This paper explores how flouting of the Gricean maxims is used to create comedy in
the television series Community. The aim of the paper is to find out what maxims
are flouted the most to create comedy and what maxims the different characters
flout in order to create comedy. The paper examines the use of flouts in different
situations and explores in what situations the different characters flout the maxims
for comedy. The paper is based on transcription of eight episodes of the series. The
results show that the maxim of quantity was flouted most often, and some
characters used more flouts than others. These results suggest that the use of flouts
has to do with their different personalities, which is why some characters did not
use as many flouts in order to create comedy, since it would not be in line with their
personality.