Minor characters on Community are those that have been featured in brief appearances on the show or on webisodes. The following is a compilation of those characters in Season Six.
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Andi[]
“And that was Stacey's first time!”— Andi, "Wedding Videography".
Andi
PORTRAYED BY: Amanada Lund
OCCUPATION: Unknown
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Wedding Videography"
Andi was Stacy Lambert's maid of honor at her wedding to Garrett. She made a very embarrassing toast. Jeff was the next speaker and made fun of her to the point that she began to cry.
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Assistant[]
“Next up, Ben Chang for the role of Daniel Larusso.”— Assistant, "Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing".
The stage assistant helped Matt Lundergard when casting his play based on the movie "The Karate Kid". He called actors to the stage for their audition and read lines from the script with them during the process. The assistant called Ben Chang to the stage for his turn and he was quickly cast as "Mr. Miyagi". Chang's friend Annie Edison got herself a part too as "Daniel Larusso" and the assistant would later watch them rehearse alongside Matt. He was also present when Annie quit the production after another of Matt's brutal critiques of Chang's performance.
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Actor Johnny Pemberton has appeared in a number of YouTube videos and web series which were featured on "Community" creator Dan Harmon's Channel 101 website.
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Blake[]
“They never found his body on the ground which proves he's still up there, waiting. He's waiting for a better daddy, with a bigger hand!”— Blake, "Basic RV Repair and Palmistry".
Blake was a husband and father who bought a giant hand from Dean Pelton on eBay. Years ago he and his wife Karen lost their son in a freak accident. This involved a giant kite which carried him away and he was never seen again. Since then Blake became obsessed with buying oversized objects on the Internet, the latest being a giant watch which he hoped to pair with his latest purchase. When the hand never showed up his wife confronted him about where he was channelling his grief. Blake owned up to this but also added he wanted the giant hand in case his son was alive and waiting for a better daddy with a bigger hand. When Karen tells him she's going to walk the dog and eventually leave him Blake responds that he'll put the watch in the garage and also stop showering.
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In real life actor Matt Besser is actually married to actress Danielle Shneider who also plays his wife onscreen in this Community end tag.
Bones is the brother of Garrett. As best man, Bones was supposed to hold a speech during his brother's wedding to Stacy, but became too drunk. Jeff Winger held the speech in his place, resulting in a calamitous discovery.
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Tim Briggs[]
“As a gay dean, what is your opinion about the recent controversy surrounding the cancelled Pride Parade?”— Tim Briggs, "Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing".
Tim Briggs is a reporter for the campus newspaper the Greendale Gazette Journal Mirror. He was present for the news conference concerning Dean Pelton's promotion to the Colorado Community Colleges Board. He asked the Dean about the controversy surrounding the cancelled Pride Parade and, if he thinks he was asked to join the Board because of his sexual preferences.
"Brother" was a meta construct who appeared in a commercial for the "Community Board Game". He and his "family" became aware of their fictional existences while playing the game.
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Convict[]
“I'm here for the ceremony. Geller, prisoner ID 042098.”— Convict, "Laws of Robotics & Party Rights".
"Convict" was in the line-up outside the study room before the Professor emeritus ceremony for telepresence convict "Willy". Once he presented his credentials to the Security Guard, he was waived in.
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Actor/writer Wade Randolph was once a regular featured performer and contributor of "Community" creator Dan Harmon's online short film festival "Channel 101". He is currently a writer on Harmon's Adult Swim cartoon series "Rick and Morty".
Cook[]
“Soup monster! (in Portuguese)”— Cook, "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care".
"Cook" was a character in a movie Abed owned called "Joelho-Alto Prejuizo Moral". In the movie, the cook open a soup kettle to find an imp-like creature called a "knee-high mischief" in the soup. He throws salt at it which creates multiple "mischiefs". He is last seen being attacked by them through a kitchen door window.
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Cook #2[]
“Oh yeah, you better believe the kitchen boys are playing!”— Cook #2, "Modern Espionage".
Cook #2
PORTRAYED BY: Carlo Ciarfalio
OCCUPATION: Cook
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Modern Espionage"
"Cook #2" worked at the "Clean Up Greendale" gala which the Save Greendale Committee was casing to stop a potential disruption by the latest Paintball Assassin game. Elroy and Britta had a paintball battle in the kitchen with the kitchen staff. Cook #2 was taken out with a paintball shot to forehead by Britta.
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Deejay[]
“Don't forget, there's a sign-up sheet on the back wall for 'Club Club Club'.”— Deejay, "Modern Espionage".
"Deejay" played the music in "Club Club". He tells several guys in the club to stop horsing around and Abed recognizes him as "the guy from MeowMeowBeenz". He later announces a sign up sheet for "Club Club Club".
"Domingo" was Dean Pelton's fake life partner when the Dean joined the school board.
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E.T. Host[]
“Can I get a ham girl?”— E.T. Host, "Intro to Recycled Cinema".
E.T. Host
PORTRAYED BY: Brooke Burns
OCCUPATION: Talk Show Host
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Intro to Recycled Cinema"
"E.T. Host" interviewed Ben Chang on the talk show "Celebrity Blast" after his new found fame on a commercial where his phrase "Ham Girl!" became an internet sensation. She mentioned that Steven Spielberg was interested in Chang for voice work in an animated film and then asked him to say his catch phrase.
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Father[]
“You stupid child. Nobody's winning anything. Don't you see? This means we don't exist. We're not created by God. We're created by a joke.”— Father, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".
"Father" was a meta construct who appeared in a commercial for the "Community Board Game". He and his "family" became aware of their fictional existences while playing the game.
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Garrett's Mom[]
“I'm not Dr. Phil but I don't want my son to kill himself.”— Garrett's Mom, "Wedding Videography".
Garrett's Mom
PORTRAYED BY: O-Lan Jones
OCCUPATION: Mother
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Wedding Videography"
"Garrett's Mom" gave the Save Greendale Committee a stern rebuking at the wedding reception for her son Garrett for their behavior during the wedding ceremony. After this, they all tried to be good wedding guests but in their enthusiasm ended up revealing that Garrett's new wife Stacy was his cousin. Upon learning this, Garrett's mom fainted.
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Gay Student[]
“Yeah, but it's helpful, to me, you know, and to a lot of us so, thank you.”— Gay Student, "Wedding Videography".
"Gay Student" approached Dean Pelton after the news conference where the Dean announced he was accepting a position on the School Board and that he was gay. The student thanked the Dean for coming out as it was helpful to him and to others.
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Jude Gippernut[]
“Wait, what? Who talks like that? Why would anyone hire someone so pompous?”— Jude Gippernut , "Ladders".
Jude Gippernut
PORTRAYED BY: Will Hines
OCCUPATION: Hiring Manager
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Ladders"
Jude Gippernut was a hiring manager who interviewed Frankie Dart after she left Greendale. Her interview answers were so pompous he advised her to change or go work for a company run by crazy people. After Jeff and Abed broke into his office to convince Frankie to come back to Greendale, he called security.
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Girl[]
“I thought your name was 'Fun Dad'?”— Girl, "Modern Espionage".
Girl
PORTRAYED BY: Brittany Soto
OCCUPATION: Student
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Modern Espionage"
"Girl" was one of the students dancing in "Club Club". When Abed approached Preston Koogler and called him by his name, "Girl" interrupted and said she thought his name was "Fun Dad".
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Greg[]
“What's her problem?”— Greg, "Lawnmower Maintenance & Postnatal Care".
Greg was a young child who lived in Britta's parents neighborhood. He was riding past the Perry's house on his Green Machine when Britta pulled him off of it. He watched in disbelief as Britta commandeered his trike. Mrs. Perry gave Greg a wad of cash for his troubles and he asked her what her daughter's problem was.
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Briggs Hatton[]
“I can make love to my cousin in Nebraska, but if I take her on a date in South Dakota, I'm looking at 15 years prison time.”— Briggs Hatton, "Wedding Videography".
Briggs Hatton
PORTRAYED BY: Matt Gourley
OCCUPATION: TV writer
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Wedding Videography"
Briggs Hatton was the (supposed) writer of the "Wedding Videography" episode. He appeared in the end tag mimicing the style of a documentary on the inconsistency of incest laws in the United States.
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Ice Cube Head[]
“Hey everybody look at me! I'm Ice Cube Head! I got an ice cube for a head!”— Ice Cube Head, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".
Once the 2015 school year had ended, the Save Greendale Committee was at "The Vatican" bar discussing what might happen after summer when the next semester begins. Taking a meta approach from Abed they each began pitching ideas in the form of a new Season of a television show. Ben Chang's idea was to introduce a new member to the group, a stop motion animated character called "Ice Cube Head". He was just as his name described and had an appetite for cellphones which he said to him tasted like prime rib. Ice Cube Head could also fire blue energy beams from his fingers that he claimed could solve any problem. As soon as Pelton joined in and started dancing Jeff had enough of Chang's pitch and declared he was going home.
“Guys we just finished year six and it was hard work, and I don't want to care about Greendale and I don't want to spend my brief moment of humanity doing conceptual riffs developing the imaginary TV show of our lives. By the way, terrible improv. Ice Cube Head? You were just looking at your drink.”— Jeff
“Busted.”— Chang
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Janitor[]
“Eradicate!”— Janitor, "Laws of Robotics & Party Rights".
"Janitor" was cleaning Dean Pelton's office and noticed his telepresence device camera. He sat behind the camera and saw that Abed had taken over multiple telepresence units in the study room and was chanting "eradicate!". He began to chant along with the Abed telepresence units.
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Jeremy[]
“Don't forget to sign up for Club Club Club!”— Deejay, "Modern Espionage".
Jeremy is a Greendale student who has been in all the Study Group's major classes. In his sixth year at Greendale, Jeremy danced at "Club Club" and watched Abed negotiate with Preston Koogler.
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Jeremy likes watermelon margaritas and appears as a background character in over 45 episodes. Charles Chen acted as Ken Jeong's (Chang) stand-in.
Karen is the wife of Blake who was upset her husband bought a giant hand. Years ago she and her husband lost their son in a freak accident. This involved a giant kite which carried him away never to be seen again. Since then Blake became obsessed with buying oversized objects on the Internet, one of the most recent being a giant watch with which he hoped to pair with his latest purchase. When the hand never showed up Karen confronted him about where he was channeling his grief. Blake owned up to this but also added he wanted the giant hand in case his son was alive and waiting for a better daddy with a bigger hand. Upon learning this Karen told him she's going to walk the dog and eventually leave him.
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In real life actress Danielle Shneider is actually married to actor Matt Besser who also plays her husband onscreen in this "Community" end tag.
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Mother[]
“Sorry, Britta, but that friendship just got a benefit.”— Mother, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".
"Mother" was a meta construct who appeared in a commercial for the "Community Board Game". She and her "family" became aware of their fictional existences while playing the game.
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Old Shop Owner[]
“This is a creature of many mischiefs. (in Portuguese)”— Old Shop Owner, "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care".
"Old Shop Owner" was a character in a movie Abed owned called "Joelho-Alto Prejuizo Moral". In the movie, a "Sexy Portuguese Man" opens a chest in his shop and inside is an imp-like creature called a "knee-high mischief". The owner explains the conditions of care the creature needs over scene cut-aways but it appears the conditions were not followed as the man and a "Sexy Portuguese Woman" are shown later at his shop begging for help. He is then shown shooting the creatures with a shotgun.
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Ryan[]
“How do you sleep at night Warburton?”— Ryan, "Basic Email Security".
Ryan was a child computer genius who hacked Greendale and threatened to post the contents of everyone's email accounts unless the racist comedian Gupta Gupti Gupta performance at Greendale was stopped. He ended up leaking the emails and was caught by a child policeman Officer Warburton. He made a disingenuous apology to the Save Greendale Committee before being taken away.
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Ryan has a lot of computer screen names including "String Cheese Hustler", "Fart Mitzvah", "Skulls and Boners88", "Frozen sucked" and "Captain Titty".
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Scrunch[]
“I don't work for you. You work for me. I'm the tech billionaire that bought this dump and cuts your paycheck.”— Scrunch, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".
"Scrunch" was a character in one of Jeff's visions of what year seven at Greendale could be for him. He imagined that all the Save Greendale Committee members had left and replacing them at the study table was Vicki, Garrett, Dave, Todd, Leonard and a tech billionaire named "Scrunch" who bought Greendale and now called the shots, not Jeff.
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Sebastian[]
“Sebastian! Awwwww! Back to your child area!”— Jeff, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".
Sebastian was a child Jeff imagined he and Annie had together in a daydream he had where they were married.
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In exclusive Yahoo! Screen "Communitaries", creator Dan Harmon mentioned Charlie McKenna is the child of "Community" executive producer and Season Six co-showrunner Chris McKenna.
Security Guard[]
“Have a nice night sir.”— Security Guard, "Laws of Robotics & Party Rights".
"Security Guard" was posted outside the study room before the Professor emeritus ceremony for telepresence convict "Willy" in order to keep Jeff out. After allowing a telepresence convict to enter, he waved the telepresence unit showing Elroy Patashnik in the study room who then allowed Jeff to take over the unit.
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Sexy Portuguese Man[]
“Do these knee-high mischiefs have any weaknesses? (in Portuguese)”— Sexy Portuguese Man, "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care".
"Sexy Portuguese Man" was a character in a movie Abed owned called "Joelho-Alto Prejuizo Moral". In the movie, the man opens a chest in his shop and inside is an imp-like creature called a "knee-high mischief". The "Old Shop Owner" explains the conditions of care the creature needs over scene cut-aways but it appears the conditions were not followed as the man and a "Sexy Portuguese Woman" are shown later at his shop begging for help.
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Sexy Portuguese Woman[]
“Sacrilege! (in Portuguese)”— Sexy Portuguese Woman, "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care".
"Sexy Portuguese Woman" was a character in a movie Abed owned called "Joelho-Alto Prejuizo Moral". In the movie, the woman is opening a Christmas present when a small imp-like creature called a "knee-high mischief" jumps out at her. She is also seen kissing "Sexy Portuguese Man" when they are beset upon by one of the mischiefs and run away from a pack of them.
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Sister[]
“More like an I'm bored game.”— Sister, "Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television".
"Sister" was a meta construct who appeared in a commercial for the "Community Board Game". She and her "family" became aware of their fictional existences while playing the game.
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Someone Else[]
“You got a lot of nerve, old man. But I like that.”— Someone Else, "Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing".
Takashi is a Japanese student who texted Dean Pelton pretending to be Jeff Winger. His father chewed him out for his high phone bill and Takashi was left depressed by his disparaging words. He texted Pelton looking for a friend to talk to and even admitted he wasn't Jeff. When Pelton refused to believe him Takashi resolved to not be like his father. It's then revealed the incident led to him later becoming the head of the Yakuza known as "Oyabun".
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Oyabun in Japanese literally means "Foster parent" and is the top position in the country's criminal mafia organization known as the Yakuza. The hierarchy is based on the structure of Oyabun-koban; this is a compact in which people who are usually not related agree to share certain obligations as those with actual blood ties would.
Takashi's father[]
“In your eyes I am the enemy of your world because I'm the edge of your world but when your eyes move past me, they will weep.”— Takashi's father, "Basic Crisis Room Decorum".
Takashi's father angrily berated his son after learning he wasted his money on expensive cellphone charges. When his son sarcastically insulted him he pointed out that Takashi is currently insulated from the real world. He tells Takashi that when he reaches his age he'll become just as insignificant as he is.
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Tony[]
“Me and some of my friends are going to have a party at the beach later.”— Tony, "Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing".
Tony was a character in the "Karate Kid" stage adaptation Chang starred in.
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Waiter[]
“Excuse me?”— Waiter, "Modern Espionage".
Waiter
PORTRAYED BY: Mario Perez
OCCUPATION: Waiter
FIRST APPEARANCE: "Modern Espionage"
"Waiter" worked at the "Clean Up Greendale" gala which the Save Greendale Committee was casing to stop a potential disruption by the latest Paintball Assassin game. Britta spotted a paintball gun hidden in the Waiter's vest and reported to the committee that she had a "bogey with a gun" which the Waiter overheard. Later, Elroy and Britta had a paintball battle in the kitchen with the kitchen staff. Waiter was the first person taken out, by Britta.
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Warden[]
“What the hell kind of school is this?”— Warden, "Laws of Robotics & Party Rights".
"Warden" was present in study room for the Professor emeritus ceremony for telepresence convict "Willy". He revealed that "Willy" was a wrongly convicted felon which ruined the persona Willy had built at Greendale. After being taunted by Jeff's telepresence unit, Willy fought Jeff's unit and won but Dean Pelton turned Willy's unit off and carried Jeff's unit out of the room. After witnessing this display, the Warden exclaimed his disbelief at what he'd seen and what Dean Pelton had allowed to occur.
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Background extra[]
Throughout the series an actor named Andy Lobo is used as a frequent background extra. He is notable for his shoulder length brown hair. In Season Six Lobo appears in 10 episodes. He was the first person served a burnt sandwich by Britta at Shirley's Sandwiches, was in the audience at Chang's "Karate Kid" play (sitting behind Dean Pelton), was at the Natalie Is Freezing concert, danced at "Club Club" with Jeremy, was in law class when Garrett proposed to Stacy and was at their wedding. In total he appears in over 65 episodes.