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* ParodyProductPlacement: In Season 3 the series got sponsortship from Subway but they made a joke of it, showing the corporation is evil manipulative, going so far as to pay a man to change his name to Subway.

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* ParodyProductPlacement: In Season 3 the series got sponsortship from Subway but they made a joke of it, showing the corporation is evil manipulative, going so far as to pay a man to [[PutAFaceOnTheCompany change his name to Subway.Subway]].
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Played with. On the one hand, Community completely toys with as many sitcom, genre, and storytelling conventions as possible and creates a series that has a fair amount of crazies and sociopaths. On the other hand, the characters prove to be very human once it deeps deeper into who they are as individuals. Once their human sides are shown more, so are their considerate sides which makes the hearttugging sides of the show that much more genuine. Overall, it does have a more optimistic leaning despite how often it will often tend to tone down the schmultzy nature of many comfort shows and movies.
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''Community'' is an EnsembleCast {{Sitcom}} created by Creator/DanHarmon. It first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from 2009-2014, and then was promptly {{Uncancelled}} and had its sixth and final season streamed on [[Website/{{Yahoo}} Yahoo! Screen]] in 2015.

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''Community'' is an EnsembleCast {{Sitcom}} created by Creator/DanHarmon. It first aired on Creator/{{NBC}} from 2009-2014, and then was promptly {{Uncancelled}} and had its sixth and final season streamed on [[Website/{{Yahoo}} [[Platform/{{Yahoo}} Yahoo! Screen]] in 2015.



** "[[Recap/CommunityS2E01Anthropology101 Anthropology 101]]": It's suggested that Troy's "Old White Man Says" Website/{{Twitter}} feed could be made into a TV show... then is immediately written off as a stupid idea. [[Series/ShitMyDadSays A hint to one of CBS' competing shows, perhaps]]?[[note]]And one that seems to have been ''heeded'', moreover; the CBS sitcom got the boot after its first season concluded.[[/note]]

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** "[[Recap/CommunityS2E01Anthropology101 Anthropology 101]]": It's suggested that Troy's "Old White Man Says" Website/{{Twitter}} Platform/{{Twitter}} feed could be made into a TV show... then is immediately written off as a stupid idea. [[Series/ShitMyDadSays A hint to one of CBS' competing shows, perhaps]]?[[note]]And one that seems to have been ''heeded'', moreover; the CBS sitcom got the boot after its first season concluded.[[/note]]
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* GuiltTripping: This is Shirley's go-to move for manipulation early in the series, such as in [[Recap/CommunityS1E12ComparativeReligion Comparative Religion]], when she attempts to guilt Jeff out of fighting Mike the Bully by invoking the spirit of Christmas, even though it's only December 10th.
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** Chang's difficulty remembering his ethnicity. While pretending to have amnesia (er..."Changnesia") in Season 4, he even [[HumanNotepad leaves a note on his arm]] to remind himself that he's Chinese.
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* AnimatedEpisode: The episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" is animated in stop motion, while the episode "G.I. Jeff" is animated in the style of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''.

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** InUniverse. "Romantic Expressionism" parodies this with a long sequence of ShipTease [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_PiVpTbZl4 suggestive glances]] between all of the characters. In order, it goes: Pierce / Shirley / [[FirstGirlWins Jeff / Britta]] / Abed / [[LesYay Britta / Annie / Britta (gasp!) / Annie (gasp!)]] / [[TokenMinorityCouple Troy / Shirley]] / [[BetaCouple Troy / Annie]] / [[MayDecemberRomance Pierce / Annie]] / [[FanPreferredCouple Jeff / Annie]] / [[HoYay Jeff / Abed]].

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** InUniverse. "Romantic Expressionism" parodies this with a long sequence of ShipTease [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_PiVpTbZl4 suggestive glances]] between all of the characters. In order, it goes: Pierce / Shirley / [[FirstGirlWins Jeff / Britta]] / Abed / [[LesYay Britta / Annie / Britta (gasp!) / Annie (gasp!)]] / [[TokenMinorityCouple Troy / Shirley]] / [[BetaCouple Troy / Annie]] / [[MayDecemberRomance Pierce / Annie]] / [[FanPreferredCouple [[ShipTease Jeff / Annie]] / [[HoYay Jeff / Abed]].



* ShipTease: Also, see CrackPairing. The most prevalent pairings teased are:
** Annie and Jeff.
** Britta and Jeff.
** Britta and Troy.
** Troy and Abed.
** Abed and Annie.

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* %%* ShipTease: Also, see CrackPairing. The most prevalent pairings teased are:
** %%** Annie and Jeff.
** %%** Britta and Jeff.
** %%** Britta and Troy.
** %%** Troy and Abed.
** %%** Abed and Annie.Annie.
* ShipSinking: [[spoiler:Annie/Abed]] was sunk in Season 5, with the revelation that [[spoiler:Abed was catfishing Annie so she'd make better breakfasts, followed by Annie invoking LikeBrotherAndSister with Abed in "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing".]]
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* ConfidentialityBetrayal: Dean Pelton explains to the class that Señor Chang has a crippling fear of frogs. Chang whispers in horror "I told you that in confidence!"
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'''Abed:''' Dear God. What have you done to me?

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'''Abed:''' Dear God.god... What have you done to me?



--->'''Abed:''' It’s a mixer, it’s a mixer, it’s a mixer… [Chang walks away] Works every time.

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--->'''Abed:''' It’s It's a mixer, it’s it's a mixer, it’s it's a mixer… [Chang mixer... ''[Chang walks away] away]'' Works every time.
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* SynchronisedMorningRoutine: The second season opener quickly flashes through all the rooms of the various study group members as they get up. Their decor and {{morning routine}}s tells us a lot about them (e.g. Jeff is exercising in an almost bare room, Shirley is cuddling with her two children, Pierce has a trippy looking water-mattress, Annie's is perfectly pretty and organised, but has bars on the window, etc.)
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* HalloweenEpisode: "[[Recap/CommunityS1E07IntroductionToStatistics Introduction to Statistics]]" (Season 1), "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" Season 2), "[[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps]]" (Season 3), "[[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage Paranormal Parentage]]" (Season 4).

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* HalloweenEpisode: "[[Recap/CommunityS1E07IntroductionToStatistics Introduction to Statistics]]" (Season 1), "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]" Season (Season 2), "[[Recap/CommunityS3E05HorrorFictionInSevenSpookySteps Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps]]" (Season 3), "[[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage Paranormal Parentage]]" (Season 4).
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* PlatonicLifePartners: Although they do feature some ShipTease moments in episodes like "For a Few Paintballs More", Abed and Annie become this as the show goes on.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: Although they do feature some ShipTease moments in episodes like "For a Few Paintballs More", Abed and Annie become this as the show goes on. goes. After Troy leaves in the fifth season, this dynamic really ramps up between them, and by the sixth season it's pretty much cemented.
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* HeadSmashesScreen: In the pilot, Shirley makes a light threat that involves grabbing someone's head and pushing it through a jukebox. In "[[Recap/CommunityS4E12HeroicOrigins Heroic Origins]]", it's revealed that she smashed a stripper's face, namely Misty, into a jukebox as retribution for sleeping with Andre.
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Season 3 confirms that Shirley is 2 years older than Jeff


* BackToSchool: Of the main study group, only Troy and Annie ([[Main/VagueAge and possibly Abed]]) are the standard college student age. At the start of the series, Britta is 28, Jeff is in his mid-30s, Shirley is in her late-30s to early 40s, and Pierce is in his 60s, having enrolled at Greendale a decade earlier.

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* BackToSchool: Of the main study group, only Troy and Annie ([[Main/VagueAge and possibly Abed]]) are the standard college student age. At the start of the series, Britta is 28, Jeff is and Shirley are in his their mid-30s, Shirley is in her late-30s to early 40s, and Pierce is in his 60s, having enrolled at Greendale a decade earlier.
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** Chang, when he's acting as an antagonist, has a penchant for chewing the scenary, such as in [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare]] when he enters the paintball game, first shooting up the study room with a bright orange rifle before dramatically drawing his golden pistols and taunting Jeff and Britta.

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** Chang, when he's acting as an antagonist, has a penchant for chewing the scenary, such as in [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare]] [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare Season 1 Episode 23 Modern Warfare]] when he enters the paintball game, first shooting up the study room with a bright orange rifle before dramatically drawing his golden pistols and taunting Jeff and Britta.

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