This is a highly… He presents a Christmas card that he found in Abed's dorm room from his mother. As the Dean and Duncan drink together, the gang breaks into the holiday-zone and steals the tree. A stop-motion episode, co-written by Dino Stamatopoulos. This is, however. In the second-season episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas", on the other hand, it was retconned that both Annie (previously Jewish) and Abed (previously Muslim) were half Christian, and the entire episode was about celebrating Christmas. Christmas is a booming time for Duncan because of all the suicide attempts and thoughts and things, and there’s this little redhead elf girl out in the hallway who Abed befriends, and he indoctrinates her into the ability to willfully deny reality and just engage in this fascination. Britta: Because I didn’t want to be the one to ruin another guy for you guys. And this is the most important Christmas in history. Is that n Broadcast your events with reliable, high-quality live streaming. In a break from the show's usual live-action format, the episode is a stop motion Christmas-themed episode. There was cultural discord between them as Abed's father is a Palestinian from Gaza and his mother Polish America.Abed is heavily implied to be on the autism spectrum, and as a result often has a hard time relating to/communicating with others. Posts about Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas written by borgeditor. Dean: It was a Blu-ray DVD player but it was stolen. TV Trope: Friendship Moment. Abed also becomes this, particularly in "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas". Community Review: "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" Jeffrey Kirkpatrick at December 10, 2010 6:26 am . True. Abed: If I can find the meaning of Christmas, everything will go back to normal. Britta: Or last woman. Abed has managed to turn one of Professor Duncan's rather self-serving psychological experiments back on him. s02e11 - Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas Tran script. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. It also deconstructs the "true meaning of Christmas" by saying that the true meaning is that Christmas has whatever meaning we impose on it - thus meaning there is no "true" meaning. "Abed sees Jeff as a big talking head with limited practical functionality, and he sees Pierce as maybe deserving of more love than he gets, and sees Troy as a soldier, and sees Britta as a malfunctioning device, and sees Annie as a creature of grace, and sees Shirley as a big baby who feels entitled to the Christmas of her choosing.". Jeff is also pretty snide about the Christmas wonderland Abed is describing, although in his case it's less a hatred of Christmas and more him being typically smug and aloof as always. The episode's last scene shows the group watching a Christmas special on TV. A snowman peering at the group behind the tree is highly likely to be Chang in real life. Or to at least give you plenty of suggestions of TV to watch over the break. What Is It? "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" is the eleventh episode of the second season of the American comedy television series Community and the thirty-sixth episode overall. Abed, true to character, envisions this as a mafia movie. Create. ... Don't your people spend this season writing angry letters to TV Guide? Then the second half of Season 3 hits, exploring more of Abed we never knew. He's… But ive always been a fan of Christmas. Pierce is confused until Abed explains that it's a metaphor for a lack of payoff. It's Christmas time again for the study group when Abed announces that everything's in Stop Motion animation. Live Streaming. It's Christmas time again for the study group when Abed announces that everything's in Stop Motion animation. When Mr. Rad is yelling at Britta after her poor performance in the Christmas pageant, the way Jeff and Troy immediately snap out of their glee-club cheer and confront him after he calls her "the worst". Jeff: Asterisk. Troy: Why didn’t you tell us sooner? Ugh. They then switch heads and say, "Troy and Abed in stop motion!". In the final shot, the screen on the set goes blank and we briefly see a reflection of the characters in live-action form, signifying that Abed's breakdown has finally ended. Abed's song about Britta when he leaves her behind: Any sympathy gained by it is pretty much negated by his. . Christmas Episode: "Comparative Religion" (Season 1), "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" (Season 2), "Regional Holiday Music" (Season 3). The climax of "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas," where everyone improvises a song about the meaning of Christmas while fighting off Duncan's attempt to deny it has meaning. To accomplish this, he turns his friends into variations of toys from the Island of Misfit Toys (see image). "Epidemiology" is certainly one of the weirder Community episodes, but that's why it's one of our favorites! Ahem. "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" is the second Christmas-themed episode of the NBC sitcom Community, aired as the eleventh episode of the second season. The episode's last scene shows the group watching a Christmas special on TV. Though Abed at first rejects this, he's tricked into going to the study room for a group therapy session...which he immediately turns into a magical trip through the mind, Willy Wonka-style. Troy: I want TBD! Initiate self-destruct." He's singing and dancing as though in a cartoon. Now they have to trek through the Winter Wonderland wilderness, avoiding the perils along the way, going through the Cave of Frozen Memories, all to reach the North Pole and find the True Meaning of Christmas. From left to right: Teddy Pierce, Baby Doll Shirley, Troy Soldier, Abed, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Ballerannie, Britta-Bot, and Jeff-in-the-Box. Even ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards Pierce]]'' calls him out on it. Troy reassures him that it was his idea as he wanted to get a better look at some of the details of the format. In the season 1 episode, "Contemporary American Poultry", the study group makes a plan to take over the job of chicken fryer chef so they can have access to the fried chicken at lunch. Or last man in a wheelchair with no paint on him. 74 of 74 found this interesting Interesting? "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" filters all of this through the generally understood grammar of the famous Rankin-Bass Christmas specials, … Granted, it was somewhat justified because of Duncan's breakdown which Abed caused, but as a therapist, Duncan should've nown better than to send Abed into a catatonic state simply out of spite. Community (TV Series) Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas (2010) Trivia. The Community episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" contains examples of: Affectionate Parody : Of the Rankin/Bass stop-motion Christmas specials, particularly Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer . With Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Which the second season did in a particularly unhinged way. Duncan sees the potential in this psychosis as a publishable study. It's Christmas time again for the study group when Abed announces that everything's in Stop Motion animation. I can’t remember having ever seen a network show take so many conceptual chances – and have them pay off so consistently. The series, created by Dan Harmon, was known for taking risks, but "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" served as the riskiest decision in the show's history. Dean: There’s also going to be a game of paintball assassin with a prize for last man standing. At the 42nd NAACP Image Awards, Justin Lin was nominated for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for the episode "Modern Warfare". Community S2 E12: Asian Population Studies. Like everything in his life, Abed needs Christmas to fit inside the tropes he’s seen on television and in movies. I was definitely intrigued to see how Community would use this medium and if it would affect how well the season has been progressing. She tells him she can't make it this year as she has a new family now. Being as aloof as he is, it shouldn't be a surprise that Abed has struggled to find … Dec 23, 2015 - Abed is wondering why he and Troy are still in stop motion animated form. Made even cooler by the fact that Abed, being of Middle Eastern extraction, is producing mixed-race babies in-game with his wife, Hilda, and uses those babies to help take down the racist Cornelius Hawthorne, who considers mixed-race couples to be miscegenation. "Don't you think that's a little—" BOOM! Some dialogue does hint at this, including the Britta-bot song (which basically suggests that Britta's lonely and broken because her cynicism and sarcastic attitude towards everything keep her from forming meaningful connections with anyone) and this exchange: The Dean using a boombox to make announcements references the, Abed being tasered after jumping on a car references Chang and Jeff. Abed is seeing everyone as claymation. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/CommunityS2E11AbedsUncontrollableChristmas. The throttle Abed uses when driving the train isn't indicating speed, it's indicating. "Aaaand... Christmas pterodactyl! Virtual … Dean: Give it a rest, Britta. Religiously, I'm Muslim. Abed loves doing homages to popular movies and TV shows, including tropes. All There in the Manual : This interview with Dan Harmon (warning: spoilers for episodes after this one) explains the reasons why Abed chose those toys to represent his friends: Subverted when the Dean gives in to the urge to just wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Then Shirley comes back and takes the menorah. Britta, with her outspoken dismissals of Christmas and many of the holiday trimmings, also comes off as a bit of a killjoy as well. Troy: Britta, there’s a difference between telling us a guy likes nipple play and telling us a guy makes hats out of babies. It originally aired on NBC on December 9, 2010. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/CommunityS2E11AbedsUncontrollableChristmas. . Abed Nadir is a graduate of Greendale Community College.Abed had a difficult life growing up due in part to his parents. Still aren’t in the Christmas spirit yet? The group, suitably worried, take Abed to Professor Duncan for therapy. The group, suitably worried, take Abed to Professor Duncan for therapy. So now it’s TBD. Air Date: Thursday December 9, 2010 | Grade: A “Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas” is an episode completely in stop-motion animation. When Dean… On Christmas while watching the Inspector Spacetime Holiday Special alone in his apartment, Abed opens the door to find the group came to watch the special with him. The Christmas Wizard appears and confronts Abed about the reason behind his escapist fantasies. Wait . At the end, Shirley calls out both Jeff and Britta when they start to waver in their resolve to help Abed simply because they'll have to sing. I can understand why most people would enjoy " Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas … Showing all 8 items. Though Abed at first rejects this, he's tricked into going to the study room for a group therapy session...which he immediately turns into a magical trip through the mind, Willy Wonka-style. Jump to: Spoilers (1) The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual in Animation - character animation. Despite causing Abed's breakdown, his mother's letter is really sweet: The reason why Abed's searching for the true meaning of Christmas: Every year his mother would visit on December 9th to celebrate Christmas with him by watching. Sep 22, 2013 - We keep going on and on about Community, and for good reason. Jeff and Britta are concerned and take him to see Duncan. ! Community Season 2 Episode 11 Quotes. Abed: I guess the reason this happened is because we’ve been riding you kind of hard lately. His Lost Romances. It’s … “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”: Stop-motion animated episode that’s at once an homage to TV Christmas specials and a fairly intense, moving Abed character study. To sum it up best - it doesn’t. Troy: What’s the prize? Lampshaded several times in "Comparative Religion", when Shirley's efforts to force everyone to participate in her Christmas party as if they'll completely ruin Christmas Day for her if they don't do exactly what she wants often elicit the response that it's only "December 10th". Billy and Mandy spends its whole Christmas Episode with Billy an obsessed lover of Christmas, only to offhandedly mention in The Stinger that he actually celebrates Hanukkah. Directed by Duke Johnson. detail. what? Plot In the cafeteria, Dean Pelton announces to the student body that any celebration of the upcoming holidays at … When Abed wakes up to discover that everything is in stop motion animation, Professor Duncan and the study group help him try to discover the true meaning of Christmas. The group, suitably worried, take Abed to Professor Duncan for therapy. Annie's winning debate gambit. Despite the tough task, paying tribute to Rankin/Bass' beloved stop motion Christmas specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town truly paid off. Today we have Les Chappell talking about the ambitious Community festive outing “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas.” In 2011, Community established itself as something unlike anything else on television. TV Trope: I’ve Heard Of That! On Phineas and Ferb the cast are all lamenting the fact that Santa isn't coming, when Phineas asks Isabella if there's a special Christmas gift she's worried about not getting. In the final shot, the screen on the set goes blank and we briefly see a reflection of the characters in live-action form, signifying that Abed's breakdown has finally ended. Make social videos in an instant: use custom templates to tell the right story for your business. The episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" won a 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in Animation. 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