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Pierce and Abed

  
Hologram Pierce
  Pierce and Abed  
Abed Season Five

  Abed Nadir : Danny Pudi  Antagonists   Friends     Pierce Hawthorne: Chevy Chase  
  Status:friends, antagonists  -  First appearance: "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas"

Pairing biography[]

“
I hate you.
”
Abed, "Conventions of Space and Time".



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Pierce Hawthorne and Abed Nadir
portrayed by Chevy Chase and Danny Pudi.
Pierce and Abed were two study group members who interacted the least. Pierce was confused by Abed's constant pop culture and meta references. Pierce often mocked Abed's eccentricities and would pronounce his name as "Ay-bad". Like the rest of the study group, Abed tolerated Pierce's comments and didn't take them seriously. Abed also understood that a part of Pierce's treatment of him was the fact he was jealous of his friendship with Troy. Pierce and Abed's first appearance together was in the Season One episode "Pilot". Pierce was portrayed by Chevy Chase and Abed is portrayed by Danny Pudi.

Pairing history[]

Season One[]


Ay-bad, Ay-bad the Arab! Heh, heh...is that inappropriate?
Sure.

–Pierce and Abed, "Pilot".

School year synopsis

Abed Nadir was invited by his fellow classmate Britta Perry to a Spanish study group. He in turn invited Pierce Hawthorne along with several other members of their class to attend as well. Once everyone met up in the study room, Pierce took it upon himself to handle the introductions. He got everyone but Shirley's name wrong and mispronounced Abed's name referring to him as "Ay-bad the Arab". Individually they both went to great lengths to become Jeff's friend. Eventually Abed became closer to Troy while Pierce grew resentful of Jeff's constant rejection. On Halloween, Abed saved both Pierce and Jeff from a collapsing desk fort. Along with the rest of study group Pierce helped Abed try to woo a fellow student named Jenny Adams. He also went to a "Kickpuncher" movie viewing party and failed to amuse the other guests with his commentary. When Abed created a Chicken Finger mafia he had Pierce bribe Dean Pelton to protect their distribution network of the popular food item. During the annual paintball contest Pierce forgoes his alliance with Star-Burns to join Jeff, Troy and Abed's group. At the end of the school year, Pierce attended a keg party thrown by Abed in his dorm room.


2009 - 2010 semester

"Pilot": Pierce meets Abed and the rest of the study group.

"Debate 109": Abed's student films featuring doubles of the study group, including Pierce, seem to predict the future.

"Physical Education": Pierce and the study group try to get Abed ready to woo Jenny.

"Romantic Expressionism": Pierce attends a bad movie viewing party in Abed's dorm room.

"The Science of Illusion": At Jeff's behest, Abed gets a ridiculous costume for Pierce to wear and passes it off as ceremonial robes from his religion.

"Contemporary American Poultry": Pierce plays a vital role in a Mafia-esque group Abed forms.

"Pascal's Triangle Revisited": Pierce attends Abed's end of the year keg party.

Season Two[]


Great. Look what you did to the kid. What's your article going to be called, "Worst Shrink Ever"?

–Pierce, "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas".

School year synopsis

Pierce and Abed reunite with the study group for a second year at Greendale. Throughout the year Pierce finds himself inadvertently excluded from group activities. While forcing himself into a situation involving Jeff, Troy and a Trampoline, he ends up in a wheelchair with casts on both his broken legs. Annie's pen goes missing, the situation escalates to the point that Pierce's leg casts are searched. Abed restrained Pierce from using his wheelchair while Troy and Jeff cut open his casts. Before Winter break, Abed has a mental breakdown involving his mom not showing up for an annual tradition they shared. The study group help Abed through his issues with Pierce surprisingly playing a large role in this endeavor. When Jeff organizes a Dungeons & Dragons game to cheer up a depressed student named Neil he has Abed be the Dungeon Master. Pierce is excluded but forces his way into the game becoming it's villain and main antagonist. Pierce acquitted himself well in the role and Abed as D.M. was forced to follow through on some of his offensive instructions. On Valentine's Day, Pierce overdosed on pain medication and was brought to hospital. Although he was fine, Pierce pretended to be on his death bed to the rest of the study group. Only Abed knew the truth and went along with his scheme in order to film the incident. Later, Abed reveals that Jeff and Britta hooking up which upset Annie. She questions the Jeff argues she misinterpreted things and that Pierce and Abed had just as many moments as they had. Towards the end of the school year, a secret vote is held by the study group to determine if Pierce should be allowed to join them next semester. Abed voted along with the majority that he be excluded just as Pierce himself walked in on the voting process. This incident causes Pierce to officially quit the group when a scheme he tried to pull on his friends backfired during the annual paintball tournament.


2010 - 2011 semester

"Cooperative Calligraphy": Abed prevents Pierce from using a breathing sensor control for his wheelchair so that Troy and Jeff can cut open his leg casts.

"Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas": Abed believed the world is stop motion animated and had Pierce assume the character of "Teddy Pierce". In this imaginary role Pierce helps Abed confront the true reason behind his motivation to complete a Christmas themed quest.

"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons": Pierce forces his way into a Dungeons & Dragons that Jeff has put together with the rest of the study group. Abed separates Pierce from the rest of the group as he is acting against them.

"Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking": Abed films Pierce's bequeathals to the Study Group designed to play with their minds and exact revenge on them for not taking him seriously.

"Paradigms of Human Memory": A number of ordinary events between Pierce and Abed are shown in flashbacks including Abed making change for Pierce, telling him his fly is undone when in a Western town and watching Pierce skip rope.

Season Three[]


Why would I be jealous?


Because you're lonely and crazy!''

–Pierce and Abed, "Remedial Chaos Theory".

School year synopsis

Abed and the study group welcome Pierce back after he changed his mind about his decision the previous semester due to having spent the summer meditating at his Buddhist religion's retreat. When Abed calculates the popularity of the study group members he concludes Pierce is more liked than Shirley. Pierce is invited to Abed and Troy's house warming party intent on ruining it but ultimately changes his mind. At Christmas time, Abed convinces Pierce to join the glee club through song that appeals to his generation's vanity. Pierce agrees to help clear Abed's debt with Vinnie by appearing as a "Fat Brando" celebrity look-a-like for a party. When Abed's pillow fort and Troy's blanket fort have a falling out, Pierce eventually joins Abed in the conflict. He suggests to Abed the creation of "Pillow Man" to help insure Pillow Town's victory. When the Study Group's yam is smashed, Abed questions Pierce about whether he watered it or not. Pierce (along with the study group) is challenged to play a video game created at his deceased father's (Cornelius Hawthorne) request. Abed is instrumental in allowing Pierce and his half brother Gilbert to defeat the avatar of Cornelius in the game.


2011 - 2012 semester

"Biology 101": Pierce is welcomed back into the fold by Abed and everyone else in the study group. When Abed is comatose due to seeing that "Cougarton Abbey" only has 6 episodes, Pierce asks how his state is different than he always is.

"Remedial Chaos Theory": Pierce attends Abed and Troy's house warming party for their new apartment.

"Competitive Ecology": Abed ranks Pierce higher than Shirley when asked to pair the Study Group up including Todd.

"Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps": In Abed's horror story, Pierce get annoyed at him for humming the whole song. Pierce tells a horror story to the study group featuring himself as a Magnum and Abed (and Troy) as a gangsta. When Abed asks if it was Pierce as Magnum in the story he says "still am, Pakistan". Pierce is part of Troy's horror story in which he is a mad scientist who sews Abed and Troy together.

"Advanced Gay": When Pierce flips his position and supports a gay video of Hawthorne Wipes, Abed says Pierce's positrons have been negatized, creating anti-Pierce.

"Regional Holiday Music": Pierce is convinced by Abed and Troy to join the Glee Club and perform in the Christmas pageant.

"Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts": Pierce's new security camera identifies Abed as a "threat level four".

"Contemporary Impressionists": Pierce and the study group agree to work as celebrity look-a-likes for a party to clear Abed's debt with Vinnie.

"Pillows and Blankets": Pierce joins Abed's Pillow Town forces and creates a WMD called "Pillow Man".

"Virtual Systems Analysis": In the Dreamatorium, when Abed is taken away by Chang, he then turns into Pierce who says he doesn't know what is going on.

"Basic Lupine Urology": Abed questions Pierce as to whether he watered the Study Group's yam or not and whether he smashed it. Pierce initially lies but comes clean when he learns the yam was smashed and then accuses Todd.

"Curriculum Unavailable": When Dr. Heidi says Abed is sick and the group objects, Pierce says Abed is as crazy as one in the group, implying it is him.

"Digital Estate Planning": When Abed falls for Hilda, Pierce tells him not to get weird. When Hilda's house burns down and she is crying, Pierce asks Abed what's up with her.

Season Four[]


What if I did a gibberish foreign language like Star Wars? You'd like that I bet. Dick.

–Pierce to Abed, "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations".

School year synopsis

In the Study Group's senior year at Greendale, Abed is feeling anxiety about this being their final year together. As Jeff competes in the "Hunger Deans" to win spots in the "History of Ice Cream" class for the group, Abed and Pierce sit beside each other and watch. Abed recedes so deep into his "happy place" to deal with the anxiety that the group has to pull him back. Pierce holds his hand during this. Pierce attends "InSpecTiCon" and influences a focus group influences on the making of an American version of Inspector Spacetime in such a negative way that when Abed sees it, he says he hates Pierce. When Pierce, Abed, Annie and Troy hole up in Shirley's garage to avoid her relatives at Thanksgiving, Pierce offers to fake a heart attack and speak gibberish to escape which Abed declines. Pierce then insults him. When the Study Group is stranded in the woods after a balloon trip gone wrong, Abed and Pierce sit next to each other by the camp fire. When researching the Study Group's history before Greendale, Abed finds they crossed paths and influenced each others' lives in many ways. All decided to enroll at Greendale at Yogurtsburgh and it appears that Pierce was there too. Abed is present at Jeff's graduation ceremony when Pierce announces that he is graduating first.


2012 - 2013 semester

"History 101": Pierce and Abed watch Jeff compete in the "Hunger Deans" games for spots in the "History of Ice Cream" class for the Study Group.

"Conventions of Space and Time": Pierce influences the making of an American version of Inspector Spacetime in such a negative way that when Abed sees it, he says he hates Pierce.

"Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations": When Pierce, Abed, Annie and Troy hole up in Shirley's garage to avoid her relatives at Thanksgiving, Pierce offers to fake a heart attack and speak gibberish to escape which Abed declines. Pierce then insults him.

"Herstory of Dance": Pierce describes the season finale of the American version of "Inspector Spacetime" much to Abed's chagrin.

"Intro to Felt Surrogacy": When the Study Group is stranded in the woods after a balloon trip gone wrong, Abed and Pierce sit next to each other by the camp fire.

"Heroic Origins": When researching the Study Group's history before Greendale, Abed finds they crossed paths and influenced each others' lives in many ways. All decided to enroll at Greendale at Yogurtsburgh and it appears that Pierce was there too.

"Advanced Introduction to Finality": Abed is present at Jeff's graduation ceremony when Pierce announces that he is graduating first.

Quotes[]

Season One[]

Good grief, clear the chickens off the runway. I'll be the bad guy. Yes, Abed. You need to be someone else, someone who eventually gets a girlfriend because I can't think of anything more frightening than a half Polish/ half Arab virgin in his thirties. One way or the other, that story ends with an explosion!Pierce, "Physical Education".

Season Five[]

Abed Nadir, did you know that you are insane and nothing that you said ever made any sense to me?Pierce, "Cooperative Polygraphy".
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