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** technically Chang is the first to be taken out, but since that was in the cliffhanger of the previous episode....
* [[Brick Joke]]: Throughout the first half of the episode, Jeff fights with Troy over leadership of the resistance. The dean even believes that Jeff will be the one to save the day. {{spoiler|Guess who's the first member of the study group who gets eliminated?}}
** Early on, Leonard interprets "Hit 'em where it hurts" to mean "Just below their balls." Later, when getting ready to fight, his [[Battle Cry]] is "Let's kick some taint."
* [[Call Back]]: Oh boy...
** [[Community/Recap/S1 /E20 The Science of Illusion|Shirley's driving]].
** [[Community/Recap/S1 /E24 English As a Second Language|Troy's super-plumbing abilities]], and the return of the janitor.
** [[Community/Webisodes/Recap/Webisodes|The poster of]] [[Dan Harmon|Dean of Admissions Pat Isakson]].
** [[Community/Recap/S2 /E12 Asian Population Studies|Quendra with a Q-U]] returns briefly.
** This is a bit more subtle, but [[Community/Recap/S2 /E09 Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design|as previously shown]], it's really easy for someone to {{spoiler|mess with the school's application system so that the City College students could double as Greendale students.}}
*** {{spoiler|In fact, that's how Chang got involved with [[Community/Recap/S1 /E23 Modern Warfare|the original paintball tournament.]]}}
* [[The Cameo]]: Busy Phillips and Dan Byrd from ''[[Cougar Town]]'' are seen briefly among the extras after Greendale wins. It's a [[Call Back]] to the episode where Abed says he was a background extra on the set of that show.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Super-plumbing
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* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Pop what, Magnitude? Pop WHAT?
** Abed didn't understand that no one likes the [[Star Wars]] genre shift.
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: The Dean and Jeff himself believe he is the the hero of the story. {{spoiler|Turns out Jeff is the first of the study group to 'die'. Really any of the other members could make a better argument for being the protagonist.}}
* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: {{spoiler|Magnitude.}}
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: {{spoiler|Pierce.}}
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** "Eat paint you stormtroopin' City College knob gobblers!" {{spoiler|Leonard}}
** "We win!" {{spoiler|Shirley}}
* [[Fan Service]]: Take all of the Alison Brie fanservice from the previous episode and combine it with [[Clothing Damage]] and being covered in paint.
* [[Foe Yay]]: As in [[Community/Recap/S2 /E04 Basic Rocket Science|"Basic Rocket Science"]] there seems to be a copious amount of it between the dean and {{spoiler|the dean of city college.}}
* [[Gatling Good]]
* [[Genre Shift]]: From [[The Western|Western]] to "Rebels vs. [[the Empire]]", as mentioned above. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]. (By [[Genre Savvy|Abed]], of course.)
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* [[Jumping on a Grenade|Jumping on a Paint Grenade]]: Alas, poor {{spoiler|Magnitude}}, we hardly knew ye.
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Vickieeeeee!!!!
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Dean Spreck
* [[Mission Briefing]]: See above picture.
* [[More Dakka]]: See [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]].
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** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: "Remember the New Guy" is, itself, a paradox.
* [[Redemption in the Rain]]: Troy.
* [[The Reveal]]: At the start of the episode Pistol Patty is revealed to be Dean Spreck from the rival City College.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]:
** [[Dan Harmon]] shows up on an admissions poster and is called a loser.
** At the end of the episode, Britta suggested that they take Anthro 201 next semester, and Abed said it was too risky because 'sequels are always disappointing'. This can both be a reference to the Star Wars franchise, and the episode itself, which was a sequel to a [[Sequel Episode]].
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: They ''really'' trashed the school.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]: Since Spreck is technically sponsoring the event, he makes it so that if someone get's paint on them, they're out rather than just getting hit by a paintball gun.
** [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: Which Troy makes the most of by filling the school's sprinkler system with paint.
* [[Serious Business]]: Paintball was ''already'' [[Serious Business]] at Greendale, but somehow [[Up to Eleven|this episode managed to make it even serious-er]].
* [[Ship Tease]]: {{spoiler|Annie and Han!Abed}}.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Much like Jeff in [[Community/Recap/S1 /E23 Modern Warfare|"Modern Warfare"]], Troy spends the whole episode in a muscle shirt.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** [[Literary Allusion Title]]: The episode title is taken from ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]''.
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