There’s a reason Community, while struggling in the ratings out in the big wide world, often seems to be the most popular show on the internet. This is a show that has not only embraced geek culture, it threw geek culture a big party, baked it a cake then cleaned up afterwards and sent geek culture to bed with a cup of hot cocoa. From brief references to geek staples, to one-liners and visual gags, all the way up to complete spoof episodes, no show on television celebrates geek culture in quite the way that Community does. In preparation for the long-delayed return of everyone’s favourite gang of community college students, we celebrate ten of the show’s geekiest gags.

Each reference has been given a mark out of ten for obscurity – geeks love a reference no one else will get – and general geekiness. The scores don’t match the order of the list. This is Greendale, after all.

10. Star-Gate!

Episode: Contemporary American Poultry

Referencing: Greendale’s college newspaper headline reads: “Headline in reference to Watergate, not the 1994 sci-fi film.”