History Recap / CommunityS2E17IntroToPoliticalScience

-->'''Magnitude''': I think you know, Dean! ''[in unison with audience]'' ''"Pop Pop"!!''

'''Jeff''': Pierce, you're not usually so poignant.\\
'''Pierce''': Yeah, well, Vicki finally lent me her pencil. ''[[MortalWoundReveal [turns to reveal a pencil stabbed through his cheek]]]''.

* AbsenteeActor: Ken Jeong as Chang

* DumbassHasAPoint: Pierce's musings on conflict:
-->'''Pierce''': When we seek to destroy others, we often hurt ourself. Because it is the ''self'' that ''wants'' to be destroyed.\\
'''Jeff''': Pierce, you're not usually so poignant.\\
'''Pierce''': Yeah, well, Vicki finally lent me her pencil. ''[Turns to reveal a pencil stabbed through his cheek]''.

* HeldGaze: Jeff and Annie have two in this episode. One when they're talking up on the stage and Annie's telling Jeff that the gloves are coming off and he gives her his "Annie smile" and then another one in the storage room when they make up. And since HeldGaze is often used to predicate a kiss, one gets the impression that they were VERY close to doing something involving kissing but then [[MomentKiller Pierce]] interrupts...

* HeelRealization: Both Jeff and Annie -- Jeff in that he's trying to poison an idealistic attempt to make the world a better place for no better reason than to justify and feel better about his own cynicism, and Annie when she realises that her own ruthlessness and entitlement almost lead her to destroy a friendship rather than lose an election. Both end up dropping out of the race because they realise that they don't deserve to win.

* ParanoiaGambit: Abed to the Secret Service.

* RunningAwayToCry: Annie says that Jeff did this when the video of his Real World audition was screened.

* RansackedRoom: TheMenInBlack mess up Abed'd room pretty good.

* MenInBlack: The government agents.

* RansackedRoom: The {{MIB}} mess up Abed'd room pretty good.

** In "[[Recap/CommunityS3E08DocumentaryFilmmakingRedux Documentary Filmmaking Redux"]] we learn that this is actually a slogan taken from the 1990s Greendale commercial.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Vicki stabbing Pierce in the cheek with a pencil.

* NotSoDifferent: Pierce and Jeff both ran for student president for the same reason. To upset a girl.

* BatmanGambit: Jeff is running for president to show that the political game is a joke.

** The last one is [[LampshadeHanging "Do people read news tickers?]]

* FakeShemp: The back of Vice President Biden's head [[note]]Well, the back of an impersonator's head, but you know what we mean.[[/note]] is seen and voice is heard ("I had a dream that I was a regular president.") but that's it.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Greendale's mascot may be offensive to animals.

* AcceptableProfessionalTargets: Starburns retires from his political career because he believes it would "shine a negative light on" his drug dealing.

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!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Intro to Political Science" provides examples of:

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: In the news ticker during Abed and Troy's political commentary, Professor Slater is noted as [[LampshadeHanging "still missing."]]

* EightiesHair: More like [[NinetiesHair 1993 hair]], but there it is.

* HeelRealization: Both Jeff and Annie -- Jeff in that he's trying to poison an idealistic attempt to make the world a better place for no better reason than to justify and feel better about his own cynicism, and Annie when she realises that her own ruthlessness and entitlement almost lead her to destroy a friendship rather than lose an election. Both end up dropping out of the race because they realise that they don't deserve to win.

* SayingTooMuch: Starburns retires from his political career because he believes it would "shine a negative light on" his drug dealing.

* ScandalGate: The title of Troy and Abed's show is Decision Gate: The Journey To Election Road.

* ActorAllusion: One of Troy's comments about Starburns is that he "seems Greek." Starburns' actor, Dino Stamatopoulos, is Greek-American.
** And Jeff's campaign fails when the school sees his ''Real World: UsefulNotes/{{Seattle}}'' audition tape from 1997. Joel [=McHale=], who portrays Jeff, grew up in Greater Seattle.

* CastingGag: Agent Robin Vohlers shares the same last name as Unit Production Manager John Vohlers.

* HilariousInHindsight: Leonard changes his last name to Rodriguez to court the Hispanic vote. Fast forward to the 2012 campaign, and Mitt Romney's BrownFace to do the same.
** Fastforward a bit further to 2013, when Arizona Republican Scott Fister changes his name to "Cesar Chavez" to land Hispanic votes.

* ShipTease: For Jeff and Annie. In hindsight, it looks as if Jeff's reasons for entering the election aren't just to get a rise out of Annie because of their different beliefs, but to spend time with her, and their "Resolved" conversation is quite shippy and comes with another HeldGaze and a potential AlmostKiss.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Series/Scrubs}} Dr. Denise Mahoney]] is Abed's StalkerWithACrush.
** Or as some viewers may know her, [[Series/HappyEndings Jane]]

* EightiesHair: More like 1993 hair, but there it is.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Scrubs}} Dr. Denise Mahoney]] is Abed's StalkerWithACrush.