About “Community” in a few words:

Community is a beloved sitcom that follows the zany antics of a diverse group of community college students as they form a study group and become fast friends. The show explores themes of friendship, identity, and pop culture as the characters bond over their shared experiences and eccentricities. The dynamic and hilarious characters, along with the clever and meta writing, make Community a must-watch for fans of comedy and pop culture references.

Meet the characters from Community

Jeff Winger

Jeff is the sleek, slinky center of the study group — lawyer-y, smirky, always dressed like he might walk into a courtroom or a Jaguar ad. He’s impossibly confident on the surface but whisper-level insecure underneath, which makes him kind of irresistible and kind of exhausting all at once. Obsessed with appearances (ties, hair, the precise tilt of sunglasses), he’ll manipulate a room and then feel guilty about it later, sometimes right away, sometimes two episodes later. He says one-liners like he’s ordering coffee and secretly cries over romantic comedies when he thinks no one is looking.

Abed Nadir

Abed is a walking pop-culture encyclopedia who treats life like a movie — in a delightful, sometimes slightly terrifying way. He notices tiny details everyone else misses (the exact shade of a lamp, the soundtrack cue) and will reenact them with startling accuracy, which is adorable until it’s also creepily on-point. Social rules are like guidelines to him, which means he can be blunt and weird but is also the most loyal friend you’ll ever have, in his own private script. He sometimes claims emotions are “predictable beats” and then will bawl over a commercial, so trust him to be both robotically observant and secretly tender.

Troy Barnes

Troy is the exuberant, goofy heart of the group — big laugh, bigger imagination, and a tendency to turn any mundane thing into an epic adventure. Former jock turned childlike genius in practical jokes and elaborate forts; he’s best paired with Abed for maximum ridiculousness (and emotional depth, somehow). He oscillates between brave and terrified — like he’ll jump off a roof for a prank and then run from an actual mildly scary movie — which is the best kind of inconsistency. Loves capes, nicknames, and giving the most sincere hugs; also collects tiny rubber ducks or something equally adorable.

Pierce Hawthorne

Pierce is the painfully lonely rich guy who keeps saying wildly inappropriate things and somehow thinks that makes him cool. He’s desperately seeking acceptance (often via insensitive jokes) and then will buy everyone a ridiculous gift to make up for it, or start crying during a sitcom rerun — who even knows. He believes he’s hip, he calls people by outdated slang, and yet he can surprise you with a single moment of genuine, if skewed, kindness. He’s a walking contradiction: offensive and oddly sweet, relentless and fragile, like a man who wears Hawaiian shirts to funerals.

Annie Edison

Annie is the hyper-organized, sharp-as-a-tack brainiac who will color-code your feelings and file your moral dilemmas under ‘B.’ She’s insanely ambitious, slightly controlling, and has a binder for everything (including feelings), which she will definitely flip through while giving you a fierce stare. Underneath the perfectionist veneer there’s a vulnerable, sometimes scheming kid who wants to do good but also wants to win awards for it, and that mix is fascinating. She hoards pens like trophies and will inexplicably be both a doomsday planner and a hopeless romantic in the same breath.

Britta Perry

Britta is the well-meaning anarchist who says the right slogans loudly and then awkwardly forgets how to be part of a conversation. She’s idealistic to the point of doing ill-advised protests and then apologizing for her own megaphone, very loudly. She tries so hard to be the rebel with a cause but often trips over her own moral high ground, which is both endearing and frustrating. Deep down she cares fiercely and will be surprisingly loyal — even if she’ll deny it and then make a weird face about feelings.

Ben Chang

Ben Chang is the absolute chaos orb of the group — volatile, bizarre, and somehow always one step away from a sitcom-level coup. He oscillates between classroom menace, delusional dictator, and childlike prey in a way that keeps everyone guessing (and terrified). He’s equal parts hilarious and disturbing; you will laugh, then feel nervous, then laugh again, then question whether you should call someone. Random facts about him: once proclaimed himself the Emperor of Chile, loves bananas or maybe hates them, and will almost certainly show up when you least want him to.

Shirley Bennett

Shirley is the sweet, church-lunch mom with a fierce streak you do not want to cross; she bakes, she gossips, and she will organize your life with a casserole and a stern look. She’s generous to a fault but also quietly manipulative when she needs to protect her family or her dignity (and no, that’s not a contradiction, it’s survival). Faith and entrepreneurship are her jam — she’ll start a soul-food business, lecture you about morals, and then slip you cash when you need it. She laughs like a hymn and holds grudges like a ledger, but is always ready to forgive if pancakes are involved.

Dean Pelton

Dean Pelton is delightfully theatrical, a walking costume closet who runs Greendale like it’s his personal variety show and every assembly is a three-act play. He’s deeply devoted to the college (obsessively so) and will celebrate literally anything with a theme song and glitter, even accreditation hearings. He’s awkwardly earnest about inclusion and mascots and sometimes gets carried away with promotional mascots that border on performance art — which may or may not be illegal. Also, he has a suspiciously large collection of hats and will give you a very dramatic pep talk that somehow makes you feel both seen and slightly judged.