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Jeff Winger
Portrayed by Joel McHale

First seen	Pilot
Birthday	Somwhere in 1978
Hometown	Denver, CO
Occupation	Lawyer
At Greendale to...	...to earn a legitimate degree
Relationship	Single

"Look at me. It's clear to all of you that I am awesome. But I can never admit that because that would make me an ass."--Jeff ("Pilot")

Jeffrey Tobias "Jeff" Winger is a lawyer from Denver, Colorado who is currently attending Greendale Community College to earn a legitimate degree in order to practice law. He is portrayed by Joel McHale.

1 Career
2 At Greendale
- 2.1 Class history
3 Relationship
4 Other notable relationships
5 Trivia
6 Videos

CareerEdit

Before his academic records were called into question, Jeff was a very successful defense attorney specializing in DUI/DWAI/DUID cases, traffic offenses, and juvenile crimes working out of Denver, Colorado for over six years. Jeff claims to not only have a 95% acquittal rate for clients facing charges but also a 100% acquittal rate for appeals.

At GreendaleEdit

After his law firm discovered that Jeff's Bachelor's degree was from Colombia (the country, not the university) Jeff was disbarred. He decided to go back to school in order to obtain an actual law degree. On Jeff's first day he notices a pretty blonde girl in his class named Britta. Jeff pretends to be a board certified tutor of Spanish and invites Britta to join a fake study group. Confident that his friend and former client Professor Ian Duncan would be able to get him the test answers to all his subjects - including Spanish - he offers to help tutor Britta in that subject. He was surprised when, instead of the private study session he was hoping for, Britta asked Abed to join them, who in turn invited Annie, Shirley, Pierce and Troy. After causing discord among the group and then calming everyone down with the first of many patented Winger speeches, he is exposed as a fraud by Britta and the group asks him to leave. Jeff then finds out that Duncan refused to help him cheat, so he will actually need to study to pass his courses. Upon learning this, the study group takes pity on Jeff and allows him to return. Although the group tended to look to Jeff as the de facto leader, recently they have begun to rely on him less in this role.

Class historyEdit

Jeff Winger
Semester	Course	Instructor	Classmates
unknown	Hairstyling	unknown (played by Marcus Folmar)	Troy
Fall 2009	Accounting	Professor Whitman	Abed, Annie, Pierce, Shirley, Troy
	Spanish 101	Ben Chang	Abed, Annie, Britta, Buddy, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
	Statistics	Michelle Slater	unknown
Spring 2010	Art of Pool	Herbert Bogner	Leonard
	Beginner Pottery	Marion Holly	Abed, Annie, Rich
	Nutrition	unknown	unknown
	Spanish 102	Ben Chang	Abed, Annie, Britta, Buddy, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Fall 2010	Anthropology 101	June Bauer; Ian Duncan	Abed, Annie, Britta, Chang, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns, Troy
Fall 2010	"Conspiracy Theories in U.S. History"	"Professor P. Professerson"	none
Spring 2011	Anthropology 102	Ian Duncan	Abed, Annie, Britta, Chang, Fat Neil, Pierce, Quendra with a 'Qu' (probably), Rich, Shirley, Starburns, Troy, Vicky
Spring 2011	Introduction to Italian Wines	unknown	Chang, Pierce, Wu Mei (not actually enrolled)
Fall 2011	Biology 101	Marshall Kane	Abed, Annie, Britta, Magnitude, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns (kicked out), Todd, Troy, Vicky
Spring 2012	Biology	Marshall Kane	Abed, Annie, Britta, Fat Neil (kicked out), Magnitude, Pierce, Shirley, Todd, Troy, Vicki

RelationshipEdit

Britta: Jeff aggressively pursued Britta romantically in Season 1, but she repeatedly refused him, although he did see some hope with her after Shirley reveals that Britta had a sex dream about him. Eventually he moved on and started dating Professor Slater. During her tap dance recital she saw that Jeff and Slater were actually serious, which made her realize her own potential feelings for him. She ends up leaving Jeff an embarrassing drunk dial laced with BCI. Upon Abed's insistance and with his help, Jeff later drunk dials her as well in order to restore the balance between them. Not long afterwards, however, Slater unceremoniously dumps Jeff.

During the chaos of a Greendale painball competition, Jeff and Britta find themselves swept up in the moment and end up having sex. Afterwards they both agree it was a mistake and decide to keep it a secret from the study group. At the end of the school year Abed throws a keg party at his dorm and Jeff makes an awkward pass at a clueless Britta. Slater interrupts the moment, having made an attempt earlier that day to get back with Jeff. That night at the Transfer Dance formal, Slater and Britta compete for his affections. Desperate to win at the competition more than to be with Jeff, it culminates with both of them declaring their love for him. Instead of choosing between them, Jeff leaves the dance and ends up running into a third option.

At the start of the start of the second semester her false declaration of love at the Tranny Dance wins her the admiration of the female student body while also earning Jeff their scorn. Desperate to prove Britta's actions weren't genuine, Jeff initiates a competition of escalating romantic gestures in order to force her confession. He wins the competition, but at the cost of causing turmoil within the study group. Things eventually seem to return to normal, although there is a moment on Troy's birthday after a night of drinking where they end up making out. Sometime later she and Jeff decide to become friends with benefits, but after it's revealed to the study group they decide not to continue.

Michelle Slater: First introduced in Season 1 episode "Introduction To Statistics" as Jeff's t

eacher, she originally turns down Jeff's advances, citing her personal rule never to date a student. Over the winter break Jeff convinces her to reconsider and they began to date secretly. Jeff is reluctant at first to define what they have as an actual relationship, but Slater eventually convinces him to commit. The relationship is tested when Jeff accidentally drunk dials her thinking she's Britta. A voice message of the drunk dial Jeff left Britta clears up the misunderstanding and Slater forgives Jeff. Unexpectedly, however, she dumps him and immediately starts seeing someone else. She later apologizes to Jeff for the break up, admitting that it might have been a mistake and tries to make another play for him. This leads to a showdown between her and Britta for Jeff's affection at the end of the year Transfer dance. Both declared their love for him, but Jeff found himself unable to answer either of them. Jeff takes advantage of the chaos that ensues after a fight breaks out between Chang and Duncan to slowly sneak out of the dance. Slater watches him leave and the two share a look before he exits.

Annie: In the pilot episode when Annie first meets Jeff, she is immediately suspicio

us of his credentials as a "board certified tutor" in Spanish, but is eventually charmed by him along with the rest of the study group. She kisses Jeff to help win the debate, causing them to have awkward sexual tension later on. Although he tries to keep a safe distance from Annie because of their age difference, he often finds himself jealous when she tries to date anyone else. When he found out that she was interested in Vaughn, he and Britta conspire to break them up. When Vaughn gets the opportunity to join a prestigious Hackey Sack college, she decides to transfer with him and leave Greendale. She changes her mind, however, and runs into Jeff right after he had just left the Tranny Dance. They have an intimate conversation about their romantic troubles and Jeff lets Annie know he's happy she's decided to stay. After a hug she hesitatingly gives Jeff a quick kiss which he reciprocates with a longer, more passionate one. In Sesaon 2 Jeff tries to make it clear to Annie that the kiss was a mistake, but despite his denial that it meant anything more, there are moments throughout the season which hint otherwise. In the Season 3 epsiode "Geography Of Global Conflict," Jeff finally does admit that he has feelings for her, but also says that they both need to mature a bit before anything can actually happen between them. In the Season 3 episode "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts" a virtual slot machine appears when Annie asks Jeff what is in his heart and an image of Annie appears several times in Jeff's heart.

Troy: Troy initially looks up to Jeff, especially admiring his way with women. Occas

ionally he'll exhibit signs of jealousy over Jeff's relationship with Britta, who he has a crush on. Most recently, Jeff and Troy have been fighting for the leadership position within the study group. Jeff will often assert his dominance by treating him like a child, which isn't hard to do considering Troy's behaviour.

{C}Abed: Abed and Jeff are good friends and it seems that Jeff is willing to make more of an effort to please Abed than he is for most of the others in the study group. This is evident by his (reluctantly) agreeing to help out Abed when he thought that everything was claymation, and by how badly he wanted Abed to

experience his surprise Pulp Fiction party.

Abed and Jeff get along very well, as they both dislike getting involved with other people emotionally, so they are sort of on the outside together.

However, Abed and Jeff have downs to their relationships, too. For examples of Abed and Jeff not getting along, watch "Anthropology 101" and "Contemporary American Poultry."

Other notable relationshipsEdit

Sabrina: In "Politics of Human Sexuality" Sabrina, Dean Pelton's new assistant, is Jeff's date after Pierce tricks him into going with him on a double date to the STD fair. Easily charmed and very immature, Jeff quickly loses interest in her.

Amber: Jeff had multiple flings with other girls, including Amber, Pierce's step-daughter. Jeff tries to be a good friend to Pierce and not have sex with his step-daughter, but he eventually gives in. However, upon finding out that Amber is grifting Pierce, Jeff becomes disgusted with her and tells her (non-threatningly) to please just stay away from Greendale.

Quendra: When Annie gets closer to Rich, whom Jeff hates (Rich doesn't hate Jeff), and suggests that Rich join the study group, Jeff finds Quendra (pronounced like 'Kendra') and suggests to Troy that she would make a nice addition (or two) to the study group. Quendra with a 'Qu' is a blonde bimbo and it's obvious that Jeff was just using her to get back at Annie.

Dean Pelton: Not really a relationship. The Dean has a bit of a crush on Jeff, and always tries to make a move on him. Jeff tries to refuse, the dean never learns, hilarity ensues.

TriviaEdit

Jeff is Agnostic.
Four cheese is Jeff's favorite type of pizza.
Jeff's student ID card says his last name is Crocker.
Jeff enjoys nipple play during sex.
In the Community College Chronicles, Jeff is played by Andrew Peters.

In episode 2x15, Chang finds out where Jeff lives by stealing his driver's license. When the license is displayed on camera, it lists Jeff's date of birth as November 20, 1971, which is Joel McHales actual birthday. It should be noted, however, that Dan Harmon calls this an error, and Jeff is younger than Joel McHale. The ID hasn't been explained.
Jeff's favorite stores include The Gap and Banana Republic (Ep 3:7)
When he was 19, Jeff auditioned for MTV's The Real World with George Michael's song, Faith. He changed the lyrics to say "you've got to have Jeff."
As implied by Pierce's racist father in episode 3x6, Jeff is of Welsh heritage.