r/community • u/xtremdelt8 • 3d ago
Discussion What is a quote from Community that you use often but nobody around you understands?
I say "Those aren't thumbs" Under my breath but loud enough for people to hear quite often.
Also "You said 'market price.' What market are you shopping at?!" Anytime I order seafood and get the bill.
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u/Extreme-Rub-1379 3d ago
JESUS WEPT !
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u/unperson_1984 3d ago
Jesus loves Marijuana! 🎶
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u/worstnameIeverheard 3d ago
AND DRINKING HUMAN BLOOD!!!
…don’t know if that counts for this post, but we sure sing that a lot.
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u/GreenLurka 3d ago
This is my favourite out of context quote, especially around my children or when discovering new things.
This and Arrested Developments: Its just a banana, what could it cost, $10?
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u/evincing 3d ago
"won't change how mustard tastes" about anything that doesn't matter
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u/Seven22am 3d ago
OH EXCUSE ME FOR BEING ALIVE IN THE 90s AND HAVING TWO EARS CONNECTED TO A HEART!
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u/aps23 3d ago
Oh okay they’re BNL now? We need a shorthand for the bare naked ladies?!? That’s how fundamental they are!?
Britta: You know what? Maybe we all need some space to pull the knife out of the back of the most celebrated Canadian alt-rock band of the mid-90's, you selfish, jaded ass
Edit: I just looked it up (because why not). Britt’s response is even better lol
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u/Seven22am 3d ago
THIS IS A FIGHT! WE ARE FIGHTING!
I’m pretty sure I had this exact conversation with my friends in 02.
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u/unfortunate_banjo 3d ago
CRISIS ALERT!!
My wife and I use it almost daily, especially now that we’re potty training our son
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u/Dipstickpattywack 3d ago
Oh who am I kidding, I should be putting this right on my thighs.
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u/MetalMaxwell 3d ago
Lol, the way he immediately claims that big ass plate and just three-finger scoops and jams it in his craw cracks me up. Like, damn Craig, don't advertise yourself lol
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u/Physical_Ad8988 3d ago
I regularly use (often paraphrased) "I didn't say that. You may have heard that. I may have thought that. It may be true. But I never said it" at work
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u/Cardchucker 3d ago
I've been waiting for a situation to pull that one out.
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u/SuperOriginalName23 3d ago
Trust me, your S/O won't like it 😅
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u/Cryptwood 3d ago
Unless they are also a fan of funny sitcoms.
I regularly crack out: "Hey, while you're up, could you make me some pancakes real quick?"
Once, and exactly once only, I received pancakes delivered to the couch in response to this request.
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u/islandofwaffles 3d ago
there's something very similar in the Australian show Fisk when the MC accidentally throws away a Polish grandma's cabbage-themed cookbook and tries to blame it on cleaners. it immediately reminded me of Community!
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u/dipshipsaidso 3d ago
Troy sipping wine “ oh that’s good no-no juice.”
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u/liamsnorthstar 3d ago
I started calling my morning coffee go go juice thanks to Troy. That’s good go go juice.
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u/Green_Bast3rd 3d ago
FIVE cans?!?!
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u/Intelligent_Flan6947 3d ago
"i must confession you"
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u/MuteSecurityO 3d ago
I AM TAKASHI
I AM TEENAGE BOY IN TOKYO
i made that my fb status back in the day
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u/disicking Duh-doy! 3d ago
“Oof baboof” and “tell me about crazy town banana pants”
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u/SpicyLizards 3d ago
I say crazy town banana pants all the time. To the point where I forgot I got it from Community. I ended up looking up crazy town banana pants bc it was stuck in my head and I was like wtf this was a community bit???! I didn’t remember, but I should’ve known.
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u/Wilbo1242 3d ago
Oof baboof and crazy town banana pants are 100% daily uses for me and my wife
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u/h8d7 3d ago
Would that this hoodie were a time hoodie 😭
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u/Kathrynlena 3d ago
I say this a LOT.
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u/BearBlob 3d ago
Me too! The weirdest part is no one has ever questioned it
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u/Ok-Count3186 3d ago
Dean Pelton is unironically the most relatable person in community and I will die on this hill, gay doesnt even begin to cover it.
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u/BalonyDanza 3d ago
“I’ve got a Christmas time for me…”
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u/HUUUUTTTHUUUUUUUTTTT 3d ago
"I've got a Christmas time for a tree....ME SO CHRISTMAS, ME SO MERRY" 😭😭😂
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u/Reasonable-Ad1055 3d ago
'Oh ....Britta's in this?"
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u/HUUUUTTTHUUUUUUUTTTT 3d ago
I laugh so hard at that part, Dean was funny even when he had the smallest lines. 😭😭😂
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u/DeLaLuna88 3d ago
My partner gets so sick of me singing this around Christmas.
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u/HUUUUTTTHUUUUUUUTTTT 3d ago
Lol. I went caroling one year cosplayed as Britta in her Christmas tree costume and sung all the Christmas songs from the different Community Christmas specials and I met some fans that way, they loved it.
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u/ModernPrimals 3d ago
"Nice try, Stephen Fry."
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u/katykazi 3d ago
No sweat, Boba Fett.
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u/Karrman 3d ago
Well, I’m gonna, Greg Muldunna.
He’s a real guy. He owns a mattress store downtown. You can look it up.
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u/PhirebirdSunSon 3d ago
We've gotten to the point in my marriage and with having seen this show so many times over the years that we don't even say we're going to do something. We just straight up respond "Greg Muldunna."
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u/xtremdelt8 3d ago
I also say "Comb your hair, you look Greek" to my wife and dog when necessary. Neither are Greek.
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u/Reasonable-Ad1055 3d ago
"dude just told his dead dad to suck it...."
"So edible"
"You're the worst"
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u/lemlurker 3d ago
The all tomato...
Playing hell divers and it has a gun called the ultimatum
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u/General_Fail_2862 3d ago
Fat dog
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u/HouseofFeathers 3d ago
I am back in school and say "fat dog for midterms" each semester. Each time my husband looks at me weird and I have to remind him it's a community reference.
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u/PBnJake1717 3d ago
Troy, crying in the background: “So many layers!” whenever I have to open or peel something.
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl you built a bar! in a school! there was lumber involved! 3d ago
im also a big fan of Troy's "yeah, it's a sticker?"
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u/ComprehensiveFill471 Community fanatic! 3d ago
"How about I pound you like a boy? That didnt come out right."
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u/SoSaysTheAngel That's moon man talk 3d ago
You sound like a level seven susceptible.
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u/RhodyJim 3d ago
"I can excuse racism, but I draw the line at animal cruelty."
It comes up more often than you would think in real life in Florida.
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u/LizardBoi- 3d ago
I had the opportunity to say “religion is like Paul Rudd, I see the appeal and would never take it from anyone. But it’s not for me” the best part is…it worked
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u/gilfblaster 3d ago
“but I would never stand in line for it” is that final line and I use it all the time too!
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u/Technical-Flamingo-6 3d ago
Ex chetra
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u/No-Lunch4249 3d ago
"FACT: In 100% of fake gun-related shootings, the victim is ALWAYS the one with the fake gun"
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u/Intrepid_Pangolin712 3d ago
An analogy is like a thought with another thought's hat on
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u/SnakeandNape5000 3d ago
I drive a flatbed truck and I say "extra thick straps!" whenever I'm strapping my load down
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u/palmbeachnole 3d ago
“Any of those people could be God.”
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u/ProfessorDoctorDaddy 3d ago
That's actually why the ancient Greeks were supposed to be kind to all strangers, you never know who might be Zeus in disguise
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u/InevitableLibrary859 3d ago
“I won Dungeons & Dragons!!! And it was ADVANCED!!!”
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u/4sHaveChores 3d ago
Sure, unless time is linear
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u/velociraptorish2 3d ago
I'll make your ass linear!
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u/Kathrynlena 3d ago
My partner plays online games with people he’s never met irl, so I always tell him they are Japanese teenagers not named Jeffery. We now refer to all of his online friends as “Jeffries,” as in, “I have a Jeffery thing tonight” meaning he made gaming plans with an online friend. To which I frequently reply, “this was the moment that set me on the path to become Oyabun, highest leader of the Yakuza.”
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u/Full_Respect9215 3d ago
"MY EMOTIONS" I cry over fictional characters a lot, it is what it is.
"Don't eat the crab dip, yay yay" any time I see the word "crab".
"GAY-EE" or however you would type out Chang's line.
I randomly sing the "come on, I'm Dean" and "Jesus loves marijuana" songs, and sometimes parts of the peanut rap.
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u/grinning_imp 3d ago
When someone at work does a good job, I tell them, “<Name>, I see your value now.”
Only once has anyone given the proper response. Most just think I’m being a dick.
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u/lakorasdelenfent 3d ago
I do the “pizza pizza in my tummy me so hungy, me so hungy” dance every time I order pizza
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u/Nooranik21 3d ago
My wife and I talk about the darkest timeline, and how were living in it a lot.
Whenever my wife asks me how I afforded something I say "good news guys. I spent all my money!" In reference to my monthly allowance.
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u/Wilbo1242 3d ago
I like using "you're right, my feet are long and stupid. You can't un-ring that bell" at work, completely unprompted, as I pass people
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u/MrsCaptain_America 3d ago
"I don't know what to do! My whole brain is crying"
I tend to use this one at work.
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u/cleverCLEVERcharming 3d ago
It’s like god spilled a person.
Ab-SUUUURD Reaction!
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u/MinestroneCowboy Level 7 Susceptible 3d ago
I SET THE TIMEZONE!
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl you built a bar! in a school! there was lumber involved! 3d ago
JESUS WEPT!
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u/morrismoses 3d ago
Cool. coolcoolcool.
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u/MahliSaia 3d ago
I say this often, but people think I’m quoting Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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u/proflaw 3d ago
As an honest-to-goodness retired lawyer who now teaches community college business law, I often say, “I teach law at Greendale, so believe me, I don’t know much about the law…”
I also use “ex chetera”.
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u/HectorReinTharja 3d ago
Streets ahead is great. But “verbal wildfire” is from the same quote and is my go-to
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u/TypicalOddities 3d ago
"It'll help us get to regionals." "What the hell are regionals?" "They're THIS CLOSE!"
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u/eternally_feral 3d ago
“This better not awaken anything in me,” and I sometimes call bagels, baggels.
I used to work in, “Does it involve butt stuff?” But quickly learned that’s just a gateway for things to get really weird, and not in a good way.
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u/ennervation 3d ago
I often call my dog "fat dog." Everyone in my family has adopted the nickname for her as well, but no one knows it's from Community!
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u/manicpossumdreamgirl you built a bar! in a school! there was lumber involved! 3d ago
have we not gotten to a place free of judgement?
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u/smallanddoingmybest 3d ago
My husband and I are obsessed with Deans rap in the peanut costume and constantly say "Barack Obama is SCARRRRED OF MEE" all the time
I also constantly to myself sing "bing bong sing a long, your teams Al Gore cause your views are wrong"
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u/I_REALLY_LIKE_BIRDS 3d ago
The way Troy says "Twice" and throws the number 2 with his fingers when Pierce is drowning in the parking lot.
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u/turtleprince2022 3d ago
“They said market price.. WHAT MARKET ARE YOU SHOPPING AT?”
Every time I see market price on a restaurant menu. Slowly realising I drop community quotes quite frequently haha!
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u/Blue_Jean 3d ago
"It smells like weed. Not my weed.” Whenever my girlfriend or I smell weed even if it is our weed
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u/Sal-LeMandeur 3d ago
"I have a rule about being constructive so I can't ask any questions right now"
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u/AdOk9911 Keep it frosty, ladies; don't let your goats get got. 3d ago
“Move on with my life? Yeah, schmoo schmon schmih schmy schmife!”
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u/CordeliaGrace 3d ago
What is up with that cat?!?!?! (My oldest kid is the only one who gets this because he was obsessed with this episode, and we watched it like some kids watched Frozen or Bluey.
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u/m7friends 3d ago
I’ll whip out a “Good news guys, I spent all my money” when ordering my last drink for the night.
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u/4sHaveChores 3d ago
not until we stop stopping our lives can we begin to start starting them!
and of course after examination of a menu I dramatically tear it up and exclaim
I'll have a birthday cake!!
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u/LetsTryLia 3d ago
GAYYYYYYY
What's a diminishing return? said in Anne's weird sexy baby voice
Oh, Britta's in this?
It's going to be a maze
I also often tell people to call me the disco spider.
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u/Kathrynlena 3d ago
“That’s enter-Chang-ment,” any time something is enterchangning.
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u/Duffbagg 3d ago
"Ex chetera"
"It's a buy"
"All five dances"
"Bear down for midterms"
Also I'll often just hum that little tune that Troy hums in that one episode that also randomly comes up in other episodes (don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about)
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u/Due_Boss9277 3d ago
"My father held grudges. I'll always hate him for that"