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* BadassInCharge: Averted. Neither of the self-appointed leaders, Troy and Jeff, manage to shoot a single person with a paintball handgun in either episode of the two-parter, although Jeff ''might'' have tagged some with the Tiger gun just before he got shot. Justified in the case of Troy, because he uses his plumbing skills to take out at least ten, and probably more, enemy mooks in one go, and his leadership is never really based on his skill with a blaster. More of a subversion in Jeff's case, because he clearly believes that he's a BadassInCharge and confidently predicts the students' loss as soon as he's out.
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* OperationBlank: An increasingly passive-aggressive iteration between Jeff and Troy.\\

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* OperationBlank: An increasingly passive-aggressive iteration between Jeff and Troy.\\
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** Paintball was ''already'' SeriousBusiness at Greendale, but somehow [[UpToEleven this episode managed to make it even serious-er]].

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** Paintball was ''already'' SeriousBusiness at Greendale, but somehow [[UpToEleven this episode managed to make it even serious-er]].serious-er.
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'''Troy:''' Operation Troy's Awesome Plan is living up to its name!\\

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'''Troy:''' -->'''Troy:''' Operation Troy's Awesome Plan is living up to its name!\\
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* {{Fainting}}: The Dean faints after Pierce announces that the award money should go to Greendale.

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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: The Dean has spent the entire episode trying to ensure that he won't have to pay out the paintball prize. He faints after when Pierce announces that the award money should go to Greendale.

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* BigStupidDoodooHead: While improvising banter with Abed, Annie can only come up with "no-good, laser-faced, jabba scoundrel".



* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Parodied. As Jeff hypes up his team for a high-risk paintball mission:
-->'''Jeff:''' Greendale, it's been a pleasure fighting with you. Some of us won't make it. But there is a place where we will all see each other again... and that place is Denny's.



-->'''Jeff''': It's been a pleasure fighting with you. Some of us won't make it, but there is a place where we will all see each other again... and that place is Denny's.
-->'''Leonard''': Which Denny's?
-->'''Jeff''': We'll figure it out later, Leonard.
-->'''Leonard''': Uh, the one near the 15 exit -- [[PersonaNonGrata I'm banned from there]].

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-->'''Jeff''': It's been a pleasure fighting with you. Some of us won't make it, but there is a place where we will all see each other again... and that place is Denny's.
-->'''Leonard''': Which Denny's?
-->'''Jeff''': We'll figure it out later, Leonard.
-->'''Leonard''':
Leonard.\\
'''Leonard''':
Uh, the one near the 15 exit -- [[PersonaNonGrata I'm banned from there]].



** Well, he wasn't in for $100,000 in prize money.



* OperationBlank: An increasingly passive-aggressive iteration between Jeff and Troy.

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* OperationBlank: An increasingly passive-aggressive iteration between Jeff and Troy.\\
'''Troy:''' Operation Troy's Awesome Plan is living up to its name!\\
'''Jeff:''' Squad B, commencing Operation Actual Operation.

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* ActionGirl: Britta, Shirley and Annie. Especially the former two, who are the last Greendale Students standing (besides Pierce) and fire at City College troops from a golf cart in the climax.
* AffectionateParody: Of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' model of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits resisting TheEmpire.

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* ActionGirl: Britta, Shirley and Annie.Annie do a lot of impressive paintball feats for a bunch of ordinary college students. Especially the former two, who are the last Greendale Students standing (besides Pierce) and fire at City College troops from a golf cart in the climax.
* AffectionateParody: Of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' model of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits resisting TheEmpire. It's instead a bunch of community college students resisting their rival school in a do-or-die paintball war.



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Annie's attraction to Han!Abed.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Magnitude.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Annie's attraction Annie is attracted to Han!Abed.
Abed's LovableRogue [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]-type character and is visibly bummed when he drops the impersonation.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Magnitude.After JumpingOnAGrenade to save the rest of the rebels, Magnitude croaks out half of his catchphrase as Troy sobs over his body, begging him to complete it.



* ArmorPiercingQuestion: 'What took them so long?"
* AttackDrone: Doubles as a SurveillanceDrone.
* BadassDriver: Shirley. She, essentially, single-handedly saves Jeff's plan when it fails.

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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: 'What When Pierce comments that it took the study group two years to kick him out, Spreck fires back, "What took them so long?"
* AttackDrone: City College sends a bomb attached to a remote-controlled car to the Greendale students' classroom hideout. Doubles as a SurveillanceDrone.
SurveillanceDrone, since Jeff picks it up and uses it to communicate with Spreck.
* AsLongAsThereIsOneMan: DoubleSubverted. Under heavy fire from the enemy troops, Jeff gives an inspiring speech to Quendra with a QU, telling her that City College might take out most of their troops, but someone will carry the fight to the end. He is then taken out by a Stormtrooper and shrugs off the loss, walking off the quad. Britta ends up being the last person on the field and visibly hesitates to charge... [[BigDamnHeroes before Shirley arrives in a golf cart]] and the two of them go for the win.
* BadassDriver: Shirley.Shirley drives an increasingly paint-splattered golf cart all the way to the enemy stronghold. She, essentially, single-handedly saves Jeff's plan when it fails.



* BigBad: Dean Spreck.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shirley. Then, surprisingly Pierce Hawthorne.
%%* BigDamnKiss: see NowOrNeverKiss

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* BigBad: Dean Spreck.
Spreck orchestrated the whole plan in order to destroy Greendale.
* BigDamnHeroes: Shirley. Then, surprisingly When Britta is cornered by enemy troops and at a loss for what to do, Shirley triumphantly arrives in a golf cart and the two of them save Jeff's plan. The two of them are then taken out by the last two Stormtroopers...who are ''then'' taken out by Pierce Hawthorne.
%%* BigDamnKiss: see NowOrNeverKiss* TheBigDamnKiss: Parodied. Abed and Annie have a NowOrNeverKiss when cornered by Stormtroopers in the library just before Shirley pulls the fire alarm rigged with paint. The two are then bathed in paint, evoking a [[RomanticRain kiss in the rain]] intercut with Troy's RedemptionInTheRain as triumphant music swells. Then Abed drops the LovableRogue act and walks away, visibly disappointing Annie.



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* %%* BulletTime



* CollectiveGroan: Everyone does this when Abed says they've now entered a ''Franchise/StarWars'' motif.

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* CollectiveGroan: Everyone does this groans when Abed says they've now entered a ''Franchise/StarWars'' motif.



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Jeff. But, you know, with paint.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Jeff. But, you know, Parodied. Jeff gives an inspiring speech and prepares to make a LastStand... and is anticlimactically taken out with paint.a paintball.
--> '''Jeff''': Well, I'm out. We lost.



* FacelessGoons: Dean Spreck's mooks. It allows Pierce to win the game for Greendale.
* FaceNodAction: Abed and Troy have this facial exchange before going on their SuicideMission against the troopers.

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* FacelessGoons: Dean Spreck's mooks.mooks are dressed in white paintball armor. It allows Pierce to win the game for Greendale.
* FaceNodAction: Abed and Troy have this facial exchange nods before going on their SuicideMission against the troopers.



* GatlingGood

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* GatlingGoodGatlingGood: The enemy "stronghold" is a paintball machine gun that puts the Greendale students at a massive disadvantage.



* HollywoodTactics: Jeff's plan to frontally assault a [[MoreDakka machine gun]].

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* HollywoodTactics: Jeff's plan to frontally assault a [[MoreDakka machine gun]].gun]] is called out as stupid, until Annie suggests combining it with Troy's plan to lure most of the goons away to the library.



---> '''Jeff''': They can kill most of us, but as long as nobody gives up, somebody will make it through. Understand?
---> '''Quendra''': Yes.
---> '''Jeff''': ''Charge''! (''gets shot'') Well, I'm out. We lost.

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---> '''Jeff''': They can kill most of us, but as long as nobody gives up, somebody will make it through. Understand?
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Understand?\\
'''Quendra''': Yes.
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Yes.\\
'''Jeff''': ''Charge''! (''gets shot'') Well, I'm out. We lost.



* JumpingOnAGrenade: Jumping on a Paint Grenade. Alas, poor Magnitude, we hardly knew ye.

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* JumpingOnAGrenade: Jumping After scoffing at the idea of an alliance, Magnitude heroically jumps on a Paint Grenade. Alas, poor Magnitude, we hardly knew ye.paint grenade to save the rest of the "rebels".



* MissionBriefing: Done on TheBigBoard.
* MoreDakka: See ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy.

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* %%* MissionBriefing: Done on TheBigBoard.
* %%* MoreDakka: See ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy.



* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Said by Jeff to Abed. Apparently, he is OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* NowOrNeverKiss: Abed and Annie after they've both run out of ammo and are about to be eliminated.

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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Said by Jeff Invoked. Abed, having patterned his role this time around [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]], says he's not in the alliance to Abed.save Greendale. Apparently, he is OnlyInItForTheMoney.
* NowOrNeverKiss: Abed and Annie make out after they've both run out of ammo and are about to be eliminated.



* OhCrap:

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* OhCrap:OhCrap: Troy upon being face-to-face with a squadron of Stormtroopers:



* PaintballEpisode
* ParallelConflictSequence: A standard editing technique from the Star Wars films is referenced when the scenes cut between Tory's and Jeff's mission.

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* PaintballEpisode
PaintballEpisode: The paintball war from the previous episode continues in this SeriesFinale.
* ParallelConflictSequence: A standard editing technique from the Star Wars ''Star Wars'' films is referenced when the scenes cut between Tory's and Jeff's mission.



* RedShirtArmy: Jeff leads this along with Britta and a few recurring characters against the ice cream truck.

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* RedShirtArmy: Jeff leads this a band of scrappy students along with Britta and a few recurring characters against the ice cream truck.truck. They are all summarily taken out except for Britta.



* ShipTease: Annie and Abed have good chemistry throughout the episode.
** ShipSinking: Only for Abed to promptly shoot it down once he's finished playing the Han Solo role.

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* ShipTease: ShipSinking: Annie and Abed have good chemistry throughout the episode.
** ShipSinking: Only
episode, even getting a NowOrNeverKiss, only for Abed to promptly shoot it down once he's finished playing the Han Solo role.



* TelepathicSprinklers: The sprinklers turn on all over the place.
* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: The only rule of this year's paintball game.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How Troy gets taken out.

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* TelepathicSprinklers: The Shirley tips the fire alarm and the sprinklers turn on all over the place.
* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: The only rule of this year's paintball game.
game is that one person will win the $100000 grand prize.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: How Troy gets is taken out.out by a squad of enemy mooks who serve him an extended MultipleGunshotDeath.



* TheUnfought: Dean Spreck.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Abed makes Starburns give his up.

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* %%* TheUnfought: Dean Spreck.
* WaistcoatOfStyle: Abed makes Starburns Star-Burns give his up.vest up to so Abed can better look like ''Franchise/StarWars'''s Han Solo. He gives it to Annie at the end as a memento of their paintball partnership, only for her to realize that Star-Burns stinks.
-->'''Abed:''' He uses some kind of crystal instead of deodorant.



-->'''Soldier 1:''' Welcome to Greendale, you're already accepted?
-->'''Soldier 2:''' ''(laughs)'' Losers.
-->'''Annie:''' ''(after both have been shot'') [[IronicEcho Welcome to Greendale.]]
-->'''Abed:''' You're already dead.
* YourMom: Pierce's PreAsskickingOneLiner. See above.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Twice. One during the paintball game, and one at the end of the episode.

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-->'''Soldier 1:''' Welcome to Greendale, you're already accepted?
-->'''Soldier
accepted?\\
'''Soldier
2:''' ''(laughs)'' Losers.
-->'''Annie:'''
Losers.\\
'''Annie:'''
''(after both have been shot'') [[IronicEcho Welcome to Greendale.]]
-->'''Abed:'''
]]\\
'''Abed:'''
You're already dead.
* YourMom: Pierce's PreAsskickingOneLiner. See above.
*
PreAsskickingOneLiner before taking out the last two enemy soldiers: "I'm your mother's lover."
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YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Twice. One during the paintball game, and one at the end of the episode.
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked when the Dean learns his rival planned everything. He claims to suddenly understand the entire plan, "but if you need to explain it to your men, I understand." Schreck obliges.

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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked when the Dean learns his rival planned everything. He claims to suddenly understand the entire plan, "but if you need to explain it to your men, I understand." Schreck obliges.Spreck obliges, explaining that he set up the contest to destroy Greendale.
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Invoked when the Dean learns his rival planned everything. He claims to suddenly understand the entire plan, "but if you need to explain it to your men, I understand." Schreck obliges.
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* ActionGirl: Britta, Shirley and Annie.

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* ActionGirl: Britta, Shirley and Annie. Especially the former two, who are the last Greendale Students standing (besides Pierce) and fire at City College troops from a golf cart in the climax.
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* FamousLastWords: For a given value of 'last words', seeing as it's a paintball competition and no one actually dies:
** "Pop..." Magnitude
** "I had a dream it would end this way." Troy
** "Will you still be Han Solo after we die?" "'Fraid not, doll. Once I'm gone, I'm gone." Annie and Abed
** "Vickiiiiiiiii!" Vicki
** "Charge!" Jeff
** "Eat paint you stormtroopin' City College knob gobblers!" Leonard
** "We win!" Shirley
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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Troy touches his intercom when talking.
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* AirVentPassageway: Would've been attempted by Troy's squad, had [[RealityEnsues Garrett not gotten stuck in the duct]].

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* AirVentPassageway: Would've been attempted by Troy's squad, had [[RealityEnsues Garrett not gotten stuck in the duct]].duct.

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-->'''Leonard''': Uh, the one near the 15 exit -- [[BannedFromArgo I'm banned from there]].

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-->'''Leonard''': Uh, the one near the 15 exit -- [[BannedFromArgo [[PersonaNonGrata I'm banned from there]].


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* PersonaNonGrata: Leonard was apparently banned from a specific Denny's, though [[NoodleIncident it's never revealed why]].
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** Britta, usually the GranolaGirl ButtMonkey of the group, does most of the shooting in Shirley's final assault on the ice cream truck, and is the one who takes out the "machine gunner".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The shot of City College raising their flag (a tall building flanked by two shorter ones) over the Greendale flag (an anus). It looks like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSZkx6RzOE this]].

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The shot of City College raising their flag (a tall building flanked by two shorter ones) over GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the Greendale flag (an anus). It looks like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSZkx6RzOE this]].future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Greendale students rejoice after Shirley wins the competition. And again after Pierce wins it for real and promises the money to Greendale.



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Jeff. But, you know, with paint. Pretendsies dropping of bridge.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Jeff. But, you know, with paint. Pretendsies dropping of bridge.


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* EvilPlan: Dean Spreck explains his plan to the Dean. Troy and Abed are [[ExactEavesDropping around to overhear everything]].


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* FaceNodAction: Abed and Troy have this facial exchange before going on their SuicideMission against the troopers.
* {{Fainting}}: The Dean faints after Pierce announces that the award money should go to Greendale.


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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Troy gets riddled with bullets from the troopers.


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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Troy and Jeff touch their ear while communicating over their earpieces.


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* ShutUpGunshot: Annie uses this trope to make herself heard during a heated debate.


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* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: Everyone is celebrating Shirley's victory until a bullet strikes her InTheBack.


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* ToppledStatue: The paintball troops pull down the statue of Luis Guzman on the campus.


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* WeNeedADistraction: Troy and his group successfully lure troopers off the ice cream truck so Jeff's group has better chances at attacking it.

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