Plot
In the words of my high school English teacher you are dipping and dapping and don't know what's happening.
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In the cafeteria, the study group is bemoaning the fact that the coffee shop is gone. Pierce then arrives dressed in his idea of proper business attire. He is now intent on financing other business ventures outside of Hawthorne Wipes. The group is offended when he shows off his latest investment, talking security cameras that racially profiles visitors. Britta then suggests that Shirley and Pierce start a new sandwich shop where the coffee shop used to be. Suddenly the lights in the cafeteria dim, and music blares. Andre Bennett makes a dramatic appearance holding a microphone and accompanied by back up dancers. Proclaiming his love for Shirley, he asks her to remarry him. She happily agrees as the study group along with the rest of the students in the cafeteria cheer.
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Back in the study room, the group is discussing the upcoming nuptials. Jeff and Britta dislike the institution of marriage although they have different reasons for believing so. Shirley shows up and hands everyone their invitations. She announces the ceremony will be held in the study room and asks Jeff to deliver a toast at the wedding. She also requests that Troy and Abed be on their best behavior for the event. She is surprised when Pierce tells her he's set up a meeting with the Dean to discuss the sandwich shop venture. Britta is annoyed when Shirley says that she won't have time for that since she has to plan for the wedding. In the hallway, Troy and Abed discuss how to purge themselves of their weirdness. Abed suggests a 24 hour session in the Dreamatorium in order to do this in time for the wedding.
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In the student lounge, Britta confronts Shirley over her true reasons for not wanting to go through with the sandwich shop idea. She doesn't want Shirley abandoning her dream of starting her own business. Britta volunteers to take over her planning duties to free up Shirley's time. Shirley finally relents and agrees to give it a chance. Later, Shirley and Pierce met up to discuss the business proposal but after seeing how clueless he is, she attempts to calls it quits. Before she can leave, Pierce reveals that he was fired from Hawthorne Wipes after his father passed away. Although he has some money left, he has no idea what to do with it and would sincerely like to start a business. Feeling sympathy for his situation, Shirley decides to give it another shot. Over in the study room, Britta and Annie are meeting with Shirley's wedding coordinator.
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Britta stuns everyone when she manages to create an impressive floral arrangement. Meanwhile in Troy and Abed's apartment, the two exit the Dreamatorium seemingly normal. Back on campus, Jeff is in the Campus courtyard struggling to write the toast because of his beliefs about marriage. He asks Annie for advice and she suggests that he look deep inside his heart to find his words. She believes that his cynical attitude is a facade and that there's something real in there he's denying. Elsewhere, Shirley and Pierce give their sandwich shop presentation to Dean Pelton who seems excited by their business proposal. Meanwhile, in the study room, the guests for the wedding rehearsal started to arrive. Annie compliments Britta on the great work she's done, but Britta is distraught.
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She explains that by doing such a great job, she's become exactly the type of woman she avoided becoming all her life. Troy and Abed show up acting normal which concerns Annie. Andre appears and is worried that Shirley has yet to arrive. Jeff arrives slightly drunk and still struggling to write the wedding toast. Meanwhile, Shirley is in the cafeteria laying out her plans for her sandwich shop to the Dean. When he agrees to her proposal, Pierce suggests a toast to their new business partnership. Shirley suddenly remembers the wedding rehearsal and quickly leaves. She finds an angry Andre waiting for her unwilling to excuse her lateness and unimpressed with the news about her business venture. Andre insists she abandon those plans and go back to just being a housewife.
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An argument between them ensues causing and Shirley storms out of the rehearsal. Troy and Abed are accosted by Elijah and Jordan but the now normal duo have no desire to participate in their shenanigans. Meanwhile, a drunk Jeff and Britta loudly proclaim to all the guests their dislike of the institution of marriage. Jeff mentions his parents failed marriage while Britta is convinced her party planning skills means she is destined to be forced into will force her into an antiquated gender role. Outside the study room, Andre and Shirley continue to argue about their future. Andre expects Shirley to go back to being a housewife but Shirley doesn't want to give up on her business plans. Annie interrupts to ask their help in defusing a situation involving Jeff and Britta. They find the drunken pair trying to get the priest to marry them
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Their lectures to Jeff and Britta eventually becomes a discussion about their own issues. Shirley states that Andre had his chance with the stereo business and now she wants the same opportunity. Andre agrees causing the minister to offer he can marry them now so they can save money. Shirley and Andre consent and are pronounced husband and wife again. As the celebration kicks off, Troy watches Abed line dancing when Annie's Boobs pops out of an air vent. The monkey awakens Troy's inner weirdness and he convinces Abed to give up being normal. Dean Pelton shows up and informs Shirley that the school board has given a contract to Subway instead. Annie does her best to cheer Shirley who is worried with how Pierce will take the news. Over at Cornelius Hawthorne's grave, a drunk Pierce taunts his father's tombstone bragging about his new business.
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End tag
Pierce uses the soft serve ice cream machine in the cafeteria but he fails to turn it off and it won't stop releasing ice cream. This foreshadows/backshadows him doing the same thing at Yogurtsburg in Heroic Origins. |
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Trivia
- In the Community The Complete Third Season DVD commentaries, Yvette Nicole Brown mentions that the end tag where Pierce breaks the soft serve ice cream machine is the happiest Chevy Chase has ever been on set as he is a big fan of physical comedy.
Quotes
- “When's our culture gonna outgrow this wedding thing?”— Britta
- “You're anti-wedding now?”— Annie
- “No, she's just pro-anti.”— Jeff
- “No to everything you both said.”— Britta
- “We'll try not to embarrass you at your Community College library wedding.”— Troy
- “Hey! Did you think of a toast?”— Annie
- “Well..yeah...uh, I had a drink and I looked in my heart and here's what I got so far: 'Webster's Dictionary defines...'”— Jeff
- “Gah! Stop! 'Webster's Dictionary defines...'? That's the Jim Belushi of speech openings; it accomplishes nothing but everyone keeps using it and nobody understands why.”— Annie
- “I promise to put your dreams before mine.”— Britta
- “I promise to bottle up my revulsion at the sight of your hair in the drain.”— Jeff
- “I promise to earn no more than 70 percent of what you would make at the same job.”— Britta
- “What about babies?”— Jeff
- “What about 'em?”— Britta
- “How many?”— Jeff
- “Pick a number, dick. Like it's up to me.”— Britta
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