History Recap / CommunityS2E13CelebrityPharmacology

* UnlikelyHero: Chang, of all people. After Pierce ruined it by making the kids love drugs, he manages to save the show by taking on the role of drugs and demonstrating how drugs create a chemical dependence and no longer seem as appealing as they initially were, once you're addicted to them, which gave the show a much stronger message than it initially had in the original script.

* ReplacementScrappy[=/=]TheOtherDarrin: An {{Invoked|Trope}} In-universe example. Pierce's character Drugs in the school play becomes the most [[DracoInLeatherPants popular character]], leaving a roomful of middle-schoolers shouting for "Drugs." The gang recasts Drugs as Chang, to make the audience hate the character. Surprisingly, Chang actually manages to save the play by getting the point across about what drugs actually do to you; make you think they are appealing at first, but are really dangerous, deceitful things.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Pierce claims that he and Annie are similar in how they want to be independent but need each other. Annie calls him out over this contradiction and how he used her to be an AttentionWhore. Ironically, they both had AbusiveParents and that would have been a better common ground.
** Annie says that Pierce is no different from her AbusiveParents; they both used money as a means to exert control over her life. Pierce is actually shaken by this but tries to brush off the accusation.

** Annie reveals her mother was in denial about her daughter being Annie Adderall. She apparently made Annie choose between going to rehab or having financial support. Annie chose rehab to save herself from an eventual overdose, as the cost of being cut off.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Abed''': Do you think bees ever eat their own honey?\\
'''Troy''': I'm sure they've at least tasted it.
** "[[UnusualEuphemism Front]] [[CompensatingForSomething Stinger]]"

** There's also Britta's drug use, before and after she does the play. Her health seems not to suffer seriously throughout the rest of the series. Doubles as a CluelessAesop.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: InUniverse. Pierce teaches kids to love drugs. Everyone is appalled.
-->'''Little Girl''': I love you, Drugs!

* TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed: Annie delicately refers to Dildopolis as a ''marital aids store''.

* AbusiveParents: Pierce's father was a ''huge'' jerk.

* TheCastShowoff: Pierce, in universe, derailing Annie's show.

* FreudianExcuse: Shown in a [[HappierHomeMovie childhood film]]. Pierce's inappropriateness, overzealous creativity, and pathological need to be accepted at all costs are all possibly due to frustrations getting attention from his father.

* NeverMyFault: Jeff tries to drag Abed into helping him fix his own mistake, despite Abed being against it from the beginning.

* UnlikelyHero: Chang, of all people. After Pierce ruined it by making the kids love drugs, He manages to save the show by taking on the role of drugs and demonstrating how drugs create a chemical dependence and no longer seem as appealing as they initially were, once you're addicted to them, which gave the show a much stronger message than it initially had in the original script.

* HappierHomeMovie: A not-so-happy version. We see Pierce sit at home watching an old Hawthorne Wipes commercial starring his father, Cornelius Hawthorne. Despite his earlier claims to have been in the commercial, it turns out his father chose a child actor to play the part of his son rather then Pierce.

* WakeupMakeup: Annie looks just as fresh and cute when woken up in the night as in day date.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Drugs! Because EvilIsCool.]]

->'''Kid''': Hey, you’re not Drugs!\\
'''Chang''': [[LargeHam Oh, but I aaaaaaam! Disappointed? Did you expect me to stay the same forever? ’Cause that’s not what Drugs does, baby! I’m gonna deep fry your dog and eat yo momma’s face, and I’m gonna wear your little brother’s skin like pajamas! I control your lives, and there is nothing you can do.]]

The study group is helping Annie put on a play to educate about drugs. Pierce has some ideas on how to ‘improve’ the performance, and follows Annie home to discuss these changes. After assisting Annie with a financial problem, he uses this leverage to get his changes to the play. When Pierce’s scene-stealing antics threaten to ruin the message, only Chang is able to right this wrong.

!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode “Celebrity Pharmacology 212” provides examples of:

* AbusiveParents: Pierce’s father was a ''huge'' jerk.
* BrokenAesop: InUniverse. Annie’s anti-drug abuse play for middle-schoolers backfires thanks to Pierce’s interference. The intermission ends up with a room full of middle-schoolers chanting for drugs.
** There’s also Britta’s drug use, before and after she does the play. Her health seems not to suffer seriously throughout the rest of the series. Doubles as a CluelessAesop.
* CallBack: Annie’s bad neighborhood makes one last appearance. She lives over Dildopolis.
* TheCastShowoff: Pierce, in universe, derailing Annie’s show.

* ChekhovsGun: Those baseballs won’t be making a reappearance.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Chang’s description of what “Drugs” will do to you. His [[ThrowItIn ad libs]] actually [[EnforcedMethodActing scared the child actors]].
-->'''Chang!Drugs''': I’m gonna deep fry your dog and eat your mama’s face! [''Makes crunching noises''] Then I’m gonna wear your little brother’s [[GenuineHumanHide skin]] like '''pajamas'''!
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: InUniverse. The study group put on an anti-drug show for a group of elementary school children, but the kids love Pierce's performance as “Drugs” so much it backfires. The situation is ultimately remedied by forcing Pierce to leave and replacing him with Chang.

* FreudianExcuse: Shown in a childhood film. Pierce’s inappropriateness, overzealous creativity, and pathological need to be accepted at all costs are all possibly due to frustrations getting attention from his father.
* FriendsRentControl: {{Averted|Trope}}. Annie only has enough money to afford a one-room apartment in a [[RunningGag terrible neighborhood]] over a dildo store.
* FriendToAllChildren: The kids all love Pierce’s antics … [[RootingForTheEmpire too bad he’s playing Drugs]].
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the Dean audibly muses over how Jeff “looks sexy even in a coffin,” the girl sitting next to him slowly turns her head to stare at him.

'''Troy''': I’m sure they’ve at least tasted it.
** “[[UnusualEuphemism Front]] [[CompensatingForSomething Stinger]]”

-->'''Shirley''': That’s a suicide mission!\\

* IncestSubtext

-->'''Annie''': You don’t count, Britta, you don't respond to anything appropriately.\\

-->'''Chang''': Are you ignoring me because I’m Korean?\\

'''Chang''': (''sardonically'') Oh, there’s a difference?
** Also LampshadeHanging. Chang’s actor, Ken Jeong, is Korean-American.

* MistakenMessage

* ReplacementScrappy[=/=]TheOtherDarrin: An {{Invoked|Trope}} In-universe example. Pierce’s character Drugs in the school play becomes the most [[DracoInLeatherPants popular character]], leaving a roomful of middle-schoolers shouting for “Drugs.” The gang recasts Drugs as Chang, to make the audience hate the character. Surprisingly, Chang actually manages to save the play by getting the point across about what drugs actually do to you; make you think they are appealing at first, but are really dangerous, deceitful things.

-->'''Pierce:''' Don’t expect me to visit you at night with a generous spirit again!\\
[''Cue looks of disgust from the rest of the group'']

* ReplacementScrappy[=/=]TheOtherDarrin: An {{Invoked|Trope}} In-universe example. Pierce’s character Drugs in the school play becomes the most [[DracoInLeatherPants popular character]], leaving a roomful of middle-schoolers shouting for “Drugs.” The gang recasts Drugs as Chang, to make the audience hate the character.

* ActorAllusion: This episode [[BlatantLies has nothing to do with Chevy Chase’s troubles with drugs]].

* RealitySubtext: There’s an unfortunate parallel between Pierce’s complaints that he’s being underutilized and Creator/ChevyChase’s own [[CreatorBacklash infamous]] problems with the show. One cannot imagine that having an episode making a comparison this obvious ameliorated the situation.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The episode started off as an attempt to mirror Chevy Chase’s stint on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. The bee costumes are an allusion to the fistfight between Chase and Creator/BillMurray when the former was a guest host in the second season, which was allegedly broken up by a bee-costumed Creator/JohnBelushi.

-->'''Chang''': Is it because I’m Korean?\\
'''Shirley''': I thought you were Chinese.\\
'''Chang''': Like there’s a difference.

* GenreSavvy: Abed, as per usual. He knew from the very beginning that Jeff PlayingCyrano for Britta wouldn’t end well.
-->'''Abed''': How could you think that was a good idea?\\
'''Jeff''': I’ve got a better question. How could it not be a ''great'' idea?\\
[''Later'']\\
'''Jeff''': Abed, we screwed up. You know that text we sent? It was to Britta’s nephew. He sent her an emotipenis! What are we gonna do?\\
'''Abed''': [''Stares silently at Jeff'']\\
'''Jeff''': Fine! Screw you, Abed, I can fix this.

--> '''Kid''': 'Hey, you're not Drugs!
--> '''Chang''': [[LargeHam Oh, but I aaaaaaam! Disappointed? Did you expect me to stay the same forever? 'Cause that's not what Drugs does, baby! I'm gonna deep fry your dog and eat yo momma's face, and I'm gonna wear your little brother's skin like pajamas! I control your lives, and there is nothing you can do.]]

The study group is helping Annie put on a play to educate about drugs. Pierce has some ideas on how to 'improve' the performance, and follows Annie home to discuss these changes. After assisting Annie with a financial problem, he uses this leverage to get his changes to the play. When Pierce's scene stealing antics threaten to ruin the message, only Chang is able to right this wrong.

Has a [[YMMV/CommunityS2E13CelebrityPharmacology YMMV page.]]

!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Celebrity Pharmacology 212" provides examples of:

* AbusiveParents: Pierce's father was a bastard.
* ActorAllusion: This episode [[BlatantLies has nothing to do with Chevy Chase's troubles with drugs]].
* BrokenAesop: InUniverse. Annie's anti-drug abuse play for middle schooler backfires thanks to Pierce's interference. The intermission ends up with a room full of middle-schoolers chanting for drugs.
* CallBack: Annie's bad neighborhood makes one last appearance. She lives over Dildopolis.
* TheCastShowoff: Pierce, in universe, derailing Annie's show.
* CeilingBanger: In the tag with Annie banging on her floor when she's kept awake by PA sales announcements at the dildo store beneath her apartment.
* ChekhovsGun: Those baseballs won't be making a reappearance.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Chang's description of what "Drugs" will do to you. His [[ThrowItIn ad libs]] scared the child actors.
-->'''Chang! Drugs''': I'm gonna deep fry your dog and eat your mama's face! ''(makes crunching noises)'' Then I'm gonna wear your little brother's [[GenuineHumanHide skin]] like '''pajamas'''!
* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: InUniverse. The study group put on an anti-drug show for a group of elementary school children, but the kids love Pierce's performance as "Drugs" so much it backfires. The situation is ultimately remedied by forcing Pierce to leave and replacing him with Chang.

-->'''Little Girl:''' I love you, Drugs!
* FreudianExcuse: Shown in a childhood film. Pierce's inappropriateness, overzealous creativity, and pathological need to be accepted at all costs are all possibly due to frustrations getting attention from his father.
* FriendsRentControl: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Annie only has enough money to afford a one-room apartment in a [[RunningGag terrible neighborhood]] over a dildo store.
* FriendToAllChildren: The kids all love Pierce's antics...[[RootingToTheEmpire too bad he's playing Drugs.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the Dean audibly muses over how Jeff 'looks sexy even in a coffin', the girl sitting next to him slowly turns her head to stare at him.
* GenreSavvy: Abed, as per usual. He knew from the very beginning that Jeff PlayingCyrano for Britta wasn't going to end well.
-->'''Abed''': How could you think that was a good idea?
-->'''Jeff''': I've got a better question. How could it not be a ''great'' idea?
-->''[later]''
-->'''Jeff''': Abed, we screwed up. You know that text we sent? It was to Britta's nephew. He sent her an emotipenis! What are we gonna do?
-->'''Abed''': ''[stares silently at Jeff]''
-->'''Jeff''': Fine! Screw you, Abed, I can fix this.

-->'''Abed:''' Do you think bees ever eat their own honey?\\
'''Troy:''' I'm sure they've at least tasted it.
** "[[UnusualEuphemism Front]] [[CompensatingForSomething Stinger]]"

* InadvertentEntranceCue / IncomingHam: Parodied:
-->'''Shirley:''' That's a suicide mission!\\
'''Chang:''' Did someone say ''crazy '''PERSOOOOOON'''''?!\\
'''Everyone:''' No.\\
'''Chang:''' Well, ''I'' heard it.
* InsultBackfire: {{Lampshaded}}.
-->'''Annie:''' You don't count, Britta, you don't respond to anything appropriately.\\
'''Britta:''' ''Thank'' you!

-->'''Chang:''' Is it because I'm Korean?\\
'''Shirley:''' You're Chinese.\\
'''Chang:''' Like there's a difference.
** Also LampshadeHanging. Chang is being played by Ken Jeong, who's Korean-American.

* RealitySubtext: There's an unfortunate parallel between Pierce's complaints that he's being underutilized and {{Creator/Chevy Chase}}'s own [[CreatorBacklash infamous]] problems with the show. One cannot imagine that having an episode making this obvious comparison helped the situation.
* ReplacementScrappy / TheOtherDarrin: An {{Invoked}} In-universe example. Pierce's character Drugs from the school play becomes the most [[DracoInLeatherPants popular character]], leaving a room-full of middle-schoolers shouting for "Drugs." The gang re-casts Drugs as Chang, so the audience will hate the character.

--> '''Pierce:''' Don't expect me to visit you at night with a generous spirit again!
--> ''[cue looks of disgust from the rest of the group]''
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The episode started off as an attempt to mirror Chevy Chase's tenure on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''. The bee costumes are an allusion to the fistfight between Chase and Bill Murray when the former was a guest host in the second season, which was allegedly broken up by a bee-costumed John Belushi.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The episode started off as an attempt to mirror Chevy Chase's tenure on ''SaturdayNightLive''. The bee costumes are an allusion to the fistfight between Chase and Bill Murray when the former was a guest host in the second season, which was allegedly broken up by a bee-costumed John Belushi.

--> '''Chang''': [[LargeHam Oh, but I aaaaaaam! Disappointed? Did you expect me to stay the same forever? 'Cause that's not what Drugs does, baby! I'm gonna deep fry your dog and eat yo momma's face, and I'm gonna wear your little brother's skin like pajamas! I controll your lives, and there is nothing you can do.]]