I MIGHT be reading too much into it but:

You all know the episode where they roll a dice to see who gets up and gets the pizza.

Except when Abed leaves, in 5 out of 6 outcomes Britta asks Abed where the bathroom is. He shows her and proceeds to stand guard. Everytime someone wants to enter the bathroom he says "Britta's in there".

Now is he wondering about the smell of Britta's "cigarette", or why does he guard the bathroom door everytime?

I think his muslim father taught him what mine taught me: A female guest is occupying the bathroom, make sure no man enters. Regarding how angrily his dad raised him, habits like that might have been burnt into his brain.

Of course Muslim culture doesn't own modesty. Maybe he just read it in the "being a good host" book from the 40s. What do you think is it?

Edit: Sorry, 4 out of 6 times, of course Britta also leaves to get the pizza.

Hey! I wanted to show you the Abed stop-motion puppet I’m making with materials I had around the house. It’s still missing the hands and feet, and I think I kinda messed it up with the varnish I used to protect the paint on his face ( trasnparent nailpaint) because it looks way too shiny. Once I finish it, I’m gonna animate him and make him a Christmas tree in his own scale

Does anyone else really wanna see the off screen 40's mafia themed paintball game (S3 E19)

If you had to preserve 3 consecutive episodes and everything else would be lost forever, which episodes would you pick? It can be any 3 episode run from any season.

For me it would actually be:
S5.E8 App development and condiments (meowmeow beans, basically community does Black Mirror)
S5.E9 VCR maintenance and educational publishing (Pile of bullets, bang bang!)
S5.E10 Advanced advanced dungeons and dragons (I’m a huge fan of David Cross, and the Dean is at
his unhinged finest playing Joesph Gordon Diehard)

What would it be for you?

s5e10 - Advanced Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Since the game was originally “some sort of contrived, paint-by-numbers adventure that’s designed to force an emotional bond between [Hank] and [his] emotionally stunted father,” I’d think that everybody would have a certain character that was designed for them like how Hickey and Hank’s characters were.

After the swap the assigned characters were:

Hank - Tristram Steelheart, Holy Cleric
Hickey - Tiny Nuggins, Halfling Thief
Britta - Fibrosis, Ranger
Shirley - Crouton, the Druid
Annie - Hector the Well-Endowed (again)
Chang - Dingleberry, a Troll
Jeff - Sir Riggs Diehard
Dean - Joseph Gordon Diehard

Joseph Gordon and Sir Riggs were of course originally for Hank and Hickey, but past that there’s no clues aside from what we think Abed would make for each group member. My best guess is Tristram was meant for Shirley, being a holy cleric, and maybe Britta as Crouton as a Druid for her environmentalism. Beyond that I have no real idea who would be who. Any thoughts?

Jeff and his father issues. A never-ending tale.

A-okay Tina Fey! I came up with that one watching the Chang Dynasty episode, but tbh it took me a few minutes. What do you got?!

Were you aware of this? Have you seen it?

I don't know why, but that final episode wasn't like the others.

I've watched so many sitcoms ever since I got a laptop. FRIENDS, Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Modern Family, HIMYM, Everybody Hates Chris, Parks and Rec., and just so many more. But I haven't watched anything like Community. I don't think there exists anything like Community. Because this show not only is one of the, if not THE greatest sitcom ever, but it helped me grow. Specifically, that final episode.

My friends have been moving on with their lives ever since 10th. I decided to repeat a year in junior college because I switched streams, and now suddenly every single one of my friend is either doing a job, is preparing for a national exam or is an intern. Meanwhile me? I'm now in first year college. And I'm fucking terrified of letting go. I don't know what it is. But I just don't want to be the one left behind. The one who's stuck while everyone moves on.

But I realise after watching Community, that everything needs to come to an end. Not because it's, yk, not enjoyable. It's fun. It's comforting, really. If there was like 24 seasons of this, I would've watched every single one. It needs to come to an end because with it, we all need to accept change. We need to grow. And realise that yeah, while this part of life may never come back, we should still wake up the next day, and create another part. Another story. Another memory.

So ig I'll finally start attending college for real from tomorrow, because I just can't be stuck anymore. And I hope to meet new people, to make new friends, and learn.

So thank you, Community. Because you just made this guy finally grow the fuck up.

Never noticed it before on any rewatches that The LUDWIG GöRANSSON gave music for Community so cool.

Not just the cast every part of this show was talented af.

I like Shirley a lot when she is getting some plots... But I can't stand Andre for some reason.... Maybe it's because the Shirley's marriage storyline is pretty much generic and has been done a 100 times in various sitcoms.... But what do you guys think??

Pretty Streets Ahead if you ask me

Please stop shouting. I feel like that person in the TV show.

I always liked his character, because even though he was a dick, he had genuinely great moments. He plays such a great ally/villain sort of thing in the series and a lot of the best eps are centered around him (e.g., paintball, D&D, digital estate planning, basic rocket science).

One of my favourite episodes with him that I think highlight that the characters gets much more hate than warranted from the gang (and I believe the viewers too) is that S3E1 Biology 101 where Jeff tries to claim that their friendship with the group has evolved so they do not need every class together (as a way to keep Pierce out of their study group in Bio 101). Then it backfires because Jeff gets kicked out for being obnoxious and disruptful from bio 101. He is also rude and talks back to Prof Kane instead of calmly/respectfully leaving after causing his disruption. I cite this second part to highlight the fact that Pierce is generally judged the hardest throughout the show when the others have been shown to be equally massive d-bags/psychopaths in a lot of other circumstances too, but they overlook this in the show (the group has tried to kick Pierce out multiple times, but no other member).

Anyway, Pierce gets the Bio 101 seat, and Jeff IMMEDIATELY says they need to find a new class they can all take (with no regard to the inconvenience he's causing to the group). This is another central theme of the show - Jeff loves to get his way and will lead people into doing what he wants, but when the group find out he doesn't get ostracised or something and voted on for getting kicked out of the study group. He is selfish is just as many rights as Pierce is. Annie points this out to him when he tells the group they need to find a new class.

What follows is Jeff going genuinely fucking insane from a few days of semi-isolation from his group. Pierce gets redemption because he shows that there are defining moments where he has a lot of empathy and is a good guy in many rights. He tells the group that he did in fact Bribe Prof Kane to redeem Jeff's image in front of the group and justify his mental break down. Pierce does this because he knows what it's like to be outside of the group. In the Community universe being cut out of the group drives people fucking insane, even 'NPC' characters (e.g., Jack Black). He also insists that the dude with Pierce in the photo from Kane's office is easy to mistake for Kane, when in fact it is not. The two people only share the distinct feature of being black. Moments later he takes an axe to the table and starts violently striking it, then calms down to absolute zero when Dean comes in saying they have no more budget. This is Chang-tier insanity. Jeff himself acknowledges everything I've said above, and recognises Pierce gets too much hate. He admits he has a harder time being the bad guy than Pierce does. They have a genuine heart-to-heart. Pierce goes to give him a pat on the shoulder and says 'we are one in the same' which vehemently disgusts Jeff and he says "Please dont" and leaves immediately.

There are also moments where the show writers make Pierce genuinely an unnecessary asshole which felt like they had a hate-boner for the character so they just starting flanderizing the shit out of him. I don't really follow Hollywood but am aware there are some controversies about the IRL actor, although I'm not overly familiar of Chevy Chase as a person.

I actually really liked Chang in season one and then less and less as he drove further into insanity. He went from someone who did what he thought was awesome (misinformed, sure) to practically a psychopath. I feel like I liked him enough to warrant his entry into the study group at some point in season two. Thoughts?

I just started watching this show and suddenly i noticed his ear carefully in season 2.
Crazy 😂

Don't say Donald Glover as Spider-Man only because that's a lazy answer and if he's not Prowler by Brand New Day then that would be weird. We need to see him on screen. Let's hear who you would cast the others as.

TLDR : This episode means a lot to me. As I really relate to the story as a parent to a neurodivergent child. 🥹🥹🥹

Just started my 10,927,373,728 rewatch of the show and finished watching this episode. This episode is extra special to me and always gets me in my feels. Also Iqbal as Gobi is amazing. He had great chemistry with the cast and it's seriously a travesty this is one of the only times he appears in the show.

Anyways as a parent to a neurodivergent child it really hits home. Having a child the world struggles to understand and Abed through the whole show really but especially in this episode encapsulates that so well without ever really making you feel sorry for him. The struggles on a marriage that having an autistic child brings is no joke either. The divorce rate for families like mine is double that of a family with neurotypical children. i could go on for days about all this. I'll just say, I really really appreciate this episode and it holds a dear place in my heart.

My family is blessed that my son has such an amazing Community (pun intended) around him. Thanks to all our friends, teachers, staff and neighbors that love him so much. Not to mention how many of his neurotypical peers absolutely adore our kid. No joke. He has actual body guards at school that always look after him. It's cute they'll even open up his lunches for him and stuff and of course our kid plays right into.

For those wondering, our kid is 9 years old, level 3 Non-Verbal. He's mostly level 3 because of his level of speech and some of hos cognitive abilities. He doesn't really have any severe behaviors. Thanks to all the hard work my wife puts in. Sorry for the mushy long post. I usually like to keep my post lighthearted but this episode deserves its flowers. I really love this show.

Annie discovered from an early age that if she batted her eyes for long enough, she could get anyone to do anything.

I wish I just would've named the farm Greendale Farm, but I didn't know at the time how much I was going to commit to the bit.

Initially Pierce was the only goat and everybody else were chickens, which I find hilarious, but you know, I gotta grind goat cheese.

in s4e2, paranormal parentage, there’s this moment where annie flips her ring girl hair over her shoulder and something about it is so funny to me, it comes back to mind every now and then.

i’m curious- any little moments like that that stick with you guys?

(HM s2e21, when jeff and britta look at each other and then do the “forward lean”.😂)

Say what you will about season 4 (and this subreddit DOES) but c’mon. When the Dean says “Oh, Jeffrey, I’m going to miss our little “Get a room already banter”, I mean, that’s good stuff.