History Recap / CommunityS2E22AppliedAnthropologyAndCulinaryArts

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Pierce's [[ShippingGoggles Shipping Goggles]] for Neil and Vicky accurately predicts [[Recap/CommunityS3E17BasicLupineUrology their eventual relationship]].

* ShippingGoggles: InUniverse example. Pierce interpretation of Neil and Vicki interacting.
-->'''Pierce:''' You two gonna fall in love or what?

* GranolaGirl: Shirley is less-than-impressed by Britta's enthusiastic promotion of holistic medicine and natural childbirth -- particularly since, [[JerkassHasAPoint as Jeff points out,]] Shirley's already had two kids and Britta hasn't had any.

* InstantBirthJustAddLabor: Shirley gives birth minutes after her water breaks. Perhaps justified in that it's her third child and she's been having contractions all day.

* NoodleIncident: "Nothing stops Chang babies from being born. Not the Communists, not the Feds, not the Girl Scouts"...

'''Troy:''' (''sobbing'') Who's Creator/BettyGrable?

* StrawFeminist: Britta, among things, says that 'women have a connection to their bodies men can't understand' (and quickly proves herself wrong) and says that Jeff can't enter a discussion on pregnancy because he forsook the right to do so the day he 'decided to grow a wang'. Which makes it all the more satisfying when she keeps on making a total fool of herself with Shirley.

* UnusualEuphemism: "Race kerfuffle."

Professor Duncan is celebrating exam day by drinking with the class and giving everybody "A"s, Dean Pelton stops by with a reporter for an unscheduled class observation. These plans are also upset when Shirley goes into labor. No ambulances are available due to a "race ri-[[InsistentTerminology kerfuffle]]" happening in the parking lot. Abed guides Shirley through delivery, working from his [[Recap/CommunityS2E03ThePsychologyofLettingGo earlier experience in childbirth]]. Shirley, however, is uncomfortable with him looking at her "nethers", so Britta must step up.

Professor Duncan is celebrating exam day by drinking with the class and giving everybody "A"s, Dean Pelton stops by with a reporter for an unscheduled class observation. These plans are also upset when Shirley goes into labor. No ambulances are available due to a "race kerfuffle" happening in the parking lot. Abed guides Shirley through delivery, working from his [[Recap/CommunityS2E03ThePsychologyofLettingGo earlier experience in childbirth]]. Shirley, however, is uncomfortable with him looking at her "nethers", so Britta must step up.

--> '''Dean''': (''on the World Food Festival'') There are lunch trucks with 18 ''different'' nationalities of food. You know what? [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad Not different, equal]]. Equal to whites. You know what? Better than whites.

* BottleEpisode / RealTime: Set entirely in the anthropology classroom, likely because of the super-expensive episodes on either side of it.

* InstantBirthJustAddWater: Shirley gives birth minutes after her water breaks. Perhaps justified in that it's her third child and she's been having contractions all day.

* StressVomit: Britta after seeing the baby.

* AlliterativeName / RepetitiveName: Ben Bennett, Shirley's newborn child.
* [[ApatheticCitizens Apathetic Students]]: While Shirley's giving birth at the front of the room, most of the non-study group students just to seem to hang around watching.

* TruthInTelevision: Shirley's labour probably went as quickly as it did [[JustifiedTrope because it's her third child]]. Realism in the birthing field was, however, undermined by Shirley's ThreeMonthOldNewborn.
* UnusualEuphemism[=/=]LastSecondWordSwap: "Race kerfuffle."

* CuttingCorners: Troy and Abed attempt to [WackyFratboyHijinx pull a fire alarm as a prank] in the tag, only to discover that it isn't actually connected to anything.

** Chang's statement that "Chang babies are always born with a tail" recalls the ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' episode "Small Potatoes".