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* CatchPhrase: First appearance of "Troy and Abed in the morrrning" in the tag



* PassThePopcorn: Abed tags along Annie and Shirley's buddy cop escapades with [[strike:a box of Raisinettes]] [[BrandX chocolate raisins in a non-descript yellow box]]. (He ends up giving the rest to a stranger to save his seat... which is the back seat of Shirley and Annie's mobile security guard cart.)

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* PassThePopcorn: PassThePopcorn:
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Abed tags along Annie and Shirley's buddy cop escapades with [[strike:a box of Raisinettes]] [[BrandX chocolate raisins in a non-descript yellow box]]. (He ends up giving the rest to a stranger to save his seat... which is the back seat of Shirley and Annie's mobile security guard cart.)



* ShoutOut: Jeff, to Shirley and Annie. "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Cagney... Lacey]]."

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* ShoutOut: SharePhrase: First appearance of "Troy and Abed in the morrrning" in the tag
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Jeff, to Shirley and Annie. "[[Series/CagneyAndLacey Cagney... Lacey]]."

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They Fight Crime is no longer a trope


* OddCouple: She's a seriously cute recovering teen drug addict. She's a newly-single, single-mindedly Christian housewife and mother. [[TheyFightCrime They Fight Crime (sort of)!]]

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* OddCouple: She's a seriously cute recovering teen drug addict. She's a newly-single, single-mindedly Christian housewife and mother. [[TheyFightCrime [[WunzaPlot They Fight Crime (sort of)!]]



* TheyFightCrime: Annie and Shirley take their volunteer security guard positions a but too seriously and try turning it into a [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] adventure, not helped by Abed prodding them along.
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->'''Annie:''' That African-American police chief character Abed was playing was right. We need to work together to catch this guy.

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->'''Annie:''' -->'''Annie:''' That African-American police chief character Abed was playing was right. We need to work together to catch this guy.

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->'''Annie:''' That African-American police chief character Abed was playing was right. We need to work together to catch this guy.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Annie tries to attack Jeff with pepper spray while running after him. It ends up blowing back into her eyes and Jeff gets away..

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Annie tries to attack Jeff with pepper spray while running after him. It ends up blowing back into her eyes and Jeff gets away..away.



* GroupHug

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* GroupHugGroupHug: At the end, when the group starts to break down crying over their various issues throughout the episode.



** Thanks to Abed: "[[Film/LethalWeapon I'm too old for this!]]"

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** Thanks to Abed: "[[Film/LethalWeapon I'm [[Film/LethalWeapon "I'm too old for this!]]"this!"]]



%%* TheyFightCrime:
* TurnInYourBadge: Invoked by Abed, and totally deserved.

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%%* TheyFightCrime:
* TheyFightCrime: Annie and Shirley take their volunteer security guard positions a but too seriously and try turning it into a [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]] adventure, not helped by Abed prodding them along.
* TurnInYourBadge: Invoked by Abed, Abed when Annie and Shirley can't get along enough to focus on catching the culprit of Britta's failed prank, and totally deserved.
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** UpToEleven when Annie starts slamming Jeff's head into the study hall table.

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** UpToEleven Exaggerated when Annie starts slamming Jeff's head into the study hall table.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Annie tries to attack Jeff with pepper spray while running after him. It ends up blowing back into her eyes and Jeff gets away..

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* AerosolSprayBackfire: When Annie tries to "arrest" Jeff.



* ByTheBookCop[=/=]CowboyCop: Both Shirley and Annie compete to be recognized as the latter, despite both usually being closer to the former in temperament.

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* ByTheBookCop[=/=]CowboyCop: Both ByTheBookCop: Annie and Shirley and Annie compete to be recognized as spend most of the latter, despite both usually being closer episode trying to the former in temperament.avoid getting shunted into this role.


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* CowboyCop: Shirley and Annie compete for this role, despite both usually being closer to "By-the-Book Cop" in temperament.
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Zero Context Example, and also doesn't fit the definition. While they are different races, their personalities are somewhat similar as they dislike being seen as timid woman, so they both played the role of hotheaded cop.


* SaltAndPepper
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An April Fools Day pranks goes wrong, and newly deputized campus security officers Shirley and Annie are on the case. Meanwhile, Jeff and Troy take advantage of Pierce's idiosyncratic beliefs about becoming a "level six laser lotus" in his "Buddhist" chapter to play a prank of their own.

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An April Fools Day pranks prank goes wrong, and newly deputized campus security officers Shirley and Annie are on the case. Meanwhile, Jeff and Troy take advantage of Pierce's idiosyncratic beliefs about becoming a "level six laser lotus" in his "Buddhist" chapter to play a prank of their own.
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!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "The Science of Illusion" provides examples of:

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!The !!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "The Science of Illusion" provides examples of:



* ComplimentBackfire: Britta clearly isn't very impressed when Jeff's initial attempts to make her feel better during the meltdown at the end lead him to describe her as "the anti-Winger" and "the dark cloud that unites us".
* ContinuityNod: Pierce's napkin drawing of the Greendale Human Being can be seen hanging up behind Dean Pelton's desk.



* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=]GoneHorriblyWrong: Britta's prank. Mother of God.



** Britta clearly isn't very impressed when Jeff's initial attempts to make her feel better during the meltdown at the end lead him to describe her as "the anti-Winger" and "the dark cloud that unites us".


* [[YouHave48Hours You Have 24 Hours]]: Abed gets the Dean to invoke this on Shirley and Annie when they take over the case. It so happens they actually ''do'' have twenty-four hours, since they're only temporary security guards and go back to being regular students at that point.
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* BackhandedCompliment: Jeff's initial attempts to try and make Britta feel better during her meltdown at the end fall squarely into this trope.
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* {{Badass}}: Annie and Shirley quibble over this title in their duo.

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fixed a wick for a split trope


* StopHelpingMe: [[InvokedTrope The Dean has a moment of this]] when even ''he'' realizes how overboard Abed invoking BuddyCopShow tropes is getting after Abed feeds him the line "I just got off the phone with the Mayor!" as he's dressing down Annie & Shirley over failing to catch the culprit.
** Britta clearly isn't very impressed when Jeff's initial attempts to make her feel better during the meltdown at the end lead him to describe her as "the anti-Winger" and "the dark cloud that unites us".


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* UnwantedAssistance: [[InvokedTrope The Dean has a moment of this]] when even ''he'' realizes how overboard Abed invoking BuddyCopShow tropes is getting after Abed feeds him the line "I just got off the phone with the Mayor!" as he's dressing down Annie & Shirley over failing to catch the culprit.
** Britta clearly isn't very impressed when Jeff's initial attempts to make her feel better during the meltdown at the end lead him to describe her as "the anti-Winger" and "the dark cloud that unites us".
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** In the opening scene, an "Enviro-dale" flyer can be seen on the wall as Leonard sneaks up on the Dean.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Very subtly done; when trying to make Britta feel better at the end, Jeff's very first thought is to raise an unflattering comparison with himself ("You're the ''Anti-''Winger!").
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* OddCouple: She's a seriously cute recovering teen drug addict. She's a newly-single, single-mindedly Christian housewife and mother. TheyFightCrime!

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* OddCouple: She's a seriously cute recovering teen drug addict. She's a newly-single, single-mindedly Christian housewife and mother. TheyFightCrime![[TheyFightCrime They Fight Crime (sort of)!]]
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** Thanks to Abed: "[[LethalWeapon I'm too old for this!]]"

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** Thanks to Abed: "[[LethalWeapon "[[Film/LethalWeapon I'm too old for this!]]"

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