Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.Wow!

To get a bit Abed-meta, one term I think is horribly overused in the comments of an IGN review is “biased.” Most of the time it’s used to mean “You have a different opinion than me.” As in, “You disliked something I loved, therefore you are ‘biased.’” But let me say that when it comes to this episode of Community … I am pretty biased; albeit in the positive sense. I’m biased by my absolute love of G.I. Joe growing up and the fact that the cartoon was my favorite of all the “toy commercials disguised as TV shows” of the time, like Transformers and He-Man.There are no doubt some Community fans who never watched G.I. Joe and I have no idea how this episode will play for them. I’d hope they could still appreciate how odd it was and jokes about how no one dies in a carton. But certainly, the more familiar you are with G.I. Joe, the more this worked. And it sure worked for me.

Community Team on Making the G.I. Joe Episode

This was an episode absolutely ingrained in those old G.I. Joe cartoons. It nailed everything about their style and dynamic, and even included several members of the original voice cast (the most notable exception sadly being Christopher Collins, AKA Chris Latta, as Cobra Commander, who passed away in 1994). There was something remarkable about seeing the characters of Community interact with the likes of Duke and Flint - or to see Jeff kill poor Destro, as he broke the rules of the cartoon universe.

Click through the gallery from Community's G.I. Joe episode: Community G.I. Jeff Images 3 IMAGES

When I spoke to Dan Harmon about this episode , he had a lot of praise for Hasbro, who were involved the whole way - as they’d have to be, given this wasn’t just parody but actually using the exact names, characters and images. Harmon noted the toy company were surprisingly open to how Community wanted to use their product and I have to second Harmon’s thoughts, because “G.I. Jeff” took time to parody all the things worth parodying about G.I. Joe (and shows of its era), from the re-use of animation segments, to the unrealistic nature of the fights to the fact that, ultimately, well, “This is all just a cartoon about action figures for kids!”There was a moment where the Cobra insignia on the uniform Duncan (or Zim-Zam, if I’m spelling that right - or is it Xim-Xam, like Xamot?) was wearing vanished and I honestly didn’t know if it was an actual mistake or a nod to those kind of mistakes, which occurred frequently in old cartoons.

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The live-action Joe toy commercials we saw throughout the episode were also perfect - so good that I thought it was an actual vintage commercial for a moment, until we saw the Community characters as action figures (which I now desperately want to own).From Jeff/Wingman shooting Cobra agents and setting Lifeline on fire, to Cobra Commander admitting he loved Destro (and Zartan’s “Called it!”), to the aforementioned Duncan Tomax and Xamot sequence, there was a lot of hysterical stuff here for those of us who adore both Community and G.I. Joe. Yet it also managed to include some fairly dark material, as Abed/Fourth Wall surmised that something must be really wrong, “If Jeff is halucinating something this cool.”

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As it turned out, Jeff was “celebrating” his 40th birthday with a fifth of scotch and some pills, having lied to his friends about his age since the series began. It worked thematically to have him cling to something from his childhood while bemoaning getting older, as Britta pointed out. Which in turn led to one of the episode’s funniest bits, as Abed noted, “Imaginary Britta is right, and only Imaginary Britta!”I do wish the ending had a bit more oomph to it when Jeff woke up, as the issue seemed resolved a bit quickly, even as Abed (who had a lot of great lines this week), noted, “You’re still 18-49 for a decade. That’s valuable to society!” It just seemed a bit rushed and the actual final moments -- the awesome “Now I know!” tag aside -- were a bit corny, with everyone teasing Buzz in a bit of a cliche "Oh, you!" sitcom manner. But that’s a minor quibble, considering the amazingness we got throughout this half hour, as Community crossed over with freaking G.I. Joe!