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Posted on Nov 27, 2021

50 Quotes From "Community"

That Solidify This Series As A
Classic
We're all still waiting on that movie.

by Anthony Orlando
BuzzFeed Contributor

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Dan Harmon's classic sitcom is filled

with moments that are so well-written,
it's hard to believe the show was
almost canceled.

NBC / Via Netflix

With so many hilarious, heated, and

heartwarming quotes, it was a challenge to
narrow them down to just 50. But here I am with
the list for the Top 50 Best Quotes from
Community.
WARNING: SPOILERS AND
INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT AHEAD!

50. Abed: "It's like a mafia movie!" /

Voiceover: "As far back as I could
remember, I always wanted to be in a
mafia movie."

NBC / Via Netflix

This was the moment Community really started

to deconstruct multiple cinematic and television
tropes. When the study group decides to pull off
a scheme to get more chicken fingers at lunch,
Abed presents it all as a mafia movie in the vein
of Goodfellas. Only Dan Harmon and his team
could make a hilarious mafia story out of
something like this, and their creative style is
what makes Community unlike any other sitcom
today.

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49. Troy: "City College is trying to

destroy Greendale, and they're an
unstoppable 'jugglenaut.'"

NBC / Via Netflix

Who taught Troy English in high school? Michael

Scott?

48. Shirley: "Oh, they've got a class on

jokes! / Annie: Oh, don't take that! I
dropped it after the lesson on setups.
The professor is so old…"

NBC / Via Netflix

Yes, go on.

47. Abed: "TV's rules aren't based on

common sense. They're based on the
studio wanting to milk their profits
dry."

Yahoo! / Via Netflix

This also applies to movies as well. Just look at

all those slasher movies.

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46. Shirley: "I haven't felt that

chemistry coming my way. I don't
know if it's because you're racist or
because I intimidate you sexually, but
I know it's one of those two."

NBC / Via Netflix

Oh, Shirley.

45. Abed: "We'll definitely be back

next year. If not, it'll be because an
asteroid has destroyed all of human
civilization. And that's canon."

NBC / Via Netflix

So, Abed just threatened to destroy the Earth if

he doesn't get a sixth season.

44. Troy: "She was born in the '80s.

She still uses her phone as a phone!"

NBC / Via Imgur

Oh, I remember those days.

43. Jeff: "You're wearing protective

goggles to destroy my car?!" Chang:
"Safety first!"

NBC / Via Netflix

The last lesson from "Señor Chang."

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42. Shirley: "Abed, have you been

racist this whole time while I'm telling
everybody at church what a sweet
little caramel angel you are?"

NBC / Via Netflix

Ignorance takes on many forms.

41. Jeff: "People die every day, and by

the time I finish this sentence, a
hundred people will have died in
China." / Troy: "Why…did you stop
talking?!"

NBC / Via Netflix

I'd just like to point out that Troy was reading his
textbook upside down in this scene.

40. Evil Abed: "Do you know what

kind of person becomes a
psychologist? A person that wishes
deep down that everyone more
special than them was sick because
healthy sounds so much more exciting
than boring. You're average Britta
Perry. You're every kid on the
playground who didn't get picked on.
You're a business casual potted plant,
a human white sale. You're VH1
Robocop 2 and Back to the Future 3.
You're the center slice of a square
cheese pizza. Actually, that sounds
delicious. I'm the center slice of a
square cheese pizza. You're Jim
Belushi."

NBC / Via Netflix

When Britta decides to have a therapy session

with Abed after Troy moves out, the latter
regresses into "Evil Abed" and decides to
unleash the Darkest Timeline on his world. Evil
Abed turns the tables on Britta by examining her
mind and bringing out her innermost secrets.
And with this monologue, he straight-up
Hannibal Lecter's Britta's entire being. The
writers also found a way to rip on Jim Belushi,
again.

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39. Shirley: "Mother Hen? I think we're

about the same age." / Britta: "Sure,
unless time is linear." / Shirley: "I'll
make your ass linear!" / Britta: "That
doesn't make any sense." / Shirley: "I'll
make your ass sense!"

NBC / Via Netflix

Oh boy!

38. Ian Duncan: "True. All life ends in

death, which we, as a species, are
cursed with knowing. Resulting in…
something. Again, this is really not my
field."

NBC / Via Netflix

Before John Oliver became a talk show host, he

had humble beginnings as an alcoholic
psychology professor teaching anthropology.
See if you can figure that one out.

37. Troy: "I have a gift! I'm special! I'm

not a loser like you! I'm gonna eat
space paninis with Black Hitler and
there's nothing you can do about it!"

NBC / Via Netflix

I'm just gonna let this one sink in for a moment.

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36. Elroy: "Now...this is a man…who

knows how to marry his cousin!"

Yahoo! / Via Netflix

This is a man who knows how to read a room!

35. Narrator: "The sensitive high

school quarterback who became
commander and chief of his own
army. He would say of the war, 'It was
awesome, but also, it wasn't?'"

NBC / Via Netflix

Words that will echo throughout history.

Someone should make a statue of Troy and put
that line on a plaque.

34. Britta: "I lived in New York, Troy. I

know what a 'baggle' is."

NBC / Via youtube.com

What part of New York did she live in, exactly?

33. Troy: "We are forty light years

outside of the Buttermilk Nebula.
Although, it is possible…yeah, it's a
sticker."

NBC / Via Netflix

You have to wonder if Rick and Morty ever

visited that part of space.

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32. Chang: "I AM A SPANISH GENIUS!

In Español, my nickname is 'EL TIGRE
CHINO!'"

NBC / Via youtube.com

What a way to introduce your character. Actor

Ken Jeong dominated his first scene on the
show with this unforgettable greeting that got
everyone's attention. Too bad we didn't get
much of "Señor Chang" after Season 1.

31. Garrett:
"ASS...CRACK...BANDIIIIIIITTT!"

NBC / Via Netflix

This name strikes fear into everyone at

Greendale, and Garrett effectively summons this
fear with this hilariously high-pitched scream.

30. Annie: "You listen up, Pierce! I'm

gonna tell you what my mother told
me when I wanted to quit
cheerleading. 'You're not very pretty,
you have no boobs, and you can't do a
basket toss to save your life.' But you
made a commitment. So pick up your
pompoms, Pierce, stuff your bra, and
get ready for the team bus to forget
you at a Taco Bell, because life is
tough. But we soldier on, and that's
just the way it goes."

NBC / Via Netflix

Annie would've made a pretty good life coach.

After everything she had to endure in her life,
she always maintains a positive attitude and
pushes through the pain. And this motivational
speech is the right blend of humor and uplifting
seriousness that makes her character so
beloved.

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29. Troy: "Which would make me ten,

because everyone is ten for two
years. Because fifth grade is really
hard for everyone…Mom! How many
lies have I been living?"

NBC / Via Giphy

Poor Troy.

28. Troy: "I AM THE TRUEST

REPAIRMAN!"

NBC / Via youtube.com

Only Troy could utter this hilarious line with such

straight-faced confidence. Savior of humanity,
right here.

27. Pierce: "Can't hear you over the

sound of me rubbing his sword on my
balls." / Abed: (rolls dice) "You
have...successfully rubbed your balls
on the sword."

NBC / Via Amazon Prime

Whenever Community does Dungeons and

Dragons, it's a wonderfully hysterical adventure
to behold. But when Pierce the Insensitive (a.k.a.
Pierce the Dickish and Grandpa the Flatulent)
joins the game, the study group plays a fierce
game of life and death. This unforgiving farter
goes to great lengths to prove himself, and he
has no shame in how he pretends to brag.

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26. Troy: "60 dollars?! Hello? Rich

people, Troy's joining you, Yes, I'll
hold."

NBC / Via Giphy

Well, Troy ended up becoming Childish

Gambino, so apparently, that brick worked.

25. Britta: "Who is the lucky

brunette?" / Jeff: "Last name:
Beeswax. First name: Nunya." / Pierce:
"Oh, my third wife was biracial!"

NBC / Via Netflix

No matter how hard he tries, Pierce always finds

a way to be racist.

24. Jeff: "Hey, Troy sneezes like a

girl!" / Troy: "And how about I pound
you like a boy?! That didn't come out
right."

NBC / Via Netflix

With this scene from Season 1, we all knew that

Troy was born with his foot in his mouth.

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23. Abed: "The night beckons. Its

black fingers curl and uncurl going
like, 'Hey, come here.'"

NBC / Via Netflix

Abed should clearly be the next Batman. Eat

your heart out, Robert Pattinson.

22. Abed: "It's okay to plan some stuff,

and it's okay to figure out what we did
wrong. But our plans are randomly
gonna fall apart and our lessons are
randomly gonna be wrong, and if we
just keep the cameras rolling and
shoot a lot of crap, eventually… Annie
is going to reach down her shirt and
pull out a laser bomb."

Yahoo! / Via Netflix

We could all learn something by applying TV

and film to real life.

21. Troy: "You can yell at me all you

want! I've seen enough movies to
know that popping the back of a raft
makes it go faster!"

NBC / Via Netflix

What exactly was the story behind this one?

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20. Troy: "You are human tennis

elbow! You are a pizza burn on the
roof of the world's mouth! You are the
opposite of Batman!"

NBC / Via Reaction GIFs

Harsh words.

19. Troy: "You're the AT&T of people."

NBC / Via Giphy

Troy Barnes just has the best burns.

18. Shirley: "Leonard, you better back

that pumpkin ass up or I will make a
pie!"

NBC / Via Netflix

Shirley may often be a sweet woman, but there

is a beast within her you do NOT want to
awaken.

17. Troy: "He's shooting lightning and

I'm naked!"

NBC / Via Netflix

Imagine if Luke said that in Return of the Jedi.

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16. Dean: "What's Dean got to do with

it? Why it's time to Tina TURNER the
clocks ahead. Happy daylight
savings!"

NBC / Via Giphy

The Dean always has a crazy excuse to dress

up.

15. Troy: "It's not a request. I'm giving

you an 'all tomato.' Meaning you give
me the whole tomato or else."

NBC / Via Netflix

Oh dang.

14. Troy: "Way to hog all the girls, Jeff!

You know, when there are three
sprinkled donuts, you don't eat one
and then lick another!"

NBC / Via Netflix

Okay, wow.

13. Abed: "It's the first season of Lost

on DVD." / Pierce: "That's the meaning
of Christmas?" / Abed: "No, it's a
metaphor. It represents a lack of
payoff."

NBC / Via Netflix

This has to be one of the greatest

burns Community has ever made.

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12. Dean Pelton: "Ha! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

GAY MARRIAGE!"

NBC / Via Tenor

I don't think we need any context for this one.

11. Troy: "Uh…guys? What does a

pregnancy test look like?" / Jeff: "Uh,
it's like a thin piece of plastic with a
thing on the end of it." / Troy: "Okay,
so then this is definitely a gun!"

NBC / Via Netflix

Who the heck was Troy's sex-ed teacher if he

had to ask that there?

10. Troy: "I saw Abed's name in the

hospital school files. I love butt stuff, I
hate spiders, I stole a pen from the
bank, I cried during About a Boy… the
soundtrack. I don't wash my hands
before surgery. I can see why women
find Clive Owen attractive to the point
where I might just as well be attracted
to him. I use comparisons to Hitler to
win arguments on the Internet at the
drop of a hat. I know nothing about
wine. I'm more turned on by women in
pajamas than lingerie. I just want to
know they feel comfortable. I didn't
get Inception. I didn't get Inception!"

NBC / Via Netflix

This proves that Abed knows his buddy all too

well. When Annie enters a simulation created by
Abed, she fake injects fake Troy with fake truth
serum, and the secrets come flooding out in
hilarious fashion. All these truths are so random
and funny, you have to wonder if the writers
came up with them or if Donald Glover came up
with them on the spot.

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9. Vice Dean Laybourne: "You could

have lived the rest of your life in
blissful ignorance and died a happy
pansexual imp, but you wanted to feel
power this year. Well, now you're
going to feel my power as it surges
downward from me straight through
you from nostril to rectum now until
the end of time…and that's… wassup."

NBC / Via Netflix

The reverb in John Goodman's voice is both

chilling and hilarious in this scene. You do NOT
wanna mess with this guy.

8. Abed: "Oh, I'm a cat! I'm a sexy cat!"

NBC / Via Giphy

Seriously, how did Danny Pudi not win an Emmy

for this scene?! During the second episode of
Season 5, Abed binge-watches a bunch of
Nicholas Cage movies for his class to determine
if he's a good or bad actor. In the end, Abed
loses his mind and goes full Cage in this
unforgettably funny scene.
7. Jeff: "None of us have to go to
anyone and the idea we do is a
mental illness we contracted from
breath mint commercials and Sandra
Bullock. We can't keep going to each
other until we learn to go to
ourselves. Stop making our hatred of
ourselves someone else's job and just
stop hating ourselves."

NBC / Via Netflix

Community has often dealt with issues of mental

health, and this quote sums up the self-
destructive result of self-loathing. For an entire
episode, Britta feels compelled to run back to
her terrible ex-boyfriend, and it is only after Jeff
meets the guy that they both learn the truth. We
should be able to see ourselves with much
kinder eyes, and we shouldn't let others treat us
badly and feel we deserve it.

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6. Troy: "I don't know what to do! My

whole brain is crying!"

NBC / Via Giphy

Troy just has the best breakdowns. When he

and Abed try to get info from one of Jeff's old
colleagues, a janitor catches them in the act.
After a brief moment, Annie comes in and
chloroforms the guy, and everyone freaks out
(even Abed) in the best possible way. Troy
leaping over the guy as he starts to cry makes
this moment even more perfect.

5. Abed: "Britta, I've got self-esteem

falling out of my butt. That's why I was
willing to change for you guys. When
you really know who you are and
what you like about yourself,
changing for other people isn't such a
big deal."

NBC / Via Netflix

This line is what cemented Abed as the God of

Community. With this profound monologue,
Abed taught us that you should love and accept
yourself for who you are and that doing so will
make your life a whole lot easier.

4. Jeff: "Harrison Ford is radiating our

testicles with microwave satellite
transmissions!"

NBC / Via youtube.com

And this was supposed to be part one of Jeff's

classic Winger Speeches. As the show flashes to
all of Jeff's speeches over the course of their
second year, they all range from ridiculous to
flat-out bizarre. You have to wonder how the
study group ended up in a psychiatric hospital,
and how Jeff came up with this mind-boggling
conspiracy theory.

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3. Abed: "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."

NBC / Via Netflix

When the study group rolls a dice to decide who

goes to grab their pizza, we see all the different
timelines based on how the dice lands. After
seeing timelines ranging from hopeful, sad, or
just plain dark, Abed instead catches the dice
and delivers this unforgettable
speech. Community has always been about
confronting the overwhelming craziness of life,
and this line perfectly encapsulates the show's
philosophy.

2. Troy and Abed: "Troy and Abed in

the morning!"

NBC / Via Imgur

This running gag marks the height of Troy and

Abed's friendship. In a few credits scenes, we
see the two of them hosting their own morning
talk show with no cameras, and fans just love it.
Whenever you hear the duo utter this iconic line,
you can't help but wish you had a pure
friendship like theirs. However, you have to
wonder how they got all those people to hang
signs in the background.

1. Abed: "Six seasons and a movie!"

NBC / Via Imgur

Somehow, this seemingly throwaway line

became the chant for all the fans who fought to
keep Community alive. After Abed swipes Jeff's
lunch tray off the table with his cape (due to his
new obsession with The Cape), he utters this
immortal line when the latter says the show will
be canceled, eventually becoming
#sixseasonsandamovie. Community has lasted
far longer than The Cape, and we're eternally
grateful we got six seasons of the Greendale
study group.

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Are there any other quotes from

Community that you love? Please let
us know in the comments section
below.

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lkay09
1 day ago

You forgot the classic “please, it’s Christmas!”

Shirley: IT’S DECEMBER 10TH!!!! *whacks him
with a giant candy cane*
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marinas6
1 day ago

The funniest part of #24 is his deliver. “HOW

BOUT I POIND YOU LIKE A BOYthat didn’t
come out right.” No pause between those two
sentences. I love this show.
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Doin' Things!
1 day ago

Yah some of these are such throw aways, great

but nothing super special. But “6 seasons and
a movie” is the most iconic line.
Community doesn’t have iconic lines more
moments. I will say that I quote Deans “Eh
Britta is in this” often when I don’t like
something.
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