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Dean Pelton (Jim Rash) asks the group to help Greendale recruit Archie (Zack Pearlman), a spoiled 22-year-old who has rich parents and, will likely inject Greendale with massive funds given that he spent seven years in high school. While the dean has set up wholesome activities to show Archie around the college, the school board wants to recruit him by any means necessary — including strippers, parties, and pretending Shaun White teaches at the school. After seeing Archie arrive with a new scooter gifted to him by City College, the dean chooses to throw his ideas out and take the school board's suggestions. Britta (Gillian Jacobs) refuses to do so, while Abed (Danny Pudi) decides to create a fake fraternity, leaving only the dean and Annie (Alison Brie).

Not wanting Pierce (Chevy Chase) to be jealous of the attention given to Archie, the dean asks Jeff (Joel McHale) to spend the day with him and take him off campus. They go to a barbershop where they have their beards shaved. Jeff expects it to be a bore but then starts enjoying it, saying he regrets ever shaving his face himself. Pierce intercepts a text message meant for Jeff and finds out that he was being distracted, becoming upset at the ruse. Jeff apologizes and asks the rest of the group to be nicer toward Pierce.

Troy (Donald Glover) and Shirley (Yvette Nicole Brown) start their first class of Physical Education, but the course is actually P.E.E. (Physical Education Education), where they are taught how to be gym teachers. Troy flounders under the pressure and is soon bullied by their coach (Ian Roberts), but Shirley is quite adept at the class and quickly becomes the top student. After a depressed Troy drops the class, Shirley comforts him and the two work together to help continue Chang's (Ken Jeong) rehabilitation, impressing the coach.

During a cafeteria party with strippers and balloons, Archie overhears Magnitude (Luke Youngblood) saying his catchphrase, "Pop! Pop!" In order to make his decision and enroll, Archie demands ownership of the catchphrase, to which the dean reluctantly agrees. The next day, the dean and Annie see a disheveled Magnitude, now struggling to cope with life and come up with a new catchphrase, and realize what they have done is morally wrong. The dean wakes up Archie, who has passed out from the partying, and tells him that the Greendale he experienced was not the real Greendale and that if he wanted a college that gave him special treatment it would be elsewhere. Archie still enrolls, appreciative of the honesty and being treated like normal.

The end tag features Troy and Britta are in bed together watching a "Let's Potato Chips" commercial. He gets upset when she is eating a rival potato chip brand named "Spingles" and tells her to go home.

This aired as episode seven, but was the sixth episode produced.^[1]