History Recap / CommunityS2E01Anthropology101

* ActorAllusion: Troy's ComicBook/SpiderMan pajamas and Pierce's ComicBook/{{Batman}} comment are references to Glover wanting to try out for the role in what became ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'', a campaign that led to the eventual creation of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]].

* ActorAllusion: Troy's ComicBook/SpiderMan pajamas and Pierce's ComicBook/{{Batman}} comment are references to Glover wanting to try out for the role in what became ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2012'', a campaign that led to the eventual creation of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]].

* ActorAllusion: Troy's ComicBook/SpiderMan pajamas and Pierce's ComicBook/{{Batman}} comment are references to Glover wanting to try out for the role in the next movie.

** The episode claims ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'''s [[AnAesop aesop]] to be AllMenArePerverts.

** The episode claims ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'''s [[AnAesop aesop]] to be AllMenArePerverts.

* AllMenArePerverts: The central message of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' is apparently that "men are monsters who crave young flesh."

* BondingThroughSharedEarbuds: Invoked as Jeff and Britta engage in more and more blatant public signals that they are lovers as part of a game of "relationship chicken." One such gesture is listening to a song together through a pair of earphones

* FemaleFelineMaleMutt

** Whilst hyping up the "Fresh Start" dance & talking about putting the last year behind them and starting anew, Dean Pelton brings up Britta's public confession of love at the end of the prior school year.

** When Pierce proposes monetizing Troy's twitter account by creating [[Series/ShitMyDadSays "Old White Man Says: The TV Show"]], the response is a unanimous NoJustNo.

* TakeThat: The episode claims ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'''s [[AnAesop aesop]] to be AllMenArePerverts.

* ActorAllusion: Troy's Franchise/SpiderMan pajamas and Pierce's Batman comment are references to Glover wanting to try out for the role in the next movie.

* AxCrazy: An anthropology professor who drinks her own urine, drugs one student on the first day and tries to kill another on the second.

** Likewise, the group realizes that they were too hard on Jeff when their anthropology teacher nearly beats him to death and strangles him in front of the class. They gather around his hospital bed and apologize to each other, with Abed, in particular, saying that he stirred up drama on purpose for a new adventure and regrets it. Britta and Annie agree to cool it.

* IKEAWeaponry: The professor uses the tools for the anthropology assignment to make a crossbow/strangling weapon.

* TheCameo: DC Pierson, shows up while Abed brings the wedding people. He previously worked with Glover on WebVideo/DerrickComedy.
* ContinuityNod: Troy and Abed do a rap about anthropology with Professor Bauer in TheTag, much like they how they did one with random Spanish words in [[Recap/CommunityS1E02Spanish101 the second episode of Season 1]]. This time, it transitions into a cover of "Africa" by Music/{{Toto}} midway through its performance.

* AllMenArePerverts: The central message of ''Literature/{{TheTwilightSaga}}'' is apparently that "men are monsters who crave young flesh."

* AllMenArePerverts: The central message of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' is apparently that "men are monsters who crave young flesh."

* ContinuityNod: Troy and Abed do a rap about anthropology with Professor Bauer in TheTag, much like they how they did one with random Spanish words in [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot the pilot episode]]. This time, it transitions into a cover of "Africa" by Music/{{Toto}} midway through its performance.