It was a perfect romantic-comedy moment in a perfect romantic-comedy situation.

It was a perfect romantic-comedy moment in a perfect romantic-comedy situation.

Abed introduces Troy to Firefly. Troy starts crying when Book dies in Serenity. Abed's not sure why.

Abed made the rules.

Abed realizes that Troy has been the most supportive friend ever, and decides to do something awesome for him. Things don't go exactly according to plan. Includes faux-telepathy, secret gay thoughts, and a guy who sounds just like Morgan Freeman.

"Troy/Abed- faux bodyswap smut." Requested by biohazardgirl on easternepiphany's fic meme.

Troy and Abed are in a relationship. This offers Abed the opportunity to explore a classic entertainment trope from porn videos.

Troy and Abed roleplay a sex pollen scenario in the Dreamatorium.

Graduation day should ideally include two hook-ups, a thrown punch, a massive secret, and a proposal, but apparently they’re all going to have to settle for Britta’s eyebrow piercing and the revelation that Jeff’s a Brony.

In which Abed and Troy learn how to be boyfriends and Britta moves in while they're not looking. Canon compliant through 4.10.

"If we're going with the whole pack dynamics thing, I nominate Pierce for omega," Abed said.

Mid-season three, Abed discovers and addresses Jeff’s ongoing depression using Twitter, Batman analogies, media analysis, buttered noodles, and shadow puppets.

Troy leaves. The group adjusts. Abed is selfish.

“Okay,” Troy says, “I am not a Magical Negro. I just happen to have special abilities that I use to heal a large number of white people and oh.” “See?” Britta says. “Fight the power, Troy!” (Or, the one where Troy being the Truest Repairman turns out to be way more trouble than it's worth.)

Greendale receives two last-minute transfers and Jeff doesn't get jealous. At all.

Abed discovers the reason he's always been different. Plus: fish stick jenga, inappropriate Pierceness, zombiehood, and giant cookies!

Troy and Abed film the Kickpuncher sex scene.

Jeff has a weakness for adorable and Abed knows it.

When Trish Barnes walks into the Dreamatorium and becomes Constable Reggie, it doesn't seem like anything's going to go any differently than it had the other times she and Abia became the Inspector and Constable. Until Abia tells her that to release the bonds keeping Inspector Spacetime the prisoner of the Floobidians, all Trish needs to do is tell Abia a huge secret. And only one secret comes to mind.

"We should get beds," Abed commented, as he shifted to make himself the big spoon. "It probably wouldn't be so cold if we weren't on the floor." "That's some grownup shit," Troy said sleepily, and stuck his cold toes between Abed's freakishly long calves. "We could be ready," Abed said, and he settled his hand on Troy's hip. Troy didn't say anything at all.

Annie isn't jealous of Abed and Troy having sex at all.

Annie, Abed, and Troy have a close encounter of the threesome kind in the Dreamatorium.

Things aren’t going according Annie’s plan. The gang graduates.

A kiss for each member of the study group.

Nadir’s body of work has been examined before—and in much broader and deeper contexts than this blog!—most notably in 24 Hours to Live, the collection of essays edited by Rachel Baxter, and his own What I Thought About the Movies I Made: The Abed Nadir Story—but for those of you already saying tl;dr, here’s an abbreviated summation of how auteur theory lets us realize the true brilliance of Nadir’s filmmaking.

In which Troy and Abed create their own sub-genre. (Rated for language and offscreen or very, very nondescript sex.)

Annie still can’t believe she’s even asking the question.

Troy and Abed and Annie in the bedroom! (Or, how Troy and Abed asked Annie to join them, and how she figured out that it was okay to say yes.)

But she would be damned if she would let Andre take her legs out from underneath her.

In which the folks from Greendale are in the Kickpuncher fandom and it causes about as much trouble as you'd expect.

Annie didn't plan to act on her feelings, of course. But then Britta went on her rant about porn.

Annie has put a lot of time and effort into being a normal person. Troy and Abed, not so much.

Abed's attempt to foster room-mate bonding via TV shows doesn't work as well as he would have hoped. Is there anything he, Troy and Annie can all agree on?

Abed finds a little bundle of joy on his doorstep. A montage happens.

The first time Troy dreamed about Abed, it was weird. And that's just the beginning.