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* TitleOnlyOpening: This is the only episode besides the pilot to not feature some version of the theme song. Instead, a quick piece of transitional music plays over a quick animated title card, with all of the credits appearing at the bottom of the screen during the episode proper.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: {{Inverted}} by Jeff, who slumps into an underachieving slacker existence after he gets evicted from his condo and has to move in with Abed, to the point that the latter gets concerned.



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* BrokeEpisodeBrokeEpisode: For Jeff, who slumps into an underachieving slacker existence after he gets evicted from his condo and has to move in with Abed, to the point that the latter gets concerned.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: {{Inverted}} by Jeff, who slumps into an underachieving slacker existence after he gets evicted from his condo and has to move in with Abed, to the point that the latter gets concerned.
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* LivesInAVan: The study group find out that Jeff is living in his car.
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!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Home Economics" provides examples of:

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!The !!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Home Economics" provides examples of:
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* AsleepInClass: '''Buenos Dias Winger!!'''

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* AsleepInClass: '''Buenos Dias Winger!!''''''''¡Buenos dias, Winger!'''''

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* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: When Annie attempts to pour her heart out in front of Troy, she cannot bring herself to do it and ends up demanding her blanket back instead.



--> '''Pierce:''' Your song? We wrote it together. Are you trying to Garfunkel me?\\

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--> '''Pierce:''' Your song? We wrote it together. Are you trying to Garfunkel {{Garfunkel}} me?\\



* DancePartyEnding: The closing scene of everyone dancing to Vaughn's "Pierce, you're a B" song.



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Look at Shirley in the scene where Troy asks Annie to help him shopping.



* MistakenForGay: Troy thinks that this may have happened when Annie is shocked that he's dating a (girl named) Randi.

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* MistakenForGay: Troy thinks that this may have happened when Annie is shocked that he's dating a (girl named) Randi.[[GenderBlenderName Randi]].


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* TantrumThrowing: Vaughn resorts to this during his CreatorBreakdown.


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* YouMustBeCold: Annie prepares Troy for this scenario on his first date.
-->"And you'll offer her your letter jacket after you notice this funny way she shakes when she gets cold."
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* ShoutOut: Nurse Jackie describes himself as "[[{{MASH}} kinda the Hawkeye round here]]"

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* ShoutOut: Nurse Jackie describes himself as "[[{{MASH}} "[[{{Series/MASH}} kinda the Hawkeye round here]]"here]]".
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'''Vaughn:''' Maybe. Assuming to "Garfunkel" someone is to keep putting up with them even though they're a [[{{Garfield}} fat, lazy cat who hogs the spotlight and eats all the lasagne]].

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'''Vaughn:''' Maybe. Assuming to "Garfunkel" someone is to keep putting up with them even though they're a [[{{Garfield}} [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} fat, lazy cat who hogs the spotlight and eats all the lasagne]].
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** He does the same in his follow-up "Pierce You Are a B".

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** He does the same in his follow-up "Pierce "Pierce, You Are a B".
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* ActorAllusion: When Pierce accuses Vaughn of trying to '[[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Garfunkel]]' him, Pierce clearly sees himself as Paul Simon in that scenario. The music video for the latter's "You Can Call Me Al" featured Chevy Chase pretending to be Paul Simon, much to Simon's apparent bemusement.
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Jeff is rendered homeless after being kicked out of his condo, and eventually moves into Abed's dorm room. Meanwhile Annie enjoys time with Troy but is forced to help him prepare for an upcoming date with Randy. And after being explicitly told by Britta not to talk to Vaughn, Pierce ends up being the keyboardist in his band.

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Jeff is rendered homeless after being kicked out of his condo, and eventually moves into Abed's dorm room. Meanwhile Annie enjoys time with Troy but is forced to help him prepare for an upcoming date with Randy.Randi. And after being explicitly told by Britta not to talk to Vaughn, Pierce ends up being the keyboardist in his band.
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** He does the same in his follow-up "Pierce You Are a B".
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* TWordEuphemism: Vaughn's song about "getting rid of Britta, I'm getting rid of the B..." ''(She's a G-D-B!)''

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* TWordEuphemism: Vaughn's song about "getting "Getting rid of Britta, I'm getting rid of the B..." ''(She's a G-D-B!)''

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* EarWorm: "Getting Rid of Britta."



* TheHeroSucksSong: "Gettin' Rid of Britta" and later "Pierce, You're a B".



* PainfulRhyme: Britta accuses Vaughn of this.
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* PlayingCyrano: Annie with Troy and Randi.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vaughn. His usual method of revenge for people who piss him off is to write songs with [[CreatorBreakdown rather passive-aggressively spiteful lyrics]] in which he denounces them as a "B". Unfortunately for him, he gets a response song written about him in TheTag, which he apparently did not anticipate.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vaughn. His usual method of revenge for people who piss him off is to write songs with [[CreatorBreakdown rather passive-aggressively spiteful lyrics]] in which he denounces them as a "B". Unfortunately for him, he gets a response song written about him in TheTag, which he apparently did not anticipate.anticipate.
-->'''Vaughn:''' Uh-huh. Well played, Pierce. This isn't over. ''[storms off]''
* LaserGuidedKarma: Vaughn getting a nasty song written about him by Pierce is a fairly just comeuppance considering the trouble he causes in the episode by writing nasty songs about other people.
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* ShoutOut: Nurse Jackie describes himself as "[[{{MASH}} kinda the Hawkeye round here]]"
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vaughn. His usual method of revenge for people who piss him off is to write songs with [[CreatorBreakdown rather passive-aggressively spiteful lyrics]] in which he denounces them as a 'B'. Unfortunately for him, he gets a response song written about him in TheTag, which he apparently did not anticipate.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Vaughn. His usual method of revenge for people who piss him off is to write songs with [[CreatorBreakdown rather passive-aggressively spiteful lyrics]] in which he denounces them as a 'B'."B". Unfortunately for him, he gets a response song written about him in TheTag, which he apparently did not anticipate.
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* TitleOnlyOpening: This is the only episode other than the pilot to not feature some version of the theme song. Instead, a quick piece of transitional music plays over a quick animated title card, with all of the credits appearing at the bottom of the screen during the episode proper.

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* TitleOnlyOpening: This is the only episode other than besides the pilot to not feature some version of the theme song. Instead, a quick piece of transitional music plays over a quick animated title card, with all of the credits appearing at the bottom of the screen during the episode proper.
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* TitleOnlyOpening: This is the only episode other than the pilot to not feature some version of the theme song. Instead, a quick piece of transitional music plays over a quick animated title card, with all of the credits appearing at the bottom of the screen during the episode proper.
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* BrokeEpisode
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'''Troy:''' ...Did you...say it already?

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'''Troy:''' ...Did you... say it already?
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'''Vaughn:''' Maybe. Assuming to "Garfunkel" someone is to keep putting them even though they're a [[{{Garfield}} fat, lazy cat who hogs the spotlight and eats all the lasagne]].

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'''Vaughn:''' Maybe. Assuming to "Garfunkel" someone is to keep putting up with them even though they're a [[{{Garfield}} fat, lazy cat who hogs the spotlight and eats all the lasagne]].

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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Don't. Talk. To. Vaughn.



* ThisIsSparta: Don't. Talk. To. Vaughn.
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!The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Home Economics" provides examples of:

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!The ''{{Community}}'' ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Home Economics" provides examples of:
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* AsleepInClass: '''Buenos Dias Winger!!'''
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* Sidetracked by the Analogy: Partially Averted. Abed's analogy asking Britta to take Jeff back. Averted when Britta ignores it.

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* Sidetracked by the Analogy: SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: Partially Averted. Abed's analogy asking Britta to take Jeff back. Averted when Britta ignores it.
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* Sidetracked by the Analogy: Partially Averted. Abed's analogy asking Britta to take Jeff back. Averted when Britta ignores it.
-->'''Abed:''' Do it, Britta, seduce him. Draw the tapeworm of Jeff's old self out of him with the bowl of milk that is your sexuality.\\
'''Britta:''' No.
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--> '''Jeff:''' How are you so satisfied all the time, Abed? Don't you ever want anything more out of life than cereal?\\
'''Abed:''' Sometimes I like to pour hot cocoa mix into cold milk and drink it like a cold hot chocolate. I call it "special drink."

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