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Britta creates a Sophie B. Hawkins dance to compete with the Dean's Sadie Hawkins sock hop. Annie and Shirley set Abed up with their choices of dates.

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Britta accidentally creates a Sophie B. Hawkins dance (she meant "Susan B. Anthony," then wouldn't admit the mistake) to compete with the Dean's Sadie Hawkins sock hop. Annie and Shirley set Abed up with their choices of dates.



* [[spoiler:ThrowTheDogABone: Pierce calls Sophie B. Hawkins, whom he knows from being a sponsor at Lilith Fair, to show up and save Britta from being humiliated. May also count as a PetTheDog moment for Pierce.]]

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* [[spoiler:ThrowTheDogABone: Pierce ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:Pierce calls Sophie B. Hawkins, whom he knows from being a sponsor at Lilith Fair, to show up and save Britta from being humiliated. May also count as a PetTheDog moment for Pierce.]]
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* TheDeterminator: No matter how inevitable the likelihood of her failing becomes, Britta doesn't back down from her dance. [[spoiler: Her determination -- and his disgust at Jeff's {{Jerkass}} behaviour towards her -- is one of the things that moves Pierce towards arranging for Sophie B. Hawkins to show up at the dance after all.]]
* [[EveryoneHasStandards Even Pierce Has Standards]]: One of the reasons that Pierce [[spoiler: arranges for Sophie B. Hawkins to show up after all]] is that he doesn't appreciate Jeff's {{Jerkass}} behaviour towards Britta throughout the episode.


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* {{Jerkass}}: Jeff pretty much spends the entire episode smugly waiting for Britta to fail so he can rub it in her face, and takes every opportunity he can get to gloat and belittle her. Pierce calls him out on it, pointing out that she helped Jeff reconcile with his dad and deserves a bit more slack from him.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Jessica, the church girl Shirley set Abed up with for the dance and Rachel, the coat check girl that he ends up with at the end of the episode.

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* {{Meganekko}}: Jessica, the church girl Shirley set Abed up with for the dance and Rachel, the coat check girl that he ends up with at the end of the episode.with.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Rachel.

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* {{Meganekko}}: Rachel.Jessica, the church girl Shirley set Abed up with for the dance and Rachel, the coat check girl that he ends up with at the end of the episode.
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* OnTheNext: TheTag features the puppet versions of the group from [[Recap/CommunityS4E09IntroToFeltSurrogacy the following episode]].

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* OnTheNext: TheTag features [[TheTag The first airing had a tag]] featuring the puppet versions of the group from [[Recap/CommunityS4E09IntroToFeltSurrogacy the following episode]].
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Despite Abed abusing the word Trope in this episode, TV Tropes didn\'t invent the term Bread And Circuses.


* BreadAndCircuses: Jeff realizes that the Dean's dance is a distraction from the removal of the water fountains, and Abed makes and explains the reference. He claims that he has "been making a conscious effort to get away from filtering everything through TV" ... immediately after referring to a TV Tropes page.

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* BreadAndCircuses: Jeff realizes that the Dean's dance is a distraction from the removal of the water fountains, and Abed makes and explains the reference. He claims that he has "been making a conscious effort to get away from filtering everything through TV" ... immediately after referring to a TV Tropes page.
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* ConversationalTroping: Abed and Rachel, the whole time. "Trope" is even metioned by name a few times.
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Dean's {{Housewife}} costume, with gray clothes and make-up to make him look straight out of TheFifties.


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* OnTheNext: TheTag features the puppet versions of the group from [[Recap/CommunityS4E09IntroToFeltSurrogacy the following episode]].
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* [[spoiler:ThrowTheDogABone: Pierce calls Sophie B. Hawkins, whom he knows from being a sponsor at Lilith Fair, to show up and save Britta from being humiliated. May also count as a PetTheDog moment for Pierce.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Pierce calls Jeff out on his {{Jerkass}} behaviour towards Britta and the delight he is getting from watching her screw up, pointing out that, among other things, she helped Jeff reconcile with his father.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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Pierce calls Jeff out on his {{Jerkass}} behaviour towards Britta and the delight he is getting from watching her screw up, pointing out that, among other things, she helped Jeff reconcile with his father.father.
** Annie and Shirley call out Abed on the fact that he is lying to two perfectly nice women for the sole purpose of amusing himself.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Pierce calls Jeff out on his {{Jerkass}} behaviour towards Britta and the delight he is getting from watching her screw up, pointing out that, among other things, she helped Jeff reconcile with his father.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Shirley and Annie confront Abed, Troy walks behind them balancing some sort of tube.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Shirley and Annie confront Abed, Troy walks behind them balancing some sort a (very) high stack of tube.plastic cups.
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* TwoTimerDate: Abed does this for no reason other than the fact that he wants to try his hand at this classic trope.
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* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Kat is a parody of this trope. When introducing her, Annie references the trope and all but names it.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Rachel.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Abed is "not good with faces".

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Abed is "not good with faces".faces" (facial expressions).


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* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Rachel references and gestures the {{Facepalm}} version.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Shirley and Annie confront Abed, Troy walks behind them balancing some sort of tube.
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* BreadAndCircuses: Jeff realizes that the Dean's dance is a distraction from the removal of the water fountains, and Abed makes and explains the reference.

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* BreadAndCircuses: Jeff realizes that the Dean's dance is a distraction from the removal of the water fountains, and Abed makes and explains the reference. He claims that he has "been making a conscious effort to get away from filtering everything through TV" ... immediately after referring to a TV Tropes page.

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** The Dean stands firm on his dance because he had already started [[Recap/CommunityS4E06AdvancedDocumentaryFilmmaking making]] [[Recap/CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology a banner]].
** A [[Recap/CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta Cube]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff after he had taken down one of the Sophie B. Hawkins flyers.



** A [[Recap/CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff after he had taken down one of the Sophie B. Hawkins flyers.
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** Rachel repeats the "embarrassed dog" move after Abed makes his public confession.

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* TheBet: Rachel offers to let Abed pretend the romantic version, but he declines.



* BrickJoke: After Abed distracts Shirley by asking for her sweater, she next appears carrying it.

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
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Britta creates a Sophie B. Hawkins dance to compete with the Dean's Sadie Hawkins dance. Annie and Shirley set Abed up with their choices of dates.

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Britta creates a Sophie B. Hawkins dance to compete with the Dean's Sadie Hawkins dance.sock hop. Annie and Shirley set Abed up with their choices of dates.



* AllJustADream: The end of the American version of ''InspectorSpacetime''.

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* AllJustADream: The end season finale of the American version of ''InspectorSpacetime''.



* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes: Sophie B. Hawkins arrives as Britta is withering in front of the booing crowd.]]



** Troy reuses [[Recap/CommunityS3E21TheFirstChangDynasty his fake mustache]].



* CrashIntoHello: Abed and Rachel have the softer variant.
* TheNineties: A few references starting with Sophie B. Hawkins.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Annie and Shirley both believe that they have won the date-picking competition.



** ''{{Series/Awake}}''

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** ''{{Series/Awake}}''The parallel lives of ''{{Series/Awake}}''.

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** A [[Recap/CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff as he takes down the Sadie B. Hawkins flyer.

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** A [[Recap/CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff as after he takes had taken down one of the Sadie Sophie B. Hawkins flyer.flyers.
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** A [[CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff as he takes down the Sadie B. Hawkins flyer.

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** A [[CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology [[Recap/CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff as he takes down the Sadie B. Hawkins flyer.
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** A [[CommunityS4E07EconomicsOfMarineBiology Delta]] Rush flyer can seen behind Jeff as he takes down the Sadie B. Hawkins flyer.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}{{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Kat



** "He's the Colin Farrell of people." Sort of a TakeThat.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The Dean is offended that Britta thinks he just throws together a theme when planning an event.

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The Dean is offended that Britta thinks he a dance can just throws together a theme when planning an event.be thrown together.
* TakeThat:
-->'''Abed:''' That guy's like teflon. No matter how much awful stuff he does, he keeps getting another chance.\\
'''Troy:''' Yeah, he's like the Colin Farrell of people.
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''
* WrongGenreSavvy: Abed misses "the trope right under [his] nose".
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* AllJustADream: The end of the American version of ''InspectorSpacetime''.


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** Pierce is a fan of [[Recap/CommunityS4E03ConventionsOfSpaceAndTime the American version of]] ''Inspector Spacetime''.


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** Cheryl Tiegs

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* BreadAndCircuses: Jeff realizes that the Dean's dance is a distraction from the removal of the water fountains, and Abed makes and explains the reference.
* BrickJoke: After Abed distracts Shirley by asking for her sweater, she next appears carrying it.



** Rachel "used to run the frozen yogurt machine before that old guy broke it."

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** Rachel "used to run the frozen yogurt machine before [[Recap/CommunityS3E11UrbanMatrimonyAndTheSandwichArts that old guy broke it.it]]."



** The study group hums "Daybreak" in TheTag.

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** The study group hums "Daybreak" [[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps "Daybreak"]] in TheTag.TheTag.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}



** Colin Farrell
* SnowballLie

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** "He's the Colin Farrell
Farrell of people." Sort of a TakeThat.
** Lilith Fair
* SnowballLieSnowballLie: Britta's mistake in naming her dance threatens to escalate into a Brittastrophe.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The Dean is offended that Britta thinks he just throws together a theme when planning an event.
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Britta creates a Sophie B. Hawkins dance to compete with the Dean's Sadie Hawkins dance. Annie and Shirley set Abed up with their choices of dates.

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! The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Herstory of Dance" provides examples of:
* AmbiguousDisorder: Abed is "not good with faces".
* CallBack:
** Rachel "used to run the frozen yogurt machine before that old guy broke it."
** Pierce points out that Britta helped Jeff [[Recap/CommunityS4E05CooperativeEscapismInFamilialRelations reconcile with his dad]].
** The study group hums "Daybreak" in TheTag.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Kevin reads "You suck at this, get off the stage" as a song request.
* ShoutOut:
** Sophie B. Hawkins
** ''{{Series/Awake}}''
** Colin Farrell
* SnowballLie

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