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 You know what? My prank is going to cause a sea of laughter, and I am going to watch you drown in it!
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| It's the day before April Fool's, and Dean Pelton wants to make sure that the student body doesn't go too far with the shenanigans. In a pamphlet establishing rules of conduct for April Fool's pranks, it is stated that student volunteers are used as extra campus security due to times of heightened shenanigans. Shirley and Annie decide to volunteer and help out as Abed wonders which of them will be the bad cop. Pierce tells the study group about his Buddhist religion and that he is about to ascend to a higher level. Jeff has Abed get him an outfit from the theater department which he convinces Pierce are ceremonial robes sent to him for his upcoming ascension. Britta admonishes Jeff and the study group for playing a prank but ends up being called a buzzkill.
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| Britta decides to try and shake her buzzkill image by playing a prank on Señor Chang. Her April Fool's gag is to place a frog on his desk wearing a sombrero with his name on it. She tells her plan to Jeff who is extremely unimpressed. That night, she sneaks into the biology room to steal a frog for the prank, but it ends up escaping from her. While trying to recapture him, Britta bumps into a medical gurney carrying a cadaver and sends it crashing into the wall. The impact causes the cadaver to slowly start to slide off the gurney and out an open window. Britta struggles to pull it back is unable to. She is forced to watch as the cadaver falls two stories to the ground below. Horrified at what has happened, she takes a step back only to accidentally squash the frog.
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| Annie and Shirley are called in to investigate the crime scene with Abed tagging along. They continue to bicker over who the bad ass of the partnership is while being egged on by Abed. Along with Dean Pelton, they inform the Spanish class about the incident, and Jeff immediately figures out who was responsible. He confronts Britta after class and gives her an ultimatum to confess. She decides to make an anonymous call to Annie and Shirley, fingering Jeff as the culprit. They track him down and find evidence in his backpack planted there by Britta. Jeff makes a run for it with Annie and Shirley splitting up and giving chase. He manages to lose them when Annie accidentally pepper sprays herself, and Shirley gets lost. Annie and Shirley report back to Dean Pelton and end up being reprimanded by Abed who thinks the Dean isn't being hard enough on them.
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| Both of them are relieved of their duties as campus security and told not to pursue the case any further. They ignore the warning and decide to continue investigating, locating Jeff in the study room along with the rest of the group. He professes his innocence while also trying to prove Britta's guilt. Not believing him, Annie handcuffs him to the chair and slams his head onto the table. They are about to torture a confession out of him until Britta stops them, finally admitting she was the one responsible. She says she only did it so people would think of her differently. Annie, Shirley, Pierce, and Troy make similar confessions about their recent actions, causing all of them to cry leading to a big group hug. Jeff looks on as the scene unfolds before being joined by Abed. He interrupts Jeff's musings and tells him just to appreciate the beauty of friendship.
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End tag[]
| The first appearance of the "Troy and Abed in the Morning!" show with Jeff as their guest. Leonard, Jeremy and Long haired guy are in the background.
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Trivia[]
- When Britta drops the body out the window at the 06:55 mark in the episode, a mattress can be seen being pushed behind her to cushion Gillian Jacob's fall.
- The photo of Britta's cat that Jeff uses as evidence of her guilt is actually a picture of Dan Harmon's real life pet. Gillian Jacobs revealed this in a Twitter message.
Quotes[]
- “You're more of a fun vampire because you don't suck blood. You just suck.”— Troy
- “Knock, knock. Who's there? Cancer! Oh good! Come on in! I thought it was Britta.”— Britta
- “Let's never let Jeff divide us again!”— Pierce
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1. "Pilot" |
14. "Interpretive Dance" |
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