The best zombie episodes of nonzombie tv shows paste. Oct 28, 2011 last nights episode was once again deeply conceived, complex, and multilayered. The schools dean put the party together and bought the food. Freaks and geeks only got one halloween episode, but it. This episode is a zombie outbreak, a ghost story and an alien invasion all in one. Epidemiology s2e6 turns zombie cliches into pop culture fodder and never. The tv channel freeform formerly abc family annually presents their special nights of halloween with specialized halloween episodes of regularly scheduled programs, as well as specified halloween specials and movies to play for the nights leading up to october 31. It originally premiered in the united states on nbc on october 28, 2010 as a special halloween themed episode. In the finale, two teams consisting of a pumpkin carving expert, a cake artist, and a candy craftsman must evoke the sce. Greendale community college faces a zombie attaaaaack that results in the need for a leeeetle baby quarantine.
How this poorly rated, emmyscorned shows pulls this off budgetwise is a mystery. In the finale, two teams consisting of a pumpkin carving expert, a. Clover is forced to babysitting chucky, the obnoxious son of her mothers best friend, on halloween night, but luckily she is able to rope sam and alex into hanging out with her so it will not be such a drag. Oct 28, 2010 this episode serves as a parody of various zombie and horror movies, with the infected students mimicking stereotypical zombies and various tropes of the genre being mocked. Articles about tv movies and other oneoff programs that were not originally shown as part of an ongoing series belong in the category tv specials. This is the episode for those who ever wished community had just a tiny dash of walking dead in its dna and also a little mamma mia. Watch halloween wars season 7, episode 8 zombie cooking show. Last nights episode was once again deeply conceived, complex, and multilayered. Its doubtful that community could get away with this episode at, say, thanksgiving though i doubt the show would even try, but when you air this thing in october and couch it all in the idea that this is canonical, sure, but nobodys ever going to remember it, it. Community always excelled at clever riffs on pop culture and that holds particularly true in the season two halloween episode epidemiology the greendale gang find themselves in the plot of a. The cover art shows two zombies leaving an abandoned house. Zombie halloween is the first book in the goosebumps most wanted. Greendale community college faces a zombie attaaaaack that results in.
Last weeks episode was amazing, so thatd probably make into the top ten and the zombie halloween episode and then as i began to look over the 59 episodes of community so far, narrowing it down to the ten best became another one of those fools errands. There are several shotforshot recreations of zombie apocalypse media. Community zombie halloweeni want to eat your heart. The girls take chucky trickortreating in the eerie gated community he lives in, but none of the neighbors seem to be home. Watch halloween wars season 9, episode 2 zombie dating show. The series follows a group of students at a community college in the fictional locale of greendale, colorado. Community s on a roll with episodes torn straight from the reels of classic movies this season, and last nights halloween episode lifted the show to new heights. Epidemiology is the sixth episode of the second season of the american comedy television series community, and the 31st episode of the series overall. Nov 15, 2018 an episode with a simple conceptplaying parcheesi and debating who gets the pizza at troy and abeds apartmentturns into one of communitys most complex episodes as soon as abed utters. With some help from his fellow classmates, winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves. After five seasons on nbc, community moved to yahoo. The best halloween episodes on tv run the gamut from spooky takes on your favorite shows from freaks and geeks to brooklyn ninenine. Apr 03, 2017 this episode is a zombie outbreak, a ghost story and an alien invasion all in one. The zombies first started to appear when the mir space station crash landed on top of kenny, killing him.
Community is known for its spoofs, and this season 2 episode is no exception. With joel mchale, gillian jacobs, danny pudi, yvette nicole brown. Michael is instructed by corporate to fire somebody, so he designates angela, oscar, and kevin in accounting. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. While it seems impossible that the show could top last years zombie episode, dan harmons done it again. Its doubtful that community could get away with this episode at, say, thanksgiving though i doubt the show would even try, but when you air this thing in october and couch it all in the idea that this is canonical, sure, but nobodys ever going to remember it, it feels. Oct 28, 2010 all 6 songs featured in community season 2 episode 6. Along the way, it attempted to tell a complicated story. If you dont know nothing about mbti, you can still read and enjoy the comics. Oct 24, 2017 community is known for its spoofs, and this season 2 episode is no exception. Oct 30, 2016 the first halloween themed episode aired during the first season, but in the second season, the show took halloween episodes to another level and this trend continued throughout the run of the series. In its second season, community tried so many different things that it sometimes seemed like a different show every week. Classes resume at greendale community college and the group enroll in a new class, anthropology 101, which. Zombie mushroom mayhem is the 10th episode of antiks.
Along the way, it attempted to tell a complicated story about the ways in which. The study group is left to fend for themselves by dean pelton during a rabies outbreak due to tainted food at greendales halloween party. Joey and boo have a brush with a mushroom that leads them on a crazy chase. Dean messing up again, britta and jeff being platonically adorable, troy and abed geeking out and even starburns and senor chang being more interesting than usual. The reason i love community so much is because it can do episodes that i. After greendale students eat old surplus army canned goods during a halloween party at school, they begin displaying. It probably deals with hanging threads of the first season a little bit too quickly and then picks up pace and has the american comedy staples of halloween, valentines, christmas episodes.
The season consists of 24 episodes and aired on thursdays at 8. Second video i edited a few days ago and this seasons halloween episode and listening to skrillex got me thinking of trying out one of his songs with the second seasons zombiefied halloween episode. This episode, titled epidemiology, has the study group attending the schools annual halloween party. Community, a smart comedy series about a band of misfits who attend greendale community college. Annie is wrestled out a window by a zombie horde in a recreation of a shot from shaun of the dead, which is itself a recreation of a similar shot from day of the dead 1985. Oct 27, 2017 halloween, season 2 episode 5 steve carell nbcuniversal tv what its about. A pretty perfect episode for our current pandemic, and.
Halloween is the seventh episode of season 2 of be cool, scoobydoo. This episode serves as a parody of various zombie and horror movies, with the infected. The episode expertly combines classic buffy horror action and humor, and arguably comes out on top of all of the shows halloween ventures. In the episode, the dean throws a halloween themed party on campus.
Oct 29, 2010 the halloween episode of community last year was very good, but it also came before the moment in the series run around contemporary american poultry that the show began to evolve into. The zombies were a hostile species and undead humans that plagued south park in the halloween episode pinkeye. The misfits of greendale community college return for more wacky lessons in love, life and friendship in the second season of this ensemble sitcom. The second season of the television comedy series community premiered on september 23, 2010 and concluded on may 12, 2011, on nbc. The characters develop a bit more and there are increasingly storylines that touch upon their lives outside the college.
Halloween is a holiday when sitcoms often feel the freedom to do something a little zanier than they normally would. The best halloween television episodes available to stream. Oct 22, 2017 watch halloween wars season 7, episode 8 zombie cooking show. At the center of the group is jeff winger joel mchale, the soup, a fasttalkin lawyer whose degree has been revoked. All 6 songs featured in community season 2 episode 6. At a greendale halloween party, some mysterious taco. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Trivia on the community the complete second season dvd commentaries dan harmon. The halloween episode is a proper zombie episode, the christmas one is animated completely in stop motion. Ranking the community halloween episodes shriekgeek. During the party, a few of the partygoers become sick from eating an unknown substance, that the dean mistook for taco meat, bought in an army surplus store. Zombie mushroom mayhem the oddbods show wiki fandom. Community focuses on a study group at a community college and the adventures and hijinks that they get involved in.
Fred is convinced he cant solve a mystery on halloween, because he was unable to solve the case of baba yaga when he was a kid, who has now returned. Communitys nimble spoofing of the zombie genre proves how great this gonetoosoon gem is. In 24 episodes that aired from september of 2010 to may of 2011, the show visited genres and episode types as diverse as zombie tales, stopmotion animated christmas specials, and clip shows. This early season two episode is very fun when theres a rabies outbreak at the schools halloween party, the gang must come together to find a cure to. Thats not to mention that it essentially works as a straightup zombie movie. The series heavily uses metahumor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television cliches and tropes. Surely the perfect excuse for a movie obsessed tv show to stop referencing and actually become the movie they always wanted to be.
Mbti webcomic follows the shenanigans of an intp, an isfj, an estj, an enfp and sometimes other types. The production values are cheap and its story pace is slow, but that all adds to the masterpiece theater meetsb. It originally premiered in the united states on nbc on october 28, 2010 as a special halloweenthemed episode. Before black mirror tackled the horrors of social media and how it can create a world of fake elitism through an app that lets you rate other people, community did an episode. The first halloween themed episode aired during the first season, but in the second season, the show took halloween episodes to another level and this trend continued throughout the run of the series. Jun 24, 2014 zombie halloween is the first book in the goosebumps most wanted. Community halloween episodes may be the best thing about the holiday. Im waiting for a tv station to play this one episode in a loop some halloween. This episode serves as a parody of various zombie and horror movies, with the infected students mimicking stereotypical zombies and various tropes of the genre being mocked. The halloween episode of community last year was very good, but it also came before the moment in the series run around contemporary american poultry that the show began to evolve into. When i first heard this i was convinced it wouldnt work but it does. Its the seventh episode of community to ever air, and dan harmon hadnt started writing highconcept yet.
So theres nothing really scary about this episode, unlike the other years, and we can knock it out of the running. Oct 09, 2012 ranking the community halloween episodes october 9, 2012 i was planning to save this discussion until after this years community halloween episode aired, but this morning nbc postponed the season four premiere of community indefinitely. Abeds line be the first black man to make it to the end, directed at troy, is a nod to the common trope of the horror film genre where they kill the black characters first. The sickness causes those affected to turn into a violent, zombielike state that can be passed on through bites. The 10 best episodes of community, now that netflix has sparked a resurgence. At a greendale halloween party, some mysterious taco meat. He was taken to the morgue but came back as a zombie when a bottle of worcestershire sauce was accidentally poured into the embalming fluid. Troy and abed survey the aftermath of the halloween party. The episodes plot is a parody of various zombie and horror movies, with the. Communitys on a roll with episodes torn straight from the reels of classic movies this season, and last nights halloween episode lifted the show to new heights. The 10 best episodes of community, now that netflix has. I knew this episode was a cult classic the minute i saw it. This category is for halloweenrelated episodes of ongoing tv series that were originally shown as part of the series regular season. Oct 26, 2018 the episode expertly combines classic buffy horror action and humor, and arguably comes out on top of all of the shows halloween ventures.
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