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SatyrSack quokk.au SatyrSack@quokk.au
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Photo of a newspaper with the headline "STAR-GATE! HEADLINE IN REFERENCE TO WATERGATE, NOT THE 1994 SCI-FI FILM"

Community S1E21 "Contemporary American Poultry"

In this episode, a character who goes by the nickname Star-Burns (because his sideburns are cut in the shape of stars) gets caught in a scandal that is covered by the school paper. The paper is only onscreen for a couple seconds, but it contains a blatant Stargate reference.

This is the best transcription that I can come up with:

The GCC Gazette Journal Mirror

A Quality Publication of Greendale Community College

  • Volume 29, Issue 28
  • Spring Semester
  • April 22, 2010

STAR-GATE!

HEADLINE IN REFERENCE TO WATERGATE, NOT THE 1994 SCI-FI FILM

No wonder they're always running out of chicken fingers. It makes me so mad!

- Troy Barnes, Student

by Annie Edison
staff writer

[a bunch of Lorem Ipsum in Latin]

Grayscale photo of Star-Burns, dressed as a cafeteria worker, placing chicken tenders into a to-go container held by Britta

Undercover surveillance photo taken by GGJM investigative reporting staff

Bonus reference from Community S2E10 "Mixology Certification":

Panel 1: Abed saying "I really like talking about Farscape. It's a really good show." Panel 2: The bar stranger walking away, saying "Stargate is better."

STRANGER: Okay, so, what is wrong with you, that you can sit here this whole time and never pick up on the fact that a man is hitting on you?
ABED: Oh, I actually did pick up on it after a while.
STRANGER: You actu-- [PAUSE] And?
ABED: I really really like talking about Farscape.
STRANGER: [THROWS DRINK IN ABED'S FACE]
ABED: [PAUSE] It's a really good show.
STRANGER: [WALKING AWAY] Stargate's better.

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-16
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His name is Alex.

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SatyrSack quokk.au SatyrSack@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-08-25
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

His name is Alex.

Well, then maybe he should spend five hours every morning carving that into his face

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