History Recap / CommunityS1E22TheArtOfDiscourse

* PantsPullingPrank: Abed {{Invoke|d}}s it as an item on his list of college experiences. When Pierce tries it, th rest of the group is upset enough to expel him.

* IBangedYourMom: Jeff attempts to sleep with Mark's mom...just so he can have the satisfaction of telling him about it.

* IBangedYourMom: ...just so he can have the satisfaction of telling him about it.

--> Pierce and Shirley "never marry."

* NoodleIncident: Abed had already kissed the hottest girl on campus and it was neither Annie nor Britta.

* NameTron: Boob-a-tron

* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Troy and Abed are [[DiscussedTrope discussing]] PornNames when porn-esque bass music starts playing and a studly pizza delivery guy enters asking in a suggestive manner who ordered the pizza with "extra sausage" he has. After Troy and Abed flee the room, the music stops and the camera cuts to Leonard [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn with a bass]] saying he ordered the pizza.

* NotSoAboveItAllRemark: Shirley advocates that Pierce's racism is one of the reasons that he should be kicked out of the group. But as Annie later points out, she's the most bigoted out of all of them after Pierce.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Jeff tries to tell Britta that she shouldn't be concerned about some asshole teenagers asking them what mistakes they made to end up where they are in life, but interrupts himself by blowing up at Pierce and asking him what mistakes he made to end up where he is in life.
** Pierce & Shirley realize this is the case with the two of them, as they share most of the same complaints about the rest of the Study Group leaving them out of things. It's this realization that prompts her to forgive him for the pantsing incident.
** It's heavily implied that Mark, the leader of the teenagers, will meet the same fate as Jeff; his medical license revoked, and possibly back at Greendale in his 30's.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Shirley advocates that Pierce's racism is one of the reasons that he should be kicked out of the group. But as Annie later points out, she's the most bigoted out of all of them after Pierce.

* AppealToWealth: Britta thinks knitting is hip because Creator/WinonaRyder is doing it.

Has a [[YMMV/CommunityS1E22TheArtOfDiscourse YMMV page.]]

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Abed and Troy pantsing each other at the beginning. Pierce attempts this on Shirley, but the result [[DudeNotFunny is not taken well.]] [[ChekhovsSkill At the end of the episode, Pierce and Shirley humiliate two of the annoying teenagers by pantsing them.]][[note]][[{{Blooper}} An eagle-eyed viewer will notice that the girl's pants were already unzipped before she loses them.]][[/note]]

* TeensAreMonsters: The highschool students attending campus for a program to earn college credits won't stop MERCILESSLY hounding the cast for going to a community college, when they'll be one day going to universities. Strangely UpToEleven - many fans felt they were too cruel or just too annoying to be funny.
** Mark's mom taught him to be cruel.

* WeWantOurJerkBack: After [[spoiler:Pierce gets kicked out of the group for pantsing Shirley, they quickly realize that they need him back, because his vital role as the biggest {{Jerkass}} there allows the rest of them to get along better with each other by diverting all their vitriol toward him.]]

-->The {{Jerkass}} high school kids all end up realizing their academic potential as adults, though Mark [[spoiler:apparently meets a similar fate as Jeff when he has his medical license revoked.]]

* TakeThat: Abed explains how the absence of Pierce has left the status of group ButtMonkey up for grabs:

* CallBack: While dealing with the aftermath of Pierce's prank, [[Recap/CommunityS01E06FootballFeminismAndYou Shirley is shown coming out of the women's bathroom, accompanied by Britta.]]

* ContinuityNod: While dealing with the aftermath of Pierce's prank, [[Recap/CommunityS1E6FootballFeminismAndYou Shirley is shown coming out of the women's bathroom, accompanied by Britta.]]

* HypocriticalHumor:
** Shirley talks about how much she hates it when Britta and Annie treat her like a mom, right before talking about how Annie shouldn't be dating Vaughn.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Pierce is kicked out and brought back for this reason; y having someone around that they all hate, the group is able to get along better.

!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "The Art of Discourse" provides examples of:

-->'''Troy:''' I'll be your Creator/MorganFreeman.

* LastMinuteWordSwap: Pierce to Shirley: "The pot calls the kettle...[[ShapedLikeItself a kettle]]."

-->'''Troy:''' I'll be your MorganFreeman.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In keeping with the ''AnimalHouse'' influence of Abed's subplot.