"Community" Was Honestly The Smartest Show When It Came To Sprinkling Small Details, And It Never Skipped A Beat

Community is one of the most criminally underrated shows in TV history not only for its comedy, but for its genius attention to detail.

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So, here are some of the most brilliant details from Community, courtesy of Reddit's r/TVDetails and r/Community.

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In S05E01 of Community, Abed makes a comment about Zach Braff leaving Scrubs after episode 6 of the 9th season, to which Troy responds angirly. 4 episodes later, episode 5 of the season, Troy leaves the show, jokingly making him even worse than Zach Braff. from TVDetails

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In Community S1E23 during the argument about Jeff and Britta’s sexual tension, Pierce comments that Jeff is likely fully erect after he says he’s not attracted to Britta, when he then stands up you can see Britta take a glance to check from TVDetails

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In Community (S3E7), Troy says blanket forts “aren't just for when uncle's die”. In (S2E10), Troy says his uncle died recently, and just the episode before, (S2E9), Abed and Troy build a blanket fort. Implying Abed and Troy made a blanket fort as a coping mechanism. from TVDetails

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In Community S03E14 'Pillows And Blankets', Jeff is sitting on a couch without a cushion, because Abed used it for his pillow fort. from TVDetails

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In the "Community" episode "Paradigms of Human Memory", the study group's diorama of the study room includes a figurine of Chang lurking outside. from TVDetails

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In Community S01E22 (2010) the end of episode wrap up states Britta will receive an Ipod Nano in 2014. After Pierce's funeral in S05E04 which aired Jan 2014 she is bequeathed an Ipod Nano from TVDetails

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In season 2 episode 19 of Community, “My Dinner with Abed,” Abed talks about being an extra on Cougar Town. In season 2 episode 21 of Cougar Town, you can see Abed in the background acting as an extra. from TVDetails

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In S02E16 of Community, you can see "Dean suggests End of Year Picnic, implies Western Theme" running along the bottom of the banner as Troy & Abed discuss the results of Student Body President election. The penultimate episode of Season 2 is a Wild West themed picnic turned paintball competition. from TVDetails

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In "Community", the cowboy costume that Jeff wears in "A Fistful of Paintballs" is the same one that he wears to the faculty Halloween party in "Introduction to Statistics" a season earlier. from TVDetails

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[Community S3:E5] Unsure of who in their group tested positive for homicidal tendencies, everyone points weapons at each other with the exception of Abed (who takes a defensive stance) and Jeff. In the end, it's revealed that these two are the only ones who did not test positive for psychopathy. from TVDetails

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In "Community" S04E12, on the wall it looks like high-school Annie has been "Greendale citizen of the month" multiple times from TVDetails

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In Community- Chang uses the same tiger print pattern on his paintball gun and on his keytar strap. They both are in reference to his nickname “El Tigre”. from TVDetails

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In S2E22, Troy and Abed discovers the fire alarm of the school is fake. In S3E19, the Dean has to alarm everyone about the fire himself from TVDetails

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In Community Season 2 Episode 7 (Aerodynamics of Gender) the Memos in Abed's Robocop Vision reference the plots of the Christmas and Blanket Fort plots that occur later in the season from TVDetails

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In Community Season 1 Christmas episode, Shirley doesn't know what a menorah is and hides it inside the Christmas tree after Annie gives it to her. In Season 2, after the group steals the school Christmas tree, Shirley is the one who comes back for the menorah. from TVDetails

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In the first 3 seasons of community Beetlejuice is referenced once. After the 3rd reference he appears in the background. from TVDetails

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In Community Season 1 Episode 9, Pierce insults Jeff for wearing a matching shirt and socks. Later in Season 2 Episode 15, Chang borrows some of Jeff's underwear which share the same pattern. from TVDetails

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In Community S2E15 (which aired shortly before Valentine's Day), Star-Burns converted his normally star-shaped sideburns into hearts in honor of Valentine's Day from TVDetails

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In Community S3 Ep19 (Curriculum Unavailable) Pierce says "since when are these 3 living together". It makes sense that he does not know/remember as in S3 Ep7 (Studies in Modern Movement) Pierce gets high on paint fumes which likely effects his memory from the day of Annie moving in with them. from TVDetails

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[Community] When Britta recites her horror story to the group, she imagines herself reading “War and Peace” but she Britta’d the title. from TVDetails

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In Community, Troy and Abed make a screenplay by saying words in an alternating chain. 4 seasons later, Abed uses the screenplay in his cheap movie. from TVDetails

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In the show Community Jeff jokes that Greendale could only be improved by burning. The start of season 5 (aka the Save Greendale era) gasoline and fire was used to burn down the old study table, thus inadvertently proving Jeff right from TVDetails

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In the "Community" episode "Advanced Criminal Law", Duncan's nameplate at Britta's disciplinary tribunal says "Professor Duncan", while Chang's says "Se?or Chang". We later learn that Chang never calls himself a professor to conceal the fact that he doesn't have a teaching degree. from TVDetails

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A detail I never noticed before: When Troy and Annie are freaking out about chloroforming the janitor, Annie tries to wipe her face but recoils from the chloroform from community

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Community: S02E05, Jeff gets Britta's name added - alongside himself - as an emergency contact for Pierce. Later, In S02E16, When Pierce overdoses on his pills the duo are at the hospital before the rest of the study group. from TVDetails

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In (S4E8) of Community, Rachel says to Abed how she’s having the most fun she’s had since she worked the Frozen Yogurt machine until “That Old Guy broke it” referring to Pierce at the end of (S3E11) where he tries to get Frozen Yogurt and the machine keeps going and won’t stop from TVDetails

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In Community S1 Ep9 (Debate 109) Troy sees a video of himself crying and says "why am I crying did I listen to Come Sail Away by Styx again?". In S5 Ep5 (Geothermal Escapism) while Troy is leaving to sail around the world Come Sail Away comes on. It is rather emotional probably some tears. from TVDetails

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In community (in Troy's last episode) the boat says childish tycoon which is a nod to the actor Donald Glover's rap career as childish gambino from TVDetails

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In "Community" it's established that the Greendale flag is an anus, in S02E24 we can see City College's flag which highly resembles a penis. So the scene where Greendal's flag is taken down and City College's flag is going up has some hidden meaning. from TVDetails

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In Community S01E24, Annie says she chose to wear a purple blouse to look more like a professor. In S01E25, professor Slater is shown wearing a similar blouse. from TVDetails

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After several rewatches, I just noticed in "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux" that the Dean gets tinted glasses to signal that his standards have been raised. from community

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In Community [S2 E11]: “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”, the whole episode is shot in claymation due to Abed’s delusion to solve the meaning of Christmas but for a split second at the end of the episode when the study group turns off the tv you can see a reflection of their real-life counterparts. from TVDetails

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In Season 3 Episode 10 of Community, the ladies can be seen demonstrating the Japanese proverb “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”. from TVDetails

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I love noticing the small things about this show a second time through. #sixseasonsandamovie from community

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At the bottom of the screen above the logo you can see abed's notches for 'classic wingers' from community

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In Community S3E2 it is mentioned that one of the trash cans outside the library is always being bumped into. At the end of S5E5 that trash can is knocked over. from TVDetails

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Something I realised in Remedial Chaos Theory. In all the other timelines Shirley worries about her pies getting burned, but in the actual timeline she blows it off to dance and be merry with her friends/family, and leaving them to get burned. A subtle nod to how close they are. from community

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In Community S05E06, Analysis of Cork-Based Networking, Annie and Hickey spend the episode trying to replace the school's bulletin board. Due to the lack of a bulletin board, throughout the episode, you can see various fliers and ads taped to the walls instead from TVDetails

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S3E1 (Biology 101) Just realized the study group is coordinated and wearing the rainbow from Britta through Annie...and then there's Jeff. from community

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In S04E07 of ‘The Wire’, Omar (Michael K. Williams) explains to Bunk that “a man gots to have a code”. In S03E17 of ‘Community’, Michael plays a Biology professor who says the same line when ruling over a crushed yam investigation in his classroom. from TVDetails

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I just noticed that Jeff criticizing Glee in "Basic Genealogy" is the first of many jabs at their "rival" show, which was filmed at the studio next door, aired at the same time slot, and got all the ratings and awards. from community

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I only now noticed that the program for the Christmas pageant is titled "Next Stop, Regionals!" from community

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I don't know how i've never noticed it before, but during Troy and Abed's christmas rap, Annie comes looking through the decor since the dancers and studio are just in their imagination. from community

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Just noticed a small detail from Contemporary American Poultry. Kinda funny, kinda sad. from community

Under Britta's bio in the second image, the text circled in red reads: "New cat."

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In Community Season 1 Episode 24, Annie states that the only person who keeps in touch with her is a guy who makes jewelry out of bottle caps, in the same scene, she is scene wearing a necklace made out of bottle caps. from TVDetails

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In the "Community" episode "Geography of Global Conflict", the flyer for Greendale's Model UN club includes multiple flags that aren't actually flags of countries (including the flags of Hong Kong, the Isle of Man, and the British Indian Ocean Territory). from TVDetails

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In S2E24 For a Few Paintballs More, Garrett's pants are the only part of him covered in paint because he was stuck in the vent when it rained down. Thought this was a cool and funny continuity thing that I never noticed in any of my other watchthroughs. from community

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Just noticed that the door-to-door makeup company Shirley convinces Abed, Britta and Annie to join is called ‘Lady Miss Lady’ or ‘LML’, a reversal of ‘MLM’, or ‘Multi Level Marketing’, which is clearly what the scheme is. from community

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I just now noticed something on Abed and Annie's fridge in "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing" from community

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In Community S5:E5 Ken Jeong’s character says his same-sex celebrity crush is Nathan Fillion. In the very next episode Nathan Fillion plays a custodian. from TVDetails

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Jeff and Annies debate trophy is added to trophy case in a later episode. from community

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Just noticed that in S01E20 they use the continuation of a shot from S01E03 from community

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Just noticed a detail: in episode 201, Britta is wearing the shirt of Guatemalan journalist Chacata Panecos from Annie and Shirley’s protest in episode 102. Never realized this until now! from community

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The opening shot of Community episode 04 of season 03 has a subtle joke. from TVDetails

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I JUST REALIZED this credits clip is Troy and Abed as Bert and Ernie. from community

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Noticed the mark in the dean's office... then I remembered from community

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In Community s02e11 "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas", Abed imagines Chang as a snowman. Later in the episode in Abed's imagined trip to the north pole, a snowman can be seen peeping on the group implying that Chang was spying on them during the intervention in the real world. from TVDetails

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It pleases me to see such incredibly specific character details appearing again and again (such as Shirley's favorite pasta-cheese combination). from community

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In Season 2 (episode 13: Celebrity Pharmacology) of Community, Annie is seen driving a car with the license plate PLL. It's short for Pills, alluding to the fact she used to have a pill addiction from TVDetails

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Just noticed Chang was in the 'Old Timey Photo Club 2014' with Annie's brother Anthony from community

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Just noticed that in Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy (Season 2, Episode 18), Jeff wears the hoodie that Abed gifted to everyone who participated in the first paintball episode. (timestamps in caption) from community

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In season 6 of "Community," Frankie (Paget Brewster) says she's having trouble finding the school's "IT lady." Brewster played the IT lady in season 5 before being re-cast as Frankie, which is why Frankie can't find the old character. from TVDetails

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Did anyone else notice the sandwich names in this s06 episode? Love the details they put in each episode! from community

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Just realized that in Competitive Ecology, when Abed is explaining his pairing algorithm, when he mentions "audience appeal" he looks into and points at the camera. Just never noticed this 4th wall break. from community

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Not sure if anyone else has noticed Jeff's quote in the school newspaper (s3ep8- Documentary Filmmaking: Redux) from community

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In Community (2009), the song "Daybreak" became a running gag any time background music was needed. This is because licensing for using the song "Roxanne" in the episode "Remedial Chaos Theory" ate the entire music budget for the season. from TVDetails

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The underwear Jeff rips off and throws into the crowd in the Physical Education episode is the same underwear the Dean takes off when he undresses in a later episode. This is not simply a coincidence. Makes sense given the Dean’s odd quirks and his obsession with Jeff. from community

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These 'credits' at the end of season 6 episode 1 from community

(The studio credits read: "Phake Kreditt, Credit McFakerson, and Cred Itfakenstein").

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In Community (S04E03) you can see that the creator of Inspector Spacetime has had his knighthood revoked which Abed mentions when watching the reviled Christmas special in S03E10 from TVDetails

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Just noticed the artwork in Troy and Abed’s new apaaaartment from community

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Abed delivers a baby in season 2 episode 3, awesome! from community

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