10 Times Donald Glover Stole The Show In Community
10. The Restaurant (Critical Film Studies)
A simple moment at the end of one of Community's best homage episodes, the fuse of My Dinner with Andre and Pulp Fiction across both plots works incredibly in Critical Film Studies. It's an all time great episode and its best gag comes right at the end when the dream team, Troy and Abed, get together at the expensive restaurant for a meal of their own.
During Abed's conversation with Jeff at the same table, he didn't have to worry about money since Jeff's a former lawyer and not exactly struggling for cash. However, him and Troy are both broke college students who don't dine expensively, and that comes to a head at the end of the episode when neither of them has the money to pay the bill. This isn't the most groundbreaking gag on paper, but it's made absolutely flawless by Glover's hysterical selling.
He tries to act cool by initially planning to pay the bill, before the camera focuses on his incredulous stare while reading the number. When Abed looks at the bill and shuts it immediately, Troy starts sobbing before saying the classic line, "They said market price! What market are you shopping at?" while his voice squeaks in hysteria. It's so characteristic for Troy to try and be cool, before bursting into tears and this is a major example of that.