History Recap / CommunityS3E19CurriculumUnavailable

''[Abed begins to storm off, but before he leaves cannot restrain himself from pointing right at Shirley and snapping:]''

-->'''Abed:''' You're a bad person. ''You're a bad person''.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Shirley learns the hard way not to favorably compare Creator/BrettRatner with Creator/StevenSpielberg in front of Abed.

* PsychoPsychologist: Within the Greendal Asylum fantasy, Evil Psychiatrist Garrett withholds treatment to see what reactions he can elicit by playing mind games with his patients.

** Dr. Heidi's lie about Greendale actually being an insane asylum and how quickly it's debunked seems to be one to fan theories that claim the series they're for actually take place in a mental institution with the events being a delusion.

** When Dr. Heidi asks if they group always indulges in Abed's "misadventures", Troy mishears and says the adventures are very manly while putting his arm around Abed, before realizing what he's doing halfway. Later he ends up in tears when Heidi says Abed should be committed.

** Annie once again looks very taken with Abed's "[[Series/MadMen Don Draper]]" impression. Their kiss in the Season 2 finale is also called back to as seen in the Greendale Asylum scenes.

* AdultFear: In TheTag, Troy wishes that your nightmares be spooky monsters scary, and not "grandma died" scary.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Chang could have dealt with Abed by pressing charges and getting a restraining order. The alternate solution of getting Abed committed snowballs into an attempt to convince the whole study group that they're crazy and drive them away from Greendale. The session just serves to help them realize that Abed's right and that the Dean has been replaced with an impostor.

* RevengeByProxy: Shirley's kids eat some cookies that she made for the study group. As punishment she gives away their favorite possessions to the study group.

* WhamEpisode: Subverted, since [[TheReveal the big reveal]] that would have made this a WhamEpisode turns out to have been completely made up.

* FandomBerserkButton: Shirley learns the hard way not to favorably compare Creator/BrettRatner with Creator/StevenSpielberg in front of Abed.

* BerserkButton: Shirley learns the hard way not to favorably compare Creator/BrettRatner with Creator/StevenSpielberg in front of Abed.

** At the potluck dinner in the beginning of the episode, Britta whines about all the "poison" food and how she needs organic food to help her hangover.

** Dr. Heidi refers to Abed as "the Indian kid". Although Abed is actually Arabic-Polish, as Shirley and Abed point out, Danny Pudi is in fact of Indian-Polish descent.
** John Hodgman plays a psychologist. The ''other'' psychologist in the show is ''also'' played by a ''[[Series/TheDailyShow Daily Show]]'' correspondent named "John."

--> '''Britta:''' Why, because is isn't healthy?
--> '''Dr. Heidi:''' Because it doesn't exist.]]

** Abed narrates that Pierce has "[[Series/TheTwilightZone Time Enough at Last]]" to eat a sandwich. As Pierce leaves in frustration, Abed narrates that [[Film/StrangerThanFiction he believes that he is in a novel]].

* BerserkButton: Shirley learns the hard way not to favorably compare Brett Ratner with Steven Spielberg in front of Abed.

** Shirley's gushing about ''Film/TowerHeist'' and its director Brett Ratner infuriates Abed.

** To director Brett Ratner.

* CuckooNest: According to the psychiatrist, the group's experiences at "Greendale" are part of a shared delusion stemming from years together in an mental asylum. This turns out to be a load of lies, however.

* TomatoInTheMirror: The ending essentially lampoons these and TV series that use them: Dr. Heidi reveals that the study group are in fact psychiatric patients, and their experiences at Greendale were all just a shared psychosis! Except they're not, they weren't, it takes the group all of five seconds after leaving his office to realize that this makes no sense whatsoever, and they provide a lengthy list of reasons why this cannot be the case at all. Then Dr. Heidi reveals that they're in purgatory and he's the Devil! Which they dismiss completely out of hand.

* [[invoked]]MilestoneCelebration - Pierce's 10,000th flush.

* UmpteenthCustomer: 10,000th Flush.

* TakingTheBullet[=/=]DiedInYourArmsTonight: During the paintball flashback, the Dean covers Abed with his body.

* TheEndingChangesEverything: Dr. Heidi tries to pull this on the study group, [[SubvertedTrope but they see through it pretty quickly]].

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* CeilingBanger[=/=]BigShutUp: Annie resorts to this in TheTag.

* ClipShow: Like [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory Paradigms Of Human Memory]] the idea is spoofed. Hell it even references [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory Paradigms Of Human Memory]].
* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: the very "monomania" which gets Abed to emergency management.

--->1. They may not want to play with you any more.
--->2. It can lead to permanent buzz kill.
--->3. It could cause them to need meds the rest of their life.
--->4. Meth can turn present fun into future numb.
--->5. It turned [[Recap/CommunityS3E17BasicLupineUrology Star Burns]] into [[Recap/CommunityS3E18CourseListingUnavailable Star Burned]].
--->So if someone offers to tell you a "meth time story" ... pass.
--->"If grieving you is wrong... I don't want to be right." [[MeaningfulName C. Hawk Bored]]
* FromBadToWorse: A flashback shows Abed freaking out about the janitor moving the clock back:
-->'''Abed''': ''(whimpering)''
-->'''Troy''': ''(stroking Abed's head)'' It's okay, buddy. Just a few more minutes and we're good til spring, okay?
-->'''Abed''': ''(panicked)'' But it doesn't make any sense!
-->'''Annie''': Think of it this way: we get the hour back later in the year.
-->'''Troy''': Yeah.
-->'''Abed''': ''([[{{Beat}} beat]])'' AAAAA- ''(scene change)''

* {{Gaslighting}}

--->'''Troy:''' What are all these cameras doing here?

* MindScrew: Dr. Heidi pulls several of these on the study group. Subverted, as it doesn't take them very long to realize he's just making stuff up.

* PaintballEpisode: Averted, but [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare another]] [[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs one]] [[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs happened]] off-screen. This time it was with a FilmNoir theme & Abed won. After the theapy session, [[SelfDeprecation the group all agree that the idea is played out]].

** Jeff and Annie share a moment together in the Wigging Out Dance in the flashbacks, with him giving his jacket to her because she seems cold.

* ToughLove: Shirley's kids eat some cookies that she made for the study group. As punishment she gives away their favorite possessions.
** May also count as DisproportionateRetribution, since one of those possessions includes a ''martial arts tournament trophy.''

--->'''Annie:''' Worst pizza day ever!

** Chang exclaims "I said hot damn!" in the style of UmaThurman's Mia Wallace in ''Film/PulpFiction'' (which is itself [[WaxingLyrical a quote of]] Music/{{Steppenwolf}}'s ''The Pusher'') after [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin snorting crushed corn chips]]. He attempts to predict future crime by forcing Garrett to [[InstantOracleJustAddWater float in an inflatable wading pool]] like the [[{{Seers}} pre-cogs]] of ''Film/MinorityReport''.

** Abed narrates that Pierce has "[[Series/TheTwilightZone Time Enough at Last]]" to eat a sandwich. As Pierce leaves in frustration, Abed narrates that [[StrangerThanFiction he believes that he is in a novel]].

** "Dr. Heidi" might be a reference to "[[TheHumanCentipede Dr. Heiter]]".

** Chang shocking himself with the Taser while shouting ''"You're WEAK!"'' is similar to a scene in ''TheDaVinciCode''.

-->'''Jeff:''' Wait; give me a break! That made no sense!\\

---> '''Jeff:''' How long did you think we'd buy that? I'm literally carrying a Greendale backpack.

---> '''Jeff:''' How long did you think we'd but that? I'm literally carrying a Greendale backpack.

* LampshadeHanging: Literally, Dr. Heidi´s office has an unusual amount of lampshades.

** Annie once again looks very taken with Abed's "[[MadMen Don Draper]]" impression. Their kiss in the Season 2 finale is also called back to as seen in the Greendale Asylum scenes.