History Recap / CommunityS3E15OriginsOfVampireMythology

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Abed claims Film/{{Blade}}'s (the kickboxing vampire) sword has two blades, one silver and the other garlic-infused. The sword in question is described in the movie as being "titanium and acid-etched." It's Blade's bullets that are silver and garlic-infused.

** Britta unexpectedly pulls a banana out of nowhere in a season devoted to spoof DoctorWho. Coincidence? This troper thinks not.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Abed claims Film/{{Blade}}'s (the kickboxing vampire) sword has two blades, one silver and the other garlic-infused. The sword in question is described in-dialogue as being "titanium and acid-etched." It's actually Blade's bullets that are silver and garlic-infused.

* NoodleIncident: Troy's text message plays with this, leaning towards an inversion; we see Troy write, send and delete the message, and we see other characters' reactions to it, but we never find out precisely what it was he said.

* MrFanservice: Alright, be honest now; hands up how many of you ladies (and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim gentlemen]]) enjoyed the scene where Jeff changes his shirt? That particular sequence was so blatant that it verges into LampshadeHanging.

-->'''Annie''': [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial His shirt wasn't working!]]
** MsFanservice: Of course, Annie isn't a slouch this episode either with that low cut a shirt.

!!Tropes within the ''{{Community}}'' episode "Origins of Vampire Mythology":

* StandUpComedy: In TheTag Abed does this in the study room dressed like Jerry Seinfeld in front of a fake brick wall to Jeff, Troy and Dean Pelton His jokes are specific only about his and Troy's living habits and their apartment so only Troy laughs.

* WhatTheHellHero: We don't learn what was on Troy's text message to Britta, but he is clearly hurt when Britta, believing it to be from Blade, dismisses it as a sign that Blade is a 'loser'. When Annie finally reads the message, she's obviously deeply moved and although she doesn't mention Troy angrily lays into Britta for her priorities concerning men and how fucked-up this suggests she is.

** A blink-and-you'll-miss-it example; the peeved expression Jeff has after Pierce points out that Britta has "the King Arthur of bad taste in men" is because ''he'' hooked up with Britta in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]" and then, as revealed in "[[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory Paradigms Paradigms of Human Memory]]", spent most of season two in a FriendsWithBenefits relationship with her.

** The peeved expression Jeff has after Pierce points out that Britta has "the King Arthur of bad taste in men" is because ''he'' hooked up with Britta in "[[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]" and then, as revealed in "[[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory Paradigms Paradigms of Human Memory]]", spent most of season two in a FriendsWithBenefits relationship with her.

* SkewedPriorities: Troy and Abed seem far more disturbed by having their viewing of ''[[Film/{{Blade}} Blade]]'' interrupted than by the whole Britta/Blade mess.

* DontExplainTheJoke: After Troy has accidentally revealed the location of Britta's phone:
-->'''Annie:''' "There's phones in the refrigerator!" That's ''you''.

* DisasterDominoes: Annie had the best on intentions, and giving back the phone with a covertly switched out number was actually a good plan to proove trust. But actually attempting to impersonate Blade, with out an endgame, just caused the entire situation to spiral out of her control. Obviously Annie didn't learn any lessons from the broken DVD incident.

* SkewedPriorities:
** Britta concern that her mom was dying.
** Troy and Abed priority of watching ''[[Film/{{Blade}} Blade]]'' despite knowing what Britta was going through. They both had their reasons for watching the movie, but you would think that directly helping out a friends would be a hit higher on their priority list.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: "Blade" is his actual given name.

*** The reason why Britta wants Blade is explored throughout the episode, and are shown to be unhealthy on her part.

* WhatTheHellHero: We don't learn what was on Troy's text message to Britta, but he is clearly hurt when Britta, believing it to be from Blade, dismisses it as a sign that Blade is a 'loser'. When Annie finally reads the message, she's obviously deeply moved and although she doesn't mention Troy angrily lays into Britta for her priorities concerning men and how fucked-up this suggests she is.

* RunningGag: "Dean, why are you ''here''?" "Okay, ''ouch''!"

* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Pierce and Chang both suggest things to do at the carnival at the same time. Pierce suggests cotton candy. Chang suggests {{Russian roulette}}.

* ShipSinking: Jeff/Britta would seem to have received another nail in the coffin, with Jeff upon being confronted explicitly denying that he's attracted to Britta and jealous of Blade because of her continued attraction to him. He is, in fact, jealous of Blade's ability to somehow make people not give a crap about the fact that he's a self-centred douchebag.

* GagEcho: Played with; Shirley, taken with Blade's cool and laidback nature, almost instantly adopts his phrase "That won't change how mustard tastes."
-->'''Jeff:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh, and you're so]] ''[[SarcasmMode cool]]'', Shirley.\\
'''Shirley:''' ''[Hurt]'' Sometimes I am...