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Competitive Ecology
"Competitive Ecology" is the third episode of the third season of the American television series ''Community'' and the 52nd episode of the series overall. It was originally broadcast on October 6, 2011 on NBC. Plot Professor Kane ( Michael K. Williams) tells his biology students that their partners for a terrarium project will be the people sitting across from them. This pairs the study group members with strangers. The group asks to form their own pairings, which Kane allows, but Pierce (Chevy Chase) is left with outsider Todd (David Neher). Meanwhile, Chang (Ken Jeong) tells Sgt. Nunez ( Mel Rodriguez) he is ready to become a detective, but Nunez shoots him down. In response, Chang delusionally imagines himself as a film noir detective. The pairings prove dysfunctional – Jeff (Joel McHale) lets Annie ( Alison Brie) do all the work, Troy (Donald Glover) and Abed (Danny Pudi) realize they spend too much time together, and Shirley ( Yvette Nicole Brown) pesters Britta (Gillian ...
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Community (TV Series)
''Community'' is an American television sitcom created by Dan Harmon. The series ran for 110 episodes over six seasons, with its first five seasons airing on NBC from September 17, 2009, to April 17, 2014, and its final season airing on Yahoo! Screen from March 17 to June 2, 2015. Set at a community college in the fictional Colorado town of Greendale, the series stars an ensemble cast including Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, and Jim Rash. It makes use of meta-humor and pop culture references, paying homage to film and television clichés and tropes. Harmon based ''Community'' on his experiences attending Glendale Community College. Each episode was written in accordance with Harmon's "story circle" template, a method designed to create effective and structured storytelling. Harmon was the showrunner for the first three seasons but was fired before the fourth and replaced by David G ...
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Ken Jeong
Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong (, ; born July 13, 1969) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, writer and licensed physician. He rose to prominence for playing Leslie Chow in ''The Hangover'' film series (2009–2013) and Ben Chang in the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He created, wrote and produced the ABC sitcom ''Dr. Ken'' (2015–2017), in which he portrays the titular character, and he has appeared in the films '' Knocked Up'' (2007), ''Role Models'' (2008), '' Furry Vengeance'' (2010), ''The Duff'' (2015), ''Ride Along 2'' (2016), ''Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) and ''Tom & Jerry'' (2021). Jeong is still a licensed physician in California but has since stopped practicing in favor of his acting career. He currently appears as a panelist on the American version of the singing competition show '' The Masked Singer'' and appeared on the first series of the British version. He also serves as the host of ''I Can See Your Voice''. Early life and education Jeo ...
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Freudian Slip
In psychoanalysis, a Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish or internal train of thought. Classical examples involve slips of the tongue, but psychoanalytic theory also embraces misreadings, mishearings, mistypings, temporary forgettings, and the mislaying and losing of objects. History Origin and development The Freudian slip is named after Sigmund Freud, who, in his 1901 book '' The Psychopathology of Everyday Life'', described and analyzed a large number of seemingly trivial, even bizarre, or nonsensical errors and slips, most notably the Signorelli parapraxis The Signorelli parapraxis represents the first and best known example of a parapraxis and its analysis in Freud's ''The Psychopathology of Everyday Life''. The parapraxis centers on a word-finding problem and the production of substitutes. Freud c .... Freud, himself, referred to these slips as (me ...
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Post-credits Scene
A post-credits scene (commonly referred to as a stinger or credit cookie) or mid-credits scene is a short clip that appears after all or some of the closing credits have rolled and sometimes after a production logo of a film, TV series, or video game has run. It is usually included to reward the audience for watching through the credits sequence; it may be a scene written for humour or to set up a sequel. History Post-credits scenes may have their origins in encores, an additional performance added to the end of staged shows in response to audience applause. Opera encores were common practice in the 19th century, but fell out of favor in the 1920s due to rising emphasis on dramatic storytelling rather than vocal performance. The first general release film to feature a post-credits scene is '' The Silencers'', released in March 1966. The scene depicts lead character Matt Helm (played by Dean Martin) lying shirtless on what appears to be a rotating sofa along with 10 scantily-clad ...
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Jim Rash
James Rash (born July 15, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He portrayed the role of Dean Craig Pelton on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2012. In that same year, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a Golden Globe nomination as one of the writers of ''The Descendants''. Early life Rash was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on July 15, 1971. Both he and his sister were adopted.Interview with Paul F. Tompkins, 'Speakeasy' He attended Charlotte Latin School. After graduating, he spent a post-graduate year at the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He was a member of The Groundlings, the improv comedy group based in Los Angeles. Career Rash played Mr. Grayson/Stitches in the 2005 film '' Sky High'', Fenton on ''That '70s Show'', and Andrew the "whore house guy" on '' Reno 911!'' He appeare ...
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Gillian Jacobs
Gillian MacLaren Jacobs (; born October 19, 1982) is an American actress and director. She is known for her roles as Britta Perry on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015) and Mickey Dobbs on the Netflix romantic comedy series ''Love'' (2016–2018). Other television roles include Mimi-Rose Howard on the fourth season of the HBO comedy-drama series '' Girls'' (2015) and the voice of Atom Eve on the Amazon animated series '' Invincible'' (2021–). She has appeared in films such as ''Gardens of the Night'' (2008), ''Life Partners'' (2014), '' Don't Think Twice'' (2016), ''Ibiza'' (2018), '' I Used to Go Here'' (2020), and ''The Fear Street Trilogy'' (2021). Early life Jacobs was born on October 19, 1982, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Martina Magenau Jacobs, works in alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon University, while her father, William F. Jacobs Jr., was an investment banker. (Scroll down to Jacobs entry.) Her parents divorced when she was two years old, and s ...
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Yvette Nicole Brown
Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer and host. She starred as Shirley Bennett on the NBC sitcom ''Community'', as Dani in the 2015 version of '' The Odd Couple'' on CBS and as Dina Rose on the ABC sitcom '' The Mayor''. Brown has had guest roles in television shows such as ''Drake & Josh'', ''That '70s Show'', ''The Office'', ''Boston Legal'', '' Chuck'', '' The Soul Man'', ''Mom'' and '' Big Shot (TV series), Big Shot''. In 2021, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her role in ''A Black Lady Sketch Show''. In addition to television, she has had supporting roles in films such as '' (500) Days of Summer'', ''Tropic Thunder'', '' Repo Men'', '' Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters'', and '' Avengers: Endgame''. She voiced "Harper" in the video game '' Minecraft: Story Mode'' in addition to Cookie on '' Pound Puppies'', Luna on '' Elena of Avalor'' and Principal Amanda Waller on ''DC Super Hero Girls''. She has hosted Syfy ...
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Danny Pudi
Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. His roles include Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Since 2020 he has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series ''Mythic Quest''. He was the voice of Huey Duck on the 2017 reboot of '' DuckTales''. Early life Daniel Mark Pudi was born in Chicago on March 10, 1979, the son of programmer and analyst Teresa (née Komendant) and Abraham L. Pudi (1955–2018). His parents immigrated to the U.S. and became naturalized citizens: his mother came from the village of Pokośno, Poland, and his father came from the village of Poduru, India, and was from a Telugu Christian family. Pudi grew up speaking Polish with his mother and grandmother. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago with brother ...
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Donald Glover
Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American entertainer, writer, director, and producer. After working in Derrick Comedy while studying at New York University, Glover was hired at age 23 by Tina Fey as a writer for the NBC sitcom '' 30 Rock''. He later rose to fame for portraying college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' from 2009 to 2014. From 2016 to 2022, Glover starred in the FX series ''Atlanta'', which he created and occasionally directed. For his work on ''Atlanta'', Glover won various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. Glover has starred in several successful films including the supernatural horror '' The Lazarus Effect'' (2015), the comedy-drama '' Magic Mike XXL'' (2015), and science fiction film '' The Martian'' (2015). He played Aaron Davis in the superhero film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017), and played Lando Calrissi ...
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Alison Brie
Alison Brie Schermerhorn (born December 29, 1982) is an American actress. Her breakthrough came with the role of Trudy Campbell in the drama series '' Mad Men'' (2007–2015), which won her a Screen Actors Guild Award. She gained recognition for her role as Annie Edison in the NBC sitcom '' Community'' (2009–2015) and voicing Diane Nguyen in the animated comedy series ''BoJack Horseman'' (2014–2020). For playing Ruth Wilder in the comedy-drama series '' GLOW'' (2017–2019) she received nominations for two Golden Globes and two Critics' Choice Awards. In addition to her television work, Brie has also starred in films such as ''Scream 4'' (2011), ''The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012), ''The Lego Movie'' (2014), '' Get Hard'' (2015), '' Sleeping with Other People'' (2015), ''How to Be Single'' (2016), '' The Little Hours'' (2017), ''The Disaster Artist'' (2017), '' The Post'' (2017), '' Promising Young Woman'' (2020), ''Horse Girl'' (2020), '' The Rental'' (2020), and '' Happi ...
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Joel McHale
Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and television host. He is best known for hosting '' The Soup'' (2004–2015) and his role as Jeff Winger on the NBC sitcom ''Community'' (2009–2015). He has performed in the films '' Spider-Man 2'' (2004), '' Spy Kids: All the Time in the World'' (2011), '' Ted'' (2012) and '' The Happytime Murders'' (2018). He also starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom '' The Great Indoors'' (2016–2017), hosted a reboot of '' Card Sharks'' (2019–2021), and portrayed the superhero Sylvester Pemberton / Starman on the show '' Stargirl'' (2020–2022). In 2020, he hosted a special aftershow interviewing key subjects from the Netflix documentary series ''Tiger King'' and voiced Johnny Cage in the direct-to-video martial arts film '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'' (2020), a role he reprised in the sequel '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms'' (2021). He also voices X-PO in '' Lego Dimensions'' ...
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Film Noir
Film noir (; ) is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of American ''film noir''. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key, black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Great Depression. The term ''film noir'', French for 'black film' (literal) or 'dark film' (closer meaning), was first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, but was unrecognized by most American film industry professionals of that era. Frank is believed to have been inspired by the French literary publishing imprint Série noire, founded in 1945. Cinema historians and critics defined the category re ...
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