| 1 | [[WMG:[[center:[-''Series/{{Community}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Community}} Main Character Index]]'''\ |
| 2 | [[Characters/CommunityTheStudyGroup The Study Group]] | [[Characters/CommunityOtherMainCharacters Other Main Characters]] | '''Greendale Staff and Students''' | [[Characters/CommunityOtherCharacters Other Characters]]-]]]]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Significant or recurring characters on ''Series/{{Community}}'' who are either Greendale students or Greendale faculty members. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | |
| 8 | !!Students |
| 9 | !!!Recurring |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder: Star-Burns]] |
| 12 | !!Alex "Star-Burns" Osbourne |
| 13 | [[quoteright:266:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imagesCAGGSWX1_7882.jpg]] |
| 14 | ->[[caption-width-right:266:Dude. My name is ''Alex''.]] |
| 15 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DinoStamatopoulos |
| 16 | |
| 17 | A sleazy drug-dealer and student who is often a classmate and rival of the Study Group. |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | * ActorAllusion: "Seems Greek." |
| 20 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 21 | ** He's the first person [[spoiler:bitten by the zombies]] in "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]", gets fired from his job thanks to the study group in "Contemporary American Poultry", gets a poisonous dart in the face from Professor Bauer in "Anthropology 101", just for starters. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking AND no one calls him by the name by which he wants to be called]]. |
| 22 | ** In "Modern Warfare", he gets shot point-blank by Pierce while they're looting the vending machines. |
| 23 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis My name--is--Alex!]]" |
| 24 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: Every year he tries to get people to see him as more than just a silly affectation, but he does so by adding more silly affectations. |
| 25 | -->'''Shirley:''' Oh, Star-Burns, I see you added a lizard to your special hat and sideburns. Am I missing anything? |
| 26 | -->'''Star-Burns:''' ''Yeah'', the human being underneath it all, but no one's really interested in that, are they?! |
| 27 | -->'''Shirley:''' No... |
| 28 | * CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:For how his after-death montage will have been made. Justified by the fact that he [[FakingTheDead faked his death]]]]. |
| 29 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Subverted in the season 3 finale when he's revealed to still be alive]]. |
| 30 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Star-Burns. Technically averted, since the character gives his name early in the series ("My name's Alex, dude!") but no one ever calls him Alex. By the end of season 2, he seems to have all but given up on people using his real name. |
| 31 | * FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:He is revealed to still be alive at the end of the season 3 finale, and is eventually exposed to the other characters in season 5]]. |
| 32 | * HatesBeingNicknamed: It's a RunningGag that he dislikes being called "Star-Burns" (and frequently responds "[[CharacterCatchphrase My name is ]]''[[FirstNameBasis Alex]]''" in irritation). Reaches a RageBreakingPoint in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E13DigitalExplorationOfInteriorDesign Digital Exploration of Interior Design]]," where his violent reaction to being addressed that way is [[spoiler:the opening shot of Greendale Civil War]]. |
| 33 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: "Investigative Journalism" reveals that he's part of a ''different'' Greendale study group, which also includes two unnamed students played by Creator/OwenWilson and Magazine/{{Playboy}} model Hiromi Oshima. While we don't learn much about them, it's implied that they're more popular and well-liked than the main study group ([[RememberTheNewGuy Buddy]] was only hanging out with the study group in case Star-Burns' group didn't let him join). |
| 34 | * HiddenDepths: Subverted; despite his frustration about people only noticing his surface appearance, he appears to have little actually going on beyond that: |
| 35 | -->'''Annie:''' Star-Burns doesn't do much. I guess interesting people don't resort to growing shapes on their faces. |
| 36 | * HypocriticalHumor: It's a source of some frustration to him that no one seems to look under the surface appearance he presents and notice the true person he is underneath. His frequent attempts to solve this problem, however, are equally superficial things like adding a hat or a lizard to his ensemble. |
| 37 | %% cite examples of both spellings %%* InconsistentSpelling: His nickname appears with a hyphen just as much as it does without. |
| 38 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's a self-admitted drug dealer, and it's rare for him to say anything that doesn't immediately earn asshat points. |
| 39 | ** According to "Basic Lupine Urology", he's also a known backpack thief. |
| 40 | * JerkassHasAPoint: In the first season he reveals that he considers Jeff a douchebag. He doesn't have any high moral ground here, but he is also not wrong. |
| 41 | * KavorkaMan: |
| 42 | ** He has inexplicably little trouble attracting female attention. Jeff seems to think bribery has something to do with it: |
| 43 | --->'''Jeff:''' [''Referring to chicken fingers''] He gives them away so that people will act like he isn't Starburns. |
| 44 | ** This may not be entirely far off, considering Star-Burns is also a dealer; [[FridgeBrilliance it's not outside the realm of possibility that many of the women he attracts are drug users getting discounts]]. |
| 45 | * LateArrivalSpoiler: From late Season Three onwards, Star-Burns acts as this for several seasons of the show. [[spoiler: Specifically, the fact that he fakes his death]]. |
| 46 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Don't call him Star-Burns, his name is Alex. Dude. |
| 47 | -->'''Chang:''' [[JerkassHasAPoint Well, then, maybe you should spend five hours every morning sculpting]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint that]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint into your face]]. |
| 48 | * PaperThinDisguise: PlayedForLaughs: after [[spoiler:faking his death]], Star-Burns attempts to hide his identity with a haircut and a change of clothes. Yet it never occurs to him to shave off his distinctive star-shaped sideburns. |
| 49 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Although his character was not only very much alive, but had been set up for a full-fledged plot arc regarding the consequences of faking his death, Dino Stamatopoulos refused to reprise the role throughout Season 4, frustrated with Sony's treatment of Dan Harmon. The most he appears is on two separate bulletin board flyers in "[[Recap/CommunityS4E13AdvancedIntroductionToFinality Advanced Introduction to Finality]]". Come [[Recap/CommunityS5E03BasicInterglutealNumismatics Season 5]], [[TheBusCameBack he's back again]], lurking on the borders of the campus. He certainly doesn't appear to be a student anymore]]. |
| 50 | %%* SecondEpisodeIntroduction |
| 51 | * SignatureHeadgear: Starting in season 2, he starts wearing a top hat all the time, to try and stop being known solely for his star burns. It fails magnificently. |
| 52 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:His "death" kicks off the conflict leading to the season three finale arc]]. |
| 53 | [[/folder]] |
| 54 | |
| 55 | [[folder: Leonard]] |
| 56 | !!Leonard Rodriguez, ''né'' Briggs |
| 57 | [[quoteright:295:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Leonard_1_1460.jpg]] |
| 58 | ->[[caption-width-right:295:Thanks for eating all the macaroni!]] |
| 59 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardErdman |
| 60 | |
| 61 | An elderly classmate and rival of the Study Group, who frequently acts like a rowdy teenager. |
| 62 | ---- |
| 63 | * AscendedExtra: He's a side character during most of the show. However, in one of Jeff's "pitches" for Season 7, he becomes part of the "Sustain Greendale Committee," essentially replacing Pierce as the crotchety old man character. |
| 64 | * TheCastShowoff: He demonstrates his talent with musical instruments, particularly guitar. |
| 65 | %%* DirtyOldMan |
| 66 | * InsultBackfire: He's usually utterly unfazed by any of the insults or embarrassing revelations the study group make in their retorts to him. |
| 67 | * ManChild: Leonard's a very old man, yet acts like a man in his twenties or sometimes younger whenever he appears onscreen. |
| 68 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: In his first appearance, where he's shown swimming in a pool without a pair of trunks. |
| 69 | * OldSoldier: He's a crotchety, elderly veteran of multiple real wars, which often comes up during the ridiculous combat situations that take place at Greendale (such as schoolwide paintball assassin, a giant pillow fight, or Thunderdome-style floor-is-lava). He hasn't lost his dead aim in old age, though. |
| 70 | * PanderingToTheBase: {{Invoked|Trope}} for parody; in "Intro to Political Science" he changes his last name to Rodriguez while running for school president to "court the Hispanic vote". The name change appears to have stuck. |
| 71 | * ThePeepingTom: Does this due to not having cable. |
| 72 | * PhraseCatcher: of a MadLibsCatchphrase "Shut up, Leonard!" Usually followed by a seemingly embarrassing secret or insult. |
| 73 | -->'''Leonard:''' No such thing as bad press! |
| 74 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: "LEONARD'S! FOOD!! ''REVIEW!!''" |
| 75 | * ScrewPolitenessImASenior: He's old and he makes a habit of running around naked, insulting random people, and blowing raspberries at anyone who calls him on it. |
| 76 | * ShellShockedVeteran: He claims to have participated in several wars, and this may be an explanation for his current wild and coarse nature. |
| 77 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Seems to have this relationship going on with Jeff; the other study group members don't exactly seem fond of him either, but Jeff in particular seems to detest Leonard. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder: Vaughn]] |
| 81 | !!Vaughn Miller |
| 82 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/EricChristianOlsen |
| 83 | |
| 84 | ->''"Lates!"'' |
| 85 | |
| 86 | A ditzy stoner, hippy, foosball enthusiast and musician who dates both Britta and Annie in season one. |
| 87 | ---- |
| 88 | * BigStupidDoodooHead: Some of his insults against people who crosses him can be very childish at times: |
| 89 | -->''This a song for Pierce, cause him so old,\ |
| 90 | His body is made of wrinkles and folds,\ |
| 91 | Stupid and ugly, he smell like a fart,\ |
| 92 | Got poo-poo in his pants and poo-poo in my heart'' |
| 93 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Despite coming across as genial and laid-back, he's ''incredibly'' thin-skinned and will often jump to the worst possible conclusions, upon which he'll fly off the handle. Then he'll publicly shame the person who pissed him off with a vitriolic song. |
| 94 | * TheCastShowoff: Performs several songs in a reggae band. |
| 95 | * CharacterDevelopment: Goes through a minor instance of it in "Romantic Expressionism" when he for the first time in the series does ''not'' write and perform a TheReasonYouSuck song about the person he's argued with, but instead seems to have realized that he'd behaved badly and instead writes and performs a love song as an apology. |
| 96 | * CreatorBreakdown[=/=]TakeThat: In-universe, twice in a single episode. After a breakup, he writes a song called [[spoiler:"Getting Rid of Britta." Then, after Pierce insults him, he flips out and then writes another song called "Pierce, You're a B."]] |
| 97 | * TheDitz: Vaughn isn't the brightest bulb. |
| 98 | * GirlsLikeMusicians: Vaughn is sort of a parody of the MrFanservice cool rocker type. He's always playing guitar on the quad and is first introduced as Greendale's main musician, and both Britta and Annie are attracted to him and date him at various points on the show. |
| 99 | * GranolaGirl: A male version, and also a bit of a parody. Especially in his first episode he spends a lot of time spouting typical GranolaGirl phrases and beliefs, but it becomes increasingly obvious that he doesn't have a clue what any of it means. |
| 100 | * MrFanservice: A parody of the trope. Almost nobody finds his [[WalkingShirtlessScene constant shirtlessness]] attractive, and Jeff quickly gets annoyed by it. |
| 101 | * NewAgeRetroHippie: Again, more a parody of the trope than a genuine example -- especially since his chill, harmonious nature doesn't run very deep and he's actually rather petty and vindictive. |
| 102 | * PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Transfers to Delaware for a hacky-sack scholarship at the end of Season One]]. |
| 103 | * RuleOfThree: Always says hello and goodbye three ways. Lampshaded by the study group, who start to count his greetings on their fingers whenever they see him and respond in kind. |
| 104 | %%* TheStoner |
| 105 | * TookALevelInKindness: See CharacterDevelopment above. Though he mainly plays minor roles after "Romantic Expressionism" and is PutOnABus at the end of Season One, his development seems to have stuck since his pettiness and tendency to jump to the worst conclusions largely vanish. |
| 106 | * VerbalTic: He frequently abbreviates words, even brief ones. He always greets people 3 times. |
| 107 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: To the chagrin of ''everyone''. As Jeff points out, as he never wears a shirt and he never wears shoes, it's a wonder he doesn't die from lack of service. Later in that episode, Vaughn states that it took so long for him to get ice cream because they made him find a shirt. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder: Rich]] |
| 111 | !!Dr. Richard "Rich" Stephenson |
| 112 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rich_stephenson.jpg]] |
| 113 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GregCromer |
| 114 | |
| 115 | ->''"Doc Pottery-wood". I like it.'' |
| 116 | |
| 117 | A friendly, charming and pleasant doctor who attends classes at Greendale. He is apparently [[TheAce good at everything]], which earns Jeff's rivalry and hatred. |
| 118 | ---- |
| 119 | * AbusiveParents: Apparently Rich's mother blamed him for his brother's death, driving him into becoming a doctor and a StepfordSmiler. |
| 120 | * TheAce: Expert potter, prolific baker, makes the best kettle corn, does community service for fun, is likable to a tee, even gets Jeff to beg him to teach him how to be good. |
| 121 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Towards Jeff. He is a man of many talents and effortlessly exudes a happy, easygoing and wholesome attitude. This drives Jeff, who is trying his hardest to hide his inner insecurities behind a cool, detached attitude, completely up the wall. |
| 122 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Vanishes partway through season 2 without a trace. |
| 123 | * JerkassBall: "Epidemiology" shows that he can be a self-centered jerk. |
| 124 | * MommyIssues: His mother does not like him at all. |
| 125 | * NiceGuy: "Epidemiology" aside, he volunteers once a month in Central America to fix cleft palates, cleans up rivers, and teaches seeing-eye dogs. In his free time he makes kettle corn and takes pottery classes to unwind from the pressures of his job, he hasn't lost a patient in five years. Oh, and he'll also show you how to check for breast lumps. |
| 126 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Of Jeff (one-sided). To the rest of the group, the nicest and most awesome guy ever. |
| 127 | * StepfordSmiler: Underneath his smile he has serious MommyIssues over him not dying instead of his brother. |
| 128 | * TheUnfavorite: When flashing back to his childhood, Rich remember his mother bitterly telling him that [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead he should have died instead of his brother]]. |
| 129 | * WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler:More of a mother-son type, revealed in the last few seconds of "[[Recap/CommunityS1E19BeginnerPottery Beginner Pottery]]"]]. |
| 130 | * ZombieInfectee: He gets bitten in "Epidemiology" and hides the bite, which leads to unfortunate consequences for the study group. |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder: Magnitude]] |
| 135 | !!Magnitude |
| 136 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LukeYoungblood |
| 137 | |
| 138 | ->''"[[CharacterCatchphrase POP POP!]]"'' |
| 139 | |
| 140 | A party enthusiast who communicates primarily by shouting "POP POP!". |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * ActorSharedBackground: [[spoiler: He confesses before his "death" in "Geothermal Escapism" that he's British, like his actor]]. |
| 143 | * AscendedFanboy: In "Repilot" it's revealed that he joined the study group after Jeff and Pierce left. |
| 144 | * BreakoutCharacter: Parodied. Has his own catchphrase not unlike many breakout characters from '70s sitcoms. Time will tell if "Pop Pop!" will join "Ayy!" and "Dyno-Mite!" in the sitcom Hall of Fame. The working name for his character [[ShooOutTheNewGuy was even]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Poochie]]. |
| 145 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: His very first line in the series is, "Yo, yo, yo, yo! Pop pop!" It quickly becomes established that he ''only'' says his catchphrase, "Pop pop," unless it's being notably subverted. |
| 146 | * DawsonCasting: Magnitude is 16 in Season 2, but Luke Youngblood was in his mid-twenties when he was first cast. |
| 147 | * EmptyShell: He has little else except his catch phrase. When it's taken away from him, he suffers a full-blown identity crisis. |
| 148 | * EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether: It's revealed in the (controversial) fourth season that he went to the same high school as Annie and Troy. |
| 149 | * HeroicBSOD: Forcing him to never say "POP-POP!" again will drive him into an identity crisis as he tries to invent a new catchphrase. |
| 150 | * HiddenDepths: "He's awake who thinks himself asleep." (Yes, he quoted [[Creator/JohnKeats Keats]].) |
| 151 | * IconicSequelCharacter: One of the most prominent {{Recurring Character}}s but doesn't make an appearance until Season 2. |
| 152 | * LovedByAll: Absolutely everyone in Greendale loves him and enjoys every time he says his catchphrase. |
| 153 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's short for "Magnetic Attitude." |
| 154 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Prior to his first appearance in season 2, Jeff is the only one in Greendale to have never met Magnitude. |
| 155 | * SixthRanger: Apparently joined the Study Group after Jeff and Pierce left but went solo again. |
| 156 | * SoUnfunnyItsFunny: In the commentary, Donald Glover describes "Pop Pop" as "so not a catchphrase, it becomes a catchphrase again." |
| 157 | * TeenGenius: Listed as 16 years old. |
| 158 | [[/folder]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[folder: Neil]] |
| 161 | !!Neil |
| 162 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/CharleyKoontz |
| 163 | |
| 164 | A fellow student at Greendale who the Study Group try to help through a serious depressive episode by playing ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. He later shows up throughout the series as a campus DJ. |
| 165 | ---- |
| 166 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Neil is the main protagonist and kicks off the plot of "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons". |
| 167 | * CharacterDevelopment: The events of "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" helped him overcome his suicidal thoughts, get a job as Greendale's main DJ, and gain Vicki as a girlfriend. |
| 168 | * ChekhovsGunman: Fat Neil is mentioned in "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design" and "Asian Population Studies" before his main appearance in "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons". |
| 169 | * TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler: Neil boiled all the yams in "Basic Lupine Urology" except Vicki's so she would pass and not have to go to summer school]]. |
| 170 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Fat Neil. |
| 171 | * GeekPhysiques: He's overweight and a fantasy nerd. |
| 172 | * IconicSequelCharacter: One of the most prominent {{Recurring Character}}s but doesn't make an appearance until Season 2. |
| 173 | * OneSteveLimit: The aversion of this trope, there is a second student named Neil at Greendale, and both Neils being in the same area at the time is what caused Jeff to come up with the EmbarrassingNickname. |
| 174 | --> '''Neil:''' So call him "Skinny Neil"!\ |
| 175 | '''Jeff:''' Well, he's actually not that skinny.\ |
| 176 | '''Neil:''' He's bald. He's ''black''.\ |
| 177 | '''Jeff:''' (condescending) Well, ''I'' don't look at the world through that lens. |
| 178 | * UngratefulBastard: The fact that he joins in the protest against the Study Group in "Alternate History of the German Invasion" despite the fact that one of the things being protested against is their use of the Study Room to play ''Dungeons and Dragons'' -- which they were only doing in order to try and prevent Neil from committing suicide, which Neil doesn't at any time point out -- makes him look rather ungrateful at least. [[CanonDiscontinuity That did happen during the 'gas leak year']]. He also did have legitimate grievances with Jeff, who unwittingly created the "Fat Neil" nickname, Pierce, who pettily bullied him during the game, and Abed, who focused on game mechanics at the expense of helping. He's still quite ungrateful to the rest of them, who did nothing but help. |
| 179 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:By boiling the study group's yam, Neil initiated the sequence of events leading to Starburns faking his death, Professor Kane resigning, the Study Group instigating a riot and getting expelled, and Chang becoming emperor of Greendale and almost burning down the school. It may also have contributed to Todd having a nervous breakdown.]] |
| 180 | [[/folder]] |
| 181 | |
| 182 | [[folder: Garrett]] |
| 183 | !!Garrett Xander Lambert |
| 184 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/ErikCharlesNielsen |
| 185 | |
| 186 | ->''"I may be stuck in this vent. It is too early to tell."'' |
| 187 | |
| 188 | A rather socially and physically awkward student at Greendale who is prone to hysterics at the slightest provocation. |
| 189 | ---- |
| 190 | * AscendedExtra: He's little more than a RecurringExtra in his first few appearances before being given a name and an established personality. |
| 191 | * ButtMonkey: "That guy's just a mess. It's like God spilled a person." |
| 192 | * CelebrityResemblance: Duncan: "Go kill Music/JohnLennon again, [[https://www.biography.com/.image/t_share/MTE5NDg0MDU0OTIwNjYwNDk1/mark-david-chapman-9244472-2-402.jpg you]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_John_Lennon loser]]." |
| 193 | * HammyHerald: As the announcer for the Model UN competition in "Geography of Global Conflict". ''CRISIS ALERT!!'' |
| 194 | * TheHeckler: Mocks Vicki's one-woman show. [[spoiler: Ends up teaming up with her, [[EpicFail and makes her act even ''worse'']]]]. |
| 195 | * KissingCousins: [[spoiler: The second-to-last episode has Garrett marry the girl of his dreams...only to find out they're cousins. [[CloudCuckooLander Chang]] convinces them to get married anyway]]. |
| 196 | * LargeHam: Everything he says and does is in a very broad, oddball manner. |
| 197 | * NerdGlasses: He wears big honkin' glasses and is very socially awkward. |
| 198 | * NoIndoorVoice: His voice is rarely below an uneven, squawky yell. |
| 199 | * NoodleIncident: At least two different rallies were set up to "save Garrett". What they're saving him from, or even what these rallies consisted of, never gets elaborated on. |
| 200 | * RecurringExtra: He spends his first few episodes in the background, occasionally being given reaction shots and incidental lines. Later episodes grant him a name and establish him as a supporting character. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder: Vicki]] |
| 204 | !!Vicki |
| 205 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DanielleKaplowitz |
| 206 | |
| 207 | A dance major and frequent background presence at the school. She has an intense rivalry with Pierce and eventually becomes Neil's girlfriend. |
| 208 | ---- |
| 209 | * EpicFail: Her one-woman show is mostly repeating the same few jokes. [[spoiler: Her duo show with Garrett is even worse]]. |
| 210 | * FieryRedhead: Stabs Pierce in the face with a pencil in her first episode. |
| 211 | * HiddenDepths |
| 212 | -->'''Pierce:''' She's a dance major, Jeff. And she likes Twinkies. |
| 213 | * IconicSequelCharacter: One of the most prominent {{Recurring Character}}s but doesn't make an appearance until Season 2. |
| 214 | * LeeroyJenkins: '''''"VICKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"''''' |
| 215 | * SitcomArchNemesis: With Pierce. |
| 216 | * TookALevelInBadass: In her first few appearances, she's generally a quiet and put-upon person. By "A Few Paintballs More", she's leading the charge against City College while wielding GunsAkimbo like some kind of action heroine. |
| 217 | * VisualPun: Her first appearance is all about Pierce tormenting her in every conceivable way because [[DisproportionateRetribution she wouldn't lend him a pencil]]. In said episode, she wears a yellow sweater and a black hat. |
| 218 | [[/folder]] |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [[folder: Quendra]] |
| 221 | !!Quendra |
| 222 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MarcyMcCusker |
| 223 | |
| 224 | A rather quirky student who insists on replacing the letter 'K' in various words with 'Q-U'. |
| 225 | ---- |
| 226 | * DitzyGenius[=/=]GeniusDitz: Her self-penned bio on the Greendale paints her as intelligent and articulate (save for the [[InsistentTerminology insistence on spelling things with 'Q-U']]). |
| 227 | %%* DumbBlonde |
| 228 | * MyNaymeIs: Her name is pronounced 'Kendra'. |
| 229 | * PsmithPsyndrome: "I spell kettle corn with a 'Q-U'!" |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder: Annie Kim]] |
| 233 | !!Annie Kim |
| 234 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/IreneChoi |
| 235 | |
| 236 | An intensely competitive and driven student who develops a rivalry with Annie over Annie's plans to form a Model U.N. |
| 237 | ---- |
| 238 | * AcademicAlphaBitch: As smart as Annie but has a more aggressive approach to her education. She's also not above stealing Annie's ideas. |
| 239 | * AsianAndNerdy: She's Asian, and her Model U.N. plan demonstrates a great deal of intelligence. The other Annie is desperate to prove she's smarter. |
| 240 | * CuteButPsycho: She smashes Jeff's head into a climbing wall in the season 4 premiere. |
| 241 | -->'''Jeff:''' You?! You're pre-med! |
| 242 | -->'''Annie Kim:''' I want ice cream! |
| 243 | * DevelopmentGag: Before Alison Brie was cast as Annie, the character was written as Asian. |
| 244 | * NerdGlasses: Has glasses and is portrayed as a bright student. She's not unpopular or awkward, however. |
| 245 | * SitcomArchNemesis: To Annie, starting with her theft of the Model UN idea. She later steals her role in ''Film/TheKarateKid'' stage adaptation. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder: Mike]] |
| 249 | !!Mike |
| 250 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/AnthonyMichaelHall |
| 251 | |
| 252 | ->''"Dude, my ''life'' is a gym!"'' |
| 253 | |
| 254 | A boorish and obnoxious gym fanatic who gets into conflict with Jeff. |
| 255 | ---- |
| 256 | * ActorAllusion: According to Pierce, Mike was [[Film/TheBreakfastClub a nerd]], but now he's a meathead. |
| 257 | * AxCrazy: He's so violent, belligerent and aggressive that he'll even staple his face to look tough. |
| 258 | * CannotTellAJoke |
| 259 | -->'''Mike:''' Wanna hear a joke, funny man? Knock knock, my fist up your balls!\ |
| 260 | '''Jeff:''' … Who's there? |
| 261 | * CelebrityParadox: ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' is frequently referenced in other episodes (not the one he appears in, though), yet he's played by one of its main stars. |
| 262 | * JerkJock: Basically the villain from a 1980's teen comedy but an adult. |
| 263 | * SleevesAreForWimps: He only wears sleeveless shirts to show off his modest arm muscles. |
| 264 | * WouldNotHitAGirl |
| 265 | -->'''Mike:''' (To Annie) If you were a dude, I'd have my fist up your balls! |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder: Todd]] |
| 269 | !!Todd Jacobson |
| 270 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DavidNeher |
| 271 | |
| 272 | ->''"None taken!"'' |
| 273 | |
| 274 | An almost superhumanly nice biology classmate of the Study Group, whose apparently limitless patience is sorely tested when he is placed into their group for a class project. |
| 275 | ---- |
| 276 | * BreakTheCutie: He's very nice to the study group when he's forced to be part of their biology group, but his manner gets increasingly strained. When they try to set his turtle on fire, he finally loses it. |
| 277 | ** He also suffers a nervous collapse in "Basic Lupine Urology" after Annie successfully badgers him into admitting that he killed the study group's yam and Neil confesses to boiling it, meaning that he'd just been harangued over something that wasn't even his fault. |
| 278 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: in Season 6, Todd's eternal pleasantness goes from NiceGuy to [[StepfordSmiler disturbing]] after he starts saying some weird stuff. He's also a pretty formidable paintball player. |
| 279 | * ButtMonkey: To absurd levels; he's possibly the nicest guy on the entire planet, and yet that just makes the study group hate him with greater intensity. |
| 280 | * HiddenDepths: He is a family man and decorated war veteran. |
| 281 | * NiceGuy: He's so darn tolerant of the group verbally kicking the crap out of him ''for over twelve hours''. |
| 282 | * PhraseCatcher: "No offense," to which Todd usually replies, "None taken." |
| 283 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Britta tries to set his turtle on fire, he stops being so easygoing and calls out the study group for treating him so poorly. |
| 284 | * RageBreakingPoint: What sent him over the edge was Britta almost setting his new pet turtle on fire. |
| 285 | * SanitySlippage: His appearances in Season 6 suggest that he's become somewhat unbalanced by his time at Greendale; he develops a CreepyMonotone and SlasherSmile and Starburns complains that he's "weird at picnics". |
| 286 | * SitcomArchNemesis: He is an extremely nice and patient guy, yet he rubs the whole study group the wrong way. |
| 287 | * WhatTheHellHero: When Britta tries to set his turtle on fire, he delivers a withering summation of the study group's cruelty that he caps off with "OFFENSE TAKEN!" |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder: Pavel]] |
| 291 | !!Pavel Iwaszkiewicz |
| 292 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/DominikMusiol |
| 293 | |
| 294 | A friend of Abed's and his freshman year roommate. |
| 295 | ---- |
| 296 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Hey, blos!" |
| 297 | * DropInCharacter: He often stops by Abed's room to see what he's doing. |
| 298 | %% FunetikAksent |
| 299 | [[/folder]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | [[folder: Subway]] |
| 302 | !!Rick / "Subway" |
| 303 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TravisSchuldt |
| 304 | |
| 305 | ->''"Please don't think of me as any less human than yourselves. I'm here to hang out, take weird classes and party as hardy as my morality clause allows."'' |
| 306 | |
| 307 | A student who, after signing a legal "Corpohumanization" contract with Subway, acts as the company's anthropomorphic representation on campus after Subway sponsors Greendale in season three. He develops a potentially disastrous mutual infatuation with Britta. |
| 308 | ---- |
| 309 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: Legally, he is this in regards to Subway. |
| 310 | * TheBusCameBack: In "Advanced Safety Features". |
| 311 | * ContractualPurity: {{Invoked|Trope}}--Subway has a morality clause in his contract that, whilst it ''doesn't'' prohibit him from falling in love and engaging in sexual relationships, does prevent him from [[NoodleIncident engaging in sex acts of a certain level of depravity]]. |
| 312 | * GivenNameReveal: The first Subway's name is Rick, first used by his boss when firing him in Season 3. He's addressed almost exclusively by his real name when he reappears in Season 6. |
| 313 | * HiddenDepths: His dream job is apparently to open a shelter for disabled animals. |
| 314 | * TheNthDoctor: The original Subway is fired for engaging in depraved sex acts with Britta and someone else is hired to assume his identity. |
| 315 | * OneLastJob: He tries to pull one during his reappearance in "Advanced Safety Features" so that he can leave his guerrilla marketing job on a high note. Unfortunately for him, it turns out to be a trap laid by Frankie. |
| 316 | * ProductPlacement: Both as a Subway Corpohuman in Season 3 and for Honda in Season 6. |
| 317 | * PutAFaceOnTheCompany: Literally thanks to the process of Corpohumanization. |
| 318 | * PutOnABus: He's hauled off by goons and replaced with a new Subway after whatever it was he and Britta did in the pillow fort. |
| 319 | * SuckSessor: Britta just doesn't like Subway after the original has been fired and someone new has assumed his identity. |
| 320 | [[/folder]] |
| 321 | |
| 322 | [[folder: Rachel]] |
| 323 | !!Rachel |
| 324 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BrieLarson |
| 325 | |
| 326 | ->''I started this coat check without permission anyway.'' |
| 327 | |
| 328 | A girl Abed met and liked when she was checking coats at a dance in season 4. They start dating in season 5. |
| 329 | ---- |
| 330 | * AbortedArc: Played straight but then subverted and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Despite setting up a possible relationship in Season 4, she's never heard from again...until Season 5, when Abed meets her again by random happenstance and they excuse the abandoned plot with [[CanonDiscontinuity the gas leak]]. Then she drops off the face of the Earth once again, without much explanation. |
| 331 | * BespectacledCutie: Her cuteness is helped very much by her glasses. |
| 332 | * DistaffCounterpart: To Abed. |
| 333 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gives one to Abed about his behavior after he forces her to play ''Piles of Bullets'' to earn the right to move in with him and Annie, despite Rachel herself not knowing about the deal and even wanting to move in anyway. |
| 334 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After reappearing in a single episode in Season 5, Rachel completely vanishes for the rest of the show. Abed even lampshades this in the Season 6 premiere, wondering aloud what happened to her when he's talking with Frankie. |
| 335 | [[/folder]] |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [[folder: Eric]] |
| 338 | !!Eric Wisniewski |
| 339 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BillParks |
| 340 | A recurring red-haired character. |
| 341 | ---- |
| 342 | * AllMenArePerverts: What little characterization he has involves him checking out Slater, or throwing money on Annie and Britta mud-wrestling. |
| 343 | * RecurringExtra: He doesn't really have much in the way of characterization. He just appears a lot. In keeping with this in his last appearance, Abed refers to him as "Red-hair guy", not knowing his name. |
| 344 | [[/folder]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[folder: Koogler]] |
| 347 | !!Koogler |
| 348 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MitchellHurwitz |
| 349 | |
| 350 | ->''"I know what you guys think of me, OK? 'Hey, it's Koogler! He's cool! He likes to get laid! He's not that old!'"'' |
| 351 | |
| 352 | A middle-aged student at Greendale who lives in a state of [[ShoutOut arrested development]], leading him to act like a fratboy and deny that he is "that old". |
| 353 | ---- |
| 354 | * {{Fratbro}}: Desperatedly wants to be one, any way. |
| 355 | * ManChild: He acts like the main character of an rowdy 80s College Comedy, despite being way out of that age-group. |
| 356 | * RememberTheNewGuy: His first appearance is in Season 5, but everyone on Greendale seems to know him already. |
| 357 | [[/folder]] |
| 358 | |
| 359 | !!!One-Shot |
| 360 | |
| 361 | [[folder: Buddy]] |
| 362 | !!Buddy Austen |
| 363 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JackBlack |
| 364 | |
| 365 | ->''"I know that you're scared that adding a new member might throw everything out of its natural-- ''(opening credits)'' --rhythm."'' |
| 366 | |
| 367 | A Spanish classmate who tries to join the Study Group in one episode. |
| 368 | ---- |
| 369 | * {{Acrofatic}}: He tries to invoke this, but it results in him accidentally kicking Jeff in the face. |
| 370 | * AdamWesting: Jack plays a parody of his funny everyman characters as an entitled jerk who tries to forcibly insert himself into the main cast. |
| 371 | * CringeComedy: He's basically David Brent but American. Almost everything he says is try hard or socially inept and makes the other study group members and the audience hilariously uncomfortable. |
| 372 | * HerCodeNameWasMarySue: In-universe, but the show is so meta, it's hard to tell how obnoxious he is in the [[LampshadeHanging show's universe]]. |
| 373 | * LargeHam: As to be expected from someone played by Jack Black, he is very goofy and dramatic. |
| 374 | * RememberTheNewGuy: Subverted. Except for Abed, they don't. |
| 375 | * ShooOutTheNewGuy: Trope mocked mercilessly. He's allegedly been in the gang's Spanish 101 class this entire time. The entire main cast is either weirded out by his sudden, unexplained appearance in their lives or convinced he's a murderous psycho. "[[Recap/CommunityS1E13InvestigativeJournalism Investigative Journalism]]" ends with Owen Wilson suddenly appearing and offering Buddy a spot in the 'cool' clique. |
| 376 | * SixthRanger: Attempts to be this … [[SixthRangerTraitor then promptly leaves for the 'cooler' group when given a chance]]. |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder: Meghan]] |
| 380 | !!Meghan |
| 381 | !!!'''Played By:''' Music/HilaryDuff |
| 382 | |
| 383 | ->''"See, the rest of us feel ashamed of ourselves so we act like bitches to make ourselves feel better."'' |
| 384 | |
| 385 | A student at Greendale who was the leader of a GirlPosse that had the school on edge due to their nasty dispositions and overall bitchiness. Her reign of terror came to an end when she ran into Abed and was soundly defeated in a battle of trash talking. |
| 386 | ---- |
| 387 | * AlphaBitch: She's the stereotypical head bitch on campus, complete with her GirlPosse. |
| 388 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Ultimately, after insulting Abed in order to shut him down, she quietly mouths "thank you" while the crowd is cheering, to which Abed returns a small nod. The look on her face indicated she was either grateful to Abed for giving her power back and/or that she felt bad about doling out such harsh comments. |
| 389 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: It's pretty clear by the look on her face after she's finished using Abed's 'destruct codes' against him that even she found it a bit too much and didn't really enjoy doing it, but someone had [[ICannotSelfTerminate to stop Abed]]. |
| 390 | * OnlyOneName: Her last name is never stated. |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | [[folder: Lukka]] |
| 394 | !!Lukka |
| 395 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/EnverGjokaj |
| 396 | |
| 397 | ->''"I miss cleansing the fields and forests from the unclean people who stole my country. I miss the smell of the villages burning...[laughs]... I miss the way they used to run from our tanks in fear!"'' |
| 398 | |
| 399 | A student at Greendale from the Balkans. |
| 400 | ---- |
| 401 | * AffablyEvil: For someone who is hinted to have done some very nasty things in the Balkans, he is a rather charming fellow. |
| 402 | * BlackComedy: The war crimes he committed are PlayedForLaughs. |
| 403 | * FunnyForeigner: Until you hear him relishing the memories of his war crimes anyway. |
| 404 | * KillItWithFire: He mentioned to Britta how he and his comrades burned people alive. |
| 405 | * MrFanservice: He's an inch short on being TallDarkAndHandsome, but he is handsome nonetheless. |
| 406 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He casually mentions burning people of opposing beliefs alive. |
| 407 | * SociopathicSoldier: He was a soldier in the Balkans and relishes the memory of burning people from the opposing side alive, including women and children. |
| 408 | * WouldHitAGirl: He tells Britta how he and his comrades burned women to death. |
| 409 | * WouldHurtAChild: He tells Britta how he and his comrades burned children to death. |
| 410 | [[/folder]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | %%[[folder: Paradox]] |
| 413 | %%!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TomKonkle |
| 414 | |
| 415 | %%A rather shabby tramp who participates in the season two season finale. |
| 416 | %%---- |
| 417 | %%* AgreeToDisagree |
| 418 | %%* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname |
| 419 | %%* RememberTheNewGuy |
| 420 | %%[[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder: Gary]] |
| 423 | !!Gary |
| 424 | |
| 425 | ->''"He grew up in a land without sun!"'' |
| 426 | |
| 427 | An [[TheUnseen unseen]] friend of Shirley's whom the rest of the Study Group loathe intensely. |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | * FunnyForeigner: Finnish and TheChewToy of the study group (except Shirley). |
| 430 | * TheGhost: Transfer student from Finland. Shirley's friend, whom no one else likes. |
| 431 | --> '''Troy:''' I hope he transfers to hell! |
| 432 | * HatedByAll: For some reason, everyone but Shirley seems to utterly despise him. |
| 433 | [[/folder]] |
| 434 | |
| 435 | !!Staff |
| 436 | !!!Faculty (Recurring) |
| 437 | |
| 438 | [[folder: Slater]] |
| 439 | !!Michelle Slater |
| 440 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/LaurenStamile |
| 441 | |
| 442 | ->''"The secrecy does make the sex 38% more exciting."'' |
| 443 | |
| 444 | Greendale's statistics professor. She develops a tumultuous relationship with Jeff in season one. |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She's poised and quite rigid. |
| 447 | * BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Britta's Betty for Jeff's Archie. |
| 448 | * BrainyBrunette: She has dark hair and she's indicated to me a talented professor. |
| 449 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After playing an important role in Season 1 and helping drive the plot of the season finale, Slater is mentioned once in passing in the Season 2 premiere and never again. In "Introduction to Political Science", the [[{{Crawl}} news ticker]] on Abed and Troy's election coverage has the headline "[[LampshadeHanging Professor Slater still missing]]." May be an example of ShooOutTheNewGuy. According to some writers, they had ideas for her in Season 2, but Dan Harmon never seemed to care much about continuing the character. |
| 450 | * HotTeacher: Jeff's relationship with her puts emphasis on her physical beauty. |
| 451 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She takes issues with Jeff's fear of commitment despite his CharacterDevelopment yet breaks up with him out of the blue and not soon after is seen flirting with another man. In the season 1 finale, she attempts to rekindle her romance with Jeff, justifying the break up by saying that [[IronicEcho she was scared of getting too close to him]]. The fact that Jeff was the one who had to constantly prove himself to her and the double standard she applied to their relationship gives heavy vibes of an AllTakeAndNoGive mentality. |
| 452 | * TeacherStudentRomance: Her relationship with Jeff and subsequent LoveTriangle with Britta dominates the second half of the first season. |
| 453 | * TookALevelInJerkass: She breaks up with Jeff out of nowhere, and later his comments suggest she was quite selfish and domineering. |
| 454 | %%* UnrequitedLoveSwitcheroo: With Jeff. |
| 455 | [[/folder]] |
| 456 | |
| 457 | [[folder: Bauer]] |
| 458 | !!June Bauer |
| 459 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/BettyWhite |
| 460 | |
| 461 | ->''"I'm going to use this to attack you and you use respect to defend yourself."'' |
| 462 | |
| 463 | Greendale's original professor of anthropology, with some very unorthodox teaching methods. |
| 464 | ---- |
| 465 | * KarmaHoudini: She gets put on administrative leave ''with pay'' for ''shooting a spear'' at a student and subsequently ''strangling him''. |
| 466 | * NeverMessWithGranny: Fires a blowdart into Starburns' face and beats Jeff up with her own IkeaWeaponry. She's badass. |
| 467 | * ObfuscatingInsanity: Near-fatally assaulted Jeff in class, which was apparently her way of getting leave to go to Africa. |
| 468 | * SpecialGuest for the Season 2 premiere. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder: Whitman]] |
| 472 | !!Eustice Whitman |
| 473 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnMichaelHiggins |
| 474 | |
| 475 | ->''"Only when we stop stopping our lives can we begin to start starting them."'' |
| 476 | |
| 477 | Professor of Accounting and coach of the Debate Team. His entirely teaching philosophy and approach can be summed up with "Creator/RobinWilliams in ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety''". |
| 478 | ---- |
| 479 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: While usually nice and carefree, Professor Whitman can tell when you're just taking his class for an easy A and will call you out on it, which he does to Jeff. |
| 480 | * BlitheSpirit: Thinks he's Creator/RobinWilliams in ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety''. |
| 481 | * HiddenDepths: He might seem like some dopey eccentric who's seen ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' once too often, but as Jeff discovers he's actually quite sharp and savvy, and is immediately able pick Jeff out as being both a slacker and an uptight loner. |
| 482 | * PsychologistTeacher: Reconstructed. Jeff assumes his class's focus on personal development will make it an easy A class, but Whitman realizes this and threatens to fail Jeff. Jeff eventually kisses Britta, thereby gaining the personal development that Whitman wanted out of him. |
| 483 | * SeriousBusiness: His "seize the day" philosophy is no joke. |
| 484 | * ShipperOnDeck: Seeing Jeff give Britta a kiss is what inspires Whitman to give him a passing grade, as it tells him that Jeff has finally seized the day through a "life-changing kiss". Later, in the Season 1 finale, Whitman is the one most vocally on Team Britta, telling Jeff to pick her instead of Slater. |
| 485 | [[/folder]] |
| 486 | |
| 487 | [[folder: Garrity]] |
| 488 | !!Sean Garrity |
| 489 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KevinCorrigan |
| 490 | |
| 491 | ->''"Word of advice; if you ever rear-end the Dean's car, don't tell him you're gonna pay him back in acting."'' |
| 492 | |
| 493 | Greendale's intense and pretentious professor of drama. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | * CloudCuckooLander: His general attitude. |
| 496 | * DramaClub: He's the professor of drama at Greendale. |
| 497 | * LargeHam: Clearly favors this style of acting from his students, in particular Abed's report on Creator/NicolasCage. He also leans toward it in his own work, as seen when he's portraying Professor Professorson[=/=]Woolley in "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design". |
| 498 | * SeenItAll: He's completely unfazed by Abed's Nicolas Cage freakout, suggesting that he's seen it happen before. |
| 499 | --> '''Garrity:''' ''[after Abed comes to and flees the room]'' That was brilliant. |
| 500 | * TrueArtIsAngsty: He seems to be a believer in the trope, since he has his students tap into past traumas to inform their performances in his acting classes. |
| 501 | [[/folder]] |
| 502 | |
| 503 | [[folder: Kane]] |
| 504 | !!Marshall Kane |
| 505 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MichaelKWilliams |
| 506 | |
| 507 | ->''"You spent your life in the army. I spent mine in prison. Two places where a man's worth is only as good as his uniform. Now, out here it's supposed to be different. And in my class it will be."'' |
| 508 | |
| 509 | The professor of biology. An ex-convict who gained his degree while in prison, Kane is quite possibly the sanest person on campus. |
| 510 | ---- |
| 511 | * ActorAllusion: "[[Series/TheWire A man's gotta have a code.]]" |
| 512 | * BrutalHonesty: To Magnitude: "You know they're laughing ''at'' you, right?" |
| 513 | * TheComicallySerious: Very serious in all his delivery, and sometimes all the more funny for it. |
| 514 | * TheDeterminator: He managed to get up to a Ph.D. in biology by studying for an hour a day for 25 years. |
| 515 | * GeniusBruiser: Hinted at; he got his biology Ph.D. while serving a 25-year sentence for murder with only one hour's access to the prison library a day. |
| 516 | * HonorBeforeReason: Goes along with the eccentricity of holding a trial for the Study Group's dead yam because he believes that people deserve an unbiased chance to prove their innocence. |
| 517 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: "What the hell is going on at this school? I have so many conversations that don't make any sense." |
| 518 | * NotSoAboveItAll: He's mostly bemused by the insanity he's surrounded by in Greendale, but he has his own quirks and can get sucked into the madness along with everyone else. |
| 519 | * OnlySaneMan: A down-to-earth ex-convict, he normally fills this role. He gets ''very'' befuddled at how a yam assignment becomes a murder mystery, especially when [[spoiler:Neil reveals he was sabotaging everyone else's project to save Vicki's grade]]. |
| 520 | * PsychologistTeacher: Played with; Kane doesn't show much active interest in or desire to mentor Jeff, but in "Biology 101" and "Basic Lupine Urology" several of his chance remarks are things that Jeff [[MeaningfulEcho later comes to take to heart]]. He's probably been more successful in helping Jeff get over himself than any of the teachers we've seen thus far, albeit inadvertently. |
| 521 | * PutOnABus: Resigns as a result of [[spoiler:Starburns' 'death']]. |
| 522 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He remains this consistently. He kicked out Jeff for his phone ringing too many times in class, but let him back in when Jeff gave him his phone as an apology for rudeness. Later, he shames the study group for fighting with each other and insulting Todd, and refuses to let them hurt the other students. When they actually put in the grade, he promises he's not going to fail them for their yam breaking. |
| 523 | * ScaryBlackMan: Subverted. He's an intimidating black ex-convict, but he's ultimately a pretty decent, reasonable teacher. |
| 524 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: He's never taken a bribe in his life. |
| 525 | * SeinfeldianConversation: It's more of a monologue, but at one point he muses aloud about how much Lego sets have changed since he was locked up and asks the class if they know what the deal is with this. |
| 526 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His resignation in response to Star-Burns' "death" results in the Greendale Seven inciting a riot against the school out of despair about the school and having to take summer classes to be able to finish biology. It also results in Chang gaining complete control over the school and becoming its dictator. |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder: Laybourne]] |
| 530 | !!Vice Dean Robert Laybourne |
| 531 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnGoodman |
| 532 | |
| 533 | ->''"Our ancestors were slaves. It became our business to make the Pharaohs comfortable. In time we learned to make ourselves comfortable. Now we are the Pharaohs."'' |
| 534 | |
| 535 | Vice Dean of Greendale's AC Repair Annex and, unbeknownst to Dean Pelton, the one holding true power at Greendale. |
| 536 | ---- |
| 537 | * ActorAllusion: John Goodman once again plays [[Film/RevengeOfTheNerds an alleged second-in-command at a college who pushes around the main authority figure]]. |
| 538 | * AncientConspiracy: Laybourne is the equivalent of a 33rd-degree Mason in the ancient conspiracy of air conditioners. |
| 539 | * AntiVillain: Out of all the villains of season 3, he's the most sympathetic. |
| 540 | * BigBadEnsemble: His attempts to get Troy into the AC Repair Annex make him a secondary antagonist in Season Three, behind Chang. |
| 541 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He's very suddenly murdered by one of his underlings at the end of Season Three]]. |
| 542 | * EvilIsHammy: He gets very loud and very dramatic at times, particularly when telling Dean Pelton who's boss. |
| 543 | * HeelFaceTurn: He spends much of Season 3 as a threatening, powerful and malevolent force threatening, bullying and manipulating to try and get Troy into the AC Repair Annex. Once Troy is in, however, he mellows considerably and shows genuine interest in helping Troy achieve what he views as his destiny. |
| 544 | * HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: He spends the latter part of Season 3 "going through some stuff"--since said 'stuff' involves growing a goatee and a ponytail and starting a band, it's not hard to make the leap to this trope. |
| 545 | ** RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to the DVD commentary, John Goodman had grown the goatee and ponytail for his role in ''{{Film/Flight}}'', which he was also filming at the time, necessitating writing it into the script. |
| 546 | * HiddenDepths: He plays the trumpet. |
| 547 | -->'''Laybourne:''' See you at band practice. |
| 548 | * LargeAndInCharge: He's played by tall and heavyset John Goodman and he runs Greendale with an iron fist. |
| 549 | * LargeHam: Passionate about air conditioning and aware of the control his Annex has over Greendale. |
| 550 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Reveals to Pelton that the AC Repair School is responsible for 80% of Greendale's revenue. |
| 551 | * ManipulativeBastard: Among other things, he engineers [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets the war between Blanketsburg and Pillowtown]] in a bid to drive Troy and Abed apart so Troy will join them. |
| 552 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: "This is the room! This is ''the'' room temperature room." |
| 553 | * SeriousBusiness: Air conditioner repair is a very big deal to him. |
| 554 | * SpiritAdvisor: [[spoiler:He doesn't speak, but a "[[Franchise/StarWars Force Ghost]]" version of him can be seen smiling at Troy during the Sun Chamber duel]]. |
| 555 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He wants to rip Troy away from his friends, as the secrets of the AC Repair Annex cannot be shared with outsiders. On the other hand, they do very good work and guarantee a life of lucrative employment. |
| 556 | [[/folder]] |
| 557 | |
| 558 | [[folder: Cornwallis]] |
| 559 | !!Professor Noel Cornwallis |
| 560 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MalcolmMcDowell |
| 561 | |
| 562 | ->''"History is [[WrittenByTheWinners written by the victors]]. Of course, we all know the quote, but what does it mean? Well, according to Oxford University, it means my twenty years of loyal service there means nothing next to a little slip-up with a coed."'' |
| 563 | |
| 564 | The school's extremely apathetic and jaded professor of history. Cornwallis was once employed at Oxford University until he was forced to leave in disgrace and makes no secret of his contempt for Greendale. |
| 565 | ---- |
| 566 | * ApatheticTeacher: As of "[[Recap/CommunityS4E11BasicHumanAnatomy Basic Human Anatomy]]": |
| 567 | -->'''Jeff:''' [''reading'']: "Pick any moment from history and tell me about it. Be as creative as you like, or not, I don't care. Professor Cornwa ..." He didn't even finish signing his own name. |
| 568 | * DirtyOldMan: He got kicked out of Oxford for what he calls a "little slip-up with a co-ed". It's also implied in "[[Recap/CommunityS4E09IntroToFeltSurrogacy Intro to Felt Surrogacy]]" that he has a thing for young women's feet, at least by Annie's account: |
| 569 | --> ''I was struggling in History, I'm normally the best.'' \ |
| 570 | ''I let Cornwallis rub my feet to give me all the answers to the test.'' |
| 571 | * ManipulativeBastard: In "[[Recap/CommunityS4E10IntroToKnots Intro to Knots]]". |
| 572 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Heavily regrets signing onto Greendale after "[[Recap/CommunityS4E04AlternativeHistoryOfTheGermanInvasion Alternative History of the German Invasion]]". |
| 573 | * OnlySaneMan: Downplayed; while he eventually gets into Greendale antics out of loneliness, his debut as him as reasonably telling off the group for blowing off their first history exam. He's appalled on learning some teachers will manipulate their students on purpose to teach them a lesson; when he tries it, he admits that he was messing with them to have companionship during Christmas. |
| 574 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Debut episode only. He warned everyone they would get a hard test on the material, about how history is WrittenByTheWinners, and came to give the study group a WhatTheHellHero for blowing it off. |
| 575 | %%* SternTeacher: Starts out as one. |
| 576 | %%* TeacherStudentRomance: Heavily implied. |
| 577 | %%* WickedCultured: Part of being from Oxford, really. |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[/folder]] |
| 580 | |
| 581 | !!!Faculty (One-Shot) |
| 582 | |
| 583 | [[folder: Holly]] |
| 584 | !!Marion Holly |
| 585 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TonyHale |
| 586 | |
| 587 | ->''"If you so much as hum three notes from that Righteous Brothers song, I will come at you with everything I've got. Okay?"'' |
| 588 | |
| 589 | Greendale's pottery professor. |
| 590 | ---- |
| 591 | * BerserkButton: Making any reference to ''Film/Ghost1990'' during his class, especially the scene of Creator/PatrickSwayze and Creator/DemiMoore making pottery together, will trigger him immensely. |
| 592 | * LargeHam: He speaks very... theatrically. |
| 593 | * NeverHeardThatOneBefore: As a pottery teacher, he's seen every imaginable riff on the pottery scene from ''Film/Ghost1990''. He just can't take it anymore, even if the scene is recreated unintentionally. |
| 594 | [[/folder]] |
| 595 | |
| 596 | [[folder: Sheffield]] |
| 597 | !!Peter Sheffield |
| 598 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/StephenTobolowsky |
| 599 | |
| 600 | A professor who specializes in critical analysis of television shows, namely ''Series/WhosTheBoss''. |
| 601 | ---- |
| 602 | * AccidentalMisnaming: He pronounces Abed's name like "uh-BED", with the accent on the second syllable, and seems to think that it's his last name. |
| 603 | * ActorAllusion: When Abed is talking excitedly about Sheffield's class, he holds up the headshot on the back of his book... which means he's holding up a headshot of prolific "Hey, I know that guy!" character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, which is exactly the kind of thing actors/writers/TV nerds get excited about while everyone else has no idea what they're talking about. |
| 604 | ** Also, this isn't [[Film/FreakyFriday2003 the first time]] Tobolowsky has played a smug, supercilious teacher who gets emotionally destroyed by one of his students. |
| 605 | * BreakTheHaughty: Abed emotionally destroys Professor Sheffield without even meaning to when he proves once and for all that Angela was the boss in ''Series/WhosTheBoss''. |
| 606 | * CripplingOverspecialization: He's apparently devoted his entire teaching career to pondering the question of who was the boss on ''Who's The Boss?''. When Abed answers the question in the space of a single class, he's at a complete loss as to what to do with himself. |
| 607 | * DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. After Abed effectively demolishes the premise upon which he built his teaching career and he orders everyone out of the classroom, he opens one of his desk drawers to reveal a pistol ... and then he opens it a little further and pulls out a copy of his other book, ''What Was Happening?: An Analysis of Series/WhatsHappening''.[[note]] As originally scripted, he was going to go through with it, but the writers decided that this would be a little ''too'' dark, especially since Abed was supposed to react with indifference when he heard the gunshot.[[/note]] |
| 608 | * LoonyFan: Of ''Who's the Boss?''. He has photos of himself with the cast and crew of the show hanging on the wall of his classroom, he's written an entire book on its titular question, and he breaks down when Abed answers said question after only a few days of study. |
| 609 | * RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: He apparently thinks that "who's the boss?" is a rhetorical question in the context of the show. Unfortunately for him, Abed proves otherwise. |
| 610 | * SeriousBusiness: He's written a book and teaches an entire college course on a single sitcom, which seems to be mostly based on a metaphysical view on what a boss is. Abed deflates the entire thing in just one class. |
| 611 | * WroteTheBook: He wrote the book on ''Who's the Boss?''. He tries to foist his opinion on Abed, but it turns out Abed knows more than he does. |
| 612 | [[/folder]] |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder: Radison]] |
| 615 | !!Cory "Mr. Rad" Radison |
| 616 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/TaranKillam |
| 617 | |
| 618 | ->''"Glee club is what we are. It's ''all'' we are."'' |
| 619 | |
| 620 | Greendale's professor of music and Glee Club director. His incredibly cheery surface conceals a much darker nature. |
| 621 | ---- |
| 622 | * AccidentalPublicConfession: He gets so riled up with Britta when she becomes the SpannerInTheWorks to the final show that he lets slip something that he probably shouldn't. [[spoiler: Specifically, that he caused the bus crash that killed the previous Glee Club]]. |
| 623 | -->'''Dean:''' Mr. Radison, I think it's fine. Greendale is an all-inclusive school, so why don't we let Britta sing her awkward song?\ |
| 624 | ''[The audience responds good-naturedly]''\ |
| 625 | '''Mr. Rad:''' [[VillainousBreakdown NonononoNONONO!]] This show is supposed to be gleeful! And bright! And fun! And you can let me do that, OR THERE CAN BE [[spoiler:''ANOTHER'' [[BusCrash BUS CRASH]]!]]\ |
| 626 | ''[Everyone gasps in horror]''\ |
| 627 | '''Mr. Rad:''' ''[realising]'' Well... ''figuratively. [laughs nervously; increasingly strained]'' I'm not saying "[[spoiler:I killed the last Glee Club!]]" I'm saying, you not listening to me, is like [[spoiler: metaphorically cutting the brakelines... on your own]]-- ''[points]'' {{Look|Behind You}}'', Music/KingsOfLeon! ''[Runs offstage]'' |
| 628 | * AxCrazy: He's clearly not a very stable man. [[spoiler: And that's before we learn he murdered the last Glee Club]]. |
| 629 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Despite smiling all the time and appearing to be rather friendly, he has a dark, manipulative side. [[spoiler: And he turns out to be a psychopath who killed the last Glee Club]]. |
| 630 | * ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: Does this after Abed offers to help out with the recruiting. |
| 631 | * ClothesMakeTheManiac: His sweater vest, or at least according to Jeff. |
| 632 | * ConsummateLiar: It becomes more and more clear throughout the episode that his entire demeanor is a lie, and that most of the things he says are less than truthful. |
| 633 | * CorruptedCharacterCopy: Mr. Rad is a deconstruction of the character Will Schuester. In ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Mr. Schuester forcibly recruited and in one case blackmailed a Glee Club member into joining but is never called out for it. He's genuinely passionate about it but sometimes lets the group's drama and SeriousBusiness go too far in a bid to keep competing and stay as an official club, which makes Sue's vendetta against him more reasonable when her softer side was revealed. In the world of Community, someone like Mr. Schuester is seen as too ambitious over a hobby club where there are mostly adults trying to get a degree to get a job. With no Sue as his SitcomArchnemesis, Mr. Rad is revealed to be ambitious to the point of wanting to commit murder and presumably kept this year's Glee Club on the verge of a nervous breakdown. |
| 634 | * EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He's apt at making cheesy {{pun}} after cheesy pun. [[spoiler: And he murdered the last Glee Club]]. |
| 635 | * FauxAffablyEvil: While he initially seems quite pleasant and cheery on the surface, he quickly reveals himself to be a controlling, manipulative, obsessive [[spoiler: murderer]]. |
| 636 | * FelonyMisdemeanor |
| 637 | -->'''Mr. Rad:''' (''to Britta'') You are ''the worst!''\ |
| 638 | '''Jeff:''' HEY!\ |
| 639 | '''Troy:''' You do ''not'' get to call Britta the worst! |
| 640 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: On a meta level, it [[spoiler:transpires that he's not the only psychopath hired by Dean Pelton. Ben Chang's insanity in the last few episodes of season three certainly invokes this, especially as Chang escapes the same way Rad did]]. |
| 641 | * GlurgeAddict: He's a relentlessly upbeat man who likes to stage overly cutesy and saccharine glee shows. |
| 642 | * KubrickStare: He gives Abed a pretty good one as he's departing to go "convert" the rest of the study group. |
| 643 | * LightIsNotGood: Mr. Rad tries to force the study group to conform to his rather shallow idea of Christmas joy, but as Jeff said, "Attempts to make the holidays brighter always tend to make them darker." [[spoiler:This is ultimately supported when Mr. Rad turns out to be a psycho who murdered the previous Glee Club]]. |
| 644 | * LookBehindYou: "Look! Kings of Leon!" [[spoiler:Followed by an VillainExitStageLeft]]. Why yes, Dan Harmon is a troper. |
| 645 | * MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: He [[spoiler:[[VehicularSabotage cut the brakes of the bus]] carrying his previous Glee Club]]. |
| 646 | * ManipulativeBastard: He was able to make the entire study group forget their hate for the Glee Club and participate in his Christmas show. This was done by "turning" Abed first, as he knew Abed would be convince Troy. He then repeatedly helped the "turned" ones convince the rest of the group. |
| 647 | * MindRape: [[spoiler:His efforts to persuade the members of the study group to join the Glee Club take on this edge, particularly with Annie]]. |
| 648 | * TheMusicMeister: A darker example than most. [[spoiler: Even before we learn he's a murderer]]. |
| 649 | * RememberTheNewGuy |
| 650 | * SeriousBusiness: Glee Club is a matter of life and death to him.[[spoiler: Quite literally; he killed the last club after they didn't live up to his standards]]. |
| 651 | * TheSociopath: Despite his very nice demeanor and optimistic attitude, it is repeatedly hinted at throughout the episode that he may be a lot less nice than he lets on. The concepts of truth and lie don't seem to bother him very much, and his actions work solely to play the group like a fiddle. Later on it becomes clear that he will not suffer things to go against his precise will. After Britta enters the stage and Brittas the show, he says either the people let him do the show his way or [[spoiler:"[[ImpliedDeathThreat there can be another bus crash!]]"]]. The only genuine emotion he seems to show throughout the episode (other than smugness) is that hint of fear when he [[OhCrap realizes he revealed his]] [[spoiler:[[OhCrap mass murder]]]]. He then tries to back down, and when this fails, runs away. Makes you wonder if he would have eventually done the same to the study group had they stayed with him. |
| 652 | * StepfordSmiler: His bright and sunny good cheer is just a bit ''too'' bright and sunny. [[spoiler: Becomes a PsychoticSmirk when he watches Abed go to persuade his friends to join the Glee Club]]. |
| 653 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Britta 'ruins' his pageant, he throws a tantrum and goes on an all out MotiveRant, accidentally letting slip that he murdered the previous glee club]]. |
| 654 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He just ''leaves'' and this is the last time we see him. |
| 655 | ** [[spoiler:There was an entire room full of people to hear his murder confession. It seems unlikely nobody would call the police]]. |
| 656 | [[/folder]] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | [[folder: Cligoris]] |
| 659 | !!Professor Cligoris |
| 660 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MartinStarr |
| 661 | |
| 662 | ->''"Ready, set, peace!"'' |
| 663 | |
| 664 | Professor of Political Science and Model United Nations aficionado. |
| 665 | ---- |
| 666 | * {{Geek}}: He's worn a pendant with a picture of the originator of Model [=UN=]s on his neck since high school, and claimed to be known as "Model UN Guy" in college. |
| 667 | * ThrowingOffTheDisability: He's initially introduced sitting in a wheelchair. This turns out to have been just because he was talking about [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt FDR]] at the time, however. |
| 668 | * UnfortunateNames: His name is one letter off from a certain part of the female anatomy. |
| 669 | * YouSayTomato: Jeff asks him whether his name is pronounced "Cli-ger-ISS" or "Cli-GORE-iss". He just says that either is fine. |
| 670 | [[/folder]] |
| 671 | |
| 672 | [[folder: [=DeSalvo=]]] |
| 673 | !!Roger [=DeSalvo=] |
| 674 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MattBerry |
| 675 | |
| 676 | A professor of Grifting (and actual grifter) who spends a short amount of time at Greendale. Secretly hates the school and only applied to work there as a way to grift the student body for money. He becomes one of the Activity Committee's final foes in the series. |
| 677 | ---- |
| 678 | * BloodFromTheMouth: After pretending to fall down the stairs, he pops a capsule of fake blood into his mouth and spits it out to really sell the grift. |
| 679 | * CelebrityParadox: Abed compares his new show to ''Series/TheITCrowd'' in the finale, which had Matt Berry in the main cast as Douglas Reynholm. |
| 680 | * ConMan: He considers himself a ConsummateProfessional con artist, and he doesn't even try to hide it, using it as a double bluff to get away with his scheme. |
| 681 | * EvilLaugh: See below. |
| 682 | * IHaveManyNames: "Roger [=DeSalvo=]" is likely one of his many aliases. |
| 683 | * LargeHam: He ''is'' played by Matt Berry, after all. |
| 684 | * ObviouslyEvil: He openly vocalizes his glee at fleecing the Greendale student body out of money, complete with an EvilLaugh. |
| 685 | * OutGambitted: The Save Greendale Committee successfully outplays him in the end, forcing him to admit that they beat him at his own game. |
| 686 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Has a strong dislike of women. In fact, when Britta punches him, he exclaims, "You hit me! With a woman's hand! You Midwestern floozy!" |
| 687 | [[/folder]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | [[folder: Joshua]] |
| 690 | !!Joshua |
| 691 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/MattWalsh |
| 692 | |
| 693 | ->''"No double-bounces."'' |
| 694 | |
| 695 | The Greendale campus groundskeeper, who is maintaining a secret trampoline. |
| 696 | ---- |
| 697 | * AffablyEvil[=/=]BewareTheNiceOnes: Though soft-spoken and fairly polite, he is a racist who believes that non-whites ruin everything. He even seems to like Troy as an individual, while putting down his race to his face. |
| 698 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Turns out that despite his nice demeanor, he is a neo-Nazi. Upon finding out, Troy and Jeff realizes that they should probably have picked up on the hints a bit earlier, like how he made several thinly-veiled references to harboring white-supremacist views and [[FailedASpotCheck the fact he had a swastika tattooed on his chest]]. |
| 699 | * BlatantLies: About his swastika tattoo: |
| 700 | -->'''Joshua:''' It's going to be a maze. |
| 701 | * {{Deconstruction}}: Of the kindly mentor with a magical secret to share archetype. Here that 'magical secret' is purity through isolation as a metaphor for the 'mentor's' white supremacist views. |
| 702 | * EvilRedhead: A red-haired white supremacist. |
| 703 | * JerkassHasAPoint: He's a hateful white supremacist, but he ''was'' right about his "no double bouncing" rule. Pierce forcing Troy to double-bounce him caused him to be crippled for several episodes. |
| 704 | * ObviouslyEvil: PlayedForLaughs; after he's revealed as a neo-Nazi, a couple of more subtle clips hinting toward this are shown in a different light ("A place free from darkness"/"Some are natural born jumpers") followed by a flashback the audience hadn't seen before of him with a swastika tattoo and claiming it will be a maze. |
| 705 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: As mentioned, literal white supremacist. |
| 706 | * PositiveDiscrimination: ''Some'' of his racism falls into this; he (a trampoline enthusiast) begrudgingly admits that he thinks Black people are "naturally skilled jumpers". |
| 707 | * PureIsNotGood: He wants to ensure a place of tranquility is not disturbed, but it turns out to be for racist reasons. |
| 708 | * ThoseWackyNazis: Yup, he's a neo-Nazi. Troy and Jeff don't notice the early warning signs, like his references to "purity" and his swastika tattoo. |
| 709 | [[/folder]] |
| 710 | |
| 711 | !!!Custodial |
| 712 | |
| 713 | [[folder: Jerry]] |
| 714 | !!Jerry |
| 715 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JerryMinor |
| 716 | |
| 717 | ->''"YOU COULD BE A PLUMBER!"'' |
| 718 | |
| 719 | The Greendale campus janitor who takes an interest in Troy after seeing his skills as a repairman. |
| 720 | ---- |
| 721 | * ButtMonkey: Nothing seems to go his way. |
| 722 | * TheDanza: Jerry is played by Jerry. |
| 723 | * InsistentTerminology: When Annie implies that a janitor and custodian are the same thing, Jerry's expression hardens and he says, "We was just starting to like you." |
| 724 | * MrFixIt: Part of his job is repairing stuff. |
| 725 | [[/folder]] |
| 726 | |
| 727 | [[folder: Lapari]] |
| 728 | !!Lapari |
| 729 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/KumailNanjiani |
| 730 | |
| 731 | A disgruntled deputy custodian who drives the events of "Modern Espionage," the series's final paintball episode. |
| 732 | ---- |
| 733 | * ChekhovsGunman: First appears in "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking" before becoming an antagonist in "Modern Espionage". |
| 734 | * GoingPostal: A non-lethal variety. He and the custodial staff ostensibly arrange the underground paintball game to get back at the students for the mess they make every year with their usual paintball antics. He further reveals that his part in arranging the game was to get back at Frankie for her efforts to clean up the school, which effectively changes the spirit of Greendale. He also flirts with the idea of getting a job at City College, "...where the payphones are not only herpe-free, they're actually removed." |
| 735 | * HiddenDepths: Has a daughter who plays soccer. |
| 736 | * MotiveRant: He delivers one at the end of "Modern Espionage", explaining how (in his view) Frankie's efforts to clean up Greendale are in fact ruining what makes the school special. |
| 737 | * VillainOfTheWeek: Of "Modern Espionage". He even has an evil lair, the Museum of Custodial Arts. |
| 738 | [[/folder]] |
| 739 | |
| 740 | [[folder: Waite]] |
| 741 | !!Bob Waite |
| 742 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/NathanFillion |
| 743 | The head custodian at Greendale. |
| 744 | ---- |
| 745 | * AlmightyJanitor: Despite being head custodian at a second-rate community college, he apparently has enough influence that generals and politicians turn up to schmooze at his reception. |
| 746 | * CelebrityParadox: He's played by Nathan Fillion, whom Chang at one point reveals is his CelebrityCrush. |
| 747 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: Prevents Annie from getting the aid she needs for her bulletin board project until she convinces IT to remove the porn-blocker from Greendale's internet. |
| 748 | [[/folder]] |
| 749 | |
| 750 | !!School Board |
| 751 | |
| 752 | [[folder: Carl and Richie]] |
| 753 | !!Carl Bladt and Richie Countee |
| 754 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carl_and_richie_5.jpg]] |
| 755 | [[caption-width-right:350: Left: Carl Right: Ritchie ]] |
| 756 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JeremyScottJohnson and Creator/BradyNovak |
| 757 | |
| 758 | ->''"This is Richie and Carl from the school board! That's right, we have names!"'' |
| 759 | |
| 760 | The representatives of the School Board who frequently meet with the Dean. They hold nothing but contempt and disinterest in the school, but are not incredibly competent or well-adjusted themselves. |
| 761 | ---- |
| 762 | * TheAlcoholic: Both of them seem to enjoy their booze a bit more than is healthy, but Richie in particular uses this as an excuse for [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter why he was a bit slow to realize Chang was insane]]. |
| 763 | * BigBadDuumvirate: Of Season Five, as they try to sell Greendale to Subway. |
| 764 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: Richie's the big one, Carl's the little one. |
| 765 | * BitingTheHandHumor: They're essentially a fairly unfavorable analogue to NBC: a pair of thickset morons who try to control a process they clearly have no understanding of or interest in besides profit. |
| 766 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Implied in "Repilot". Despite rehiring ''[[TyrantTakesTheHelm Chang]]'' as a math teacher, they got Pierce banned from Greendale after what had to have been one hell of a NoodleIncident. |
| 767 | * FatIdiot: Neither of them are exactly mental giants, but Richie, the more heavyset of the two, is generally a bit dimmer than Carl. |
| 768 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It takes them rather longer than it should to realize that Chang is an insane tyrannical 'would-be warlord' who is running the school into the ground. |
| 769 | * {{Jerkass}}: They're kind of dicks. |
| 770 | * KickTheDog: Richie "kills" Russell Borchert's computer-wife Raquel with a magnet even though he has no reason to do it beyond being a jerk. |
| 771 | * OneHourWorkWeek: Very rarely on campus. They only show their faces for disasters and get rich quick schemes. Most of their time is spent away from site day drinking. |
| 772 | * StupidEvil: Not a brain cell between them. |
| 773 | * {{Telepathy}}: Richie has it. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No, really.]] |
| 774 | * ThoseTwoGuys: They are always seen together. |
| 775 | [[/folder]] |
| 776 | |
| 777 | !!Miscellaneous |
| 778 | [[folder: Greendale Human Being]] |
| 779 | !!Greendale Human Being |
| 780 | !!!'''Played By:''' Creator/WilliamLove |
| 781 | |
| 782 | Greendale's freaky-as-all-hell mascot. |
| 783 | ---- |
| 784 | * TheBlank: A Sharpie scribble for a face, but that's it. |
| 785 | * NotHelpingYourCase: PlayedWith. In the webisode, ''Office Hours: Pamphlet Serious'', the Human Being is the target of a sexual harrasment complaint, because it was found hanging around the women's changing room and staring at one of the cheerleaders. Upset at this, the Dean fires the mascot actor and tells them to relinquish the costume. One DramaticUnmask later, and it turns out that [[SamusIsAGirl the actor is actually a woman]], so there was a good explaination for why she was in the women's locker room. As for why she was staring at the cheerleader? She admits thought she was pretty. The Dean and the cheerleader, both relieved, are about to agree that perhaps the situation wasn't bad at all, only for the Human Being to then completely unprompted blurt out that [[PervertedSniffing she also likes to smell the cheerleader's underwear]], and the Dean note that actually the situation was worse than he thought it was at first. |
| 786 | * PoliticalOvercorrectness: The reason it exists: the Dean wanted a mascot that could not possibly offend ''anyone''; their previous name was the Greendale Grizzlies, which he decided to change on the grounds that many Greendale students had been called animals their whole lives. Pierce helped Dean Pelton on the project, and look how it turned out. |
| 787 | * SamusIsAGirl: Revealed in online video ''Office Hours: Pamphlet Serious'', via a DramaticUnmask. |
| 788 | * SlasherSmile: The smile drawn on the mask in black marker resembles this more than anything. Probably unintentional in-universe and very intentional on the showrunners' behalf. |
| 789 | * WhiteMaskOfDoom: The mascot's white cloth face is considered by the students to be pretty intimidating. |
| 790 | [[/folder]] |
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