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“Will had a lot of similar attributes to the real person,” Mendoza says.

Most of these fall in the same trope of emphasizing those with OI as fragile china dolls, even if they don’t have the short stature and other physical attributes commonly associated with OI.

And he undoubtedly possesses attributes to contend at Augusta, if he can keep his notorious temper in check.

While some of those attributes have carried over into newer dating reality series, compared to “The Bachelor,” they feature far more cultural diversity and participants of varying body size.

As for why Pam and Jim’s love story still makes viewers swoon, Fischer attributes it partly to the show’s mockumentary format, which allowed them to show “stolen moments” where people have their guard down.