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* DumbassHasAPoint: Pierce suggesting making Chang into the scapegoat. Especially since he really did exacerbate the riot.
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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Chang. He gets the Dean replaced with an impersonator who he can manipulate. And then he gets on the school board's good side, thwarting the study group's plan to blame the riot on Chang.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Chang. He gets the Dean replaced with an impersonator who he can manipulate.control. And then he gets on the school board's good side, thwarting the study group's plan to blame the riot on Chang.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler: Chang. He gets the Dean replaced with an impersonator who he can manipulate. And then he gets on the school board's good side, thwarting the study group's plan to blame the riot on Chang.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: It ends with the group being expelled from Greendale.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: It The Dean gets replaced by an impostor, Chang rises to power, and the episode ends with the group being expelled from Greendale.]]
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* LampshadeHanging: Remember when Britta was smart at the very beginning of the first series? So does Jeff.
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** This may be one of the more justified uses since Change appears to hit the carotid artery and is using a tranquilizer meant for zoo animals.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Britta, lampshaded by Jeff.
-->"You seemed smarter than me when I met you."
-->"You seemed smarter than me when I met you."
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* FiveStagesOfGrief:
** They are overtly discussed by Britta. She attempts to bring up the imagery of dieing puppies to move the group on from denial to Anger.
** There is also a more covert usage that leads to FridgeBrilliance. [[spoiler: The entire structure of the episode is based around the FiveStagesOfGrief. The episodes starts out in denial, refusing to talk about the death. Next comes anger with a wake riot. Followed by bartering with the school administration. Which results in the group flirting with depression. And the last minutes have Abed and Troy helping the group come to acceptance.]]
** They are overtly discussed by Britta. She attempts to bring up the imagery of dieing puppies to move the group on from denial to Anger.
** There is also a more covert usage that leads to FridgeBrilliance. [[spoiler: The entire structure of the episode is based around the FiveStagesOfGrief. The episodes starts out in denial, refusing to talk about the death. Next comes anger with a wake riot. Followed by bartering with the school administration. Which results in the group flirting with depression. And the last minutes have Abed and Troy helping the group come to acceptance.]]
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* LastRequest: Abed feels oddly compelled to fulfill Star-burns request for a video tribute.
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* TemptingFate: After the Dean refuses ([[spoiler: at first]]) to sign Chang's request for new security measures, Chang tells him "You'll regret it" - to which the Dean replies "I doubt it." Yeah, that did not end well.
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* FailedASpotCheck: No one notices the guards in the medical room leave to tell Chang of the plan to scapegoat him, despite several being in a position to do so,
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* FailedASpotCheck: No one notices the guards in the medical room leave to tell Chang of the plan to scapegoat him, despite several being in a position to do so,so.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Chang is well-liked by the school board, who are happily willing to dismiss out of hand the study group's protests that he's a psychotic lunatic because of it.
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** A subtle one to "[[Recap/CommunityS3E08DocumentaryFilmmakingRedux Documentary Filmmaking: Redux]]" -- the Greendale College Board are quite chummy with Chang and willing to unquestioningly accept his word over the study group. In viewing the Dean's commercial in the earlier episode, at least one of them was particularly taken with "the Chinese guy -- he pops!"
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* DrowningMySorrows: Shirley and Annie are on the verge of doing this at the end, but their spirits are lifted by Troy and Abed's inspiring speech about how, while things are bad, this isn't the worst timeline. In Shirley's case, this is a narrowly averted case of OffTheWagon as well, since she passes her drink to Jeff.
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** [[Recap/CommunityS2E04BasicRocketScience The Greendale flag, which the study group designed, resembling an anus.]]
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* OhCrap: The study group's faces when they realize that venting their spleens over their biology grades being withheld until they complete summer school has ended up triggering a riot.
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* OhCrap: The study group's faces when they realize that venting their spleens over their biology grades being withheld until they complete summer school has ended up triggering a riot.
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* ShipTease: At the end, Troy says, "Britta, you're not the worse -- you're the best." Britta then shuts the door in the creepy pizza guy's face, when she had gotten engaged to him in an alternate timeline.
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* ShipTease: At the end, Troy says, "Britta, you're not the worse -- you're the best." Britta then shuts the door in the creepy pizza guy's face, when she had gotten engaged to him in an alternate timeline.best," and both they and Jeff and Annie smile at each other later.
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I kept this short because the triple-question theme seems to have been repeated enough times to be clear, but if it isn\'t, I guess it might need rephrasing.
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** "[[Recap/CommunityS3E16VirtualSystemsAnalysis Rusty Bucket?]] [[Recap/CommunityS3E12ContemporaryImpressionists Rusty Bucket?]] [[Recap/CommunityS2E15Early21stCenturyRomanticism Rusty Bucket?]]"
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Starburns' funeral, before it erupts into a riot, is one of these toward the Dean and the school.
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** To "[[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory Remedial Chaos Theory]]": Britta's felt star-burns (to [[BeardOfEvil Evil Abed's felt goatees) goatees]]) and the entire last scene.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: When out of riot gear, Chang's soldiers now wear alarmingly fascistic black uniforms.
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* AscendedMeme: Britta's "ask me anything" (a reference to the Q&A Gillian Jacobs did on {{Reddit}}).
* BarehandedBladeBlock: One of the many ridiculous things Starburns does in Abed's memorial film.
** [[Recap/CommunityS2E04BasicRocketScience The Greendale flag, which the study group designed, resembling an anus.]]
* DayOfTheJackboot: Chang's attempted takeover of the school.
* DropInCharacter: Lampshaded by the Dean when he laments that [[BearerOfBadNews he has to tell the study group bad news]] ''again''.
* EvilLaugh: Chang gives one.
* DayOfTheJackboot: Chang's attempted takeover of the school.
* DropInCharacter: Lampshaded by the Dean when he laments that [[BearerOfBadNews he has to tell the study group bad news]] ''again''.
* EvilLaugh: Chang gives one.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: At the end of the episode, Annie gets out a bottle of liquor and the last scene is of the group drinking and eating pizza.
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* MyGodWhatHaveWeDone: LittleNo: Both Jeff and the Dean give one at different parts.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: See ToiletHumor.
* MoodWhiplash: Britta asking the group to think about puppies ... which are on fire.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jeff's speech to the Dean about how the study group are 'bad students' after the riot.
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: See ToiletHumor.
* MoodWhiplash: Britta asking the group to think about puppies ... which are on fire.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jeff's speech to the Dean about how the study group are 'bad students' after the riot.
* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery: Subverted. Unlike in her bad timeline in [[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory "Remedial Chaos Theory"]], Britta does not end up getting engaged to the pizza guy, and just takes the pizza inside.
* PoliceBrutality: Chang's plans for the school involve plenty of this.
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** {{Franchise/Transformers}}A member of the school board makes one to {{Franchise/Transformers}}.
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sausage as a cross between a penis and a piece of poop.
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: It ends with the group being expelled from Greendale.]]
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The school decides to hold a memorial wake for the deceased Star-Burns, and the study group are called upon to deliver the eulogies by the Dean -- which, seeing as the study group are nursing a certain amount of bitterness over the fact that, as a result of Star-Burns' death, they will have to repeat Biology over summer school, turns out to be a mistake. One riot later, a scapegoat is needed, and the study group and the Dean elect to nominate Chang -- who, with his [[ChildSoldiers pre-teen army of security interns]] and new security powers, is rapidly becoming DrunkWithPower. Only Chang has other ideas...
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The school decides to hold a memorial wake for the deceased Star-Burns, and the study group are called upon to deliver the eulogies by the Dean -- which, seeing as the study group are nursing a certain amount of bitterness over the fact that, as a result of Star-Burns' death, they will have to repeat Biology over summer school, turns out to be a mistake. One riot later, a scapegoat is needed, and the study group and the Dean elect to nominate Chang -- who, with his [[ChildSoldiers pre-teen army of security interns]] and new security powers, is rapidly becoming DrunkWithPower. Only Chang has other ideas...
* MyGodWhatHaveWeDone: Jeff's speech to the Dean about how the study group are 'bad students' after the riot.
* OhCrap: The study group's faces when they realize that venting their spleens over their biology grades being withheld until they complete summer school has ended up triggering a riot.
* OhCrap: The study group's faces when they realize that venting their spleens over their biology grades being withheld until they complete summer school has ended up triggering a riot.
** The song the Dean is singing as he sanitizes his hands and staples is sung to the tune of "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners.
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** ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}'': "If we rub that, will he come out and do celebrity impressions?"
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!! Tropes appearing in this episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'' include:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Chang's list of demands. "No soft serve?!"
* AshesToCrashes: Pierce digs in Star-Burns's ashes to look for his comb.
* BigNo: Jeff, when he learns that he must attend summer school.
* BrickJoke: Star-Burns's memorial video isn't mentioned until it is played in TheTag.
* ChromaKey: Star-Burns ends his [[VideoWills video will]] by acting out fantasy scenarios in front of a green sheet, for Abed's use.
* CallBack:
** To "[[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory Remedial Chaos Theory]]": Britta's felt star-burns (to Evil Abed's felt goatees) and the entire last scene.
** Faux-by from "[[Recap/CommunityS3E12ContemporaryImpressionists Contemporary Impressionists]]" returns as the Dean's replacement.
* TheFunInFuneral: The study group uses their eulogies to rant about the school.
* FunSize: Annie and Shirley think that Chang's soldiers and their riot gear are cute for the few seconds before they deploy the pepper spray.
* LateToThePunchline: The Dean finally understands "Star-Burns".
* ProductPlacement: Subway, subverted when Vicki breaks the glass and the students ransack the stand. Leonard declares that he will steal the veggies.
* ShapedLikeItself: Garrett screams that the pepper spray is "so peppery!"
* ShoutOut:
** Star-Burns liked {{Music/Styx}}.
** {{Franchise/Transformers}}
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Troy isn't crying because of the scary ChildSoldiers.
* SweetTooth: One of the board really likes his cookies.
* TakeThat: Chang's restriction of liquids comes from Transportation Security Administration guidelines.
* VideoWills: Delivered to Abed by Star-Burn's lawyer, a one-armed man with a scarred face.
!! Tropes appearing in this episode of ''Series/{{Community}}'' include:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Chang's list of demands. "No soft serve?!"
* AshesToCrashes: Pierce digs in Star-Burns's ashes to look for his comb.
* BigNo: Jeff, when he learns that he must attend summer school.
* BrickJoke: Star-Burns's memorial video isn't mentioned until it is played in TheTag.
* ChromaKey: Star-Burns ends his [[VideoWills video will]] by acting out fantasy scenarios in front of a green sheet, for Abed's use.
* CallBack:
** To "[[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory Remedial Chaos Theory]]": Britta's felt star-burns (to Evil Abed's felt goatees) and the entire last scene.
** Faux-by from "[[Recap/CommunityS3E12ContemporaryImpressionists Contemporary Impressionists]]" returns as the Dean's replacement.
* TheFunInFuneral: The study group uses their eulogies to rant about the school.
* FunSize: Annie and Shirley think that Chang's soldiers and their riot gear are cute for the few seconds before they deploy the pepper spray.
* LateToThePunchline: The Dean finally understands "Star-Burns".
* ProductPlacement: Subway, subverted when Vicki breaks the glass and the students ransack the stand. Leonard declares that he will steal the veggies.
* ShapedLikeItself: Garrett screams that the pepper spray is "so peppery!"
* ShoutOut:
** Star-Burns liked {{Music/Styx}}.
** {{Franchise/Transformers}}
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Troy isn't crying because of the scary ChildSoldiers.
* SweetTooth: One of the board really likes his cookies.
* TakeThat: Chang's restriction of liquids comes from Transportation Security Administration guidelines.
* VideoWills: Delivered to Abed by Star-Burn's lawyer, a one-armed man with a scarred face.
