Line #18 AffectionateParody/Community


1	Playing a lot on GenreSavvy and BreakingTheFourthWall, Community has numerous episodes that are parodies:
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3	* [[Recap/CommunityS1E20TheScienceOfIllusion The Science of Illusion]]: Of buddy cop films, with both Shirley and Annie trying to be the bad-ass rule-breaking cop. Jeff plays the role of the wrongfully accused suspect and Dean Pelton acts as the ReasonableAuthorityFigure who has put the duo in charge of the investigation. At one point, Abed takes on the role of DaChief to call out the duo for letting Jeff get away, to give them the motivation to complete their task.
4	* [[Recap/CommunityS1E21ContemporaryAmericanPoultry Contemporary American Poultry]]: Of mafia films, mostly ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}'' though there's also a few allusions made to ''Film/TheGodfather.''
5	* [[Recap/CommunityS1E22TheArtOfDiscourse The Art Of Discourse]]: InUniverse, with Abed trying to invoke as many college movie tropes as humanly possible.
6	* [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Modern Warfare]]: Of both [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] movies and {{Heroic Bloodshed}} action films.
7	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E04BasicRocketScience Basic Rocket Science]]: While the opening scenes are a {{Homage}} to ''Film/TheRightStuff'', the rest of the episode is primarily this to various space movies, with it even being a WholePlotReference to ''Film/Apollo13'' and (to a lesser extent) ''Film/SpaceCamp''.
8	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E09ConspiracyTheoriesandInteriorDesign Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design]]: Of {{Conspiracy Thriller}}s, even having a massive chase scene (albeit set in a ''pillow fort'') and exaggerating the classic GambitPileup.
9	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E11AbedsUncontrollableChristmas Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas]]: Of the [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop-motion Christmas specials, most notably ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer.''
10	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E16IntermediateDocumentaryFilmmaking Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking]]: Of {{mockumentary}} shows, like ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' and ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''.
11	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E19CriticalFilmStudies Critical Film Studies]]: Of both ''Film/PulpFiction'' and ''Film/MyDinnerWithAndre''.
12	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E20CompetitiveWineTasting Competitive Wine Tasting]]: A more downplayed and InUniverse example, with the ending of the episode featuring Troy starring in an all-black version of ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof,'' which is likely this trope in action for Patrick Stewart's all-black show of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}''.
13	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory Paradigms Of Human Memory]]: As a whole, to the {{Clip Show}} episode. The Jeff/Annie and Pierce/Abed music video sequences are also affectionate takes on fan shipping videos.
14	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs A Fistful Of Paintballs]]: To both TheWestern and the SpaghettiWestern genre.
15	* [[Recap/CommunityS2E24ForAFewPaintballsMore For A Few Paintballs More]]: Despite the Western-style title, this episode's actually closer to being a parody of ''Franchise/StarWars''.
16	* [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets Pillows And Blankets]]: Of the documentaries of Creator/KenBurns, more specifically ''The Civil War.''
17	* [[Recap/CommunityS3E17BasicLupineUrology Basic Lupine Urology]]: To the entire ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' franchise, though it's most apparent in regards to [[Series/LawAndOrder the original series]].
18	* [[Recap/CommunityS3E20DigitalEstatePlanning Digital Estate Planning]]: Of both ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and classic 8-bit [=1980s=] video games, with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' being the most noteworthy examples.
19	* [[Recap/CommunityS3E21TheFirstChangDynasty The First Chang Dynasty]]: The heist portion of this episode is a ''Community''-style take on ''Film/OceansEleven''.
20	* [[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage Paranormal Parentage]]: To the horror genre in general and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' in particular.
21	* [[Recap/CommunityS5E03BasicInterglutealNumismatics Basic Intergluteal Numismatics]]: Of SerialKiller-influenced David Fincher-style films like ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' and ''Film/{{Zodiac\|2007}}''. The episode also varies between being an AffectionateParody and straightforward TakeThat of DarkerAndEdgier crime shows like ''Series/CriminalMinds'', ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', and ''Series/TheKilling''.
22	* [[Recap/CommunityS5E05GeothermalEscapism Geothermal Escapism]]: Of [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalypse]] movies, specifically ones that involve TheApunkalypse, like ''Film/MadMax'' and ''Film/{{Waterworld}}''.
23	* [[Recap/CommunityS5E08AppDevelopmentAndCondiments App Development And Condiments]]: Of futuristic dystopian 1970s ScienceFiction films, with ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' and ''Film/LogansRun'' being the most obvious influences. The FantasticCasteSystem seen in the episode also draws lots of inspiration from both ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' and ''Literature/BraveNewWorld''. Meanwhile, the trailer for "Koogler" in TheTag is a spoof of raunchy 1980s college comedies.
24	* [[Recap/CommunityS5E11GIJeff G.I. Jeff]]: Rather obviously, of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe''.
25	* [[Recap/CommunityS6E08IntroToRecycledCinema Intro To Recycled Cinema]]: In an InUniverse example, the student film Abed is making is a massive rip-off/{{Homage}} to ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: A New Hope]].''
26	* [[Recap/CommunityS6E09Grifting101 Grifting 101]]: Of ''Film/TheSting''.

Context AffectionateParody / Community