Basic Human Anatomy
| "Basic Human Anatomy" | |
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| Community episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Beth McCarthy-Miller |
| Written by | Jim Rash |
| Production code | 410 |
| Original air date | April 25, 2013 |
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"Basic Human Anatomy" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Community, which originally aired on April 25, 2013.
In this episode, Troy and Abed switch bodies - an homage to Freaky Friday - while the valedictorian race between Annie and Shirley sees the pair team up to take down Leonard who is currently #1 in the class.
The episode was written by Jim Rash, and directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller.
The group has to creatively present any moment from history as part of their final history project. Annie proposes a series of banners which Jeff automatically accepts before knowing any of the details as he wants a "passable" grade from a "doable" project. Annie and Shirley are both vying for the valedictorian spot and would rather the group aim for an A on the assignment.
Shirley asks Troy and Britta about what they are going to do for the first year anniversary of their first date, but they both pretend to not have forgotten the date. Troy, however, remembers it as being the third anniversary of he and Abed watching the original Freaky Friday for the first time, which he presents to him as a DVD. As Abed is thanking Troy for the gift and saying how he wishes he had his life and Troy the same for Abed, they re-enact the body switching scene from the Freaky Friday. As the pair spin around and fall to the floor a Greendale technician turns the lights on and off citing, "Sorry. Routine light switch check." Troy and Abed are disappointed the change did not work.
The next morning, Troy (as Abed) wakes up next to Britta who wishes him a happy anniversary. Troy runs over to wake Abed up and tells him a body switch occurred after all. Troy and Abed try to convince the rest of the study group that they did actually swap bodies and that Abed (as Troy) will have to go to with Britta for their anniversary dinner. Troy (as Abed) tells the group the pair cannot switch back unless they recreate the exact scene from yesterday, but the DVD has gone missing.
Jeff asks Dean Pelton to give the Freaky Friday DVD to Troy and Abed to convince them it's the original DVD and so they don't suspect that Jeff has bought a new copy instead. When the Dean asks Jeff about how Troy and Abed switched bodies, he grabs onto the DVD and convulses while the same technician turns the lights on and off again, also citing a routine light switch check. The Dean starts acting like Jeff.
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