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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Lampshaded when Andre's attempt to convince Chang about the realities of fatherhood ends with Chang fleeing:

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* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Lampshaded [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Andre's attempt to convince Chang about the realities of fatherhood ends with Chang fleeing:

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* CompleteMonster: Lukka is apparently one of these in-universe.



* MomentKiller: Lukka's neighbor. Although Lukka himself does a pretty good job of killing the moment for Britta when he [[CompleteMonster fondly reminisces about performing atrocities in the Balkans.]]

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* MomentKiller: Lukka's neighbor. Although Lukka himself does a pretty good job of killing the moment for Britta when he [[CompleteMonster fondly reminisces about performing atrocities in the Balkans.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Lukka is [[{{Dollhouse}} Victor]]!

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Lukka is [[{{Dollhouse}} Victor]]!Victor]]! With the Lubov imprint, no less.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[{{Fallout}} in the future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold]]. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive.

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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[{{Fallout}} [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} in the future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold]]. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Subverted; even for Britta, no stranger to this trope in general, apparently Balkan war criminals are a shade too far.
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That we see; he\'s clearly been arrested by the end of the episode and kicked out of Jeff\'s apartment, however.


* KarmaHoudini: Chang never ''does'' get punished for kidnapping.
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!!The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" contains examples of:

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!!The ''{{Community}}'' ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" contains examples of:

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--> '''Jeff''': Oh look, is that a reason to leave?



* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: After Lukka spoils the mood, a standard "Wa WaAaAa". plays. Lukka's neighbor is a real mood killer.

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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: After Lukka spoils the mood, a standard "Wa WaAaAa".Wa Aa Aa". plays. Lukka's neighbor is a real mood killer.
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** It looks and sounds like a standard run & gun game, but apparently it contains sophisticated infrastructure systems to allow strategies like cutting off the enemy forces' supplies at the root by terrorizing the countryside. (I forget how exactly, does Lukka mention something about burning crops?) It seems the game is designed with cruelty potential on the genocidal level in mind. . .
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* CassandraTruth: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous After stealing a DVD]] Britta is unable to convince Troy & Abed of the real reason they should stop being friends with Lukka.

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* CassandraTruth: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous After stealing borrowing a DVD]] DVD without permission]] Britta is unable to convince Troy & Abed of the real reason they should stop being friends with Lukka.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[{{Fallout}} in the future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland]] pure water will be worth its weight in gold. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.

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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[{{Fallout}} in the future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland]] wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold. gold]]. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.expensive.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout in the future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland],] pure water will be worth its weight in gold. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.

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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout [[{{Fallout}} in the future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland],] wasteland]] pure water will be worth its weight in gold. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout in the future, when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland]] pure water will be worth its weight in gold. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.

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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout in the future, future when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland]] wasteland],] pure water will be worth its weight in gold. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that {{Fallout in the future, when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold.}} Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.

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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that {{Fallout [[Fallout in the future, when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, wasteland]] pure water will be worth its weight in gold.}} gold. Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today. today.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout in the future, when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold.]] Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.

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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout {{Fallout in the future, when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold.]] }} Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.
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* ShoutOut: Abed and Troy gift Shirley at her baby shower a bottle of purified water, claiming that [[Fallout in the future, when their child is a lone scavenger in a nuclear wasteland, pure water will be worth its weight in gold.]] Troy also wanted to get a Sawed-off Shotgun, a possible weapon in Fallout, but claims they were too expensive, even today.
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* CassandraTruth: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous After stealing a DVD]] Britta is unable to convince Tory & Abed of the real reason they should stop being friends with Lukka.

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* CassandraTruth: [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous After stealing a DVD]] Britta is unable to convince Tory Troy & Abed of the real reason they should stop being friends with Lukka.
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* BroughtHomeTheWrongKid: A classic example when Chang screws up his attempt to prove he's a good father by picking up someone else's kids instead of Shirley's.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Lukka is [[{{Dollhouse}} Victor]]!
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* AirventEscape: Unsuccessful attempt by Chang.

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* AirventEscape: AirVentPassageway: Unsuccessful attempt by Chang.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Dollhouse}} Enver Gjokaj]] as Lukka, again showing his affinity for accents.

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This is how I and the Go Look At The Distraction remember Jeff\'s quote, maybe i\'m mistaken. please fix if that is the case


* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Jeff's quote in this episode is used on the trope page.



* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Oh, hey, is that a reason to leave?

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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Oh, hey, INeedToGoIronMyDog:
--> '''Jeff:''' Oh look,
is that a reason to leave?



* LeftTheBGMOn: After Lukka spoils the mood, a standard "Wa WaAaAa". plays. Lukka's neighbor is a real mood killer.

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* LeftTheBGMOn: LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: After Lukka spoils the mood, a standard "Wa WaAaAa". plays. Lukka's neighbor is a real mood killer.
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* CrazyPrepared: Abed subverts this. He doesn't have a security camera, he has a camera for a documentary that occasionally comes in handy.


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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Oh, hey, is that a reason to leave?
* KarmaHoudini: Chang never ''does'' get punished for kidnapping.
* LeftTheBGMOn: After Lukka spoils the mood, a standard "Wa WaAaAa". plays. Lukka's neighbor is a real mood killer.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Andre is horrified that Shirley and Jeff are conspiring to get Chang locked away for 20 to life for human trafficking (Jeff isn't above a little perjury) rather than just 3 to 5 for kidnapping.

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* DramaticPause: Britta attempts this ("May...be...I...do...!") but gets blank stares from Abed, Troy and Lukka.

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* DramaticPause: Britta attempts this ("May...be...I...we...do...!") but gets blank stares from Abed, Troy and Lukka.


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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Abed, Troy and Lukka are ''very'' freaked out by Britta's DramaticPause moment.
-->'''Troy:''' I don't want to play any more.\\
'''Abed:''' I feel sick.\\
'''Lukka:''' She's strange.

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--> '''Britta''': You guys have to believe me! [[NoodleIncident He's so much worse than Tall Kyle!]]

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--> '''Britta''': '''Britta:''' You guys have to believe me! [[NoodleIncident He's so much worse than Tall Kyle!]]



--> '''Andre''': I'll go ahead and consider ''that'' point missed.

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--> '''Andre''': '''Andre:''' I'll go ahead and consider ''that'' point missed.



--> '''Abed''': If I ever go to the Balkans, I'm going to bring some serious cheat codes and walkthroughs.

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--> '''Abed''': '''Abed:''' If I ever go to the Balkans, I'm going to bring some serious cheat codes and walkthroughs.



* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Lukka applies his real world knowledge to show how it can be done. Though honestly any game that awards points for killing unarmed villagers is just asking for this to happen.

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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Lukka applies his real world knowledge to show how it can be done. Though honestly any game that awards points for killing unarmed villagers is just asking for this to happen.happen.
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* CompleteMonster: Lukka, apparently.

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* CompleteMonster: Lukka, apparently.Lukka is apparently one of these in-universe.
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* MomentKiller: Lukka's neighbor.

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* MomentKiller: Lukka's neighbor. Although Lukka himself does a pretty good job of killing the moment for Britta when he [[CompleteMonster fondly reminisces about performing atrocities in the Balkans.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: Abed and Troy aren't friends with Lukka anymore...but there's still a Balkan war criminal loose in Greendale.
** Possibly; we never hear what, exactly, Abed and Troy have done. It's more of a WhatHappenedToTheMouse.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Abed and Troy aren't friends with Lukka anymore...but there's still a Balkan war criminal loose in Greendale.

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