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Britta is throwing a Halloween pre-party party before the study group goes to the actual party. Abed and Troy show up as [[Inspector Spacetime|the Inspector and the Constable]] and Jeff shows up as one of those [[The Fast and
Remember those [[Community
'''Britta's story''' starts off with Britta and Jeff making out in a car when they are [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/hook.asp informed by the radio that an escaped mental patient has escaped and he has a hook thingy for a hand (you know what I mean)]. Jeff gets out the car and the escaped mental patient kills him. Back at the study group, Abed complains that he didn't care for the characters, as they were stupid and didn't act like people actually would. So he tells his version of the story.
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== The ''[[
* [[Anvilicious]] : In-universe examples. Shirley's story where the bad people are all hurt. Jeff's story has the lesson that killers are just misunderstood people who need a hug.
* [[Art Shift]]: Annie's story is shot in old west style.
* [[Author Tract]]: Shirley's story is an in-universe example.
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Being buried to the neck in scorpions is followed by a lava enema, which is followed by Pilates. Subverted when [[The Devil]] explains that Pilates is the name of the demon who will eat your genitals.
* [[Big No]]: In Troy's story.
* [[Brainy Specs]]: Britta wears some while reading Warren Piece.
* [[Brick Joke]]: Combined with [[Funny Background Event]] and [[Shout
* [[Bridal Carry]]: Occurs in both Annie's and Troy's stories.
* [[Buffy
* [[Call Back]]:
** Abed and Jeff are likely {{spoiler|the only two sane people in the group,}} as noted in [[Community
** [[Community
* [[Can You Hear Me Now?]]: [[Defied Trope]] in Abed's story. He made sure his cell phone was fully charged before heading up to the mountain cabin.
* [[Cardboard Prison]]: Justified in Abed's story. Given the recent economic downturn, the nearby asylum cut corners and a patient escaped.
* [[The Casanova]]: Pierce in his story.
* [[Caught Up in
* [[Coincidental Broadcast]]: Played straight in Britta's story, [[Defied Trope]] in Abed's story -- much to the annoyance of everyone except Troy (who bops along with the muzak Abed has playing until the broadcast proper).
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Troy mentions that the Dean got [[Community
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: The fate that befalls [[Mad Scientist]]!Pierce in Troy's story.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Each narrator's story is more than a little informed by their personal issues and relationships to the rest of the group.
* [[Critical Research Failure]]: Shirley seems to think that you can snort marijuana.
** Britta seems to think that ''[[War and Peace]]'' is actually called Warren Piece.
* [[Death
* [[Death
* [[Decoy Damsel]]: Annie in her story.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: In Britta's narration:
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* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]: In attempting to persuade everyone that there could be a psychopathic individual in the study group, Britta's graphic description of what could happen if they were allowed to go unidentified and untreated only serves to freak everyone out and convince them -- and herself -- that ''she's'' the psychopath in question.
* [[Don't Go in The Woods]]: Played straight in Britta's story, [[Justified Trope|justified]] in Abed's story. It's no longer the '50s, so it makes sense to rent a cabin rather than park at a make-out point.
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: When Britta is revealing her motives for the Halloween stories Pierce points out that if one of them was a murderous psychopath, in over two years of friendship and hanging out they'd have probably picked up on something before now.
* [[Ear Worm]]: "Daybreak" by Michael Haggins, the song from Abed's story, both in- and out-of-universe. It has received numerous [[Call Back|call backs]] being hummed or vocalized by [[Community
* [[Einstein Hair]]: Pierce in Troy's story.
* [[Epic Fail]]: The group refers to this as [[Person
* [[Even Better Sequel]]: In-universe. Troy expresses this opinion for ''[[Super Monkey Ball]] 2'' right before being attacked in Britta's story.
* [[Flaming Devil]]: The Dean in Shirley's story.
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** Despite Jeff's denial, he actually does show certain signs of sociopathy. See the [[Fridge Brilliance]] page for more details.
* [[Genre Blindness]] / [[Genre Savvy]]: Parodied; Abed objects to the [[Genre Blindness]] displayed by the characters in Britta's story, and his innate Genre Savviness leads him to construct a perfectly logical horror story where the protagonists [[Averted Trope|avoid every single cliche, mistake and convention]] present in the genre... even the [[Necessary Weasel|necessary ones]], which are [[Justified Trope|justified]]. This almost completely robs his story of suspense, tension and horror.
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'''Abed:''' ''['Spooky' voice]'' Eventually... once it had been... '''''earrrrrrrrned!!''''' }}
* [[Gorn]]: Annie doesn't spare any details about Vampire!Jeff's rather gruesome fate.
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* [[Halloween Episode]]
* [[Heartwarming Moments]]: [[Invoked]], parodied and subverted: Jeff is clearly trying to invoke one of these through his story in his usual style, and clearly expects everyone to react as if it was one, but they instead consider it, in the words of Pierce, "[[Tastes Like Diabetes|the gayest crap I've ever heard in my life.]]"
* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]]: All of the stories play with this to some degree, but Pierce (irresistible sex-stud with a full head of hair capable of beating up Gangbangers!Troy and Abed with his [[Gag Penis]]) and Shirley ([[The Messiah|angelic messiah-figure who nobly forgives her friends their sins]] [[Caught Up in
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* [[Ho Yay]]: Troy's story features him and Abed dressed like fighter pilots from ''[[Top Gun]]'' who are sewed together for life. And can read each other's thoughts. It also opens with Troy carrying an injured Abed bridal-style into a cabin.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: During the stand-off at the end, Annie can be heard yelling "Stay back, psychos, or I'll slit your throats and bathe in your blood!"
** Also, Jeff doesn't know which of [[The Fast and
** As Jeff explains that he isn't a sociopath, he actually displays several traits of sociopathy such as remorselessness, egocentricity and amorality. See the [[Community
* [[I Am a Monster]]: Jeff in Annie's story.
* [[Idiot Ball]]: Abed's story is devoted to completely averting this.
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* [[Instant Sedation]]: in Troy's story.
* [[Jaw Drop]]: The group's collective response to Pierce's story is slack-jawed horrified astonishment.
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* [[Jive Turkey]]: Troy and Abed in Pierce's story.
* [[The Killer in Me]]: The ending to Britta's story. Even the ''real'' Britta didn't see it coming.
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: When Britta runs the test sheets again, apparently only ''one'' member of the group ''isn't'' violently insane, and it's {{spoiler|Abed}}.
** {{spoiler|Jeff might be sane, as he randomly filled out the test. But then again, considering the rest of the season as a whole is largely devoted to how screwed up he is, it's unlikely.}}
* [[Person
** "You Britta'd"
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'''Britta:''' Are people using my name to mean "make a small mistake"?
''[[Beat|long pause]]''<br />
'''Jeff:''' [[Blatant Lies|Yes.]] }}
** Also, "Pulling an Abed" (being meta)
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'''Abed:''' Yeah, way to pull an Abed. }}
** Also, Pierce (not getting it)
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'''Jeff:''' Shirley, don't Pierce.
'''Pierce:''' I don't get it! }}
** Also, Shirley (protesting/lecturing)
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* [[Psychic Powers]]: Apparently Troy thinks that sewing two humans together results in telekinesis and telepathy.
* [[Purple Prose]]: Annie's story is ''dripping'' with it.
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* [[Rule of Cool]]: In Troy's story, he and Abed gain multiple [[Psychic Powers]] after being sewn together. Why? Probably because of this.
* [[Running Gag]]: Yet another appearance of the show's own [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Doctor Who
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'''Troy:''' We know. We were wearing this anyway.
'''Abed:''' Yeah, when we're dressed up, you'll know. }}
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: The radio announcer in Britta's story says that an "escaped mental patient has escaped."
* [[Ship Tease]]: It would be far easier to list which pairs weren't teased in this episode then go through all the examples.
* [[Shout
** The final story about how the sack-masked anonymous killer would slay the study group references [[Triangle]], especially with [[The Reveal]].
** When the group turns on each other after the lights go out, Troy has [[Wolverine]] claws made out of pencils.
* [[Special Edition Title]]: The halloween version used [[Community
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Each story is deliberately and humorously subpar in a different way depending on who's telling it:
** Britta's first story jumbles details and is told in a rushed, awkward fashion as would be told by someone who isn't really that good at telling stories half-remembering something -- additionally, the scant characterization is influenced by her [[Straw Feminist]]-esque views on intergender relationships (the man is [[All Men Are Perverts|horny]] and [[Too Dumb to Live|idiotic]], while the woman is sensible [[Cassandra Truth|and proven ultimately correct]]);
** Abed's story is overly logical and lacks emotional resonance, more concerned with filling plot-holes and avoiding cliches, unrealistic actions and [[Contrived Coincidence|Contrived Coincidences]] than actually telling the story;
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Jeff in Britta's story. Abed calls Britta out on it while telling his own story.
* [[Twist Ending]]: Annie is particularly proud that her story has one.
* [[
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* [[Wild Teen Party]]: In Shirley's story.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: Perpetrated by ''everyone.''
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