Motivation and Emotion - Abed Nadir

One of the ongoing and quintessential bits of Abed Nadir is his uncanny ability to be "Meta" or realize that he himself and his group of funny counterpart friends are all just characters on this TV show we watch called community. This is a character trait of his that is paired well with his love for pop culture and film. In fact, Abed is at Greendale Community College to earn his degree in film studies. This is referenced as far back seasons one episode three Introduction to Film  where Abed uses a camera to display his emotions about his friends and family. It's both touching and interesting to say the least. Today though, I want to discuss season 2, episode 5: Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples. In this episode Abed is given the Christian Bible by his religious friend, and one of the other main characters Shirley Bennet (Yvette-Nicole Brown). She gives him it with the intention of having Abed make a viral video that surrounds the topic of Christianity. This idea was pr...

"I don't think the lava's here because you're leaving. I think it's here because I won't let go." - Abed Nadir This heart-wrenching line comes at the end of Season 5, Episode 5 of NBC's  Community. An episode where the beloved star Donald Glover, in the role of Troy Barnes, Abed's best friend, leaves the show. This episode conveys emotions of loss, longing, fear, and emptiness from Abed, a Neurodivergent character whose raw emotion we, as the viewer, do not often get to see. In this episode, Abed announces that on this day of school, Greendale Community College would participate in a game of 'The Floor is Lava' with the prize being a comic book collection of Abed's valued at $50,000. In classic Community fashion, the school is 'All in' with the episode devolving into a MadMax-style parody with students ganging up to win the prize with groups like the "Locker Boys' led by student Ben Chang (Ken Jeong) hiding within the s...

Hello! Welcome to the blog! Here, we will learn and discuss Community's Abed Nadir. Community follows a study group of 6 students at Greendale Community College. At this fictional school, these characters, whose ages range from 18-65+, embark on different and sometimes other-worldly scenarios that lead to touching moments, lessons learned, and many laughs.  The character that we will follow this year is named Abed Nadir. Abed's character is unique in that he is self aware that he is in a TV show, and thus serves as the link between the TV show Community and the real world. Abed is on the spectrum which is often used to resolve some of the more fantastical aspects of the show that come to life. For example, there is a Christmas episode of Community, which is done entirely in 'claymation'. It is revealed a few seasons later, though, that this all took place in Abed's mind, and the rest of the study was more or less just playing along.   Abed is not only one of my favo...