History Recap / CommunityS2E08CooperativeCalligraphy

-->'''Jeff''': Here. ''Be careful''. That's the last pair we have. ''[as an afterthought]'' Also, dont cut his legs.

* AllThereInTheManual: The DVD case for the first half of Season 2 is styled after Abed's notebook. You can read Abed's notes on the [[spoiler:menstrual cycles]] so that you can see exactly what he wrote without having to freeze-frame the episode.

* BrickJoke[=/=]ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: Annie's Boobs the monkey]], introduced in Season 1.

** [[Recap/CommunityS1E21ContemporaryAmericanPoultry Annie's Boobs, Annie's backpack, the gum in the hair, and the stolen boyfriend.]]

** Abed points out that [[spoiler:Shirley could have only conceived during Halloween, referring back to [[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology "Epidemiology."]]]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The pen turns out to have been stolen by [[spoiler:Annie's Boobs, Troy's monkey.]]

** You also notice at the beginning of the episode that when Annie starts to get upset, Abed has a chocolate for her -- hinting at the reveal later in the episode about [[spoiler:his tracking the girls' menstrual cycles.]]
** If you pay very close attention to the beginning of the episode, you can actually see the pen being stolen.

* ICanExplain: Abed, when the group discovers [[spoiler:his charts on the female group members' menstrual cycles]]. Double-subverted in that while he didn't expect them to actually give him a chance to explain, he's prepared with an explanation when they do.

* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: You can see [[spoiler:Annie's Boobs take the pen in the back of one of Troy and Abed's shots early on.]]
* [[spoiler:[[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Monkey Was The Mastermind]]]]
* [[spoiler:NoPeriodsPeriod]]: Averted.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad[=/=]TastesLikeDiabetes: One of the floats in the puppy parade features a puppy and a kitten with the caption, "Equality and Togetherness". Even the Dean finds it sanctimonious.

** [[spoiler:StealthPun: In the end, Annie's Boobs ''did'' have the pen]]

* AWizardDidIt:[[spoiler: The group concludes that a ghost did it.]]

* WordOfGod: According to Dan Harmon on the DVD commentary, Gwynnifer doesn't exist and Jeff wasn't really making a phone call. Gwynnifer was his code for [[spoiler:hooking up with Britta]].

* ShipTease: Jeff and Annie, using another one of their customary {{HeldGaze}}s.

'''Dean Pelton:''' I expect to see you all at the puppy parade. Except you, Jeffrey -- I know you've got a catch to date.

* {{Fanservice}}: Everybody strips down to their underwear. There's something for everyone!

* {{Anvilicious}}: The Equality and Togetherness float at the puppy parade. The Dean, [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad of all people]], lampshades it.

* HeldGaze: Jeff and Annie have a very {{UST}}-y moment of holding each other's gaze as their anger ignites after Annie tries to calm down Jeff with the line: "It's just a pen!" The HeldGaze continues even as Britta butts in and Jeff keeps staring at Annie's chest. Once again, the HeldGAze is used to establish that Jeff and Annie's {{UST}} is off the charts!

* {{Anvilicious}}: The Equality and Togetherness float at the puppy parade. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}g. [[invoked]]

** [[spoiler:[[StealthPun: In the end, Annie's Boobs ''did'' have the pen]]]]

--> -- '''Jeff'''

* AllThereInTheManual: The DVD case for the first half of Season 2 is styled after Abed's notebook. You can read Abed's notes on the menstrual cycles so that you can see exactly what he wrote without having to freeze-frame the episode.
* {{Anvilicious}}: The Equality and Togetherness float at the puppy parade. {{Lampshaded}}. [[invoked]]

** Abed points out that [[spoiler: Shirley could have only conceived during Halloween, referring back to [[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology "Epidemiology."]]]]
* CollectiveGroan: The group's response to [[SoapBoxSadie Britta]]'s complaining about "invasion of civil liberties".

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The pen turns out to have been stolen by [[spoiler: Annie's Boobs, Troy's monkey.]]

** When removing Pierce's casts to find the pen, Abed expresses uncertainty that they should be doing that, noting that "this is how supervillains get created." [[spoiler: Throughout the second half of the series, Pierce's increasingly erratic, {{Jerkass}} and cruel behaviour has been an ongoing subplot, culminating in his revenge scheme in "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking".]]
** You also notice at the beginning of the episode that when Annie starts to get upset, Abed has a chocolate for her - hinting at the reveal later in the episode about [[spoiler: his tracking the girls' menstrual cycles.]]
** If you pay real close attention to the beginning of the episode, you can actually see the pen being stolen
** Britta comments that Jeff "usually" wears Beetlejuice boxers - only Abed notices, setting up his realization in "Paradigms of Memory" that [[spoiler: they have been sleeping together.]]
* FreezeFrameBonus:

* ICanExplain: Abed, when the group discovers his charts on the female group members' menstrual cycles. Double-subverted in that while he didn't expect them to actually give him a chance to explain, he's prepared with an explanation when they do.

* MacGuffin: The pen

* [[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Monkey Was The Mastermind]]
* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted.

'''Dean Pelton:''' I expect to see you all at the puppy parade. Except you, Jeffrey - I know you've got a catch to date.

* SassyBlackWoman: Shirley

* AWizardDidIt: [[spoiler: The group concludes that a ghost did it.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun
-->'''Jeff:''' I have a date to catch, or, should I say, a catch to date.\\
'''Britta:''' Oof, I hope you just came up with that.\\
''(later)''\\
'''Dean Pelton:''' I expect to see you all at the puppy parade. Except you, Jeffrey - I know you've got a catch to date.

** [[Recap/CommunityS2E08CooperativeCalligraphy Abed points out that ]][[spoiler: Shirley could have only conceived during Halloween, referring back to [[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology "Epidemiology."]]]]

-->'''Annie:''' ''It's not a pen; it's a principle!''

* [[AWizardDidIt A Ghost Did It]]: [[spoiler: The group's conclusion.]]

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: You can see [[spoiler:Annie's Boobs take the pen in the back of one of Troy and Abed's shots early on.]]

** [[Recap/CommunityS1E21ContemporaryAmericanPoultry Annie's Boobs, Annie's backpack, the gum in the hair, and stolen boyfriend.]]