# Community: 5/12: "For a Few Paintballs More" (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723 "2011-05-12T23:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/1 "2011-05-12T23:40:31Z")
Starts in 20 minutes. I can’t remember when I’ve ever been so amped to see the second half of a sitcom two-parter. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/2 "2011-05-13T02:09:30Z")
It was good, but not as good as last week’s episode. They ended it really well, with Abed and Annie’s kiss being the best part. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/3 "2011-05-13T02:36:20Z")
Great episode, although not as funny as last week’s. Mainly because they had to wrap everything up. Some great moments: The whole Annie and Abed thing. Troy’s and Jeff’s “deaths”, for being complete opposites and equally hilarious. Pop what?! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/4 "2011-05-13T03:28:26Z")
> [@Lakai](#): > > It was good, but not as good as last week’s episode. I agree with this. This was good but last week’s (like “Modern Warfare” last season) was amazing. The scene at the end with Pierce was also well done. I wonder if he will be back as a friend or foe next season. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/5 "2011-05-13T04:46:22Z")
You know, that’s the second time Annie has crushed on Abed when he was doing a character. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/6 "2011-05-13T05:02:43Z")
I thought it was great. I liked it better than last week’s. Although Pierce walking away felt kind of anti-climatic. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/7 "2011-05-13T05:24:46Z")
Very much in keeping with the show’s general theme of subversion of sitcom tropes, though. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/8 "2011-05-13T07:58:51Z")
[Flags](http://i.imgur.com/lsrXB.gif). “Then I’ll see you in hell” “Denny’s is for winners” Not as awesome as part 1, but still better than anything any other comedy has done this year. Edit: Is the part where Vicki runs out screaming “VICKI!!!” a Leeroy Jenkins reference? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/9 "2011-05-13T08:47:45Z")
I was thinking it might be interested in Pierce tries to form a rival study group using the secondary characters from the show like Starburns, Vicki, Fat Neil, Leonard, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/10 "2011-05-13T13:54:09Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Is the part where Vicki runs out screaming “VICKI!!!” a Leeroy Jenkins reference? That’s certainly how I took it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/11 "2011-05-13T14:35:21Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > [Flags](http://i.imgur.com/lsrXB.gif). My jaw hit the floor when that came on. I’m amazed it got past the network censors. I guess this is the end of The Study Group as a “study group.” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/12 "2011-05-13T14:46:19Z")
I wonder if Community is ever going to reference The Paper Chase, as it’s the only other show I can remember that focuses on a college study group. Perhaps they can do a take-off on the paper chase episode. Or they could do a moot court session. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/13 "2011-05-13T14:58:39Z")
> [@Community 5/5 - A Fistful of Paintballs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-5-a-fistful-of-paintballs/580920/75): > > I just had a thought while watching this again. > > It’s an easy guess to think that City College is involved, there’s also another theory that Pierce is doing this. Here’s my thought: Pierce is sponsoring the paintball game so Annie will win. He hires the ringer to ensure that she gets the prize. She needs the money for a place to live and to pay for school and they bonded earlier. > > The only thing about this is that the TV Handsome stranger and Annie had that little showdown in the classroom. It’s possible that he did it to draw out her friends to eliminate them. > > Or I could be way off. Either way. Looks like I was right all along. Heh. Anyway. Great episode, not neccecerily as funny as the previous, but it had it’s moments and was entertaining throughout. Community is one of the few shows that I want to watch again after seeing it. So who wants to count the references? So far I’ve got: Star Wars – Obvious War Movie – Magnatude diving on the paint grenade to save his friends. Not sure where this started, but this is a well known trope. Warriors – Yes, they got Warriors. The Dean talking into the mic. I know there must be others. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/14 "2011-05-13T15:05:30Z")
Dirty Dozen - “We made it!” Wild Bunch - The quick-cut shoot-outs It’s nice to see they were paying attention to all the damage they caused last year. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/15 "2011-05-13T15:12:12Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My jaw hit the floor when that came on. I’m amazed it got past the network censors. > > I guess this is the end of The Study Group as a “study group.” I did not catch that at first, I was too busy looking at Greendale’s flag. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/16 "2011-05-13T15:18:23Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I did not catch that at first, I was too busy looking at Greendale’s flag. I didn’t notice the City College flag until just now. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/17 "2011-05-13T15:27:09Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I’m amazed it got past the network censors. Meh. That’s not really something that the censors care about. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/18 "2011-05-13T15:32:09Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I didn’t notice the City College flag until just now. Me either. ---
**Author:** ![Grapefruit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/19 "2011-05-13T15:32:54Z")
Abed’s commentary on being Han Solo was awesome! And I knew Pierce was going end up winning it. The man’s just too cunning not to, given the circumstances. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/20 "2011-05-13T15:42:54Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > So who wants to count the references? So far I’ve got: > > Star Wars – Obvious > War Movie – Magnatude diving on the paint grenade to save his friends. Not sure where this started, but this is a well known trope. > Warriors – Yes, they got Warriors. The Dean talking into the mic. > > I know there must be others. I don’t watch regularly but caught this one and cracked the heck up. Who’s the young black guy? When he got pelted about 50 times, at first it reminded me of Montana getting it in Scarface, then a following shot as Elias from Platoon. Also, there was a Bond flick that started out with him killing a bunch of bad guys and then, after thinking all were dead and letting his guard down, someone kills him with a shot. Then you see it was a training drill. The end of this show had similar elements. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723.md?page=2)