Britta Perry drastically changed as Community went on, and there were several factors to blame. The character was played by Gillian Jacobs for all six seasons of Dan Harmon's comedy series. Britta served as a core member of the Greendale study group, and one of the few members to last until the end of the show. Despite initially being portrayed as an independent and strong-willed figure at the start, she quickly became the group's scapegoat during their shenanigans. During her transformation, the character seemed to be dumbed down much to the dismay of viewers.
Before attending Greendale, Britta dropped out of high school and fell into a bad crowd that enjoyed vandalizing public property. Upon becoming an activist, Britta decided to get her G.E.D., resulting in her choice to further her education. Though she didn't make the best choices in life, Britta seemed to have a good head on her shoulders. She often encouraged fellow study group members in their endeavors as the voice of reason. She also managed to best love interest, Jeff Winger, at his own emotional games.
Britta was always presented as flawed, but in season 3, the character started to enter a devolution in terms of development. She suddenly lost her intelligence and became a sillier shell of her past shelf. Community began making her into a joke with her mispronunciations, buzzkill tendencies, and the ongoing gag of using her name as a verb to mess something up. Essentially, Britta fell into the "Flanderization" trope, which categorized the act of taking a certain trait and exaggerating it to the point that it became a defining quality. While Britta acted goofier, even her friends questioned her intelligence, often talking down to her or treating her as if she was a failure in every aspect. Most of the issues came from the writer's room in terms of Britta's development, or lack thereof.
Britt notably began to let her guard down around the time her character became cartoonish. Her touchy demeanor in the first few Community installments may have been a method to gain approval into the group. As she grew more comfortable, her true goofy self could have emerged. Granted, Britta's devolution occurred quickly, indicating that the writers made it an effort to present her differently. Her judgment was no longer taken as series since her actions were often made into a joke. With that, she lost a sense of agency in the show. It also didn't help that her storylines were lessened when it came to overall importance in the series.
By Community season 5, the series lost two key characters in Pierce Hawthorne and Troy Barnes. This caused the dynamic to change within the show, but Britta still wasn't given the opportunity to avoid constant ridicule. In the show's final season, Britta fell into a few odd mishaps, but she started to get her voice back. She was working multiple jobs, including serving as a bartender, and she recognized that she didn't need a romantic status to define her. With that, Britta didn't end up with Jeff as she prepared for her chapter outside of Greendale.
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