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Dec 15, 2023 · Jim Rash's portrayal of Dean Craig Pelton on Community provided viewers with many memorable and hilarious quotes throughout the show's six seasons.
Dean Pelton's 10 Best & Most Hilarious Quotes. Community is best remembered for its diverse cast, but Jim Rash's performance as Dean Craig Pelton, especially his funniest lines of dialogue, makes him one of the show's best and most quotable characters.
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The Dean is shown to be a very upbeat and overall cheerful person. He enjoys interacting with his students and attempts to get them more involved in school functions, sometimes employing strong arm tactics to get them to volunteer ("Football, Feminism and You"), ("Debate 109"). On the surface, Dean Pelton has a lot of pride in the school but it masks an obvious inferiority complex he has over its actual collegiate status ("Documentary Filmmaking: Redux"). He spends an inordinate amount of his time trying to improve Greendale's prestige though many of these attempts prove misguided ("Advanced Criminal Law"). In the same vein, Pelton goes to great lengths to be accepting or indiscriminate of others. His use of extreme political correctness often inadvertently leads to him being more offensive than intended ("Football, Feminism and You"). He has poor leadership skills and panics whenever emergencies occur ("Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts"). Pelton is aware of his shortcomings and berates himself frequently for being a "Bad Dean" ("Basic Story"). These insecurities allow him to be easily cowed by people with more forceful personalities ("Origins of Vampire Mythology"). His initial conservative personality faded as his more of his eccentricities surfaced. These quirks included using the word "Dean" as a pun and dressing up in elaborate costumes ("Paradigms of Human Memory"). The latter is an indulgence he likes to use in order to deliver news personally to his favorite students in the study group.
Another quirk he has is his ambiguous sexuality which has been the subject of much debate. At one point, Vice Dean Robert Laybourne described him as a "pansexual imp" ("Biology 101"). He hasn't confirmed his orientation even when pejoratively called a "fruit" by Leonard Rodriguez. Pelton responded to the taunt by stating it was "barely the whole truth" ("Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples"). Several possible indicators of his leanings are his often feminine cosplay and a hint of a past involvement with City College's Dean Spreck ("Basic Rocket Science"). His obsession with Jeff Winger ("Studies in Modern Movement") is another example as he is frequently seen playfully touching Jeff when they are together and vying for an opportunity to spend time alone with him. His sexuality is apparently extremely complicated: while Pelton admits that gay is "heavily in the mix" and "approximately two sevenths" of what he is, he doesn't identify as merely homosexual, stating that "gay doesn't even begin to cover it" and that he "makes gayness look like Mormonism". In his own words, "If coming out is a magic show and gayness is a rabbit coming out of a hat, I'm one of those never-ending handkerchiefs" ("Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing"). He also has an unabashed dalmatian fetish, the basis of which is still unknown ("Investigative Journalism"). He has an unseen tattoo on his right thigh ("Introduction to Finality").
Season One
“ These students have been called animals all their lives. ” –Dean Pelton, "Football, Feminism and You". School year synopsis 2009 - 2010 semester "Pilot": Pelton fumbles a speech while trying to welcome a new group of students to the school. "Spanish 101": Pelton makes various announcements including that whoever is growing a patch of cannabis can report to security for a prize. "Introduction to Film": Does not appear. "Social Psychology: Does not appear. "Advanced Criminal Law": When Britta cheats on a Spanish test, Pelton forms an academic tribunal to deal with the matter. "Football, Feminism and You": Pelton threatens to use photos of Jeff in Greendale promotional materials unless he gets Troy to join the football team. He also teams up with Pierce to create a new mascot for the school. "Introduction to Statistics": Pelton is at the staff Halloween party and asks why Erkle (Shirley's costume) is tearing the antennae off Professor Slater's car. "Home Economics": Does not appear. "Debate 109": Pelton and Professor Whitman ask Jeff to join the school debate team along with Annie for the intercollegiate debate championship. "Environmental Science": Pelton announces "Green week" and that for the week the school is changing its name to "Envirodale". He also announces a concert with "Greene Daeye". "The Politics of Human Sexuality": Dean Pelton, along with his new assistant Sabrina Shmuckle and with the help of Annie, holds a STD Fair in the cafeteria promoting safe sex to the Greendale students. "Comparative Religion": Dean Pelton dresses up as a non-denominational Holiday character "Mr. Winter". "Investigative Journalism": Annie investigates Pelton's possibly racist mass text message he sent out to the students. "Interpretive Dance": Dean Pelton learns about Jeff and Michelle Slater's relationship and talks to them about it in his office. "Communication Studies": Pelton makes announcements about Valentine's week and the Greendale Human Being's behaviour. "Romantic Expressionism": Does not appear. "Physical Education": Pelton takes a photo of a nude Jeff playing pool. "Basic Genealogy": Pelton is introduced to Chang's brother, Rabbi Chang. "Beginner Pottery": Does not appear. "The Science of Illusion": Pelton's announcement about April Fools Day is interrupted by Leonard. Later, he grants Annie and Shirley temporary security positions, deals with the police and Spanish class over a cadaver thrown out a window and then fires Annie and Shirley from their positions. "Contemporary American Poultry": Pelton is bribed by the "Chicken Finger Association" led by Abed to look the other way. "The Art of Discourse": Does not appear. "Modern Warfare': Dean Pelton sends in the paintball ringer Ben Chang into the annual Paintball Assassin game in order to prevent the students from winning the prize. "English as a Second Language": Pelton's announcement is that he is going to replace the announcements with soothing sounds during exam week. Later, he introduces Dr. Escodera as Chang's replacement for Spanish 101 class. "Pascal's Triangle Revisited": Dean Pelton's dalmatian fetish makes its presence known at the end of the year Transfer formal dance.
Season Two
“ Would that this hoodie were a time hoodie! ” –Dean Pelton, "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design". School year synopsis 2010 - 2011 semester "Anthropology 101": Pelton's announcement on the first day of the Study Group's second year concerns the "Fresh Start Dance" and Britta's embarrassing proposal to Jeff at the Tranny Dance. "Accounting for Lawyers": Pelton holds a "Pop-And-Lock-Toberfest" at school. "The Psychology of Letting Go": Does not appear. "Basic Rocket Science": Pelton devises a plan to counter City College's new space program. "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples": Pelton is harassed by The Hipsters and challenges whether Abed's movie is about religion. "Epidemiology": Pelton dresses as Lady Gaga and serves some mysterious taco meat at a Halloween party which has an unusual effect on the party goers. "Aerodynamics of Gender": Does not appear. "Cooperative Calligraphy": Pelton tells the Study Group about the outdoor puppy parade. "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design": Pelton, Annie and Professor Garrity team up to teach Jeff a lesson on academic fraud. "Mixology Certification": Does not appear. "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas": Pelton makes an announcement in the cafeteria that no special significance is applied to Christmas at Greendale and later shares a drink with Professor Duncan and blurts out "Merry Christmas"! "Asian Population Studies": Does not appear. "Celebrity Pharmacology 212": Pelton shows up to the Study Group's drug awareness play rehearsal in a bee costume, announces it to a group of middle school children and watches the magic unfold. "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons": Does not appear. "Early 21st Century Romanticism": Does not appear. "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking": Does not appear. "Intro to Political Science": The Vice-President is coming to Greendale and Dean Pelton tries to quickly create a student government for the school by electing a student body president. "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy": Dean Pelton wears a sedge hat along with a dashiki when he attends the Andre and Shirley's baby shower. "Critical Film Studies": Does not appear. "Competitive Wine Tasting": Pelton's announcement is that it is the last day to sign up for Spring elective classes including a class on making announcements. "Paradigms of Human Memory": Pelton tries to calm things down when the study group has another argument but ends up being insulted by Jeff. In revenge, he later creates a short animated film about the incident where he mutates into "Cyber-Dean" and kills the study group. "Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts": Pelton and a reporter for Dean magazine sit in on the Anthropology final exam. Pelton is attacked at the food fair in the school parking lot and then is present when Shirley gives birth in class. "A Fistful of Paintballs": Pelton loses control of another paintball assassin game. "For A Few Paintballs More": Pelton is taken hostage by Dean Spreck and his City College Storm Troopers.
Season Three
“ Over the summer I decided it's time to whip this place into shape. I'm going to be a lean, mean Dean-ing machine. ” –Dean Pelton, "Biology 101". School year synopsis 2011 - 2012 semester "Biology 101": Pelton is a "mean, lean, deaning machine" and crosses paths with Robert Laybourne, Vice Dean of Greendale's AC annex. "Geography of Global Conflict": Does not appear. "Remedial Chaos Theory": Does not appear. "Competitive Ecology": Chang's bogus investigation leads to a fire in the cafeteria and Pelton ends up naming him the new head of security. "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps": In Shirley's ghost story, Pelton plays the devil, damning the Study Group (minus Shirley and Pierce) to hell. "Advanced Gay": Pelton enthusiastically attends the Hawthorns Pride Wipes "Gay Bash" dance. "Studies in Modern Movement": Pelton blackmails Jeff into spending a day with him at the mall when he catches Jeff skipping out on the Study Group helping Annie move from her apartment. "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux": Pelton goes off the deep end while directing the new television commercial for Greendale. "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism": Does not appear. "Regional Holiday Music": Pelton introduces Cory Radison to the Study Group who wants them to fill in for the Glee Club. He later watches their performance. "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts": Shirley and Pierce pitch Shirley's Sandwiches to Pelton but the School Board gives the Greendale business to Subway. Pelton is angry that he isn't invited to Shirley's wedding. "Contemporary Impressionists": Pelton scolds Chang for firing a dart and breaking a window in the study room and gives him permission to recruit students to help him with security. "Digital Exploration of Interior Design": Troy and Abed's pillow/blanket forts attracts attention from Guinness world records and Pelton gets involved to generate publicity for the school. "Pillows and Blankets": Pelton has Jeff try and mediate the pillows and blankets dispute between Abed and Troy in his office. "Origins of Vampire Mythology": After Vice Dean Laybourne orders Pelton to get Troy to enrol in the AC School, Pelton drops in Troy and Abed's apartment uninvited. "Virtual Systems Analysis": Pelton shows up in a half man/half woman outfit to tell the study group that Biology 101 is cancelled for the day. "Basic Lupine Urology": Pelton brings together in this office Professor Kane and Todd's representative, LtCol. Norbert Archwood to discuss the case of the smashed yam. "Course Listing Unavailable": The death of Star-Burns precipitates a riot, which leads Pelton to give Chang's security force extra authority. He also breaks the news to the study group that they will have to repeat Biology 101 in the summer. "Curriculum Unavailable": In a series of flashbacks, Pelton repeatedly shows favoritism towards Study Group members over other students. "Digital Estate Planning": Does not appear. "The First Chang Dynasty": The study group plots to rescue Pelton, who has been held captive and replaced with a dopple-Deaner as part of Chang's coup. "Introduction to Finality": Pelton announces that Shirley's Sandwiches can take over the space where Subway was and then presides as judge over whether Shirley or Pierce will be the legal owner.
"Intro to Political Science"
" Dean-a-ling!" - Dean Pelton
- 161 VOTES. Six Seasons. Abed Nadir: Six seasons and a movie! 161 votes.
- 218 VOTES. Cool. Abed Nadir: Cool cool cool. 218 votes.
- 138 VOTES. Never One To Hold A Grudge. Pierce Hawthorne: I was never one to hold a grudge. My father held grudges, I’ll always hate him for that.
- 121 VOTES. Booyah. Jeff Winger: I discovered at a very early age that if I talked long enough, I could make anything right or wrong.
Dean Pelton turns up sporting a dashiki and a straw hat asking, "Can I get a Ni Hao, in this hizzay?" In another episode, Craig admits that he is very conscious about racism and nationalism on his campus, so, to prevent both, he keeps a detailed record of every student's race and nationality.
Dean: Just reminding you to keep any April Fool's pranks physically safe, politically balanced and racially accessible. Dean [about the Environdale Posters]: We need to redo these. Asst: We printed five thousand. Dean: Well print five thousand more. I'm trying to save a planet here!
Aug 30, 2024 · Dean Craig Pelton: [giving a public speech to welcome new students at Greendale Community College] Uhhh, good morning! Uhh, many of you are halfway through your first week here at Greendale and, as your Dean, I thought I would share a few thoughts of wisdom and inspiration. [reading from his notes] What is community college? Well, you've heard ...
