Troy Barnes
Portrayed by Donald Glover
First seen	Pilot
Birthday	December 4th, 1989
Hometown	Greendale, CO
Occupation	Student
At Greendale to...	...get his degree
Relationship	Single
Family members	Grandma "Nana" Barnes

Troy Barnes is a student who recently graduated from Riverside High School and currently attends Greendale Community College. At Riverside, Troy was the star quarterback and prom king, but lost his football scholarship when he dislocated both shoulders during a keg-flip. He is portrayed by Donald Glover.

Contents 1 Bio 1.1 Pre-Greendale 2 At Greendale 2.1 Class history 2.2 In the study group 2.3 Memorable Quotes 2.3.1 "(Any other meaningless conspiracy theories?) Yes. Did you know gogurt is just yogurt?" 3 Relationships In the Study Group 4 Other notable relationships 5 Trivia 6 Videos 7 Comments

BioEdit

Pre-GreendaleEdit

For his entire life, Troy has been popular. He was born and raised in Greendale, CO and attended school in the Riverside school system. Troy was a student at Riverside High School, where he played football. During his senior year, he was the star quarterback and threw for 1,732 yards and 15 touchdowns, rushed for 1,421 yards and 18 touchdowns. He was also crowned prom king. He got a scholarship to play football for a big university, but when he intentionally dislocated both of his shoulders doing a keg flip (he couldn't handle the pressure or the fact that he might not be good enough to get the scholarship) he had to choose another place to study.

At GreendaleEdit

Troy enrolled at Greendale when his football scholarship fell through due to an injury. He chose Greendale because it is close to his house and he can ride his bike to campus, and because the Greendale commercial included a man giving a thumbs up in a "cool way." Troy also joined the Greendale football team because he could finally play for fun and not have to deal with the pressures of being a star.

Class historyEdit

Troy Barnes

Semester	Course	Instructor	Classmates
Fall 2010 or Spring 2011	Hairstyling	unknown (played by Marcus Folmar)	Jeff
Fall 2009	Accounting	Professor Whitman	Abed, Annie, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley
	Astronomy	unknown	Annie
	Biology Lab	unknown	Abed, Garrett
	Modern Dance	Madame LeClair?	unknown
	Spanish 101	Ben Chang	Abed, Annie, Britta, Buddy, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns
Spring 2010	Modern Dance	Madame LeClair	unknown
	Psychopharmacology	unknown	unknown
	Sailing	Lee Slaughter	Britta, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns
	Spanish 102	Ben Chang	Abed, Annie, Britta, Buddy, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns
Fall 2010	Anthropology 101	June Bauer; Ian Duncan	Abed, Annie, Britta, Chang, Jeff, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns
Spring 2011	The Actor Inside	Sean Garrity	Britta, Garrett, Vicky
	Anthropology 102	Ian Duncan	Abed, Annie, Britta, Chang, Fat Neil, Jeff, Pierce, Rich, Shirley, Starburns, Vicky
Fall 2011	Biology 101	Marshall Kane	Abed, Annie, Britta, Magnitude, Pierce, Shirley, Starburns (kicked out), Todd, Vicky
Spring 2012	Biology	Marshall Kane	Abed, Annie, Britta, Fat Neil (kicked out), Jeff, Magnitude, Pierce, Shirley, Todd, Vicki

In the study groupEdit

Troy joined the study group because he wanted to pass his Spanish course and he quickly developed a close friendship with Abed. Troy initially was very immature, often laughing with Pierce over terms such as Teacher's Aides and Aspergers, not realizing their true meanings. Despite this, Troy gradually grew up and formed friendships with everyone in the group, most notably with Abed.

Memorable QuotesEdit

"(Any other meaningless conspiracy theories?) Yes. Did you know gogurt is just yogurt?"Edit

"My emotions! MY EMOTIONS!"

"(Grabs a glass of wine) Ooh! No-no juice!"

"I don't know what to do. My whole brain is crying!"

"(Ha! Troy sneezes like a girl!) And I'm going to pound you like a boy! That didn't come out right."

"Do they do stuff to your butt? (No.) Do you get paid more if they do? (No.) It's cool. I'll do it."

"Aww, I wanna lick it."

"You don't get to tell me what to do! You are not Shirley! ...And Shirley's not my mom!"

"Oh, let's not leap to thing doing!"

"The only thing I have to know about the universe is that I'm at the center of it."

"Bing, bong, sing along! Your team's Al Gore 'cuz your views are wrong."

Relationships In the Study GroupEdit

Abed: Troy's most important relationship is his bromance with his best friend Abed. They are rarely seen without each other and Troy even refers to Abed as his "other half." The closeness of the two of them has raised some idle speculation amongst the study group about the nature of their relationship, but so far it has been shown to be strictly platonic. In Season 3 Troy and Abed move in together and later invite Annie to move in as well..

Pierce: Pierce and Troy initially started a friendship based on mutual adolescence. Pierce, known for his racist comments, is happy to have a "young black friend." When Abed refuses to let Troy move in with him in "Pascal's Triangle Revisited," Pierce offers that Troy move in with him instead. At the start of season 2 it appears that the two have become closer as a result of this. However, Troy has been publishing the ridiculous things Pierce says under a twitter account called "Old white man says."

Annie: In Season 1, Annie had crush on Troy that was obvious to everyone except Troy. He remained completely oblivious until the episode "Romantic Expressionism" in which Britta and Jeff made him aware of it. Unfortunately, the realization came too late as she had already given up on having a relationship with him and had moved on to dating Vaughn. While it is clear that he now finds Annie attractive, he hasn't tried to pursue her romantically and instead has developed a crush on Britta.

Britta: In the Season 1 episode "Interpretive Dance," Troy and Britta bond over the fact that they both are secretly taking dance classes. Later on in the epsiode sparks fly between them when Troy helps her out during her dance recital. In the Season 2 episode "Competitive Wine Tasting," he and Britta take an acting class together and Troy lies about a past childhood incident both to fit in and to get the attention of Britta, who admits to having a thing for men with traumatic pasts. In Season 3 there have been hints that the crush Troy has is not entirely one-sided.

Jeff: Initially in Season 1 Troy, like the other study group members with the exception of Britta, is in awe of Jeff, but the admiration starts to fade as they all get to know him better. Season 2 starts with him learning about Jeff's tryst with Britta during paintball as well as his make out session with Annie, which causes a brief strain on their friendship. It has been suggested that even more friction is set to occur between them in Season 3.

Shirley: The two have not had much interaction thus far. In "Interpretive Dance" Troy says to Britta "You do not get to tell me what to do; you are not Shirley. And Shirley is not my mother!"

Other notable relationshipsEdit

Jerry the janitor: In "English as a Second Language" Troy displays extraordinary skills as a plumber, which gets the attention of a Greendale janitor named Jerry who tries to convince him to pursue a career in plumbing and give up on college. He returns in the Season 3 episode "Advanced Gay" and warns Troy about Vice Dean Laybourne and the Greendale air conditioning repair annex.

Levar Burton: Troy is a huge fan of Levar Burton from his time as host of the popular PBS children's show "Reading Rainbow." Pierce arranges a meeting between them in the Season 2 episode "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" in order to mess with Troy.

Mariah: In the Season 2 episode "Early 21st Century Romanticism" Troy and Abed both compete for a date with a school librarian named Mariah. Despite the fact that she ultimately chose Troy, he decides to not go out with her after she admits that reason she didn't pick Abed was because she finds him weird.

Randi: Troy went out on one date with a girl named Randi in the Season 1 episode "Home Economics." Annie, who still had a huge crush on Troy at the time, reluctantly helps him prepare for the date.

TriviaEdit

• Troy is a Jehovah's Witness
• Troy's favorite movie is The Bridge on the River Kwai.
• In season 2, Troy's phone is a Motorola Droid X.
• Troy takes dance and acting classes with Britta.
• Troy has a candy cigarette habit.
• Troy is twenty-two years old.
• Troy's nickname is T-Bone. Other nicknames are "Butt Soup" and "The Disco Spider."
• Troy has a gimmick where he mentions butts with admiration or intrigue.
• Troy has a tendency of pretending to be asleep whenever he is in an awkward situation.

VideosEdit

Characters e
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