History Recap / CommunityS5E11GIJeff

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

* HeldGaze: Wingman, whilst doing Jeff's "platonic shoulder holding" has another one of these with Tight Ship. Stop denying it, Winger.

** Let's not forget how he was able to hear her voice begging him not to die whilst ''he was in a coma.''

* CaptainEthnic: [[ParodiedTrope Parodied]] with Fourth Wall, Abed's G.I Joe counterpart. Wingman even [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] that his costume is "three layers racist."

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: As is fitting for a spoof of ''G.I Joe''.

* HappyPlace: The G.I.Joe cartoon is this to Jeff, because it was his favorite show as a kid. Lampshaded by Fourth Wall, who theorizes "You must be in serious danger for you to hallucinate something this cool."

* HypocriticalHumour: When his underlings angrily demand hazard pay because they can now die, Vice Cobra Assistant Commander refuses it on the grounds that, as operatives of Cobra, they should suck it up and accept the dangers that being a member of Cobra brings... and then uses the exact same reasoning to slash their pay even further because of the changes to the health plan this brings. And ''then'', once informed that agents of G.I Joe have infiltrated the base, he clearly expects his underlings to instantly leap to his defence. His underlings, needless to say, are not particularly impressed.

** Much of the episode revolves around the various members of the Mutineers (i.e. the other members of the study group) snarkily pointing out all the various goofy set-ups and plot holes of ''G.I Joe'' and Wingman (Jeff, who was a fan of the show as a kid) defensively trying to justify them.

-->'''Narrator:''' The G.I Joe Mutineers are even worse than Cobra, because they're ''traitors''! Buzzkill!\\

'''"Wingman":''' Hey! That's not true! I love G.I Joe!\\

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Lampshaded: Buzzkill points out that G.I Joe's uniform policy makes the men look like "serial killers" and the women look like "strippers".
-->'''Flint:''' Tight Ship, you can overhaul G. I Joe when you're commander.\\

* UnfortunateImplications: In-universe: Wingman points out that G.I Joe's [[ThouShaltNotKill refusal to risk killing the operatives of a major terrorist organization]] means that [[StatusQuoIsGod the war's just going to keep going on forever]], which kind of makes G.I Joe just as bad as Cobra.

* EnemyMine: G.I. Joe and Cobra team up to form the organisation "Jo-Bra" upon realizing that Wingman and the Mutineers are the biggest threat to both of them since they are capable of actually killing people.

* TheFunInFuneral: Destro receives a eulogy that is entirely fitting coming from TheDragon of a cartoon terrorist organisation that has never actually had to perform a funeral service before, and the service just gets better from there.

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

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

* UnfortunateImplications: In-universe: Wingman points out that G.I Joe's [[ThouShaltNotKill refusal to risk killing the operatives of a major terrorist organisation]] means that [[StatusQuoIsGod the war's just going to keep going on forever]], which kind of makes G.I Joe just as bad as Cobra.

* MsFanservice: Being [[AllMenArePerverts Jeff's]] fantasy, Tight Ship, Annie's ''Franchise/GIJoe'' counterpart, is very curvy and wearing a shirt with a prominent cleavage, BareYourMidriff, and a [[PaintedOnPants tight pair of hot pants]].

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

* CensoredForComedy[=/=]ClusterBleepBomb: In keeping with the introduction of a more adult mindset into a 1980s kid's cartoon, when Buzzkill discusses Tight Ship's {{Stripperiffic}} costume the word she uses for 'breasts' is bleeped out.

* PoliticalOvercorrectness: Buzzkill, Britta's Joe counterpart, is Britta's obnoxious social crusader traits taken UpToEleven with her complaining about every tiny detail. She accuses Fourthwall of being a misogynist because he pointed out that she doesn't have any training as a pilot and was going to crash their plane by flying it.

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

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

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Buzzkill, Britta's Joe counterpart, is Britta's obnoxious social crusader traits taken UpToEleven with her complaining about every tiny detail. She accuses Fourthwall of being a misogynist because he pointed out that she doesn't have any training as a pilot and was going to crash their plane by flying it.

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

It is one of the most [[BaseBreaker Base Breaking]] episodes of the series.

Wingman is having the time of his life, being a Franchise/GIJoe. But when he kills Destro, he is court-martialed as Joes are not allowed to do that. Then he and his gang meet Fourth Wall, and when Fourth Wall mentions the name Greendale he keeps having strange flashes to a place that is surprisingly more three dimensional then he is...

* KnewItAllAlong: In-Universe; Zartan mutters "Called it!" after Cobra Commander admits that he loved Destro.

* IKnewIt: In-Universe; Zartan mutters "Called it!" after Cobra Commander admits that he loved Destro.