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** Troy's plan would have worked had Garrett not gotten stuck in the vent, thereby blocking the Greendale team's exit route.
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-->'''Leonard''': Uh, the one near the 15 exit -- I'm banned from there.

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-->'''Leonard''': Uh, the one near the 15 exit -- [[BannedFromArgo I'm banned from there.there]].
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* NoodleIncident: Leonard is anxious to clarify which Denny's the participants plan to meet up at after the game.
-->'''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 -- I'm banned from there.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Super-plumbing. Troy uses it to take out the main Stromtrooper forces within the school.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Super-plumbing. Troy uses it to take out the main Stromtrooper Stormtrooper forces within the school.
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* ItsThePrincipleOfTheMatter: Pierce, among everyone else, is the one who could write a check for Greendale to repair the damages without blinking an eye. He wins anyway because it's more that City College was trying to humiliate Greendale by turning them into a bunch of paintball savages. As Jeff once put it, Greendale is ''their'' public toilet.

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* ItsThePrincipleOfTheMatter: ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing: Pierce, among everyone else, is the one who could write a check for Greendale to repair the damages without blinking an eye. He wins anyway because it's more that City College was trying to humiliate Greendale by turning them into a bunch of paintball savages. As Jeff once put it, Greendale is ''their'' public toilet.

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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Jeff's plan to take out City College is to storm their Gatling gun in the courtyard and take it out. The problem is that this plan is a SuicideMission. Troy retorts that if they set off the sprinklers after luring the City College Stormtroopers to the library, he can get them all at once. This is also a SuicideMission for anyone left inside. Annie tells them to TakeAThirdOption and for Greendale's rebels to engage in ''both'' plans at once. It works in getting rid of most of the Stormtroopers except for the ones holding Pierce hostage.



* ChekhovsSkill: Super-plumbing.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Super-plumbing. Troy uses it to take out the main Stromtrooper forces within the school.



* CurbStompCushion: Though he's the first one out, Jeff comes up with a viable plan to storm the Paintball Gatling gun and even gets in a few shots at the Stormtroopers manning it.



* FacelessGoons: Dean Spreck's mooks. Allows Pierce to win the game for Greendale.

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* FacelessGoons: Dean Spreck's mooks. Allows It allows Pierce to win the game for Greendale.



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Magnitude says that he works alone. A few seconds later, he goes out JumpingOnAGrenade to save his classmates from the onslaught of paint.



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%%* * HeroicSacrifice: see JumpingOnAGrenadeMagnitude is the first of the rebels out because he jumps on a paintball grenade to ensure no one else gets hit.



* ItsThePrincipleOfTheMatter: Pierce, among everyone else, is the one who could write a check for Greendale to repair the damages without blinking an eye. He wins anyway because it's more that City College was trying to humiliate Greendale by turning them into a bunch of paintball savages. As Jeff once put it, Greendale is ''their'' public toilet.



* LeeroyJenkins: Vickieeeeee!!!!

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* LeeroyJenkins: Vickieeeeee!!!!Vickieeeeee!!!! She goes charging just as Jeff is trying to figure out how to effectively storm the ice-cream truck. He goes with it and charges.



* NearVillainVictory: Thanks to Pierce.

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* NearVillainVictory: Just as Shirley gloats about being the FinalGirl, several Stormtroopers that were hiding shoot her. Then the Dean cheers that he won. Thanks to Pierce.Pierce, the final Stormtroopers are gunned down.



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

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* OperationBlank: An increasingly passive aggressive passive-aggressive iteration between Jeff and Troy.
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* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: A {{Downplayed}} example. There are definitely a number of references to ''Film/StarWars'' in this episode: Pistol Patty's entrance referencing Darth Vader's, the opening crawl, and Abed playing Han Solo. However it mostly plays off the general idea of ''Film/StarWars'': a RagtagBunchOfMisfits fighting TheEmpire.

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* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: A {{Downplayed}} example. There are definitely a number of references to ''Film/StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' in this episode: Pistol Patty's entrance referencing Darth Vader's, the opening crawl, and Abed playing Han Solo. However it mostly plays off the general idea of ''Film/StarWars'': ''Franchise/StarWars'': a RagtagBunchOfMisfits fighting TheEmpire.
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* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: A {{Downplayed}} example. There are definitely a number of references to ''Film/StarWars'' in this episode: Pistol Patty's entrance referencing Darth Vader's, the opening crawl, and Abed playing Han Solo. However it mostly plays off the general idea of ''Film/StarWars'': a RagtagBunchOfMisfits fighting TheEmpire.
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* AHouseDivided: Dean Spreck's evil plan was for Greendale students to turn on each other and destroy the campus.
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** There's the ''Film/StarWars'' WholePlotReference, of course... Although it's downplayed; apart from Abed taking on the Han Solo role and forcing the issue, there are actually relatively few direct references to any of the ''Star Wars'' movies as everyone else considers the idea hackneyed and played out. The episode as a whole plays out in a more general 'underdog rebels vs. an evil invading [[TheEmpire empire]]' way.

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** There's the ''Film/StarWars'' ''Franchise/StarWars'' WholePlotReference, of course... Although it's downplayed; apart from Abed taking on the Han Solo role and forcing the issue, there are actually relatively few direct references to any of the ''Star Wars'' movies as everyone else considers the idea hackneyed and played out. The episode as a whole plays out in a more general 'underdog rebels vs. an evil invading [[TheEmpire empire]]' way.

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* BitterSweetEnding: Pierce wins the paintball competition and decides to donate the money to repair the school, but he comes to a decision to quit the Study Group.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted, since a nameless student is the first to get taken out by the Stormtroopers (however, Magnitude is the first named character to "die").
** Technically Chang is the first to be taken out, but since that was in the cliffhanger of the previous episode...

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* BitterSweetEnding: BittersweetEnding: Pierce wins the paintball competition and decides to donate the money to repair the school, but he comes to a decision to quit the Study Group.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: BlackDudeDiesFirst:
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Averted, since a nameless student is the first to get taken out by the Stormtroopers (however, Magnitude is the first named character to "die").
** Technically Chang is the first to be taken out, but since that was in the cliffhanger of the previous episode...
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Pierce's [[WoundedGazelleGambit fake heart-attack ploy]] comes in handy once again.



* DramaticUnmask: How Dean Spreck reveals himself as Pistol Patty.



* MrFanservice: Much like Jeff in [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Troy spends the whole episode in a [[ShirtlessScene muscle shirt]].
* MsFanservice: Take all of the Alison Brie fanservice from the previous episode and combine it with ClothingDamage and being covered in paint.

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* MrFanservice: Much like Jeff in [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Troy spends the whole episode in a [[ShirtlessScene [[SleevesAreForWimps muscle shirt]].
* MsFanservice: Take all of the Alison Brie Creator/AlisonBrie fanservice from the previous episode and combine it with ClothingDamage and being covered in paint.


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* SeasonFinale: The second one.
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* DecoyProtagonist: The Dean and Jeff himself believe he is the the hero of the story. Turns out Jeff is the first of the study group to 'die'. Really any of the other members could make a better argument for being the protagonist. The day, however, is saved by Pierce and Shirley, the last two standing.

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* DecoyProtagonist: The Dean and Jeff himself believe he is the the hero of the story. Turns out Jeff is the first of the study group to 'die'. Really any of the other members could make a better argument for being the protagonist. The day, however, is saved by Pierce and Shirley, the last two standing.



* FaceDeathWithDignity: Troy's calm demeanour before being riddled with bullets.

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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Troy's calm demeanour demeanor before being riddled with bullets.



* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Said by Jeff to Abed. Apparently he is OnlyInItForTheMoney.

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* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Said by Jeff to Abed. Apparently Apparently, he is OnlyInItForTheMoney.



* TelepathicSprinklers: The sprinklers turns on all over the place.

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* TelepathicSprinklers: The sprinklers turns turn on all over the place.



* TrashTheSet: Whatever didn't get wrecked last episode gets properly destroyed here.

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* TrashTheSet: Whatever didn't get wrecked the last episode gets properly destroyed here.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Star-Burns is shown as part of Troy's team, but vanishes part way through the operation with no explanation due to his 'death' scene being cut.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Star-Burns is shown as part of Troy's team, but vanishes part way partway through the operation with no explanation due to his 'death' scene being cut.

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* ShipSinking: Only for Abed to promptly shoot it down once he's finished playing the Han Solo role.


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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Troy's calm demeanour before being riddled with bullets.
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* MissionBriefing: Done on a BigBoard.

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* MissionBriefing: Done on a BigBoard.TheBigBoard.
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* TelepathicSprinklers: The sprinklers turns on all over the place.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Magnitude

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* FailureHero: Jeff falls into this role here after having lost the first game. While he, as usual, takes charge, he fails to accomplish anything while Troy's plan actually works. And in the end [[spoiler: Pierce actually wins.]]

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->''Greendale students: I understand you've unified and intend to draw this game out. Well, if it's a war you want, it's a war you will lose. City College is stronger, faster; our sperm counts are higher, even in our women. Resistance is as pointless as your degrees.''

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->''Greendale ->''"Greendale students: I understand you've unified and intend to draw this game out. Well, if it's a war you want, it's a war you will lose. City College is stronger, faster; our sperm counts are higher, even in our women. Resistance is as pointless as your degrees.''"''



* AgreeToDisagree: Paradox

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* BigBad: Dean Spreck

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* BigBad: Dean SpreckSpreck.



* BigDamnKiss: Between Annie and Abed no less!

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* %%* BigDamnKiss: Between Annie and Abed no less!see NowOrNeverKiss



* ChekhovsSkill: Super-plumbing

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* ChekhovsSkill: Super-plumbingSuper-plumbing.



* 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 [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll45zfhMva1qjagpco1_500.png this]].

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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 [[http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll45zfhMva1qjagpco1_500.png [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSZkx6RzOE this]].



* TheHero: Jeff and Troy fight over who should assume the role. They both end up being a DecoyProtagonist.



* TheLeader: Troy and Jeff squabble over the role, with Troy as a clear Type III and Jeff lampshading his role.

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* TheLeader: Troy and Jeff squabble over the role, with Troy as a clear Type III and Jeff lampshading his role. They both end up being a DecoyProtagonist.



* MissionBriefing: See above picture.

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* MissionBriefing: See above picture.Done on a BigBoard.



* NonIndicativeName: Like the previous episode, the episode title refers to a spaghetti Western. ''Unlike'' the previous episode, the actual episode isn't a Western pastiche in the least.

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* NonIndicativeName: NonIndicativeTitle: Like the previous episode, the episode title refers to a spaghetti Western. ''Unlike'' the previous episode, the actual episode isn't a Western pastiche in the least.



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



* OutRunTheFireball: Outrun The Shower of Paint -- Shirley after pulling the fire alarm.

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* OutRunTheFireball: OutrunTheFireball: Outrun The Shower of Paint -- Shirley after pulling the fire alarm.



* TheQuisling: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]

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* TheQuisling: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance [[GoodAllAlong Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]



* YourMom: Pierce's PreAssKickingOneLiner. See above.

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* YourMom: Pierce's PreAssKickingOneLiner.PreAsskickingOneLiner. See above.

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! The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "For A Few Paintballs More" provides examples of:

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* AffectionateParody: Of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' model of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits resisting TheEmpire.
* AgreeToDisagree: Paradox



* AlmostDeadGuy: Magnitude.



* AffectionateParody: Of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' model of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits resisting TheEmpire.
* AgreeToDisagree: Paradox



* CameraAbuse: The camera screen gets paint on it during an action scene.



* LesCollaborateurs: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]



* CueTheFallingObject: The last scene at the study room where everyone watches in silence after Pierce announced his resignation. Then a piece of furniture drops from the ceiling.
* DareToBeBadass: Jeff prepping his team mates before [[StormingTheCastle Storming the Machine Gun]].
* DarkestHour: Jeff's party is down to two fighters and Abed's group is surrounded with no bullets left. Cue Shirley's BigDamnHeroes moment.



* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Magnitude.



* FacelessGoons: Dean Spreck's mooks. Allows Pierce to win the game for Greendale.



* {{Fanservice}}: Take all of the Alison Brie fanservice from the previous episode and combine it with ClothingDamage and being covered in paint.
** Donald Glover spends the entire episode in a muscle shirt.



* HiddenVillain: At the start of the episode Pistol Patty is revealed to be Dean Spreck from the rival City College.
* HisNameIs: Magnitude dies trying to cite his catchphrase.
-->'''Troy''': "Pop? Pop what? What is he trying to say? Pop what, Magnitude?!"



* KilledMidSentence: Magnitude
-->'''Troy''': "Pop? Pop what? What is he trying to say? Pop what, Magnitude?!"

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* KilledMidSentence: Magnitude
-->'''Troy''': "Pop? Pop what? What is he trying to say? Pop what, Magnitude?!"
LaResistance: The remains of the Greendale students.



* MrFanservice: Much like Jeff in [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Troy spends the whole episode in a [[ShirtlessScene muscle shirt]].
* MsFanservice: Take all of the Alison Brie fanservice from the previous episode and combine it with ClothingDamage and being covered in paint.



* NotInThisForYourRevolution: Said by Jeff to Abed. Apparently he is OnlyInItForTheMoney.



* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Troy touches his intercom when talking.



* PlayingPossum: Pierce. It's ambiguous whose side he'll be on all episode, and then when he's left alone with a Stormtrooper, "HHNNNNNNNG!"

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* PlayingPossum: Pierce. It's ambiguous whose side he'll be on all episode, and then ParallelConflictSequence: A standard editing technique from the Star Wars films is referenced when he's left alone with a Stormtrooper, "HHNNNNNNNG!"the scenes cut between Tory's and Jeff's mission.



* TheQuisling: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shirley and Britta each give each other really nasty ones in a deleted scene after Britta catches Shirley trying to 'kill' herself on purpose so that she can go home.
* RedemptionInTheRain: Troy ''welcomes'' the rain of orange paint from sprinklers with his arms open, smiling happily and looking relieved that the plan worked.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shirley and Britta each give each other really nasty ones in a deleted scene after Britta catches Shirley trying to 'kill' herself on purpose so that she can go home.
* RedemptionInTheRain: Troy ''welcomes'' the rain of orange paint from sprinklers with his arms open, smiling happily and looking relieved that the plan worked.



* LaResistance: The remains of the Greendale students.
* TheReveal: At the start of the episode Pistol Patty is revealed to be Dean Spreck from the rival City College.



* SceneryGorn: They ''really'' trashed the school.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Since Spreck is technically sponsoring the event, he makes it so that if someone gets paint on them, they're out rather than just getting hit by a paintball gun. Which Troy makes the most of by filling the school's sprinkler system with paint and employs a BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame trope.



* SceneryGorn: They ''really'' trashed the school.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Since Spreck is technically sponsoring the event, he makes it so that if someone gets paint on them, they're out rather than just getting hit by a paintball gun. Which Troy makes the most of by filling the school's sprinkler system with paint and employs a BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame trope.



* ShipSinking: Only for Abed to promptly shoot it down once he's finished playing the Han Solo role.



* ShipSinking: Only for Abed to promptly shoot it down once he's finished playing the Han Solo role.
* ShirtlessScene: Much like Jeff in [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]], Troy spends the whole episode in a muscle shirt.



* 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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* YourMom: Pierce's PreAssKickingOneLiner. See above.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Twice. One during the paintball game,
WoundedGazelleGambit: Pierce. It's ambiguous whose side he'll be on all episode, and one at the end of the episode.then when he's left alone with a Stormtrooper, "HHNNNNNNNG!"


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* Armor Piercing Question: 'What took them so long?"

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* Armor Piercing Question: ArmorPiercingQuestion: 'What took them so long?"



* LesCollaborateurs: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]



* LaResistance: The remains of the Greendale students.



* LesCollaborateurs: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]


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* TheLeader: Troy and Jeff squabble over the role, with Troy as a clear Type III and Jefflampshading his role.

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* BadassDriver: Shirley. She, essentially, single-handily saves Jeff's plan when it fails.

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* BadassDriver: Shirley. She, essentially, single-handily single-handedly saves Jeff's plan when it fails.
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** Also inverted in that Shirley ends up being the last full-time Greendale student to get taken out.
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* ConflictKiller: After City College's sinister plan is revealed, virtually all of Greendale's true students band together and agree that whoever wins will give the prize money to the school to repair the damage done by the game.

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* LesCollaborateurs: Pierce.

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* LesCollaborateurs: Pierce.Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value. [[FridgeBrilliance Since he betrays City College in the end, this was probably intentional.]]



* TheQuisling: Pierce offers to give any information about Jeff Winger to Dean Spreck in exchange for not being shot. They turn out to be only things that Pierce made up to make Jeff seem gay, and not anything of real tactical value.

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* ActorAllusion: Inverted.
--> '''Jeff:''' Paint? In sprinklers? Are we ''Film/TheLittleRascals''?\\
'''Leonard:''' I was.
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* FailureHero: Jeff falls into this role here after having lost the first game. While he, as usual, takes charge, he fails to accomplish anything while Troy's plan actually works. And in the end [[spoiler: Pierce actually wins.]]
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--> '''Jeff:''' Paint? In sprinklers? Are we ''TheLittleRascals''?\\

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--> '''Jeff:''' Paint? In sprinklers? Are we ''TheLittleRascals''?\\''Film/TheLittleRascals''?\\

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