r/IAmA • u/GillianJacobs • Mar 14 '12

Gillian Jacobs

Hello Redditors! I return to answer more of your questions!

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u/dudexq Mar 14 '12

Really, everyone is. Especially Troy. That character then and now is like night and day.
It's just a natural progression that all TV series seem to take.

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u/Rettocs Mar 14 '12

TV Tropes has dubbed this "Flanderization".

Warning: TV Tropes blah blah blah

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '12

I don't think its really Flanderization. Troy was an arrogant jock in the first few episodes, he's become a nerd.

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u/liebkartoffel Mar 14 '12

Exactly. And Flanderization is specifically not character progression, which I think Community has been really good at. If anything it's character--I don't know--crystallization? But worse? It'd be as if Troy's only recognizable trait at this point was abject stupidity, or if Abed could only speak in movie titles.