His known family includes a mother who refused to breastfeed him as a child, a deceased twin sister named Connie, who he claims to have "reabsorbed", and a brother known only as Rabbi Chang. It was unclear whether this was a legitimate declaration or yet another example of his capricious nature.Ĭhang has been a long time employee at Greendale. At the end of the 2015 semester at Greendale he announced to his colleagues that he was gay. Despite a few relapses he considered the committee his friends and liked who he was when he was with them. In his later years at school he seemed to calm down when he joined the Save Greendale Committee. It fueled his delusions and pushed the worst of aspects of his personality to the extreme. It's hinted thatmonkey gas that he had inhaled had started to poison his mind. His time as a student illustrated how desperate Chang could be as he struggled to be accepted by the study group.
This was passively shown when he used self-deprecating humor to mock his own shortcomings. This contrasts his louder and more obnoxious personality suggesting that it's just a mask for his own insecurities. On the other hand, he also experiences bouts of depression, self pity and neediness. This attitude surfaced again when he was hired as a school security guard and abused his authority on a larger scale. As a teacher he took an almost sadistic approach to his job and often intimidated his students with his unbalanced behavior. He was once obsessed with Latin culture and proclaimed himself "El Tigre Chino" ( The Chinese Tiger ). Not only does this feed his delusions of grandeur but also leads him to become a bully. His erratic temperament usually stems from whether or not he is in a position of authority it is then that he experiences inexplicable self confidence and extreme narcissism. They seem to have formed a grudging respect for each other since.Ĭhang Is a very unbalanced man whose mania grows over the course of his time at the school. Though Duncan gets a restraining order against him, Chang in turn nullifies this by getting a restraining order against Duncan, thus allowing him to take his anthropology class. In the first-season finale, Chang and Duncan come to blows when Chang becomes a student and Duncan is suspended from teaching, resulting in a physical battle at the end-of-the-year dance. He is on especially bad terms with Professor Ian Duncan who potentially foreshadows Chang's lack of teaching qualifications when, in "Advanced Criminal Law," he notes Chang demands to be called "Señor" because he is not a real professor. Chang has an antagonistic relationship with almost every student and faculty member at Greendale. He is played and voiced by Ken Jeong.Ĭhang was originally the study group's unhinged Spanish teacher, but at the end of the season, it is revealed that he doesn't hold any qualifications and must attend Greendale as a student in order to obtain a degree. Claims to be homosexual "I AM A SPANISH GENIUS!"īenjamin Franklin "Ben" Chang (born 1969), referred to as Señor Chang in season one, and Kevin in season four, is a character in the NBC/Yahoo! sitcom Community.