It's Family Day at Greendale. Slater has dumped Jeff, so he tries to score with a girl named Amber, who turns out to be Pierce's ex-stepdaughter. Britta tries to prove her tolerance by befriending Troy's ornery grandma. Abed and Shirley are visited by his cousin and her sons.

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!!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Basic Genealogy" provides examples of:

* AssShove: It's implied this happens to Troy in the {{Stinger}}; he and Abed are stuck in the vending machine because they thought it looked fun and can't call for help. Abed tells Troy to hit G-14, because the action of the machine will push his phone out of his pocket. Troy hits G-13 instead, and based on his strained voice and facial expression, it's pretty clear what happened.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted; Chang punches out Pierce for drawing [[PlayingPictionary what is clearly a swastika]] (it's supposed to be a windmill) in front of his older brother, Rabbi Chang.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: About whether or not Abed's cousin should be allowed to go into the bouncy house. Abed's dad says that her dad will kill him if she gets hurt, and that can happen anywhere. She retorts that it's just a bouncy house and she wants to have fun.
* BuyThemOff: Pierce's solution to getting a family involves writing checks.
* CharacterDevelopment: Jeff wouldn't have hesitated to sleep with Pierce's ex-stepdaughter on day one. He also admits his relationship was serious and he misses it.
* ChewingTheScenery: [[Funny/{{Community}} Troy and Britta]] in the spanking scene.
* ComedicSpanking: Britta gets a whupping from Troy's Nana. It's PlayedForLaughs, and Britta goes into it intending to laugh it off, but it turns out it ''really'' hurts.
* ComplimentBackfire:
** Pierce compares Amber's appearance to those of the call girls he frequents. It goes over about as well as you'd expect.
** Britta's comment about the attractiveness of Troy's grandmother ends in her being spanked.
--->'''Nana:''' Oh? Tell me, how many men do you think I have laid with?
* ConMan: Pierce's stepdaughter Amber is scamming him for money by letting him think they have a genuine familial connection. Subverted in that she's not trying particularly hard, Pierce pretty much guessed right away, and in his estimation she earned it (whether because he's just that rich, was just that bad a stepfather, or both).
* TheConscience:
-->'''Annie:''' Well, sounds like you've got it all figured out so why are you talking to me about it?\\
'''Jeff:''' Because you’re, y’know...\\
'''Annie:''' A decent person?\\
'''Jeff:''' Maybe.\\
'''Annie:''' And you knew that talking to me about it would make you feel like a bad friend? And you wanted to feel like a bad friend because you want to be a good friend?\\
'''Jeff:''' You really suck, you know that?
* DerailingLoveInterests: Jeff gets dumped in the ColdOpening and doesn't even know why. It's implied that Slater got bored of him.
* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Britta offers to take a beating from Nana to show Troy how to cherish her. She realizes when she's trapped on the lady's lap that it was a bad idea and can barely move afterward.
** Abed and Troy try to sneak into the vending machine in TheStinger. They quickly get stuck.
* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Trying to teach Troy a lesson about respecting and "cherishing" family, Britta says something she would consider complimentary but which "Nana" considers offensive. Nana orders her to get a switch, which Britta does. Britta seems to think that the switch was for smacking her on the knuckles. Nana quickly corrects her ("I ain't no nun!"). She bends over -- even though Troy tells her she doesn't have to -- and pulls down her pants. She realizes very quickly she doesn't know what she's gotten herself into.
-->''[Britta crying from the spanking]''\\
'''Troy:''' ''[crying]'' I don't understand you, Britta! I don't understand you at all! She's had enough! SHE'S HAD ENOUGH!
* DuelingShows: Jeff finally admits his breakup with Slater ''was'' serious, but the part of their relationship that gets to him in the moment was having to watch all that ''Series/{{Glee}}'' for nothing.
-->'''Jeff:''' ''[in tears, hugging Pierce]'' We always used to watch the shows ''[voice breaking]'' ''she'' wanted to watch! I hate ''Glee''...\\
'''Pierce:''' ''[patting Jeff on the back, beginning to tear up too]'' Yeah, I'm not crazy about ''Glee'' either.\\
'''Jeff:''' I hate ''Glee''! ''[sobs, sniffles]'' I don't understand the appeal at all!
* FamilyOfChoice: Jeff acknowledges that the study group is turning into one when Pierce laments that he's missed his chance to have a family of his own.
--> '''Jeff:''' Pierce, who did you call last week after you farted on Vaughn?\\
'''Pierce:''' ''[chuckles]'' You.\\
'''Jeff:''' And who did Abed call after that squirrel stole his hot dog?\\
'''Pierce:''' Me.\\
'''Jeff:''' That's sharing your life. If you have friends, you have family.
* FightUnscene: We only get to see the aftermath of the fight between Chang and Pierce.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences:
-->'''Abed:''' I hope they're not twins. Twins freak me out. They always know what the other one is...\\
'''Troy:''' Thinking.\\
'''Abed:''' Yeah. And they're always finishing each other’s...\\
'''Troy:''' [[SubvertedTrope Pie.]]\\
'''Abed:''' It's creepy.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Chang's brother calling him out on how ridiculous "Señor Chang" sounds. At first it looks like just another joke about the oddity of a Chinese-American man teaching Spanish, until one watches [[Recap/CommunityS1E24EnglishAsASecondLanguage "English As A Second Language"]] and realizes that [[spoiler: Rabbi Chang is probably aware of the fact that his brother is lying like a rug about his teaching credentials]].
* [[TheGenerationGap Generation Gap]]: [[HippieParents Star-burns]] is shown to have a yuppie-looking son. [[note]]Might even serve as a layered meta-joke in light of Star-burns' frequent protestations about his [[Series/FamilyTies given name]]...[[/note]]
* GirlOfTheWeek: Pierce's ex-stepdaughter [[Creator/KatharineMcPhee Amber]] serves as a TemporaryLoveInterest for Jeff this episode.
* HollywoodBoardGames: Pierce and co. play a game of Pictionary, with the cue being "windmill". Matching the sitcom's customary BlackComedy and in a {{justified}} case for it, Pierce's drawing resembles a swastika. This [[GameNightFight derails into a fistfight]] with a rabbi who gets understandably offended by it. The cop that arrests them thinks ''Pictionary'' should ban the abovementioned cue.
* {{Hypocrite}}: When Jeff tells Amber that he promised Pierce he wouldn't go after her, she points out that Pierce left her mother for their housekeeper and therefore has no business dictating anything about her sex life.
* HypocriticalHumor: Rabbi Chang pointing out how ridiculous "Señor Chang" sounds.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Invoked. Britta unsuccessfully attempts to flatter Troy's grandmother's looks to get on her good side.
* InsistentTerminology: Whenever Pierce introduces Amber as his daughter, she's quick to clarify that she's actually his ''step''daughter.
--> "Technically, ex-stepdaughter."
* JerkAss: Troy's grandma. Britta calls her pretty; she takes it to mean Britta thinks she's a whore and finds this sufficient excuse to deliver a brutal spanking. This seems to be her standard response to any conversation.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Shirley's boys are introduced as being somewhat out of control and a liiiittle bit racist (introducing themselves by pointing blaster guns at Abed's father and yelling "Freeze! Homeland Security!"). But then they disguise themselves as Abed's cousin (by putting on her burkha) so she can go have fun. Shirley thought it was Abed's idea, but it was theirs.
* KnuckleCracking: Chang cracks his neck badass-style before taking on Pierce.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Overlapping with SeinfeldianConversation. Shirley says Jeff is the Booty-nator, who feels no love, just sex. Everyone else is just confused.
-->'''Shirley:''' You know, [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} "I'll be back"]] -- but with booty.\\
'''Troy:''' Why would the Booty-nator be back ''with'' booty? Wouldn't he just try and... kill it?\\
'''Abed:''' Maybe he kills it and then brings it back as a trophy.\\
'''Annie:''' Why would you want dead booty?\\
'''Troy:''' I want [[PirateBooty pirate's booty]].[[note]]This is also an American snack food.[[/note]]
* MistakenForRacist: To be fair, Pierce actually is pretty racist, but for once he makes an innocent mistake with his attempt to draw a windmill while playing Pictionary. [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike And apparently he's not the first person to do it]], according to Officer Cackowski. Obviously, he'd never seen the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/OldDutchQualityLivesHereLogo.png Old Dutch potato chips]] logo in his life...
* MoralityPet: Annie, to Jeff. This episode takes it up to eleven.
* NeverMessWithGranny: Britta learns this the hard way, handing Troy's Nana the switch she needs to whup Britta with herself.
* OffScreenBreakup: Jeff and Professor Slater.
* PetTheDog: Pierce reveals that he knew all along that his step daughter was scamming him, shares a moment with Jeff, then helps Jeff realize that he cared more for Michelle than he let on.
** Despite Chang's clear hatred of his older brother, he still defends him against anti-Semitism [[MistakenForRacist (even if it's accidental) ]].
* PlayingPictionary: With actual Pictionary. Apparently, people drawing accidental swastikas has come up on campus before. Officer Cackowski says it won't stop until ''Pictionary'' bans the clue "windmill" from the game.
* PuppyDogEyes:
-->'''Jeff:''' You're becoming dangerous, Annie. It's those doe-eyes. Disappointing you is like choking Franchise/{{the Little Mermaid}} with a bike chain.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The cop (Officer, previously Security Guard Cackowski) that the dean has to call to handle the fight is apologetic to both men. He says it was obviously a misunderstanding thanks to ''Pictionary'' and just needs to take their statements.
* RightBehindMe: Britta admits that Troy was right and his Nana is a monster...just as someone wheels her up behind them. Nana immediately orders Troy to go get a switch.
* ShipTease: Troy and Britta are paired up again in this episode, and once again Jeff finds himself gravitating towards Annie as he's undergoing his moral dilemmas.
* SoreLoser: Pierce is petulant during ''Pictionary'' when he's not the one to come up with the right answer... even though his team still won the points.
-->'''Amber:''' Pierce, you're up!\\
'''Pierce:''' Eat my dust, Winger.\\
'''Jeff:''' You do know we're on the same team...?
* SorryToInterrupt: Jeff and Amber, in the middle of making out, walk in on Britta being spanked by Nana, while Troy is bawling his eyes out:
-->''[Jeff and Amber watch the scene in confusion and horror]''\\
'''Jeff:''' ...You know what? ''Totally'' wrong room. You get the door?\\
'''Amber:''' Uh-huh.\\
''[they quickly walk back out again]''
* SpottingTheThread: Jeff realizes that Amber is lying to Pierce when she claims that the check he gave her is for fashion school, even though Pierce had been led to believe it was for photography school.
* StereotypeFlip: Exaggerated. It is revealed that Spanish teacher Señor Chang has an older brother who is a rabbi. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by Dean Pelton, although he also makes the mistake of somehow thinking that the Changs are Japanese.
-->'''Dean:''' Well, it was wonderful meeting your brother. Adios Señor Chang, Shalom Rabbi Chang, and to both of you, Sayonara.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Apparently, a lot of people make the same mistake as Pierce when drawing a windmill in ''Pictionary''. So much that the cops say it's been happening since the beginning of ''Pictionary''.
* SymbologyResearchFailure: Rabbi Chang is wearing a tallit (prayer shawl) out in public for some reason. They are meant to be used during services. Which is probably the joke -- there are tallises that are worn in everyday life, but they're generally worn under the clothes and look rather different.
* TakeThat: To ''Series/{{Glee}}'', as mentioned under DuelingShows. Jeff absolutely hated the show, but had to watch it while he was with Slater.
* TeamMom: Shirley plays this role with her usual gusto, but only within her subplot with her kids and Abed's family. Notably, she sets aside religious issues, and is more concerned with Abra having opportunities to have fun and be a kid.
* TotemPoleTrench: How Shirley's sons disguise themselves so Abed's cousin can go play: they sit on each other's shoulders wearing Abra's burqa so she can go jump in the bouncy castle.
* TrueCompanions:
** Jeff reassures Pierce that he doesn't need to rely on greedy family members to get what he wants.
--->'''Jeff:''' As long as you have friends you have family.
** Troy willingly takes a beating from his Nana to make Britta feel better. Isn't friendship grand?
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: Discussed.
-->'''Annie:''' ''[about Abed's female cousin]'' Does she look like you but with a wig and lipstick?\\
'''Abed:''' No, that's Creator/HalleBerry.
* WallBangHer: Downplayed. Jeff gently presses Amber against a cupboard in the storage room.
* WhenEldersAttack: Troy's Nana delivers a not-so-ComedicSpanking to Britta, then later Troy.
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