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* FreudianExcuse: It turns out that Chang's increasing insanity and corresponding TookALevelInJerkass over seasons two and especially three might stem from 'experimental monkey fever' caught from Annie's Boobs.
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** Jeff [[spoiler:got Misty Mysti acquitted and (drunk from his fake degree being exposed) encouraged her to call the married man, Andre]]. Abed [[spoiler:ruined ''The Phantom Menace'' for Shirley's kids, forcing her to leave Andre alone at the bar. He also pointed out that a prescription pad was missing as Annie was stealing it.]]
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** [[spoiler: Dean Spreck's]] back-up 'destroy Greendale' plan appears to involve a giant mechanical spider. This may be a reference to Kevin Smith's famous anecdote from his time spent working on an abortive script for a Superman film, during which the producer, Jon Peters, kept insisting that he include a giant mechanical spider at some point. Or it could be a shout-out spider, which was later adapted to the giant mechanical spider in ''{{Film/Wild Wild West}}''. Also doubles as a FunWithAcronyms FreezeFrameBonus.
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This better not.
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** [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot "This better not awaken awaken]] [[Recap/CommunityS1E10EnvironmentalScience anything in me."]]
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** Chang's CatchPhrase: "I'm out - I Chang my mind"
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For the group's graduation present Abed charts the paths of the study group members in his maps out a Crazy Quilt of Destiny using collected ticket stubs and finds unexpected intersections old receipts, to reveal that the study group's paths have all crossed each other's in their pasts.
everyone's OriginStory. We find out about Jeff's disbarring, the breakup of Shirley's marriage, Troy's lost football scholarship, Annie's breakdown and pill addiction, Britta's short-lived career as an anarchist and Abed's banishment from film school and how it all lead them to eachother...and Greendale.
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\"Hollywood Homely\" is now under the YMMV tab.
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* HollywoodHomely: Annie is still pretty cute as a nerd.
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* HollywoodHomely: Annie is still pretty cute as a nerd.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Troy reveals that he remembers the speech Annie delivered to him of this nature the night he faked his football-ending injury, and how much it hurt his feelings. As Annie ran through a plate-glass window that same night, needed extensive reconstructive surgery and had to go through withdrawal and rehab to cure her drug addiction, she is unimpressed.
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** [[spoiler: Dean Spreck's]] back-up 'destroy Greendale' plan appears to involve a giant mechanical spider. This is in reference to Kevin Smith's famous anecdote from his time spent working on an abortive script for a Superman film, during which the producer, Jon Peters, kept insisting that he include a giant mechanical spider at some point. Also doubles as a FunWithAcronyms FreezeFrameBonus.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In the courthouse you can see that 2008 Annie was Greendale Citizen of the Month throughout the first six months of 2008.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Troy's injury is a big one. In the Pilot, Annie says that he broke his shoulders doing a keg stand, which he reveals in "Football, Feminism and You" that he did on purpose out of fear of failure. In this episode, he ''pretends'' to have broken his legs.
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** Played with by Troy; he's one of the popular crowd, but his friendships seem pretty superficial and he's clearly feeling a bit isolated.
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** Played with by Troy; he's one of the popular crowd, but his friendships seem pretty superficial and he's clearly feeling a bit isolated.isolated among them by the end.
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** The entire episode is largely this to some degree; upon discovering the connections between them, each member of the study group initially blames another member for the problems that their lives experienced, only to eventually acknowledge that their problems were largely their own doing and a result of their own issues, even if the other member was inadvertently involved.
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* {{Misblamed}}: In-universe example:
-->'''Annie:''' ''[To Abed]'' You're the one who got me busted for drugs!\\
'''Jeff:''' In fairness, Annie, running through a glass door ''might'' have been the drug tip-off.
-->'''Annie:''' ''[To Abed]'' You're the one who got me busted for drugs!\\
'''Jeff:''' In fairness, Annie, running through a glass door ''might'' have been the drug tip-off.
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** Played with by Troy; he's one of the popular crowd, but his friendships seem pretty superficial and he's clearly feeling a bit isolated.
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* BookEnds: If we're to believe that this is the second-to-last episode: ''Don't You Forget About Me'' is heard playing the background where Chang is handing out leaflets at Yogurts-burgh, the same song that ended the [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot Pilot]] when the study group becomes permanent.
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* BookEnds: If we're to believe that Going by the assumption this is the second-to-last episode: ''Don't You Forget About Me'' is heard playing the background where Chang is handing out leaflets at Yogurts-burgh, the same song that ended the [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot Pilot]] when the study group becomes permanent.
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* ShipTease: Troy to Abed: "You were out there somewhere and you ''weren't looking for me?!''"
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* BookEnds: If we're to believe that this is the second-to-last episode: ''Don't You Forget About Me'' is heard playing the background where Chang is handing out leaflets at Yogurts-burgh, the same song that ended the [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot Pilot]] when the study group becomes permanent.
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* DumbJock / JerkJock: Flashback!Troy varied between both.
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** Annie was the unpopular loner girl in high school, who couldn't get any awards despite being an overachiever, Britta's friends all abandon her after one gig, Abed is never seen with other people. Jeff has the respect of his colleagues, but as seen in "[[Recap/CommunityS2E02AccountingForLawyers Accounting for Lawyers]]", it doesn't mean much.
** Annie was the unpopular loner girl in high school, who couldn't get any awards despite being an overachiever, Britta's friends all abandon her after one gig, Abed is never seen with other people. Jeff has the respect of his colleagues, but as seen in "[[Recap/CommunityS2E02AccountingForLawyers Accounting for Lawyers]]", it doesn't mean much.
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* WrittenInAbscence: Pierce is once again with Gilbert to account for Chevy Chase leaving.
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** [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory Chang crawling out of a vent.]]
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** [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot "This better not awaken anything in me."]]
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* StringTheory: Abed's Crazy Quilt of Destiny.
* TakeThat: To ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' andCreator/GeorgeLucas.Creator/GeorgeLucas.
* WrittenInAbscence: Pierce is once again with Gilbert to account for Chevy Chase leaving.
* YouAllShareMyStory
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* WrittenInAbscence: Pierce is once again with Gilbert to account for Chevy Chase leaving.
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* [[spoiler:BecomingTheMask: Abed knew all along that Chang was faking his Changnesia, but he was able to induce a HeelFaceTurn by convincing him that Greendale was a place that allowed people to reinvent themselves for the better, and regardless of the intention, "Kevin" was legitimately a better person now.]]
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** Everyone [[spoiler:was at Yogurts-burgh when the Dean and Chang were passing out Greendale flyers.]]
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** Jeff [[spoiler:got Misty acquitted and (drunk from his fake degree being exposed) encouraged her to call the married man, Andre]]. Abed [[spoiler:ruined ''The Phantom Menace'' for Shirley's kids, forcing her to leave Andre alone at the bar. He also pointed out that a prescription pad was missing as Annie was stealing it.]]
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* SoftGlass: Annie runs through the glass door pretty easily, and no one else is injured. She did need reconstructive surgery.
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* BrickJoke: Britta reveals that [[spoiler:Annie's Boobs's bite may cause psychosis]]. Abed mentions this at the end of the episode.
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** Shirley's very specific jukebox threat, previously a NoodleIncident, is explained. [[spoiler:She smashed the stripper's head through one for sleeping with Andre.]]
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** Shirley's [[Recap/CommunityS1E01Pilot very specific jukebox threat, thing]], previously a NoodleIncident, is explained. [[spoiler:She smashed the stripper's head through one for sleeping with Andre.]]
** Jeff is disturbed that Abed keeps saying that [[Recap/CommunityS3E22IntroductionToFinality he tried to saw off his arm]].
* DemotedToExtra: Pierce appears in oneflashback, and it flashback. It might not even be him.him, but the old man [[Recap/CommunityS3E11UrbanMatrimonyAndTheSandwichArts broke the]] [[Recap/CommunityS4E08HerstoryOfDance frozen yogurt machine]] and [[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs faked a heart attack]].
** Jeff is disturbed that Abed keeps saying that [[Recap/CommunityS3E22IntroductionToFinality he tried to saw off his arm]].
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** Annie's breakdown starts when she misses the "Most Likely to Succeed" award, when it is obvious that Troy is winning all of them. This is a similar setup to Jeff and "The Most Handsome Young Man" award at [[Recap/CommunityS3E12ContemporaryImpressionists Howie Schwartz's "Star Mitzvah"]].
** Abed knew that Jeff and Shirley went to the same rec center, but he wasn't aware of the [[Recap/CommunityS3E09FoosballAndNocturnalVigilantism "Tinkle Town" incident]]. He may have been distracted by his broken DVD.
** Abed knew that Jeff and Shirley went to the same rec center, but he wasn't aware of the [[Recap/CommunityS3E09FoosballAndNocturnalVigilantism "Tinkle Town" incident]]. He may have been distracted by his broken DVD.
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-->'''Britta:''' Is that a sad face?
-->'''Abed:''' [[Recap/CommunityS4E08HerstoryOfDance I wouldn't know.]]
-->'''Britta:''' Is that a sad face?
-->'''Abed:''' [[Recap/CommunityS4E08HerstoryOfDance I wouldn't know.]]
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* ShoutOut: ''{{Film/Unbreakable}}''TheReveal: [[spoiler:Chang's mysterious accomplice is City College's Dean Spreck.]]
* ShoutOut:
** ''{{Film/Unbreakable}}''
** The "Loom of Fate" was already taken by ''{{Film/Wanted}}''.
** [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood "I drink your milkshake!"]]
** ''{{Film/Juno}}''
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** ''{{Film/Unbreakable}}''
** The "Loom of Fate" was already taken by ''{{Film/Wanted}}''.
** [[Film/ThereWillBeBlood "I drink your milkshake!"]]
** ''{{Film/Juno}}''
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! The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Heroic Origins" provides examples of:
* CallBack: Near constant, given the conceit of the episode.
** Shirley's very specific jukebox threat, previously a NoodleIncident, is explained. [[spoiler:She smashed the stripper's head through one for sleeping with Andre.]]
* DemotedToExtra: Pierce appears in one flashback, and it might not even be him.
* OrganTheft: Referenced. Pierce's absence is explained by him donating a kidney to Gilbert. He was disappointed that he didn't get to sleep with a Russian woman first.
* OriginsEpisode
** "Pop pop!": [[spoiler:Magnitude was near two balloons popped by the glass that Annie crashed through.]]
** The Dean picks up [[spoiler:Shirley's discarded nightie]].
* ShoutOut: ''{{Film/Unbreakable}}''
* TakeThat: To ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and Creator/GeorgeLucas.
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! The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Heroic Origins" provides examples of:
* CallBack: Near constant, given the conceit of the episode.
** Shirley's very specific jukebox threat, previously a NoodleIncident, is explained. [[spoiler:She smashed the stripper's head through one for sleeping with Andre.]]
* DemotedToExtra: Pierce appears in one flashback, and it might not even be him.
* OrganTheft: Referenced. Pierce's absence is explained by him donating a kidney to Gilbert. He was disappointed that he didn't get to sleep with a Russian woman first.
* OriginsEpisode
** "Pop pop!": [[spoiler:Magnitude was near two balloons popped by the glass that Annie crashed through.]]
** The Dean picks up [[spoiler:Shirley's discarded nightie]].
* ShoutOut: ''{{Film/Unbreakable}}''
* TakeThat: To ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' and Creator/GeorgeLucas.
