History Recap / CommunityS6E01Ladders

* {{Jerkass}}: The group assume Frankie to be this. She's actually quite pleasant, if a bit pompous and overly-serious, and it's largely their own insecurities and resentments acting out.

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[[caption-width-right:226:Meet [[ConvenientReplacementCharacter new Shirley.]]]]

* TrashTheSet: The Greendale cafeteria's roof collapses under the weight of 40 years of frisbees.

'''Annie:''' ''[Sweetly condescending]'' Oh Abed, are you sure she wasn't just being sweetly condescending?\\

** 2 {{Binge Montage}}s, one by Abed and the group, and a second of the entire campus.

** Finally an Apology Montage from Jeff and Abed to get Frankie to come back to work at Greendale.

* PutOnABus: Bye, Shirley.

** Leonard quotes [[Film/BladeRunner Roy Batty's]] 'tears in rain' speech... much to Garrett's confusion.

* TrashTheSet: The Greendale cafeteria's roof collapses under the weight of 40 years of frisbees. This is because show has moved soundtages between seasons 5 & 6, and the cafeteria set now has several pillars throughout as the new soundtage is in a basement.

** Chang mentions [[TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]].

* TrashTheSet: The Greendale cafeteria's roof collapses under the weight of 40 years of frisbees. This is because show has moved soundtages between seasons 5 & 6, and the cafeteria set now has several pillars throughout as the new soundtage is in a basement.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The group react to Frankie and her changes as if this is happening. While she does step on some toes in her efforts to improve the school, she's neither as big a jerk nor as unreasonable as they assume, her ideas have merit and their rebellion against her is clearly portrayed as childish and irresponsible.

* TrashTheSet: The Greendale cafeteria's roof collapses under the weight of 40 years of frisbees. This is because show has moved soundtages between seasons 5 & 6, and the cafteria set now has several pillars throughout as the new soundtage is in a basement.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Shirley has left the group, or "spun off" as Abed puts it. She's now moved to LA and works to solve crimes with the help of a detective who's lost both his wife and the use of his legs.

** To "[[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs A Fistful of Paintballs]]

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The group react to Frankie and her changes as if this is happening. While she does step on some toes in her efforts to improve the school, she's neither as big a jerk nor as unreasonable as they assume, her ideas have merit and their rebellion against her is clearly portrayed as childish and irresponsible.
* YouLookFamiliar: Paget Brewster, who plays Frankie, had appeared in Season 5's "Recap/CommunityS5E06AnalysisOfCorkBasedNetworking" as the head of Greendale's IT department.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: The group react to Frankie and her changes as if this is happening. While she does step on some toes in her efforts to improve the school, she's neither as big a jerk nor as unreasonable as they assume, her ideas have merit and their rebellion against her is clearly portrayed as childish and irresponsible.

* HeldGaze: A brief one happens between Jeff and Annie when Jeff is building her up after Frankie made her lose confidence in herself.

* ItsAllMyFault: Each member of the Save Greendale Committee says this at the same time, to the point of chanting it in unison.

* HypocriticalHumor: Lampshaded when Abed and the rest of the group are arguing about Frankie:

!!The {{Community}} episode Ladders provides examples of:

* CreatorCameo: A photo of Dan Harmon can be seen pinned up behind the bar in the speakeasy, above the words "DO NO SERVE THIS MAN."

* SecretTestOfCharacter: When the study group are arguing over Frankie and the Secret Committee, Abed requests some of their pretzels. He is denied them because "they're Secret Committee pretzels". Abed consequently produces a box of pretzels for himself and, at their astonished looks, informs them:

Jeff and Britta also share an extended held gaze in the speakeasy after the drinking montage. They stare at each with drunken affection while babbling nonsense.

* HeldGaze: A brief one happens between Jeff and Annie when Jeff is building her up after Frankie made her lose confidence in herself.

* LameComeback: Frankie made a poor attempt at telling Leonard to shut up, followed by calling everyone a "[[BigStupidDoodooHead livid fart from the butt of a lesser god]]".