The Worst Episodes of Dilbert

Dilbert is fired from his job when he is suspected of being a spy for a rival company (which was a rumor cooked up by Dogbert's online newsletter) and gets hired at a company that actually treats their workers like people.

Director: Seth Kearsley

Writer: Ned Goldreyer

Dilbert's home is chosen as the location for an off-site meeting when a dendrophile sues his company because of their deforestation policies.

Director: Seth Kearsley

Writer: Scott Adams, Ron Nelson, Mark Steen

The repetitive passing-on of the same cold strain in Dilbert's office causes it to mutate and turns the coworkers into monsters. Rather than eliminate the virus, the company decides to start fresh by moving everyone to a new office, which Dilbert is tasked with designing.

Director: Gloria Jenkins

Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

Dilbert thinks there are too many time-wasting holidays; Dogbert concurrently convinces Congress to abandon all holidays in favor of a National Dogbert Day.

Director: Andi Klein

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer, David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

Dilbert, Alice, Wally, Dogbert, and the Pointy-Haired Boss take a business trip to Elbonia. Alice and Dilbert attempt to free the Elbonian people (Alice adopts an Elbonian baby while Dilbert introduces the workers to human rights) while Wally becomes a prophet.

Director: Mike Kim

Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

Dilbert and Alice must work together to stop a rival team led by the legendary "Lena" from stealing their ideas and presenting them to the Boss as her own.

Director: Alfred Gimeno

Writer: Jeff Kahn

Dilbert discovers that the office is inhabited by a race of former employees who have been "downsized" (literally shrunken down to size after they've been laid off) after finding all of his belongings used, the dry-erase markers disappearing, and X-rated websites on his computer.

Director: Barry Vodos

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

Dilbert is sent to prison after the boss frames him for a fatal traffic accident. Once inside, he applies his knowledge of mathematics and engineering to prison life and takes over his cell block.

Director: Michael Goguen

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles

Dilbert is assigned to create a digital work of art. The result, the "Blue Duck," ends up appealing to the lowest common denominator of society and destroys the value and popularity of classic artworks.

Director: Chris Dozois

Writer: N/A

Dilbert tries to end world hunger by creating a new, safe, artificial food, but it tastes so bad that even people dying of starvation refuse to eat it – until his mother gets involved.

Director: James Hull

Writer: N/A

Dilbert tries to buy a computer online but gets the wrong model, leading to an unpleasant surprise when he tries to return it to the company warehouse.

Director: Mike Kunkel

Writer: N/A

After the company employees are forced to take ethical-training classes, Dilbert is put in charge of designing a nationwide Internet voting network. His scruples are put to the test when an attractive female representative of a tobacco special-interest group tries to seduce him.

Director: Michael Goguen

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles

Dilbert is tasked with naming a product that hasn't even been designed yet, and the stress (brought on by a recurring nightmare) makes Dilbert think he's turning into a chicken.

Director: Seth Kearsley

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles

The Gruntmaster 6000 prototype is put to the test by an evil masked test engineer named Bob Bastard.

Director: Chris Dozois

Writer: David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

Dilbert and Wally become majority shareholders of their company after Dogbert manipulates the stock market.

Director: Andi Klein

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer

Dilbert is forced to be a charity coordinator for the "Associated Way" charity drive.

Director: Chris Dozois

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, David Adam Silverman, Stephen Sustarsic

The pre-production—non-lab-tested—Gruntmaster 6000 is scheduled to be tested by a Texan family.

Director: Todd Frederiksen, Joe Vaux

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer

Dogbert becomes rich and famous by writing a best-selling book about an imaginary disease, 'Chronic Cubicle Syndrome', and Dilbert finds himself saddled with the job of devising a cure.

Director: Chris Dozois

Writer: Joe Port, Joe Wiseman

Dilbert's attempts to design a Furby-style children's toy go horribly awry when the toys gain sentience and mutate into hideous but benevolent creatures that want independence.

Director: Linda Miller

Writer: N/A

The Boss decides that the company needs to merge with another, and chooses a company of brain-sucking extraterrestrials.

Director: Rick Del Carmen

Writer: Scott Adams

On the eve of the new millennium, everyone — except Dilbert — is making New Year's plans. While assuring everyone that the company is prepared for Y2K, Dilbert discovers that the computer mainframe's main processor isn't Y2K-compatible and all the company's systems will crash if it isn't fixed. Dilbert is rewarded for discovering this by being assigned to fix it, and he discovers that the system's original programmer was Wally. But have years of drudgework dulled his brain too much to be able to tackle this crucial task?

Director: Jennifer Graves, Bob Hathcock, Andi Thom

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Andrew Borakove, Rachel Powell

Dilbert has a near-death experience at a gas station, and finds that the afterlife is exactly like the office. Meanwhile, a group listening to a multi-level marketing speech become hypnotized, and through a bizarre accident caused by a crashing space shuttle and the birthday kit create a religion based on Wally. Dilbert and Dogbert manage to cover up the crash, while Wally turns away his followers with his odd habits.

Director: Andi Klein

Writer: Scott Adams

Dilbert is unwillingly promoted to management and given an assistant, sparking a showdown with the other engineers.

Director: Gloria Jenkins, Declan Moran

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ron Nelson, Mark Steen

Dilbert loses "the knack" for technology when he gets management DNA from accidentally drinking from the Boss's cup. His resulting mis-steps send the world back to the Dark Ages.

Director: Michael Goguen

Writer: Scott Adams, Larry Charles, Ned Goldreyer

Dilbert's mother's birthday is coming up, and in search of the perfect gift, he returns to the mall where he was abandoned by his father (voiced by Buck Henry) years ago.

Director: Gloria Jenkins

Writer: Ned Goldreyer