193 Fun Facts About Community

In which US state is Greendale Community College set?

Colorado: the fictional town of Greendale sits there on screen, yet the series itself was shot in Los Angeles, on a studio lot and a real college campus.

What is the surname of Troy, the former high school quarterback played by Donald Glover?

Barnes: Troy arrives as a swaggering ex-jock who wears his letterman jacket to class, and ends up a sensitive, goofy nerd thanks to his friendship with Abed.

Which recurring Community character greets every room with the catchphrase 'Pop pop'?

Magnitude, short for 'Magnetic Attitude', is Greendale's one-man party; nominated for student president, he conducts his whole election debate by shouting 'Pop pop!'.

What subject does Professor Ian Duncan, played by John Oliver, typically teach at Greendale?

Psychology is Duncan's own field, yet in season two he takes over the study group's anthropology class and barely pretends to teach it.

In Community's first Halloween episode, Abed spends the whole party in costume as which superhero?

Batman: Abed stays in character all night, and when Pierce's makeshift fortress collapses he swoops in to drag Jeff and Pierce clear.

What subject does Ben Chang, played by Ken Jeong, teach when 'Community' begins?

Spanish: 'Señor' Chang terrorises the class until it emerges that he has no teaching qualifications at all, and he has to enrol at Greendale as a student himself.

Community premiered in September 2009 in the Thursday slot right after which NBC sitcom?

The Office: Community sat behind it for only three episodes before the network moved the newcomer to 8 pm to open its Thursday night alone.

John Oliver played Professor Duncan while holding down a regular job on which late-night series?

The Daily Show: Oliver won three Emmys writing for it as its senior British correspondent, then left to front his own HBO series, Last Week Tonight.

In Community's 'Modern Warfare', what is the prize for the paintball game that engulfs Greendale?

Priority registration for classes: students turn the campus into a war zone for it, and Britta proposes that whoever wins should give it to Shirley so she can see more of her sons.

Which Community character is the overachieving student played by Alison Brie?

Annie Edison: the group's youngest member was a driven high-school student until a pill addiction and a breakdown cost her a college scholarship and sent her to Greendale instead.

What kind of business does Shirley Bennett attempt to start and operate at Greendale?

A sandwich shop: Shirley and Pierce pitch Shirley's Sandwiches together, lose the cafeteria space to a chain, and finally open it only to fight over who signs as owner.

Before enrolling at Greendale Community College, what was Jeff Winger's profession?

Jeff Winger, played by Joel McHale, was a high-powered lawyer who was disbarred for faking his bachelor's degree, leading him to Greendale.

In Community's season-six episode 'Grifting 101', which con-artist film does the study group watch?

The Sting: after two of their cons fail, the group watches it for ideas, then beats the grifting professor at his own game by swapping his briefcase of cash for an empty one.

Which administrative consultant is hired in Season 6 to bring order to Greendale?

Frankie Dart: most of the committee rebels against her reforms, fearing an efficient Greendale would no longer be Greendale, while Abed becomes her first ally.

In Community's 'Interpretive Dance', which study group member secretly takes tap while Troy takes modern dance?

Britta Perry freezes in the middle of her tap recital, so Troy strips down to his own dance costume and runs on stage to rescue her, outing his secret.

In Community's season 6 premiere, what brings down the Greendale cafeteria ceiling?

Years of accumulated Frisbees on the roof did it; the collapse brings in a consultant whose campus alcohol ban drives the group to open a secret speakeasy, with Britta behind the bar.

Annie's Boobs, Troy's mischievous pet in 'Community', is what kind of animal?

A monkey: the capuchin slips into Greendale's air vents, where Chang later finds it sitting on a trove of items stolen from the study group.

Which 'Community' episode parodies mafia films, with Abed narrating like Goodfellas' Henry Hill?

Contemporary American Poultry: the group gets Abed hired as the cafeteria's fry cook to skim chicken fingers, and he is soon trading them for favours like a mob boss.

What is the name of Greendale Community College's mascot?

Greendale's mascot is the Human Being, a featureless figure in a white bodysuit that the Dean unveils in 'Football, Feminism and You' so no race or gender could be offended.

Every Community episode followed which template its showrunner developed at Channel 101?

Dan Harmon's story circle, an eight-step loop he devised while running Channel 101, underlies every Community episode he oversaw; he was absent for the fourth season.

Community's opening theme, "At Least It Was Here", is performed by which band?

The 88, a Los Angeles power-pop band, recorded 'At Least It Was Here' for the titles; the score was by Ludwig Göransson, later an Oscar winner for Black Panther and Oppenheimer.

In Community's 'Remedial Chaos Theory', the timelines are decided by rolling a die from which game?

The group is playing Yahtzee at Troy and Abed's housewarming; each roll of the die picks who fetches the pizza, and in the prime timeline Abed catches the die before it lands.

'Six seasons and a movie' comes from Abed's line about which short-lived superhero series?

The Cape: NBC cancelled the real series after ten episodes, yet Abed's defiant shout in 'Paradigms of Human Memory' became the slogan of fans fighting to keep Community itself on air.

Which two writers replaced the original showrunner for Community's fourth season?

David Guarascio and Moses Port, co-creators of Aliens in America, ran season four after the studio dropped creator Dan Harmon; a year later he was hired back to run season five.

Which Marvel film did Community's pilot directors, Anthony and Joe Russo, go on to make first?

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) was the Russos' first Marvel film, and they gave Danny Pudi a cameo in it as a S.H.I.E.L.D. technician.

John Goodman's recurring season-three character, Vice Dean Laybourne, ran which department at Greendale?

The air conditioning repair school: Laybourne runs it as a power of its own inside Greendale and spends the season trying to convince Troy that his destiny lies there.

Which actor from The Wire played the study group's intense biology professor in Community's third season?

Michael K. Williams, Omar in The Wire, played Marshall Kane, a professor who earned his doctorate while serving a long prison sentence.

Cast member Jim Rash shared an Academy Award for co-writing which film?

The Descendants: Rash, Community's Dean Pelton, shared the 2012 adapted-screenplay Oscar, and a year later wrote a season-four episode of the show himself.

Pierce Hawthorne's family fortune comes from which product?

Moist towelettes: Pierce's father Cornelius built Hawthorne Wipes, and Pierce ran it as chief executive until the company fired him.

Jeff Winger lost his career for falsely claiming a bachelor's degree from which university?

Columbia: with the degree exposed as fake, Jeff's first move at Greendale is to lean on a professor who owes him a favour for the answers to his tests, which backfires.

In season four, Chang claims to be suffering from "Changnesia" and goes by what name?

Kevin: Greendale tries to cash in on his supposed condition with a research grant, while Jeff sets out to prove that Chang is faking the whole thing.

Which streaming service ordered a sixth season of Community in 2014 as the cast's contracts were expiring?

Yahoo closed the deal on June 30, 2014, hours before the cast's contracts were due to expire and after a Hulu deal failed to materialize; its Yahoo Screen service was shut down in January 2016.

Which streaming service ordered the long-promised Community movie in 2022?

Peacock, NBCUniversal's streamer, won a bidding war for the film in September 2022, with Dan Harmon co-writing and most of the original study group cast signed to return.

Which Community episode did Netflix and Hulu pull in June 2020 over a character's dark makeup?

'Advanced Dungeons & Dragons' was removed from Netflix and Hulu in June 2020 because Chang plays a dark elf in black makeup; in it Abed runs a game to lift classmate 'Fat Neil's' spirits.

Which Community episode won a 2011 Creative Arts Emmy for Individual Achievement in Animation?

Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas: the episode is stop-motion because Abed has begun seeing the world that way, a delusion that set in when he learned his mother would not be visiting for the holiday.

Which TV showrunner made his acting debut in Community as the cowboy host of the VCR game 'Pile of Bullets'?

Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, plays the host of a 1993 tape that Annie and Abed play against each other to settle who gets to choose their new roommate.

Which Community cast member sat out most of season six to care for an ailing parent?

Yvette Nicole Brown asked to leave to care for her ailing father; the show sent Shirley to Atlanta for the same reason, and Brown came back for cameos in the season's premiere and finale.

Fans protesting Community's 2011 hiatus held an 'Occupy NBC' flash mob wearing what?

Darkest-timeline goatees: the fans gathered outside NBC's New York headquarters three days before Christmas and sang 'O Christmas Troy' to demand the benched show's return.

Which song do Troy and Abed sing to lure back their escaped lab rat in Community's first season?

Somewhere Out There: the pair train the rat, Fievel, to respond to their duet of the song from An American Tail, and Troy has to get past his fear of rats to finish it.

Which cable network first bought Community's off-network syndication rights?

Comedy Central announced the deal in March 2012, one day before the benched show returned to NBC's schedule; its reruns began in September 2013.

Which Firefly star guest-starred in Community's fifth season as Greendale's head custodian?

Nathan Fillion plays the custodian, the first link in a chain of favours that Annie and a professor have to trade just to get a bulletin board put up.

Which animated Community webisode series did Hulu release in 2012?

'Abed's Master Key', three animated shorts released on Hulu in 2012, makes Abed the Dean's assistant and hands him a key that opens every door at Greendale.

In Troy's farewell episode of Community, which childhood game does Abed turn into a campus-wide contest?

The floor is lava: Abed stakes a comic book worth $50,000 on the game, then admits the lava is there because he cannot let Troy go.

What kind of business does Abed's father Gobi run?

Gobi Nadir runs a falafel restaurant and expects Abed to take it over, which is why he objects to Abed's film class in 'Introduction to Film'.

Which honor did Community win for Best Comedy Series in 2012?

Critics' Choice: Community took Best Comedy Series in June 2012, one month after its creator had been fired as showrunner.

Why does Jeff pretend to run a study group in Community's pilot?

Jeff invents the study group purely to spend time with Britta, but she invites Abed along, and he brings the rest of the future group with him.

Which rival school does Dean Pelton battle for Greendale's pride in season 2?

City College, run by Dean Spreck, is Greendale's arch-rival; the feud culminates in the season-two paintball two-parter, where City College is revealed to be behind the game.

What job does Jeff take at Greendale in season 5 after the group returns to save the school?

Jeff becomes a teacher: he comes back secretly working against Greendale, has a change of heart once the old study group gathers, and ends up on the faculty instead.

What do Troy and Abed call the room in their apartment reserved for imaginative play?

The Dreamatorium: Troy and Abed prize it so highly that when Annie moves in they offer her a blanket fort to sleep in, and only later give up their own bedroom instead.

Which two ethnic backgrounds does Abed Nadir have?

Palestinian and Polish: his father is a Palestinian from Gaza and his mother, a Polish American, left when Abed was six, a departure he assumes his father blames him for.

What business is the study group's devout single mother going to school to start?

A brownie company: Shirley signs up for business classes soon after her husband leaves her and their children, set on turning her baking into a living.

Which drug was Annie formerly addicted to?

Annie became addicted to Adderall in high school, had a breakdown and went to rehab before Greendale; that history fuels her anxious drive to prove herself.

Troy lost his football scholarship after injuring himself in which party stunt?

A keg flip: Troy later admits he hurt himself on purpose, unable to face the pressure of everyone's expectations for his football career.

What role does Chang hold at Greendale in season 3?

Chang is a campus security guard in season three and ends up seizing control of Greendale; he was a student in season two and a work-release math teacher in season five.

Which actor guest-starred in Community's first season as Buddy, a student desperate to join the study group?

Jack Black plays Buddy, who barges in and is thrown out; when the group relents, he reveals they were only his safety choice and joins a cooler group led by Owen Wilson.

Which weekly series mocking the week's television made Joel McHale famous before Community?

The Soup: McHale began hosting the cable show in 2004 and kept the job through all six seasons of Community, finally signing off in 2015.

Which Reese Witherspoon character was the model for casting Annie?

Tracy Flick from Election: Dan Harmon has said Annie is largely based on her, and the show later put Annie in Flick's own position, running for student-body president.

Which Mad Men role was Alison Brie known for before Community?

Alison Brie played Trudy Campbell, Pete Campbell's wife, on Mad Men from 2007, a role that overlapped with her Community years.

Why did Dan Harmon enrol at Glendale Community College?

To take Spanish with his then-girlfriend: Harmon hoped the class would save the relationship, joined a study group and, against his instincts, grew close to people he had little in common with.

Abed claims to have worked as a background extra on which ABC sitcom?

In 'Critical Film Studies' Abed describes being an extra on Cougar Town, and Danny Pudi really did appear in the background of a Cougar Town episode; its stars Busy Philipps and Dan Byrd cameoed in Community's season-two paintball finale.

Where was Community filmed for its first five seasons?

The Paramount Studios lot was home for five seasons; for the sixth the show moved to CBS Studio Center, into a converted parking garage that the cast said was twice the size.

Which real campus provided Greendale's exterior shots?

Los Angeles City College supplied Greendale's exterior scenes, while almost everything else on screen, indoors and out, was shot on a studio lot.

Community's episode titles are designed to sound like what?

College course names: the pattern is so consistent that a season-two paintball episode's title stands out for breaking it.

Which carmaker's product placement runs through Community's season-six episode 'Advanced Safety Features'?

Honda: Britta's ex-boyfriend returns as an undercover salesman for the carmaker and draws her into his guerrilla marketing, while the Dean announces that he simply has to buy one.

Before Community, Anthony and Joe Russo won an Emmy for directing the pilot of which cult sitcom?

Arrested Development: the 2004 directing Emmy for its pilot made the brothers' name in television comedy, and five years later they directed Community's pilot too.

A statue of which character actor, Greendale's most famous former student, stands on the Community campus?

Luis Guzmán: Jeff films in front of the statue hoping the actor's legal team will get his scenes cut, but Guzmán offers to appear instead, then walks away once he sees the Dean's footage.

Which returning series replaced Community on NBC's mid-season schedule in November 2011?

30 Rock needed a slot for its return, so NBC put Community on indefinite hiatus, and fans answered with campaigns under hashtags such as #SaveCommunity.

Which comedy site released "Save Greendale", a PSA-style video with the cast in character?

CollegeHumor released the mock appeal in December 2011, with the cast in character pleading for their school, while fans were campaigning to bring the benched show back.

What is the imaginary talk show Troy and Abed host from the study room?

Troy and Abed in the Morning: the pair first stage their cheery mock morning show in season one's 'The Science of Illusion', where a baffled Jeff asks where the cameras are.

Which 1990s ballad do Jeff and Dean Pelton perform as a karaoke duet in Community's third season?

Kiss from a Rose: the Dean catches Jeff shopping when he is supposed to be helping Annie move, and blackmails him into a day out that ends in the duet.

In 'App Development and Condiments', what is the rating app that takes over Greendale?

MeowMeowBeenz lets students rate each other from one to five; within days Greendale splits into a caste system ruled by the 'fives', with Shirley at the top.

Which two studios produced Community?

Sony Pictures Television and Universal Television co-produced Community; Sony was the studio that removed Dan Harmon as showrunner in 2012.

In which Community season-four episode does Pierce appear only as a voice?

'Intro to Felt Surrogacy', the puppet episode, was the last season-four episode produced, so Pierce appears only as a puppet voiced by Chase.

Which Breaking Bad actor joined season five as criminology professor Buzz Hickey?

Jonathan Banks, Mike Ehrmantraut in Breaking Bad, played criminology professor Buzz Hickey through most of season five, filling the gaps left by Glover and Chase.

Which actor, Troy's idol, sails away with him in Community's 'Geothermal Escapism'?

LeVar Burton boards the boat because Pierce's will sends Troy sailing round the world to claim his inheritance, with a supervisor on board to make sure he doesn't cheat.

Which actor plays inventor Elroy Patashnik in season six?

Keith David's Elroy Patashnik invented the outdated virtual-reality rig the Dean wastes the school's money on, then stays to run Greendale's IT; David had earlier narrated 'Pillows and Blankets'.

Which actress plays the consultant in Community's sixth season?

Paget Brewster had already guested in season five as IT head Debra Chambers before returning the following year as an entirely new character.

Which real restaurant chain opens a branch in Greendale's cafeteria in Community's third season?

Subway takes the cafeteria space in 'Digital Exploration of Interior Design', represented by a student who has legally become the 'corpo-humanoid' Subway; Britta falls for him.

Which two study group members are secretly sleeping together throughout season two?

Jeff and Britta are exposed in 'Paradigms of Human Memory', when Abed deduces they have been hooking up all year and the rest of the group blames them for the year's troubles.

In the darkest timeline of Community's 'Remedial Chaos Theory', what does Jeff lose in the apartment fire?

An arm is what the fire costs Jeff; the same chain of accidents leaves Pierce dead, Annie in a mental-health ward and Shirley drinking.

Which star of 1980s teen films plays the bully Jeff agrees to fight in Community's first Christmas episode?

Anthony Michael Hall, the brainy kid of The Breakfast Club, plays the bully Mike; the study group walks out of Shirley's Christmas party to back Jeff, and Shirley, who had begged him not to fight, ends up joining in.

What nickname is Community's study group given when it is tried and expelled in season three?

The Greendale Seven are blamed for the riot at a classmate's memorial in 'Course Listing Unavailable' and expelled, which lets Chang take over the school.

In which episode of Community's second season does Abed deliver a baby entirely in the background?

The Psychology of Letting Go hides a whole Abed storyline behind the main action: he befriends an expectant couple and ends up delivering their baby in the back of a car.

Which director made both 'Introduction to Statistics' and 'Modern Warfare'?

Justin Lin, best known for the Fast & Furious films, directed three season-one episodes and staged 'Modern Warfare' as a pastiche of big-screen action movies.

Which guest star earned a 2011 People's Choice nomination for Community?

Betty White played anthropology professor June Bauer in the season-two premiere, answering her own class question by building a weapon from nine tools and attacking Jeff with it.

Which Community episode opens the two-part finale of season two?

A Fistful of Paintballs plays as a Sergio Leone Western; its second half, For a Few Paintballs More, swaps genres for a Star Wars spoof.

In Community's 'Modern Warfare', Abed's line 'Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes' spoofs which film?

The Terminator supplies the line: Abed rescues Jeff from an ambush with a paint-proofed take on 'Come with me if you want to live'.

Which elderly student attacks Jeff with paintballs when he wakes up in "Modern Warfare"?

Leonard, played by Richard Erdman, opens fire on Jeff as he explores the deserted campus after his nap, until Abed arrives and shoots the old man.

Whom does Pierce betray to join Jeff, Troy and Abed's team in "Modern Warfare"?

Star-Burns is Pierce's partner until Jeff, Troy and Abed turn up, when Pierce eagerly betrays him to switch sides; the character is played by Dino Stamatopoulos, one of the show's own writers.

In which season-three Community episode does the group's squabble over lab partners make outsider Todd snap?

Competitive Ecology has the group reshuffle its lab pairs all night until Todd berates them and storms out; their professor then makes them work as one group for the year.

Which sci-fi literary award nominated "Remedial Chaos Theory"?

The Hugo: the multiple-timeline episode earned a 2012 nomination for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form, but the sitcom lost to an episode scripted by Neil Gaiman.

In Community's 'Remedial Chaos Theory', what housewarming gift from Pierce terrifies Troy?

A Norwegian troll doll is Pierce's gift, chosen because he knows it frightens Troy; in the darkest timeline Troy returns with the pizza to find it staring at him from the burning apartment.

Which diorama does Abed present at the housewarming in "Remedial Chaos Theory"?

The Raiders of the Lost Ark boulder diorama is Abed's pride; in the darkest timeline a slammed door knocks the boulder loose, Annie trips on it and her gun goes off.

Which celebrity does Pierce claim to have slept with in "Remedial Chaos Theory"?

Eartha Kitt is Pierce's boast in several of the timelines, usually cut short by the others; in season four he admits the airplane tryst never actually happened.

"Paradigms of Human Memory" parodies which television format?

The clip show: 'Paradigms of Human Memory' fakes one, with at least 70 newly shot 'flashbacks' to adventures viewers never saw, including a trip to a ghost town.

What item goes missing to trigger Community's study-room bottle episode?

Annie's purple gel pen vanishes and she demands a search, so Jeff locks the group in the study room until it turns up; Abed complains they are stuck in a 'bottle episode'.

What event does Dean Pelton invite everyone to at the start of "Cooperative Calligraphy"?

A puppy parade is the Dean's big event, and the group misses all of it while tearing the study room apart over the missing item; the closing tag shows him emceeing the floats.

In Community's 'Cooperative Calligraphy', what does the bag search turn up in Shirley's purse?

A pregnancy test turns up in Shirley's purse; Abed's charts place her ovulation at Halloween, so Troy realises the father could be Chang rather than her ex-husband.

"Pillows and Blankets" is framed as a documentary in the style of which filmmaker?

Ken Burns's The Civil War is the model: a solemn narrator treats a campus pillow fight as history, while Britta's attempts to photograph the war fail until she accidentally snaps Troy and Abed making up.

What are the names of Abed's and Troy's rival fort factions?

Pillowtown and Blanketsburg, Abed's pillow fort and Troy's blanket fort, go to war over a world-record attempt; the fighting fizzles the moment the Dean says the Guinness official was fired.

What is Pillowtown's "doomsday device" in "Pillows and Blankets"?

Pierce in a full-body pillow suit is the weapon Abed unleashes once Troy attacks with Chang's preteen 'security interns', who were recruited at a bar mitzvah.

Which Breaking Bad actor plays Gilbert Lawson in "Digital Estate Planning"?

Giancarlo Esposito, Gus Fring in Breaking Bad, plays Gilbert Lawson, Cornelius Hawthorne's assistant of thirty years, who turns out to be Pierce's half-brother.

Which hippie student writes the song 'Getting Rid of Britta' in season one?

Vaughn, Britta's hippie ex played by Eric Christian Olsen, sings 'Getting Rid of Britta' with his band in 'Home Economics'; Pierce had gone to make peace for her and came back as its keyboardist.

What is the goal at the end of the video game in "Digital Estate Planning"?

The first player to reach the Throne of Hawkthorne claims Pierce's inheritance, under the video-game will left by his father Cornelius.

Which series does the musical episode 'Regional Holiday Music' parody?

'Regional Holiday Music' skewers Glee, which Dan Harmon openly disliked: the study group is recruited one by one into Greendale's glee club through manipulative songs.

Which film character strolls past a window in a Community Halloween episode, paying off a hidden running joke?

Beetlejuice is named once in each of the first three seasons; when the name comes up for the third time, he walks past in the background, just as the film's rule demands.

Which 1980s cartoon does a fifth-season Community episode imitate, animating the whole cast in its style?

G.I. Joe is the model for 'G.I. Jeff': the adventure plays out in Jeff's head while he lies unconscious in hospital, where a reckless attempt to dodge turning forty has landed him.

What did the Dean mistake for taco meat in the zombie episode "Epidemiology"?

Old military rations, bought at an army surplus store, turn out to be a classified biohazard; when the Dean phones to complain, the Army orders him to lock everyone inside.

Whose music plays throughout the Halloween party in "Epidemiology" because it is on the Dean's iPod?

ABBA's hits score the whole zombie outbreak because the party music comes from the Dean's own playlist, which also plays his voice memos to himself between songs.

Which pop star does Dean Pelton dress as for the "Epidemiology" Halloween party?

Lady Gaga is the Dean's look for the night; Troy and Abed arrive in Aliens-inspired costumes, but Troy ditches his for a 'sexy Dracula' outfit and calls Abed a nerd.

Which crime series does "Basic Lupine Urology" parody?

Law & Order is copied beat for beat: Troy and Abed play the detectives who investigate, Jeff and Annie the prosecutors who argue the case before their biology class.

In Community's 'Basic Lupine Urology', what biology project of the study group is found smashed on the floor?

A yam is the victim: the school's botanist rules that someone stepped on it, and Troy and Abed work through the suspects before the case reaches a classroom trial.

Which classic sci-fi series is Inspector Spacetime a parody of?

Doctor Who is the target: the Inspector crosses time and space in a red phone booth, and Travis Richey, who played him on Community, later spun the gag into his own web series.

Which fast-food chain sponsors Greendale's space simulator in 'Basic Rocket Science'?

KFC's 'Eleven Herbs and Space Experience' is a 1980s relic from the county museum, and it gets towed away with most of the study group sealed inside.

Which former law-firm colleague sent the email that exposed Jeff's fake degree?

Alan Connor, played by Rob Corddry, is the culprit; Annie chloroforms a janitor twice while the group hunts for proof in his office, but Jeff brushes the evidence off.

Which MTV series does Jeff's 1997 audition tape target in 'Intro to Political Science'?

The Real World: Seattle is the show Jeff auditioned for; Annie screens the tape during their race for student president, and he quits when the crowd bursts out laughing.

Which Police song does Britta keep trying to sing along to in Community's 'Remedial Chaos Theory'?

Roxanne plays in timeline after timeline and Jeff stops Britta joining in; only when he is the one sent for the pizza does the whole group get to dance to it.

In Community's first Spanish rap, Troy and Abed ask where to find what?

The library: 'Dónde está la biblioteca' opens the nonsense rap that closes 'Spanish 101', and later episodes bring it back with other characters adding their own lines.

Which teen star guest-starred in season two as a "mean girl" facing off with the study group?

Hilary Duff guest-stars in 'Aerodynamics of Gender', season two's seventh episode, leading a mean-girl clique that Abed, upgraded into an insult machine, takes down.

Which Lost actor played a hired gun in Community's season-two finale?

Josh Holloway, Sawyer on Lost, plays the Black Rider, a ringer hired by the paintball game's sponsor so that no Greendale student wins the prize money.

Which Freaks and Geeks actor played the Model UN adviser in season three?

Martin Starr, Bill Haverchuck in Freaks and Geeks, plays Professor Cligoris, who rules Greendale has room for only one Model UN and referees a showdown between two rival versions.

What did Community later nickname its fourth season within its own continuity?

The gas-leak year: back as showrunner for season five, Dan Harmon had 'Repilot' blame a campus gas leak for everyone's odd behaviour during the season made without him.

Which Cosby Show alumnus plays Shirley's husband Andre?

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Theo on The Cosby Show, plays Andre Bennett, Shirley's ex-husband, who wins her back and remarries her in season three.

Which British actor played Professor Cornwallis in Community's fourth season?

Malcolm McDowell, Alex in A Clockwork Orange, plays history professor Cornwallis; in 'Intro to Knots' he turns up tied to a chair at Jeff's Christmas party, and the group bargains over its grade until he admits he staged it himself.

Which future Oscar winner played Rachel, the coat-check girl who becomes Abed's girlfriend on Community?

Brie Larson, later a Best Actress winner for Room, first plays Rachel in 'Herstory of Dance', helping Abed juggle two dates at one dance until he realises he would rather be with her.

In Community's sixth season, what does Britta discover her estranged parents have secretly been doing?

Funding her through her friends: George and Deb Perry, played by Martin Mull and Lesley Ann Warren, had slipped Jeff, Annie and Abed money for years to pass on, and a secretly bought sofa gives it away.

Which podcast did Dan Harmon host from 2012 to 2019?

Harmontown was staged live in the back of a Hollywood comic-book store; after Harmon was fired from Community, he took it on a cross-country tour that became a documentary of the same name.

Which Adult Swim animated series did Dan Harmon co-create with Roiland?

Rick and Morty grew out of a crude Back to the Future parody that Justin Roiland made for Channel 101, the short-film festival Dan Harmon co-founded; it reached Adult Swim in December 2013.

Which earlier comedy series did Dan Harmon co-create before Community?

The Sarah Silverman Program (2007–2010) was created by Dan Harmon with Rob Schrab and Silverman herself; Schrab later followed him to Community as a director.

What is Dean Pelton's first name?

Craig Pelton works 'Dean' into endless puns and makes his announcements in ever more elaborate costumes; Jim Rash began as a recurring guest and joined the main cast in season three.

Which Justice Society hero did Joel McHale play in a 2020 DC series?

Starman, Sylvester Pemberton, is the hero whose Cosmic Staff Stargirl's teenage lead inherits; McHale appeared only sporadically in the first two seasons before joining the main cast for the third.

Which Apple TV+ comedy stars Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi?

Mythic Quest was co-created by Megan Ganz, who had written for Community, and casts Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi, the game studio's head of monetisation; he also voiced Huey in the 2017 DuckTales.

Which Netflix series starred Gillian Jacobs as Mickey Dobbs?

Love (2016–2018), co-created by Judd Apatow, follows Gillian Jacobs's Mickey, an addict who lies to herself and others, as she tries to build a relationship with Paul Rust's awkward Gus.

Alison Brie earned Golden Globe and SAG nominations for playing Ruth Wilder in which series?

GLOW casts Alison Brie as Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress who ends up as wrestling villain Zoya the Destroya; the role brought her two Golden Globe nominations.

Which Nickelodeon show gave Yvette Nicole Brown a recurring role as Helen Dubois?

Drake & Josh made Yvette Nicole Brown's Helen Dubois, manager of the Premiere movie theatre, a recurring favourite; she later revived Helen in Victorious as the new principal of Hollywood Arts.

Which Marvel film gives Yvette Nicole Brown a cameo?

Avengers: Endgame gives Yvette Nicole Brown a cameo as a S.H.I.E.L.D. employee in 1970 and Ken Jeong one as a storage guard; co-director Joe Russo had directed both of them on Community.

What is Ken Jeong's profession besides acting?

Physician: Ken Jeong practised internal medicine in California for several years before quitting to act, and his breakout film role was, fittingly, a doctor in Knocked Up.

Ken Jeong played gangster Leslie Chow, who leaps naked from a car boot, in which comedy?

The Hangover has the hungover friends find Leslie Chow in the boot of their car; he beats them up and flees, and Jeong returned to the role in both sequels.

With which writing partner did Jim Rash share a screenwriting Oscar and direct The Way, Way Back?

Nat Faxon, a fellow comedy actor, moved into screenwriting with Jim Rash on a 2005 pilot that never took off; they later won an Oscar together and co-directed The Way, Way Back (2013).

Which actor plays Jeff's estranged father, William Winger, in season four?

James Brolin plays William Winger, the father who abandoned Jeff, in the Thanksgiving episode 'Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations', where Jeff finally confronts him.

Donald Glover's Spider-Man pyjamas on Community helped shape the look of which comic-book hero?

Miles Morales: writer Brian Michael Bendis said the sight of Troy in Spider-Man pyjamas in the season-two premiere, a nod to fans who wanted Glover cast as the hero, influenced how the new character looked.

Under what stage name did Donald Glover release albums such as 'Awaken, My Love!'?

Donald Glover recorded as Childish Gambino, a name he took from a Wu-Tang Clan name generator; he earlier DJed as mcDJ, remixing Sufjan Stevens's Illinois.

What fictional action-movie franchise do Troy and Abed adore?

Kickpuncher, a knock-off of 1980s sci-fi action films about a cyborg cop, is the movie the group gathers to mock in 'Romantic Expressionism'; Troy and Abed then shoot their own version.

Against his father's wishes, Community's Abed Nadir enrols at Greendale in classes on which subject?

Filmmaking is Abed's passion, but his father will only pay for lessons that help the family business, so Britta covers the fee herself.

On Community, former football star Troy Barnes was raised in which faith?

Troy was raised a Jehovah's Witness, a faith that forbids birthday celebrations, and in season two he learns on the eve of turning 21 that he was once held back at school.

In Community's early episodes, former quarterback Troy clings to past glory by wearing what around Greendale?

His letter jacket stays on for days after he enrols, which Jeff quickly reads as a sign of how insecure Troy really is.

Community's Dean Pelton develops a running fascination with men in costumes of which dog breed?

Dalmatian costumes become the Dean's fixation after he watches an internet video of a man wearing one during the first season.

On Community, Shirley goes into labour in the middle of the study group's final exam for which class?

Anthropology is the exam her waters interrupt, which spares the students from admitting that the whole class had been a farce.

On Community, Troy posts Pierce's most offensive remarks to 600,000 followers on which social network?

Twitter turns Pierce's remarks into a hit, and his fury at Troy melts away the moment he hears how many people are reading.

On Community, what does Pierce Hawthorne's so-called Reformed Neo-Buddhist church turn out to be?

An obscure cult is what Pierce has really joined, and in season one Jeff tricks him into dressing like a cereal-box wizard for his promotion within it.

At the end of Community's sixth and final season, Annie leaves Greendale for an internship with which agency?

The FBI gives Annie an internship, a fitting step after she had re-enrolled at Greendale to study forensic science.

Community's Troy repeatedly tries to deny his natural gift for which trade, first revealed in season one?

Plumbing comes so naturally to Troy that Greendale's head janitor keeps urging him to pursue it, calling it a noble profession.

In Community's fifth-season premiere, Pierce is barred from campus and appears only as what?

A hologram of Pierce plays in a courtyard, donated to settle a court order that he says he is not allowed to discuss.

On Community, Britta says she dropped out of high school hoping to impress which British band?

Radiohead were the band Britta hoped to impress, a plan that eventually left her enrolling at Greendale just to earn her high-school equivalency.

Between Community's fourth and fifth seasons, which job does Britta take up after leaving Greendale?

Bartending is where Britta lands instead of working as a therapist, and she re-enrols at Greendale in season five once Jeff joins the staff.

In Community's second season, Pierce turns into the study group's villain while hooked on what?

Painkillers get their grip after Pierce breaks both legs, and the Valentine's Day episode ends with him passed out on a bench after an overdose.

Which bullied Community student does the study group try to cheer up with a tabletop role-playing game?

Neil had been saddled with a cruel nickname that Jeff accidentally coined, which is why Jeff organises the game to make amends.

Which instrument does Community's Chang play, hoping to turn it into a career with a music theory degree?

The keytar is Chang's instrument, and during his season-three takeover of Greendale he plays the opening bars of the Beverly Hills Cop theme on it.

Which nickname does Community's Señor Chang give himself, with a matador portrait of himself to match?

El Tigre Chino means the Chinese Tiger, and Chang keeps a tiger statue in the same room to drive the point home.

Which luxury marque does Community's Jeff Winger drive, a prize Professor Duncan tries to con out of him?

A Lexus is the price Duncan demands in the pilot for a batch of exam answers, though the deal is a ruse to teach Jeff a lesson and he gets it back.

On Community, Señor Chang's critical older brother, who turns up on Family Day, has which profession?

A rabbi is what Chang's brother turns out to be, and after Chang loses his post the brother finds him work at ceremonies he officiates.

On Community, Pierce's bigoted father Cornelius Hawthorne wears a hairpiece carved from which material?

Ivory makes up the toupee, and Cornelius's arrival alone is enough to shut down a party Pierce had been planning in season three.

Community's gruff criminology professor Buzz Hickey is at work on a comic strip about which animal?

A duck named Jim is the hero of Hickey's strip, an artistic sideline for a man who was once a police detective.

In Community's first season, the study group seizes control of the cafeteria's supply of which food?

Chicken fingers are the one cafeteria dish the group enjoys, so Jeff's small skimming scheme swells into a much larger operation once Abed gets involved.

Community's pilot, full of nods to a 1980s teen classic, ends with a dedication to which late filmmaker?

John Hughes had died shortly before the pilot aired, and his film about mismatched students stuck together in detention is referenced throughout the episode.

In Community's first season, Jeff and Annie team up to beat a rival college in which kind of contest?

A debate is won when Annie kisses Jeff, startling him into dropping a rival he had just caught and proving her case that man is evil.

Greendale's sailing class, joined by Pierce and Shirley in Community's first season, takes place where?

In a parking lot sits the actual sailboat used for the lessons, where Shirley, put in command, leaves Pierce overboard during an imaginary storm.

In Community's 'Physical Education', Jeff quits a class rather than wear gym shorts while playing which game?

Billiards counts as physical education at Greendale, and the feud over the dress code ends with Jeff and his coach playing a match in the nude.

Community's Professor Whitman, who grades students on seizing the day, spoofs the hero of which 1989 film?

Dead Poets Society lends Whitman his carpe diem creed, which sends Jeff out flying a kite and skipping rope in a doomed bid for an easy A.

In Community's 'Home Economics', where is a broke Jeff secretly living before he moves into Abed's dorm room?

In his car is where the group spots Jeff washing and brushing his teeth, and once the vehicle is towed he has to ask Abed for a bed.

Why is Señor Chang removed from his post at the end of Community's first season?

He was never qualified to teach, a secret Annie reports to the Dean because repeating the subject would keep the study group in a shared class.

In Community's first season, Abed likens newspaper editor Jeff to the hero of which classic sitcom?

M*A*S*H gives Abed his template, and he casts himself as Radar, the unit's clerk, to Jeff's wisecracking surgeon.

Which American Idol finalist guest-stars in Community's first season as Pierce's ex-stepdaughter Amber?

Katharine McPhee plays Amber, who pretends to like Pierce and turns up for Family Day only because he keeps sending her large sums of money.

During Community's second paintball war, Abed passes much of the battle impersonating which Star Wars hero?

Han Solo's swagger wins over Annie, and the pair end up in a clinch before Abed snaps straight back to his usual self.

Community's paintball episode 'Modern Warfare' shares its title with a 2007 entry in which game series?

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was a first-person shooter, a fitting namesake for an episode in which a friendly campus game sinks into open war.

The first half of Community's season-two paintball finale is styled after films of which genre?

Spaghetti Westerns shape the mood, so the plot leans on tension, scarce ammunition and a mysterious gunslinger hired to stalk the campus.

In Community's season-two paintball finale, a rival dean poses as which kind of business to sponsor the game?

An ice cream maker with a costumed mascot fronts the scheme, which dangles a huge prize to tempt students into wrecking their own campus.

After winning Community's season-two paintball war, what does Pierce do with the $100,000 prize?

He donates it to the school, turning the season's villain into its hero moments before he walks away from the study group.

How does Pierce get the better of a hired gunman in the first half of Community's season-two paintball finale?

He fakes a heart attack, and when the stranger steps in to help, Pierce shoots him at close range and eliminates him from the game.

In Community's season-two finale, Troy plans to soak the invading troopers in paint by setting off what?

The fire alarm starts the sprinklers raining paint, and Shirley is the one who triggers it as she escapes the building.

Chang's paint-bomb self-destruct in Community's 'Modern Warfare' echoes the alien's demise in which film?

Predator supplies the ending, as Chang, sent in by the Dean to wipe the last survivors from the game, detonates paint bombs strapped to his chest.

Which Silicon Valley star plays deputy custodian Lapari in Community's 'Modern Espionage'?

Kumail Nanjiani's Lapari turns out to be running the secret paintball game himself, as a protest against efforts to clean up Greendale.

In Community's 'Modern Espionage', the mystery player hunting everyone shoots paintballs of which colour?

Silver pellets are the calling card of the unseen player, whom the study group tries to unmask at a campus gala.

In Community's second season, Abed's surprise birthday party is themed on which Quentin Tarantino film?

Pulp Fiction is the party's theme, but Abed spends most of the evening over a long dinner elsewhere, secretly re-enacting a different film with Jeff.

In Community's second season, Greendale elects a student president before which vice president's visit?

Joe Biden never arrives, because a Secret Service agent hears that Greendale is at an elevated threat level and the visit is called off.

In Community's 'Aerodynamics of Gender', Jeff and Troy find bliss in a secret campus garden hiding what?

A trampoline sits in the hidden garden, kept private by a gardener because trampolines have been banned from the school.

In season three of Community, Jeff and Shirley discover they clashed as children over which bar-room game?

Foosball is how a young Shirley humiliated Jeff at a YMCA, an ordeal that made him change schools and even his personality.

In season three of Community, Chang seizes control of Greendale by secretly swapping Dean Pelton for what?

A doppelgänger does Chang's bidding, helping to get the study group expelled while the genuine Dean is held prisoner on campus.

Which Star Trek actor lends his voice to Community's zombie-outbreak Halloween episode, 'Epidemiology'?

George Takei supplies the voice-over that closes the episode, in which a sickness spread by bites turns the Halloween party guests into zombies.

In Community's pilot, Professor Duncan owes Jeff a favour because Jeff once got him acquitted of what charge?

Drunk driving was the charge Jeff beat for him, and Jeff tries to cash in the favour by asking Duncan to supply exam answers.

On Community, Drew Carey plays Ted, founder of Jeff's old firm, a man with what mysterious feature?

A hole in his hand is so awkward to explain that Ted founded the firm just to be surrounded by people who would never ask about it.

In season three of Community, where does Britta's strangely irresistible ex-boyfriend Blade work?

At a carnival, Blade runs a game stall, and Jeff plays it just to learn how such a nonchalant man keeps attracting women.

Which veteran TV action star plays sailing instructor Admiral Slaughter in Community's first season?

Lee Majors plays the stern Admiral Slaughter, who ends the one-week class by promoting Shirley to admiral and giving everyone an A.