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* BridalCarry: Chang carries Britta in his arms after tasing her.



* FoeRomanceSubtext: Between Chang and Britta throughout the episode. It doesn't help that Music/LionelRichie's "Hello" keeps playing everytime they clash, and their final scene being a PietaPlagiarism.

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* FoeRomanceSubtext: Between Chang and Britta throughout the episode. It doesn't help that Music/LionelRichie's "Hello" keeps playing everytime they clash, and their final scene being has Chang doing a PietaPlagiarism.BridalCarry to Britta.



* PietaPlagiarism: Chang carries Britta in his arms after tasing her.

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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jeff, after chastising Annie that she was "acting like a little schoolgirl but not in the hot way", Jeff appears to make an attempt to explain himself to the people who heard him but just decided to go ScrewThisImOuttaHere.

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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jeff, after After chastising Annie that she was "acting like a little schoolgirl but not in the hot way", way" during her FreakOut, Jeff appears to make an attempt to explain himself to the people everyone who heard him but just decided to go ScrewThisImOuttaHere.


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* DramaQueen: Britta amps up her SoapboxSadie status this episode by acting more aggressive than usual.

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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jeff, after chastising Annie that she was "acting like a little schoolgirl but not in the hot way", Jeff appears to make an attempt to explain himself to the people who heard him but just decided to go ScrewThisImOuttaHere.



* FoeRomanceSubtext: Between Chang and Britta throughout the episode. It doesn't help that Music/LionelRichie's "Hello" keeps playing everytime they clash, and their final scene being a PietaPlagiarism.



* {{Gainaxing}}: Britta during her passionate speech, with Abed giving a brief MaleGaze.



* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Uruguay not Ur-a-gay.

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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: ItIsPronouncedTroPAY:
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Uruguay not Ur-a-gay.



* MaleGaze: During Britta's ChewingTheScenery speech, Abed is briefly seen gazing at her hand gestures, or rather [[{{Gainaxing}} what her hands are blocking]]. There are also several shots focusing on Annie's [[ShesGotLegs legs]] throughout the episode, per usual.
* MistakenForPedophile: Jeff chastises Annie during her FreakOut by telling her "she's acting like a little schoolgirl, and not in a hot way". Cue collective {{gasp}} from everyone.



* PietaPlagiarism: Chang carries Britta in his arms after tasing her.



* ShipTease: Jeff/Annie, but they both realize it's way too creepy considering the whole "Annie is still a kid, but she's growing up" discussion that led up to it.
** The FoeYay entry above mentions Britta/Chang.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' where ''everyone'' [[IAmSpartacus claims to have farted]].

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* ShipTease: ShipTease:
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Jeff/Annie, but they both realize it's way too creepy considering the whole "Annie is still a kid, but she's growing up" discussion that led up to it.
** The FoeYay FoeRomanceSubtext entry above mentions Britta/Chang.
between Britta and Chang.
** Abed is briefly seen giving Britta a MaleGaze.
* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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To ''Film/{{Spartacus}}'' where ''everyone'' [[IAmSpartacus claims to have farted]].



** Abed's insistence on calling the alternate universe of the hypothetical second UN [[Franchise/TheDCU Earth-2]].

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** Abed's insistence on calling the alternate universe AlternateUniverse of the hypothetical second UN [[Franchise/TheDCU Earth-2]].



* TakeThat: Cligoris deals a pretty harsh hit to the usefulness of the United Nations.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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Cligoris deals a pretty harsh hit to the usefulness of the United Nations.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Professor Cligoris
** See SomethingElseAlsoRises below.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Professor Cligoris
** See SomethingElseAlsoRises below.
Cligoris.
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* ActorAllusion: Troy representing Georgia and speaking with a Southern accent might be an example of this, since Donald Glover was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Chang [[spoiler:letting slip that he plans to eventually turn on the Dean and take over the school]] seems like just another one-off gag... [[spoiler:until he does just that in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Course Listing Unavailable]]."]]
** Pierce making a reference to [[Recap/CommunityS2E20CompetitiveWineTasting Asians being good at copying]].

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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
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{{Foreshadowing}}: Chang [[spoiler:letting slip that he plans to eventually turn on the Dean and take over the school]] seems like just another one-off gag... [[spoiler:until he does just that in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Course Listing Unavailable]]."]]
** Pierce making a reference to [[Recap/CommunityS2E20CompetitiveWineTasting Asians being good at copying]].
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* [[invoked]]NamesTheSame: Georgia. Troy knows it's a country but uses a Southern accent [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to hilarious results.]]

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* [[invoked]]NamesTheSame: Georgia. Troy knows it's a country but uses a Southern accent [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments to hilarious results.]]

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* BrokenWindowWarning: Britta sends a message with a brick through the window of the campus security office.



* WindowPain: Britta sends a message with a brick through the window of the campus security office.
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* AesopAmnesia: Britta apparently hasn't learned from way back in "Spanish 101" that her particular brand of 'activism' is basically just a flashy means of feeling good about herself.
* AlmostKiss: Jeff and Annie, during the HeldGaze mentioned below.


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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Jeff spends a ''long'' moment denying that Annie and he are in a relationship to Annie Kim.


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* StaticStunGun: Chang uses a taser to take down Britta when she disrupts the UN competition.
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reaching


* MisaimedFandom: Pierce thinks Somalia is a tropical paradise.[[invoked]]

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he doesnt mind so the trope does not apply


* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
** Britta and Chang act like they're about to be married but she backs out at the last minute. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
** When Professor Cligoris says that either pronunciation of his name is fine, he is lampshading the discrepancy in pronunciation of 'clitoris' across the Atlantic. Particularly obvious in that names are usually pronounced one way or the other.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
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DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Britta and Chang act like they're about to be married but she backs out at the last minute. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
** When Professor Cligoris says that either pronunciation of his name is fine, he is lampshading the discrepancy in pronunciation of 'clitoris' across the Atlantic. Particularly obvious in that names are usually pronounced one way or the other.
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not a background event


* [[DontExplainTheJoke Don't Explain The Symbolism]]: Britta explains every point of the weird visual metaphor in the page picture to anyone who will listen.

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* [[DontExplainTheJoke Don't Explain The Symbolism]]: Britta explains every point of the weird visual "cage" metaphor in the page picture to anyone who will listen.



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Troy's hand can be seen taking Annie's cup of soda, emptying it out, and then returning it as she furiously pounds her straw up and down while talking about how Annie Kim stole her idea for a Model UN
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covered better under Unspoken Plan Guarantee


* CutawayGag[=/=]GilliganCut[=/=]LeaningOnTheFourthWall
-->'''Abed:''' It's simple really, first we (goes on with hand gestures and mumbling)\\
'''Jeff:''' Abed, what did I tell you? You can't just mumble nonsense. No one's cutting away.\\
'''Abed:''' Okay, fine. [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee Here's my actual plan]].\\
''(cuts away to Chang in his office)''

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!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Geography of Global Conflict" provides examples of:

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\n!The !!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Geography of Global Conflict" provides examples of:of:



* BerserkButton / BigNo: Annie does NOT want to lose.



* ChewingTheScenery: Britta's speech, complete with hand gestures.

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* ChewingTheScenery: ChewingTheScenery:
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Britta's speech, complete with hand gestures.



* CurseCutShort[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap
--> '''Jeff''': My Annie gave this other Annie the idea and this diabolical little b--usybody stabbed her in the back.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13E8CQlp7IY&feature=related This]]. Britta and Chang act like they're about to be married but she backs out at the last minute. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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-->'''Pierce''': They are ruthless.
-->'''Everybody''': What?
-->'''Pierce''': What? Not Asians... Women.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13E8CQlp7IY&feature=related This]]. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
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Britta and Chang act like they're about to be married but she backs out at the last minute. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chang [[spoiler:letting slip that he plans to eventually turn on the Dean and take over the school]] seems like just another one-off gag... [[spoiler:until he does just that in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Course Listing Unavailable]]."]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: FloatingAdviceReminder: Garrett's head spouting with "Crisis Alert!"
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
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Chang [[spoiler:letting slip that he plans to eventually turn on the Dean and take over the school]] seems like just another one-off gag... [[spoiler:until he does just that in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Course Listing Unavailable]]."]]"]]
** Pierce making a reference to [[Recap/CommunityS2E20CompetitiveWineTasting Asians being good at copying]].
* FreakOut: Annie does NOT want to lose.


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* LastSecondWordSwap:
--> '''Jeff''': My Annie gave this other Annie the idea and this diabolical little b--usybody stabbed her in the back.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: The security officer recapping Britta's trespassing.
-->"So let me get this straight. You're bringing her in here for 'making a mess'."


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* SpitefulSpit: Britta spits Chang in the face out of contempt.


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* WindowPain: Britta sends a message with a brick through the window of the campus security office.
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*AbortedArc: This episode would seem to set up Annie Kim as a major antagonist to Annie, but she only makes two more brief appearances in the show.
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* {{Lolicon}}: Jeff calls out Annie for acting like a child, and [[UnfortunateImplications not in the hot way.]] He immediately realizes how creepy it sounds.
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** Abed's insistence on calling the alternate universe of the hypothetical second UN [[DCComics Earth-2]].

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** Abed's insistence on calling the alternate universe of the hypothetical second UN [[DCComics [[Franchise/TheDCU Earth-2]].


* SitcomArchNemesis: Annie Kim to Annie; [[GenreSavvy rest of the study group peg it immediately]], despite [[GenreBlind Annie's protests to the contrary]].

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* SitcomArchNemesis: Annie Kim to Annie; [[GenreSavvy the rest of the study group peg it immediately]], immediately, despite [[GenreBlind Annie's protests to the contrary]].contrary.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13E8CQlp7IY&feature=related This]]. Britta and Chang act like they're about to be married but she backs out at the last minute.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13E8CQlp7IY&feature=related This]]. Britta and Chang act like they're about to be married but she backs out at the last minute. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.



* {{Lolicon}}: Jeff calls out Annie for acting like a child, and [[UnfortunateImplications not in the hot way.]] He immediately realizes how creepy it sounds.



* UnfortunateName: Cligoris.

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* UnfortunateName: Cligoris.Cligoris, not that he seems to mind.
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** Jeff makes a similar criticism.
-->'''Jeff:''' I think the lesson here is clear. A model UN, just like the real UN, quickly falls apart when faced with an actual crisis-(Annie freakout)
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* ModelUnitedNations: The conference turns out to be nothing but crisis committee after crisis committee.
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-->'''Jeff''': Abed, what did I tell you? You can't just mumble nonsense, no one's cutting away.\\
'''Abed''': Okay fine. Here's my actual plan:\\
''(Scene cuts away)''
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* BerserkButton / BigNo: [[spoiler:Annie does NOT want to lose.]]

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* BerserkButton / BigNo: [[spoiler:Annie Annie does NOT want to lose.]]



** [[spoiler:Annie]]'s BigNo and following tantrum.

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** [[spoiler:Annie]]'s Annie's BigNo and following tantrum.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Chang letting slip that he plans to eventually turn on the Dean and take over the school seems like just another one-off gag... until he does just that in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Course Listing Unavailable]]."]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: Chang letting [[spoiler:letting slip that he plans to eventually turn on the Dean and take over the school school]] seems like just another one-off gag... until [[spoiler:until he does just that in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Course Listing Unavailable]]."]]



* HeldGaze: Between Jeff and Annie during the couch scene where Jeff explains his reasons for being so protective of her and they both realise they need to grow up because their interest in each other doesn't fit the barriers they built for it anymore.

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* HeldGaze: Between Jeff and Annie during the couch scene where Jeff explains his reasons for being so protective of her and they both realise realize they need to grow up because their interest in each other doesn't fit the barriers they built for it anymore.



* PapaWolf: Jeff towards Annie, so much. Overlaps with the ShipTease [[spoiler: near the end of the episode, he admits to thinking that playing this role is the only safe way he can express his affection for her]].

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* PapaWolf: Jeff towards Annie, so much. Overlaps with the ShipTease [[spoiler: near the end of the episode, he admits to thinking that playing this role is the only safe way he can express his affection for her]].her.



* SitcomArchNemesis: Annie Kim to Annie

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* SitcomArchNemesis: Annie Kim to AnnieAnnie; [[GenreSavvy rest of the study group peg it immediately]], despite [[GenreBlind Annie's protests to the contrary]].
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* FoeYay: The run-ins between Britta and Chang are played as a Hollywood MeetCute, with Lionel Richie's "Hello" playing on the soundtrack.
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* DevelopmentGag: The original Annie was written in the pilot episode ''as'' an Asian.
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* ActorAllusion: Troy representing Georgia and speaking with a Southern accent might be an example of this, since Donald Glover was raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
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* NamesTheSame: Georgia. Troy knows it's a country but uses a Southern accent [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to hilarious results.]]

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* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]]NamesTheSame: Georgia. Troy knows it's a country but uses a Southern accent [[CrowningMomentOfFunny to hilarious results.]]

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*HeldGaze: Between Jeff and Annie during the couch scene where Jeff explains his reasons for being so protective of her and they both realise they need to grow up because their interest in each other doesn't fit the barriers they built for it anymore.



* PapaWolf: Jeff towards Annie, so much. Overlaps with the Ship Tease [[spoiler: near the end of the episode, he admits to thinking that playing this role is the only safe way he can express his affection for her]].

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* PapaWolf: Jeff towards Annie, so much. Overlaps with the Ship Tease ShipTease [[spoiler: near the end of the episode, he admits to thinking that playing this role is the only safe way he can express his affection for her]].
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Subverted, and not with the word "bitch," but the same principal applies. When Britta is ranting about wanting to get back down to her activist roots, she discovers that she does not have NWordPrivileges.
-->'''Britta:''' Maybe my path is a war path that leads to the Terrordome, n-words! ''(Looks over to Shirley and Troy who are clearly offended.)'' Okay, maybe I went too far. Maybe I don’t want to offend my African-American friends. But the larger point is, maybe I’m not done raging against the machine!

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