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| Jeff and Britta arrive together at the study room annoying everyone with their flirtatious arguing. Abed explains that their sexual tension is putting everyone on edge and affecting the group dynamic. Pierce suggest they just sleep together and move on as Dean Pelton arrives with some news. He was announces a Paintball Assassin competition that will start soon with a prize to be announced later. After he leaves, Annie tries to steer the conversation back to Jeff and Britta. However, Jeff is unwilling to discuss it any further and decides to go take a nap in his Lexus. An hour later, Jeff wakes up and finds the campus quad completely trashed and seemingly deserted. He walks to the library which is in a similar state and finds Garrett covered in paint.
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| Garrett explains that everyone turned on each other once "the prize" was announced. Before he can elaborate any further, he is shot by Leonard with a paintball gun. He then attacks Jeff when Abed appears and eliminates Leonard in spectacular fashion. He takes Jeff back to the Spanish classroom where Troy and Abed have set up a base. The two explain the reason for all the chaos is the contests prize: Priority Registration . With this document any student has first dibs on classes for the next semester and can make up a schedule to their liking. They are interrupted when a chess club member burst into the room and quickly ran off. The trio avoids the obvious ambush and eliminate the chess club members who were lying in wait.
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| They make their way to the student lounge and find Pierce and Star-Burns looting the vending machines. After reuniting with his friends, Pierce betrays Star-Burns and joins them. The trio use the facilities to take a bathroom break only for Abed to realize they've stumbled into a trap. Britta, Shirley and Annie emerge from their hiding places in the restroom getting the drop on them with their paintball weapons. A standoff between the two groups occurs but the tension is quickly broken when Jeff and Britta argue. The reunited study group agree to form a temporary alliance and leaves the building for the quad. Troy attempts to get Shirley to form a secret partnership but is suddenly shot.
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| The study group takes cover and Abed figures out from the singing that it's the Glee Club. When Annie gets eliminated after breaking cover, Jeff tricks Pierce to do so as well in order to give away the clubs hiding place when they shoot him too. The remaining group focus their fire on the Glee Club's sniping position in a tree eliminating them all. Abed, Jeff, Shirley and Britta make camp inside the cafeteria and settle in for the night. Shirley asks what the other study group members intend to do with the priority registration prize if they win it. Jeff hopes to make a packed schedule which could help him graduate early while Britta hopes to enrol in easier classes. Shirley says she wants it so she can make a schedule that will allow her to spend more time with her children.
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| Britta is touched and suggests that they all make a pact to hand the prize over to Shirley if they win. Jeff then begins to argue with her about her fake sincerity which annoys Abed and Shirley. They are ll interrupted are when they hear someone taunting them. A pack of roller skating paintball players emerge from the shadows surrounding the group. A quick gun battle ensues, and although they manage to take out most of them, Shirley is shot.
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| Abed pursues and eliminates the remaining roller skaters who have fled but ends up being shot in the process too. The defeated contestants wish Jeff and Britta good luck before departing. In Dean Pelton's office, the Dean and Chang are discussing how out of control the competition has become. Chang tells him that he is an accomplished paintball player and can put an end to it by taking out whoevers left. He convinces the Dean to enrol him as a student, so he can participate. Meanwhile, back in the study room, Britta is tending to a minor wound Jeff suffered during the last gunfight. They note how cliche it would be if they hooked up now and pretend to make out with each other. This leads to them kissing each other for real and consummating their relationship on the the study table.
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| Later, Britta gets dressed and quietly grabs her paintball gun which she then points at Jeff. She makes it clear that she didn't sleep with him just to win before firing. However, her gun is empty and Jeff reveals he took out the ammo while she was sleeping. He then points his gun at her until the dramatic arrival of Chang makes them both pause. ("Yi Shui Ge") Armed with an automatic paintball rifle, he starts spraying the room, forcing Jeff and Britta to take cover. When Jeff questions his eligibility to compete, Chang shows off signed enrolment papers from the Dean. Admitting Jeff got the drop on her, Britta offers to take out Chang. She kisses Jeff before grabbing back her gun along with his. Chang drops his rifle and pulls out a pair of golden paintball guns.
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| They fire at the same time and in the process manage to eliminate each other. Jeff picks up the discarded rifle and narrowly avoids a suicide paintball bomb activated by Chang. He goes to the Dean's office and sprays it with paint until the ammo runs out. He then shoots the Dean with a hidden paintball gun and demands the prize. The next day, Jeff runs into Britta on the way to the study room and they agree to keep what happened between them a secret. Once they arrive Abed senses something significant has occurred but Jeff deflects this by handing his priority registration prize to Shirley. Britta compliments Jeff on the gesture while Abed continues to try and figure out what exactly has changed.
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| Troy is trying to record the perfect message on his phone to send to Abed. Jeff gets annoyed at seeing Troy struggle, so he angrily records one for him but is regretful when it comes off as too mean.
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Trivia[]
- In the Community The Complete First Season DVD commentaries, Dan Harmon mentions that his favorite movie of all time is Die Hard which inspired much of the references in this episode.
Quotes[]
- “Let's get back to Britta and Jeff.”— Annie
- “There's no Britta and Jeff!”— Jeff
- “He said fully erect.”— Pierce
- “The-the paintball game was-was-was starting and then the Dean-the Dean announced the prize...THE PRIZE...we-we turned on each other like ANIMALS!”— Garrett
- “What was the prize?”— Jeff
- “WAS? THIS IS NOT OVER. THIS IS STILL HAPPENING. RIGHT NOW...ARGHHH!!!”— Garrett
- “Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes.”— Abed
- “Tell the drama club their tears will be real today!”— Jeff
- “I'm going home, Britta.”— Shirley
- “I know, Shirley. I know.”— Britta
- “No, seriously, I'm going home. Can you help me up?”— Shirley
- “Jeff, you help people more than I do and you don't even want to. You're not a jerk. You're fine. Especially now that I've repaired your overworked torso with my trembling feminine fingers.”— Britta
- “Yes-too-much-sexual-tension-dam-bursting!”— Jeff
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14. "Interpretive Dance" |
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