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Revision as of 03:21, 30 October 2013
Bio
Abed Gubi Nadir (portrayed by Danny Pudi) is a student at Greendale Community College, so he can one day take over his father's falafel restaurant. Abed's birthday was revealed in "Critical Film Studies" on March 24. Abed had a difficult life growing up, due in part to his parents. His father is a Palestinian from Gaza and his mother Polish American, which was a source of cultural discord. On top of that, Abed's undiagnosed psychological condition also put more strain on the relationship. His mother left his family when he was 6 years old and Abed assumed his father blamed him for it. This created distance between them and resulted in Abed alienating himself further by immersing himself in American pop-culture. His father allowed him to enroll at Greendale Community College primarily so he could take classes which would help him one day take over his dad's Falafel restaurant. Eventually he convinces his father to let him study Film making instead.
Personality
It is hinted that Abed has Asperger's syndrome, reflected in his inability to pick up on social or emotional cues ("Pilot"). Abed is quite intelligent, fluent in three languages (English, Polish and Arabic) and possesses keen observational skills. He often accurately predicts other people's behaviours ("Debate 109") although it's shown he is not infallible ("Virtual Systems Analysis"). He'll draw connections to real life situations through pop culture and meta references gained after years of watching TV and movies ("Pilot"). However, he has problems understanding emotions and has a particular difficulty with sarcasm ("Accounting for Lawyers"). He is surprisingly athletic ("The Politics of Human Sexuality"), a skilled dancer ("Interpretive Dance"), and a good singer/rapper ("Somewhere Out There"), ("Spanish Rap]"). Besides his love of Filmmaking, Abed also likes to indulge in role-play and often assumes different characters from various genres of entertainment. Occasionally he'll go too far in these roles which has threatened his friendship with Troy ("Contemporary Impressionists") and the rest of the study group ("Contemporary American Poultry"). He states his religion to be
Islam ("Comparative Religion") although he doesn't follow the strict tenets of his faith ("Mixology Certification").
Even with his eccentricities, Abed has been shown to be very attractive to women ("Physical Education"), ("The Art of Discourse") and claims to have made out with the prettiest girl on campus ("The Art of Discourse"). After Britta has him and the study group take a personality test ("Competitive Ecology"), the results suggested that he is the sanest member of the group ("Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps").
Character history
“ | Britta, I've got self-esteem falling out of my butt. That's why I was willing to change for you guys because when you really know who you are and what you like about yourself, changing for other people isn't such a big deal. | ” |
–Abed, "Physical Education" |
Season One
Abed meets Jeff and later joins his fake Spanish study group thanks to an invitation from Britta. He in turn invited a number of other students from their class and the study group was born. Abed was enrolled in business and restaurant management classes to take over his fathers Falafel restaurant, despite his desire to take film classes and become a director. Britta convinced Abed to pursue his dreams of being a filmmaker and he switched his major to film. Abed rapidly became well-known on campus for his movies as his short online films became very popular. He began to hang out with Troy and by the end of the year they had become the best of friends.
"Pilot": The study group is formed thanks to Abed inviting several more people to Jeff's fake Spanish study group. "Spanish 101": Troy and Abed do their first rap together in the episode's end tag. "The Science of Illusion": Troy and Abed team up for a science project involving a rat they both must sing to. "Debate 109": Abed shows how his keen observational skills allows him to properly predict the behaviors of his fellow study group members. "Physical Education": Abed let's the group try and remold him into another person so he can ask a supposed admirer out on a date. "Modern Warfare': Abed acquits himself well during his first particpation in Greendale's annual Paintball Assasination game. "Pascal's Triangle Revisited": Abed refuses to let Troy move into his dorm room because he believes such a move will result in their relationship "jumping the shark". |
“ | I am hoping we can move away from the soapy relationship-y stuff and into bigger, fast paced, self contained escapades | ” |
–Abed, "Anthropology 101" |
Season Two
Abed's second year at school sees his friendship with Troy become even stronger. He takes part in various campus shenanigans such as the launch of Greendale's space simulator, building a blanket fort in his dorm room, filming a documentary on Jesus, and a mysterious outbreak on Halloween. He also is forced to deal with some personal issues and suffers an emotional breakdown at Christmas. As the year continues, Abed is enlisted by Jeff to act as "Dungeon Master" and oversee a game of "Dungeons and Dragons" with the study group and a fellow student named Neil. He later films a documentary of the group when they visit Pierce in the hospital after he overdoses on pain meds. On Abed's birthday, Jeff tries to throw him a "Pulp Fiction" themed surprise party but it turns out Abed has his own plans to celebrate the occasion. He ends the year by participating in the annual Paintball Assassin games. The stakes are raised when City College joins the game and he assumes a Han Solo persona to help lead the Greendale student body against the invaders.
Significant episodes:
"Anthropology 101": Abed tries to orchestrate more shnanigans within the study group starting with a surprise wedding between Jeff and Britta. "The Psychology of Letting Go": In the background of this story, Abed deals with a pregnant female student and ends up helping to deliver the baby. "Basic Rocket Science": Abed acts as head of "ground control" when the rest of the study group gets trapped aboard the school's new space simulator "The Eleven Herbs & Space Experience". "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples": Abed decides to do a meta film on Jesus. "Epidemiology": Abed and the study group must deal with zombie outbreak on campus. "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design": Troy and Abed build a blanket fort in his dorm room. "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas": Abed has an emotional breakdown and believes everyone is in stop-action animated form. "Intro to Political Science": Sparks fly between Abed and Agent Robin Vohlers. "For A Few Paintballs More": Abed takes on a Han Solo persona and casts Annie as his Princess Leia. |
“ | Chaos already dominates enough of our lives. The universe is an endless, raging sea of randomness. Our job isn't to fight it but to weather it together on the raft of life. A raft held together by those few, rare, beautiful things that we know to be predictable. | ” |
–Abed, "Remedial Chaos Theory" |
Season Three
Abed's third year at school sees him moving into an apartment with Troy and inviting Annie to stay with them as well. Despite his eccentricities it is hinted by a psychology test he took that he might be the sanest one in the study group. The general darkness of that year, coupled with certain actions on his part that put a strain put on his relationship with Troy, made Abed retreat further into his fantasies via his special play room "The Dreamatorium". The study group's expulsion from school and the subsequent loss of Troy to the Greendale Air Conditioning Repair School was enough to cause him to assume the identity of "Evil Abed".
"Biology 101": Abed freaks out over the loss of his favorite TV show and Britta helps him find a show to replace it.
"Digital Exploration of Interior Design": Troy and Abed have a falling out over their latest project, a pillow fort. "Pillows and Blankets": Troy and Abed's disagreement escalates to all out war on campus between thier respective Pillow and Blanket forts. "Virtual Systems Analysis": Annie tries to coax Abed out of emotional breakdown that he has inside The Dreamatorium.
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“ | I remember when the show was about Community college. | ” |
–Abed, "Paranormal Parentage" |
Season Four
During Abed's fourth year at Greendale, he is still in therapy with Britta and has anxiety about this possibly being the last year the study group is together. Abed also has to deal with seeing less of his best friend now that Troy is in a relationship with Britta.
"History 101": Freaked out that that it's the study group's senior year and that it means the end of the study group's friendship, Abed retreats into the "Happy Place" in his mind - a sitcom version of his life.
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Relationships
In the study group
Abed joined the study group to meet people and to learn Spanish. Although Abed is well-liked and accepted by the group he admits to being the outcast due to his inability to understand or properly express emotions. The observer of the group, 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 become best friends with Troy Barnes and they are usually seen hanging out together and coming up with crazy ideas to put into action.
Troy Barnes (See main article: "Troy and Abed")
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Jeff Winger (See main article: "Jeff and Abed")
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Annie Edison (See main article: "Annie and Abed")
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Shirley Bennett
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Pierce Hawthorne
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Other notable relationships
Gubi Nadir
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Agent Robin Vohlers
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Pavel Iwaszkiewicz
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Toby Weeks
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Rachel
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Class history
Quotes
- “Come with me if you don't want paint on your clothes.”— Abed
- “ Chaos already dominates enough of our lives; the universe is an endless raging sea of randomness. Our job isn't to fight it, but to weather it, together, on the raft of life. A raft held together by those few, rare beautiful things we know to be predictable.”— Abed
- “Ropes? Vines. Vines? Let him finish!”— Britta
- “Us. It won't matter what happens to us as long as we stay honest and accepting of each other's flaws and virtues: Annie will always be driven, Shirley will always be giving, Pierce will never apologize, Britta's sort of a wild card from my perspective, and Jeff will forever remain a conniving son of a bitch.”— Abed
"Documentary Filmmaking: Redux"
- “What happened to just being a fly on the wall?”— Dean Pelton
- “Some flies are too awesome for the wall.”— Abed
- “Britta, zoom in there. There's a clock on the wall.”— Abed
- “Eight plus two, times five...”— Abed
- “Ten after eight.”— Troy
- “I'm gifted in other ways.”— Abed
Trivia
- 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. ("[[1]]")
- 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 analysis of the TV show "Who's the Boss?". Though in reference to the Duncan Principle, Ian Duncan thinks Abed is the exception, but the Duncan Principle is still in effect - it's just that the scientists fell for it before Abed (the test subject) did.
- In the Community College Chronicles, Abed is played by Alan Bruder.
- His age has never been directly stated. 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. This would place him somewhere in between Troy and Britta.
- In the episode “Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts” Abed mentions that he delivered a baby in the back of a car. In the episode “The Psychology of Letting Go” several scenes show Abed caring for a pregnant woman, fighting with her boyfriend, and finally delivering it in the back of a car.
- Abed is knowing of driving in the series and is shown through out the running.Jeff asks Abed to park his car for him in Spanish 101 , Also in Pillow and Blankets Part 2 the narrartor points out that Abed does not pay is parking fine, which is self indicating Abed drives.
- Abed is a smoker, and has been since Introduction To Film.
- Prominent TV blogger, Todd VanDerWerff of the The AV Club considers Abed "the most original character of the past decade."
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