Community Goes Animated For Three Short Videos: Watch The Teaser Here

Community will be back on the air in less than two weeks! In anticipation of the NBC comedy series’ grand return, the cast is getting animated for three promotional short videos, which will make their way online before the March 15 premiere. Check out the teaser for the first short here!

Written by Dave Seger and Tom Kauffman, the three promotional shorts will be titled “Abed’s Master Key” (parts I, II & III) and the first is set to make its way online (Hulu.com, NBC.com) this Wednesday (March 7). They’ll run for about two minutes in length and will feature the voices of the series regulars.

The teaser below gives us an idea of what to expect...

Nothing like a little animated appetizer to build our appetites for the series return... as though fans of Community aren’t already eagerly awaiting the big comeback! Here's the official description for "Abed's Master Key":

In the three-part sequence of “Abed’s Master Key,” Dean Pelton hires Abed as his temporary assistant. Entrusted with a Greendale Master Key; Abed abuses his power to help his friends, and after Britta confronts Abed, she heads down the same dark path.

Abed with a master key? What could possibly go wrong?

The first video goes online on March 7.

Community returns to NBC Thursday, March 15 at 8/7c.

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