# 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:** 2
**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 13, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/21 "2011-05-13T15:46:46Z")
It was Sonny getting shot in _The Godfather_. ---
**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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/22 "2011-05-13T15:51:59Z")
I was thinking Robocop. ---
**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/23 "2011-05-13T15:52:25Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > 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. Troy in the paint shower was an homage to Willem DaFoe buying it in Platoon. ---
**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, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/24 "2011-05-13T15:57:55Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Troy in the paint shower was an homage to Willem DaFoe buying it in Platoon. Oh yeah, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/25 "2011-05-13T16:18:42Z")
Not as good as part one, but still streets ahead of most other shows. I was surprised that the whole paintball game was resolved 20 minutes in though. I think my favorite part of the whole show was Abed talking to the not-amused janitor during the credit cookie. “I don’t know how we are going to top it next year…” and “Got any plans for the summer?” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/26 "2011-05-13T16:57:46Z")
What happened when they were expecting Pierce to walk back in at the end? Was it an envelope that dropped? ---
**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, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/27 "2011-05-13T16:58:57Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > What happened when they were expecting Pierce to walk back in at the end? Was it an envelope that dropped? I think it was a ceiling tile. Just another little “Our school is trashed” gag. ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/28 "2011-05-13T17:07:52Z")
Funny stuff. Great to see Abed go after the Han Solo character. That was pretty funny. “I am claiming Han Solo before Jeff gets it by default” paraphrased. I liked the Star Wars opening crawl cut short. Pretty much all of the Abed/Annie stuff was golden. So, last year’s cliff hanger was the love triangle. And, this year it’s Pierce. Does Troy still live with him? Will that change? ---
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/29 "2011-05-13T18:03:00Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I think it was a ceiling tile. Just another little “Our school is trashed” gag. It was a florescent light housing. ---
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/30 "2011-05-13T19:03:10Z")
> [@pricciar](#): > > I liked the Star Wars opening crawl cut short. That was another great bit. The Star Wars crawl has been well used by now, so it was funny to see them acknowledge it and then say “screw it, let’s get to the show.” ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/31 "2011-05-13T20:03:23Z")
I noticed the Son and the Ditzy Blonde Friend from Cougar Town were part of the cheering montage at the very end. Is there some kind of crossover between the two? Wait, I remembr Abed talked about his appearance on Cougar Town in Community. Was he actually in an aired Cougar Town episode? ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/32 "2011-05-13T20:07:30Z")
I meant to ask this last week. I think I forgot a reference from a previous episode. What was the statue that was being toppled over. It looked like Luis Guzman. Ah never mind. I googled it before I posted to see if it was an easy answer. Googling tells me that it was him, and his going to Greendale and the statue was first mentioned in “Advanced Criminal Law” So much funny. Ahh this all brings up the one small nit I had with these two episodes. Chang kicked ass at paintball last year. I wish they let him keep that kick ass attitude in at least the paint ball arena. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/33 "2011-05-13T22:29:33Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I noticed the Son and the Ditzy Blonde Friend from Cougar Town were part of the cheering montage at the very end. Is there some kind of crossover between the two? > > Wait, I remembr Abed talked about his appearance on Cougar Town in Community. Was he actually in an aired Cougar Town episode? I don’t remember seeing him in any. But then I didn’t notice Travis and Laurie cheering there either, so… ---
**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 14, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/34 "2011-05-14T02:00:43Z")
> [@phreesh](#): > > I noticed the Son and the Ditzy Blonde Friend from Cougar Town were part of the cheering montage at the very end. Is there some kind of crossover between the two? > > Wait, I remembr Abed talked about his appearance on Cougar Town in Community. Was he actually in an aired Cougar Town episode? I missed that. I have to watch this again. Link below has a bit about that: [http://www.thetvbuff.com/tv-news/cougar-town-stars-pop-up-on-community-will-the-character-crossovers-go-both-ways/](http://www.thetvbuff.com/tv-news/cougar-town-stars-pop-up-on-community-will-the-character-crossovers-go-both-ways/) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/35 "2011-05-14T14:01:58Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > I think my favorite part of the whole show was Abed talking to the not-amused janitor during the credit cookie. “I don’t know how we are going to top it next year…” and “Got any plans for the summer?” That was my favorite too. 🙂 I think it was even the same janitor from the episode where Troy discovers his gift for plumbing (which he got to use in this episode). ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/36 "2011-05-14T14:14:56Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My jaw hit the floor when that came on. I’m amazed it got past the network censors. Holy cow! I totally missed that! ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/37 "2011-05-20T20:20:21Z")
What I don’t get is if the only purpose of the City College people was to eliminate all the Greendale players, then why did the play fair and stop shooting when they got shot? ---
**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 20, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/38 "2011-05-20T21:48:33Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > What I don’t get is if the only purpose of the City College people was to eliminate all the Greendale players, then why did the play fair and stop shooting when they got shot? Because that’s against the rules. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/39 "2011-05-20T22:04:15Z")
Well, yeah, but who’s enforcing the rules? ---
**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 20, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723/40 "2011-05-20T22:10:19Z")
See… that’s the joke. Everyone takes it super seriously while they’re playing, but once they get shot, it’s off to Denny’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-5-12-for-a-few-paintballs-more-open-spoilers/581723.md?page=3)