Do they have to. Clearly they know they weren't gay and they aren't homophobic. To them it's not an insult and they do crazy schticks together that other people in their community college worship them for. They started a "war" with pillows and blanket forts.
Abed canonically grew up with harsh bullying, which is probably why is rarely seen stimming. However, in the freaky Friday episode troy’s impression of him IS stimming. This means that Troy is one of the few people he doesn’t mask around!
Cant get over the moment when it’s announced Troy is leaving to sail the world and abed says his usual ‘cool cool cool’ but then the woman reading the lie detector says ‘that’s a lie’... still almost cried just thinking about it
"You may notice side effects, like a compulsion to come back" is the most love in any line of this show you cannot change my mind (or stop me from crying)
No disrespect meant to either Donald Glover or Danny Pudi, but I don’t think either of them are good enough actors to fake that kind of emotion. That emotion comes from real life friends saying goodbye to each other as they move on from this shared chapter of their life. The two times you really see emotion in Abed’s face are when he says goodbye to Troy and when he says goodbye to Jeff and I choose to believe that each of those were brought on by real life emotions seeping through.
@@russellschwartz9687 Yes but that is acting, it all about Emotions, and Friendship between Cast Members = Emotions = Stronger Connection between Characters = Good Acting and Great Character Delevopment = More loved by the fans = Well you get the point!
Plus he’s giving Troy a big... yeah. I used to think, ‘Abed is to innocent for that stuff’ though, so he and Troy were probably platonic... then Abed and Annie had their long, intimately described seduction of an npc maiden. And like. No, Abed knows what Abed is doing. He’s just not making it open because he knows it would bother Troy, who started with a hypermasculin view of himself
Also, remember the one great episode during the Gas Leak Year was the *Freaky Friday* switch. Watch that again and notice the morning they switch, they both look down at their 🍆 and Abed smiles and Troy frowns. Then when they switch back at the end, they look at their 🍆s again, and this time Abed frowns and Troy smiles and says a soft "YES!"
@@danielled8665 Firstly it was a joke not something that was taken seriously in the show. Second, Film a sex scene as in pretend to have sex not actually have sex. Third, Troy wanted Britta to participate in the sex scene with him but Britta pretended she was busy to Abed.
@@sophiesmiles5891 yeah that would’ve been so much better, I mean holy shit would it have been ahead of its time, hell it would be ahead if it was made now. But I get it.
Platonic or romantic, they are soulmates. It’s very important to show healthy male friendships, but it’s also very important to show healthy mlm relationships. I like how it’s kind of hard to decipher with their relationship. As a member of the lgbtq+ community, I prefer to see them as boyfriends because I don’t think much would change between them if they changed it to a romance. But their friendship is so important so I completely understand why others don’t ship them.
i feel like for both of them, their friendship means they can open up to another person about their deepest secrets, things that even a romantic relationship might not get to without also having friendship; passion can cloud the mind and prevent deep understanding
I think this is the best opinion to have regardless of what you think their relationship is, both deep male friendships and MLM relationships are rarely shown, especially involving an autistic person, so regardless this is a great pairing
Both work well but I also prefer them as a couple since Abed and Jeff are a very sweet and understanding friendship that comes from their deep understanding of each other and similar upbringings.
I think Abed was 100% justified in the way he acted when he found out Britta and Troy were dating I mean how would you feel if someone was trying to steal your man-I mean best friend
If you’ve never had a best friendship like this (or a best friendship like this isn’t culturally acceptable where you are, which is sad) you won’t get it. Especially if you’re not somewhere on the spectrum like Abed probably is. It was a major bummer when my BFF got married. In fact, if it was written as a romance that would have cheapened it, not elevated it. This level of friendship is bigger than romantic relationships.
Actually S4 portrayal is kinda "off-ish" since Abed, in one of his alternate timelines is Troy and Britta being inloved. I don't think he is against it. He's just not sure about Britta as she is the "Wild Card" while Troy, around the group, is an honest guy.
they honestly have way more chemistry then Britta and Jeff Edit: Dang two years later and I’m still getting replies. I’m not taking every single one personally though, however I just want to explain that I made this comment when I was on season one. And I stopped watching when Troy left (can’t remember which season that was)
@@thecreamyladThat is the least chaotic thing that happened in greendale if not for the involvement of kids. Which is more of Chang and the dean's fault. Also they were instigated to do it by the dean, vice-dean and Starburns.
half of this comment section is people saying they're just friends and it's good to show young men that it's okay to have a strong and emotional friendship that isn't romantic at all the other half is saying they're definitely a couple and it's sad that the media is too scared to put out lgtq content in fear of being boycotted and in some twisted way i completely agree with both
Idk, I think they're just friends. I'd buy other characters being coded, like Jake from Brooklyn 99, but not Troy and Abed Edit: They would've made a cute couple though
@Melon Sweater I think it’s pretty characteristic of real life though. As a straight male, me and my closest friends make jokes all the time acting like a married couple. Something most are only comfortable with their real homies.
@@legendocampo8009 Exactly! I'm sure most of the people complaining that they're not a couple are women because they just don't get male friendships. Very close male friends always joke about like they're a couple, especially if they're roommates. It's actually more unrealistic if they were a couple because real couples don't act like this. One of them would be the responsible one. Both of them won't act so goofy.
At the risk of sounding over analytical about a TV show, when I watched I never romanticized Troy and Abed together because their friendship was something you don’t often see depicted in TV and I think it’s important to show young guys a healthy friendship where they feel that their masculinity isn’t challenged by being too close or emotional with another guy.
You’re right, but there also isn’t anything wrong with fans having fun seeing it as something more. Healthy gay male relationships are even more scarce than healthy platonic male relationships in media. Romantic partners are still friends too!
TDIfan10 very true, and thinking of it both ways also allows fans to draw their own representations whether they see a healthy platonic relationship or think it’s a romantic relationship
I mean referring to each other as boyfriend and better-half is kind of trying to depict a romantic image; even though they clearly weren’t romantic LOL.
The moment Troy said "it's cool to know other people think about this stuff too." Is when this dynamic changed forever. I'm so glad that was a gateway for that bromance.
Something about Troy's diss to Britta at 8:30 hit different, cus it made me realize that Aben never really dumbed Troy down as a character, he chooses to act "childish" because he has more fun, and Abed taught him to not care what other people think
i love community with all my heart but i was apathetic toward the romances in this show and honestly didn't care about jeffxannie, jeffxbritta, brittaxtroy, or whatever. but if they had written a romance for troy and abed i would have been interested.
”It's not a game for me troy, im seeing real lava because you're leaving. It's embarrassing. I don't wanna be crazy, but i am, so... I made a game that made you and everyone else see what i see.” This line never fails to break my heart 16:01
For some reason i cant see them as a couple dating, its either best friends or married old couple. Either way they're soulmates, not neccesarily in a romantic way BUT THEY JUST CLICK U KNOW??
I mean it could be at the very least Heterosexual, Biromantic. Meaning they can love one another, but not be sexually attracted. Love is way more complicated than we think it is.
Sort of like spinsters. They’re just old ladies who never marry and it’s ambiguous as to whether or not they’re a lesbian couple because they’re so close.
@Melon Sweater I can see Abed being Ace most of the time but he does know how to flirt and "Show interest" but a lot of the time its just an act he puts on from a movie.
One of my favorite things about community is that at the start of the show the pairings were set out to be Troy and Pierce and Jeff and Britta but when real life chemistry started appearing between Danny Pudi and Donald Glover and Joel Mchale and Alison Brie, they allowed those actors to continue to grow that chemistry by putting their characters together, even though that wasn’t what they originally envisioned for the show.
yo "you may notice some side effects, like a compulsion to come back" is the most romantic thing i have ever heard in my LIFE and i NEED a man who will say things like that
They were THE most steady couple in any sitcom I've ever seen and there's no excuse for them not being canon. (That being said, I always had huge crushes on both of them and the episode with the librarian was like a fever dream to me)
I get that close male friendships like this one are really really important to have in tv shows ,,,,,, but maybe just this once can we let friends be boyfriends
If community aired on 2018 or 2019 they truly could have been canon. I ship them but at the same time I have to adknowledge that is nice to see two men being friends without toxic masculinity
@Bird They literally say things like "you went crazy ex girlfriend on Abed" "that man is trying to steal your boyfriend" "let's go film the sex scene" and Troy explicitly calls Abed his other half.
@Chance at the same time, men shouldn't really care if people percieve them as gay. women in relationships get misnamed as straight all the time but it doesn't really affect the relationship if you're secure in yourself
@@idontneedaname318 that’s not accurate, people have a right to be considered the sexuality they actually are, gay people wouldn’t enjoy being called straight and vice versa. Doesn’t really apply to this specific case because they’re freaking tv characters and it’s deliberately ambiguous, but in general you shouldn’t assume someone’s sexuality
6:08 As much as I love Troy and Abed, Britta's little side step and patiently waiting is like the cutest she's ever been in the show and it makes me feel bad for her in that moment.
I love their relationship (platonic or romantic) so much, being friends with Abed actually gave Troy great character development, he used to be this guy with the facade of being a douchey jock when at heart he’s a genuinely sweet person but he didn’t show it because he was afraid of others view of him but when he becomes friends with Abed he gets to be silly and have real genuine fun and not worry about how the other would judge him, you can actually see Troys change in demeanour as he becomes friends with Abed. And Troy was Abed’s first real friend after growing up being bullied and misunderstood he finally has someone who likes him for him and who he can talk about his interest with, their genuinely my favourite part of the show and they literally make me so happy when I see them on screen together
i know we kind of collectively agree season 4 is trash but that "in my long history of being locked in things, i knew someone would come" is very sweet
if only half of this comments section understood that you can be both best friends and boyfriends with someone 💛 hell, that's my ideal type of relationship
i would love more mlm representation, and i do see their chemistry, but i honestly think this friend group works so much freaking better with no romantic relationships. britta x jeff was only compelling before they did it, britta x troy was very forgettable, annie x abed only worked when he was playing a role, and annie x jeff is bad in so many ways. i don’t care what dan harmon says-annie saying she thinks she likes jeff just bc she thinks she can fix him is a lot more realistic than her being in love w/ someone so much older than her. 🤢 i really hope the movie doesn’t focus on romance like at all.
pretty sure dan harmon doesn't say that annie actually is in love with jeff though. she's in love with being loved, and jeff is the coolest guy around. i despise the idea of anniexjeff as a couple, and it always felt to me like this was the message dan harmon was trying to convey, especially in later episodes
@@Brinkaskfavor That *is* the bi flag though right? I mean the colours are there, in slightly different values, but they're in the right order. And I think a lot of people disregard thickness and only focus on the order of the colours presented when making apparel with pride flags. Also even if you havent dated someone of the same gender, it doesnt mean you're heterosexual :)
@@Brinkaskfavor With regards to the show itself, I don't know what's canon and what's not about their sexualities, but don't rule out bisexuality just because they've never been in a homosexual relationship. Anyway that's just *my* opinion, hope you have a nice day :)
@@Brinkaskfavor alright cool, I can see what you mean -- but I like to think that the sweater was a subtle hint. Anyway it's cool that we all interpret things differently, you know? And thanks for not fighting or anything haha :) have a great day
@@Brinkaskfavor yes I know they don’t have any boyfriends in the show, doesn’t mean they’ve had a outside relationship with a guy, they never said abed wasn’t gay, bisexual, or straight, etc. But I respect your opinion this is just mine
@@Brinkaskfavor Bisexuality isn't based if you date a girl, than a guy, then a girl, repeat. You can like a gender more than any other. Anyway they could also be having an amazing friendship which none of us will ever have.
my favorite thing is probably the scene in the “therapy” and abed was wearing a hoodie with the bi flag color scheme and he’s sitting between Annie and Troy
I wish Troy came back episode 7-8 of season 6 because he was meant to be gone a little over a year and the show felt really empty without troy and abeds friendship + I miss troy and abed in the morning. When troy leaves it doesn't truly feel like an ending to his character and the whole dynamic of the show doesn't feel right
Watching this makes me wonder if the writers genuinely wanted to make them a couple, but the higher ups wouldn't allow it, so they made them as cannon as they could without making them cannon.
the line “i know you hate it when people do this in movies.” goes SO HARD EVERY TIME tgere r so many layers to it it drives me crazy . what where they thinking
The scene at 15:40 continues with Troy saying "you sure Britta couldn't do this part?" and Abed says no and then Troy sighs and goes "let's go film the sex scene."
I showed the season 3 episode where they play a video game for Pierce’s inheritance to my grandma because I thought it’s a really good stand-alone and she likes the actor of Gilbert and after the end tag she asked if Troy and abed are gay kgjjfjfjf would have been hilarious if my heart wasn’t also broken lol
Honestly the zombie episode felt like it becoming canon to me. That is the ultimate way that Abed could express how he felt. It's like the purest form of him we get in their time together. Its explicitly romantic, Abed knows han and leia are romantically involved. To say its just him doing a funny reference would be such a betrayal of his character, movies are how he expresses himself. He takes them deadly seriously. They're how he communicates the stuff in his head that doesnt make sense.
i get so annoyed when trobed deniers try to take away this scene that is so important to ppl that ship them. "whatever happened to saying 'i love you' between friends?" nobody said you cant, but given the context and the circumstances it did NOT seem as platonic as some of these ppl deem it to be... Not to mention when abed and annie mirrored that EXACT SAME COUPLE they ended up kissing.
I love everyone's reactions after Troy said he and Abed were moving in together. Annie and Shirley looked like they were waiting for them to come out. Also I love how Jeff insinuated that Troy was the girlfriend in the relationship, even though traditionally, Troy playing sports would make him the 'boyfriend'
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"you may notice some side effects, like a compulsion to come back" is the most romantic thing my soft heart has ever heard
I almost cried
up there with "you go too fast for me, Crowley" from good omens and "you're stronger than you think" from It chapter 2
YOU GO TOO FAST FOR ME CROWLY WRECKS ME
@@mega_lapras6047 I actually cried-
i cry everytime i watch that scene
-she can make babies for me.
+oh, and i can’t?
+i can’t.
Probably my favorite Troy line
They already tried 7u7
Transwomen be like 🤣
@@farryn874 ...what was the reason for that
"I can't 😒😒😒"
TROY SAYING “YOU WERE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE AND YOU WERENT LOOKING FOR ME” IS MAKING ME CRYYYYYYYYYYYY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
every time jdndje fjfdi
Sameee 😭😍
RIGHT
May Christ bless you
tfrqywqiujo poiuytre thank you?
I love how the group keeps calling them boyfriends and Troy and Abed don't even try to deny it.
Do they have to. Clearly they know they weren't gay and they aren't homophobic. To them it's not an insult and they do crazy schticks together that other people in their community college worship them for. They started a "war" with pillows and blanket forts.
It’s a nice contrast to all the homophobic jokes the writing had!
Without context this really does make it seem like they're dating
You're saying that they're not
It also makes it seem like they’re dating with context.
I haven’t watched the show yet and I actually thought they were dating-
It was constantly played off for laughs, but even contextually it's very plausible for them to have been dating
WITH context they look like they’re dating
I feel like this more just boyfriends, this is some soul mate level stuff. Wether romantic or not, they were made for eachother.
YEAH this is exactly how i feel, they're like above defined relationships. they're the most soul mate-y soul mates I've ever seen
i want a spin off so bad
When Troy literally says, you were out there, And you weren’t looking for me?!, you know that’s true
Soul mates are not always romantic
@@antoniodiavolo I know. That's why I said romantic or not
Abed canonically grew up with harsh bullying, which is probably why is rarely seen stimming. However, in the freaky Friday episode troy’s impression of him IS stimming. This means that Troy is one of the few people he doesn’t mask around!
this has broken me.
Omg that is so cute!! At which parts was "Abed" stimming? I can't find it ;((
@@araw_buwan yeahh i wanna know too
Oh nO IM GOING TO CRY HARDER
@@araw_buwan when like they first wake up an md he goes I’m you. And you’re me, he’s stimming with his fingers
Troy: Me and my partner are top-gun fighter pilots, the best of the best
Abed: *pew pew pew*
One of my favourite little moments people often forget about
What I never understood about that scene was if they were top gun and best of the best, how did their plane go down?
so romantic
1:53
Reminded me of this ua-cam.com/video/OHdtfQ7eE5Y/v-deo.html
Cant get over the moment when it’s announced Troy is leaving to sail the world and abed says his usual ‘cool cool cool’ but then the woman reading the lie detector says ‘that’s a lie’... still almost cried just thinking about it
yesss, because he´s not cool ahhahahh
Saddest moment in the series
He can't express emotions, that doesn't mean he doesn't feel them
I know…. SO sad.
Wait whats the timestamp
"You may notice side effects, like a compulsion to come back" is the most love in any line of this show you cannot change my mind (or stop me from crying)
I was literally crying so hard when he said that
No disrespect meant to either Donald Glover or Danny Pudi, but I don’t think either of them are good enough actors to fake that kind of emotion. That emotion comes from real life friends saying goodbye to each other as they move on from this shared chapter of their life. The two times you really see emotion in Abed’s face are when he says goodbye to Troy and when he says goodbye to Jeff and I choose to believe that each of those were brought on by real life emotions seeping through.
I love seeing how ridiculously strong their friendship is
@@russellschwartz9687 Yes but that is acting, it all about Emotions, and Friendship between Cast Members = Emotions = Stronger Connection between Characters = Good Acting and Great Character Delevopment = More loved by the fans = Well you get the point!
@@katiestevenson7742 u sound like abed and russell schwartz sounds like britta
When he said "no, i am not looking for my better half"
other half* :D
“Hey Abed, it’s Troy. Hee-hee” IT’S SO FUNNY I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING AHAHAHAH
I read this comment as I was watching it
So high pitched too
Genuinely lmao
mickey mouse
OMG I finally understood the joke from 11:30
He intended Troy to be Hector the Well-Endowed because in the Iliad, Hector is from Troy
OH MY GOD
Plus he’s giving Troy a big... yeah.
I used to think, ‘Abed is to innocent for that stuff’ though, so he and Troy were probably platonic... then Abed and Annie had their long, intimately described seduction of an npc maiden. And like. No, Abed knows what Abed is doing. He’s just not making it open because he knows it would bother Troy, who started with a hypermasculin view of himself
You’re wrinkling my brain
Plus troy is slanging
Also, remember the one great episode during the Gas Leak Year was the *Freaky Friday* switch. Watch that again and notice the morning they switch, they both look down at their 🍆 and Abed smiles and Troy frowns. Then when they switch back at the end, they look at their 🍆s again, and this time Abed frowns and Troy smiles and says a soft "YES!"
We were robbed of one and a half season more of this bromance.
Bromance? There’s literally a line in the show where they look at each other, say “now let’s film the sex scene” and leave the room together.
I've gotta be honest, I stopped watching after Troy left.
@@andromeda5069 Y coul still have some fun, but it was annoying indeed to not have their chimestry shown anymore.
@@danielled8665 Firstly it was a joke not something that was taken seriously in the show.
Second, Film a sex scene as in pretend to have sex not actually have sex.
Third, Troy wanted Britta to participate in the sex scene with him but Britta pretended she was busy to Abed.
Agreed
Historians: tHey wERe VeRy cLosE FriEnds.
Sappho: 'welcome to the club'
😂
They are tho
genius comment
Ever had a friend?
the baby abed saying "cool cool cool" is always so cute
Hahahahaha yeah
RIGHT?? I kept rewatching that part and it's hardly ever mentioned
I find it funny that Pierce always made fun of Jeff and Britta for being gay, but never once mentioned all of this
Didn't he make a comment about this during the beginning of season 1???
he never wanted to jeopardize his chance for an invite
No, actually Pierce made several jokes about Troy and Abed being gay.
I don't understand why this comment has 300 likes, Pierce made fun of them for looking gay many times
I think Peirce has called everyone gay
These two would've made such a cute couple-
but it's definitely nice to have a tv representation of a healthy bromance.
Tv is filled with healthy representations of bromance. How many confirmed gay couples have you seen on tv that arent just there to be an archetype?
@@sophiesmiles5891 just trying to look on the bright side, but yeah, definitely agreed.
Same
@@sophiesmiles5891 yeah that would’ve been so much better, I mean holy shit would it have been ahead of its time, hell it would be ahead if it was made now. But I get it.
@@sophiesmiles5891 there is Crowley and Aziraphale from Good Omens. Who Neil Gaiman confirmed are in love with each other.
I always wanted to have a friendship with someone as close as Troy and Abed. Now I realise I might want a boyfriend
SAME
hows the realization going lmfao
@@Brinkaskfavor maybe what the realized is that it was attraction, and not platonic
both is good
Same, I really want to be in like a qpr of sorts with a guy like this because that would be awesome
Platonic or romantic, they are soulmates. It’s very important to show healthy male friendships, but it’s also very important to show healthy mlm relationships. I like how it’s kind of hard to decipher with their relationship. As a member of the lgbtq+ community, I prefer to see them as boyfriends because I don’t think much would change between them if they changed it to a romance. But their friendship is so important so I completely understand why others don’t ship them.
i feel like for both of them, their friendship means they can open up to another person about their deepest secrets, things that even a romantic relationship might not get to without also having friendship; passion can cloud the mind and prevent deep understanding
nails are drying I could type more but this comment is so true
I think this is the best opinion to have regardless of what you think their relationship is, both deep male friendships and MLM relationships are rarely shown, especially involving an autistic person, so regardless this is a great pairing
@@nighteye4042 YES
Both work well but I also prefer them as a couple since Abed and Jeff are a very sweet and understanding friendship that comes from their deep understanding of each other and similar upbringings.
I think Abed was 100% justified in the way he acted when he found out Britta and Troy were dating
I mean how would you feel if someone was trying to steal your man-I mean best friend
sneaky.
"I know you two are having sex. I've known for weeks."
"Why didn't you say something?!"
"...I love donuts."
If you’ve never had a best friendship like this (or a best friendship like this isn’t culturally acceptable where you are, which is sad) you won’t get it. Especially if you’re not somewhere on the spectrum like Abed probably is. It was a major bummer when my BFF got married.
In fact, if it was written as a romance that would have cheapened it, not elevated it. This level of friendship is bigger than romantic relationships.
Actually S4 portrayal is kinda "off-ish" since Abed, in one of his alternate timelines is Troy and Britta being inloved. I don't think he is against it. He's just not sure about Britta as she is the "Wild Card" while Troy, around the group, is an honest guy.
they honestly have way more chemistry then Britta and Jeff
Edit: Dang two years later and I’m still getting replies. I’m not taking every single one personally though, however I just want to explain that I made this comment when I was on season one. And I stopped watching when Troy left (can’t remember which season that was)
They have more chemistry than literally anyone else in the show even if it's just platonic chemistry
Britta is ass and has no chemistry with anyone or anything.
@@alireimer3848 exactly
Britta and Jeff have zero chemistry lol
@@laurenberry7750 Eh, I mean Annie and Jeff are close, but honestly yeah.
I love how they immediately plan their lives around raising a baby that they find on a table 🤣
I love how britta was just perfectly open to being in a relationship with Troy while Troy is in a relationship with Abed. Poly icons
Very April ludgate
Cucumamacacapipi britta and April would hate each other in a good way
@@juliettest.laclaire8931 I haven't seen community yet
Cucumamacacapipi can definitely recommend, I binged it like three times in a row
They’re not in a relationship they’re men in a close platonic friendship why can we not have examples of men being comfortable with their sexuality.
The healthiest relationship on the show
Apart from the one time they started a war
@@thecreamyladThat is the least chaotic thing that happened in greendale if not for the involvement of kids. Which is more of Chang and the dean's fault. Also they were instigated to do it by the dean, vice-dean and Starburns.
They may not have been a couple, but their bromance was the best relationship in the whole show.
Their relationship was the show!
this
Nah, they were a couple
@@ChemAngel3 facs
🎶 Troy and Abed being boyyyfriends 🎶
Yesss! They need a whole spin-off 😍
I read this in their voices.. I miss them so much
Why did i sing this in my brain.
*slap slap*
🥰
my only critique is that in the one bedtime story end credits scene u cut out troys rlly soft "thank you abed" 🥺🥺🥺
noya
Noya-senpai !!
3k like I'm really sorry it's a habit
Awe
They're adorable all the time
"you are not being crazy, that dude is trying to steal you boyfriend", she said to her boyfriend....
I can’t see these two on screen together and not feel the urge to sing “Troy and Abed in the morning..”
Troy and Abed are in mourning…
Stays stuck in my head
half of this comment section is people saying they're just friends and it's good to show young men that it's okay to have a strong and emotional friendship that isn't romantic at all
the other half is saying they're definitely a couple and it's sad that the media is too scared to put out lgtq content in fear of being boycotted
and in some twisted way i completely agree with both
Same
Double same
People can be in a romantic relationship and still be best friends 😌
That’s why it’s great that they didn’t confirm either way. That way everyone can have their cake and eat it, too.
Idk, I think they're just friends. I'd buy other characters being coded, like Jake from Brooklyn 99, but not Troy and Abed
Edit: They would've made a cute couple though
Historians: they were roommates
Oh my god they were roomates.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I mean, technically they WERE.
i appreciate strong male friendships but also i wish they were dating in the show wtf
Me too 😍
@Melon Sweater I think it’s pretty characteristic of real life though. As a straight male, me and my closest friends make jokes all the time acting like a married couple. Something most are only comfortable with their real homies.
I wish they were dating
They will make a perfect couple ngl
@@legendocampo8009 Exactly! I'm sure most of the people complaining that they're not a couple are women because they just don't get male friendships.
Very close male friends always joke about like they're a couple, especially if they're roommates. It's actually more unrealistic if they were a couple because real couples don't act like this. One of them would be the responsible one. Both of them won't act so goofy.
That’s the best kind of relationship.
Britta being supportive of her boyfriend's relationship with his boyfriend was really cute
Anyone remember the part where the group is talking about them and they say at the same time, “they’re just jealous”
Thats one of my favorite moments w them :)
At the risk of sounding over analytical about a TV show, when I watched I never romanticized Troy and Abed together because their friendship was something you don’t often see depicted in TV and I think it’s important to show young guys a healthy friendship where they feel that their masculinity isn’t challenged by being too close or emotional with another guy.
You’re right, but there also isn’t anything wrong with fans having fun seeing it as something more. Healthy gay male relationships are even more scarce than healthy platonic male relationships in media. Romantic partners are still friends too!
TDIfan10 very true, and thinking of it both ways also allows fans to draw their own representations whether they see a healthy platonic relationship or think it’s a romantic relationship
Kryptocon Couldn’t agree more! 😇
I mean referring to each other as boyfriend and better-half is kind of trying to depict a romantic image; even though they clearly weren’t romantic LOL.
Me too...
Troy and Abed literally went "fuck it we'll ship ourselves before the shippers do"
troy literally called him and abed trobed in early season 3 , troy said screw it if no one else will give us a ship name I will
8:07 Troy goin to Abed for comforting side hug is my favourite thing ever, it's so cute
Troy talking about how Abed is a, "magical-like man" reminded me of Santana talking about Brittany to Rory in Glee...☕️
omg 😢💜
THEY'RE THIS CLOSE
I DIDNT EVEN SEE THE PARALLELS
I hate Glee! I don't see its appeal at all.
The moment Troy said "it's cool to know other people think about this stuff too." Is when this dynamic changed forever. I'm so glad that was a gateway for that bromance.
14:47 Troy explaining that Abed is his manic pixie dreamgirl
The way he says “oh, and I can’t” @ 3:15 says something
he says I can't
The fact that both Britta and Jeff refer to abed as "Troy's boyfriend" while Troy is dating Britta is the reason I live this masterpiece if a show
"YOU WERE OUT THERE AND YOU WEREN'T LOOKING FOR ME?!"
Something about Troy's diss to Britta at 8:30 hit different, cus it made me realize that Aben never really dumbed Troy down as a character, he chooses to act "childish" because he has more fun, and Abed taught him to not care what other people think
also why troy and britta didn't work.
@lilenwasnothere6867
IT GOT IN THE WAY OF TROY AND ABEDS FRIENDSHIP SO OBVII
“She can make babies for me”
“Oh and I can’t? I can’t..”
I WAS IN SHOCK
i love community with all my heart but i was apathetic toward the romances in this show and honestly didn't care about jeffxannie, jeffxbritta, brittaxtroy, or whatever. but if they had written a romance for troy and abed i would have been interested.
I think Dan Harmon tends to be pretty apathetic towards the romances in his shows, too- at least the ones he intentionally writes
How you didn't care jennie?
@@m.terrific9869 yes
It's bromance. There's nothing really gay about it.
Also, how did you not ship Abed and Annie. Those two had the most realistic sparks
Mirko Montti there is an age gap between Jeff and Annie so it makes sense someone wouldn’t like it. It is a bit uncomfortable for that reason
13:27 THIS IMPLIES THAT THEY HOLD HANDS IM SO SOFT 😭🥺
”It's not a game for me troy, im seeing real lava because you're leaving. It's embarrassing. I don't wanna be crazy, but i am, so... I made a game that made you and everyone else see what i see.”
This line never fails to break my heart
16:01
For some reason i cant see them as a couple dating, its either best friends or married old couple. Either way they're soulmates, not neccesarily in a romantic way BUT THEY JUST CLICK U KNOW??
I mean it could be at the very least Heterosexual, Biromantic. Meaning they can love one another, but not be sexually attracted. Love is way more complicated than we think it is.
Sort of like spinsters. They’re just old ladies who never marry and it’s ambiguous as to whether or not they’re a lesbian couple because they’re so close.
@Melon Sweater I can see Abed being Ace most of the time but he does know how to flirt and "Show interest" but a lot of the time its just an act he puts on from a movie.
@@sockpuppetmogwai856 I agree
If you know what a QPR is, that's pretty much how I imagine it!! (Queer Platonic Relationship)
You should’ve added the part where Abed’s like “Troy will find me” when Toby locks him up in the thing
this is perhaps the softest thing I have ever seen, thank you for your service
Speaking of figuring things out, me and abed have an announcement...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Exactly no one: *is surprised*
They don’t say they’re dating: *now surprise*
One of my favorite things about community is that at the start of the show the pairings were set out to be Troy and Pierce and Jeff and Britta but when real life chemistry started appearing between Danny Pudi and Donald Glover and Joel Mchale and Alison Brie, they allowed those actors to continue to grow that chemistry by putting their characters together, even though that wasn’t what they originally envisioned for the show.
yo "you may notice some side effects, like a compulsion to come back" is the most romantic thing i have ever heard in my LIFE and i NEED a man who will say things like that
They were THE most steady couple in any sitcom I've ever seen and there's no excuse for them not being canon.
(That being said, I always had huge crushes on both of them and the episode with the librarian was like a fever dream to me)
I am fairly sure they would have been more than happy to be in Poli relationship with you
I love how Troy and Abed were just ready to raise a child
I'd say willing more than ready but yes.
The movie should be about Troys return
Now that I know this could happen I will be disappointed if it doesn’t
Donald Glover did say Troy could be lost at sea, and that he wants the movie to be a Troy rescue mission.
#sixseasonsandamovie 🙌🏾🙏🏾❤
I get that close male friendships like this one are really really important to have in tv shows ,,,,,, but maybe just this once can we let friends be boyfriends
Troy really risked it all when he said "all I heard was suck"
RIGHT? He even looked down when he said it 💀
If community aired on 2018 or 2019 they truly could have been canon. I ship them but at the same time I have to adknowledge that is nice to see two men being friends without toxic masculinity
@Bird They literally say things like "you went crazy ex girlfriend on Abed" "that man is trying to steal your boyfriend" "let's go film the sex scene" and Troy explicitly calls Abed his other half.
@Bird it’s more like every time people ship two male friends everyone starts screaming about how not everything has to be gay >:((((
@Chance thats because allot of gay relationships dont get good nonsterotype representation.
@Chance at the same time, men shouldn't really care if people percieve them as gay. women in relationships get misnamed as straight all the time but it doesn't really affect the relationship if you're secure in yourself
@@idontneedaname318 that’s not accurate, people have a right to be considered the sexuality they actually are, gay people wouldn’t enjoy being called straight and vice versa. Doesn’t really apply to this specific case because they’re freaking tv characters and it’s deliberately ambiguous, but in general you shouldn’t assume someone’s sexuality
Troy and Abed being cute!
*Special handshake*
Broke: Troy and Abed are gay.
Woke: Troy and Abed are in search of a girlfriend for their polyamorous throuple.
THIS✨✨✨
"there's someone for us"
The right ladies for Troy and abed, are just female versions of Troy and Abed
yeah annie
Annie
Shirley: You don’t see me saying anything about Abed and Troys weird little relationship
Troy and Abed: they’re just jealous
Their friendship was my favorite part of community by far
"there is a prophesy."
"(sigh) I miss Abed so much."
"Happy Valentine's Day"
"It is now"
“Hector the well endowed” does not exist in Ba Sing Se
There is no season 4 in Ba sing se
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
6:08 As much as I love Troy and Abed, Britta's little side step and patiently waiting is like the cutest she's ever been in the show and it makes me feel bad for her in that moment.
they have the purest relationship
I love their relationship (platonic or romantic) so much, being friends with Abed actually gave Troy great character development, he used to be this guy with the facade of being a douchey jock when at heart he’s a genuinely sweet person but he didn’t show it because he was afraid of others view of him but when he becomes friends with Abed he gets to be silly and have real genuine fun and not worry about how the other would judge him, you can actually see Troys change in demeanour as he becomes friends with Abed.
And Troy was Abed’s first real friend after growing up being bullied and misunderstood he finally has someone who likes him for him and who he can talk about his interest with, their genuinely my favourite part of the show and they literally make me so happy when I see them on screen together
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT 14:29 THE WAY TROY IS ADMIRING ABED BEFOR REALIZING WHAT HES DOING AND LOOKING AWAY SHYLY AGH-
You can't even tell who he is looking at. Like wdym
dude thank you sm for including the subtitles!!
i know we kind of collectively agree season 4 is trash but that "in my long history of being locked in things, i knew someone would come" is very sweet
I always find it funny he remembered the anniversary of watching freaky Friday but not the fact he started dating his girlfriend on the same day
"tell your boyfriend and his boyfriend that playtime is over!"
Troy saying to annie "no I'm not looking for my other half" just goes for show how close they are
if only half of this comments section understood that you can be both best friends and boyfriends with someone 💛 hell, that's my ideal type of relationship
i would love more mlm representation, and i do see their chemistry, but i honestly think this friend group works so much freaking better with no romantic relationships. britta x jeff was only compelling before they did it, britta x troy was very forgettable, annie x abed only worked when he was playing a role, and annie x jeff is bad in so many ways. i don’t care what dan harmon says-annie saying she thinks she likes jeff just bc she thinks she can fix him is a lot more realistic than her being in love w/ someone so much older than her. 🤢 i really hope the movie doesn’t focus on romance like at all.
pretty sure dan harmon doesn't say that annie actually is in love with jeff though. she's in love with being loved, and jeff is the coolest guy around. i despise the idea of anniexjeff as a couple, and it always felt to me like this was the message dan harmon was trying to convey, especially in later episodes
“Cool. I went crazy and I wanted to cut off Jeff’s arm” paired with the look on Jeff’s face is so funny
4:40 Abed has a bi flag on his sweater
@@Brinkaskfavor That *is* the bi flag though right? I mean the colours are there, in slightly different values, but they're in the right order. And I think a lot of people disregard thickness and only focus on the order of the colours presented when making apparel with pride flags.
Also even if you havent dated someone of the same gender, it doesnt mean you're heterosexual :)
@@Brinkaskfavor With regards to the show itself, I don't know what's canon and what's not about their sexualities, but don't rule out bisexuality just because they've never been in a homosexual relationship.
Anyway that's just *my* opinion, hope you have a nice day :)
@@Brinkaskfavor alright cool, I can see what you mean -- but I like to think that the sweater was a subtle hint. Anyway it's cool that we all interpret things differently, you know?
And thanks for not fighting or anything haha :) have a great day
@@Brinkaskfavor yes I know they don’t have any boyfriends in the show, doesn’t mean they’ve had a outside relationship with a guy, they never said abed wasn’t gay, bisexual, or straight, etc. But I respect your opinion this is just mine
@@Brinkaskfavor Bisexuality isn't based if you date a girl, than a guy, then a girl, repeat. You can like a gender more than any other. Anyway they could also be having an amazing friendship which none of us will ever have.
They're just jealous
my favorite thing is probably the scene in the “therapy” and abed was wearing a hoodie with the bi flag color scheme and he’s sitting between Annie and Troy
I wish Troy came back episode 7-8 of season 6 because he was meant to be gone a little over a year and the show felt really empty without troy and abeds friendship + I miss troy and abed in the morning. When troy leaves it doesn't truly feel like an ending to his character and the whole dynamic of the show doesn't feel right
He was busy getting attacked by pirates then.
I love how they just see a baby and within 5 seconds have started planning their life with the baby.
I love that this show puts so much more focus and importance on friendship rather than romance but Troy and Abed were totally in love
I love when Jeff calls them each other’s boyfriend/girlfriend
Watching this makes me wonder if the writers genuinely wanted to make them a couple, but the higher ups wouldn't allow it, so they made them as cannon as they could without making them cannon.
the line “i know you hate it when people do this in movies.” goes SO HARD EVERY TIME tgere r so many layers to it it drives me crazy . what where they thinking
I'm watching this without context and I don't believe that they're not a couple 😂
Same 😂
There’s even more stuff in the show they left out. 😂
Same with context
The scene at 15:40 continues with Troy saying "you sure Britta couldn't do this part?" and Abed says no and then Troy sighs and goes "let's go film the sex scene."
i love how they really tried to say troy and abed were platonic best friends
my sister asked me if they were dating LMAAOOOO
fuk. after Troy left I CRIED and stopped watching the show they were #1 reason I watched
I showed the season 3 episode where they play a video game for Pierce’s inheritance to my grandma because I thought it’s a really good stand-alone and she likes the actor of Gilbert and after the end tag she asked if Troy and abed are gay kgjjfjfjf would have been hilarious if my heart wasn’t also broken lol
It's really funny to hear people talk about healthy male relationships with troys line about not being able to make babies for Abed in mind.
0:52 first time realizing that those lines mirror Star Wars
I LOVE THIS SHOW
there’s bromance and there’s just straight up romance and this my friends, is most definitely romance
Honestly the zombie episode felt like it becoming canon to me. That is the ultimate way that Abed could express how he felt. It's like the purest form of him we get in their time together. Its explicitly romantic, Abed knows han and leia are romantically involved. To say its just him doing a funny reference would be such a betrayal of his character, movies are how he expresses himself. He takes them deadly seriously. They're how he communicates the stuff in his head that doesnt make sense.
wait which episode???
@@coolgirlzinuwu1615 there was a halloween special where everyone turns into a zombie
@@NotFine oh right!! thank you
i get so annoyed when trobed deniers try to take away this scene that is so important to ppl that ship them. "whatever happened to saying 'i love you' between friends?" nobody said you cant, but given the context and the circumstances it did NOT seem as platonic as some of these ppl deem it to be... Not to mention when abed and annie mirrored that EXACT SAME COUPLE they ended up kissing.
@@coolgirlzinuwu1615 2x6
when Troy says "all i heard was suck" at 3:19 HE LOOKS DOWN AT ABED!!!
"you may notice some side effects like a compulsion to come back" made me and everyone cry and you're lying if you say it didn't
I love everyone's reactions after Troy said he and Abed were moving in together. Annie and Shirley looked like they were waiting for them to come out.
Also I love how Jeff insinuated that Troy was the girlfriend in the relationship, even though traditionally, Troy playing sports would make him the 'boyfriend'
I think he refers to Troy as the "girlfriend" of Abed because Troy it's the most emotional out of the two of them (very stereotypical lol)
Shirley looked so concerned for their souls 😭😭
3:20 the way troy checks abed out....
Ikr
14:31 too