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"G.I. Jeff" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of ''Community'', and the 95th episode overall in the series. It originally aired on April 3, 2014 on NBC. The episode was written by Dino Stamatopoulos, and directed by Rob Schrab. The episode was completed in the animation style of the popular 1980s children's television cartoon, ''G.I. Joe''. The episode received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the affectionate homage to the childhood cartoon series. Despite positive reviews, however, the episode saw season lows of 0.9/3 in the 18-49 rating/share demo and 2.50 million American viewers. ==Plot== The episode begins with Cobra forces led by Destro (Isaac Singleton Jr.) attacking the Taj Mahal. They are intercepted by G.I. Joe troops led by Flint (Bill Ratner). Among the force is the (rather dysfunctional) study group; Annie (Alison Brie), codenamed “Tight Ship,” who questions their orders, Britta (Gillian Jacobs), codenamed “Buzzkill,” who comments on her suggestive outfit with inappropriate language. Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown), codenamed “Three Kids,” who's too busy talking to her kids on the phone to focus on the battle, and Jeff (Joel McHale), codenamed “Wingman”. Jeff shoots down Destro's plane, but takes things too far when he shoots out Destro’s parachute. A surprised Destro falls to his death, causing Flint and the rest of the Joes to stare in horror. Wingman, Three Kids, Buzzkill, and Tight Ship are charged with violence, suggestive language, and mature situations unbecoming of G.I. Joe at a court-martial presided over by Duke (Michael Bell), Flint, and Scarlett (Mary McDonald-Lewis). Wingman defends the first killing in G.I. Joe history by countering it should be their duty to eliminate Cobra because it is a ruthless terrorist organization, but the four are sent to jail. In the jail, the Group meets "Fourth Wall," played by Abed (Danny Pudi), in the adjacent cell. Fourth Wall explains that they are in a cartoon and that he has infiltrated a Cobra dig site called "Greendale." Wingman loses consciousness, sending him to a live-action, mock G.I. Joe commercial featuring three young boys playing with G.I. Joes and their accessories. Wingman regains consciousness in the G.I. Joe cartoon where he hears beeps resembling hospital equipment and Annie’s and Britta’s voice calling him Jeff. Wingman dismisses this, saying he belongs in G.I. Joe. Meanwhile, at Cobra Headquarters, Cobra Commander (Rob Schrab) delivers a eulogy at Destro’s funeral. He is interrupted by "Vice Cobra Assistant Commander," played by Dean Pelton (Jim Rash), who delivers news of an energy surge at the Greendale site. Cobra then initiates an attack of the G.I. Joe base to avenge Destro’s death. Cobra bombs a hole in Wingman’s jail cell, allowing the Group to escape. Wingman tries to help but ends up killing more Cobra soldiers. The Squad leaves in a “Submachopter” tiltrotor and Fourth Wall suggests going to the site at Greendale. The mention of the word causes Wingman to lose consciousness again, sending him into another live-action G.I. Joe action figure commercial where the Squad is now called “The Mutineers” because of Wingman’s fatal sharpshooting skills. Wingman regains consciousness and the Mutineers arrive at the Greendale site. The Mutineers easily defeat opposition and enter Study Room F, where Wingman realizes that he works at Greendale as a teacher named Jeff Winger, and that this cartoon reality is in his imagination. Jeff leaves to go to his office and realizes why he is unconscious – because he drank the bottle of Scotch whiskey and took anti-aging pills from Koreatown. He returns to the group and explains that he took them because he has been lying about his age. Fourth Wall informs him of the different layers of existence, where he is currently in the '80s cartoon layer. He explains that Jeff sees visions of the next layer, the toy commercial plane, which separates him from the real world where Jeff must go to confront the reason for the hallucination. Jeff says he doesn’t want to go back because he doesn’t want to be a middle-aged community college teacher; he wants to be in G.I. Joe because he is immortal in this cartoon world. Just then, Cobra and G.I. Joe forces intervene to reveal they have joined forces to become "Jo-Bra" and capture Wingman. Cobra Commander and Duke ask Jeff questions about real life that make Jeff realize he cannot live in this cartoon universe forever. Jeff tricks them and uses his jet pack to escape the cartoon reality. Jeff leaves the toy commercial layer and enters reality where he is on a hospital bed, surrounded by the members of the Save Greendale committee. Jeff reveals that he’s 40 years old, to the surprise of the group. They nevertheless support him and say he should not have been embarrassed to reveal his age. The group gives him a present of a coffee mug they bought at the hospital gift shop that says “It’s an Old Boy,” with the “Old” written in. He tells them to bring it in for a hug and they all laugh while the camera fades to black. The animated end scene shows Buzzkill catching two kids spray-painting their names onto a park structure. She botches a Public Service Announcement and gives a cynically complex message before Fourth Wall intervenes to give a short message: “Graffiti is bad. Go play sports.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G.I. Jeff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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