Greendale Doesn't Exist!

[@tiredcerulean]

“You all came to this community college after your lives were fractured: pill addiction, failed legal career, broken marriage, lost scholarship, *OLD* ”

[@shehanabid]

i really wanted to know what happened with britta

[@DushisHere]

@@shehanabid and Abed. They missed him

[@gacoboy9522]

@@shehanabid it's heavily implied throughout the show that she was abused by a man in a dinosaur costume when she was a kid or something like that

[@absolutcabbagery3661]

@@shehanabid it's mentioned a couple times how she ended up like that, there's a video compilation somewhere

[@radicalraggers8385]

Dushyant Thadani I’m sure Abed’s dad enrolled him in community college so that he can help run the family’s falafel business

[@yellow6409]

"i want to see what happens if we confiscate one of their pens" is the best line

[@tongsengpedas]

that voice

[@sherlock3134]

I love how quickly they shot this theory down the moment they left

[@naomilamont3277]

"I am LITERALLY wearing a Greendale backpack!" 😂😂😂

[@cannedcoochie6828]

Surprised they didn’t drag this out lmao

[@silviaov633]

I do too, I love how they didn't do a whole episode of this like other shows do.

[@jordansweet8054]

That was one of the smartest things they did.

[@leohex8767]

@Jeffrey Slage Well said, but that part isn't even in this clip.

[@123haninhk]

My heart was beating so fast when I watched the episode cause for a second there I really thought they were crazy.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

123haninhk to be fair, season 3 and to some extent season 2 used so much insanity and ridiculousness in the setups this scenario was actually believable. I mean it actually felt like community college in season 1 but after that they just started writing insane situations just for the sake of insane situations.

[@ahmetcakir1899]

Chingiz Zhylkybayev where are you from?

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

Ahmet ÇAKIR what does this have to do with Community?

[@ahmetcakir1899]

Kazaksın herhalde.

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

Ahmet ÇAKIR what?

[@thekingofoktimes]

I love how Garret has a normal voice.

[@nickv1212]

Harit Sandur Not just a normal voice. Dan Harmon's voice. Lol

[@devilpupbear09]

CRISIS ALERT!

[@daedalus-prime]

Ass ...crack ....bandit!!!

[@Gypsycamile]

Well we saved him

[@thekingofoktimes]

@@Gypsycamile did we?

[@alyjade379]

I want to see what happens if we confiscate one of their pens

[@strangething7379]

Watch the bottle episode

[@loudross]

Strangething watch the clip, mate, he's quoting it haha

[@strangething7379]

I honest to god don't know how that went over my head

[@insidiosity]

Wooooooshhh

[@allsmightykill]

He's quoting a guy saying a quote from the show about a bottle episode

[@caiofmoraes]

It doesnt make sense because Jeff and Troy would never Double bounce on the trampoline, it was against the rules. Got 'em!

[@xaropevader7329]

Makes sense, since it was a lie, the "doctor" didn't New about the rules, only about the trampoline incident.

[@JimmySteller]

Xarope Vader Actually, why would the doctor know about that incident? It had nothing to do with Abed.

[@qwertycomp9618]

Good detective-work there :)

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

@@JimmySteller Chang hired him.

[@JimmySteller]

@@jonathanjohnson6727 But how did Chang know about the trampoline?

[@christopherramsey7027]

I love how Pierce's was just "old".

[@r3dh00dlum]

I know right it’s just so basic

[@katiepowell3939]

He was already there. Taken every class multiple times.

[@Tevin-MK]

that's his demon

[@wickedshadesproductions5254]

And it works in his case

[@ehjoneswriter]

I love how this scene feels like on of those "secretly dark universe theories" like Adventure Time taking place in Finn's head whilst he's in a coma or some shit like that

[@raph2954]

I hate coma theories. They're so lazy and there's no evidence to technically disprove them because it applys to the whole show.

[@ehjoneswriter]

@@raph2954 Same. I can imagine when Community was first airing there were a couple of theories so it was fun to see them made fun of and dismissed in this episode

[@arturocastroverde3349]

They're mocking of that. Actually this episode came out in 2012, the year where those theories became popular.

[@Wolfencreek]

You're thinking of Pokemon, Adventure Time place after a nuclear war.

[@nikomiller]

He even brings up the purgatory theory, which was very popular go-to dumb fan theory that also can always get dismissed after thinking in 5 seconds. I think the Ed, Edd and Eddy purgatory theory, Pokemon coma theory and Hey Arnold mental illness caused by incest theories were some of the first really big ones that popularized this type of stuff. I remember reading those back in 2009-2011 when I was a kid and thinking how dumb they were already then. I bet there were people in the fanbase of Community who made similiar bullshit theories and this was Harmon and other writers just making fun of them. They had good insight into the fanbase, the Annie-Jeff love looks with the song Gravity was based on a fan ship-video with the same song and Harmon tagged the girl who made it the night the episode premiered. The #sixseasonsandamovie and Save Greendal Committee (based on #SavedGreendale campaign) were also a good example of the show engaging with its fanbase.

[@shiva0251]

This show was streets ahead

[@SistoActivitatemAtm]

Anyone who hasn't seen this show are streets behind!

[@pepesilvia429]

Stop trying to make that a thing

[@PanConQueso001]

Coin that! Ç

[@subhanarif9902]

Coined and minted

[@elcrisis]

Verbal wildfire

[@traxathon4464]

*walks out the door* "Wait a minute. That made no sense!"

[@AbaMiguel]

“Terry, stop it.” while Terry was just grooving along sent me lmao.

[@tf8159]

The most gloriously meta show I've ever seen. Also, Abed and Annie making out one more time lol

[@hunde2430]

Oh yea that's the star wars paint ball meta war

[@davidmarek535]

I’m your 666th like

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

After the writers filling seasons 2&3 with ridiculous and insane situations (seemingly, just for the sake of itself), can we really be blamed for believing this for a second?

[@angelantayhua3096]

Chingiz Zhylkybayev what episode is this?

[@chingizzhylkybayev8575]

Angel Antayhua you mean the one in the video? It's 3.19

[@angelantayhua3096]

Chingiz Zhylkybayev thanks

[@85set05]

It wasn't for the sake of itself they where parodies of common tropes and movie types.

[@arturocastroverde3349]

The plots where parodies and also uses intertextuality to tell internal conflicts abed for example in the stop motion episode

[@jacket0131]

Bringing back the pen line with garret having Dan harmons voice is one of the greatest payoffs to a joke in the entire show

[@alechorowitz5279]

To me Abed sitting at the table yelling out plots to previous episodes as they go "yes" is the defining scene of the series. It nails how many more layers "Community" has than your run of the mill sitcom.

[@henrikledin4166]

That’s not what he did, it was a scene from another clip show episode

[@andresrubio1890]

When I saw the "Greendale Asylum" sign I thought: Well, that would explain a lot. lol

[@mskipper19]

Man, one dude gaslighting seven people...and we call it comedy. This show was so genius.

[@TheNewGreenWay]

@@ibfunkee2 Buddy... This is like literally the definition of gaslighting. Definition : manipulate (someone) by psychological means into questioning their own sanity.

[@Jurgen123445]

@@ibfunkee2 What is "the manipulator goes hot and cold on the victim" even supposed to mean? ​ TheNewGreenWay described it accurately.

[@TheTomsdrc]

There is an example of gas-lighting used in some movie. Where someone switches the lights on or off to make another person believe that they are crazy.

[@TheIndieGamesNL]

@@ibfunkee2 Actually this is an example of gaslighting

[@intellectualhybrid2]

@@ibfunkee2 wow didn't know someone could be more wrong about something

[@lordnubbins1298]

"I want to see what happens when we... confiscate one of their pens." 😂😂😂

[@ericshwedo4033]

Don’t lie. You all believed him the first time you saw this.

[@YourMajesty143]

Nah, there are 22 episodes in Season 3 and this is only Episode 19. This plot would've made sense as a finale, but even then it wouldn't provide much longevity for a show trying to make it to #6seasonsandamovie

[@corbanbausch9049]

I did

[@chaihill1837]

Honestly, yeah. It felt like one of those KZbin theories that people make five year after the show is over. It’s crazy, scary, and it changes everything you knew about the show, but you can’t help but think that it’s true. If it weren’t for this episode, someone would have created the idea that they were all crazy.

[@JoJo-mj8wr]

I still believe him. I think that they were really in an asylum and everything that happebed after that point was them relapsing and having hallucinations again

[@RoboWatchgirl]

Doesn’t hurt to be honest. So, yeah. I did.

[@lilbash8]

It was pretty believable considering all the insane stuff that happened in season 2 and 3

[@jukebox_julia]

hell, in the pen episode, it flashed back to them _in a mental institution_

[@neontime8507]

Jukebox Julia wasn’t that the clip show episode not the bottle episode

[@arturocastroverde3349]

Those episodes are hilarious and the best episodes of community

[@violetblu1]

I love that Leonard was in the asylum with them 😃

[@ali-g]

Come on Leonard!

[@arthurwaring]

Rip Leonard 😔

[@gabejones8112]

Magnitude was a popcorn machine

[@violetblu1]

@@gabejones8112 😁 Pop Pop!

[@pilarhunter3154]

Leonard likes this post.

[@RealCoolGuy]

"Enough! I don't wanna hear mine!"

[@sumilal5108]

I'm so curious tho

[@ninboy97]

@@sumilal5108 theory was she was molested as a child.

[@NJ-wb1cz]

@@ninboy97 by Pierce

[@night1hal1]

Raped by a man in a dinosaur costume.

[@samsaraslight8377]

The show hinted at a relative in a dinosaur costume molesting her or worse. This also explains her falling out with her parents. I'm sad the show never really went there in her parents episode.

[@stevenland2600]

Garret with the masculine tone voice was hilarious. 😂

[@MoxieMcMurder]

That's Dan Harmon's voice

[@Ilchino1]

This exact premise was actually a dark theory about "Friends"

[@galactic85]

The "everyone is really insane!" Theory is one of the most common, overused and lazy fan theories out there. Buffy the vampire slayer had one episode where they explored the idea and slowly everyone just started applying the concept to every piece of fiction they encountered. That's part of the reason I like this episode. It mocks the absurdity of the theory and its over use.

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

@@galactic85 exactly i hate those theorists they don't have any proper evidence (no planting or foreshadowing in the show) yet they theorise such bs. This episode i guess was to mock such theorists.

[@nikomiller]

Like the scene after this he says they are also in a purgatory. It's a joke about all those overused fan theories like "they are all in an insane asylum!" or "it's a purgatory!" or "it's all in their heads!" or "he's in a coma..."

[@brettknoss486]

Seinfeld

[@Spaced92]

@@galactic85 It was fun in Buffy king of a dark episode, but I'm not sure it came close to starting it. It's probably more from Twilight Zone (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet), that episode where only William Shatner can see the monster on the airplane and only at the end is it revealed he wasn't insane. So it's actually been around on TV since 1963!

[@HaroldTheDog24]

Couldn't Pierce have pointed out that he'd been going to the school for 12 years?

[@finalizarproceso]

Old.

[@aapjew18]

He could have been in the asylum for 12 years. Maybe they joined his psychosis

[@DiegoMartinez-ur7gi]

Mitch Peters they all leave the office and realize he's lying because ani is wearing a greendale backpack

[@coolcatkim22]

Pierce isn't smart. He was the last one to figure out the guy was lying.

[@funkystyle7249]

Its easy to fool Pierce the most. Remember how the group convinced Pierce they celebrated his birthday when in reality they totally forgot his birthday. (In the episode where they celeb Troy's 21st birthday)

[@Wookien]

So disappointed that he didn't insinuate that they were actually also one person

[@Caffrey987]

They did, they were all Abed. Notice how Jeff says "bottle episode" and Annie says "Harrison Ford".

[@h3ck774]

Niel Jeff says bottle episode because in that episode Jeff yells Guess we’re doing a bottle episode! And Annie was in love with Harrison Ford abed so

[@h3ck774]

@@afellowhumanbeing4677 NOW THAT MAKES SENSE HELL YES

[@arturocastroverde3349]

People always finds something to nick pick. Enjoy the insane, ridicolous and creative gag of this episode!!!!

[@painbow6528]

God, this show was good.

[@tf8159]

The best

[@lordxenomorph7677]

Agreed

[@sirpoopsalot420]

Streets ahead

[@wetlikewater237]

@Chris Smalls Honestly it was pretty good even after troy left. Season 1-3 is still the greatest comedy ever. Season 4 wasn't good but it's overhated. Season 5 was great, season 6 had it's moments.

[@Justinlindsay1991]

“Was” time is a fickle mistress

[@duyguozkann]

HE SKIPPED ABED OH MY GOOOD I'VE NEVER REALIZED IT BEFORE

[@11thfall15]

Duygu Ozkan sonunda şu diziyi izleyen bir Türk gördüm ya

[@duyguozkann]

11th Fall dostum bizden çok var welcome to the club! (Quizup da bile bir sürü türk var)

[@11thfall15]

Duygu Ozkan İyi bari,ben de az uğraşmamistim tanıdıklarım şu diziye başlasın diye baskalari da varsa harika :)

[@duyguozkann]

11th Fall olsun sen yine de yay maksat "fandom" büyüsün hahaha ne kadar çok izleyici o kadar fazla film olasılığıı

[@11thfall15]

Duygu Ozkan ahahahdh aynen.Ama yapilicaksa kesinlikle eski kadroyla yapılmalı ya

[@nathanforester5993]

An excellent way of parodying those Creepypasta theories that say that everything in a show or movie is either a dream or a hallucniation or that they're insane.

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

True

[@RaidsEpicly]

Jeff's "crazy happy voice" legit terrifies me

[@ProTomDekkers]

I only just realised the line ‘I want to see what happens when we confiscate one of their pens’ was a reference to the Cooperative Calligraphy episode where Annie loses her pen lol

[@Onigirli]

Annie making out with Abed lol. I forget how their actors had achingly good chemistry IRL

[@robertchaney2704]

The fact that Dean was one of the doctors makes this all the more believeable

[@mypipe]

Both Abed and Pierce are still in character even in the asylum sequences ahahah

[@cmbaz1140]

Omg when i watched that episode i was convinced they are all insane for real...

[@lordxenomorph7677]

But they are

[@canIhavethishandle]

Lord Xenomorph no

[@cmbaz1140]

Alisha Volpina Yeah...i was like "wait...didnt abed make tons of videos all the time and jeff is constantly chatting on his phone" There are also lots of photos...etc Its funny that i thought about it when they left the room almost exactly as jeff did...

[@ayushmaurya8527]

There are many shows that one may like. But moments like these make you realise that you are looking not only at a tv series but a master piece by a genius.

[@skodware]

"I don't want to hear mine" from Britta is soo funny. She's the most unstable out of all of them and she knows it lmaoo

[@Kuaheak2018]

If it was actually in a psych ward, they wouldn't have pens to begin with.

[@bobberry1463]

Eh it depends but unlikely however their so many other things wrong with this psych ward that a pen would be the last issue with it

[@love55ickbeat5]

They would have pens. They would be made out of a flimsy polymer so they couldn't use em to hurt themselves or others.

[@shan4680]

I work in a psych unit. We give people pens.

[@Kuaheak2018]

@@shan4680 I've BEEN in a psych ward, the first thing that they told me was that we weren't allowed to have pens

[@shan4680]

@@Kuaheak2018 Ours must be more upmarket or something.

[@angelaanaconda55]

I remember this show started the year I graduated high school and I was obsessed with it, my friends didn't get it and no one really talked about it. I guess it's one of those shows that becomes popular after it airs.

[@Onigirli]

Same. None of my friends were into it as it aired despite my insistence. And now they still have the nerve to recommend ME shows. Screw them, Community was brilliant

[@abrahamwashington1]

The common person apparently thought goddamn Sheldon crying over soy sauce or some shit was better lolol

[@paperchasindude6578]

Ikr

[@SistoActivitatemAtm]

Same, my friends didn't like this show and it is beyond me as to why. Community is a treasure.

[@eternalfun4560]

Not many people watch it still....... i accidentally found this show 2 years ago myself. and when I suggested some "friends" to watch they were like so "boring". btw they are those "Marvel" fangays thinking that RDJ deserves an oscar for Iron man

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

0:13 This what some Fan theorists over think/over fantasize about every TV show they watch. I know every show fanbase has one crazy fan theorist theorising that the show takes place in mental asylum with no proper evidence supporting their claim.

[@anyas.6229]

that's what this is making fun of lmao

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

@@anyas.6229 I know, that's why I pointed this out. Dan Harmon hates senseless fan theories so he decided to mock it.

[@anyas.6229]

@@epsiloncentauri6067 i love when he does it

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

@@anyas.6229 ikr 😍

[@alansolo14]

1:20 the way the light changes on Jeff’s face gets me a lot.

[@lappy3642]

Not gonna lie , they had me in the first half

[@DragonHunter24]

Love how Leonard was in there too

[@awnaur0no919]

>aerodynamics of gender >for a few paintballs more >regional holiday music >remedial chaos theory >cooperative calligraphy possibly tha most impressive streak of selfreferences in tha entire show?

[@alexanderbragg8144]

I love that this is the show completely ripping on itself.

[@scottbentson7889]

"Not yet I want to see what happens if we take one of their pens"

[@anyas.6229]

I actually loved this and kinda wished the theory lasted longer like the multiple timelines. Like maybe once in a while after something really crazy happened they would start to doubt that they aren't crazy and all in a mental hospital

[@Alex-dj5ex]

There not crazy no one can imagine senor chang

[@Christoff070]

Changnesia

[@rita4kibaki]

I AM SO Sorry AND I AM SO DISAPPOINTED community On 🔙Network

[@rita4kibaki]

Whoops

[@skyflakes1015]

This entire scene legit feels like one of those dark fan theories pulled off from reddit

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

Didn't expect a mature voice 2:13 lmao

[@skyflakes1015]

Dan Harmon just roasted every dark fan theory in less than 3 minutes

[@alecchristiaen4856]

"I wanna see what happens if we confiscate one of their pens."

[@AqibA.C.]

I kinda' wish they would've leaned even farther into this haha. Even if it was pretty funny how quickly they shot it down.

[@rumelia]

Why the hell would you cut there!?

[@rudimentaryschizo2799]

This

[@lordxenomorph7677]

To make it suspenseful

[@ctwwtc8761]

Britta saying "I don't want to hear mine" Is the most I've related to a TV character in my whole life

[@alastairty8755]

shes so funny, cant wait for them to do britta even more justice in the movie

[@mitchkroener]

Oh, I totally get that too. It’s like that kind of willful state of denial of some unpleasant truth. It feels like just hearing it spoken aloud would just completely crush her haha.

[@SDhotline]

They broke the no double bouncing rule

[@vhilofaye1618]

That dude named Terry was vibin' along lmao

[@GONZUdAce11]

you cut the best part! when they realized that it was actually a terrible lie xD

[@lordxenomorph7677]

But showing the whole video will ruin the suspense :P

[@reverzive4166]

"Wait, I'm literally carrying a Greendale backpack!"

[@Logan_Baron]

Best part was when Jeff slapped Troy, because it was not in the script, and totally unexpected. You can catch the others start to crack afterwards.

[@wickedshadesproductions5254]

A few moments later: Jeff: “Give me a break, that made no sense!” Annie: “I’m literally wearing a Greendale backpack!” Abed: “I have like a thousand pictures of the campus.” Shirley: “I have kids that I see everyday, I have definitely not been locked up.”

[@abrahamwashington1]

Even when it got to season 5 and 6 the show still had a lot of epic moments

[@wickedshadesproductions5254]

True but this was season 3

[@akinkunmimarytemitope2537]

I felt like I was crazy with them too.

[@husker4life109]

I love the callbacks in this clip

[@wdsa-i4v]

leonard is the normal one :)

[@tristanshell9233]

Hearing Garrett with a normal voice is more jarring than hearing the voice he usually has.

[@maxinem442]

I was high af when I watched this episode and was I losing my mind.

[@ssopaipai5885]

2:02 "*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHH*"

[@syedali-rs8cj]

LOL, this is the go to conspiracy for any weird show ever, "they're crazy"

[@jberczi6]

Seasons 1-3 are some of the best TV ever

[@alechamlin7989]

Would have loved for this to be a whole season

[@latiel2207]

When I first watched this scene, the only thing I thought is: ohhh that's explains a lot.

[@PIFFthePUFF420]

Same here. This would have been an amazing last 1 hour episode and then they save the school from chang

[@latiel2207]

@@PIFFthePUFF420 that's sounds amazing. Hope they linger a little longer on this concept

[@thatmatt41]

The fact that leonard was in the psychosis too just gets me every time

[@jessicabader5594]

The music in the background always gets me

[@donystenless4804]

Came here after Moon Knight

[@VictorEscamilla]

same

[@reydelacosa]

Same hahaha

[@gohomecherita6759]

Fucking Terry He nods his head like as if to say "Thanks baby boomer Santa..thanks for everything in the world"

[@nemdenemam9753]

This episode was probably the episode that made the most sense in the entire series...until it went back

[@futurehofer1564]

"I wanna see what happens if we confiscate one of their pens" LOL

[@YaakovWalk]

This is purgatory and I am the devil

[@gryffonmanic]

I knew it....

[@masternachos]

@@gryffonmanic *SLAP* Stop letting him make you remember things.

[@masternachos]

Also, I'm no Catholicist, but I don't think the devil is in purgatory. [My info is mostly derived from having read the full Divine Comedy. Assuming the devil is Satan (sometimes they aren't the same person, especially in older stuff), he's stuck waist-dip in solid ice at the very center of Hell. Purgatory's an entirely different book in the trilogy.]

[@CosmicMirageGhost]

I just wish this was a full episode of them reenacting scenes at an asylum. It was kind of fun seeing the show through the metahumor

[@foxygrin]

I only now realize it was Garret and the Dean behind the window gnhjgnmb, I would've died if the dean came in all normal just to observe and they were like "pshh look at him all dressed up!"

[@SphericalCheese]

Y'know, maybe sharing the same delusions as 6 other people wouldn't be so bad.

[@7elEvan1]

The orderly dancing to Pierces song killed me

[@Cake-Goku]

"normal voice garret can't hurt you he doesn't exist" normal voice garret: 2:15

[@guywholovesmath]

One thing I like about this in Paradigms there had been "clips" that took place in earlier episodes but weren't actually in them. Up until this clip none of the clips took place in earlier episodes, but here he decided to stuff them all in one skit.

[@gecko2993]

Plot twist, he was telling the truth but there meds kicked back in

[@jonathansauceda589]

Phone

[@-Trauma.]

2:05 this is what I say every time I want to use sick leave at my job, and it always works!

[@SubtlyAggressive]

After watching Community, I can't watch ANY other sitcom the same way EVER AGAIN! And I fucking LOVE IT! :D

[@as52343]

1:45 "You're welcome, you're welcome for everything in the wooorld. You're welcome, EEY!"

[@arandomguy9518]

Normal talking Garrett gets me every fkin time 🤣🤣

[@silvercheetah92]

Community is the only show that could actually make this twist real and pull it off

[@dunjad2474]

"Not yet, I'd like to see what happens when we confescate one of their pens"

[@jamesonthomas9583]

0:35 search your feelings annie, you know it to be true

[@trinity6302]

Annie are you okay? Are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?

[@Rose-oo1hd]

One of my favorite episodes

[@markclintworth3522]

This was such a mind fuck when I first saw it. I didn't have a clue what was going on.

[@mcgiver1327]

I love how they mentioned real drugs used for cases such as that scenario. As someone who works in a hospital setting on a psych unit I was waiting for them to mention a little vitamin A (abilify)

[@jenandjuice_]

just watched this scene for the first time a couple days ago and I couldn’t stop laughing

[@MBND156]

I can not explain how much i panicked when this happend

[@RANDOM-KNIGHT145]

This has to be a commentary on how theres that popular trope in fan theories of “its all in their head”

[@thebonfireofgains]

Search your...he was about to say feelings

[@neolexiousneolexian6079]

There's enough computational power between all of their brains that even if it were a fantasy, you could see it as a "simulation"- I.E. a real "universe"- of its own.