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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:IMG_70212_9466.jpg\|frame]] Two months have passed since the "Greendale Seven" [[Community/Recap/S3 /E18 Course Listing Unavailable\|were expelled]]. Having spent the intervening time drinking, eating unhealthy meals at Troy and Abed's apartment, and generally dwelling on their years at Greendale to an obsessive degree, they are forced to face their situation when Abed is discovered in full [[Inspector Spacetime]] costume on the community college campus [[Noodle Incident\|again]]. Taken into custody and insisting that the Dean has been replaced by a fraud, he is given the choice between therapy and jail time, and the entire group accompanies him to see a recommended psychiatrist (John Hodgman). Soon, however, they discover that all may not be as it seems and the therapy visit could change their lives forever. ---- === Tropes appearing in this episode of ''[[Community]]'' include: === * [[Actor Allusion]]: It's not surprising that the camera cuts to Annie after Abed does his [[Mad Men\|Don Draper]] impression again. * Also counts as a [[Call Back]] to when Abed used this impression to hit on Annie. Line 15: * [[Berserk Button]]: Shirley learns the hard way not to favourably compare Brett Ratner with Steven Spielberg in front of Abed. {{quote\|'''Abed:''' You're a bad person. ''You're a bad person''.}} * [[Big No]]: Subverted. Abed's reaction to having to see ''[[Chicago]]'' is not a [[Big No]] as would be expected, but a Big ''Lame''. ** Alternately, it could have been over the Dean [[Heroic Sacrifice\|taking paintballs for him and "dying"]]. * [[Blatant Lies]]: {{spoiler\|They're briefly suckered in, but it takes the study group all of five seconds after leaving his office to realize that Dr. Heidi has been feeding them these and they have loads of evidence to prove him wrong. This doesn't stop him from trying to convince them that he's the Devil and they're in purgatory, however. Only [[The Ditz\|Troy]] actually falls for it.}} * [[Bob Haircut]]: The Dean as a [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]. * [[Book Safe]]: Shirley finds a book in the library with a handgun-shaped cutout. * [[Brick Joke]]: Officer Cackowski recommends against using the brick to prop open the outer door as it was used in "[[Community/Recap/S3 /E04 Remedial Chaos Theory\|Remedial Chaos Theory]]" (Annie, who removed the brick last time, glares at Troy) ... [[Bait and Switch\|because it's an antique worth $60]]. Then he [[Double Subversion\|warns them that rapes are up 8%.]] Bonus points for actually involving a brick (compare to the buttered [[Noodle Incident]] from "[[Community/Recap/S3 /E09 Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism\|Foosball And Nocturnal Vigilantism]]"). * [[Cassandra Truth]]: Abed knew that the Dean had been replaced for the entire two skipped months. * [[Call Back]]: The homeless guy in the study room from "[[Community/Recap/S1 /E02 Spanish 101\|Spanish 101]]": {{quote\|'''Dean:''' ''(through the library’s PA system)'' In order to increase awareness of the homelessness, security has been given binoculars. .}} The psych test results from "[[Community/Recap/S3 /E05 Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps\|Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps]]": {{quote\|'''Jeff:''' I mean, if anything, Abed's more sane than any of us.}} Annie does her trial of "Troy and Abed and Annie in the Morning" wearing the same outfit as [[Community/Recap/S3 /E16 Virtual Systems Analysis\|her guest spot]] on "Troy and Abed in the Morning". At the "Wigging Out" party, Jeff has the same fixation with his jacket as in "[[Community/Recap/S2 /E06 Epidemiology\|Epidemiology]]". Abed abridges his [[Mad Men\|Don Draper]] impression from "[[Community/Recap/S1 /E17 Physical Education\|Physical Education]]" with Annie again visibly affected by it. Dr. Heidi asks if the group can speak Spanish. Of course they can't -- [[Community/Recap/S1 /E24 English As a Second Language\|they didn't learn any]]. {{spoiler\|Heidi knows this detail because Chang briefed him.}} The fact that the Dean was announcing a fire through a megaphone makes sense when you remember that [[Community/Recap/S2 /E22 Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts\|Greendale's fire alarm system is fake]]. His fireman costume ties in with his [[Community/Recap/S3 /E03 Competitive Ecology\|fireman fetish]]. * Actually some of [[Community/Recap/S2 /E24 For a Few Paintballs More\|them do work]], but either the dean presumably doesn't know which ones do, or that flashback took place between [[Community/Recap/S2 /E22 Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts\|Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts]] and [[Community/Recap/S2 /E23 A Fistful of Paint Balls\|A Fistful of Paintballs]]. The Greendale {{spoiler\|Asylum}} flashbacks: [[Community/Recap/S2 /E07 Aerodynamics of Gender\|the trampoline]], [[Community/Recap/S2 /E24 For a Few Paintballs More\|paintball combat]], [[Community/Recap/S3 /E10 Regional Holiday Music\|"Baby Boomer Santa"]], doing a [[Community/Recap/S2 /E21 Paradigms of Human Memory\|clip show]], doing a [[Community/Recap/S2 /E08 Cooperative Calligraphy\|bottle episode]], doing [[Community/Recap/S3 /E19 Curriculum Unavailable\|another clip show]], [[Community/Recap/S2 /E24 For a Few Paintballs More\|Harrison Ford]], [[Community/Recap/S2 /E21 Paradigms of Human Memory\|Abed remembering camping and painting the nursery causing Troy's scream]], [[Community/Recap/S3 /E04 Remedial Chaos Theory\|Pierce's random interjection of having sex with Eartha Kitt]], and [[Community/Recap/S2 /E08 Cooperative Calligraphy\|Annie's lost pen]]. In the background of the "Wigging Out" party can be heard the song "Party Where Your Heart Is" from [[Community/Recap/S1 /E22 The ~~Artof~~Art of Discourse\|The Art of Discourse]]. Abed [[Noodle Incident\|trying to remove his own tonsils in order to avoid seeing a doctor]] was probably brought about by negative experiences with hospitalization when he was a kid, as shown in [[Community/Recap/S1 /E03 Introduction to Film\|his autobiographical documentary]]. * His reluctance to see Dr. Heidi also calls back to "[[Community/Recap/S2 /E11 ~~Abeds~~Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas\|Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas]], where he also automatically responded to Professor Duncan's suggestions of therapy with "I don't need therapy." The earlier episode also required the entire study group to be there to help him through it as well. * [[Ceiling Banger]]/[[Big "Shut Up!"]]: Annie resorts to this in [[The Tag]]. * [[Cerebus Retcon]]: The Study Group, and by extension the audience, is led to believe this is happening to the entire three years at Greendale. {{spoiler\|Subverted: it takes the study group all of five seconds after leaving Dr. Heidi's office (well, it takes Pierce a bit longer) to realize that he's feeding them a load of horseshit and that they have copious amounts of evidence to prove him wrong.}} * [[Clip Show]]: Like [[Community/Recap/S2 /E21 Paradigms of Human Memory\|Paradigms Of Human Memory]] the idea is spoofed. Hell it even references [[Community/Recap/S2 /E21 Paradigms of Human Memory\|Paradigms Of Human Memory]]. * [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Dr. Heid's dramatic declaration {{spoiler\|that Greendale Community College does not exist}} causes Troy to realize... that he parked by a meter. Troy again, when he rides a brand new quad-bike into the study room in a flashback: {{quote\|'''Annie:''' Troy, you can't bring that in here! Line 64: 3. It could cause them to need meds the rest of their life. 4. Meth can turn present fun into future numb. 5. It turned [[Community/Recap/S3 /E17 Basic Lupine Urology\|Star Burns]] into [[Community/Recap/S3 /E18 Course Listing Unavailable\|Star Burned]].<br /> So if someone offers to tell you a "meth time story"...pass.<br /> "If Grieving you is wrong...I don't want to be right." [[Meaningful Name\|C. Hawk Bored]] }} * [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Jeff slaps Troy to {{spoiler\|keep him from falling for another of Heidi's [[Mind Screw]] explanations}}. * [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: The camera cuts away before Troy's [[What the Fu Are You Doing?\|karate chop strikes the table]]. * [[Groin Attack]]: Chang uses a [[Static Stun Gun\|stun gun]] on himself ''twice'', probably as [[Training ~~From~~from Hell]]. * [[Group Hug]]: The group has one at the end, contrasting with the Dean's failed one last episode. * [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Dr. Heidi is [[Apple Macintosh\|PC!]] Line 76: * [[Hong Kong Dub]]: In the {{spoiler\|fake}} asylum scenes, Garrett as {{spoiler\|an evil psychiatrist}} is very obviously dubbed over. * [[Human Chess]]: Used to determine parking spaces. * [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Britta announces that the stories they've just told Dr. Heidi are a reflection of the study group's solidarity... seconds before squeezing Troy's wounded hand. {{quote\|'''Britta:''' Sorry! '''Troy:''' We just finished telling him about it, and then you grab it and '''''squeeze it'''?!'' }} At the potluck dinner in the beginning of the episode, Britta whines about all the "poison" food and how she needs organic food to help her hangover. * [[I Have This Friend]]: Britta is wondering how long peyote lasts, you know, for a friend. * [[I'm a Doctor, Not a Placeholder]]: Line 92: * [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: {{spoiler\|Chang could have dealt with Abed by pressing charges and getting a restraining order. The alternate solution of getting Abed committed snowballs into an attempt to convince the whole study group that they're crazy and drive them away from Greendale. The session just serves to help them realize that Abed's right and that the Dean has been replaced with an impostor.}} ** Keep in mind that even if the "Dean" did press charges against Abed, it could have blown up in his face too. Such as the study group confronting the "Dean" and realizing he was a fake by themselves. * [[Noodle Incident]]: Due to Abed's aversion to doctors, the group had to prevent him from removing his own tonsils. As with "[[Community/Recap/S2 /E21 Paradigms of Human Memory\|Paradigms of Human Memory]]" all of the flashbacks are things which happened in episodes we didn't see. * [[Out of Focus]]: Lampshaped when Pierce doesn't get a "crazy-town banana pants" flashback and later complains that he isn't in most of the stories. * [[Psycho Psychologist]]: {{spoiler\|Garrett}} withholds treatment to see what reactions he can elicit by playing mind games with his patients. Line 107: Both of the psychiatrist's "revelations" about Greendale {{spoiler\|that they were in an asylum the whole time and that they were trapped in purgatory}} were two of the more popular fan theories about the crash survivors in ''[[Lost]]''. The asylum setting homages ''[[Shutter Island]]''. * "We have to go back" are Arc Words used in ''[[Lost]]'' "Dr. Heidi" might be a reference to "[[The Human Centipede\|Dr. Heiter]]". Chang shocking himself with the Taser while shouting ''"You're WEAK!"'' is similar to a scene in ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''. * [[Ship Tease]]: Annie once again looks very taken with Abed's "[[Mad Men\|Don Draper]]" impression. Their kiss in the Season 2 finale is also called back to {{spoiler\|as seen in the Greendale Asylum scenes}}. Line 114: * [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Lampshaded by the psychiatrist regarding the Study Group. * [[Stealth Pun]]: [http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rf3p0t2X1r2luwko1_1280.jpg Dr. Heidi, PsyD] * [[Take That]]: Dr. Heidi's example of a shared delusion is the swing dance music revival in [[The Nineties]]. To director Brett Ratner. Line 129: {{quote\|'''Troy:''' I knew it! '''Jeff:''' [''[[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!\|slaps Troy]]''] Stop letting him make you realize things. }} * [[What Could Have Been]]: The role of Dr. Heidi was originally written for [[Nathan Fillion]], who had to pull out due to scheduling conflicts. ** Funny enough, there had been SEVERAL roles written for John Hodgman in the past (including City College Dean Spreck) that HE had to pull out of. * [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]: Troy believes that Shirley's son's karate trophy is an [[Upgrade Artifact]] and attempts to break the table. * [[Worst Whatever Ever]]: Line 140: {{reflist}} [[Category:Recap]] [[Category:Community]]▼ [[Category:Community/Recap]] ▲[[Category:~~Community~~{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]]