| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''Series/{{Community}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Community}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/CommunityTheStudyGroup The Study Group]] | [[Characters/CommunityOtherMainCharacters Other Main Characters]] | [[Characters/CommunityGreendaleStaffAndStudents Greendale Staff and Students]] | '''Other Characters'''-]]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Significant or recurring characters from ''Series/{{Community}}'' who don't fall into any of the other page categories. |
| 5 | ----- |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !!Miscellaneous |
| 9 | |
| 10 | [[folder:Annie's Boobs]] |
| 11 | !!Annie's Boobs |
| 12 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anniesboobs.jpg]] |
| 13 | !!!'''Played By:''' Crystal the Monkey |
| 14 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS1E21ContemporaryAmericanPoultry Contemporary American Poultry]]" |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Troy's pet monkey. |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | * TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: Annie's Boobs was the one who stole Annie's pen in "Cooperative Calligraphy". And gave Chang [[SanitySlippage experimental monkey fever during Season 2, which lead to the events of Season 3.]] ]] |
| 19 | * HelloInsertNameHere: In a rare non-video-game example, Troy [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential abuses this trope]] by naming his monkey "Annie's Boobs." |
| 20 | -->'''Annie:''' Please rename that thing. And this time not with a contest on Website/{{Twitter}}.\ |
| 21 | '''Troy:''' It's HIS Twitter account. He can do what he wants.\ |
| 22 | '''Annie:''' They are MY body parts. |
| 23 | * OneSteveLimit: The third Annie of the show after Annie Edison and Annie Kim. |
| 24 | * OverlyLongGag: His name, in the first episode he appears. Lampshaded: |
| 25 | -->'''Troy:''' [Abed] released Annie's Boobs! Annie's Boobs could be anywhere! Annie's Boobs could be on the side of the road--\ |
| 26 | '''Shirley:''' ''[Fed-up]'' We get it. The monkey's name is 'Annie's Boobs'. |
| 27 | %%* TeamPet |
| 28 | * ThievingPet: Has stolen a lot of items over the course of the seasons. |
| 29 | * WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: Annie is not amused to learn that Troy named a monkey after her...chest. |
| 30 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappears in "Contemporary American Poultry", the episode which marks its first appearance. It turns out in "Cooperative Calligraphy" that it [[spoiler:lives in the school's air vent system]]. |
| 31 | [[/folder]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Officer Cackowski]] |
| 34 | !!Officer Cackowski |
| 35 | [[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/officer_cackowski.png]] |
| 36 | [[caption-width-right:255: Fact: in 100% of all fake gun shootings, the victim is always the one with the fake gun.]] |
| 37 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/CraigCackowski |
| 38 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS1E11ThePoliticsOfHumanSexuality The Politics of Human Sexuality]]" |
| 39 | |
| 40 | A local police officer who crosses paths with the Study Group on numerous occasions. |
| 41 | ---- |
| 42 | * ActorAllusion: Officer Cackowski being a fan of ''JustForFun/InspectorSpacetime'' may be a reference his character in ''Podcast/TheThrillingAdventureHour'', Colonel Tick Tock. |
| 43 | * HiddenDepths: An ''JustForFun/InspectorSpacetime'' and ''Series/AntiquesRoadshow'' fan who's working on a cop opera. He's also apparently good friends with Professor Garrity, the drama professor. |
| 44 | ** In ''Grifting 101'' he remarks that he takes macrame knitting classes after work on campus, as a justification for him being there when the study group bust the grifting professor for trying to grift them. |
| 45 | *** He also reveals he became a cop because he didn't like other people bullying his mentally challenged cousin. |
| 46 | * FieldPromotion: In his first appearance, he's a mere Greendale security guard. Soon after (and in all subsequent appearances), he's a local police officer [[note]] It may just be a bit of TruthInTelevision-- there are a lot of places where officers will work as security for some extra income. Nothing to say Cackowski was doing that. He could also have been working there until he finished training[[/note]] |
| 47 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he's often in opposition to the Study Group, he's never an antagonist, and never a jerk about it. Indeed, the amount of slack he cuts Abed in particular is remarkable. |
| 48 | [[/folder]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Dean Spreck]] |
| 51 | !!Dean Stephen Spreck |
| 52 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stephen_spreck.jpg]] |
| 53 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JordanBlack |
| 54 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E04BasicRocketScience Basic Rocket Science]]" |
| 55 | |
| 56 | ->''"You don't know how mean this dean can be-en"''. |
| 57 | |
| 58 | The Dean of City College, who shares an intense, vitriolic, and rather homoerotic rivalry with Dean Pelton. |
| 59 | ---- |
| 60 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''tephen '''S'''preck. |
| 61 | * AmbiguouslyGay: His interactions with Dean Pelton are ''filled'' with FoeRomanticSubtext, but whether they're actually attracted to each other or just have no personal boundaries is unknown. |
| 62 | * ArchEnemy: To Dean Pelton, and arguably Greendale as a whole. |
| 63 | * BigBadEnsemble: With Pierce for Season 2. |
| 64 | * ComplexityAddiction: Arguably his FatalFlaw. His plans are as smart as they are needlessly complicated, such as [[ItMakesSenseInContext disguising himself as an ice cream cone]] and invading Greendale, when he could have just sat back and let the school tear itself apart without interruption. |
| 65 | * {{Determinator}}: Continuously comes back for revenge against Greendale, no matter how many times he gets beaten. |
| 66 | * DiabolicalMastermind: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]]. Despite being a mere community college dean, Spreck is able to pull together complex schemes and use his students and staff as henchmen to carry out his will, [[EvilIsPetty all for the sake of screwing with another school's funding]]. The ending of season 4 even implies that he's constructing a giant robot to destroy Greendale. |
| 67 | * DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: He could just let the Dean fail at random {{Zany Scheme}}s to boost Greendale's reputation. Instead, he must always put his fingers in the pie. |
| 68 | * EvilCounterpart: To Dean Pelton. |
| 69 | * EvilIsPetty: It's implied that Greendale is really no threat to City College, yet Spreck tries to destroy them anyway to eliminate any possibility of competition. |
| 70 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He always speaks in a very professional and eloquent manner, yet can barely hide his contempt for Greendale. |
| 71 | * FoeRomanticSubtext: Lives and breathes this trope. |
| 72 | * GreaterScopeVillain: For the entire series. He seeks Greendale's annilhation, and in the last episode of season 4, he was seen with blueprints of a giant spider tank; so far, this hasn't been expanded on. |
| 73 | * IconicSequelCharacter: A prominent antagonist of the show but doesn't make an appearance until Season 2. |
| 74 | * ManipulativeBastard: Turns Annie against the rest of the study group at one point, and later orchestrates the Greendale's yearly paintball competition to devastate the school. |
| 75 | * ScaryBlackMan: A more business-like example. |
| 76 | * SeriousBusiness: The rivalry between City College and Greendale, to the point where he actively seeks Greendale's complete and utter annihilation. |
| 77 | * SitcomArchnemesis: Him and Pelton. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:Alan]] |
| 81 | !!Alan |
| 82 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/community_robb_corrdry.jpg]] |
| 83 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobCorddry |
| 84 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E02AccountingForLawyers Accounting for Lawyers]]" |
| 85 | |
| 86 | ->''"That's right, Jeff. I went there. You drove me there. [[Film/DrivingMissDaisy Miss Daisy's]] in the house, thanks for the ride, sorry about slavery."'' |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Jeff's ex-colleague who had ratted him out to the Colorado Bar Association. |
| 89 | ---- |
| 90 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He stated that he was bi-curious and that [[ArmoredClosetGay he's trying to supress it]]. |
| 91 | * AmoralAttorney: Even more than Jeff at his worst. |
| 92 | * BaldOfEvil: He's not bothered by it, unlike Pierce. |
| 93 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He seemed like just a lousy friend to Jeff, before TheReveal that he was the one who got Jeff fired. |
| 94 | * CardCarryingVillain: Not only embraces being a sleeze, but seems actively repulsed when Jeff wants to help people. |
| 95 | * DrivenByEnvy: Jeff was more successful at his job than Alan, which is what caused the latter to rat him out. |
| 96 | * DrugsAreBad |
| 97 | -->'''Alan:''' I quit doing blow, not being rad. |
| 98 | * EvilCounterpart: He's Jeff without the CharacterDevelopment. |
| 99 | * FalseFriend: He had no trouble ratting Jeff out despite being chummy with him. |
| 100 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler: Gets Jeff disbarred and blocks him from returning to his old firm. By the time we see him again, he's lost the firm for one reason or another, gotten busted for cheating on his wife with her sister and the one chance he has to get back into the lawyering game goes up in smoke. Although it would seem he gets the last laugh on Jeff by telling his friends his motives for coming back, the fact remains he's finally gotten what he deserves and lost everything.]] |
| 101 | * {{Jerkass}}: Revels in his utter bastardry. |
| 102 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: It's because of him that Jeff went to Greendale and went through CharacterDevelopment. |
| 103 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Even after [[Recap/CommunityS5E01Repilot Jeff humiliates him]] with the beginning of an EvilerThanThou speech and whips him with a clip-on tie until he's weeping on the ground, he still feels the need to get revenge by telling the Study Group Jeff's real motives.]] |
| 104 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: To Jeff in "Accounting for Lawyers". |
| 105 | * TyrantTakesTheHelm: After the original head of the firm was eaten by sharks. [[spoiler: Lost it sometime before "Repilot".]] |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:[=LeVar=] Burton]] |
| 109 | !![=LeVar=] Burton |
| 110 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/levar_burton.jpg]] |
| 111 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LeVarBurton |
| 112 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E16IntermediateDocumentaryFilmmaking Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking]]" |
| 113 | |
| 114 | ->''"More fish for [[Series/{{Roots 1977}} Kunta]]!"'' |
| 115 | |
| 116 | An American actor and host whom Troy idolizes. |
| 117 | ---- |
| 118 | * ActorAllusion: He made references to his famous works, namely; ''Series/{{Roots 1977}}'', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', and ''Series/ReadingRainbow''. |
| 119 | * AsHimself: [=LeVar=] Burton plays, well, [=LeVar=] Burton. |
| 120 | * TheBusCameBack: After last appearing in Season 2, he comes back for Troy's last episode in Season 5. |
| 121 | * ChekhovsGunman: Has been mentioned by Troy and Abed a number of times before finally making an appearance. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | !!Families |
| 125 | !!!Jeff's family |
| 126 | [[folder:William]] |
| 127 | !!William Winger |
| 128 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/williamwinger.png]] |
| 129 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JamesBrolin |
| 130 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS4E05CooperativeEscapismInFamilialRelations Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations]]" |
| 131 | |
| 132 | Jeff's DisappearedDad whom Jeff finally decides to meet for Thanksgiving dinner. |
| 133 | ---- |
| 134 | * AbusiveParents: To both his sons, albeit in different ways (ParentalAbandonment towards Jeff, ParentalNeglect and emotional abuse towards William Jr.). |
| 135 | * AlliterativeName: '''Wi'''lliam '''Wi'''nger. |
| 136 | * ArchnemesisDad: To his (other) son Willy Jr. |
| 137 | * DeadpanSnarker |
| 138 | -->'''William:''' (''to Britta'') Maybe you could shrink [Willy's] head, since you're here... for some reason. |
| 139 | * {{Jerkass}}: "That guy is a DICK!" |
| 140 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He and Jeff establish some ground rules when reuniting, with him saying he's not going to apologize for leaving Jeff, or pretend to be a decent human being. Then he kicks Willy Jr. like a puppy, making Jeff horrified, and is quite remorseless about emotionally abusing his sons. |
| 141 | * LikeFatherLikeSon: Shares a number of striking similarities with his older son. |
| 142 | * MirrorCharacter: Shares some eerie similarities with Pierce's father, Cornelius Hawthorne ([[TheCloudCuckooLanderWasRight as Britta once pointed out]]). Both are abusive and disapproving of their sons, both have two sons by two different mothers [[spoiler:and both fake heart attacks]]. |
| 143 | * RebuiltPedestal: [[spoiler:Subverted. Jeff and William establish a good rapport, but then the latter spoils it by saying that ParentalAbandonment has made Jeff into the self-reliant man he is today and was thus a good thing.]] |
| 144 | * ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Jeff gives him a speech like this. Twice.]] |
| 145 | -->'''Jeff:''' [[spoiler:With all due respect, which is none, ''go to hell''.]] |
| 146 | * SoProudOfYou: He tells Jeff he's proud Jeff turned out so independent and so much of a SelfMadeMan, and attributes this to his abandonment of Jeff. Causing Jeff to finally snap at him. |
| 147 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: James Brolin really does manage to look like an older version of Joel [=McHale=]. |
| 148 | * VanityLicensePlate: Has a 'WINGINIT' plate on his classic Mercedes. |
| 149 | %%* VillainousWidowsPeak |
| 150 | [[/folder]] |
| 151 | |
| 152 | [[folder:Willy Jr.]] |
| 153 | !!William "Willy" Winger Jr. |
| 154 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/williamwingerjr.png]] |
| 155 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/{{Adam DeVine}} |
| 156 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS4E05CooperativeEscapismInFamilialRelations Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations]]" |
| 157 | |
| 158 | Jeff's half-brother. |
| 159 | ---- |
| 160 | * AlliterativeName: '''Wi'''lliam '''Wi'''nger, Jr.. |
| 161 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Subverted. He spends much of his introduction trying to get on Jeff's nerves but the brothers turn out OK. Jeff acknowledges that Willy was emotionally abused, and they have common ground there. |
| 162 | * AttentionWhore: Thanks to his father's ParentalNeglect. |
| 163 | * GreenEyedMonster: He becomes jealous upon seeing his father and Jeff hit it off. |
| 164 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Subverted; Jeff eyes him, thinking that his father wanted another son. Willy then reveals that he thinks Jeff is replacing ''him''. |
| 165 | * ThrowTheDogABone: Britta and he spend most of Thanksgiving together, with her trying to cheer him up and process his jealousy. He also finds out that Jeff cares about him and will do his best to protect him from William. |
| 166 | * TheUnfavorite: His father doesn't like him and he knows it. |
| 167 | [[/folder]] |
| 168 | |
| 169 | [[folder:Doreen]] |
| 170 | !!Doreen Winger née Fitzgerald |
| 171 | |
| 172 | Jeff's mother, who raised him after William Winger left. |
| 173 | ---- |
| 174 | * DotingParent: She was this to Jeff, telling him he was the best at everything. This would later mess up Jeff when reality checks came in from Greendale. |
| 175 | * TheGhost: She's still alive, according to some throwaway dialogue, but Jeff has been keeping her at a distance since he lost his law degree. We haven't seen her in-person on the show. |
| 176 | * MaintainTheLie: Jeff doesn't want her to visit him because she still thinks he is a lawyer. |
| 177 | * NoAccountingForTaste: She fell for a conman and married him; he proceeded to leave her and her young son. This would later affect Jeff badly. |
| 178 | * ParentsAsPeople: Jeff acknowledges that she gave him a swollen head and ego by telling him he was good at everything. He also knows that she was doing the best she could as a single mother. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | !!!Abed's family |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Gobi]] |
| 185 | !!Gobi Nadir |
| 186 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gobinadir.png]] |
| 187 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/IqbalTheba |
| 188 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS1E03IntroductionToFilm Introduction to Film]]" |
| 189 | |
| 190 | Abed's conservative father. |
| 191 | ---- |
| 192 | * CelebrityParadox: The show makes frequent [[TakeThat jabs]] at ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Iqbal Theba was a prominent recurring cast member of that show, playing its school principal. |
| 193 | * TheComicallySerious: His straight-laced attitude is often PlayedForLaughs. |
| 194 | * FantasyForbiddingFather: Due to wanting his son to takeover the FamilyBusiness one day. But once he realized that film making is one of the few ways where Abed can express how he truly feels, he lets his son take the course. |
| 195 | * ManlyTears: He's moved to tears after he saw Abed's "{{Biopic}}", seeing how his son thinks he blames him for his wife leaving. |
| 196 | * ParentsAsPeople: He's rough around the edges and wants Abed to follow in his footsteps. With that said, he is deeply saddened when he realizes that Abed thinks he blames him for him and Abed's mother's marriage falling apart, and makes clear that it isn't the case, and decides to let his son take film classes as it gives him a way to express himself, with the family falafel stand as a fallback. |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Abra]] |
| 200 | !!Abra |
| 201 | !!!'''Played By:''' Emily Ghamrawi |
| 202 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS1E18BasicGenealogy Basic Genealogy]]" |
| 203 | |
| 204 | Abed's cousin from Gaza. |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * NotSoStoic: First appears as a conservative just like her uncle, but when Shirley's sons helped her sneak out she's seen enjoying herself. |
| 207 | [[/folder]] |
| 208 | |
| 209 | !!!Shirley's family |
| 210 | [[folder:Andre]] |
| 211 | !!Andre Bennett |
| 212 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andrebennet.png]] |
| 213 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MalcolmJamalWarner |
| 214 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E12AsianPopulationStudies Asian Population Studies]]" |
| 215 | |
| 216 | ->''"I'll go ahead and consider '''that''' point missed."'' |
| 217 | |
| 218 | Shirley's husband, who ran off with a stripper before the series started. |
| 219 | ---- |
| 220 | * ActorAllusion: Andre apparently gets his brightly-coloured sweaters from [[Series/TheCosbyShow his father]]. |
| 221 | * TheAtoner: In season two, he works hard to earn Shirley's trust back after cheating on her. What's more, he promises to be a good father towards her new baby, whether or not it's his. |
| 222 | * BlackIsBiggerInBed: Implied in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E11ThePoliticsOfHumanSexuality The Politics of Human Sexuality]]", where, when Annie asks if the penis on the dummy is big, Shirley responds with "no" as Britta responds with "Yes". |
| 223 | * ItsAllMyFault: When he learns that Shirley had a one-night stand with Chang that neither of them remembers -- owing to the "roofies" which was actually a ZombieApocalypse-- he walks out not because he's mad at Shirley but because he's mad at himself. As he tells Jeff, if Andre had never left Shirley, she wouldn't have been put in a vulnerable position. |
| 224 | * ItWillNeverCatchOn: Andre apparently thought this about the [=iPod=]. Since Andre owns a stereo store, this apparently proved unfortunate. |
| 225 | * NiceGuy: An interesting example; everything we had heard about him before he showed up suggested he was a selfish {{Jerkass}}. When he eventually did show up, he proved to be a sincerely decent and likable man while admitting he hurt Shirley and wants to make up for it. He and Shirley did eventually break up again, however, showing nice doesn't mean someone is a good romantic partner. |
| 226 | * OnlySaneMan: He is easily exasperated by the lunacy his wife and her friends get swept up in. |
| 227 | * PutOnABusToHell: He eventually [[spoiler:left Shirley again during the TimeSkip, this time because her sandwich shop failed after it was supposed to earn them money. To make matters worse, he won custody of the kids, leaving Shirley with nothing. The study group is very horrified because for them and Shirley, it came out of left field]]. |
| 228 | * StayInTheKitchen: He appears to have some slightly old-fashioned views about a woman's place in marriage in "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts", but ultimately proves more-or-less fine with Shirley becoming the breadwinner. |
| 229 | * SympatheticAdulterer: Andre confirms that he ''did'' cheat on Shirley with a stripper. He also greatly regrets it, considering the affair a MomentOfWeakness. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Jordan and Elijah]] |
| 233 | !!Jordan and Elijah Bennett |
| 234 | !!!'''Played By:''' Tyler Jackson Williams and Dusan Brown (Jordan); Kwesi Boakye and Dante Brown (Elijah) |
| 235 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS1E18BasicGenealogy Basic Genealogy]]" |
| 236 | |
| 237 | Shirley's sons. |
| 238 | ---- |
| 239 | * HiddenDepths: Despite their unruly behavior, they can easily sense if other people are bothered and are willing to help them. |
| 240 | * InnocentBigot: They called Abed's cousin a "{{Ninja}}" due to her being clad in traditional Muslim clothes. |
| 241 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: They seem cool with Abed. |
| 242 | * PutOnABus: They completely vanish when [[spoiler:Shirley and Andre divorce again, and he wins full custody]]. |
| 243 | * ThoseTwoGuys: The brothers are rarely seen without the other. |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Ben]] |
| 247 | !!Ben Bennett |
| 248 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E22AppliedAnthropologyAndCulinaryArts Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts]]" |
| 249 | |
| 250 | Shirley's youngest son born near the end of Season 2. |
| 251 | ---- |
| 252 | * AlliterativeName: '''Ben''' '''Ben'''nett. Doubles as RepetitiveName. |
| 253 | * ChocolateBaby: An inverted variant. His mother had a one-night stand with Chang around the time he was conceived, but he's revealed to be Andre's kid all along. |
| 254 | * MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Due to his mother having sex with Chang during the Season 2 HalloweenEpisode, his paternity is unclear at first. It's eventually revealed it was indeed Andre. |
| 255 | * RepetitiveName: His name is Ben Bennett. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | !!!Pierce's family |
| 259 | [[folder:Cornelius]] |
| 260 | !!Cornelius Hawthorne |
| 261 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/corneliushawthorne.png]] |
| 262 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LarryCedar |
| 263 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E13CelebrityPharmacology Celebrity Pharmacology]]" |
| 264 | |
| 265 | ->''"We have to talk, boy."'' |
| 266 | |
| 267 | Pierce's abusive and racist father. |
| 268 | ---- |
| 269 | * AbusiveParents: To Pierce and [[spoiler:Gilbert Lawson]]. |
| 270 | * ArchnemesisDad: To Pierce, even if Pierce acts like an ExtremeDoormat in front of his father. |
| 271 | * ArcVillain: For ''The Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne'' in "Digital Estate Planning" and arguably to Pierce his entire life. Gilbert Lawson, Cornelius' assistant, evidently had a pretty hard time of it as well [[spoiler:and that's before Lawson reveals that he was Cornelius' unacknowledged son]]. |
| 272 | * BigotWithACrush: He had one on [[spoiler: Pierce's nanny's "hot cousin"]]. |
| 273 | * CrazyPrepared: In the aforementioned ''Journey to the Center of Hawkthorne'', he had even recorded lines for when his character was dying. |
| 274 | * DodgyToupee: Which is made out of ''ivory'', since being the racist he is he refuses to wear a normal toupee, believing that the hair used to make them comes from Asians. |
| 275 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Somewhat; by the time we see him, Pierce is still trying to earn his approval, but [[spoiler: after his death, he isn't too choked up. Played tragically straight with Gilbert, who longs for his father's approval so much he refuses his inheritance if he can't be acknowledged as his son]]. |
| 276 | * HateSink: All we see in Pierce's father is a horribly bigoted and emotionally abusive man without a single PetTheDog moment to his name, that isn't immediately subverted. [[spoiler: Not a single person seems to be remorseful when Jeff accidentally gives him a heart attack.]] |
| 277 | * HollywoodHeartAttack: Taught Pierce to fake them [[spoiler: and dies from a real one]]. |
| 278 | * HonorBeforeReason: |
| 279 | ** Recorded his dying breath (as well as a LampshadeHanging of this very trope) for his video game counterpart's death scene and [[spoiler: stated in his will whoever killed him would receive his toupee. In a later episode when Troy and Abed are "dewhimsifying" themselves, Troy is seen unexplainedly wearing the toupee, but this wouldn't be the only time Troy or Abed "borrow" something of Jeff's.]] |
| 280 | ** From his perspective, why he would rather lose money than allow his products to be sold to gays or Italians. |
| 281 | * {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler:A racist with an illegitimate black son.]] |
| 282 | * {{Jerkass}}: Ridiculously prejudiced against everyone. |
| 283 | ** Also spent thirty years developing a video game to force Pierce to play upon Cornelius' death, risking his entire inheritance in the process. [[DisproportionateRetribution Just because Pierce once suggested investing in video games]]. |
| 284 | * LightIsNotGood[=/=]PureIsNotGood: Never wears any other color other than white. Wears an ivory toupee instead of a normal wig because he believes the hair comes from Asians. |
| 285 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Cornelius is pretty much the whole reason Pierce is as bad as he is. |
| 286 | * NeverMyFault: Blames [[spoiler: conceiving Gilbert]] on "a colored seductress and an unknown, weak-willed miscegenigist". Also fails to acknowledge his failure in taking Peirce's advice about video games. |
| 287 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Ridiculously prejudiced against everyone who doesn't fit his definition of white. He even chastises Britta for her Swedish heritage and their history with Sami, leading to the group calling him "the Abed of racism." |
| 288 | * RacistGrandpa: Played up to almost cartoonish extremes. Although unlike Pierce, who [[InnocentBigot just doesn't know better]], Cornelius is actively malicious in his racism. And he's even racist against everyone who isn't of pure Anglo-Saxon descent, hating Britta for being "Swedish" and Jeff for being "Welsh". |
| 289 | * SignatureHeadgear: His toupé from real elephant ivory. |
| 290 | * SouthernGentleman: Speaks with an upper-class southern drawl that wouldn't be out-of-place in a film about a plantation. |
| 291 | * VillainRespect: Due to his warped [[BlueAndOrangeMorality views]], he inherently has this for the man who kills him, even if that man is Welsh. He also [[spoiler: acknowledges Gilbert's competence as an assistant and even that he's more deserving of the Hawthorne inheritance than Peirce; but [[YankTheDogsChain he'll only give him the money if he denies being his son.]]]] |
| 292 | * VillainousValour: He recorded himself accepting defeat in his video game, and [[VillainRespect passes his wig on to the man who kills him]]. Despite being a racist, abusive Hypocrite, he believes in fair competition. |
| 293 | * WorthyOpponent: Posthumously and non-specifically. His will stipulated his ivory wig will be bequeathed on the person who killed him. |
| 294 | * YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler: When Gilbert is about to win the game, Cornelius reveals that despite his racism, he's willing to leave his entire fortune to his black son... but only if he signs legal papers denying that they're related]]. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Gilbert]] |
| 298 | !!Gilbert Lawson |
| 299 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gilbertlawson.png]] |
| 300 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GiancarloEsposito |
| 301 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS3E20DigitalEstatePlanning Digital Estate Planning]]" |
| 302 | |
| 303 | Pierce's half brother. |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted; after his HeelFaceTurn, he starts becoming TheCaretaker for his older brother Pierce. Pierce tries to deny he needs help but decides to let Gilbert stay on realizing they're both grieving Cornelius, on the pretext that he wants a roommate. |
| 306 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Series/BreakingBad'' was blatantly mentioned in Season 3. Creator/GiancarloEsposito was a main cast member of both the show and the SequelSeries ''Series/BetterCallSaul''. |
| 307 | * CharacterTics: He frequently adjust his glasses. It even carries over to his sprite version. |
| 308 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Inverted. He becomes friendly with Pierce and the group after they [[ILetYouWin let him win]] Cornelius' inheritance. |
| 309 | * EarnYourHappyEnding: Even though he never gets Cornelius's approval, he gets Pierce who sincerely says he always wanted a brother. What's more, when Gilbert admits he's been feeling lost after his father died, Pierce invites him to stay in his house as a roommate because they're both grieving. [[spoiler:Pierce later dies on good terms with Gilbert at least]]. |
| 310 | * FreudianExcuse: He's originally antagonistic because his father never acknowledged him and treated him like shit. |
| 311 | * HeelFaceTurn: Originally introduced as Pierce's [[CainAndAbel manipulative and antagonistic half-brother]], he becomes friendly to him and the other main cast after they let him win Cornelius' inheritance. |
| 312 | * InUniverseCatharsis: He becomes much nicer after Pierce saves him from Cornelius in the videogame. They both get a chance to beat down on their dad and call him out for his emotional abuse. |
| 313 | * LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:The last known Hawthorne descendant following Pierce's death in Season 5.]] |
| 314 | * MeaningfulName: Well, surname. He is a '''law'''yer and an important factor in his character is being an illegitimate '''son'''. |
| 315 | * PunnyName: A lawyer with the surname Lawson. |
| 316 | * SharpDressedMan: As he is a lawyer, he's dressed only in suits in his appearances. |
| 317 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He craved being acknowledged as Cornielus's son, so much so he spent his life up until months after his death serving his every whim. |
| 318 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: Literally, in the season 4 Halloween episode as he spends most of it in the dark. He reveals that he came by Pierce's house to give him the deed -- Gilbert inherited it technically but he felt that he owed the house to Pierce at least-- and realized there was mail to sort and bills to pay. Six weeks later, he found himself unable to leave because taking care of Pierce gave him a sense of belonging, even if it was without his older brother knowing. Pierce bluntly says Gilbert doesn't have to hide and invites him to stay as a roommate. Gilbert nearly cries when they hug. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Amber]] |
| 322 | !!Amber |
| 323 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KatharineMcPhee |
| 324 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS1E18BasicGenealogy Basic Genealogy]]" |
| 325 | |
| 326 | Pierce's ex-stepdaughter. |
| 327 | ---- |
| 328 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Appears to be a loving ex-stepdaughter to Pierce until it's revealed that she's just duping him for cash. |
| 329 | * ConMan: She frequently find ways to trick Pierce into giving her money. |
| 330 | * MsFanservice: She's wearing a plunging, sleeveless blouse underneath her coat. |
| 331 | * PowerHair: An indication of her independence perhaps? |
| 332 | * StatuesqueStunner: Stands 5'8 and is described as hot by both Jeff and... [[ParentalIncest Pierce]]. |
| 333 | [[/folder]] |
| 334 | |
| 335 | !!!Annie's family |
| 336 | [[folder:Anthony]] |
| 337 | !!Anthony Edison |
| 338 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anthonyedison.png]] |
| 339 | !!!'''Played By:''' Spencer Crittenden |
| 340 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS5E09VCRMaintenanceAndEducationalPublishing VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing]]" |
| 341 | |
| 342 | ->''"Is it cool if I poop?"'' |
| 343 | |
| 344 | Annie's younger brother. |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | * BigLittleBrother: He is visibly taller and larger than his older sister Annie. |
| 347 | * HugeGuyTinyGirl: He is Annie's BigLittleBrother. |
| 348 | * NoSocialSkills: He goes into way too much detail about his bathroom breaks, and his idea of casual conversation is asking people what they think happens after death. |
| 349 | * TheStoic: He's hardly emotive. |
| 350 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Annie says her mother cut her off for the crime of going to rehab, and her father went along with it. Her relatives needle her about going to community college. Anthony is the only one Annie can stand. |
| 351 | * TheUnSmile: So much so that even Abed finds it disturbing. |
| 352 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: He's apparently in his late teens but he could easily be mistaken to be in his thirties at first glance. |
| 353 | [[/folder]] |
| 354 | |
| 355 | !!!Britta's family |
| 356 | [[folder:Marcus]] |
| 357 | !!Marcus Perry |
| 358 | !!!'''Played By:''' Justin Marco |
| 359 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS2E13CelebrityPharmacology Celebrity Pharmacology]]" |
| 360 | |
| 361 | ->''"Look dude, she started it! She's just as into me."'' |
| 362 | |
| 363 | Britta's nephew. |
| 364 | ---- |
| 365 | * CreepyChild: He's not at all disturbed sexting with his "aunt" (who was actually Jeff). When Jeff comes clean and introduces himself as Britta's boyfriend, Marcus agrees to keep his silence over Jeff sexting a minor if he's given Britta's bra. |
| 366 | * HormoneAddledTeenager: Well, pre-teen, but the high sex drive is certainly there. |
| 367 | [[/folder]] |
| 368 | |
| 369 | [[folder:George and Deb]] |
| 370 | !!George and Deb Perry |
| 371 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/georgeanddebperry.png]] |
| 372 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MartinMull and Creator/LesleyAnnWarren |
| 373 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS6E02LawnmowerMaintenanceAndPostnatalCare Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care]]" |
| 374 | |
| 375 | Britta's parents. |
| 376 | ---- |
| 377 | * ActorAllusion: In both their appearances, Deb and George are shown playing [[Film/{{Clue}} board games]]. |
| 378 | * TheAtoner: They are well aware that they screwed up raising Britta, hence why they reached out to their daughter's friends. |
| 379 | * ControlFreak: Britta resents them for being too strict and prohibitive when she was growing up. |
| 380 | * HippieParents: Britta mentions them being into drugs during the time of her conception. |
| 381 | * MysteriousProtector: After finding out that Britta is destitute and homeless, they asked Abed and Annie to let Britta stay with them while they provide them financially. Britta becomes furious once she finds out. |
| 382 | * NotHelpingYourCase: Britta resents them for their ControlFreak tendencies, so what do they do? Secretly intervene in their daughter's life while also roping her friends with their plan. |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | !!The Darkest Timeline |
| 386 | |
| 387 | [[folder:Evil Abed]] |
| 388 | !!Evil Abed |
| 389 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evil_abed.jpg]] |
| 390 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Cruel. Cruel, cruel, cruel."'']] |
| 391 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DannyPudi |
| 392 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory Remedial Chaos Theory]]" |
| 393 | |
| 394 | ->''"The lame go crazy but the smart, they go bad."'' |
| 395 | |
| 396 | An evil version of Abed from an AlternateTimeline, who [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane may or may not be]] a figment of Abed's imagination. |
| 397 | ---- |
| 398 | * BeardOfEvil: Makes himself a fake goatee made of felt in "Remedial Chaos Theory" and has a real one starting in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E12ContemporaryImpressionists Contemporary Impressionists]]". |
| 399 | * BreakingSpeech: [[BreakTheCutie Gives one to Britta]]. |
| 400 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 401 | ** "Hot. Hothothot." |
| 402 | ** Also: "Cruel. Cruelcruelcruel." |
| 403 | * TheCorrupter: Appears to be that to 'Good Abed' when they're alone in the Dreamatorium. |
| 404 | * EnemyWithin: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Might or might not]] be this to Abed. The show itself tends to go back and forth on whether it's the case. |
| 405 | * EvilIsPetty[=/=]PokeThePoodle: His efforts to make the regular timeline darker extend to such things as popping a child's balloon, hanging up a public payphone while someone is using it, and putting out his cigarette in someone's coffee. |
| 406 | ** Subverted concerning his plans for [[AnArmAndALeg Jeff]], [[BreakTheCutie Britta]], [[DrivenToMadness Annie]], [[BodyHorror Troy]], [[TheAlcoholic Shirley]]. and [[KilledOffForReal Pierce]]. |
| 407 | * EvilNerd: He's still as dorky as Abed, and his villainy seems to spring from taking his lack of social skills to its logical extreme of never wanting to compromise with anyone. He's also still obsessed with acting out pop cultural tropes, it's just that for him that means acting like a stereotypical villain. |
| 408 | * EvilPlan: To go to the 'Prime timeline' and take over its Abed's place. He appears to have somehow found a way to do the first part in "Contemporary Impressionists". |
| 409 | ** Changes this plan to 'go to the Prime Timeline and make it as dark as the Darkest One' in "Introduction to Finality". |
| 410 | %%* EvilTwin |
| 411 | * EvilWearsBlack: Wears a black shirt as a mark of his villainy. |
| 412 | * GoodIsDumb: Refers to the Abed and Jeff from the primary timeline as "Lame Abed" and "Lame Jeff" respectively. |
| 413 | * GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Engages in some after escaping the Dreamatorium. |
| 414 | * [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]] |
| 415 | * ItsAllMyFault: Abed thinks if he had caught the die Jeff rolled to choose who would get the pizza, none of the terrible things that happened to the group in his timeline (Pierce is dead from a gunshot from Annie's gun, Annie went insane from guilt, Shirley becomes a drunk, Jeff loses his arm in the apartment fire, Troy had to get his larynx removed after trying to swallow a flaming troll doll, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Britta dyed a stripe of her hair blue]]) would have occurred (he's right). |
| 416 | * '''{{Jerkass}}:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMFsKhLIe2Y Cruel, cruel cruel cruel.]] |
| 417 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's left ambiguous whether Evil!Abed has actually somehow managed to cross between realities, or whether Abed's just having a breakdown. Although Abed seems to view it as being the latter. |
| 418 | * StartOfDarkness: In the end tag of "Remedial Chaos Theory," realizing they are in the 'darkest timeline', Abed along with Troy commits to being evil. |
| 419 | [[/folder]] |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[folder:The Evil Study Group]] |
| 422 | !!The Evil Study Group |
| 423 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evil_study_group_3505.png]] |
| 424 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AlisonBrie, Creator/YvetteNicoleBrown, Creator/ChevyChase, [[Music/ChildishGambino Donald Glover]], Creator/GillianJacobs and Creator/JoelMcHale |
| 425 | !!!'''Debut:''' "[[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory Remedial Chaos Theory]]" |
| 426 | |
| 427 | ->''"Let's burn this mother down."'' |
| 428 | |
| 429 | Evil versions of the Study Group from the same (possible) alternate dimension also inhabited by Evil Abed. |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * TheAlcoholic: Evil Shirley |
| 432 | * AllForNothing: Annie went crazy over the fact that she couldn't bear the guilt of accidentally killing Pierce, in the end it turns out that he was alive the entire time. |
| 433 | * AntiVillain: Evil Troy, Evil Britta, and Evil Pierce are Type IV. |
| 434 | * ArtificialLimbs: Evil Jeff has a prosthetic arm, and Evil Pierce has a unicycle replacing the lower leg that got shot. |
| 435 | * BigBad: Of Season Four, [[spoiler:until it's revealed they were AllJustADream.]] |
| 436 | * TheCaligula: In the Darkest Timeline, Chang is still emperor of Greendale. The evil study group doesn't seem to mind. |
| 437 | * CutenessEqualsForgiveness: The evil Jeff manages to get his girlfriend out of the asylum, arguing that she is too beautiful to be locked up. |
| 438 | * DarkMistress: Evil Annie |
| 439 | * DeathFakedForYou: Evil Pierce didn't think that one through. |
| 440 | * TheDragon: Evil Annie |
| 441 | * EvilMeScaresMe: Played straight with Jeff and Annie. Britta actually ''defends'' her evil double ("Don't talk to her like that!), Shirley detestspities her double ("Get help!"), Evil Troy isn't even that evil (he tells Troy he's out of bullets and admits he just wanted to look cool), and [[TokenEvilTeammate Pierce]] isn't much different from his "Evil" counterpart. |
| 442 | * EvilDoppelganger: Evil versions of the study group members. |
| 443 | * EvilWearsBlack: They all wear black, mostly leather clothes. |
| 444 | * FemmeFatale: Evil Annie, who nearly seduces Jeff in a [[LadyInRed revealing red dress]] before he catches on to her counterparts' planned jump across the timeline. |
| 445 | * HadToComeToPrisonToBeACrook: Annie originally went crazy because she could not live with the guilt of Pierce's death and ended up being sent to an asylum, when Jeff manages to get her out, she has become completely insane and evil. |
| 446 | * JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Evil Annie goes from being someone who feels guilty about Pierce's (apparent) death, to being as bad as her boyfriend and wanting to destroy her counterpart. |
| 447 | * MsFanservice: Evil Annie is a very sexy woman. |
| 448 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Jeff initially considers the idea of turning evil and taking revenge on his counterparts somewhat ridiculous, for season 4 he fully accepts that role. |
| 449 | * PaperTiger: Evil Troy, Evil Britta, Evil Pierce and Evil Shirley are introduced as if they were menacing enemies,but it turns out that they are dumber than their "Good" counterparts. |
| 450 | * TooDumbToLive: Evil Pierce and Evil Britta send themselves back to their own timeline before they can encounter their good counterparts, and Evil Troy admits--'''''to Good Troy's face'''''--that he's out of ammunition. |
| 451 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Evil Abed. |
| 452 | * TragicVillain: With the exception of Britta, everyone had their lives ruined after a disastrous party. |
| 453 | * UnholyMatrimony: Evil Jeff and Evil Annie. |
| 454 | * VillainsOutShopping: TheTag has Evil Troy and Evil Abed doing "Troy and Abed In The Morning!" with Emperor Chang and the other {{Alternate Timeline}}s as their guests. Evil Jeff yells at them to get back to work. |
| 455 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: Evil Jeff and Evil Annie are treated with relative seriousness, the rest of the group are a bunch of incompetents. |
| 456 | * VillainTeamUp: The evil study group seems to support Emperor Chang. |
| 457 | [[/folder]] |
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