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β | |text=Over the [[Public address system#List of Announcements|P.A. system]], Dean Pelton announces that Greendale is having a dedication ceremony for a new [[Luis Guzman statue|statue]] in honor of '''Luis Guzman''' who is an alumnus of the school. [[Ian|Duncan]] runs into [[Jeff]] in the hallway and asks if he's done pursuing [[Britta]] so he can go after her himself. Later in Spanish class, [[Troy]] messes with [[Abed]] and tells him a bunch of false information about himself. Jeff asks Britta for her actual phone number after finding out she had given him a fake one. [[SeΓ±or Chang]]<span style="display: none;"> </span> then silences the class and confronts his students over a crib sheet he discovered that was used to cheat on the last exam. He issues the ultimatum that if no one comes forward to claim responsibility, he will fail everyone in class.}} |
+ | |text=Over the [[Public address system#List of Announcements|P.A. system]], [[Dean Pelton]] announces that Greendale is having a dedication ceremony for a new [[Luis Guzman statue|statue]] in honor of '''Luis Guzman''' who is an alumnus of the school. [[Ian|Duncan]] runs into [[Jeff]] in the hallway and asks if he's done pursuing [[Britta]] so he can go after her himself. Later in Spanish class, [[Troy]] messes with [[Abed]] and tells him a bunch of false information about himself. Jeff asks Britta for her actual phone number after finding out she had given him a fake one. [[SeΓ±or Chang]]<span style="display: none;"> </span> then silences the class and confronts his students over a crib sheet he discovered that was used to cheat on the last exam. He issues the ultimatum that if no one comes forward to claim responsibility, he will fail everyone in class.}} |
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*'''A nice gesture''': Abed and Troy do their signature handshake after they agree not to mess with each other anymore. |
*'''A nice gesture''': Abed and Troy do their signature handshake after they agree not to mess with each other anymore. |
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*'''Middle Eastern Magic 8 Ball''': |
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β | **The animosity between Duncan and Chang is highlighted in this episode; it would later come to a head in the [[Season One]] finale |
+ | **The animosity between Duncan and Chang is highlighted in this episode; it would later come to a head in the [[Season One]] finale "[[Pascal's Triangle Revisited]]". |
**Troy and Abed make a promise never to lie to each other ever again which they keep until the [[Season Three]] episode "[[Contemporary Impressionists]]" when Troy lies about not being upset with Abed. Abed immediately calls him on breaking the promise referencing this episodes exact air-date as when the deal was made. |
**Troy and Abed make a promise never to lie to each other ever again which they keep until the [[Season Three]] episode "[[Contemporary Impressionists]]" when Troy lies about not being upset with Abed. Abed immediately calls him on breaking the promise referencing this episodes exact air-date as when the deal was made. |
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β | **[[Pierce]] mentions the [[Greendale Air Conditioning Repair School]] in his new school song which becomes a major plot point in Season Three. |
+ | **[[Pierce]] mentions the [[Greendale Air Conditioning Repair School]] in his new school song which becomes a major plot point in [[Season Three]]. |
+ | **While attempting to identify which student cheated on a test, [[Ben Chang|Chang]] compares himself to Mr. Miyagi from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Karate_Kid The Karate Kid]'', a role he will later play in a community theater version of the film during the [[Season Six]] episode ''[[Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing]]''. |
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*[[Winger speeches#Season One|Winger speech]]: |
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β | **The [[Luis Guzman statue|Luis Guzman's statue]] |
+ | **The [[Luis Guzman statue|Luis Guzman's statue]] is unveiled in this episode. |
**The [[Foosball table#Season One|Foosball table]] is seen. |
**The [[Foosball table#Season One|Foosball table]] is seen. |
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*'''Bon appetit!''': Pierce suggests that Britta is a lesbian again. |
*'''Bon appetit!''': Pierce suggests that Britta is a lesbian again. |
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*'''Deanotation''': Pelton tells Jeff and Britta, "''Dean ya later''". |
*'''Deanotation''': Pelton tells Jeff and Britta, "''Dean ya later''". |
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β | *'''Double entendre''': At the tribunal, the Dean mentions he goes both ways on the side of any bias against Britta; he then has it stricken from the record and says he is impartial. |
+ | *'''Double entendre''': At the tribunal, the Dean mentions he goes both ways on the side of any bias against Britta; he then has it stricken from the record and says he is impartial. This is the first reference in the series to the Dean's bi/pansexuality, which later became a major part of his character. |
*'''NOOOOOO!''': Annie screams when she thinks she's about to fail Spanish. |
*'''NOOOOOO!''': Annie screams when she thinks she's about to fail Spanish. |
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*[[Shut up, Leonard!]]: The debut of this joke is in this episode. Jeff tells Leonard (who is skinny dipping at the pool where Britta's hearing is at) to come on and to put on a bathing suit. |
*[[Shut up, Leonard!]]: The debut of this joke is in this episode. Jeff tells Leonard (who is skinny dipping at the pool where Britta's hearing is at) to come on and to put on a bathing suit. |
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*'''Product placement''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamucil Metamucil], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari Ferrari]. |
*'''Product placement''': [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamucil Metamucil], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari Ferrari]. |
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*'''Shout out''': Luis Guzman, President Obama, Danny Glover, Prince Charles. |
*'''Shout out''': Luis Guzman, President Obama, Danny Glover, Prince Charles. |
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β | *'''TV Guide''': Cheers, M*A*S*H, Fawlty Towers |
+ | *'''TV Guide''': ''Cheers'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''Fawlty Towers'' |
+ | **Chang calls Shirley "JackΓ©e", probably a reference to actress [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JackΓ©e Harry JackΓ©e Harry]. |
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+ | **Jeff uses [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan Dershowitz Alan Dershowitz] as an example of a great lawyer. |
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*In the [[Community The Complete First Season]] DVD commentaries for this episode, Donald Glover discusses the evolution of his character Troy and how different he is now compared to earlier episodes like this one. He suggests that Troy as he is now would totally fall for Abed's prank. |
*In the [[Community The Complete First Season]] DVD commentaries for this episode, Donald Glover discusses the evolution of his character Troy and how different he is now compared to earlier episodes like this one. He suggests that Troy as he is now would totally fall for Abed's prank. |
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*Frequent background extra [[Season One minor characters#Background extra|Long haired guy]] makes another of over 65 episode appearances. He's in numerous Spanish 101 class scenes most prominently sitting beside Jeff when Britta confesses to cheating. |
*Frequent background extra [[Season One minor characters#Background extra|Long haired guy]] makes another of over 65 episode appearances. He's in numerous Spanish 101 class scenes most prominently sitting beside Jeff when Britta confesses to cheating. |
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+ | *Troy messes with Abed by telling him that he's related to Obama and Danny Glover. The actor Danny Glover was most likely chosen because he shares the same last name with [[Donald Glover]], the actor who played Troy. |
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+ | *In an episode of ''Harmontown'', [[Dan Harmon]] admitted that he nearly drowned Richard Erdman (Leonard) during filming: the audition sheet asked for an elderly actor who could swim, but Harmon insisted on take-after-take of Leonard swimming because he thought Erdman wasn't saying the line "Busted!" correctly. Finally, [[Joe Russo]] pulled him aside and told him that a) if they kept filming Erdman would probably drown, and b) had said the line correctly on the first take (which Harmon hadn't been present for because he went to the bathroom).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2wYRG248MY Clip with the story.]</ref> |
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+ | *Abed makes notes in some kind of shorthand; he says it's "probably Arabic" but it does not resemble Arabic in any way. |
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==Quotes== |
==Quotes== |
Latest revision as of 20:01, 24 March 2023
Plot
Over the P.A. system, Dean Pelton announces that Greendale is having a dedication ceremony for a new statue in honor of Luis Guzman who is an alumnus of the school. Duncan runs into Jeff in the hallway and asks if he's done pursuing Britta so he can go after her himself. Later in Spanish class, Troy messes with Abed and tells him a bunch of false information about himself. Jeff asks Britta for her actual phone number after finding out she had given him a fake one. SeΓ±or Chang then silences the class and confronts his students over a crib sheet he discovered that was used to cheat on the last exam. He issues the ultimatum that if no one comes forward to claim responsibility, he will fail everyone in class.
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Back in the study room, the group tries to figure out who is the culprit, and various finger pointing ensues. Britta stops the arguing by saying that it's Chang that everyone should really be upset with. Annie says she can't deal with the additional threat of a zero on top of having the stress of heading up the school song committee. She explains she has to come up with a new school song before the Luis Guzman statue dedication ceremony. Pierce volunteers his services as a songwriter saying he once wrote a jingle for Hawthorne Wipes. Abed suggests Troy can help as well since he's the one who invented rap music. Troy explains that all the stuff he told him in Spanish class wasn't true, and he was just messing with him which is what friends do.
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The next day in the cafeteria, Annie tells Pierce that the Dean signed off on him writing the new school song. Later in Spanish class, Chang gives the perpetrator ten seconds to reveal their identity, or he'll fail the whole class. After Annie screams when time is up, Britta steps forward and claims responsibility. Chang instructs the students to turn on her, and they pelt Britta with paper balls until she runs out of the classroom. Jeff finds her later inside the student lounge and expresses his shock at her being the culprit. They are interrupted by Dean Pelton who tells Britta she is being brought before a disciplinary tribunal tomorrow in Borchert Hall. Jeff offers to act as her counsel, but Britta questions his real motivations.
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The following day, Abed finds Troy in the study room and tries to mess with him. Troy explains he isn't that gullible but notices Abed writing something down on a note pad in a weird language before running off and making a strange noise. At Borchert Hall, the tribunal consisting of Chang, the Dean, and Professor Duncan has convened with Jeff, who is representing Britta. Chang is asked to provide testimony and goes on at length and in too much detail about everything that happened. Meanwhile, Pierce is at a piano, struggling to write the school song in the music room. Annie shows up concerned about his progress, but Pierce chases her off, insisting that her presence is stifling his creativity.
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Back at the tribunal, Chang finishes up his long-winded testimony. Jeff calls Britta to the witness stand and asks her point blank if she was responsible for the crib sheet. When she says no, Jeff makes the claim that she only confessed to the crime because Chang had threatened everyone with a failing grade. He asks that the case be thrown out, and Pelton is about to agree before Britta changes her testimony and admits that she actually was the one who cheated. Jeff's call for a brief recess is granted only after the judges' table gets splashed by one of the divers at the pool. Elsewhere, Troy is confused by Abed's actions when he notices him talking to himself about their interactions.
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During the recess, Duncan and Chang continue to bicker while Jeff is trying to come up with a new defense now that Britta has confessed. She gets upset and claims he's only helping her because he wants to sleep with her. Jeff says that he genuinely likes her, and he wouldn't be going through all this trouble just for sex which he could easily get from other women. Britta is apologetic and starts to go on about how much of a screw up she is when Jeff becomes inspired. When they return to the tribunal, he presents his new defense: Britta is insane. Her self-loathing caused her to sabotage herself, and someone like that deserves to be at Greendale. The school is a haven for crazy, pointing out Pelton, Chang, and Duncan's eccentric behaviors.
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The speech moves the judges, and Duncan declares Britta exonerated as long as she agrees to see him for counseling. Troy comes across Abed in a storage closet, seemingly contacting his home planet. He rushes in and tells Abed to stop it as he saw through the elaborate prank a long time ago. Troy tells him he went too far with the gag, and that from now on, they won't mess with each other. Meanwhile, Pierce still hasn't come up with a new school song. Annie checks in on him, and he admits that he exaggerated his musical abilities. Annie tells Pierce she believes in him and manages to inspire him with a rant about her humiliating time as a cheerleader.
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Later, the study group and the rest of the student body attends the dedication ceremony for the Luis Guzman statue. Jeff joins Britta who is still annoyed about the crazy defense he used. Pierce is introduced by the Dean after the statue is unveiled, and he dedicates the new school song to Annie. As he performs it, most of the audience immediately recognizes it as a reworking of the song, "That's Just the Way It Is" from Bruce Hornsby. Abed wonders if they could get sued, and once Jeff hears how similar the refrain is to the original song, he says it's a definite possibility. Pierce seems blissfully unaware, however, and continues to sing the rest of the song happily.
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Trivia
- In the Community The Complete First Season DVD commentaries for this episode, Donald Glover discusses the evolution of his character Troy and how different he is now compared to earlier episodes like this one. He suggests that Troy as he is now would totally fall for Abed's prank.
- Frequent background extra Long haired guy makes another of over 65 episode appearances. He's in numerous Spanish 101 class scenes most prominently sitting beside Jeff when Britta confesses to cheating.
- Troy messes with Abed by telling him that he's related to Obama and Danny Glover. The actor Danny Glover was most likely chosen because he shares the same last name with Donald Glover, the actor who played Troy.
- In an episode of Harmontown, Dan Harmon admitted that he nearly drowned Richard Erdman (Leonard) during filming: the audition sheet asked for an elderly actor who could swim, but Harmon insisted on take-after-take of Leonard swimming because he thought Erdman wasn't saying the line "Busted!" correctly. Finally, Joe Russo pulled him aside and told him that a) if they kept filming Erdman would probably drown, and b) had said the line correctly on the first take (which Harmon hadn't been present for because he went to the bathroom).[1]
- Abed makes notes in some kind of shorthand; he says it's "probably Arabic" but it does not resemble Arabic in any way.
Quotes
- βSilencio. Por favor. Star-Burns. That means you.ββ Chang
- βMy name's Alex, dude.ββ Star-Burns
- βWell maybe you should spend 5 hours sculpting that in your face.ββ Chang
- βIt's a tiny piece of paper. Okay? That's all it is. Tiny piece of paper...containing all the information covered on the test otherwise known as a crib sheet. Who did it? Maryanne...Grandpa...Jackee...Kumar? There's one Asian stereotype that does apply to me: whoever did this insulted my honor, and they've got 24 hours to come forward, or Mr. Miyagi here will wax off everyone's score, and THE WHOLE CLASS GETS A CERO! Except you, Toby.ββ Chang
- βIf I'm going to cheat, I'm not going to copy information from a book onto a piece of paper. That's practically learning, for God's sake.ββ Jeff
- βIt sounds like there are two biases, one on each side, and I go both ways.ββ Dean Pelton
- βBritta, look at me. Look at me!ββ Jeff
- βI am.ββ Britta
- βNo, look how handsome my face is.ββ Jeff
- βGentlemen, I'm sure you've suspected that Miss Perry was pretty odd before the recess, but if you could have heard all the stuff she told me in the shower, you would realize she is all the way out of her entire damn mind. She doesn't want to succeed because she doesn't think she can. So she goes out of her way to fail. That's crazy. But do we really want to make it a crime to be crazy at Greendale? I mean, look at us. You two are arguing about status at college that correspondent schools make fun of. Dean, you want so bad for this place to be Ivy League that you are putting us at risk of electrocution because everyone at on this campus is nuts.ββ Jeff, delivering his patented Winger speech
- βIs this Bruce Hornsby's?ββ Abed
- βYup.ββ Jeff
- βDoes he know he stole it?ββ Abed
- βI don't think so. Let him enjoy itββ Jeff
- βCan we get sued?ββ Abed
- βNot sure.ββ Jeff
- β...Greendale's the way it goes.ββ Pierce
- βYeah, they got us.ββ Jeff
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14. "Interpretive Dance" |
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Season One β’ Season Two β’ Season Three β’ Season Four β’ Season Five β’ Season Six |