Community/Recap/S3/E11 Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts: Difference between revisions

** This episode continues the theme of how Jeff's [[Disappeared Dad|dad walked out on him and his mother while Jeff was a kid]], and how this has ended up with Jeff being completely messed up as an adult, as seen in "[[Community/Recap/S2 E16 Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking|Intermediate Documentary Making]]" and "[[Community/Recap/S3 E06 Advanced Gay|Advanced Gay]]".

** It also continues the theme of Pierce's issues with his own father.

** Annie's Boobs makes an appearance.

** The way Abed attempts to be normal is reminiscent of "[[Community/Recap/S2 E19 Critical Film Studies|his birthday dinner with Jeff]]".

* [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]]: Apparently, this is a major principle of floral-arrangement-designer-persons:

'''Dale:''' We don’t call it ''pink''. We don’t call anything by its name, that’s like day 1 floral school stuff. [pointing at flowers] This is citrine. This is opalescent. This is sea-glass, cameo and cerulean. }}

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Jeff's drunken 'toast' reveals that his views on marriage have been informed by his father walking out on his mother and him.

* [[Dissimile]]: Britta compares marriage to a Tea Party. Except the dolls are women, and the men are making them talk, and they aren't drinking tea, but antiquated gender roles.

* [[Eureka Moment]]: Parodied and lampshaded when Shirley gets an unusual reminder of her wedding rehearsal:

'''Dean:''' ''[Puzzled]'' That was... an ''odd'' dot to connect. }}

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Britta becomes drunk and despondent when she thinks she will end up married like the other women in her family.

'''Annie:''' [[We Have Those, Too|Many do.]] }}

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Annie suggests that Pierce is more mature and grown-up than he's given credit for. Cut to Pierce, drunkenly ranting at his father's grave.

** Jeff and Britta loudly dismiss the idea and institution of marriage before Shirley enters the room, only to immediately and loudly switch to praising Shirley as soon as she enters.

** Troy is also not particularly impressed by Shirley's demand that he and Abed act 'normal' at her wedding, since she's holding it in the study room:

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Both Britta and Jeff hit the sauce over their conflicting hatred and fatalism over marriage.

* [[I Resemble That Remark]]:

'''Abed:''' ''(Scoff! scoff! scoff! scoff! [[Overly Long Gag|scoff! scoff! scoff! scoff!]])'' [[Don't Explain the Joke|It's the noise people make when they're offended in all the movies Annie rents.]]<br />

'''Annie:''' ''(Scoff!)'' }}

* [[Metaphorgotten]]: "I know what an analogy is. It's like a thought, with another thought's hat on."

* [[My God, You Are Serious]] / [[You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]]:

'''Shirley''': ''(deadly serious)'' Britta, you're not planning my wedding. }}

* [[Noodle Implements]]: Troy and Abed step out of the Dreamatorium in streamer-covered black unitards, Hawthorne Sr.'s [[Dodgy Toupee|ivory toupee]], and a Kickpuncher mask.

* [[Ridiculously Average Guy|Ridiculously Average Guys]]: [[Cloudcuckoolander|Troy and Abed]] try to be this for Shirley's wedding.

* [[Sarcasm Mode]]: Troy and Abed's "normal mode" comes off as this.

'''Andre:''' ... [[Tranquil Fury|Walk away, man.]] }}

* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Dean Pelton cannot ''believe'' that Shirley actually learned some useful business sense at Greendale.

* [[Take That]]: [[Community/Recap/S1 E14 Interpretive Dance|Again]], to Jim Belushi.

* [[Thief Bag]]: A drawing of the Dean holding one in each hand is used in Shirley and Pierce's slide presentation to him about opening a sandwich shop on campus.

* [[Why Waste a Wedding?]]: Played with. While drunk, Jeff and Britta decide to get married, at the rehearsal for Shirley and Andre's wedding. Later, the minister convinces Shirley and Andre to cancel the scheduled wedding, having been practically married at the rehearsal.