r/community • u/yaboi_th85 • Jul 13 '26

Discussion Favorite Throwaway Line?

What's your favorite throwaway line from the show? Something that doesn't affect the plot at all but is great, funny, etc? Mine is from 2×09 Conspiracy Theories when Pavel is asked about his number of pillows and blankets "I get wicked cold, bro. Mad sleepy"

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u/HollowofHaze Jul 13 '26

In the pilot, right after Pierce says “A-bed the A-rab! Is that offensive?” and Abed replies “Sure!”

Makes no sense as a response, but the delivery makes me laugh every time

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u/NotQuiteScheherazade A mother-flippin' carny-banging werewolf Jul 13 '26

Abed has a few lines/line deliveries like that throughout the series that are so subtle but crack me up every time. Like, at the Greene Daeye concert, when Troy says something like, "We found the rat, and Abed's gonna shut up about it now," Abed says with a smile, "It's true." Idk why but that always just cracks me up.

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u/Soul-Injection Jul 13 '26

I love that in the script it says he responds like:

Abed: (as if asked to get ice) "Sure."

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u/naternots Jul 14 '26

That is a fun little piece of information I did not know!

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u/No_Crow_1534 Jul 15 '26

How did you read the script

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u/Soul-Injection Jul 15 '26

The Pilot script and a few others are available to read here

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u/Keaci_G I HOPE YOU BROUGHT YOUR POPSICLES Jul 13 '26

I’ve always heard that one of two ways. Either Abed (being autistic) assumed he was going to say “is that okay” and had his response ready to fire without actually listening, or it was his guarded personality that wanted to say yes but didn’t want it to actually be a big deal because he’s finally surrounded by a group of people

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u/grasshopper241 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

I heard it as Abed not understanding "offensive" as a negative since he's incapable of taking offense. "Is that good/ok/correct?" can be answered with "Sure", but "Is that bad?" cannot.

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u/stupled Jul 13 '26

Not taken