Troy Barnes is a fictional character portrayed by Donald Glover in the TV series Community.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Pilot (season 1), they were 25 years old.
They appear in 89 episodes out of a total of 110 aired and have accumulated 105619 positive votes.
The character of Troy Barnes is mainly associated with Abed Nadir, Britta Perry and Annie Edison.
Episodes89
Pilot
episode S1.E1 september 2009An ex-lawyer is forced to return to community college to get a degree. However, he tries to use the skills he learned as a lawyer to get the answers to all his tests and pick up on a sexy woman in his Spanish class.
Spanish 101
episode S1.E2 september 2009Jeff takes steps to ensure that Britta will be his partner in Spanish class, but winds up with Pierce instead.
Introduction to Film
episode S1.E3 october 2009Britta comes between Abed and his father when she signs him up for a film class, and Jeff risks failing a class unless he "seizes the day."
Social Psychology
episode S1.E4 october 2009Jeff and Shirley bond by making fun of Britta's new hippie boyfriend, which doesn't go well for any involved. Meanwhile, Troy and Abed become pawns in Annie's psychology experiment.
Advanced Criminal Law
episode S1.E5 october 2009Señor Chang is on the hunt for a cheater and threatens to fail the entire class if the culprit doesn't come forward. When someone confesses, Jeff comes to their defense. Meanwhile, Annie recruits Pierce to write the new school song.
Football, Feminism and You
episode S1.E6 october 2009Jeff talks Troy into playing for the college's football team, sparking Annie's anger. Pierce helps the dean come up with a new mascot, and Britta tries to become Shirley's bathroom friend.
Introduction to Statistics
episode S1.E7 october 2009Will Jeff blow off Annie's Halloween party and sell out his other classmates in order to get a chance to score with a sexy professor?
Home Economics
episode S1.E8 november 2009When Jeff loses his home and his car, he is forced to move into Abed's dorm room. Troy has a big date, but why is a jealous Annie trying to help? Meanwhile, Pierce becomes the keyboardist for Vaughn's band.
Debate 109
episode S1.E9 november 2009Jeff reluctantly agrees to be Annie's debate partner, Britta humors Pierce by letting him try hypnotherapy on her to get her to stop smoking, and the gang begins to think that Abed's films may predict their future.
Environmental Science
episode S1.E10 november 2009Jeff hangs out with Senor Chang to get out of an essay, angering the rest of the group. Meanwhile, Abed and Troy search for their missing lab mouse, and Pierce helps Shirley out with a presentation.
Politics of Human Sexuality
episode S1.E11 december 2009Annie helps the dean put on an "STD Fair," but doesn't want to perform an embarrassing demonstration. Meanwhile Jeff finds a companion for a double date with Pierce, and Troy finds out that Abed is a better athlete than him.
Comparative Religion
episode S1.E12 december 2009Shirley throws a Christmas party for the gang and much to her surprise learns her classmates come from various religious backgrounds. Meanwhile, Jeff is challenged by the school bully and faces the reality that he may fail Spanish 101.
Investigative Journalism
episode S1.E13 january 2010The gang decides not to let an obnoxious student from their Spanish class into the study group. The dean appoints Jeff as editor of the student paper, where Annie is working on a story that could expose the dean as a racist.
Interpretive Dance
episode S1.E14 january 2010Jeff runs in to problems when the study group and the dean discover that he's seeing a professor, while Troy and Britta discover each other's secret that they are both taking dance classes.
Romantic Expressionism
episode S1.E15 february 2010When Annie starts hanging out with Britta's ex-boyfriend Vaughn, Britta and Jeff vow to protect her. Meanwhile, Pierce feels left out at Troy and Abed's movie night.
Communication Studies
episode S1.E16 february 2010Jeff sets out to fix his relationship with Britta after things get awkward with a drunken phone call. Meanwhile, Annie and Shirley make plans to humiliate Señor Chang in order to defend Troy and Pierce's dignity.
Physical Education
episode S1.E17 march 2010Jeff refuses to participate in a pool class because the teacher forces him to play in gym shorts, and the study group discovers a white version of Abed at the college.
Basic Genealogy
episode S1.E18 march 2010It's Family Day at Greendale. Pierce tries to build a relationship with his stepdaughter, but she has eyes for Jeff instead. Britta gets in trouble with Troy's Nana, and Shirley's kids cause problems for Abed's father.
Beginner Pottery
episode S1.E19 march 2010Jeff signs up for a pottery class for an easy credit, but winds up failing the class when his jealousy of another student gets the best of him. Meanwhile, Pierce's incompetence could ruin his group's grade in boating class.
The Science of Illusion
episode S1.E20 march 2010Britta's April Fool's Day prank has disastrous consequences, but she refuses to confess that she was responsible. Annie and Shirley temporarily work as security guards, but both of them want to be the "bad cop."
Contemporary American Poultry
episode S1.E21 april 2010Jeff's plan to get chicken fingers from the school cafeteria for the study group quickly evolves into a mafia movie-style endeavor with Abed calling all the shots.
The Art of Discourse
episode S1.E22 april 2010Shirley gets Pierce kicked out the study group, Jeff and Britta plot revenge on a group of high schoolers who make fun of them for attending community college, and Troy helps Abed accomplish some of his movie-clichéd social goals.
Modern Warfare
episode S1.E23 may 2010Greendale Community College is transformed into an apocalyptic war zone when the dean promises the winner of a paintball competition priority registration, and it could fan the flames of sexual tension between Jeff and Britta.
English as a Second Language
episode S1.E24 may 2010Annie uses inside information about Señor Chang to get him fired so that the study group will be forced to stay together and take Spanish again. Meanwhile, Troy discovers that he has a natural skill for plumbing.
Pascal's Triangle Revisited
episode S1.E25 may 2010Britta and Professor Slater fight for the affection of Jeff. Meanwhile, Troy is confused when Abed doesn't invite him to move into his dorm room.
Anthropology 101
episode S2.E1 september 2010Jeff and Britta engage in a dangerous game of relationship one-upsmanship in response to Britta's embarrassing moment at the end of the previous school year, which could cause the entire study group to fall apart.
Accounting for Lawyers
episode S2.E2 september 2010Jeff blows off the study group and their break-dancing competition to hang out with his old co-workers at the law firm, but Annie tries to prove that one of them is the person who turned him in and got him fired.
The Psychology of Letting Go
episode S2.E3 october 2010Pierce's religion convinces him that the spirit of his dead mother is captured in a cheap lava lamp, Jeff has a crisis of faith when he learns he has high cholesterol, and Britta and Annie try to raise money for the oil spill.
Basic Rocket Science
episode S2.E4 october 2010Everyone in the study group except Abed is stuck in a crude 1980s space simulator as it is towed off campus, and Abed leads the team given the difficult assignment of bringing them home.
Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples
episode S2.E5 october 2010Shirley asks Abed to make a film about Jesus, but he quickly angers Shirley by turning it into a self-indulgent mess. Meanwhile, Pierce begins blowing off the study group to hang out with the "hipsters."
Epidemiology
episode S2.E6 october 2010The study group is left to fend for themselves by Dean Pelton during a rabies outbreak due to tainted food at Greendale's Halloween party.
Aerodynamics of Gender
episode S2.E7 november 2010Britta, Annie and Shirley discover that Abed is skilled at insulting the mean girls, so they use him to their advantage. Meanwhile, Troy and Jeff find a secret garden with a trampoline, which they use for relaxation.
Cooperative Calligraphy
episode S2.E8 november 2010Chaos and mistrust tear the study group apart as they try to figure out who stole Annie's pen, causing them to miss the Greendale Puppy Parade.
Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
episode S2.E9 november 2010Dean Pelton tries to bust Jeff for a phony night school credit, which only unveils a series of conspiracies, plots, and double-crosses between Jeff, Annie, and the dean.
Mixology Certification
episode S2.E10 december 2010The study group takes Troy out to a bar to celebrate his 21st birthday. While there, Annie assumes a new identity, Abed is propositioned by a man, one of Shirley's secrets is discovered, and Britta and Jeff fight over the "cool" bars.
Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas
episode S2.E11 december 2010When Abed wakes up to discover that everything is in stop motion animation, Professor Duncan and the study group help him try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Asian Population Studies
episode S2.E12 january 2011Annie lobbies for her new crush, who is also Jeff's rival, to join the study group, but a jealous Jeff counters with Chang. Meanwhile, Shirley announces that she's pregnant, but she doesn't know that it could be Chang's.
Celebrity Pharmacology 212
episode S2.E13 january 2011Pierce bribes Annie into getting him a bigger role in her anti-drug play, Jeff gets in trouble when he sends a lewd text message from Britta's phone, and Shirley rejects Chang's attempts to be friendly to her.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
episode S2.E14 february 2011The study group plays Dungeons & Dragons with another classmate to improve his spirits, but Pierce's jealousies cause their good intentions to backfire.
Early 21st Century Romanticism
episode S2.E15 february 2011Jeff hangs out with Professor Duncan after a fight with the study group, but Chang tags along and starts a party. Meanwhile, Abed and Troy fight for a librarian's affection, and Britta goes to a dance with a girl she thinks is a lesbian.
Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking
episode S2.E16 february 2011Pierce pretends to be dying so that he can bequeath a series of cryptic and sometimes mean-spirited gifts to his study partners, and Abed decides to shoot a documentary film of the situation.
Intro to Political Science
episode S2.E17 february 2011Anticipating a visit from the vice president, dean Pelton holds an election for student body president. An idealistic Annie decides to run, but Jeff decides to run against her to spite her and show how stupid politics can be.
Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy
episode S2.E18 march 2011Jeff uses Shirley's parental rights waiver against Chang as a way to get Chang out of the apartment, while Britta is afraid to tell Abed and Troy that their new friend is a war criminal.
Critical Film Studies
episode S2.E19 march 2011Jeff's "Pulp Fiction"-themed surprise party for Abed is spoiled when Abed tells him over dinner that he's done with pop culture.
Competitive Wine Tasting
episode S2.E20 april 2011Jeff suspects something isn't quite right when an attractive classmate gets engaged to marry Pierce.
Paradigms of Human Memory
episode S2.E21 april 2011While working on the final diorama for their anthropology class, Chang discovers the cache of items stolen by Troy's monkey.
Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts
episode S2.E22 april 2011As the semester draws to a close, the anthropology class final is disrupted when Shirley goes into labor one month ahead of schedule.
A Fistful of Paintballs
episode S2.E23 may 2011In a "spaghetti western" parody, Pierce tries to get revenge on the rest of the study group during this year's paintball tournament.
For a Few Paintballs More
episode S2.E24 may 2011When the study group learns that there's a sinister plot behind the paintball tournament, they unite the remaining players to defeat the enemy.
Biology 101
episode S3.E1 september 2011Jeff's plan to keep Pierce out of the Study Group backfires when he gets kicked out instead, Abed copes with bad news about Cougar Town, and Dean Pelton's authority is challenged by another Greendale dean.
Geography of Global Conflict
episode S3.E2 september 2011When another over-achieving student steals Annie's idea for a Model U.N. club, the Study Group comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, new security cop Chang tries to stop Britta's last-ditch efforts to create a campus disturbance.
Competitive Ecology
episode S3.E3 october 2011Chaos ensues when the Study Group tries to divide itself up into biology lab partners, and Chang appoints himself security "detective," and tries to solve a mystery that is only in his head.
Remedial Chaos Theory
episode S3.E4 october 2011At Abed and Troy's housewarming party, Jeff decides to let the decision on who gets the pizza rest on the roll of the dice, leaving Abed to contemplate six alternate realities.
Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
episode S3.E5 october 2011During her pre-Halloween party, Britta gets everyone to tell a spooky story so that she can find out which member of the study group scored out as a psychopath on their psychology profiles.
Advanced Gay
episode S3.E6 november 2011Pierce gets a visit from his bigoted father after his wipes become a hit in the gay community, and the dean of the School of Refrigeration recruits Troy to become his student.
Studies in Modern Movement
episode S3.E7 november 2011The study group helps Annie move in with Troy and Abed - except for Jeff, who lies to get out of it but is busted by dean Pelton.
Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
episode S3.E8 november 2011The dean is given the task of making a Greendale commercial, but the shoot soon goes over budget and spirals out of control - with Abed documenting the experience.
Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
episode S3.E9 december 2011Shirley teaches Jeff foosball so that he can beat a team of cocky, obnoxious Germans, while Annie creates an overly elaborate ruse so that she doesn't have to tell Abed that she broke his special edition The Dark Knight DVD.
Regional Holiday Music
episode S3.E10 december 2011A holiday-themed parody of "Glee" in which Abed tries to persuade each member of the Study Group to join the glee club so that they can qualify for regionals.
Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts
episode S3.E11 march 2012Pierce comes to Shirley with a business proposal just as she's about to get married to Andre. Meanwhile, Troy and Abed try to act "normal" for the wedding, Britta discovers a new skill, and Jeff struggles with his toast.
Contemporary Impressionists
episode S3.E12 march 2012The members of the Study Group take jobs as celebrity impersonators to pay off Abed's debt to a celebrity impersonator business, but can Jeff be Ryan Seacrest without his fragile ego spiral out of control?
Digital Exploration of Interior Design
episode S3.E13 march 2012When Britta falls for the human embodiment of the Subway sandwich chain, Shirley and Pierce hope to use the situation to their advantage.
Pillows and Blankets
episode S3.E14 april 2012The students of Greendale are drawn into an epic pillow fight as Troy and Abed start a war that threatens to destroy their unique friendship.
Origins of Vampire Mythology
episode S3.E15 april 2012While Britta struggles to stay away from her old carny boyfriend, Jeff becomes obsessed with their relationship. Meanwhile, the dean stops by Troy and Abed's to recruit Troy for the dean of the school of refrigeration.
Virtual Systems Analysis
episode S3.E16 april 2012After sending Troy and Britta on a date, Annie volunteers to keep Abed company in his Dreamatorium.
Basic Lupine Urology
episode S3.E17 april 2012When the yam the study group was growing for biology class is killed, Troy and Abed are on the case.
Course Listing Unavailable
episode S3.E18 may 2012A fellow student has died and Biology class has been canceled, meaning everyone has to retake it in summer school. When the memorial service turns into a riot, Chang is granted special authoritative powers.
Curriculum Unavailable
episode S3.E19 may 2012When Abed claims the Dean has been replaced by a doppelgänger he is forced to take psychiatric treatment. Naturally, the rest of the study group joins him at his session with Dr. Heidi.
Digital Estate Planning
episode S3.E20 may 2012The study group must help Pierce win a video game so that he can claim his inheritance from his father, but somebody may be out to ensure that he loses.
The First Chang Dynasty
episode S3.E21 may 2012The Study Group, now known as the "Greendale Seven," launches a plot to rescue the real dean Pelton and end Chang's reign of terror over Greendale.
Introduction to Finality
episode S3.E22 may 2012Jeff faces an old nemesis as Shirley and Pierce square off in Greendale court, Abed succumbs to his evil alter ego, and Troy decides to meet his destiny at air conditioning school.
History 101
episode S4.E1 february 2013While the Dean creates a Hunger Games-style competition for admission into a History of Ice Cream class, the final class Jeff needs to graduate and a fear of graduation causes Abed to retreat to his happy place.
Paranormal Parentage
episode S4.E2 february 2013The study group's Halloween plans are put on hold when Pierce locks himself in the panic room of his "haunted" mansion.
Conventions of Space and Time
episode S4.E3 february 2013At the Inspector SpaceTime Convention, Abed finds a new "soulmate," Jeff discovers he looks like one of the show's villains, Shirley and Pierce join a focus group, and Annie pretends to be Jeff's wife.
Alternative History of the German Invasion
episode S4.E4 february 2013The Study Group loses access to the study room to the German foosballers, and Chang returns to campus, claiming to be suffering from "Changnesia."
Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations
episode S4.E5 march 2013While Jeff and Britta spend Thanksgiving with Jeff's newly-discovered father and brother, the rest of the Study Group tries to escape from Shirley's dysfunctional family Thanksgiving celebration.
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking
episode S4.E6 march 2013Chang leidet immer noch unter Gedächtnisverlust.
Economics of Marine Biology
episode S4.E7 march 2013Dean Pelton and Annie try to land a "whale" student while Jeff is assigned to keep Pierce occupied. Meanwhile, Troy and Shirley take a physical education education course, and Abed creates a fraternity to annoy the dean.
Herstory of Dance
episode S4.E8 april 2013While the dean sets up a Sadie Hawkins dance, Britta puts together a competing Sophie B. Hawkins dance. Meanwhile, Abed is set up with two dates to both dances by Annie and Shirley.
Intro to Felt Surrogacy
episode S4.E9 april 2013Dean Pelton prompts the study group to use puppets to relive the traumatic events of a recent adventure.
Intro to Knots
episode S4.E10 april 2013Jeff organizes a lovely holiday gathering at his apartment but Annie secretly invites Professor Cornwallis, to get in his good graces.
Basic Human Anatomy
episode S4.E11 april 2013When Annie and Shirley learn that Leonard is actually holding the spot as the class valedictorian, they join forces to bring him down.
Heroic Origins
episode S4.E12 may 2013Abed's research into the study group's history uncovers an overlooked series of chance encounters that led each of them to Greendale.
Advanced Introduction to Finality
episode S4.E13 may 2013A plan to celebrate Jeff's early graduation is unexpectedly disrupted by the study group's evil doppelgangers from the Darkest Timeline.
Repilot
episode S5.E1 january 2014Having failed in his second go-round as a lawyer, and unable to gather evidence for a potential lawsuit against Greendale, Jeff tries to convince the other former members of the Study Group to sue the school.
Introduction to Teaching
episode S5.E2 january 2014Jeff blows off his new teaching job at Greendale until Annie signs up for his class and forces him to teach, and Abed loses his religion when he takes a course about whether Nicolas Cage is good or bad.
Basic Intergluteal Numismatics
episode S5.E3 january 2014The college is imbued with panic when an unidentified person returns to dropping coins down people's butts and Annie takes it upon herself to find out who is behind it all.
Cooperative Polygraphy
episode S5.E4 january 2014After Pierce's unexpected passing, a team of investigators headed by the no-nonsense Mr. Stone arrives at Greendale to subject the study group to lie detector tests before they can be considered for distributions under the will.
Geothermal Escapism
episode S5.E5 january 2014As a going-away present to Troy before his around-the-world trip, Abed sets up a high-stakes game of "Hot Lava" at the college, but Britta suspects that the game is just masking his real feelings about Troy's departure.
- Pilot
- Spanish 101
- Introduction to Film
- Social Psychology
- Advanced Criminal Law
- Football, Feminism and You
- Introduction to Statistics
- Home Economics
- Debate 109
- Environmental Science
- Politics of Human Sexuality
- Comparative Religion
- Investigative Journalism
- Interpretive Dance
- Romantic Expressionism
- Communication Studies
- Physical Education
- Basic Genealogy
- Beginner Pottery
- The Science of Illusion
- Contemporary American Poultry
- The Art of Discourse
- Modern Warfare
- English as a Second Language
- Pascal's Triangle Revisited
- Anthropology 101
- Accounting for Lawyers
- The Psychology of Letting Go
- Basic Rocket Science
- Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples
- Epidemiology
- Aerodynamics of Gender
- Cooperative Calligraphy
- Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design
- Mixology Certification
- Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas
- Asian Population Studies
- Celebrity Pharmacology 212
- Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
- Early 21st Century Romanticism
- Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking
- Intro to Political Science
- Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy
- Critical Film Studies
- Competitive Wine Tasting
- Paradigms of Human Memory
- Applied Anthropology and Culinary Arts
- A Fistful of Paintballs
- For a Few Paintballs More
- Biology 101
- Geography of Global Conflict
- Competitive Ecology
- Remedial Chaos Theory
- Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps
- Advanced Gay
- Studies in Modern Movement
- Documentary Filmmaking: Redux
- Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism
- Regional Holiday Music
- Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts
- Contemporary Impressionists
- Digital Exploration of Interior Design
- Pillows and Blankets
- Origins of Vampire Mythology
- Virtual Systems Analysis
- Basic Lupine Urology
- Course Listing Unavailable
- Curriculum Unavailable
- Digital Estate Planning
- The First Chang Dynasty
- Introduction to Finality
- History 101
- Paranormal Parentage
- Conventions of Space and Time
- Alternative History of the German Invasion
- Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations
- Advanced Documentary Filmmaking
- Economics of Marine Biology
- Herstory of Dance
- Intro to Felt Surrogacy
- Intro to Knots
- Basic Human Anatomy
- Heroic Origins
- Advanced Introduction to Finality
- Repilot
- Introduction to Teaching
- Basic Intergluteal Numismatics
- Cooperative Polygraphy
- Geothermal Escapism
Best moments10
- The study group takes Troy out to a bar to celebrate his 21st birthday. While there, Annie assumes a new identity, Abed is propositioned by a man, one of Shirley's secrets is discovered, and Britta and Jeff fight over the "cool" bars.
- The study group is left to fend for themselves by Dean Pelton during a rabies outbreak due to tainted food at Greendale's Halloween party.
- The Study Group, now known as the "Greendale Seven," launches a plot to rescue the real dean Pelton and end Chang's reign of terror over Greendale.
- Jeff runs in to problems when the study group and the dean discover that he's seeing a professor, while Troy and Britta discover each other's secret that they are both taking dance classes.
- When Annie and Shirley learn that Leonard is actually holding the spot as the class valedictorian, they join forces to bring him down.
- Pierce pretends to be dying so that he can bequeath a series of cryptic and sometimes mean-spirited gifts to his study partners, and Abed decides to shoot a documentary film of the situation.
- Everyone in the study group except Abed is stuck in a crude 1980s space simulator as it is towed off campus, and Abed leads the team given the difficult assignment of bringing them home.
- As a going-away present to Troy before his around-the-world trip, Abed sets up a high-stakes game of "Hot Lava" at the college, but Britta suspects that the game is just masking his real feelings about Troy's departure.
- The members of the Study Group take jobs as celebrity impersonators to pay off Abed's debt to a celebrity impersonator business, but can Jeff be Ryan Seacrest without his fragile ego spiral out of control?
- At the Inspector SpaceTime Convention, Abed finds a new "soulmate," Jeff discovers he looks like one of the show's villains, Shirley and Pierce join a focus group, and Annie pretends to be Jeff's wife.
- Mixology Certification
- Epidemiology
- The First Chang Dynasty
- Interpretive Dance
- Basic Human Anatomy
- Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking
- Basic Rocket Science
- Geothermal Escapism
- Contemporary Impressionists
- Conventions of Space and Time