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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Given that Troy is usually portrayed as a loveable goofy airhead, you ''know'' it's a big deal when he becomes completely serious at the end of the episode and admits (for the very first time) that he's angry at Abed.
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* ChekhovsGun: Chang's tranquilizer gun. He uses it to put Jeff down when he goes berserk at the bar mitzvah in the climax.
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* CatchPhrase: Evil Abed's is apparently "Hot. [=HotHotHot=]."

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: Evil Abed's is apparently "Hot. [=HotHotHot=]."
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** J.P. Manoux played Not Moby in an early episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. When Chang comments that he looks like someone he knows and Dean Pelton shows up in his RebusBubble, it doubles as a CallBack to "[[Recap/CommunityS1E06FootballFeminismAndYou Football, Feminism and You]]".

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** J.P. Manoux Creator/JPManoux played Not Moby in an early episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. When Chang comments that he looks like someone he knows and Dean Pelton shows up in his RebusBubble, it doubles as a CallBack to "[[Recap/CommunityS1E06FootballFeminismAndYou Football, Feminism and You]]".



** French Stewart plays a former French Stewart impersonator.

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** French Stewart Creator/FrenchStewart plays a former French Stewart impersonator.
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'''Britta:''' ...I was on my way to lunch.

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'''Britta:''' ...'''Britta:''' I was on my way to lunch.lunch!

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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Discussed; Britta says that Jeff's emotional detachment during sex means he's not as good at it as he thinks.



* InstantSedation: Averted, when Jeff is hit by the tranquillizer dart it doesn't faze him. Later he is found unconscious by the side of a road.

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* InstantSedation: Averted, when Jeff is hit by the tranquillizer tranquilizer dart it doesn't faze him. Later he is found unconscious by the side of a road.



* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Boy]]: Troy describes Abed as "a magical, elf-like man who makes us all more magical by being near us". {{Deconstructed}} by the end of episode, however, as Abed's antics can be exhausting as well as irresponsible and Troy realizes that being the CloudCuckoolandersMinder really puts strains on their friendship.

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* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Boy]]: LousyLoversAreLosers: {{Discussed|Trope}}. Britta says that Jeff's emotional detachment during sex means he's not as good at it as he thinks.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl:
Troy describes Abed as "a magical, elf-like man who makes us all more magical by being near us". {{Deconstructed}} by the end of episode, however, as Abed's antics can be exhausting as well as irresponsible and Troy realizes that being the CloudCuckoolandersMinder really puts strains on their friendship.

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* RealityEnsues: [[SubvertedTrope For a given value of reality]]. Troy and Abed's friendship suffers a real setback in this episode, which cannot be resolved by simple platitudes - however, what '''does''' resolve it, in the [[Recap/CommunityS3E13DigitalExplorationOfInteriorDesign next pair]] [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets of episodes]], is [[SeriousBusiness actually pretty insane.]]


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[SubvertedTrope For a given value of reality]]. Troy and Abed's friendship suffers a real setback in this episode, which cannot be resolved by simple platitudes - however, what '''does''' resolve it, in the [[Recap/CommunityS3E13DigitalExplorationOfInteriorDesign next pair]] [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets of episodes]], is [[SeriousBusiness actually pretty insane.]]
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** To ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' where Jeff busts out of his shirt and goes on a rampage and later walks by the road to the sad "Lonely Man" piano theme.

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** To ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'' ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' where Jeff busts out of his shirt and goes on a rampage and later walks by the road to the sad "Lonely Man" piano theme.
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* OutOfOrder: This episode takes place right after the break, meaning it should have aired before Urban Matrimony and Sandwich Arts which takes place already in the second semester. On the DVD it's placed before that episode

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* CelebrityResemblance: what this episode is all about, and parodied by having a French Stewart impersonator played by French Stewart himself

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* CelebrityResemblance: what this episode is all about, CelebrityResemblance:
** The episode's central theme,
and parodied by having a French Stewart impersonator played by French Stewart himselfhimself.
** Also indirectly extends to the Dean, as his and Faux-By's common resemblance to Moby in this episode leads to the events of the second half of the season, and to Chang who, according to the Dean, looks like Renée Zellwegger when he pouts.
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* ActorAllusion:
** J.P. Manoux played Not Moby in an early episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. When Chang comments that he looks like someone he knows and Dean Pelton shows up in his RebusBubble, it doubles as a CallBack to "[[Recap/CommunityS1E06FootballFeminismAndYou Football, Feminism and You]]".
** Joel [=McHale=]'s rivalry with--and resemblance to--Ryan Seacrest, as mentioned frequently on ''Series/TheSoup'', is finally canonized.
** French Stewart plays a former French Stewart impersonator.
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* {{Nepotism}}: Implied to be the case when Shirley explains how baby Ben got to appear in a church play while Andre was Joseph, Jordan was one of the wise men, and she was in charge of casting.

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! The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Contemporary Impressionists" provides examples of:

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! !! The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Contemporary Impressionists" provides examples of:



** Later, he gives one to Abed for continuing to hire celebrity impersonators after the bar mitzvah.

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** Later, he gives one to Abed for continuing to hire celebrity impersonators after the bar mitzvah.mitzvah.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Discussed; Britta says that Jeff's emotional detachment during sex means he's not as good at it as he thinks.
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* ShipTease: When Jeff swaggers into the study room with extra swagger, Annie blushes and fans her face.
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** Chang realising that Fake Moby looks like Dean Pelton recalls Troy saying of Pelton, "That dude looks like Moby" in [[Recap/CommunityS1E06FootballFeminismAndYou Football, Feminism and You]].

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