History Recap / CommunityS5E11GIJeff

* NeverSayDie: Parodied/deconstructed; both the Joes and Cobras are stunned and horrified that Jeff actually hurts or kills people, since as cartoon characters they understand that they're not supposed to. This means that Jeff and his Mutineers are able to kill them easily (even by accident) at first because the Joes and Cobras are so used to ATeamFiring and letting each other ride off into the sunset at the end of each episode. However it's then reconstructed, as the fact that the Mutineers are actually killing people [[EnemyMine causes G.I. Joe and Cobra]] to team up since that makes Jeff a far bigger threat to both of them.

* NeverSayDie: Parodied/deconstructed; both the Joes and Cobras are stunned and horrified that Jeff actually hurts or kills people, since as cartoon characters they understand that they're not supposed to. This means that Jeff and his Mutineers are able to kill them easily (even by accident) at first because the Joes and Cobras are so used to ATeamFiring and letting each other ride off into the sunset at the end of each episode. However it's then reconstructed, as the fact that the Mutineers are actually kill people [[EnemyMine causes G.I. Joe and Cobra]] to team up since that makes Jeff a far bigger threat to both of them.

* NeverSayDie: Parodied/deconstructed; both the Joes and Cobras are stunned and horrified that Jeff actually hurts or kills people, since as cartoon characters they understand that they're not supposed to. This means that Jeff and his Mutineers are able to kill them easily (even by accident) at first because the Joes and Cobras are so used to ATeamFiring and letting each other ride off into the sunset at the end of each episode. However it's than reconstructed, as the fact that the Mutineers are actually willing to kill causes G.I. Joe and Cobra to team up since that makes Jeff a far bigger threat to both of them.

'''Wingman''': Shut up, Fourth Wall! And get into the new GI Joe Submachopter with twin rocket launchers and rotating attack jets!

* ShownTheirWork: The entire episode is proof that the writers and animators really love ''GI Joe'', but one great example happens when Cobra Commander dies while trying to cross over into the "real world". When his helmet breaks open, you can see his face for a millisecond... and it's the multi-eyed face he had circa ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie''. The only real error might be having multiple Wild Weasels piloting Rattlers... but that may also be an intentional animation goof.
* SpinOff: The Study Group were given their own line of toys: The GI Joe Mutineers.

* EnemyMine: G.I. Joe & Cobra team up upon realizing that Wingman is the biggest threat to them since he keeps killing people.

** The ThouShallNotKill BloodlessCarnage of ''GIJoe'' is lampshaded when Wingman kills Destro & is given a court martial for killing an enemy combatant.

** Buzzkill points out that the lack of a standard uniform means that G.I. Joe doesn't look like a military organisation, but rather a collection of serial killers & strippers.

* MsFanservice: Tight Ship, Annie's ''Franchise/GIJoe'' counterpart, is very curvy and wearing a shirt that invokes AbsoluteCleavage & BareYourMidriff, and a tight pair of [[WhoWearsShortShorts hot pants]].

* ShipTease: To Jeff & Annie, with Jeff placing Annie's counterpart in a very revealing costume.

* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Three Kids & Fourth Wall both comment "What do you mean, 'You people'?" to Wingman at the same time, before realising it & high-fiving.

** Lifeline burns to death after having accidentally been set on fire.

* NeverSayDie: Parodied/deconstructed; both the Joes and Cobras are stunned and horrified that Jeff actually hurts or kills people, since as cartoon characters they understand that they're not supposed to. This means that Jeff and his Mutineers are able to kill them easily (even by accident) at first because the Joes and Cobras are so used to ATeamFiring and letting each other ride off into the sunset at the end of each episode. However it's than reconstructed, as the fact that the Mutineers are actually willing to kill causes G.I. Joe and Cobra to team up since that makes Jeff a far bigger threat them.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Cobra Commander gets vaporized ''on-screen'' because he tried to hijack Jeff's jump back to reality.

* ManOnFire: Wingman accidentally kills Lifeline by inadvertently lighting him on fire.

-->'''Fourth Wall''': I think we'll be okay. Remember, this is all just a cartoon about action figures for children!
-->'''Wingman''': Shut up, Fourth Wall! And get into the new GI Joe Submachopter with twin rocket launchers and rotating attack jets!

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: The original Franchise/GIJoe cartoon was forbidden from airing commercials for Franchise/GIJoe toys by FCC regulations. Obviously RuleOfFunny trumps realism in this case.

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: The original Franchise/GIJoe cartoon was forbidden from airing commercials for for Franchise/GIJoe toys by FCC regulations. Obviously RuleOfFunny trumps realism in this case.

** Deep Dish's escape plan of digging a secret tunnel behind a poster has been [[TheShawshankRedemption used before]].

* OffTheShelfFX: The toys used in the commercial sections are a combination of vintage figures and vehicles and custom toys (Wingman's jetpack is a modified version of the one that comes with the Ultimate Storm Shadow figure, while the Submachopter is made from a Black Dragon Helicopter an a ''CaptainAmerica'' jet).

** Part of this is to also show that even though Jeff is trying to regress to his inner child, his adult self simply didn't belong in a children's cartoons as he notices several things wrong with it.

* BiTheWay: The Cobra Commander is very enthusiastic about seeing real breasts, but he also admits that he loves Destro and it's heavily implied that it was NOT in a platonic way.

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!!The ''{{Community}}'' episode GI Jeff provides examples of:

** Scud from ScudTheDisposableAssassin can be seen sitting in the court room during Jeff's trial.

* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Xim-Xam's TwinTelepathy lets his twin brother, Mix-Max, feel all his pain. He then realizes that this ability is useless in combat.

* ShownTheirWork: The entire episode is proof that the writers and animators really love ''GI Joe'', but one great example happens when Cobra Commander dies while trying to cross over into the "real world". When his helmet breaks open, you can see his face for a millisecond... and it's the multi-eyed face he had circa ''GIJoeTheMovie''. The only real error might be having multiple Wild Weasels piloting Rattlers... but that may also be an intentional animation goof.

* TriggerPhrase: Hearing the word 'Greendale' causes Wingman to collapse several times throughout the episode. It's revealed that this is his subconscious trying to prevent Jeff from waking out of his coma.

* ShipTease: To Jeff & Annie, with Jeff placing Annie's counterpart in a very revealing costume.