The Merger (Dilbert episode)

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Dilbert episode
"The Merger"
Episode №	21
Prod. code	208
Airdate	January 25, 2000
Writer(s)
Director
Dilbert season two November 2, 1999 – June 13, 2000 List of Dilbert animated series episodes
Episodes: The Gift The Trial The Shroud of Wally The Dupey Art Hunger The Security Guard The Merger The Off-Site Meeting The Assistant Company Picnic The Virtual Employee The Return Ethics The Fact Pregnancy The Delivery

The Merger is the twenty-first episode of the Dilbert animated series, the seventh of the second season. It originally aired on January 25, 2000. The episode introduced the concept of cobuyitaphobia, or the fear of synergy.

Dilbert's company has made a profit for once: (a net worth of $20,000,000,000). However, raises are drawn out (the Pointy-Haired Boss states that if the good employees got raises, worthless employees like Wally would want raises too), and the company decides to merge. Following Dogbert's advice, they plan to merge with "Brainsuck Industries", which is actually a group of aliens who devour brains. In the end, the CEO of that company dies when it eats a few brains from the Marketing Department (which starve them to death), primarily thanks to Dilbert's plan to save his company, including Wally, who got stuck to "Door Watching Troll" for Catbert to escape the synergy.

[edit] External link

• Ministry of Truth wiki on The Merger and cobuyitaphobia