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[[File:trobed_456.jpg|frame|They're just plumbers. Really. In case of doubt, look at their [[Super Mario Bros.|mustaches]] ]]
Chang has kidnapped The Dean and replaced him with a 'Doppledeaner'. The study group attempts to free him on the night of Chang's [[Blatant Lies|"25th"]] Birthday Party, but the school has become a near-impregnable fortress, and in order to save the day Troy might have to make a great sacrifice.
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=== Tropes appearing in this episode of ''[[
* [[Actor Allusion]]: This isn't the first time Donald Glover has [[Mystery Team
* [[The Alcoholic]]: One of the board members excuses his inability to see the very obvious fact that Chang was nuts with his drinking problem.
* [[Answer Cut]]:
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([[Answer Cut]])
'''Troy:''' Well where is it?
'''Murray:''' Oh, sorry; that was clearer in my head. }}
* [[Anti
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'''Jeff:''' Never listen to Pierce. }}
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: If Troy joins the AC Repair School, he will be forced to move out of the apartment, cut off from his friends, be unable to have a relationship and, for some unknown reason, will not be permitted to use the word 'sensational'.
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* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The study group expose Chang, rescue the Dean and get them readmitted back into the school, {{spoiler|but Troy made a deal with the AC Repair Annex to help them do so, and so must move out of the apartment and leave the group to join the AC Repair School.}}
* [[Blatant Lies]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Sure Chang, it's a prescription throne.]]
* [[Call Back]]:
** Chang's evil scheme is tied to his [[Community
** Britta is [[Community
** At the end of the episode the board members go out for [[Community
** Chang is stroking a stuffed tiger, also known as [[Community
** "[[Community
*** And later:
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** Yet again, the study group's season two-developed skills in making dioramas comes in handy as they build a replica of Greendale. Although Shirley objects to some of the levels of detailing:
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* [[The Caper]]
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Officer Cackowski is skeptical when the study group tells him of the "doppeldeaner" and promises to arrest them if they trespass at Greendale.
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* [[Character Development]]: Another glimpse of how far Jeff has come; when presented with an option that would easily enable them to enter Greendale to stop Chang but would mean forcing Troy to join the Air Conditioning Repair Annex, Jeff immediately rejects the easy option (something that would have been unthinkable a few years ago) and agrees with everyone to plan an elaborate heist and possibly risk jail if they get caught rather than risk losing Troy.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]
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** Also, earlier, when Officer Cackowski scoffs at their claim that the Dean has been replaced by a 'Deanelganger'.
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'''Troy:''' Yeah, the word we used was 'doppledeaner'. }}
* [[Complaining About Rescues They Don't Like]]: Dean Pelton had his hopes up that Jeff would be the one to personally rescue him, and is less than thrilled when it is Britta.
* [[Distracted
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:
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'''The Dean''': ''I'll'' sit on it. When I became dean, I made a pledge to swallow this school's failures and spit out degrees, because that's. What. Deans. Do. }}
*** Also reminiscent of a video of Tupac Shakur in which he states that he drinks 40s and smokes blunts "because that's. What. Niggas. Do."
** Chang's method of ruling the school is also very Stalinist dictatorship-inspired.
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* [[Double Caper]]
* [[Dressing
* [[Drunk
* [[Evil Laugh]]: A very disturbing and crazy one when Chang brings up the twin sister he ate [[Call Back|in-utero]]: "This one's for ''you'', Connie!"
* [[Evil Plan]]
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** Sadly, {{spoiler|Chang turns out to be this too, as he anticipated that they were going to try to pull this and ends up stopping their real plan}}.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Troy agrees to join the Air-conditioning Repair School.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Chang's chief lieutenant Joshua is the fireworks obsessed kid from ''[[
* [[Hidden Depths]]: The Doppel Dean has a wife, turns out.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Troy completes his bargain {{spoiler|with the AC Repair School}} despite the personal cost because "A man's only as good as his word. [[Metaphorgotten|Or his nod through a camera to a guy with a button.]]"
* [[Hypocritical Humour]]:
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'''Jeff:''' No, Pierce. For the last time, you're in the getaway van because your swami act is notoriously horrible.
'''Pierce:''' A. That is racist! B. Swamis can't drive; they're Indians. }}
** Jeff gets in on the act as well:
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* [[I Can Explain|I Can Ex-Chang]]: Of course, when he's finally caught Chang ''can't'' explain. {{spoiler|So he just legs it out the door instead.}}
* [[Insistent Terminology]]:
** It's a ''prescription'' throne. Chang has back-mumps. ([[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Don't look them up. They're very obscure.]])
** When Officer Cackowski scoffs at the idea of Chang replacing the Dean with a a 'Deanalganger', Troy immediately lambasts him... because the term the study group used was 'doppledeaner'.
* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Chang cant resist telling the group about his [[Evil Plan]] after capturing them.
* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]}}: {{spoiler|Chang doesn't get any comeuppance, despite keeping the dean held prisoner and nearly burning the school down. Although the next episode apparently subverts this, since Chang is revealed to be living in the City College air-vents, suggesting he at the very least lost his job and is no longer welcome at Greendale}}.
* [[The Ladys Favor]]: {{spoiler|Britta gives Troy a lock of her hair when he leaves to join the AC Repair School.}}
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: The Changlorious Bastards suffer this when the study group get the upper-hand against them, as they're subjected to various indignities common to childhood pranking (stuck in a room suddenly plunged into the dark, menaced by bigger people, getting [[Stuffed Into a Locker]], etc). Considering that in their appearances to this point they've basically been acting like insufferable [[Drunk
* [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]: Chang is dressed like him for his birthday party.
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Jeff is disguised as Ricky Nightshade, a rock 'n' roll magician with obvious overtones of [[
* [[Non-Fatal Explosions]]: Annie tries to discuss, but apparently, Chang has no idea how fire works.
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'''Chang''': Fire can't go through doors; it's not a ghost. }}
* [[Perky Goth]]: Britta's magician assistant persona.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: The study group goes to the police first to try to report Chang kidnapping the Dean and taking over the school. Not only does the cop refuse to believe it, but warns them that he'd arrest them if they went anywhere near the campus. Although in his defense, the [[Cassandra Truth|scenario was pretty difficult to believe]].
* [[Portmanteau]]: Doppeldeaner, copera, policical.
* [[Power Walk]]: The study group do this down a hallway after they rescued the real Dean from the basement. It was a bit premature.
* [[Propaganda Machine]]: Chang's posters and TV ads
* [[Race Against the Clock]]: The group marks time at the beginning of Chang's big solo: they have only nine minutes left.
* [[Riddle for
* [[Sarcastic Clapping]]: Chang, when he captures the group, which he lampshades.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Troy/Britta gets teased a few times.
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* [[Shout
** The heist is planned, acted out, and shot like Soderbergh's ''[[
** Abed exaggerates that flooded bathroom will turn the party into ''[[The Poseidon Adventure]]''.
** Chang's keytar solo begins with "[[Beverly Hills Cop
** Jeff and Chang face off with [[
** The moustaches Troy and Abed wear as part of their disguises as plumbers are very similar to those worn by [[Super Mario Bros.|a couple of Italian sibling plumbers who star in a series of video games you may have heard of.]]
*** This is a very subtle one, but also, their name tags say "Barry" and "Rod". Or, you know, [[Gene Roddenberry|Rod and Barry]].
** The acadelmania/rave music the group uses as a [[We Need a Distraction|distraction]] is that of the Blood Bath vampire rave from the film ''[[Blade (
* [[Spies in
* [[Spy Speak]]: One of Chang's guards announces the Dean's escape with, "The pixie has left the toadstool!"
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]:
** Troy and Britta agree that binoculars are "like telephones for your eyes."
** Upon learning that Officer Cackowski is writing a 'cop opera', seconds later every member of the study group [[Late to
** Cackowski's "Deanelganger" and Chang's "Deanelchanger"
* [[Stuffed Into a Locker]]: One of Chang's guards suffers this fate when the study group gain the upper hand over them.
* [[Sudden Downer Ending]]: The goodbye scene with the whole group.
* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: Annie disguises herself as one of Chang's boy guards.
* [[We Need a Distraction]]: Used word-for-word by Shirley. [[Dirty Old Man|Pierce being Pierce]], he immediately suggests Annie and Britta employ [[Distracted
* [[Wham! Episode]]: As a result of the [[Heroic Sacrifice]], {{spoiler|Troy completes his deal with the AC repair group and has to leave the group to go the AC repair school.}}
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]
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* [[Wimp Fight]]: The Dean versus Faux-by.
* [[Wire Dilemma]]: Parodied with a single wire.
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'''Troy:''' There's only one.
'''Abed:''' I hope to God I'm right. }}
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: {{spoiler|The study group intentionally make things look like the plan has derailed in order to obscure the ''real'' plan. Unfortunately, they didn't count on a ''further'' derailment.}}
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