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Nov 11, 2009 · "The Community College Chronicles" is a series of short films online by student filmmaker Abed Nadir for the Greendale A/V Club. It's based on his friends in his Spanish Study group. Not only do the actors eerily mimic the individual members personalities but the episodes seem to predict the...
Community College Chronicles: With Danny Pudi, Brandon Soo Hoo, Sandeep Parikh, Jennifer Flack.
- (68)
- 2009-11-11
- Short, Comedy
- 5
- Overview
- Character history
- Relationships
- Quotes
Table of Contents:
Bio
Personality
History
Relationships
Class history
Season One
“ Britta, I've got self-esteem falling out of my butt. That's why I was willing to change for you guys because when you really know who you are and what you like about yourself, changing for other people isn't such a big deal. ” –Abed, "Physical Education". School year synopsis 2009-2010 semester "Pilot": The study group is formed thanks to Abed inviting several more people to Jeff's fake Spanish study group. "Spanish 101": Troy and Abed do their first rap together in the episode's end tag. "Introduction to Film": Abed creates a movie using Jeff and Britta as his father and mother to explain to his father Gobi Nadir how he feels about his parent's divorce. "Social Psychology": Abed participates in Professor Ian Duncan's psych experiment at Annie's request and ends up destroying the hypothesis. "Advanced Criminal Law": Troy messes with Abed so Abed retaliates by pretending to be an alien. In the end, they vow to always tell each other the truth going forward. "Football, Feminism and You": In the end tag, Abed and Troy make funny announcements on the P.A. system which is interrupted by their security guard dopplegangers. "Introduction to Statistics": Abed dresses up as Batman for Annie's Halloween party and saves Pierce and Jeff from a collapsing chair fort. "Home Economics": Jeff moves into Abed's dorm room and Abed teaches Jeff contentment. After realizing this doesn't suit Jeff, Abed gets Britta to speak to Jeff about moving on with his life. "Debate 109": Abed's movies The Community College Chronicles uses actors to tell stories about the Study Group which end up being prophetic. Beginning of the phrase "Middle Eastern Magic 8 Ball". "Environmental Science": Troy and Abed team up for a science project involving a rat to which they both must sing. "The Politics of Human Sexuality": Abed is able to out perform and frustrate Troy at a number of sport challenges including beating him at arm wrestling at the Greendale STD Fair. "Comparative Religion": Abed is picked on by the school bully Mike Chilada which causes Jeff to defend him and the entire Study Group to fight Mike's gang in the quad's winter wonderland scene. "Investigative Journalism": Abed is the photographer for the school newspaper The Gazette Journal Mirror and views editor Jeff as "Hawkeye" from M*A*S*H and he as "Radar". "Interpretive Dance": Abed's views Jeff girlfriend Professor Michelle Slater as the Study Group's mom. "Romantic Expressionism": Abed hosts a viewing of "Kickpuncher" in his dorm room. "Communication Studies": Abed helps Jeff make a believable drunk dial call to Britta in order to restore the balance in their relationship after she makes one to Jeff. "Physical Education": Abed lets the group try to remold him into another person so he can ask a supposed admirer out on a date. "Basic Genealogy": Abed's father Gobi Nadir and his cousin Abra attend Greendale's Family Day. "Beginner Pottery": Abed takes a pottery class with Annie and Jeff. "The Science of Illusion": At Jeff's bequest, Abed's fetches wizard robes for Pierce to make fun of his Reformed Neo Buddhism faith. He also rides along with Annie and Shirley who have become security guards during April Fool's Day. "Contemporary American Poultry": Abed becomes the capo of the chicken finger mafia the Study Group has set up and comes into conflict with Jeff. "Modern Warfare": Abed acquits himself well during his first participation in Greendale's annual Paintball Assassins game. "English as a Second Language": Abed reacts to Annie's "Disney Face" and is told by Jeff to imagine her as the Ark of the Covenant which causes him to cover his eyes. "Pascal's Triangle Revisited": Abed refuses to let Troy move into his dorm room because he believes such a move will result in their relationship "jumping the shark".
Season Two
“ I am hoping we can move away from the soapy relationship-y stuff and into bigger, fast paced, self contained escapades. ” –Abed, "Anthropology 101". School year synopsis 2010-2011 semester "Anthropology 101": Abed tries to orchestrate more shenanigans within the study group, starting with a surprise wedding between Jeff and Britta. "Accounting for Lawyers": Abed with Annie and Troy reveal that Alan Connor ratted out Jeff to the State Bar Association. "The Psychology of Letting Go": In the background of this story, Abed deals with a pregnant female student and ends up helping to deliver the baby. "Basic Rocket Science": Abed acts as head of "ground control" when the rest of the study group gets trapped aboard the school's new space simulator "The Eleven Herbs & Space Experience". "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples": Abed decides to do a meta film on Jesus. "Epidemiology": Abed and the study group must deal with a zombie outbreak on campus. "Aerodynamics of Gender": Abed takes a women's studies class with the girls and discovers his attention to detail can be used to describe people's negative attributes. "Cooperative Calligraphy": When searching for Annie's missing pen, it is revealed that Abed has been charting the Study Group women's menstrual cycles. "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design": Troy and Abed build a blanket fort in his dorm room. "Mixology Certification": While celebrating Troy's birthday at The Ballroom, Abed gets hit on by Robert. "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas": Abed has an emotional breakdown and believes everyone is in stop-action animated form. "Asian Population Studies": Abed votes for Chang to join the Study Group over Annie's favorite Rich Stephenson. "Celebrity Pharmacology 212": Abed dresses as a bee for Annie's drug awareness play. "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons": Abed acts as the dungeon master in the D&D game the Study Group plays to help Neil. While role-playing, he and Annie character "Hector the Well Endowed" have a steamy scene. "Early 21st Century Romanticism": Abed has a friendly competition with Troy for the affections of librarian Mariah. When Troy wins he finds her criticism of Abed unbearable and leaves her for Abed. "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking": Abed and his crew film Pierce's "bequeathments" to the Study Group at a hospital. "Intro to Political Science": Sparks fly between Abed and Agent Robin Vohlers. "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy": Abed and Troy try to prevent Britta from dating their new friend Lukka. "Critical Film Studies": Abed invites Jeff to dinner at a fancy restaurant for an "important conversation" not knowing that Jeff planned a "Pulp Fiction" birthday party for him. "Competitive Wine Tasting": Abed invalidates the theories of Greendale's "Who's the Boss?" professor. "Paradigms of Human Memory": Abed reveals that Jeff and Britta have been sleeping together during the group's sophomore year and this may be responsible for the dark year they have had. "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts": Abed and Troy sell their signature handshake to Pierce. Later, as Shirley is having her baby in class, Abed guides Britta through the delivery process (having delivered a baby earlier in the school year). "A Fistful of Paintballs": Abed is the "Jack of Clubs" in Greendale western themed paintball game. "For A Few Paintballs More": Abed takes on a Han Solo persona and casts Annie as his Princess Leia.
Season Three
“ Chaos already dominates enough of our lives. The universe is an endless, raging sea of randomness. Our job isn't to fight it but to weather it together on the raft of life. A raft held together by those few, rare, beautiful things that we know to be predictable. ” –Abed, "Remedial Chaos Theory". School year synopsis 2011-2012 semester "Biology 101": Abed freaks out over the loss of his favorite TV show and Britta helps him find a show to replace it. "Geography of Global Conflict": Abed represents Switzerland on Annie's Model UN team and comes up with the plan to defeat Annie Kim's UN team. "Remedial Chaos Theory': Troy and Abed throw a housewarming party at their new apartment. "Competitive Ecology": Abed comes up with a system to pair up the Study Group and Todd for Biology class. "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps": Abed tells a ghost story that corrects all the standard horror story tropes. Troy tells a horror story about him and Abed as jet fighter pilots who end up being sewn together. "Advanced Gay": Abed helps Troy think through his career options of plumbing and air conditioning repair. "Studies in Modern Movement": Abed and Troy fool around when helping Annie move into their apartment. They give up their bedroom for her in order to keep the Dreamatorium. "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux": Abed films the creation of Dean Pelton's new Greendale commercial. "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism": Abed assumes the persona of Batman to investigate what happened to his special edition copy of "The Dark Knight". "Regional Holiday Music": Abed is the catalyst that results in the Study Group joining the Glee Club to perform the Christmas pageant. "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts": Troy and Abed decide to "normalize" themselves inside the Dreamatorium in order to be ready for Shirley's upcoming nuptials. "Contemporary Impressionists": Abed's addiction to hiring celebrity impersonators has Troy and the study group volunteering their services as look-a-likes to pay off his debt. "Digital Exploration of Interior Design": Troy and Abed have a falling out over their latest project, a pillow fort. "Pillows and Blankets": Troy and Abed's disagreement escalates to all out war on campus between their respective Pillow and Blanket forts. "Origins of Vampire Mythology": While trying to watch the movie "Blade", Abed endures Annie and Troy keeping Britta on "lock down". "Virtual Systems Analysis": Annie tries to coax Abed out of emotional breakdown that he has inside The Dreamatorium. "Basic Lupine Urology": Abed and Troy investigate the death of their Biology project yam. "Course Listing Unavailable": Abed works on a video tribute to the recently deceased Star-Burns. "Curriculum Unavailable": Abed is order to attend a psychiatric session with Dr. Heidi that the Study Group also attends which results in a number of eccentric flashbacks. "Digital Estate Planning": Abed and the Study Group try to help Pierce win his inheritance by playing a video game. Abed falls for one of the game's characters, Hilda. "First Chang Dynasty": Abed and the study group infiltrates Greendale to rescue Dean Pelton and end Ben Chang's reign of terror at the school. "Introduction to Finality": Abed is "taken over" by Evil Abed and who attempts to recreate the Darkest Timeline in the "Prime Timeline"
In the study group
Abed joined the study group to meet people and to learn Spanish. Although Abed is well-liked and accepted by the group, he admits to being the outcast due to his inability to understand or properly express emotions. The observer of the group, he often sits quietly while everyone talks and argues, occasionally entering the conversation with a reference to a TV show or movie that is analogous to the situation. Abed became best friends with Troy Barnes and they are usually seen hanging out together and coming up with crazy ideas to put into action.
"Modern Warfare"
“Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes.”— Abed
"Remedial Chaos Theory"
“ Chaos already dominates enough of our lives; the universe is an endless raging sea of randomness. Our job isn't to fight it, but to weather it, together, on the raft of life. A raft held together by those few, rare beautiful things we know to be predictable.”— Abed
“Ropes? Vines. Vines? Let him finish!”— Britta
“Us. It won't matter what happens to us as long as we stay honest and accepting of each other's flaws and virtues: Annie will always be driven, Shirley will always be giving, Pierce will never apologize, Britta's sort of a wild card from my perspective, and Jeff will forever remain a conniving son of a bitch.”— Abed
Series overview. Episodes. Season 1 (2009–10) Season 2 (2010–11) Season 3 (2011–12) Season 4 (2013) Season 5 (2014) Season 6 (2015) Community: The Movie. Webisodes. The 5 As (2009) The Community College Chronicles (2009) Spanish Videos (2010) Dean Pelton's Office Hours (2010) Abed's Master Key (2012) Ratings. Notes. References. External links.
Mar 28, 2023 · Above is the first episode of "The Community College Chronicles," where we get to see Abed's interpretation of the other study group members in action. You can watch the second episode, where...
Community College Chronicles. Top-rated. Wed, Nov 11, 2009. S1.E3. Episode #1.3. Add a plot. 8.0 /10. Rate. Seasons.
S2.E2 ∙ The Community College Chronicles: My Hobo Days Thu, Nov 12, 2009 Featuring a reworking of the events in "Home Economics" it shows Jeff homeless and living out of his car.
