7 Community Alumni Who Went On To Work In Sci-Fi

For a sitcom, Community sure can get weird.

The Dan Harmon/Russo Brothers Comedy first aired in 2009 until its cancellation after the fifth season. It came back for one more season on Yahoo! Screen, the Yahoo streaming service (yes, that was a thing) in 2015.

From as early as the first season, Community utilized more science fiction-y, supernatural style tropes than most sitcoms. The ninth episode gives hints of Abed's ability to see into the future and implies the existence of werewolves. After that, things only get weirder, with alternate timelines, Pierce's strange gadgets, and even a zombie apocalypse that the military "Men in Blacks" from everyone's memory.

It's not surprising, then, that a few former Community cast members, writers, and directors have gone on to work in science fiction projects since the show ended. Some have gone on to be superheroes, some have gone to a galaxy far far away, and some have somehow gotten even weirder than Community.

Here are seven Community alumni who went on to work in sci-fi after the show's run.

This entry doesn't count as one of the seven because Alison Brie, who played the over achieving yet still naive Annie Edison on Community, hasn't worked in sci-fi after her time at Greendale...yet.

For Marvel's upcoming She-Hulk series on Disney Plus, they are looking for an "Alison Brie type" to play the lead role of Jennifer Walters, aka She-Hulk.

If Brie is down for it, she would be a great Jennifer Walters. She could capture She-Hulk's fun-loving side, and, as she's shown in her Golden Globe nominated role in GLOW, she can be imposing in a fight. Walters is a lawyer, so Brie could just learn the tricks of the trade from Jeff Winger.

She-Hulk used to break the fourth wall Deadpool style in the comics. If the show casts Brie, and goes in that direction, then she'd be right at home in a fourth wall breaking TV series about a lawyer.