Community Season 1 Episode 23

Jeff shooting around the Dean's office while screaming is a reference to Rambo 2.

Troy's line "I thought you were dead, man" to Jeff is a reference to Escape from New York.

This episode's plot line shares the same structure to the 2000 Japanese movie Battle Royale.

Shirley reciting Bible verses while shooting refers to Boondock Saints.

The taunt "Study group, come out to play!" used by the disco rollers group is a paraphrase of a line in the 1979 movie The Warriors.

The scene where Jeff wakes up and gets out of his car is a reference to 28 Days Later.

Jeff's outfit in this episode is a direct take-off from John McClane's outfit in Die Hard.

The Matrix When Abed saves Jeff from Leonard, he makes a jump against the wall. This is the same kind of jump (and an allusion) to the lobby shootout in The Matrix

The scene when Senor Chang walks into the room with his large automatic paintball gun and starts firing like crazy is referring to the scene at the end of "Scarface" when Tony Montana walks into the room and starts shooting the place up with his "little friend". Senor Chang is even wearing similar clothes.

Gold Guns

Two gold guns Senor Chang carries is an allusion to the movie Face/Off where Nicholas Cage's characters Trademark are his 2 gold guns.

The episode title is an allusion to the first-person shooter war video game "Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare" (2007).

Chronicles of Riddick: The outfit Abed is wearing throughout most of the episode is based on the outfit of Vin Diesel's character Richard B. Riddick in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise. The goggles are one of Riddicks main trademarks.

"You think I'm Stupid, Hans?"

This line and scene were a shout-out to "Die Hard", where John McClain gives the bad guy Hans Gruber a gun with an empty clip, and later when Hans tries to shoot him he says the same thing.

Die Hard

Jeff having a gun taped to his back so he can get one last shot at the "bad guy" (Dean Pelton) is an allusion to the ending of the 1988 movie Die Hard.

Predator

Señor Chang's maniacal, high-pitched laugh as he sets off a bomb on himself is a reference to the ending of 1987 movie Predator.

Wanted

The paint balls curving and colliding in mid-air is a reference to the 2008 movie Wanted.

Roller Skater: (sing-song) Study group...come out and play-yay!

This eerie taunt is from the 1979 movie The Warriors by Luther, who clinks together soda bottles while calling out, "Warriors, come out and play-yay!"