History Recap / CommunityS2E14AdvancedDungeonsandDragons

--> '''Pierce:''' That's right, Neil. Your new best friend, Jeff Winger, coined the name 'Fat Neil'.\\
'''Shirley:''' Jeffrey.\\

--> '''Pierce:''' That's right, Neil. Your new best friend, Jeff Winger, coined the name 'Fat Neil'. Jeffrey.\\
'''Jeffrey:''' Neil, look, before you respond, I can make it up to you. I'll find a fatter Neil!\\

** The narration of the episode is done in a very similar way to the opening of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.

->'''Abed:''' In about 13 turns, he will die of exposure. Jeff?\\

* TotalPartyKill: Pierce almost achieves this.

* BiggusDickus: Hector the Well-Endowed, the character Annie plays.
** Although Abed originally designed him with [[BlackIsBiggerInBed Troy]] in mind.
--->'''Shirley:''' [[HoYay/{{Community}} Yeah, I bet you did.]]
* BigNo: Chang, after his character gets decapitated by Pierce.

* BottleEpisode: The episode takes place almost exclusively in the study room.
** UpToEleven: Unlike the previous one the characters barely leave the ''table'' (which makes sense since they're playing D&D).

* [[BlackDudeDiesFirst Dark Elf Dies First]]: Possibly as a punishment for cosplaying in blackface.

* EmbarrassingNickname: [[InSeriesNickname "Fat" Neil]]. Because calling the other Neil at Greendale "Black Neil" or "Bald Neil" [[HypocriticalHumor would be unkind]].

* JerkAss: Pierce. He destroys everything Neil had worked for just ForTheEvulz.
** Basically the opposite of what Pierce did in [[Recap/CommunityS2E11AbedsUncontrollableChristmas "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"]]

*** Annie the [[TheSmartGirl Dayplanner]];

* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** As aggravating as Pierce's intrusion and subsequent behavior is, it ultimately has positive effects.

* ShipTease: Abed's character flirting with [[HoYay Jeff's]], and later having a ''drawn-out sex scene'' with Annie's.

* UnfortunateImplications: Chang spends the episode in blackface. When Shirley calls him out, he says he's playing a dark elf. [[invoked]]

-->'''Gnome waiter''': I never saw his face. Just so you know... My name... was Kyle. (dies)

* TheAtoner: Jeff, who accidentally coined the "Fat Neil" nickname, is trying to make up for that fact.

* DramaticWind[=/=]EvilIsDeathlyCold: Pierce's arrival is heralded by a whooshing sound and Shirley and Annie hugging themselves for warmth.
* EmbarrassingNickname[=/=]InSeriesNickname: "Fat" Neil. Because calling the other Neil at Greendale "Black Neil" or "Bald Neil" [[HypocriticalHumor would be unkind]].

-->'''Abed''': I need to know what you want to do next.
-->'''Pierce:''' So many things, Abed... So many things.

-->'''Neil:''' So call him "Skinny Neil"!\\

'''Neil:''' He's bald. He's ''black''!\\
'''Jeff:''' ''[smugly]'' Well, ''I'' don't see the world through that lens.

** The entire episode is about the study group giving Neil one of these, and as such most of them try to keep their quirks and jerkasseries in check. Even Chang's customary manchild behavior is somewhat in abeyance.

* TeamHandStack: During the voiceover, when the group decide to play Abed's module designed to reclaim Fat Neil's confidence.

** Discussed; Jeff defends his decision to refer to Neil as "Fat Neil" because there was another Neil in the corridor and he had to differentiate between the two. Neil, hurt, points out that the other Neil was both bald and black. Immediately after Neil brings up race, Jeff smugly informs Neil that he doesn't "view the world through that lens".

* CrossPlayer: Annie the Dayplanner. Abed, too, when he plays the NPC elf-maiden, causing Jeff to feel uncomfortable when he has to seduce her. [[FunnyMoments Annie has to seduce her instead.]]

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The group didn't invite Pierce so he wouldn't ruin their attempts to make Neil feel better. Pierce, in revenge, starts ruining their attempts to make Neil feel better.

* WineIsClassy: Pierce the Insensitive has a large glass of red wine when Abed finds him [[OrcusOnHisThrone on his throne]].

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Annie's character, Hector the Well-Endowed, must seduce a comely elf maiden to gain access to a flock of pegasi which the party needs. This leads to Annie graphically describing how she goes about this seduction. Dramatic music covers up the dialog, but you can clearly read her lips and it is ''filthy.'' At one point, the viewer can see Annie saying "I take out my huge member." At another point, she holds up two fingers, then three, [[CrossesTheLineTwice then four]].

* HeadTiltinglyKinky: The sex scene between Hector the Well-Endowed and the elf maiden that Annie describes. Soothing music plays while she speaks, so we can't actually hear what happens, but Shirley looks horrified, Troy takes notes, and Britta & Jeff look astonished that this is coming from ''Annie'' of all people.

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** Although Abed originally designed him with Troy in mind

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Annie's character, Hector the Well-Endowed, must seduce a comely elf to gain access to a pegasus which the party needs. This leads to Annie graphically describing how she goes about this seduction. Dramatic music covers up the dialog, but you can clearly read her lips and it is ''filthy.'' At one point, the viewer can see Annie saying "I take out my huge member." At another point, she holds up two fingers, then three, [[CrossesTheLineTwice then four]].
* AGlassOfChianti: Pierce holds a glass of red wine while sitting on his throne.

** This actually applies in the context of the D&D game, as Pierce removes the time freeze spell on the party, only to be told it's no longer his turn when he tries to attack immediately afterwards.

* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: Britta tries to tell a Gnome waiter that he's just as good as they are. Abed replies that according to the game rules, no, he's not, and the gang are justified in treating him however they want because of this trope.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Pierce has been getting worse and worse, but he really steps it up.

** "Lavernica" was meant for [[Main/LaverneAndShirley Shirley]].

* OrcusOnHisThrone: After secretly managing to [[{{Metagame}} acquire a copy of the game book]], Pierce is [[SlouchOfEvil found slouched in a chair]] [[AGlassOfChianti with a glass of red wine]] smugly anticipating his return to the game, with the storage room decorated like the throne room of an EvilOverlord in an epic fantasy.

* EmbarrassingNickname[=/=]InSeriesNickname: "Fat" Neil. Because calling the other Neils at Greendale "Black Neil" or "Bald Neil" [[HypocriticalHumor would be unkind]].

* OrcusOnHisThrone: After secretly managing to [[{{Metagaming}} acquire a copy of the game book]], Pierce is found slouched in a chair in his 'lair' [[AGlassOfChianti with a glass of red wine]] smugly anticipating his return to the game like an EvilOverlord in an epic fantasy.

* AerithAndBob: Abed the Undiagnosable is "not the best at making up names", resulting in characters named Zipadee Doo, Marrrrrrr, Bing-Bong, Hector the Well-Endowed, Lavernica, Brutalitops, and Kyle.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Abed the Undiagnosable's [[TheMagnificent title]] calls attention to it.

-->'''Pierce the Insensitive:''' I hump it.
* TheAtoner: Jeff the Liar, who accidentally coined the "Fat Neil" nickname, is trying to make up for that fact.
* BigBad: Pierce the Insensitive, in-character. Arguably out of it as well.
* BiggusDickus: Hector the Well-Endowed, the character Annie the Dayplanner plays.
** Although Abed the Undiagnosable originally designed him with Troy the Obtuse in mind
--->'''Shirley the Cloying:''' [[HoYay/{{Community}} Yeah, I bet you did.]]

* BreakingSpeech: Pierce the Insensitive pulls out one on Neil to turn him against Jeff the Liar.

* CavemenVsAstronautsDebate: The tag sees Troy the Obtuse and Abed the Undiagnosable arguing about which would be better: a tail or giant ears.

* CovertPervert: ''Annie the Dayplanner''. Sure, we don't hear what she's saying, but we see her miming actions and the [[ReactionShot other players' reactions]].
** Troy the Obtuse takes notes.
* CriticalHit[=/=]CriticalFailure: Pierce the Insensitive is able to decapitate Chang's character.
* CrossPlayer: Annie the Dayplanner. Abed the Undiagnosable, too, when he plays the NPC elf-maiden, causing Jeff the Liar to feel uncomfortable when he has to seduce her. [[FunnyMoments Annie the Dayplanner has to seduce her instead.]]

* DefeatMeansFriendship: To a very, ''very'' small degree between Neil and Pierce the Insensitive.
* DisappearedDad: Jeff the Liar is the son of William the Barely Known.
* DramaticWind[=/=]EvilIsDeathlyCold: Pierce the Insensitive's arrival is heralded by a whooshing sound and Shirley the Cloying and Annie the Dayplanner hugging themselves for warmth.

** Pierce the Insensitive is known as Pierce the Dickish and Grandpa the Flatulent.

* FantasticRacism: Britta the Needlessly Defiant is incensed by this in D&D regarding gnomes.
* FullFrontalAssault: Since Pierce the Insensitive's character is nude for the entire game, the final confrontation is this.
* GameWithinAGame: See WhatCouldHaveBeen.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Annie the Dayplanner's character, Hector the Well-Endowed, must seduce a comely elf to gain access to a pegasus which the party needs. This leads to Annie the Dayplanner graphically describing how she goes about this seduction. Dramatic music covers up the dialog, but you can clearly read her lips and it is ''filthy.'' At one point, the viewer can see Annie saying "I take out my huge member." At another point, she holds up two fingers, then three, [[CrossesTheLineTwice then four]].
* AGlassOfChianti: Pierce the Insensitive holds a glass of red wine while sitting on his throne.
* TheGMIsACheatingBastard: Abed averts both the light and dark sides of this by maintaining strict objectivity during play. This allows Pierce the Insensitive to derail the adventure by stealing Neil's stuff and running away with it before the other characters can do anything about it.

* JerkAss: Pierce the Insensitive. He destroys everything Neil had worked for just ForTheEvulz.
** Basically the opposite of what Pierce the Insensitive did in [[Recap/CommunityS2E11AbedsUncontrollableChristmas "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"]]

* TheMagnificent: The narration gives the members of the study group these titles, and most of their characters have them as well:
-->'''Annie the Dayplanner:''' Hello, I am Hector the Well-Endowed.

* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Pierce the Insensitive's character starts out with no clothes and no weapons, so in every one of his scenes, Abed the Undiagnosable makes sure to point out that he's naked.

* [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Nice Job Fixing It Pierce the Insensitive]]:
** As aggravating as Pierce the Insensitive's intrusion and subsequent behavior is, it ultimately has positive effects.

* OffTheRails: Pierce the Insensitive does this at the start because the gang left him out.

* [[OrcusOnHisThrone Pierce The Insensitive On His Throne]]
* PyrrhicVillainy: Pierce the Insensitive completely defeats the group and temporarily 'wins' the game, but at the cost of becoming completely despised by everyone in the group.
* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: Britta the [[SoapboxSadie Needlessly Defiant]] tries to tell a Gnome waiter that he's just as good as they are. Abed the Undiagnosable replies that according to the game rules, no, he's not, and the gang are justified in treating him however they want because of this trope.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The group didn't invite Pierce the Insensitive so he wouldn't ruin their attempts to make Neil feel better. Pierce, in revenge, starts ruining their attempts to make Neil feel better.

-->'''Troy the Obtuse''': I'm Bing Bong The Archer. I'm an archer, and such.

-->'''Jeff the Liar''': I take my throwing knife and throw it, knife-style.
* ShipTease: Abed the Undiagnosable's character flirting with [[HoYay Jeff the Liar's]], and later having a ''drawn-out sex scene'' with Annie the Dayplanner's.

** "Hector the Well-Endowed" was meant for Troy the Obtuse, and in Literature/TheIliad, Hector was a prince of the nation of Troy.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Shirley the Cloying can't tell you how long she's waited to take out Pierce the Insensitive. ...in the game.

* TheXOfY: Britta the Needlessly Defiant is the AT&T of people.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Neil rolls a 19 in order to disarm Pierce the Insensitive via thrown sword.
* TimeStandsStill: Pierce the Insensitive has Draconis cast Time Stop on the party.

-->'''Pierce the Insensitive:''' I ''won'' Dungeons and Dragons, and it was advanced!
* TookALevelInJerkass: Pierce the Insensitive has been getting worse and worse, but he really steps it up.
* TotalPartyKill: Pierce the Insensitive almost achieves this.
* UnfortunateImplications: Chang spends the episode in blackface. When Shirley the Cloying calls him out, he says he's playing a dark elf. [[invoked]]

* OneSteveLimit: Averted, sort of. Neil only gets the nickname "Fat Neil" because, at the moment it was coined, he was standing next to another (off-camera) guy named Neil, who was (marginally) skinnier, and ''black''.

* SelfFufillingProphecy: The group didn't invite Pierce the Insensitive so he wouldn't ruin their attempts to make Neil feel better. Pierce, in revenge, starts ruining their attempts to make Neil feel better.

** Discussed; Jeff defends his decision to refer to Neil as "Fat Neil" because there was another Neil in the corridor and he had to differentiate between the two. Neil, hurt, points out that the other Neil was both skinnier than he was and black. Immediately after Neil brings up race, Jeff smugly informs Neil that he doesn't "view the world through that lens".

** An issue of ScudTheDisposableAssassin, a comic book series which show creator Dan Harmon co-wrote.
** Also: [[StanLee Excelsior!]]

Has a [[YMMV/CommunityS2E14AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons YMMV page.]]

!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" provides examples of:

* CreditsGag: The opening credits reflect the D&D theme. The drawings on the cootie catcher are fantastical and the theme music epic.

* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: Britta the Needlessly Defiant tries to tell a Gnome waiter that he's just as good as they are. Abed the Undiagnosable replies that according to the game rules, no, he's not, and the gang are justified in treating him however they want because of this trope.

* SpecialEditionTitle: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9_sNQ-tPVk Medieval]] themed.

** [[{{Uncharted}} Uncharted 2]].

** Discussed; Jeff defends his decision to refer to Neil as "Fat Neil" because there was another Neil in the corridor and he had to differentiate between the two. Neil, hurt, points out that the other Neil was both skinnier than he was and black. Immediately after Neil brings up race, Jeff condescendingly informs Neil that he doesn't "view the world through that lens".