Abed Nadir
Portrayed by Danny Pudi
First seen	Pilot
Hometown	Riverside, CO
Occupation	Student
At Greendale to...	...Study Film
Relationship	Single
Family members	Gubi Nadir (father)

Abed Nadir is a student at Greendale Community College so he can one day take over his father's falafel restaurant. Some of Abed's classmates suspect he has Asperger's syndrome because of his inability to pick up on social or emotional cues, but he has not actually been diagnosed with it.  Abed is a fan of movies and television and often uses them to draw connections in real life. He is portrayed by Danny Pudi.

Contents 1 Bio 1.1 Pre Greendale 2 Greendale 2.1 In the study group 2.2 Class history 3 Personal life 4 Relationships 5 Trivia 6 Videos

BioEdit

Pre GreendaleEdit

Abed had a difficult life growing up, due in part to his parents. He was born in the Palestinian Territories, and his mother left his family when he was 6 years old. Though he never directly said it, Abed's father blamed Abed for his mom leaving. This caused his father to resent him and therefore pay very little attention to his son. This resulted in Abed constantly watching tv and movies so much that he says he was "raised by tv." It is assumed that Abed had few to no friends growing up. It is more evident early in the first season when he claims he never recieved a text message until he got to Greendale as well as his inability to understand Troy's joking early on.

GreendaleEdit

After coming to America from the Palestinian territories, Abed's father opened a falafel restaurant. Abed enrolled to take business and restaurant management classes to take over the restaurant, despite Abed really wanting to become a director. Britta pressured Abed to switch his major to film and even offered to pay his tuition after his father said he would not pay for anything other than business classes. However, after an emotional video Abed produced about his own life growing up brought his father to tears, his dad agreed to pay for his classes, saying that he wanted Abed to do whatever he wanted if it helped people understand him. Abed has become very well known on campus for his movies. His movies are often anticipated and he has muffins sent to him from actresses trying to get a role in his next film. As everyone else develops during their time at Greendale, Abed claims that 'Everyone else is growing and changing all the time, and that's not really my jam. I'm more of a fast-blinking, stoic, removed, uncomfortably self-aware type'. His awareness of his own inability to function emotionally and socially has led to such 'emotional episodes' such as 'Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas' and 'Virtual Systems Analysis'.

In the study groupEdit

Abed joined the study group to meet people and to learn Spanish. Although Abed is well liked and accepted by the group, he is still the outcast. He often sits quietly while everyone talks and argues, occasionally entering the conversation with a reference to a TV show or movie that is analogous to the situation. Abed has, however, become best friends with Troy Barnes. They are usually seen hanging out together and coming up with crazy ideas they put into action.

Class historyEdit

Abed Nadir

Semester	Course	Instructor	Classmates
Fall 2009	Accounting	Professor Whitman	Annie, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Troy
	Biology lab	unknown	Garrett, Troy
	Film	unknown	unknown
	Spanish 101	Ben Chang	Annie, Britta, Buddy, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Spring 2010	Beginner Pottery	Marion Holly	Annie, Jeff, Rich
	Spanish 102	Ben Chang	Annie, Britta, Buddy, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Fall 2010	Anthropology 101	June Bauer; Ian Duncan	Annie, Britta, Chang, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
	Feminist Representations in Media	unknown	Annie, Britta, Meghan, Shirley
Spring 2011	Anthropology 102	Ian Duncan	Annie, Britta, Chang, Fat Neil, Jeff, Pierce, Rich, Shirley, Starburns, Troy, Vicky
	Who Indeed?: A Critical Analysis of Who's the Boss?	Peter Sheffield	unknown
Fall 2011	Biology 101	Marshall Kane	Annie, Britta, Jeff, Magnitude, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns (kicked out), Todd, Troy, Vicky
Spring 2012	Biology	Marshall Kane	Annie, Britta, Fat Neil (kicked out), Jeff, Magnitude, Pierce, Shirley, Todd, Troy, Vicki

Personal lifeEdit

Although Abed is very well known, he does not have a great deal of friends outside of the study group. Abed is well aware of this and is ok with it. Abed is very self-confident, claiming he has self-esteem falling out of his butt, and refers to himself as being "pretty adorable." It is hinted that Abed has Asperger's syndrome and he constantly makes references to pop culture and media, going as far as to be "meta" and see his time with the study group as a TV show. While he seems rather emotionless, distant, and robot-like, it is shown that he does have emotions, but just experiences them differently through television.

RelationshipsEdit

Abed does not normally try to pick up girls because he claims they usually approach him first. He appears to be very popular with girls at Greendale, he has had girls approach him, send him muffin baskets, and he has claimed to have made out with the hottest girl on campus. Abed is very observant, he constantly studies his environment to the point where he was able to see US Secret Service observing the Greendale campus and accurately predict Britta, Shirley, and Annie's menstrual cycles. It seems he also predicted Jeff and Annie's attraction to each other in "Debate 109" through his films about the study group among other things such as Britta making Troy cry and Pierce hurting his leg. In the way of romance, Abed had a weird romance with a Secret Service Agent, Robin Vohlers, who had a very similar personality to his. He goes as far as to claim "you can make napalm out of common dishsoap and catfood" on closed-circuit television so she can observe him more often.

Abed is extremely close with Troy, and they are often seen together doing random and sometimes childish things. While he hung around Jeff much during the 1st season, the two drift apart in the 2nd season. However, Abed still treasures the friendship enough to spend his birthday alone with him making an homage to My Dinner with Andre, which is a movie about a guy (Jeff) who spends a pleasant evening with a weird friend (Abed) he's been avoiding lately. Abed seems not to be very fond of Pierce but is rather protective of Britta.

Abed also shares a kiss with Annie during the second paintball tournament, but credits it to acting as his stoic chosen character Han Solo rather than himself.

TriviaEdit

• Abed is a Muslim (though in the episode "Mixology Certification", Abed is seen drinking)
• Abed's father is from Gaza
• Abed speaks Polish & Arabic
• Abed's heritage is half Arab and half Polish-American
• Abed's favorite movie is a tie between Ghostbusters, An American Werewolf in London, Back to The Future, Blade Runner, Stand By Me, Stripes, Star Wars IV through VI, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Jaws, Raising Arizona, Jurassic Park, Seven, The Matrix, Goonies, Breakfast Club, Real Genius, Better Off Dead, The Fog of War, and Pulp Fiction. (greendalecommunitycollege.com)
• Abed's adept acting skills have been shown on numerous ocasions.
• Abed is extremely keen on human behavior and appearance, though he doesn't always understand what the behaviors might indicate further.
• Abed has trouble understanding various human emotions and habits outside of a cinema and trope perspective. He particularly has difficulty with sarcasm.
• Abed has proven to be a better athlete than Troy. He is also a skilled dancer, though he has refused to take lessons.
• Abed often does movie spoofs, though he prefers the term homage.
• Abed has trumped two professors' research thesis: He was the exception to Ian Duncan's Duncan Principle and he disproved Professor Sheffield's analyisis of the TV show "Who's the Boss?".
• In the Community College Chronicles, Abed is played by Alan Bruder.
• Unlike the other members of the study group, his age has never been directy stated, although it is suggested that he is at least 21, since he was seemingly able to enter The Ballroom and buy drinks for himself during Troy's birthday party with no trouble. Although, in S01E17, Pierce mentions that Abed is a "half polish half arab virgin in his 30's."

VideosEdit

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Greendale Students	Jeff Winger • Pierce Hawthorne • Abed Nadir • Britta Perry • Troy Barnes • Shirley Bennett • Annie Edison • "StarBurns" • Vaughn Miller • Fat Neil • Buddy • Vicky • Quendra • Magnitude • Leonard • Garrett • Paradox • Shmitty Teens • Bill • Rich • Pavel • Mike the bully • Annie Kim • Subway • Wu Mei • Harry Jefferson
Greendale Faculty	Dean Craig Pelton • Robert Laybourne • Dr. Ian Duncan • Cory Radisson •Dr. Patrick Isakson • Professor June Bauer • Professor Whitman • Professor Michelle Slater • Professor Sean Garrity • Admiral Slaughter • Doctor Escodera • Professor Holly • Professor Sheffield • Professor Cligoris • Coach Bogner
Greendale Staff	Cafeteria staff • Nurse Jackie • Mariah • Jerry • The Greendale Human Being • Joshua • Sgt. Nunez • Ben Chang • The Changlorious Basterds
City College	Dean Spreck • Jeremy Simmons • The Black Rider
Miscellaneous	Kickpuncher • Inspector Spacetime • Boob-A-Tron • Britta Bot • Ballerannie • Jeff-in-the-box • Baby Shirley • Teddy Pierce • Evil Abed • Officer Cackowski • Urbana Champaign • Andre Bennett • Gubi Nadir • Agent Robin Vohlers • Blade • Pillow Man • Alan Conner • Faux-by