This might be the most perfectly distilled representation of all of these characters in only 30 seconds. It hit every established character trait effortlessly:
Shirley: Abed, what are you doing?
Abed: Don Draper from Mad Men. What did ya think?
Britta: Weird.
Troy: Awesome!
Pierce: Put your tongue in her ear.
Annie: I liked it.
Shirley: Don't be him! He cheats on his wife. Be somebody nice like Mike Brady. He always had that housekeeper throwing herself at him, and he never made a move on her.
Britta: Don't like Mike Brady. Mike Brady's not sexy. You should be like Jo from The Facts of Life! But, you know, the dude version.
Pierce: I knew it!
Troy: You should be like Calvin. His best friend was a tiger, he always went on dope adventures, and if anything stood in his way, he just peed on it!
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And this moment is when Jeff's "Abed is a shaman" line from the pilot really comes true:
Britta: So we didn't damage your self-esteem or anything?
Abed: 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.
Review by Digital PhreakerBlockedParentSpoilers2024-04-14T22:57:24Z
This might be the most perfectly distilled representation of all of these characters in only 30 seconds. It hit every established character trait effortlessly:
Shirley: Abed, what are you doing?
Abed: Don Draper from Mad Men. What did ya think?
Britta: Weird.
Troy: Awesome!
Pierce: Put your tongue in her ear.
Annie: I liked it.
Shirley: Don't be him! He cheats on his wife. Be somebody nice like Mike Brady. He always had that housekeeper throwing herself at him, and he never made a move on her.
Britta: Don't like Mike Brady. Mike Brady's not sexy. You should be like Jo from The Facts of Life! But, you know, the dude version.
Pierce: I knew it!
Troy: You should be like Calvin. His best friend was a tiger, he always went on dope adventures, and if anything stood in his way, he just peed on it!
--
And this moment is when Jeff's "Abed is a shaman" line from the pilot really comes true:
Britta: So we didn't damage your self-esteem or anything?
Abed: 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.