History Recap / CommunityS5E07BondageAndBetaMaleSexuality

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Duncan shares a drink with Jeff and calls him a good friend after Britta points out that they generally don't act like friends despite knowing each other longer than anyone else at Greendale.

** Duncan realizes he doesn't really have that many friends, and that despite having known Jeff for longer than any of the Study Group, they don't really act like friends - they subsequently wind up bonding over some scotch.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Duncan ends up feeling guilty that his relationship with Jeff amounts to this, when Britta points out that they don't really act like friends.

** Britta's friends to her when they point out that, unlike Britta, they actually have some responsibility and thus something to lose and her "activism" really doesn't ''help'' anyone other than herself.

* AesopAmnesia: After leaving the fundraiser for Starving Children With Cleft Palates, which featured a play that harshly criticised the destructive effects of mega-corporations on society, Shirley and Annie cheerfully go to [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} McDonald's]].

* EveryEpisodeEnding: {{In-universe}} example. Every Jim the Duck strip ends with the titular duck looking at the reader, saying "What the hell?!"

* {{Jerkass}}:
** Britta's old friends from her anarchist days, after praising Britta over her strong beliefs, make snide comments about Britta's life after she points out they're unwilling to take a stand now that they have money.

* JerkassHasAPoint: When Britta calls her friends out on selling out, their retorts are rather snide but they do nevertheless raise valid points. They own the theatre that is hosting the benefit, and are thus doing some tangible good to help the causes they believe in, whereas for all her fine talk Britta's "activism" never really benefits anyone but herself. Furthermore, her proposed "real activist" activities basically amount to petty vandalism, which won't really help anyone in the long run. They also point out that Britta can engage in more confrontational and risky actions because, unlike them, she has no responsibilities and hasn't accomplished anything meaningful that she would suffer from losing, so would probably be a lot less eager to act out if she had done more with her life like they have.

** Britta's friends to her when the point out that, unlike Britta, they actually have some responsibility and thus something to lose and her "activism" really doesn't ''help'' anyone other than herself.

** Britta's friends to her when the point out that, unlike Britta, they actually have some responsibility and thus something to lose and her "activism" really doesn't ''help'' anyone.

* JerkassHasAPoint: When Britta calls her friends out on selling out, their retorts are rather snide but they do nevertheless raise valid points. They own the theatre that is hosting the benefit, and are thus doing some tangible good to help the causes they believe in, whereas for all her fine talk Britta's "activism" never really benefits anyone but herself. They also point out that Britta can engage in more confrontational and risky actions because, unlike them, she has no responsibilities and hasn't accomplished anything meaningful that she would suffer from losing, so would probably be a lot less eager to act out if she had done more with her life like they have.

** Jeff is suddenly attracted to Britta after her old friends have made a big deal about Britta's anarchist days and led the room in applauding her.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Britta's friends own the theater that is hosting the benefit and rightfully point out that Britta can risk the most because she has the least responsibility among them and for all her "activism" she really hasn't helped anyone but herself.

** Hickey notes that Abed's eccentricities, whilst being what endears him to his friends, make it look like he's spoiled end everyone is bending over backwards to avoid upsetting him.

* AesopAmnesia: After leaving the fundraiser for [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Starving Children With Cleft Palates]], which featured a play that harshly criticised the destructive effects of mega-corporations on society, Shirley and Annie cheerfully go to [[UsefulNotes/{{McDonalds}} McDonald's]].

* BlatantLies: Duncan claiming to be interested in helping [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative Starving Children With Cleft Palates]] in order to impress [[SoapBoxSadie Britta]].

!!The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Bondage and Beta Male Sexuality" provides examples of:

* CallBack: Mixed with FridgeBrilliance, Chang's subplot is about a theater he stumbles into after using a convenient door to try to get some privacy for a phone conversation. The theater is supposedly full of ghosts that died in a fire, which [[Recap/CommunityS3E21TheFirstChangDynasty failed to pass through the door]] into the rest of the building. That is, unless the janitor is the ghost, but he [[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage seems to be unable to pass through the door]] into the theater.

*** JerkassHasAPoint: Her friends own the theater that is hosting the benefit and rightfully point out that Britta can risk the most because she has the least responsibility among them and for all her "activism" she really hasn't helped anyone but herself.

*** ShipSinking: He almost immediately admits to Duncan that he's only attracted to Britta when everyone likes her.

*** Oddly enough no one complains that Abed is going to a movie instead, which lends some weight to the points Hickey makes about him later in the episode.

* ChainedHeat: After Abed ruins his drawings Hickey handcuffs Abed to a file cabinet to [[MissingTheGoodStuff make him miss the ''Kickpuncher'' remake premiere]].

* {{Jerkass}}: Britta's old friends from her anarchist days, after praising Britta over her strong beliefs, make snide comments about Britta's life after she points out they're unwilling to take a stand now that they have money.
** JerkassHasAPoint: Her friends own the theater that is hosting the benefit and rightfully point out that Britta can risk the most because she has the least responsibility among them and for all her "activism" she really hasn't helped anyone but herself.

* ContinuityNod: The protagonist of Abed's screenplay about police justice is actually named Police Justice. [[Recap/CommunityS2E14AdvancedDungeonsAndDragons He's admitted before]] that he's not good at coming up with ns.