History Recap / CommunityS3E09FoosballAndNocturnalVigilantism

** The German jerk notes that their feud has become very much like ''Franchise/DonkeyKong''.

** Jeff reminds Shirley of the disturbing something she once did to Pierce's hoagie, which apparently made him almost propose to her.

** Jeff reminds Shirley of the disturbing something she once did to Pierce's hoagie.

* MonochromePast: Theflashbacks to when Shirley and Jeff were kids is shown in black & white.

* GutturalGrowler: Annie delivers a surprisingly good imitation of Bale's Batman voice, though she concludes it's not convincing enough for faking the commentary.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: The Germans use nonsensical words that nonetheless sound German, like "foosenschaften", "freudenk(r)atzen" and "schpankin'".

* BaitAndSwitchAccusation: Abed [[BatDeduction correctly deducts]] that the break-in was an InsideJob. With a stern look at Annie he announces that he thinks he knows what happened. Annie is sure her game is up and starts confessing only to be interrupted by Abed who concludes the landlord did it.

* BaitAndSwitchAccusation: Abed correctly asserts that the break-in was an InsideJob. With a stern look at Annie he announces that he thinks he knows what happened. Annie is sure her game is up and starts confessing only to be interrupted by Abed who concludes the landlord did it.

* PlotInducedStupidity: Why would you leave your newly purchased $299 DVD case on the floor? [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation To kick off the]] BrokenTreasure plot and live out a sitcom staple?

* ArtShift: To {{animesque}} during Jeff and Shirley's foosball match.

** Britta's [[Recap/CommunityS2E22AppliedAnthropologyandCulinaryArts one-eyed cat]].
** Troy is humming the Muzak from Abed's halloween story in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps Horror Fiction In Seven Spooky Steps]]".

** Jeff refers to gossiping about Vaughn's tiny nipples as [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology one of the times]] Shirley and he bonded.
** Jeff's "art films and well-engineered cars" insult calls to mind his 'complisult' to the nurse in "[[Recap/CommunityS2E16IntermediateDocumentaryFilmmaking Intermediate Documentary Making]]".
** The officer references [[Recap/CommunityS2E09ConspiracyTheoriesAndInteriorDesign his last appearance]] teaching Annie a lesson about fake gun usage.
** The Mexican restaurant Jeff and Shirley eat in is identical to the one that Jeff and Dean Pelton ate in "[[Recap/CommunityS3E07StudiesInModernMovement Studies in Modern Movement]]".
** There's an ''[[Recap/CommunityS3E01Biology101 Inspector Spacetime]]'' poster on the wall in Troy and Abed's apartment.

* FakingAndEntering: Annie's over-the-top [[TakeAThirdOption solution]] to the BrokenTreasure dilemma. It takes Batman!Abed [[BatmanDeduction about three seconds to work out]] it was an InsideJob, which he [[EntertaininglyWrong blames on the landlord]].

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Abed deduces that the landlord must have been stealing valuables from the tenants since he had both means and opportunity. He is only incorrect about his motive because of the lie fed by Annie who was unknowingly FramingTheGuiltyParty. He had in fact been stealing women's shoes in the exact manner suggested by Abed.

* FakingAndEntering: Annie's over-the-top [[TakeAThirdOption solution]] to the BrokenTreasure dilemma. It takes Batman!Abed about three seconds to work out it was an inside job, which he blames on the landlord.

* FlashBack: To when Shirley and Jeff were kids, 12 and 10 years old, respectively.

* HurricaneOfPuns: Nearly every insult that Jeff and the Germans trade back and forth is some sort of pun on a German word or phrase.

* {{Fetish}}: Abed, Annie and Troy's landlord seems to have one for women's shoes and has been stealing them from his tenants and keeping them in his closet.

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where Annie hides the shard of broken DVD before planting it in the landlord's closet.

* ComedicSociopathy: Most of what happens at the foosball table. The German foosball jock pretends to be unfamiliar with the redirect term [[GermanLanguage "Schadenfreude."]]

* OneDegreeOfSeperation: Not only did Shirley and Jeff go to the same YMCA as kids, it's implied Abed was there too.

* GenreSavvy: Troy has lived with Abed long enough to be savvy about Abed being too GenreSavvy to fall for any of the standard BrokenTreasure schemes.

* PlotInducedStupidity: Why would you leave your newly purchased $299 DVD case on the floor? [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation To kick off the]] BrokenTreasure [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy plot and live out a sitcom staple?]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: The WallOfText at the end of Leonard's frozen pizza Website/YouTube review in TheTag. This is widely thought to be a ShoutOut to the wordy vanity cards of Chuck Lorre, who produces both ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' and ''Community'''s [[Series/TheBigBangTheory time slot rival]].

** Leonard's video in TheTag has a vanity card similar to the ones that Chuck Lorre's shows (including ''Community'''s timeslot rival ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'') use.

** Troy tells Annie she won't be able to think her way out of this mess, with her "thinkiness".
** After Abed decides that the landlord must have "robbed" the apartment and declares that "something has to be done" in a tone that suggests hijinks are afoot:

* SoundtrackDissonance: Jeff beats up Dean Pelton to the tune of "Sailing".

** Troy tells Annie she won't be able to think her way out of this mess, with her "thinkiness".
** After Abed decides that the landlord must have "robbed" the apartment and declares that "something has to be done" in a tone that suggests hijinks are afoot:

-->''"My nana gave it to me. She was a Rockette. She married a Count. He was blind. He married her for her mind."''

** Troy tells Annie she won't be able to think her way out of this mess, with her "thinkiness".
** After Abed decides that the landlord must have "robbed" the apartment and declares that "something has to be done" in a tone that suggests hijinks are afoot:

* BuffySpeak: After Abed decides that the landlord must have "robbed" the apartment and declares that "something has to be done" in a tone that suggests hijinks are afoot:
-->'''Troy:''' Let's not leap to thing-doing, right Annie?

* GeniusBonus: Upon taunting Jeff, one of the German foosballers says, "I wish there was a word to describe the pleasure I feel at viewing misfortune." The term for this is schadenfreude, a word taken from German.