Community/Recap/Webisodes

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Community features several short series of webisodes:

  • "The 5 A's" is a series of informational videos extolling the high points of Greendale, hosted by Dean of Admissions Pat Isakson.
  • "A/V Department" is a series of student films by Abed, specifically "Six Candles" from "Introduction to Film" and two episodes of "Community College Chronicles", an amateur sitcom featuring caricatures of the study group.
  • "Office Hours" provides a peek into the life of Dean Pelton outside of the study group as he provides other students with advice during his office hours.
  • "The Spanish Video Assignment" is a two-parter featuring Abed and Starburns's video project for their Spanish 101 class. Starburns plays Starburns El Star Prince while Abed plays Starbrows in a quirky, kitschy sci-fi movie. Senor Chang fails the pair for not hewing closely enough to the prompt, but allows them to shoot a sequel for make-up points--provided Chang gets to star as antagonist Señor Tigre.
  • "Study Break" is a three-part series of mini-episodes showing the group's activities during 90-second study breaks mandated by Annie. These were included on the Season 1 DVDs.
  • "Abed's Master Key", a series of animated shorts taking place over the season 3 hiatus.

The Community webisode series "The 5 A's" provides examples of:

  • Bad Bad Acting
  • Beyond the Impossible: Apparently Greendale is so affordable (a maximum of $64 per credit-hour, to be precise) that one of the interviewed students is somehow making a profit simply by attending.
  • Creator Cameo: Isakson is played by Dan Harmon.
  • Cringe Comedy: There are certainly some elements of it.
  • Incredibly Lame Pun: The a capella group is named the Tune-ition Payments.
  • It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY": "Higher education at the cost of a fancy meal? Bawn appetut!"
  • Laughing Mad: Dean Isakson engages in a bit of this, although it's all on the cutting room floor.
  • Mood Whiplash: In the outtakes Dean Isakson yells for at least a full minute straight about how he thinks everyone but him is screwing up the entire affair, then transitions back into his fake enthusiasm for another take without missing a beat.
  • Noodle Incident: Dean Isakson makes a vague mention of court settlements, and one of the interviewed students brings up "increased security since the Accident."
  • Show Within a Show
  • Stepford Smiler: Dean Isakson is hiding some real issues.
  • Stylistic Suck
  • Teen Pregnancy: One of the interviewees had one, it seems.

Young mother: The value made Greendale an...unexpected compromise.
Young father: (lame shrug)

The Community webisode series "A/V Department" provides examples of:

The Community webisode series "Office Hours" provides examples of:

The Community webisode series "The Spanish Video Assignment" provides examples of:

Chang: Maybe that's because all my female students are negative.

The Community webisode series "Study Break" provides examples of:

The Community webisode series "Abed's Master Key" provides examples of:

Annie: Dean Pelton, you seem extra-animated this morning.

    • Part 3:

Abed: Welcome back, table. It's been a long hiatus.

Dean: There's a complicated hazing process, but we had to slash our pickle budget.

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