Editing TPS report (section)

===Other references and allusions===   

* In ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'', a TPS report is visibly hanging in one of the accounting department cubicles during Ralph's viral video montage. While Test Procedure Specification reports are not functionally relevant within accounting, this usage shows how the term has grown to symbolize all kinds of meaningless memoranda.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-04 |title=Exclusive look at 'Ralph Breaks the Internet' Easter eggs, including Disney deep cuts you missed |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/exclusive-look-ralph-breaks-internet-easter-eggs-including-disney-deep-cuts-missed-2-122242729.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511200534/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/exclusive-look-ralph-breaks-internet-easter-eggs-including-disney-deep-cuts-missed-2-122242729.html |archive-date=2023-05-11 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}}</ref>
* In ''[[Borderlands 2]]'', a legendary weapon is named the "Actualizer" with a flavor text description of "We need to talk about your [[Glossary_of_video_game_terms#Damage_per_second|DPS]] reports", parodying the corporate term by replacing it with the common gaming abbreviation for "Damage Per Second".
* In ''[[The Mandalorian]]'', TPS reports are mentioned in the episode "[[Chapter 15: The Believer]]" as work to do by the character [[Migs Mayfeld]] when attempting to avoid an imperial officer, in a reference to ''Office Space''.<ref>{{Cite web |title='The Mandalorian' has an 'Office Space' Easter egg in new episode |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-mandalorian-chapter-15-office-space/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318191840/https://ew.com/tv/the-mandalorian-chapter-15-office-space/ |archive-date=2023-03-18 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Burwick |first=Kevin |date=December 11, 2020 |title='The Mandalorian' Chapter 15 Files Away an 'Office Space' Easter Egg |url=https://movieweb.com/the-mandalorian-chapter-15-office-space-easter-egg/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430055320/https://movieweb.com/the-mandalorian-chapter-15-office-space-easter-egg/ |archive-date=2023-04-30 |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=[[Movieweb]]}}</ref>
* The TV series ''[[The Family Man (Indian TV series)|The Family Man]]'' features a scene in series 2, episode 1 in which the manager of the protagonist asks him to "start thinking about your TPS reports!", in amongst other apparent references to ''Office Space''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How "The Family Man" champions the carceral security state |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/film/the-family-man-carceral-security-state |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518110904/https://caravanmagazine.in/film/the-family-man-carceral-security-state |archive-date=2024-05-18 |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=caravanmagazine.in |language=en}}</ref>
* In the [[NCIS (TV series)|''NCIS'']] episode "Starting Over", Gary Cole's Agent Parker mentions his least favorite paperwork being TPS reports. When McGee corrects him telling him they're "TBS reports", he says, "Ah, old habits, weird", then takes a sip of coffee, paying homage to his ''Office Space'' character, Bill Lumbergh.