The Office

NBC Comedy
Top 7 of '07: Saddest Death #2 - Sprinkles the Cat
John Kubicek
John Kubicek
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We all knew that Sprinkles wasn't doing well. She needed insulin, an ace inhibitor, cream, and pills to keep her health in tact. The thing is – Sprinkles is a cat. A cat that became too sick for Dwight Schrute to tolerate. On the season 4 premiere of The Office, Dwight euthanized his girlfriend's cat, causing sadness to animal (and Dwangela) lovers everywhere.

Back in September of this year, Angela made a simple request of Dwight: go to her house and take care of Sprinkles. Give her insulin, her ace inhibitor, pills, and cream. Instead, he shoved Sprinkles in the freezer and left her there to die, as she tried to claw her way out through the bags of frozen French fries. When Dwight eventually admits in the middle of the Michael Scott's Dunder-Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Fun Run Race for the Cure that he killed Sprinkles, it ended one of my favorite television romances of all time.

Since then, Andy has stepped up and tried to win Angela's heart but it's apparent that she still has feelings for Dwight. Can she go back to someone who did such a terrible thing to her beloved cat? He tried to make it up to her by giving her a cat named Garbage but it's just not the same. I've never wished for a cat to be alive more so that I can watch my two favorite characters call each other “monkey” once again.


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