 我的中華的朋友,你好 but his pronunciation is horrible. -- Raymondc0 04:54, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Dunder Mifflin
I am going through several articles and changing instances of "Dunder-Mifflin" to "Dunder Mifflin" (no hyphen) as it is the proper "spelling" of the company name (see Talk page at Dunder Mifflin). Just leaving a note to say that I've gone through this page. :) Fieryrogue 20:22, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Too much information
This page is turning into a "list of everything Creed has ever said or done." Is this something we should fight, or should we encourage it? -- Raymondc0 14:34, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
 * The thing is, Creed isn't shown too much, so we take what we get of him. - 99.243.247.227 13:41, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
 * This is definitely something that should be fought. Much of the content you describe is unencyclopedic. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and so we must only report where Creed has a real role in the series, not every time he says something. We must also be weary of drawing assumptions from what Creed has said, as that constitutes original research. Please feel free to be bold and take a hatchet to the article; if anyone protests what you remove, it can be discussed on the talk page. 173.73.44.217 (talk) 06:29, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Creed's dyed hair (episode DMInifinity)
I removed " with printer ink" from the statement that he died his hair because in the episode it wasn't clear exactly why the camera panned over to Creed when Michael made the statement about there not being any more ink for the printers. I took it as creed probably stole the ink cartridges to sell. I assume the printer is a color laser printer and in that case the toner is in a powdered form and thus would not be an effective hair dye. &mdash; oo64eva (Alex) (U @ 01:31, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

---you're retarded —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.8.206.65 (talk) 01:13, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Age
He's not 82. This was a joke, people.

Internet/Intranet
The edit war over that single word is getting silly. It goes back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. Ryan does not enunciate clearly, so different people hear it differently. Let's just pick one and stick with it, okay? I don't care which one. -- Raymondc0 (talk) 07:44, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm happy sticking with one. "Internet." Intranet doesn't make any sense, and while I agree that he doesn't enunciate clearly, Ryan's character isn't a moron. Barring a look at the shooting script, I'm going to assume that the scriptwriter wasn't one either. I'll leave the "please see talk page before changing" warning there, but I'm changing it back to Internet, and if anyone has a great reason to change it back, please put it here on the talk page and I'd be happy to read it. --Hawkian (talk) 21:46, 15 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I still don't see any support "intranet" on this talk page, so I'm changing it back to "internet".  I recommend that anyone who wants to change it "intranet" A) watch the clip in question,  B) read the difference between internet and intranet, and C) above all, discuss the change here first!  --grummerx (talk) 22:53, 3 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed as well. Intranet would make no sense in this context - plus, he distinctively says "internet". Goosemanrocks (talk) 02:30, 12 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Also agreed upon also. This constant back-and-fourth has to stop. --MadameArsenic (talk) 18:33, 26 January 2009 (UTC)


 * How could anyone think he's saying "internet?" He's obviously saying "intranet." Absolutely no question about it, context aside, it's easily heard. In fact, I find it hard to believe anyone can confuse it with "Internet." If anything, it should be said that it is arguable what he was saying. Dave Lopo (talk) 22:44, 12 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Even with context in consideration, it just seems off for him to say internet, as it means he essentially says it twice. He says that he is "protecting the world" (here meaning the internet) from Creed's thoughts by just making it a Word document on his desktop. He then goes on to say "even for the intranet, it's pretty shocking." Even the first time I watched it I was sure he said intranet, not internet - Ryan is saying that even for a closed network thus meaning nobody will see it (thanks to his own effort), "it's pretty shocking." Also (this is a minor observation), the fact that he says it's supports this, too - he is saying that it is pretty shocking for the said network, not would be: which should be the case if he was referring to the internet, because it is not on the internet.--Nitruix (talk) 16:28, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

File:TheOffice-S03E24-TheJob-InternetCC.png I've loaded up the season 3 DVD and taken a screencap of the scene in question with closed captioning turned on. Hopefully this will settle the discussion. As can be seen in the linked picture, the subtitle clearly says "Even for the Internet, it's pretty shocking." --grummerx (talk) 20:54, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

"Of course I've been to prison. That's where I got the name Creed"
The article stated that in episode 9 of season 3, "The Convict", Creed says "Of course I've been to prison. That's where I got the name Creed". I've watched the episode through twice, and he never says this. The quote is also no where on the internet, or in scripts of the show. Because of this, I've removed the quote. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.251.144.174 (talk) 18:44, 29 July 2009 (UTC)


 * He says this in the deleted scenes of "The Convict".

Deleted scenes aren't canon. 76.178.228.63 (talk) 01:32, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

To the woman above who doesn't double check her sources: www.officetally.com/the-office-deleted-scenes-greg-daniels tl;dr Deleted Scenes ARE cannon. They just had to get cut for time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.13.88.44 (talk) 04:18, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Character History
Below is the character history section of the article. The article should contain a summarized description of Creed's personality and any major role he plays in the series, not an exhaustive compendium of his every appearance. I'm moving this to talk, though, instead of outright deleting it, because I believe that some of it may be relevant and should be incorporated into the article. See Sideshow Bob for an example of how a supporting character should be covered.


 * What a mess! There was some mistake with commenting out which meant that your comment didn't resolve, so when I edited to reply to you, it marked me as signing your comment, sigh.  But this material just doesn't belong on the talk page.  It is still in the article history if people want to use it for the article. john k (talk) 03:36, 24 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Huh? --Reedmalloy (talk) 01:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Too old to be a former hippie
Honestly I think Creed is too old to be a former hippie. If the real actor's age is anything to go by (b. 1943), he would have turned 18 in 1961, which was a VERY conservative era. He would have gone through college in this era, and been in his mid 20s by the time the hippie era started. Sure, he could have changed his views at this point, but chances are he'd already be out in the workforce and would be seen as "square" and old by the younger hippie generation. Davez621 (talk) 18:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Omaha Beach
In episode 3 of season 5, when Jan is talking about giving birth in a tub, Creed makes a comment about how the filthy tub water is "like the tide at Omaha Beach." If he actually is 82, this might mean he was a WWII vet. 71.206.245.141 (talk) 02:35, 21 February 2014 (UTC)

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