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It’s the end of the semester, and the study group decides to attend the transfer dance after being informed that Britta was nominated for transfer queen. At the dance tensions begin to rise. Annie tells the study-group that she has decided to follow her boyfriend, Vaughn, to the East Coast for the summer, but privately confides in Jeff she doesn’t plan on returning to Greendale.

Troy is being kicked out of his house and in increasingly unsubtle fashion hints he wants to be Abed’s roommate, a situation Abed appears uninterested in. Troy confronts Abed about it, and Abed explains that while he sees Troy as his best friend, he fears that them living together will lead to their personalities crashing and ultimately cause their friendship to "{{jump the shark}}." Troy doesn't understand Abed's metaphor, until he finally gets an epiphany after eating too much of a giant cookie and getting a tummy ache, realizing that [[AnAesop too much of a good thing can be a bad thing]] and the cookie represents his friendship with Abed.

Chang and Duncan's continued grudge explodes into a full BallroomBlitz.

Jeff’s two love interests [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]] compete over his affection and both publicly confess their love for him. The episode ends in a BigDamnKiss that has been building for most of the season.

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It’s the end of the semester, and the study group decides to attend the transfer dance after being informed that Britta was nominated for transfer queen. At the dance tensions begin to rise. Annie tells the study-group that she has decided to follow her boyfriend, Vaughn, to the East Coast for the summer, but privately confides in Jeff she doesn’t plan on returning to Greendale. \n\n Meanwhile, Jeff finds that while his getting quite close to Britta, Slater have decided that she is willing to give their old relationship a new shot. And soon his [[BettyAndVeronica two love interests]] are competing over his affection, through increasingly venomous PassiveAggressiveKombat.

Chang meets with Duncan, hoping that Duncan will help cheating his way through college, since he is his friend. Duncan merely laughs in Chang's face and mocks him for being a phony, telling him they were never friends. Humiliated and angry, Chang threatens violence, but Duncan smugly reminds him that punching a professor will get him expelled. Through gritted teeth, Chang promises that he will find some sort of of loophole, and when that happens, he will kill Duncan.

Troy is being kicked out of his house and in increasingly unsubtle fashion hints he wants to be Abed’s roommate, a situation Abed appears uninterested in. Troy confronts Abed about it, and Abed explains that while he sees Troy as his best friend, he fears that them living together will lead to their personalities crashing and ultimately cause their friendship to "{{jump the shark}}." Troy doesn't understand Abed's metaphor, metaphor until he finally gets an epiphany after eating too much of a giant cookie and getting a tummy ache, realizing that [[AnAesop too much of a good thing can be a bad thing]] and the cookie represents his friendship with Abed.

Chang At the transfer dance, Slater and Duncan's continued grudge explodes into a full BallroomBlitz.

Jeff’s two love interests [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]] compete
Britta's fight over his affection Jeff intensifies, and while Duncan is openly jealous that Jeff has two women chasing after him, and tries very unsuccessfully to unsubtly flirt with Slater, Jeff feels the pressure getting to him. Things get to a head, when both women publicly confess their love for him, and the dance guests organize themselves in "Team Britta" and "Team Slater", demanding that Jeff makes a decision. As Jeff, unsure how to respond, tries spin the situation to buy some time, but he is interrupted by a drunk Duncan, who tries to impress a woman by attempting to rap. The dean tries get Duncan off the stage, but Duncan drunkly insults him, and the dean suspends him. The episode ends Chang walks up to Duncan, pointing out that since he is suspended, he is not an acting professor, before he takes out a pack of quarters from his pocket and uses it to savagely hit Duncan in the face with, initiating a full-on BallroomBlitz.

Jeff, meanwhile, has used the commotion to sneak away, and runs into Annie, who changed her mind about leaving. After the two each share their respective conflicted emotions, Annie gives Jeff a small kiss, and Jeff responds with
a BigDamnKiss that has been building for most of the season.
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!The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" provides examples of:

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It’s the end of the semester, and the study group decides to attend the transfer dance after being informed that Britta was nominated for transfer queen. At the dance tensions begin to rise. Annie tells the study-group that she has decided to follow her boyfriend, Vaughn, to the East Coast for the summer, but privately confides in Jeff she doesn’t plan on returning to Greendale. Troy is being kicked out of his house and in increasingly unsubtle fashion hints he wants to be Abed’s roommate, a situation Abed appears uninterested in. Chang and Duncan's continued grudge explodes into a full BallroomBlitz. Jeff’s two love interests [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]] compete over his affection and both publicly confess their love for him. The episode ends in a BigDamnKiss that has been building for most of the season.

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It’s the end of the semester, and the study group decides to attend the transfer dance after being informed that Britta was nominated for transfer queen. At the dance tensions begin to rise. Annie tells the study-group that she has decided to follow her boyfriend, Vaughn, to the East Coast for the summer, but privately confides in Jeff she doesn’t plan on returning to Greendale.

Troy is being kicked out of his house and in increasingly unsubtle fashion hints he wants to be Abed’s roommate, a situation Abed appears uninterested in. Troy confronts Abed about it, and Abed explains that while he sees Troy as his best friend, he fears that them living together will lead to their personalities crashing and ultimately cause their friendship to "{{jump the shark}}." Troy doesn't understand Abed's metaphor, until he finally gets an epiphany after eating too much of a giant cookie and getting a tummy ache, realizing that [[AnAesop too much of a good thing can be a bad thing]] and the cookie represents his friendship with Abed.

Chang and Duncan's continued grudge explodes into a full BallroomBlitz. BallroomBlitz.

Jeff’s two love interests [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]] compete over his affection and both publicly confess their love for him. The episode ends in a BigDamnKiss that has been building for most of the season.
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* FreudianCouch: Britta is lying down on the couch when she has a therapy session. Duncan tells he she needs not lie and she angrily responds that he could have told her sooner, not in the last session.

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* FreudianCouch: Britta is lying down on the couch when she has a therapy session. Duncan tells he her she needs not lie and she angrily responds that he could have told her sooner, not in the last session.

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* BigDamnKiss

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* BigDamnKissBigDamnKiss: Jeff and Annie kiss at the end.



** [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology Jeff greets Vaughn in three variations, counting off each one. This goes back to an observation about Vaughn in "Social Psychology", the fourth episode.]]
*** Later, the rest of the study group simultaneously does the same thing with goodbyes.

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** [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology Jeff greets Vaughn in three variations, counting off each one. This goes back to an observation about Vaughn in "Social Psychology", the fourth episode.]]
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]] Later, the rest of the study group simultaneously does the same thing with goodbyes.



*** Additionally, Britta's sessions with Duncan were a condition of her acquittal for cheating in that episode; here we see one for the first (and last) time.

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*** Additionally, ** Britta's therapy sessions with Duncan were a condition of her acquittal for cheating in that "Advanced Criminal Law" episode; here we see one for the first (and last) time.



*** To which Shirley responds, "Holy macaroni with pepperjack!" Which was mentioned as an improvement on the standard macaroni and cheese formula during the background chatter when the group finds out about Slater and Jeff dating in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E16CommunicationStudies Communication Studies]]".

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*** To which ** Having learned about Jeff and Britta's sex, Shirley responds, "Holy macaroni with pepperjack!" Which was mentioned as an improvement on the standard macaroni and cheese formula during the background chatter when the group finds out about Slater and Jeff dating in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E16CommunicationStudies Communication Studies]]".


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* FreudianCouch: Britta is lying down on the couch when she has a therapy session. Duncan tells he she needs not lie and she angrily responds that he could have told her sooner, not in the last session.
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May December Romance clean-up (late teens and thirties don\'t fit the trope)


* MayDecemberRomance: Jeff and Annie.
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** Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way it Is"), which he "wrote" in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLawAdvanced Criminal Law]]".

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** Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way it Is"), which he "wrote" in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLawAdvanced "[[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLaw Advanced Criminal Law]]".
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** Chang says to Professor Duncan he'll [[Series/LOST find a loophole]].

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** Chang says to Professor Duncan he'll [[Series/LOST [[Series/{{LOST}} find a loophole]].
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** Chang says to Professor Duncan he'll [[Series/LOST find a loophole]].

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* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Duncan asks Chang what the correct term is for "a teacher who was pretending to be a professor, who turned out to be pretending to be a teacher".



* StockSitcomGrandFinale: Parodied.

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* StockSitcomGrandFinale: Parodied. Abed keeps trying to give things a finale vibe.
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** Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way it Is"), which he "wrote" in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLawAdvanced Criminal Law".

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** Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way it Is"), which he "wrote" in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLawAdvanced Criminal Law".Law]]".

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* {{Callback}} / ContinuityNod: In the order they appear:

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* {{Callback}} / ContinuityNod: {{Callback}}[=/=]ContinuityNod: In the order they appear:



** [[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLaw Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way it Is"), which he "wrote" in "Advanced Criminal Law".]]

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** [[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLaw Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "The Way it Is"), which he "wrote" in "Advanced "[[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLawAdvanced Criminal Law".]]



** [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Britta reveals to Shirley and Slater that she had sex with Jeff during the events of "Modern Warfare".]]
*** To which Shirley responds, "Holy macaroni with pepperjack!" Which was mentioned as an improvement on the standard macaroni and cheese formula during the background chatter when the group finds out about Slater and Jeff dating in [[Recap/CommunityS1E16CommunicationStudies Communication Studies]].
** [[Recap/CommunityS1E10EnvironmentalScience Dean's two apparent dates, dressed in dalmation costumes, refers back to a scene from episode 1.10, in which he watched a video of a man in a strangely muscular dalmation costume. "This better not awaken anything in me." This was referenced several times between the two episodes noted, in increasingly unsubtle fashion as the Dean piled up more and more dalmatian paraphernalia.]]

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** [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Britta reveals to Shirley and Slater that she had sex with Jeff during the events of "Modern Warfare".]]
"[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]".
*** To which Shirley responds, "Holy macaroni with pepperjack!" Which was mentioned as an improvement on the standard macaroni and cheese formula during the background chatter when the group finds out about Slater and Jeff dating in [[Recap/CommunityS1E16CommunicationStudies "[[Recap/CommunityS1E16CommunicationStudies Communication Studies]].
Studies]]".
** [[Recap/CommunityS1E10EnvironmentalScience The Dean's two apparent dates, dressed in dalmation costumes, refers back to a scene from episode 1.10, "[[Recap/CommunityS1E10EnvironmentalScience Enviromental Science]]", in which he watched a video of a man in a strangely muscular dalmation costume. "This better not awaken anything in me." This was referenced several times between the two episodes noted, since then, in increasingly unsubtle fashion as the Dean piled up more and more dalmatian paraphernalia.]]



* ConversationalTroping: Abed refuses to let Troy move into his dorm, citing that it's the sort-of thing that usually signifies JumpingTheShark.



* JumpedTheShark: Discussed.



* SeasonFinale: the first of hopefully many more to come.

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* SeasonFinale: the first of hopefully many more to come.SeasonFinale



* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Jeff has to choose between [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]]. [[spoiler: He chooses Annie.]]

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* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Jeff has to choose between [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]]. [[spoiler: He [[spoiler:He chooses Annie.]]
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-->'''Duncan''': A roll of quarters?

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-->'''Duncan''': A roll of quarters?quarters,why?
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* ActorAllusion: Starburns declares during an uproar "bring [[ConanOBrien Conan]] back!", in reference to Conan O'Brien's then-ban from television after being ousted as the host of TheTonightShow. Starburns's actor, Dino Stamatopoulos, was a writer and performer for Conan's LateNight program from '93-'99.

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* ActorAllusion: Starburns declares during an uproar "bring [[ConanOBrien [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan]] back!", in reference to Conan O'Brien's then-ban from television after being ousted as the host of TheTonightShow. Starburns's actor, Dino Stamatopoulos, was a writer and performer for Conan's LateNight program from '93-'99.



** Star-Burns shouts, "Bring [[ConanOBrien Conan]] back!"

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** Star-Burns shouts, "Bring [[ConanOBrien [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan]] back!"
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** One of the girls from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism the Greendale Comedy Club]] is on "Team Britta".

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** One of the girls from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism [[Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism the Greendale Comedy Club]] is on "Team Britta".
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**One of the girls from [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism the Greendale Comedy Club]] is on "Team Britta".
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*CatchPhrase: Britta's "Do you have a patent on loving someone?"
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* LampshadeHanging: Britta takes therapy with Professor Duncan. She automatically lies down on the couch for the session, which Duncan notes is how one would act "in a WoodyAllen movie" and is unnecessary.

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* LampshadeHanging: Britta takes therapy with Professor Duncan. She automatically lies down on the couch for the session, which Duncan notes is how one would act "in a WoodyAllen Creator/WoodyAllen movie" and is unnecessary.
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* HeyYouHaymaker:
-->'''Chang''': What's this in my hand?
-->'''Duncan''': A roll of quarters?
-->''Señor Chang closes his fist around the quarters and punches Duncan''
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* DevelopmentGag: The Troy moving in with Pierce plotline can be interpreted as a reference to the fact that originally Troy and Pierce were supposed to be the big bromance, which is clear from the earlier episodes, before they realized how well Troy and Abed worked together.
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!The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" provides examples of:

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!The ''{{Community}}'' ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Pascal's Triangle Revisited" provides examples of:
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Just fixing some grammatical errors.


* LampshadeHanging: Britta is taking therapy with Professor Duncan. She has automatically lied down on the couch for the session, which Duncan notes is how one would act "in a WoodyAllen movie" and is unnecessary.
* LoveDodecahedron: Annie is willing to transfer to another school to be with her boyfriend Vaughn, who use to go out with Britta. Jeff is stuck with choosing between Britta and Slater after both pubicly profess their love for him. In the end, Jeff and Annie kiss.

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* LampshadeHanging: Britta is taking takes therapy with Professor Duncan. She has automatically lied lies down on the couch for the session, which Duncan notes is how one would act "in a WoodyAllen movie" and is unnecessary.
* LoveDodecahedron: Annie is willing to transfer to another school to be with her boyfriend Vaughn, who use used to go out with Britta. Jeff is stuck with choosing between Britta and Slater after both pubicly publicly profess their love for him. In the end, Jeff and Annie kiss.
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*StockSitcomGrandFinale: Parodied.
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** Britta tells Shirley where and when she had sex with Jeff in the form of a {{Clue}} accusation.

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** Britta tells Shirley where and when she had sex with Jeff in the form of a {{Clue}} TabletopGame/{{Clue}} accusation.
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Refrain from Assuming: The song (and the album it comes from) is simply titled \"The Way it Is\".


** [[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLaw Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "That's Just The Way It Is"), which he "wrote" in "Advanced Criminal Law".]]

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** [[Recap/CommunityS1E05AdvancedCriminalLaw Pierce plays the Greendale school song (set to the tune of Bruce Hornsby's "That's Just The "The Way It it Is"), which he "wrote" in "Advanced Criminal Law".]]
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** WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the commentary, it's mentioned that they considered having a runner where Chang experienced Jeff's entire character arc from the season in miniature within that episode.


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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It's mentioned a few times in the commentary tracks throughout the season that they wanted to get Bruce Hornsby in as a cameo and have him attack Pierce for ripping him off with the school song. They even mention a potential PreAssKickingOneLiner: "I'm Bruce Hornsby, and this [raises fist] is the Range."
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* LoveDodecahedron: Annie is willing to transfer to another school to be with her boyfrieng Vaughn, who use to go out with Britta. Jeff is stuck with choosing between Britta and Slater after both pubicly profess their love for him. In the end, Jeff and Annie kiss.

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* LoveDodecahedron: Annie is willing to transfer to another school to be with her boyfrieng boyfriend Vaughn, who use to go out with Britta. Jeff is stuck with choosing between Britta and Slater after both pubicly profess their love for him. In the end, Jeff and Annie kiss.
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* ThirdOptionLoveInterest

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* ThirdOptionLoveInterestThirdOptionLoveInterest: Jeff has to choose between [[BettyAndVeronica Britta and Slater]]. [[spoiler: He chooses Annie.]]
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* UnfortunateName: The Tranny Dance (that is, ''Transfer'' Dance), where they crown the Tranny Queen.
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*** To which Shirley responds, "Holy macaroni with pepperjack!" Which was mentioned as an improvement on the standard macaroni and cheese formula during the background chatter when the group finds out about Slater and Jeff dating in [[Recap/CommunityS1E16CommunicationStudies Communication Studies]].
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typo fix


-->'''Dean:''' Please don't be mad. I didn't think more than one person would answer the add.\\

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-->'''Dean:''' Please don't be mad. I didn't think more than one person would answer the add.ad.\\

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