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* NightmareFuel: InUniverse, Pierce's Norwegian troll doll which literally gave Troy nightmares when it was placed outside his bedroom at Pierce's. May cause this for some viewers too! [[http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6242732771_23fd8423d4_z.jpg See for yourself.]]

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* NightmareFuel: InUniverse, Pierce's Norwegian troll doll which literally gave Troy nightmares when it was placed outside his bedroom at Pierce's. May cause this for some viewers in RealLife too! [[http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6242732771_23fd8423d4_z.jpg See for yourself.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: In the tag, Abed makes fake Evil Spock goatees these for the group since this is the "dark timeline". Only Troy is willing to wear one with Abed.
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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and says that they should stop creating alternate timelines for two reasons: a) together they can whether anything and b) Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard conniving son of a bitch]] who used a six-sided die when there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and says that they should stop creating alternate timelines for two reasons: a) together they can whether anything and b) Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard conniving son of a bitch]] who used a six-sided die when there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out in the window.trash. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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* NightmareFuel: InUniverse, Pierce's Norwegian troll doll which literally gave Troy nightmares when it was placed outside his bedroom at Pierce's. May cause this for some viewers too! [[http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6242732771_23fd8423d4_z.jpg See for yourself.]]



* NightmareFuel: InUniverse, Pierce's Norwegian troll doll which literally gave Troy nightmares when it was placed outside his bedroom at Pierce's . May cause this for some viewers too! [[http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6242732771_23fd8423d4_z.jpg See for yourself.]]
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* NightmareFuel: InUniverse, Pierce's Norwegian troll doll which literally gave Troy nightmares when it was placed outside his bedroom at Pierce's . May cause this for some viewers too! [[http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6155/6242732771_23fd8423d4_z.jpg See for yourself.]]
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'''Timeline 4:''' Britta goes to get the pizza, but not before Jeff stops her from singing "Roxanne." Pierce volunteers the fact that he banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Jeff hits his head on the ceiling fan and is tended by Annie in the bathroom. Pierce terrorizes Troy with the Norwegian troll. Britta arrives with the pizza and the pizza man whom she is now engaged to.

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'''Timeline 4:''' Britta goes to get the pizza, but not before Jeff stops her from singing pizza without playing "Roxanne." Pierce volunteers the fact that he banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Jeff hits his head on the ceiling fan and is tended by Annie in the bathroom. Pierce terrorizes Troy with the Norwegian troll. Britta arrives with the pizza and the pizza man whom she is now engaged to.



'''The Tag:''' In the timeline where Troy went to get the pizza, Pierce has died from his leg wound, Jeff lost an arm in the fire, Shirley's become a drunk, Annie's in a mental ward, Troy lost his larynx (from trying to swallow the Norwegian troll), and Britta's dyed a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking strip of hair blue]]. Abed declares that since this is the darkest of the timelines, that they should all agree to be their evil counterparts, wear [[BeardOfEvil evil goatees]] made of felt, and try to break into the real timeline to take over their lives. Troy and Abed put on their felt goatees. "Evil Troy and Abed!"

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'''The Tag:''' In the timeline where Troy went to get the pizza, Pierce has died from his leg wound, Jeff lost an arm in the fire, Shirley's become a drunk, Annie's in a mental ward, Troy lost his larynx (from trying to swallow the Norwegian troll), and Britta's dyed a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking strip of hair blue]]. Abed declares that since this is the darkest of the timelines, that they should all agree to be their evil counterparts, wear [[BeardOfEvil evil goatees]] made of felt, and try to break into the real timeline to take over their lives. Troy and Abed put on their felt goatees. "Evil Troy and Evil Abed!"

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** Subverted in another, where the two successfully make out, only to stop when Annie mentions [[spoiler: Jeff reminding her of her father]]

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** Subverted in another, where the two successfully make out, only to stop when Annie mentions [[spoiler: Jeff reminding her of her father]]father]].



* StealthPun: In the first timeline, we discover that [[AnnieGotYourGun Annie keeps a gun]].

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* {{Squick}}: Jeff is greatly turned off when Annie tells him that his protective instinct reminds her of her father. [[invoked]]
* StealthPun: In the first timeline, we discover that [[AnnieGotYourGun [[AnnieGetYourGun Annie keeps a gun]].
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** Another is the Indiana Jones temple replica. In each timeline, Abed catches the boulder before it goes over the table...until the timeline where he gets the pizza and the boulder causes DisasterDominoes.

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** Another is the Indiana Jones temple replica. In each timeline, Abed catches the boulder before it goes over the table...until the timeline where he Troy gets the pizza and the boulder causes DisasterDominoes.
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* StealthPun: In the first timeline, we discover that [[AnnieGotYourGun Annie keeps a gun]].
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-->'''Jeff:''' Sure Abed.

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-->'''Jeff:''' Sure Of ''course'' I am, Abed.

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-->'''Jeff:''' Sure Abed

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-->'''Jeff:''' Sure AbedAbed.


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* ShoutOut: Abed has a model of the boulder scene from ''RaidersOfTheLostArk''.


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* TheUnsmile: Abed pulls an absolutely terrifying one when he and Troy open the door for Annie and Britta.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The real timeline, where everyone (excluding Jeff and Pierce) ends up dancing to the Police's "Roxanne."

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* DisasterDominoes: The '1' timeline.



* RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: The '1' timeline.

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* ChekhovsGun: Literally, Annie's gun which is shown off in one timeline only to go off in another.

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun
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Literally, Annie's gun which is shown off in one timeline only to go off in another.another.
** Another is the Indiana Jones temple replica. In each timeline, Abed catches the boulder before it goes over the table...until the timeline where he gets the pizza and the boulder causes DisasterDominoes.
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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and says that they should stop creating alternate timelines for two reasons: a) together they can whether anything and b) Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent son of a bitch]] who used a six-sided die when there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and says that they should stop creating alternate timelines for two reasons: a) together they can whether anything and b) Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent conniving son of a bitch]] who used a six-sided die when there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."
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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent son of a bitch]], which he used a six-sided die and there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims says that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: timelines for two reasons: a) together they can whether anything and b) Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard magnificent son of a bitch]], which he bitch]] who used a six-sided die and when there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."
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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: Jeff is a [[Magnificent magnificent son of a bitch]], which he used a six-sided die and there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: Jeff is a [[Magnificent [[MagnificentBastard magnificent son of a bitch]], which he used a six-sided die and there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."
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'''Timeline 5:''' Troy goes to get the pizza. Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne." Pierce says he banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. The [[ChehkovsGun replica Indiana Jones temple]] goes off and ejects the ball, which rolls on the floor and causes Annie to slip, which causes her purse to fall and the gun to go off which shoots Pierce in the leg. Britta comes out from the bathroom and drops her joint, which starts a fire. Troy arrives with the pizza and sees the Norwegian troll in the middle of the flames and screams.

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'''Timeline 5:''' Troy goes to get the pizza. Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne." Pierce says he banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. The [[ChehkovsGun [[ChekhovsGun replica Indiana Jones temple]] goes off and ejects the ball, which rolls on the floor and causes Annie to slip, which causes her purse to fall and the gun to go off which shoots Pierce in the leg. Britta comes out from the bathroom and drops her joint, which starts a fire. Troy arrives with the pizza and sees the Norwegian troll in the middle of the flames and screams.
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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: Jeff is a [[Magnificent magnificent son of a bitch]], which he used a six-sided die and there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: Jeff is a [[Magnificent magnificent son of a bitch]], which he used a six-sided die and there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Pierce throws the Norwegian troll out the window. Abed invites Annie to come live with him and Troy. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

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The study group gets together for a housewarming party for Troy and Abed's new apartment. Everything's going normally until the pizza arrives and nobody wants to go down to get it. Jeff suggests rolling a die to decide who goes down, and Abed mentions that in doing so he's creating six different timelines.



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The study group gets together for a housewarming party for Troy and Abed's new apartment. Everything's going normally until the pizza arrives and nobody wants to go down to get it. Jeff suggests rolling a six-sided die to decide who goes down, and Abed mentions that in doing so he's creating six different timelines.


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'''Timeline 1:''' Annie goes to get the pizza. While she's away, Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne." Britta goes to the bathroom. Pierce volunteers the fact that he had sex with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Troy finds a gun in Annie's purse. Pierce gives Troy a housewarming present. Jeff bumps his head on the ceiling fan. Abed tells Britta that the bathroom smells funny now. Annie arrives with the pizza.

'''Timeline 2:''' Shirley goes to get the pizza. While she's away, Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne." Britta goes to the bathroom, while Pierce volunteers the fact that he had sex with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Pierce gives Troy a housewarming present: a Norwegian troll that Troy was scared of when he lived with Pierce. Shirley arrives with the pizzas to find that nobody took her pies out of the oven and now they are burned.

'''Timeline 3:''' Pierce goes to get the pizza, but not before he volunteers the fact that he had sex with Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne" and she goes to the bathroom. Jeff insults Troy, so he goes to the bathroom to find Britta was smoking a joint. He and Britta bond over the fact that he's an adult now. Jeff hits his head on the ceiling fan and is tended by Annie. Pierce arrives with the pizza.

'''Timeline 4:''' Britta goes to get the pizza, but not before Jeff stops her from singing "Roxanne." Pierce volunteers the fact that he banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. Jeff hits his head on the ceiling fan and is tended by Annie in the bathroom. Pierce terrorizes Troy with the Norwegian troll. Britta arrives with the pizza and the pizza man whom she is now engaged to.

'''Timeline 5:''' Troy goes to get the pizza. Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne." Pierce says he banged Eartha Kitt in an airplane bathroom. The [[ChehkovsGun replica Indiana Jones temple]] goes off and ejects the ball, which rolls on the floor and causes Annie to slip, which causes her purse to fall and the gun to go off which shoots Pierce in the leg. Britta comes out from the bathroom and drops her joint, which starts a fire. Troy arrives with the pizza and sees the Norwegian troll in the middle of the flames and screams.

'''Timeline 6:''' Abed goes to get the pizza. Jeff stops Britta from singing "Roxanne." Pierce brags that he banged Eartha Kitt. Jeff hits his head on the ceiling fan and is tended by Annie. They kiss. Britta, overcome with the munches, eats some of Shirley's mini-pies, then lets slip that she shouldn't have, as they are not supposed to encourage her to bake. Annie says that Jeff reminded him of her dad. Pierce tries to take back his present before Troy opens it, but fails to and Troy sees the Norwegian troll. Everyone starts arguing. Abed arrives with the pizza.

'''Timeline 7 (The Real Timeline):''' Abed catches the die and proclaims that together, they can whether anything and so should stop creating alternate timelines. Also, one thing is the same in all timelines: Jeff is a [[Magnificent magnificent son of a bitch]], which he used a six-sided die and there were seven people - so he would never be the one to get the pizza. Jeff goes to get the pizza and hits his head on the ceiling fan. The others laugh and call it karma. Britta starts to sing "Roxanne" and Shirley joins in. Soon everybody is singing and dancing. Jeff arrives with the pizza and says, "Look what happens with I leave you guys alone."

'''The Tag:''' In the timeline where Troy went to get the pizza, Pierce has died from his leg wound, Jeff lost an arm in the fire, Shirley's become a drunk, Annie's in a mental ward, Troy lost his larynx (from trying to swallow the Norwegian troll), and Britta's dyed a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking strip of hair blue]]. Abed declares that since this is the darkest of the timelines, that they should all agree to be their evil counterparts, wear [[BeardOfEvil evil goatees]] made of felt, and try to break into the real timeline to take over their lives. Troy and Abed put on their felt goatees. "Evil Troy and Abed!"

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** Subverted in another, where the two successfully make out, only to stop when Annie mentions

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** Subverted in another, where the two successfully make out, only to stop when Annie mentionsmentions [[spoiler: Jeff reminding her of her father]]

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* BigNo: Troy upon seeing the troll standing amid the chaos of the '1' timeline

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* BigNo: Troy upon seeing the troll standing amid the chaos of the '1' timelinetimeline.
* BottleEpisode: Save for the final scene in the study room the episode takes place entirely in Abed and Troy's apartment.
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* ForWantOfANail

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* ForWantOfANailForWantOfANail: All based on a dice roll.
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* ShipTease: Troy and Britta have a heart-to-heart in the bathroom, Jeff/Annie have moments in almost all of the timelines and [[spoiler: make out]] in one, and Jeff/Annie, Jeff/Britta, Britta/Troy and Troy/Abed share googly eyes.

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Troy and Abed have a dinner party to celebrate their new apartment. Shirley has been driving the duo crazy with constant baking and turn down the pizza she made in favor of the one they ordered. While the rest of the cast gathers, the pizza delivery boy arrives. Jeff has a dice roll to decide which of the six to get it. Abed warns Jeff he's making six alternate time lines which may have dire repercussions.

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! The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Remedial Chaos Theory" provides examples of:
* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The troll doll Pierce gives to Troy out of spite.
* ADayAtTheBizarro
* AlternateUniverse: The central conceit of the episode.
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler: Abed and Troy in the Troy timeline]].
* CallBack: Pierce's sexual encounter with Eartha Kitt is mentioned repeatedly
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: If a gun shows up in the first alternate timeline, it has to go off by the sixth alternate timeline.]]
* DownerEnding: If Troy got the pizza, [[spoiler:it results in Pierce dying, Jeff losing an arm, Troy damaging his larynx, Annie goes insane for her part in Pierce's death, Shirley turns to alcoholism, Britta has a grey hair and Abed wants the survivors to turn evil to find the good universe, kill the other group, and claim their identities]].
* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: Annie in the Troy timeline]]
* EruditeStoner: [[spoiler: Britta]].
* ForWantOfANail: Jeff getting the pizza [[spoiler:completely averts all of the potential confrontations and hurt feelings of the other timelines]] because he's not there to stop Britta from singing along to [[ThePolice "Roxanne"]].
* HeelRealization: Pierce in two of the timelines
* MultipleEndings: The basis of the ep.
* NotSoHarmless: [[spoiler: Annie packs a handgun in her purse regardless of timeline]]
* RunningGag: Jeff hitting his head on a ceiling fan and Pierce bringing up the time he had sex with Eartha Kitt.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In a non-time traveler version, Abed [[spoiler:stops Jeff from making the timeline dice decision in fear of creating alternate dimensions.]] Also [[spoiler: Troy timeline Evil Abed, see Downer Ending]].
* ShipTease: Annie/Jeff and Troy/Britta.
* StartOfDarkness: In the Troy timeline, [[spoiler: Abed and Troy]].
* StepfordSmiler: Troy and Abed in an angry version for the first scene they're in, due to Shirley's annoying baking.

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The study group gets together for a housewarming party for Troy and Abed have a dinner party to celebrate their Abed's new apartment. Shirley has been driving the duo crazy with constant baking and turn down Everything's going normally until the pizza she made in favor of the one they ordered. While the rest of the cast gathers, the pizza delivery boy arrives. arrives and nobody wants to go down to get it. Jeff has suggests rolling a dice roll die to decide which of the six to get it. who goes down, and Abed warns Jeff mentions that in doing so he's making creating six alternate time lines which may have dire repercussions.

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[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Just as Abed predicted]], the die roll causes the episode to split into six different stories depending on who went down to get the pizza.


!The
''{{Community}}'' episode "Remedial Chaos Theory" provides examples of:
of:

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: The AlmostKiss: Jeff and Annie in one timeline.
** Subverted in another, where the two successfully make out, only to stop when Annie mentions
* BigNo: Troy upon seeing the
troll doll Pierce gives to Troy out of spite.
* ADayAtTheBizarro
* AlternateUniverse: The central conceit
standing amid the chaos of the episode.
'1' timeline
* BeardOfEvil: [[spoiler: Abed and Troy in the Troy timeline]].
* CallBack: Pierce's sexual encounter with Eartha Kitt is mentioned repeatedly
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: If a
ChekhovsGun: Literally, Annie's gun shows up which is shown off in the first alternate timeline, it has one timeline only to go off by in another.
* ForWantOfANail
* RealityEnsues: TheStinger shows off
the sixth alternate timeline.grim aftereffects of the '1' timeline: [[spoiler: Pierce died from his gunshot wound, Annie went mad with guilt, Shirley became a drunk, Troy destroyed his voicebox after trying to eat the troll, Jeff lost an arm in the fire, and Britta [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking put a blue streak in her hair.]]]]
** CrossesTheLineTwice: Abed then decides that since this is obviously the worst of all possible timelines, they should go full MirrorUniverse and become evil, complete with [[BeardOfEvil goatees he made out of felt.
]]
* DownerEnding: If Troy got the pizza, [[spoiler:it results in Pierce dying, Jeff losing an arm, Troy damaging his larynx, Annie goes insane for her part in Pierce's death, Shirley turns to alcoholism, Britta has a grey hair and Abed wants the survivors to turn evil to find the good universe, kill the other group, and claim their identities]].
* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: Annie in the Troy timeline]]
* EruditeStoner: [[spoiler: Britta]].
* ForWantOfANail: Jeff getting the pizza [[spoiler:completely averts all of the potential confrontations and hurt feelings of the other timelines]] because he's not there to stop Britta from singing along to [[ThePolice "Roxanne"]].
* HeelRealization: Pierce in two of the timelines
* MultipleEndings:
RubeGoldbergHatesYourGuts: The basis of the ep.
* NotSoHarmless: [[spoiler: Annie packs a handgun in her purse regardless of timeline]]
'1' timeline.
* RunningGag: Jeff hitting his head on a ceiling fan and Several, given the nature of the episode, but the most notable is Pierce bringing up the time finding an opportunity in every timeline to mention how he had sex with Eartha Kitt.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In a non-time traveler version, Abed [[spoiler:stops Jeff from making the timeline dice decision
Kitt in fear of creating alternate dimensions.]] Also [[spoiler: Troy timeline Evil Abed, see Downer Ending]].
an airplane bathroom.
* ShipTease: Annie/Jeff and Troy/Britta.
SarcasmMode:
-->'''Jeff:''' Sure Abed
* StartOfDarkness: [[TakeAThirdOption Take A Seventh Option]]: In the Troy 'true' timeline, [[spoiler: Abed grabs the die before it hits the table, noting that A: too much of their lives is run by fate already and Troy]].
* StepfordSmiler: Troy and Abed in an angry version
B: Jeff is a [[MagnificentBastard conniving son of a bitch]] for using a method that ensures he'll never have to get the first scene they're in, due to Shirley's annoying baking.pizza.

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* DownerEnding: If Troy got the pizza, [[spoiler: It results in Pierce dying, Jeff losing an arm, Troy damaging his larynx, Annie goes insane for her part in Pierce's death, Shirley turns to alcoholism, Britta has a grey hair and Abed wants the survivors to turn evil to find the good universe, kill the other group, and claim their identities]].

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* DownerEnding: If Troy got the pizza, [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:it results in Pierce dying, Jeff losing an arm, Troy damaging his larynx, Annie goes insane for her part in Pierce's death, Shirley turns to alcoholism, Britta has a grey hair and Abed wants the survivors to turn evil to find the good universe, kill the other group, and claim their identities]].



* ForWantOfANail: Jeff getting the pizza [[spoiler:completely averts all of the potential confrontations and hurt feelings of the other timelines]] because he's not there to stop Britta from singing along to [[ThePolice "Roxanne"]].



* StepfordSmiler: Troy and Abed in an angry version for the first scene they're in, due to Shirley's annoying baking.

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* StepfordSmiler: Troy and Abed in an angry version for the first scene they're in, due to Shirley's annoying baking.

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* AlternateUniverse: The central conceit of the episode.



* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In a non-time traveler version, Abed [[spoiler: Stops Jeff from making the timeline dice decision in fear of altenrate dimensions]]. Also [[spoiler: Troy timeline Evil Abed, see Downer Ending]].

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In a non-time traveler version, Abed [[spoiler: Stops [[spoiler:stops Jeff from making the timeline dice decision in fear of altenrate dimensions]]. creating alternate dimensions.]] Also [[spoiler: Troy timeline Evil Abed, see Downer Ending]].

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In a non-time traveler version, Abed [[spoiler: Stops Jeff from making the timeline dice decision in fear of altenrate dimensions]]. Also [[spoiler: Troy timeline Evil Abed, see Downer Ending]].

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: In a non-time traveler version, Abed [[spoiler: Stops Jeff from making the timeline dice decision in fear of altenrate dimensions]]. Also [[spoiler: Troy timeline Evil Abed, see Downer Ending]]. Ending]].
* ShipTease: Annie/Jeff and Troy/Britta.
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* ChekhovGun: [[spoiler: If a gun shows up in the first alternate timeline, it has to go off by the sixth alternate timeline.]]

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* ChekhovGun: ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: If a gun shows up in the first alternate timeline, it has to go off by the sixth alternate timeline.]]
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