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*** Not entirely, since [[spoiler: most {{Zombie Apocalypse}}s can't be defeated by changing the temperature.]] But I suspect going too far along this path will result in an interminable 'are they / are they not zombies' argument ''a la'' ''28 Days Later''.

*** RE: The paintball game, the Dean's decision to give out priority registration to Jeff anyway could possibly have been the fact that there was an obviously rather strong, rather pissed off guy in his office running on adrenaline from playing paintball all night and the Dean -- not the strongest-looking guy -- wanted to minimize his chances of getting punched as much as possible. Plus, as far as anyone else was aware, Jeff won the prize legit; they didn't know that it wasn't a legitimate prize until Chang told them, and he only told them after he'd lost.

*** I see this as completely in character - Abed was clearly raised in an american-media-adverse house. As someone who was raised in such a situation/culture, I can definitely say you end up watching more of the old stuff, because the new stuff is seen as the most dangerous.

* [[YankTheDogsChain The group's behavior towards Chang]] after the pop-and-lockathon was severely out of character for their late Season 1 selves, except for possibly Troy (who still has quite a bit of JerkJock resurface on occasion) and Jeff (who is [[{{Darwinist}} a selfish jerk]] most of the time, but was also [[PetTheDog the guy who told the group to let Chang in]] in [=S2E1=]) and definitely Ahbed (not because he's mean, but [[MetaGuy because the group needs an archenemy]]). And [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior Pierce]]. Okay, so it was really just out of character for Britta, Shirly, Annie, and probably Jeff, but especially after Jeff learned the value of welcoming friends into your life, I fully expected him to say "come on, give the guy a break" (even if it was followed by a scathingly snarky comment), but [[NietzscheWannabe Brit]][[InvertedTrope ta]] or [[TeamMom Shirley]] should surely have said something if Jeff hadn't. Was it just [[PlotInducedStupidity Plot Induced Sociopathy]]?

* The zombie episode. First of all, because it establishes that army developed zombie plagues exist in this universe. Second, and most importantly, because it missed a perfect chance to have a zombie Troy and Abed outro.

* The behavior of the annoying high school kids never meeting its logical end: Anthony Michael Hall's character's fist. This is more a matter of RuleOfFunny versus TruthInTelevision, because it was well-observed at this troper's local community college that many a visiting Freshmen looking for cheap summer credits would run their mouths off to the wrong person (i.e. an older Continuing Education student, or worse, a veteran there on the GI Bill) and promptly get a severe but swift ass-kicking for mocking people when warned it was rude and childish.

* I know it's not {{Fridge Logic}}, but is there a reason that the really creepy UST between Annie and Prof. Duncan is cut out of the DVD version?

* I know it's not {{Fridge Logic}, but is there a reason that the really creepy UST between Annie and Prof. Duncan is cut out of the DVD version?

*** Whether or not it "worked out for her" is irrelevant. The main point is that she actually went out on a limb and opened up after spending all year hiding behind a brick wall of anger.