23 Subtle Details From "Community" That Prove It's The Perfect Show

*Six seasons and a movie*

The year was 2009 when Community hit our airwaves. Little did we know this show was not only going to be hilarious, but also friggin' clever!

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Community is one of my favorite shows — I can go on and on about "Critical Film Studies" (Season 2, Episode 19) — but even I wasn't able to catch all these subtle details and Easter eggs buried in the episodes.

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So, here are some of the most clever details from Community:

Also, shoutout to my fellow Human Beings in the r/TVDetails and r/community for noticing all the details that I didn't! 

1. This character detail: 

In Community, when Beetlejuice's name is said for the third time in the series, he appears in the background. from TVDetails

2. This roommate detail: 

In Community S3 Ep19 (Curriculum Unavailable) Pierce says "since when are these 3 living together". It makes sense that he does not know/remember as in S3 Ep7 (Studies in Modern Movement) Pierce gets high on paint fumes which likely effects his memory from the day of Annie moving in with them. from TVDetails

3. This news crawl detail: 

In Community S2 Ep16 (Intro to Political Science) rolling text on GCTV explains the dean is planning a 'Western Themed Picnic' at the end of the year. In S2 Ep22 (a fist full of paintballs) we find out the dean went through with the plan and had the Western themed picnic. from TVDetails

4. This costume detail: 

In Community S1 E17 (Physcial Education) Troy explains to Abed that he should be more like Calvin (of the Calvin and Hobbes comic) to impress a girl. In S4 Ep2 (Paranormal Parentage) Abed is dressed up as Calvin. from TVDetails

5. This other costume detail: 

In Community S2 Ep12 (Asian Population Studies) Jeff refers to Abed as "Brown Jamie Lee Curtis". In S3 Ep12 (Contemporary Impressionists) Abed ends up portraying Jamie Lee Curits as an impersonator at a Bar Mitzvah. from TVDetails

6. This throwback detail: 

In Community S1E22 (The Art of Discourse), Britta is described as "proud owner, used iPod Nano, 2014. In S5E4 (Cooperative Polygraphy), set in 2014, Britta receives an iPod Nano in Pierce's will. from TVDetails

7. This boat detail: 

In Community S1 Ep9 (Debate 109) Troy sees a video of himself crying and says "why am I crying did I listen to Come Sail Away by Styx again?". In S5 Ep5 (Geothermal Escapism) while Troy is leaving to sail around the world Come Sail Away comes on. It is rather emotional probably some tears. from TVDetails

Also, peep the name of the boat! It's a nod to Donald Glover's rap name, Childish Gambino. 

8. This credit detail: 

In Community (S04E03) you can see that the creator of Inspector Spacetime has had his knighthood revoked which Abed mentions when watching the reviled Christmas special in S03E10 from TVDetails

9. This sitcom detail:

In S2E12 of Community (Asian Population Studies), Jeff Winger compliments Andre's sweater, to which Andre replies "My dad gave it to me." Andre's actor, Malcolm-Jamal Warner is best known for playing Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. from TVDetails

10. This comforting detail:

In Community (S3E7), Troy says blanket forts “aren't just for when uncle's die”. In (S2E10), Troy says his uncle died recently, and just the episode before, (S2E9), Abed and Troy build a blanket fort. Implying Abed and Troy made a blanket fort as a coping mechanism. from TVDetails

11. This marvel-ous detail: 

In Community S03E17, Troy (Donald Glover) wears a Spiderman tie for his detective persona in the episode. Aired in 2012, Glover was in the running to play the next Spiderman. He later appeared in Spiderman: Homecoming as Aaron Davis, Miles Morales' (second Spiderman after Parker's death) uncle from TVDetails

12. This NSFW detail: 

In Community S1E23 during the argument about Jeff and Britta’s sexual tension, Pierce comments that Jeff is likely fully erect after he says he’s not attracted to Britta, when he then stands up you can see Britta take a glance to check from TVDetails

13. This character detail: 

In Community, Donald Glover's character is angry at Zach Braff for leaving Scrubs mid-season before Donald Glover's character leaves the show mid-season from TVDetails

14. This missing lady detail: 

In season 6 of "Community," Frankie (Paget Brewster) says she's having trouble finding the school's "IT lady." Brewster played the IT lady in season 5 before being re-cast as Frankie, which is why Frankie can't find the old character. from TVDetails

15. This down-to-the-detail detail: 

In the "Community" episode "Paradigms of Human Memory", the study group's diorama of the study room includes a figurine of Chang lurking outside. from TVDetails

16. This outfit detail: 

In "Community", the cowboy costume that Jeff wears in "A Fistful of Paintballs" is the same one that he wears to the faculty Halloween party in "Introduction to Statistics" a season earlier. from TVDetails

17. This on-brand detail: 

[Community] When Britta recites her horror story to the group, she imagines herself reading “War and Peace” but she Britta’d the title. from TVDetails

18. This NBC detail: 

In the Community episode Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking(2x16) we get a brief cameo from the one and only Leslie Knope from TVDetails

19. This accessory detail: 

In Community- Chang uses the same tiger print pattern on his paintball gun and on his keytar strap. They both are in reference to his nickname “El Tigre”. from TVDetails

20. This birthday detail: 

In the "Community" episode "Aerodynamics of Gender", Abed makes a note that Troy's birthday will be in 14 days. The study group actually *does* celebrate Troy's birthday three episodes later. from TVDetails

21. This trash can detail: 

In Community S3E2 it is mentioned that one of the trash cans outside the library is always being bumped into. At the end of S5E5 that trash can is knocked over. from TVDetails

22. This personality detail: 

In Community S03E01, Jeff Winger is the odd man out of the rainbow, his dark clothing foreshadowing his eventual reveal as the main source of negativity within the study group from TVDetails

23. Last, but not least, this cameo detail:

In Community [s2e19] Abed mentions being an extra on Cougar Town. Actor Danny Pudi actually does appear as an extra on Cougar Town [s2e21] from TVDetails

What are your favorite Community Easter eggs? Let us know in the comments!