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TV Trope: Five Stages Of Grief Britta: What Jeff’s doing right now is denial and it’s the first of five stages of grief that ends with acceptance.Jeff: Name any other stage. Britta: What are you, my final? [Here’s a guide so you don’t Britta it yourself] 01. Denial02. Anger03. Bargaining04. Depression05. Acceptance (3.18 Course Listing Unavailable) 

TV Trope: Five Stages Of Grief

Britta: What Jeff’s doing right now is denial and it’s the first of five stages of grief that ends with acceptance.
Jeff: Name any other stage. 
Britta: What are you, my final?

[Here’s a guide so you don’t Britta it yourself]

01. Denial
02. Anger
03. Bargaining
04. Depression
05. Acceptance

(3.18 Course Listing Unavailable) 

TV Trope: Suspiciously Specific Denial Nurse: That’s strange. I’m not finding any pepper spray on you.Troy: [whimpering] Well check harder. It’s not like I’m crying because I was chased by a gang of scary twelve-year-olds…  (3.18 Course Listing Unavailable)

TV Trope: Suspiciously Specific Denial

Nurse: That’s strange. I’m not finding any pepper spray on you.
Troy: [whimpering] Well check harder. It’s not like I’m crying because I was chased by a gang of scary twelve-year-olds… 

(3.18 Course Listing Unavailable)

TV Trope: Miranda Rights Todd: What’s this about?Abed: It’s about the killing of our Biology yam. Will you please come with us?Todd: But I’m in the middle of making a handle.Abed: He wants it the hard way. Tell him what Shirley said.Troy: Todd Jacobson, you have the right to do whatever you want. Nothing you do say or do can be used against you by anyone, but we’d really like it if you came with us. Please and thank you.  (3.17 Basic Lupine Urology)

TV Trope: Miranda Rights

Todd: What’s this about?
Abed: It’s about the killing of our Biology yam. Will you please come with us?
Todd: But I’m in the middle of making a handle.
Abed: He wants it the hard way. Tell him what Shirley said.
Troy: Todd Jacobson, you have the right to do whatever you want. Nothing you do say or do can be used against you by anyone, but we’d really like it if you came with us. Please and thank you. 

(3.17 Basic Lupine Urology)

TV Trope: The Match Maker Annie: Maybe we should go to Senor Kevin’s? Britta didn’t you want to try that new cage-free bean burrito?Britta: The tortillas are made with micro-financed flour.Annie: Troy, you could drive. You always like that spiral parking ramp.Troy: You just keep turning left but you end up, up!Abed: I can’t go to Senor Kevin’s. The manager and I are enemies. He said Die Hard was bad. [to Troy] He said Die Hard was bad.Troy: I know, buddy.Annie: Well how about this. This lunch is already a runaway train, no point in stopping it. Troy, Britta, you go to Senor Kevin’s. Abed promised he’d show me how the Dreamatorium works. (3.16 Virtual Systems Analysis) 

TV Trope: The Match Maker

Annie: Maybe we should go to Senor Kevin’s? Britta didn’t you want to try that new cage-free bean burrito?
Britta: The tortillas are made with micro-financed flour.
Annie: Troy, you could drive. You always like that spiral parking ramp.
Troy: You just keep turning left but you end up, up!
Abed: I can’t go to Senor Kevin’s. The manager and I are enemies. He said Die Hard was bad. [to Troy] He said Die Hard was bad.
Troy: I know, buddy.
Annie: Well how about this. This lunch is already a runaway train, no point in stopping it. Troy, Britta, you go to Senor Kevin’s. Abed promised he’d show me how the Dreamatorium works.

(3.16 Virtual Systems Analysis) 

TV Trope: Disaster Dominoes Troy: What are you doing?Annie: Ending this. [She sends a text] Leave me alone. Troy: That’s so much worse.Annie: See? She stopped. [The phone starts to ring] She’s calling him?!Troy: She was born in the 80s. She still uses her phone as a phone.Abed: Uh-oh.Annie: That’s fine. It’s fine. We just won’t answer it.Abed: Won’t it go to your voicemail? [Annie answers & holds the phone out but the boys won’t help]Britta: Hello? Blade?Annie: Aaaaayouuuuughhhaighhhhoohuhhuhoo… [She hangs up. Troy & Abed stare at her]Dean: … You did good.Annie: I don’t know!Abed: Change your settings so it doesn’t go to voicemail. [It rings again] Too late.Annie: You guys, act like a carnival. Be a carnival - now!Troy: … Step right up!Abed: Ding, ding, ding!Dean: Get your popcorn here!Annie: [putting on a voice] Busy, babe.Britta: Blade just wait!Annie: [sending a text] I told you not to call me at work. [Britta answers] ‘I’m sorry I forgot, don’t be mad at me’? She’s whipped by an imaginary douche!Dean: Hey, don’t knock it till you try it. (3.15 Origins Of Vampire Mythology)

TV Trope: Disaster Dominoes

Troy: What are you doing?
Annie: Ending this. [She sends a text] Leave me alone. 
Troy: That’s so much worse.
Annie: See? She stopped. [The phone starts to ring] She’s calling him?!
Troy: She was born in the 80s. She still uses her phone as a phone.
Abed: Uh-oh.
Annie: That’s fine. It’s fine. We just won’t answer it.
Abed: Won’t it go to your voicemail? 
[Annie answers & holds the phone out but the boys won’t help]
Britta: Hello? Blade?
Annie: Aaaaayouuuuughhhaighhhhoohuhhuhoo… 
[She hangs up. Troy & Abed stare at her]
Dean: … You did good.
Annie: I don’t know!
Abed: Change your settings so it doesn’t go to voicemail. [It rings again] Too late.
Annie: You guys, act like a carnival. Be a carnival - now!
Troy: … Step right up!
Abed: Ding, ding, ding!
Dean: Get your popcorn here!
Annie: [putting on a voice] Busy, babe.
Britta: Blade just wait!
Annie: [sending a text] I told you not to call me at work. [Britta answers] ‘I’m sorry I forgot, don’t be mad at me’? She’s whipped by an imaginary douche!
Dean: Hey, don’t knock it till you try it.

(3.15 Origins Of Vampire Mythology)

TV Trope: Skewed Priorities Britta: Can you check my messages for me and tell me if he called?Annie: I don’t think that’s a good idea.Britta: What if my mother died?Abed: You guys are really talking over Blade.[Britta grabs the remote and turns the TV off]Troy: Not cool!Abed: Annie, subdue your guest.Britta: Annie, think for one second. You have my phone and you’re not even checking it. What if my mother is dying?Annie: This is junkie talk. You just want to know where your phone’s hidden.Britta: I just want to know if my mother is dying. It’s a simple yes or no. I’ll cover my eyes, you go check my phone and then say ‘no your mother isn’t dying’ or ‘yes your mother is dying’ and then we go back to watching the film. (3.15 Origins Of Vampire Mythology)

TV Trope: Skewed Priorities

Britta: Can you check my messages for me and tell me if he called?
Annie: I don’t think that’s a good idea.
Britta: What if my mother died?
Abed: You guys are really talking over Blade.
[Britta grabs the remote and turns the TV off]
Troy: Not cool!
Abed: Annie, subdue your guest.
Britta: Annie, think for one second. You have my phone and you’re not even checking it. What if my mother is dying?
Annie: This is junkie talk. You just want to know where your phone’s hidden.
Britta: I just want to know if my mother is dying. It’s a simple yes or no. I’ll cover my eyes, you go check my phone and then say ‘no your mother isn’t dying’ or ‘yes your mother is dying’ and then we go back to watching the film.

(3.15 Origins Of Vampire Mythology)

TV Trope: Malaproper Troy: The Legit Republic of Blanketsburg says Pillowtown has until midnight tonight to surrender its territory.Abed: The United Force of Pillowtown declines the request.Troy: It’s not a request. I’m giving you an all tomato. Meaning that you give me the whole tomato or else.Abed: Or else what?[Troy stands up and leaves the Dean’s office]  (3.14 Pillows And Blankets)

TV Trope: Malaproper

Troy: The Legit Republic of Blanketsburg says Pillowtown has until midnight tonight to surrender its territory.
Abed: The United Force of Pillowtown declines the request.
Troy: It’s not a request. I’m giving you an all tomato. Meaning that you give me the whole tomato or else.
Abed: Or else what?
[Troy stands up and leaves the Dean’s office] 

(3.14 Pillows And Blankets)

TV Trope: Friendship Moment Jeff: First entry in my stupid journal. Today I had to run and get two imaginary friendship hats from an office. I could’ve just walked around the corner and then come back, but, for some reason, I actually went all the way back to where they were supposed to be. One was crumpled up a bit, that was Troy’s. The other was just a little dusty, that was Abed’s. I fixed them up even though I was the only one watching, because I settled on a truth today that’s always going to be true. I would do anything for my friends, which I think is how everyone in the world feels, which finally makes me understand war. (3.14 Pillows And Blankets)

TV Trope: Friendship Moment

Jeff: First entry in my stupid journal. Today I had to run and get two imaginary friendship hats from an office. I could’ve just walked around the corner and then come back, but, for some reason, I actually went all the way back to where they were supposed to be. One was crumpled up a bit, that was Troy’s. The other was just a little dusty, that was Abed’s. I fixed them up even though I was the only one watching, because I settled on a truth today that’s always going to be true. I would do anything for my friends, which I think is how everyone in the world feels, which finally makes me understand war.

(3.14 Pillows And Blankets)

TV Trope: Getting Crap Past The Radar Dean: Abed? Troy?Troy: Don’t worry, Dean, we have all the proper permits right here… oh silly me, this is a coupon for 20% off at Bed Bath & Beyond.Dean: No need to bribe me, Troy… Actually.Troy: There’s plenty more where that came from.Dean: Look, I was just Googling record lengths of stuff, and apparently there’s a Guinness World Record for the biggest pillow, or blanket, fort. (3.13 Digital Exploration Of Interior Design)

TV Trope: Getting Crap Past The Radar

Dean: Abed? Troy?
Troy: Don’t worry, Dean, we have all the proper permits right here… oh silly me, this is a coupon for 20% off at Bed Bath & Beyond.
Dean: No need to bribe me, Troy… Actually.
Troy: There’s plenty more where that came from.
Dean: Look, I was just Googling record lengths of stuff, and apparently there’s a Guinness World Record for the biggest pillow, or blanket, fort.

(3.13 Digital Exploration Of Interior Design)

TV Trope: Significant Reference Date Troy: I am mad at you.Abed: You said you weren’t. We never lie.Troy: I know.Abed: We made a deal. October 15th, 2009, ‘friends don’t lie to each other’.Troy: I know.  * * * Troy: From now on, Abed, friends don’t mess with each other. OK?Abed: Cool.Troy: Cool. [Episode air date: October 15, 2009] (3.12 Contemporary Impressionists, 1.05 Advanced Criminal Law) 

TV Trope: Significant Reference Date

Troy: I am mad at you.
Abed: You said you weren’t. We never lie.
Troy: I know.
Abed: We made a deal. October 15th, 2009, ‘friends don’t lie to each other’.
Troy: I know. 

* * *

Troy: From now on, Abed, friends don’t mess with each other. OK?
Abed: Cool.
Troy: Cool. 
[Episode air date: October 15, 2009]

(3.12 Contemporary Impressionists, 1.05 Advanced Criminal Law) 

TV Trope: Musical Episode Mr Rad: Guys! I am swelling with pride. You stepped up and you saved the Christmas pageant!Jeff: And it’s all thanks to you, Mr Rad. I just hope we can repay you by making Regionals. (3.10 Regional Holiday Music) 

TV Trope: Musical Episode

Mr Rad: Guys! I am swelling with pride. You stepped up and you saved the Christmas pageant!
Jeff: And it’s all thanks to you, Mr Rad. I just hope we can repay you by making Regionals.

(3.10 Regional Holiday Music) 

TV Trope: Funny Background Event Troy & Abed: We have to save Christmas to save our friends![Annie peeks through the blanket fort opening in fantasy-land & in reality]Annie: Hey guys! Rapping? (3.10 Regional Holiday Music) 

TV Trope: Funny Background Event

Troy & Abed: We have to save Christmas to save our friends!
[Annie peeks through the blanket fort opening in fantasy-land & in reality]
Annie: Hey guys! Rapping?

(3.10 Regional Holiday Music) 

TV Trope: Hypocritical Heartwarming Mr Rad: What are you doing? Get off the stage!Britta: Singing my heart’s song?Mr Rad: Get off the stage and never sing again. You are the worst! Jeff: Hey!Troy: You do not get to call Britta the worst.Dean: Mr Radison I think it’s fine. Greendale is an all-inclusive school: why don’t we let Britta sing her awkward song! (3.10 Regional Holiday Music) 

TV Trope: Hypocritical Heartwarming

Mr Rad: What are you doing? Get off the stage!
Britta: Singing my heart’s song?
Mr Rad: Get off the stage and never sing again. You are the worst! 
Jeff: Hey!
Troy: You do not get to call Britta the worst.
Dean: Mr Radison I think it’s fine. Greendale is an all-inclusive school: why don’t we let Britta sing her awkward song!

(3.10 Regional Holiday Music) 

TV Trope: Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul Mr Rad: Glee! It’s the feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants. (3.10 Regional Holiday Music)

TV Trope: Getting Smilies Painted On Your Soul

Mr Rad: Glee! It’s the feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

(3.10 Regional Holiday Music)

TV Trope: Fetish Batbed: You know what I came for, scum. Where is it?Rick: In the closet. In the closet, man!Annie: Abed! Stop it!Troy: Get him! I mean, stop it. Rick: They’re in the closet. I knew I’d get caught, just don’t hurt me Batman.Batbed: Closet.[Troy and Annie open the closet - a mountain of women’s shoes awaits them]Troy: Women’s shoes? But Rick doesn’t have a wife… or women’s feet. (3.09 Foosball And Nocturnal Vigilantism)

TV Trope: Fetish

Batbed: You know what I came for, scum. Where is it?
Rick: In the closet. In the closet, man!
Annie: Abed! Stop it!
Troy: Get him! I mean, stop it. 
Rick: They’re in the closet. I knew I’d get caught, just don’t hurt me Batman.
Batbed: Closet.
[Troy and Annie open the closet - a mountain of women’s shoes awaits them]
Troy: Women’s shoes? But Rick doesn’t have a wife… or women’s feet.

(3.09 Foosball And Nocturnal Vigilantism)