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Gunner

**Gunnar** is a Bad Place torturer who lives in Neighborhood 12358W.

## History

Gunnar is one of the 318 Bad Place torturers used by Michael for his experiment. He is first shown in the role of a resident who is extremely excited to pick up trash, along with his friend Antonio. He is shown to be on Vicky's side in Season 2. He also shows in interest in often wanting to nibble/bite on humans.
Janet Warehouse

## Backstage

### Episode(s)

Chapter 20: Janet and Michael • Chapter 24: Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent (mentioned)

**Janet Warehouse** is a location within the Neutral Zone that creates Good Janets.

## About

Presumably, all Janets are made in the warehouse, but other Janets are more safeguarded; Michael, in Chapter 20, scorns the Good Place's trust in keeping their Janets in a "*neutral pocket dimension*", presumably referring to the Neutral Zone, so it is possible that the Janet Warehouse only produces Good Janets, and perhaps Neutral Janets as well.

Thus far, the only Janets seen in the Janet Warehouse are the Good Janets.

## Function

The Janet Warehouse is run by, presumably, "*the Makers of Light, Darkness, and Everything*", who created a Janet Manual built into each Janet and stored in their nostrils.

Janets are placed far enough away from each other that Architects selecting their Janets are able to select only one, but close enough that after one is removed another slides seamlessly into its place so as to increase convenience.

## Location

The Janet Warehouse is located in The Neutral Zone, "*beneath the Shapeless Time-Void...[and]...right next to Accounting*", according to Michael. Voids from individual Janets who originated in the Janet Warehouse appear to have seamless entrances into the Janet Warehouse, as the Janet Warehouse appears to be co-dimensionally linked to each Janet's Void.

However, each Janet's Void is (presumably) not directly connected, and therefore can be accessed via the Janet Warehouse. It is unclear where these backdoors exist, but they presumably exist on the spot where each Janet originally existed (before they were removed and the entire Janet line slid along, so that the backdoor entrance to a Janet's Void would always be moving with the entire infinite Janet production line).
Colby

**Colby** is a character in The Good Place who appears in Chapter 28: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 2 played by Moshe Kasher.

Colby is a reporter for Squalor News who recognizes Tahani Al-Jamil at the monastery while he is there to shoot a show called *Society is F'd* about "poverty, drug lords, gun running, weird-ass restaurants, skateboarding, oh, and also genocide." Colby offers to do a profile on Tahani's experience as a monk and gives her his card, but she decides against it as it would defeat the purpose of her trip, which is to escape and shed her desire for the spotlight.
Doug

**This article is a disambiguation page for Doug**

The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.

Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

The following articles pertain to the name "**Doug**."

## Characters

*Main page: Category:The Book of Dougs*
* **Doug Forcett**, a former stoner from Calgary, AB
* **Doug Shellstrop**, the late father of Eleanor Shellstrop
* **Doug Mendoza**, the father of Jason Mendoza

## Episodes

* **Chapter 32:** The Ballad of Donkey Doug
* **Chapter 37:** The Book Of Dougs
Bad Place Headquarters

**Bad Place Headquarters** is a location in the series *The Good Place*. It was first seen in flashbacks in Chapter 13.

Bad Place architects design their neighborhoods at desks in a large open-plan office, and there are also rooms which can be booked for meetings. You can find a wall titled "Employee of the Bearimy" which seems to contain all the best torturers of the bad place, such as Michael. HQ also contains The Museum of Human Misery which includes an exhibit depicting Neighborhood 12358W and featuring animatronic representations of Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason. They notably give "sexual harassment training" in which they teach the demons how to sexually harass humans. There is at least one portal (and likely more) leading to the Neutral Zone.

Shawn has a senior position at HQ, and Michael worked there before designing and moving into Neighborhood 12358W. Other characters who have been seen at Headquarters include Val, Toddrick Hemple and Glenn.

Chapter 24 takes place mainly within Bad Place Headquarters, and The Selection is entirely set there.
Monty

**Montgomery "Monty" Wycoff** is a one-off character in The Good Place.

Monty is a bartender in Sydney, Australia. Janet goes undercover as a bartender at his bar, and he questions if she works there. Instead of answering, she tells him his full name and that his ex-wife, Samantha, still loves him but is too afraid to call and that he must show Samantha his "poetry". Janet tells Monty to "go to her" and he runs off in fear.

Monty was played by John Leary.

## Trivia

* This character is credited as "Monty", yet we only hear him be called "Montgomery Wycoff" by Janet. One could presume "Monty" is a nickname.
Chapter 40: A Girl From Arizona Part 1

## A Girl From Arizona Part 1

**Chapter 40: A Girl From Arizona Part 1** is the premiere of Season 4 of *The Good Place*. It is part one of two.

## Plot

With Eleanor assuming the role of the architect, the group adapts to the challenges facing them when four test subjects inhabit a new neighborhood under their supervision.

## Summary

Eleanor and the gang meet the last two human test subjects: Brent, the CEO of a materials-producing company who is egotistical and selfish, and Linda, a seemingly boring and unassuming old lady. Simone, convinced that the afterlife is just an intense hallucination, wreaks havoc on the neighborhood and the humans have to try to convince her that the afterlife is indeed real; Michael mentions he'd met people like that in his Bad Place days and they usually began to realize the truth of their situations after a few torture sessions. As for John, Tahani is determined not to let the Bad Place win and decides to go out of her way to make peace with him.

Meanwhile, Jason and Derek are in a conflict. Derek reveals that he wants Janet, his "mommy-girlfriend", back and figures running the neighborhood with her is the right way to do it. He taunts Jason, stating that he doesn't have the guts to push the button that will shut him down. Jason immediately pushes it, "killing" Derek while Mindy watches and laughs. Michael tells Jason that he needs to learn better impulse control.

Eleanor and Michael try to get through to Linda, who appears to have very simple tastes and just uses the flying lessons to float a couple feet above the ground. They keep trying to push her to ask for more extravagant things, causing her to snap and start zipping around in the sky and punching people in the face. The humans discover that "Linda" is a really a demon in disguise, Chris specifically. He was sent by Shawn to pose as a human test subject to sabotage the experiment. When the Soul Squad reveal this to Gen, she is not pleased and tells Shawn in no uncertain terms that if he tries to cheat or otherwise sabotage things again, she will personally severely punish him and reboot the experiment. Chris is sent back to the Bad Place and Gen makes Chidi the fourth subject of the experiment.

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring Cast**

Marc Evan Jackson as **Shawn**
Jason Mantzoukas as **Derek**
Brandon Scott Jones as **John Wheaton**
Kirby Howell-Baptiste as **Simone Garnett**
Ben Koldyke as **Brent Norwalk**
Maya Rudolph as **Judge Gen**
**Guest starring**

Maribeth Monroe as **Mindy St. Claire**
Bambadjan Bamba as **Bambadjan**
Jama Williamson as **Val**
Luke Guldan as **Chris Baker**
**Co-Starring**

Brad Morris as **Matt**
Josh Siegal as **Glenn**
Rachel Winfree as **Linda Johannsen**
Aasia Bullock as **Daphne**
Demon

❝ *It's not really accurate and we consider it to be a little racist but it's fine.* ❞
—Michael, after being asked by Eleanor Shellstrop if "demon" was what the humans should call him

## Demon

### Appearance

Nightmarish monsters (without skin-suit)Humans (with skin-suit)

### Role in Universe

Torturers of deceased humans

Demons are a species of immortal beings that are the main inhabitants of The Bad Place. They take many forms such as fire squids and lava monsters. Their purpose is to torture humans that weren't good people on Earth. They don't "age" like humans do, instead changing from form to form until they have reached their final form, they stay in this final form unless they are destroyed and turned into a pile of goo. At that point they start over their "aging", these forms are larvae, slug monster, spooky little girl, teenage boy, giant ball of tongues, social media CEO and finally a demon. This final form can look like many different things as previously mentioned. These creatures live off the pain and misery of humans although they also enjoy consuming things that are very unappealing to people, such as garbage, eye gunk, feces, and soul food from Maine.

## Known Demons

* Alexis
* Angélique
* Antonio
* Bambadjan
* Bertram Varman
* Bart
* Chet
* Chork
* Chef Patrcia
* Chad
* Chris Baker
* Cualli
* Dana
* Dave
* Gayle
* Greg
* Glenn
* Gloria
* Gunner
* Henriette
* Kamaria
* Lance
* Lerf
* Luang
* Megan
* Michael (Formerly)
* Nina
* Pedro
* Petruchio
* Pevita
* Pilar
* Quinston Timeclock
* Sachveer
* Sebastian
* Shawn
* Steve
* Toddrick Hemple
* Trevor
* Troy
* Val
* Vicky
* Several Other Unnamed Demons

They were many other demons who participated in Michael's Neighborhood 12358W Experiment
Trevor

❝ *Oh, and you should smile more. You'll get bigger tips.* ❞
—Trevor to Janet

**Trevor** is an Immortal Being that resides in The Bad Place.

## History

Trevor is an Immortal Being that resides in The Bad Place and is one of its torturers. He was recruited by Michael as an actor (playing himself mostly) in his "Good Place neighborhood" as a demon who threatened to take Eleanor to the Bad Place.

Trevor returns in Season 3, when the four humans were on Earth, as a human who almost gets run over by a train.

He joined the support group and annoyed every member to try to drive them apart but before it could work completely, Judge Gen flung him into the Void surrounding the Door when she caught him, Michael, and Janet interfering in human affairs.

## Personality

Trevor is consistently rude and is known to take sadistic pleasure in torturing those sent to The Bad Place. He actively seeks ways to be impolite and/or make others uncomfortable.

According to Michael, Trevor is a diabolical, sadistic agent of evil and might just be the single most dangerous creature in the universe.

Though it remains ambiguous whether or not Trevor actually likes Eleanor, he has shown a romantic interest in her multiple times. He compliments her looks, asking her out on dates, falsely claiming they "*hooked up*," stating he was a fan of her. He is constantly hugging her, wearing a shirt she had made of her roommate that went viral, and asking if they were "*going to happen*?"

## Powers & Abilities

* **Immortality:** As an eternal being, Trevor is immortal.

## Trivia

* He was The Bad Place representative on Mindy St. Claire's orientation video in The Medium Place.
* He is seen flying through the background of the hub, still screaming, in season 3 episode 11 (*Chidi Sees the Time-Knife*) when the group is about to enter the IHOP, and again in the season 4 finale when Michael is escorting Tahani to her first day of training to be an architect.
Whitmer Thomas

**Whitmer Thomas** is an American actor, comedian, and producer. Thomas portrays Gatorbait on *The Good Place.*

## Career

Thomas starred as Whit in the FXX series *Stone Quackers*, which ran from 2014-2015, Gunther in AMC's *The Walking Dead* (2010-), and Justin in Netflix's original series *GLOW* (2017-2019).

He later went on to direct, produce, and star in his own documentary titled *Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One* (2020).

## Trivia

* In 2015, he was named as one of Time Out LA's "Comedians to Watch."
* He co-executive produced and lent his voice to the animated series *Stone Quackers.*
* Before moving to LA in order to pursue his career of acting, Thomas was an avid skateboarder throughout his youth.

## References

https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/whitmer-thomas.html
Get Out of the Spotlight

***Get Out of the Spotlight*** (often stylized as *Get out of the Spotlight* or *GET OUT of the SPOTLIGHT*) is a self-help and autobiographical book written by Pakistani-British socialite Tahani Al-Jamil concerning society's superfluous obsession with fame and her own progress in redefining herself as a person.

*Get Out of the Spotlight* marked Al-Jamil's triumphant return to modern society after a solitary and transformative year as a monk.

## Synopsis

In *Get Out of the Spotlight*, Al-Jamil reinforces the importance of gratuitous acts towards others and the significance of these actions in one's own well-being and self-awareness. She also tells of her own life story and her own realization of these aims.

## Background

After leading a life obsessed with the intricacies of fame and notability - and attempts to get ahead of her sister Kamilah in this race - Al-Jamil was prompted to undergo a self-reflection and improvement after a near-death experience caused by her self-absorption.

To achieve this goal, Al-Jamil became a monk and devoted herself to her studies, completely disconnecting from the modern world.The press discovered Al-Jamil at her monastery a year later and persuaded her to return to society, where she decided to author *Get out of the Spotlight*.

## Publication

The book is believed to have been published in 2018. The cover has a purple floral design (symbolic of Al-Jamil's signature dresses) behind Al-Jamil herself in a pose of namaste.

Ironically, the publication of the book temporarily set Al-Jamil back in old patterns of fame obsession, resulting in several book signings and events based around the book, until she joined a social experiment at St. John's University in Sydney, Australia, distancing herself from the book's initial success.

## Reviews

The book was an immediate success in both the world of the famous and the world of the common people. Specific reviews that are known are limited. The few known were used by Al-Jamil at a book signing shortly after the book's publication:

* "This book is so brilliant, I've decided to quit writing, because I'll never top it." - Malcolm Gladwell
* "Ditto." - Cormac McCarthy

## References

1. ↑ Al-Jamil, Tahani. *Get out of the Spotlight*. 2018.
2. ↑ Statsky, Jen, and Michael Schur. *The Good Place*. Season 3, episode "Everything is Bonzer!," 27 Sept. 2018.
3. ↑ Schofield, Dan. *The Good Place*. Season 2, episode "Team Cockroach," 5 Oct. 2017.
Brant

Brant is a character mentioned in season 2 episode 10 by an demon named Dirk, Dirk mentioned him when asking Chidi Anagonye (posing as a Demon named Trent) for advice in torturing him. the description of Brent is as follows: "Brant was a total lord. he got kicked off of Rob Gronkowski's party cruise for throwing a lobster as a stripper, and then he died doing a keg stand in the back of a movingJeep Wrangler.
Bambajahn

❝ *You mentioned his name nine times in the last ten minutes* ❞
—-Bambajahn to Eleanor Shellstrop

❝ *I just found an unprecedented loophole in the rules which might just save everyone!* ❞
—Bambajahan trying to save Eleanor and Vicky from going to the fake Bad Place

## Bio

### From

The Bad Place (Saudi Arabia in Michael's fake good place)

### Residence

Neighborhood 12358W (formerly)The Bad Place (currently)

### Occupation

Torturer (formerly)Actor (formerly)

Unknown (current)

## Relationships

### Friends

ShawnGlenn

Vicky

Michael (formerly)

### Affiliation

Neighborhood 12358W (formerly)Bad Place (current)

Selection Team (formerly)

## Information

Bambajahn is a demon from The Bad Place, and is on Shawn's inner circle in The Selection. He also played a role in Michael's experiment for The Bad Place under Neighborhood 12358W, most notably in the first attempt when he played an environmental lawyer to attempt to save Eleanor Shellstrop from going to 'The Bad Place'.

He was a member and actor of Michael's experimental Neighborhood 12358W in seasons one and two. His spotlight moments in Michael's neighborhood include working on Eleanor's case to go to the fake bad place, and he was going to be Michael and Shawn's excuse to continue torture and keep Eleanor in the neighborhood when he came to tell them that he found an unprecedented loophole in the rules which might just save everyone, but Eleanor dismissed him and then revealed it was The Bad Place.

In the selection miniseries he was on Shawn's Selection Team alongside Glenn, Gayle and Val. He suggested sending Joseph Stalin to them, but his ideas were dismissed. He agreed with the decisions of choosing Simone, John and Brent for the experiment.

After the system changes we can presume he became a Bad Place Architect and designed tests or he continued acting in fake afterlife test neighborhoods.
Chef Patricia

**Chef Patricia** is a minor character in *The Good Place*. She appears in Chapter 4, when Tahani Al-Jamil is asked to organize the opening night of her new restaurant "*The Good Plates*."

## History

In Chapter 5, Patricia Camarillo, who is probably the same person as Chef Patricia, is the person listed 14th in the Neighborhood Rankings, one place ahead of Chidi Anagonye.

She isn’t a real person but simply another demonic being that is helping to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason. She pretends to be a very angry person that still means well.
Season 2

**Season 2** of the comedy television series *The Good Place* started aired on NBC on September 20, 2017, and concluded on February 1, 2018.

## Synopsis

Everything Is Still Fine. Just Fine. After Michael’s disastrous attempt to torture Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason for eternity goes belly-up, Eleanor and the gang are rebooted and Michael has revised his plan to keep his torture subjects separate. Only now, Michael’s soul is on the line, as his boss, Shawn, won’t allow another attempt!

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet/Bad Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring cast**

Marc Evan Jackson as **Shawn** (7/13)
Tiya Sircar as **Vicky** (7/13)
**Guest Starring**

Jason Mantzoukas as **Derek** (4/13)
Maribeth Monroe as **Mindy St. Claire** (4/13)
Steve Berg as **Gunnar** (4/13)
Luke Guldan as **Chris Baker** (3/13)
Marques Ray as **Quinston Timeclock/Tomás** (3/13)
Maya Rudolph as **Judge Gen** (2/13)
Amy Okuda as **Gayle/Jessica** (2/13)
Paulina Bugembe as **Angélique** (2/13)
Susan Park as **Pevita** (2/13)
John Hartmann as **Ed/Bart** (2/13)
Monnae Michaell as **Nina** (2/13)
Hayden Szeto as **Luang** (2/13)
Rebecca Hazlewood as **Kamilah Al-Jamil** ("Team Cockroach")
Leslie Grossman as **Donna Shellstrop** ("Existential Crisis")
Dominic Burgess as **Henry** ("The Trolley Problem")
Dax Shepard as **Chet** ("Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent")
Anna Khaja as **Manisha Al-Jamil** ("The Burrito")
Ajay Mehta as **Waqas Al-Jamil** ("The Burrito")
Angela Trimbur as **Madison** ("Somewhere Else")
Seth Morris as **Wallace** ("Somewhere Else")
Allyn Rachel as **Betsy** ("Somewhere Else")

## Trivia

* This is the highest rated season of The Good Place with an average rating of 8.3 on IMDb.
Interdimensional Hole Of Pancakes

**The Interdimensional Hole Of Pancakes**, also known as the **IHOP**, is a dimension (world) that acts as the crossroads of all dimensions (height width length etc) and also acts as a crossroads for dimensions (worlds). It is the most dangerous place in the universe, and the pancakes eat you. The Time-Knife can be seen here.

## Function

**The Interdimensional Hole of Pancakes** serves as a crossroads for all dimensions, including space and time.

Michael compares it to Grand Central Station. Jason compares it to "smok[ing] too much salvia."

Michael also informs us that Gen's powers are limited in the IHOP, although she is able to manipulate the appearance of the IHOP to its inhabitants. The IHOP appears to be comprised of floating pancake-like disks, some of which have multidimensional portals within them.

When Chidi falls through, he shrinks and begins whizzing around before Janet is able to grab him and return him to dimensional stability. Chidi recounts having seen something which Michael describes as the Time-Knife, something which folds dimensions around it to presumably be able to cut the pancakes of IHOP.

The IHOP consists of ten dimensions functioning at dimensional permanence, Michael noting the tenth having been added on his visit to the IHOP since he'd last been there.

## Inhabitants

The IHOP is inhabited by small creatures known as Niednagel, which take the appearance of giant slugs. They appear to roam around the IHOP and are, like everything else, deadly to make contact with, as Michael tells Tahani.
Matilda

**Matilda** is a character in Season 4 of *The Good Place*, portrayed by Sheila Carrasco.

## Character

Matilda is a resident in the "new neighbourhood", one of the many "people" created by Janet (and Derek). When Eleanor and Michael host a luau with a magic circle that gifts residents their deepest desires, Matilda gets her "childhood pet" Shell Turtlestein and is overjoyed.
Bambadjan

**Bambadjan** is an Eternal being that resided in Neighborhood 12358W.

## Character

Bambadjan was one of the 318 torturers (demons) used by Michael in his "experiment". In Version 1, he posed as a rights activist and helped torture Eleanor. He was very important in the final stages of Version 1 where he pretended to help Eleanor find a way to stay out of the Bad Place, he told her that he found calling the other Eleanor Real Eleanor helpful. After Eleanor found out that they were in the bad place he rushed in and said that he found a way to save everyone from the Bad Place but was sent away by Eleanor. He was part of Shawn's team in The Selection, and he suggested Joseph Stalin for the experiment, but his idea was rejected.

## Trivia

* In the official Podcast, Michael Schur revealed the reason the character shared the same name as the actor is due to him trying to make Bambadjan's character more *unique*.
Neighborhood

## Backstage

### Episode(s)

A real good place neighborhood has yet to be seen, although Michael emulates one in Neighborhood 12358W.

**Neighborhoods** are residences in The Afterlife in which humans reside posthumously, usually only created by and for The Good Place.

## About

The neighborhoods are designed by Architects and can only be entered and exited, once in the afterlife, via Train (although trains cannot run from a Bad Place to a Good Place Neighborhood). Two exceptions have been made in the history of time:

1. The first is The Medium Place, where Mindy St. Claire resides, which was created for her when her extreme case didn't tip the scale one way or another
2. The second is Michael's concept for deceiving humans to think they're in The Good Place.

## Design and Creation

Neighborhoods are created by Architects to suit the individual humans – either their pleasures or their torments. The Architects use Janets to create the neighborhoods, and generally do not remain within the neighborhood afterwards. Although the Bad Place has many neighborhoods, the Medium Place has only one, and it is unclear how many the Good Place has.

## Janets

Each neighborhood has a unique Janet tailored to that specific neighborhood (the one exception being The Medium Place, presumably created by a Good and Bad Janet). The Janet designs the neighborhood for the Architect. They then remain within the neighborhood to guide the residents and procure for them whatever they need–or, in the case of the Bad Place, to increase the torture (although it appears that Bad Place employees will also take part in routine torture), although whether they reside in the neighborhoods or merely move between them as needed is unclear.
Maya Rudolph

**Maya Rudolph** is an actress. She portrays the Judge, Gen, in *The Good Place*.

She first appears in Chapter 25: The Burrito, but her casting was not announced in advance, so that it would come as a surprise to viewers watching the episode as broadcast.

## Appearances

* Chapter 25: The Burrito
* Chapter 26: Somewhere Else
Bignoodle

Bignoodle was a friend of Jason and was mentioned in Chapter 38: Chidi Sees The Time-Knife[1]

He was always late to rehearsal in Jason's Dance Crew, because he had to work multiple jobs feed all of his grandparents. This story was told by Jason to convince the Judge to go to Earth during their meeting in the IHOP.
Chapter 46: Help Is Other People

## Help Is Other People

**Chapter 46: Help Is Other People** is the 7th episode of Season 4 of *The Good Place*.

## Plot

As the final day of the experiment winds down, Eleanor plans to get the humans a few last minute points, but is derailed when Simone tries to convince the other humans that they're not in The Good Place. The others reveal their own secrets, including Brent's "Best Place" promise and Jiyanu's true identity. Chidi also tells Simone that Eleanor said that they were soulmates. The gang decide they need to do a points Hail Mary and blow up the experiment. They open up a sink hole during Michael's magic show and Brent falls in. Simone and John take his Escalade and run. Finally, Eleanor and Michael confirm for Brent and Chidi that they *are* in The Bad Place. Brent has an under the wire last minute revelation.

As the final day of the experiment winds down, Eleanor plans to get the humans a few last minute points, but is derailed when Simone tries to convince the **other** humans that they're not in The Good Place. The **others** reveal their own secrets, including Brent's "Best Place" promise and Jiyanu's true identity.

## Summary

On the last day of the year-long experiment, Simone comes close to deducing the true nature of the neighborhood as an experimental environment in which she and her acquaintances are being studied. Everyone reveals their secrets: Jason's identity, Brent's "Best Place" objective, and Chidi having been told Simone is his soulmate. Simone and Chidi discover the scoreboard identifying them, Brent, and John as test subjects. In a last-ditch effort to earn the humans points, Michael allows Brent to fall into a sinkhole, hoping the other three will unite and rescue him despite his flaws. However, only Chidi attempts to save Brent; John and Simone decide Brent isn't worth saving, and flee the neighborhood. Chidi declares that he believes that they are in the Bad Place; in a final gamble to shock Brent into re-evaluating himself, Eleanor and Michael "admit" this is true, and inform them they will now be transferred to the "real" Bad Place. Brent still cannot accept that he is not a good person, but just as the experiment ends, he begins to apologize to Chidi.

## Cast

Kristen Bell as **Eleanor Shellstrop**
William Jackson Harper as **Chidi Anagonye**
Jameela Jamil as **Tahani Al-Jamil**
D'Arcy Carden as **Janet**
Manny Jacinto as **Jason Mendoza**
**and** Ted Danson as **Michael**
**Recurring cast**

Kirby Howell-Baptiste as **Simone Garnett**
Ben Koldyke as **Brent Norwalk**
Brandon Scott Jones as **John Wheaton**
## Trivia

**ALLUSIONS**

* "Help is Other People" title comes from a play on words from the Jean-Paul Satre's French screenplay *No Exit* where the main character concludes that *Hell is Other People.* Schur has acknowledged the work of this play as inspiration for The Good Place.
David Miner

**David Miner** (born November 15, 1969) is an American television producer and talent manager who is known for his work as an executive producer on *30 Rock,* *Parks and Recreation*, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, *Master of None*, *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*, *The Good Place*, *Great News*, *Abby's* and *Sunnyside*.
Larry Hemsworth

❝ *..And I can't wait until we move far way from the likes of you, and I can finally take her last name!* ❞
—Larry to Michael and Janet

❝ *Alright my love, ready to go to the airport, start our lives together?* ❞
—Larry before Tahani breaks up with him
**Larry Hemsworth** is a character on *The Good Place*, played by Ben Lawson.

## Character

Larry Hemsworth is the fourth Hemsworth brother. He was engaged to Tahani Al-Jamil before she married Jason Mendoza. He has a high profile profession, athletic, and well rounded. He prefers to stay out of the lime light and excels in the things he is most passionate about, partly because of his insecurity of his brothers.

## Personality

Despite being a talented pediatric surgeon who "fixes babies' spines" according to Tahani, handsome (having a "perfect jawline" according to Eleanor,) rich, coming from a famous family and in great physical shape (he mentions having "eight-pack" abdominal muscles, and Eleanor makes the hyperbolic statement that he has 0% body fat)—Larry is very generous, kindhearted, and talented, though very insecure because of his brothers' fame. He has been said to be the most handsome out of the 4 Hemsworth brothers. He is very proud of his brothers success and always speaks kindly of them.

Larry is very humble, despite his aforementioned good looks, intelligence, and professional success.

## History

Larry Hemsworth was in a relationship with Tahani Al-Jamil before her death and revival but they broke up at some point. When she went to Australia to be a member of a study group, they crossed paths and restarted their relationship.

One year later, they got engaged and threw a large party. This led to Tahani and the other members of the study group finding out that they had died and gone to the Bad Place.

This discovery led to Tahani marrying Jason Mendoza; after she revealed this to her friends, Larry walked in, not knowing that his fiancée got married. Eleanor recorded their breakup, and presumably posted the video footage on social media, as in the next episode a tabloid magazine cover spreads news of Tahani and Larry's breakup, although it is possible Larry made a public statement about the breakup, and Eleanor did not upload the footage.

## Trivia

* Larry Hemsworth is a creation of the show, as there is no fourth Hemsworth brother in real life.
* Larry describes himself as being dull as a rock, then he claims he is dull and ugly before he compares himself to a rock again, then scolds himself for talking about rocks too frequently.
* He is a very successful pediatric surgeon, weighed down by his insecurities regarding his family.
* According to Janet, he has only seen 4.8 percent of Sydney, despite living there for over a year.
Part 5: The Talk

**Part 5: The Talk** is the fifth episode of *The Selection*.

## Synopsis

*In a demon-to-demon chat with Glenn (Josh Siegal), Shawn (Marc Evan Jackson) is inspired to rethink the way he forks with Michael's (Ted Danson) new neighborhood.*

## Cast

Marc Evan Jackson as **Shawn**
Bambadjan Bamba as **Bambadjan**
Amy Okuda as **Gayle**
Jama Williamson as **Val**
Josh Siegal as **Glenn**
## Video

The Selection, Part 5 The Talk - The Good Place (Digital Exclusive)
Chet

## Information

**Chet** is a minor demon Bad Place torturer who mistakes Chidi for a demon named Trent and asks him for advice on torture when he was attending the Bad Place cocktail party and witnessed the reveal of the fake Good Place torture strategy plans based off Neighborhood 12358W

His first and only appearance was in season two Chapter 24: Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent.

He stated that he worked alongside Chet in an area of the bad place known as Partial Decapitations, which Chet left 800 years before the episode takes place on the Jeremy Beramy timeline.

## Trivia

* He is played by Dax Shepard, actress Kristen Bell's husband.
Brandon Scott Jones

**Brandon Scott Jones** (born June 6, 1984) is an American actor and writer. He is most known for playing John Wheaton on The Good Place.

## Early life

**Jones** was born in Bel Air, Maryland, which is the county seat of Harford County. He has American parents and has one sister.

After **Jones** turned 18, he moved to New York City, where he would study acting at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

## Personal life

**Jones** keeps his personal life very private and most of his life behind the screen is hidden.
Acidcat

**Acidcat** is a character seen in flashback in the series The Good Place. He is a DJ who wears a giant cartoon cat's head when he performs.

## Background

Jason Mendoza once gave Acidcat a demo of his own EDM, which Acidcat dismissed as terrible, but offered Jason the opportunity to wear the cat's head and stand in for him while he went to a party. Jason grabbed the opportunity, only to then mess it up by playing his own music instead of Acidcat's.

Acidcat's brand is based off of the popular DJ and EDM producer Deadmau5, his helmet having the biggest resemblance, sporting an extremely similar shape to deadmau5' helmet, with minor changes to the ears, the addition of a nose and whiskers and bio-hazard symbols on the eyes
Neutral Zone

**The Neutral Zone** is a location in The Afterlife.

## About

It is accessed via a portal from Bad Place Headquarters, and can also presumably be accessed the same way from Good Place Headquarters.

It contains the chambers of the Eternal Judge, Gen, the accounting department, the Interdimensional Hole Of Pancakes and the Janet warehouse.

There is a door leading to Earth, which is guarded by Jeff the Doorman. All of these locations are interconnected by a bridge which runs the infinite span of the Neutral Zone in a black void.

A portal to the neutral zone was visible in the background of Bad Place Headquarters in Chapter 13, though its purpose was not revealed at that time. The Janet warehouse was first seen in Chapter 20, and revealed to be part of the neutral zone in Chapter 24.

Much of Chapter 25 takes place in the neutral zone, as does much of Chapter 36, and Chapter 38.
Patricia Katterttrune

*"Patricia" redirects here. For the Season 1 character, see Chef Patricia; for the Season 4 character, see Hypatia*

❝ *"No, Donna's very nice to me, she bought me most of these stuffed animals" -Patty to Elanor and Michael* ❞
—{{{2}}}

## Bio

### School

MGM Grand Luxury Resort And Casino Elementary School

## Relationships

### Family

Dave Katterttrune (father)Donna Shellstrop (stepmother)

## Production

### First seen

Chapter 33: A Fractured Inheritance

**Patricia "Patty" Katterttrune** is a minor character in Season 3 of *The Good Place*. She is the daughter of Donna Shellstrop's boyfriend Dave Katterttrune.

She has a collection of stuffed animals and lives with Donna and Dave in Dave's mini-mansion. She plays 'Angry Birds' on her iPad, and enjoys midday snacks Donna and Dave make for her.

She has an unnamed mother who Dave was in a previous relationship with before he met Donna.

She states that Donna is very nice to her and bought her the stuffed animals. Donna is secretary of the PTA at her school.
Matt

❝ *"Please Kill Me"*  ❞
—Matt to Michael and Janet

❝ *What're you gonna use it for?* ❞
—a traumatized Matt when Michael asked him for a paperclip

**Matt** is an Accountant who works at the Accounting Department. His job is to calculate the value of "Weird Sex Things", a category which 99% of all new human behavior falls into. He reports to Neil, the Head Accountant, and has asked Neil for immediate suicide, which Neil has denied. Matt also reported to Neil when there were 500 new Weird Sex Things in one second when Burning Man started.

Thankfully, he ended up being reassigned to tallying the points of the human residents of the new "Good Place". He had to stay inside a very cramped accountant's point tally box during the experiment, and he stated that he had "A lot of time alone in there", so he designed the point tally slot machine style reveal for the council.
Wanda

## Bio

**Wanda** is one of the Janet Babies created by Janet and Derek for Michael's Neighborhood Improvement Experiment. In the neighborhood she is pretending to be a true human who died just like the rest, her backstory is that she saved all of the ducks in the world, and also the horses, in an attempt to guilt trip Brent Norwalk.
Dean Holland

**Dean Holland** is a director for The Good Place. He has directed Chapter 9: ...Someone Like Me as a Member, Chapter 12: Mindy St. Claire, Chapter 19: The Trolley Problem, Chapter 20: Janet and Michael, Chapter 25: The Burrito, Chapter 27: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 1, Chapter 28: Everything Is Bonzer! Part 2 and Chapter 35: Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By.
Manny Jacinto

**Manny Jacinto** is a Filipino-Canadian actor. Jacinto portrays Jason Mendoza on *The Good Place*.

## Career

Before being cast as Jason, Jacinto was mainly a dramatic actor, with his most prominent role being that of a crime boss in *The Romeo Section*. He has played small parts in shows such as *Supernatural*, *iZombie* and *The 100*. Jacinto has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

## Trivia

* Jacinto was born in the Philippines, raised in Canada, and currently lives in Los Angeles.
* He wanted to pursue a career as a professional dancer before acting.
* Manny is half Filipino half Chinese.

## Media

Manny Jacinto puts a lot of thought into playing lovable dummy Jason on 'The Good Place'
Chris Baker

❝ *I'm going to the gym.* ❞
—Chris Baker

**Chris Baker** is a Bad Place torturer who is assigned as Eleanor's soulmate in Attempt #2. His former job was in the twisting department, where he took people and "twisted them until they snapped in half."

## Personality

Chris is reckless, impatient, and not very intelligent. He is obedient, but quickly gets frustrated if he does not particularly enjoy or understand the task provided.

## Biography

### Season 1

Chris is introduced to Eleanor in the final episode as her new soulmate but effectively avoids Eleanor's attempts to confess by "going to the gym," as suggested by Michael.

### Season 2

Chris then uses the gym excuse nine different times,which Michael would scold him for later.

### Season 3

In Chapter 35, Chris is one of the demons who infiltrate the bar, and tries to take Chidi with him through the portal to the Bad Place before Tahani hits him on the head with a pool cue.

### Season 4

Shawn sends Chris, disguised as Linda Johannsen, to be one of the test subjects in Michael's third experiment. He portrays Linda as very dull and tedious. Chris quickly loses control when Michael and Eleanor push too hard to learn more about "Linda" and blows his cover by beating up everyone nearby. Eleanor and Michael realize Linda is actually a demon and confront Shawn. Judge Gen sends Chris back to the Bad Place on a train and allows Michael to replace him with Chidi.

## References

1. ↑ Schur, Michael. “Chapter 13: Michael's Gambit.” *The Good Place*, season 1, episode 13, NBC, 19 Jan. 2017.
2. ↑ Statsky, Jen. “Chapter 15: Everything Is Great! (Part 2).” *The Good Place*, season 2, episode 2, NBC, 20 Sept. 2017.
3. ↑ Law, Andrew. “Chapter 35: Don't Let The Good Life Pass You By.” *The Good Place*, season 3, episode 9, NBC, 15 Nov. 2018.
4. ↑ Law, Andrew, and Kassia Miller. “Chapter 40: A Girl from Arizona, Part 1.” *The Good Place*, season 4, episode 1, NBC, 26 Sept. 2019.
Antimatter

**Antimatter** appears to be what Immortal Beings drink instead of coffee; Jeff and Michael confirm that there is such thing as "decaf" antimatter. Antimatter can also be flavored, as Val remarks that she dislikes French Vanilla antimatter. Assuming the Immortal Beings aren't made from regular matter, and perhaps have regular matter particles inside of them, this would give the antimatter a "caffeine effect." Because antimatter creates pure energy when combined with its regular matter counterpart, this newly created energy could be the energy that Immortal Beings use in place of regular caffeine for humans. The French Vanilla flavored antimatter described by Val is also a pun because when antimatter and matter annihilate each other, it not only produces raw energy, but also various other particles including quarks. These quarks are differentiated from each other by describing their "flavor"- hence "flavored antimatter."
Kristen Bell

**Kristen Bell** is an American actor and singer. Bell portrays Eleanor Shellstrop on *The Good Place*.

## Career

Bell starred as the title character in the CW series *Veronica Mars*, which ran from 2004—2007. Bell voiced Anna in *Frozen* (2013) and *Frozen 2* (2019).

## Trivia

* She has been married to Dax Shepard since 2013 and has two daughters, Lincoln and Delta.
* She is a fan of sloths.
* She loves old-school video games.
* She relates a lot to her Character Anna on *Frozen.*
* Kristen Bell has been a vegetarian since she was eleven.

## References

https://www.eightieskids.com/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-good-place/

https://creeto.com/does-kristen-bell-really-have-tattoos-in-2021

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/kristen-bell-sloth-meltdown\_n\_5cd30d15e4b0e524a47e982d?ri18n=true
Uzo

❝ *30 minutes, Chidi? We have been trying to pick a bar for 30 minutes. It is literally impossible to be your friend. You're incapable of making a single decision.* ❞
—Uzo getting angry at Chidi's indecisiveness.[src]

**Uzo** is a character seen in flashbacks in *The Good Place*. He is portrayed by Keston John.

## Character

Uzo was friends with Chidi when they were kids in school. Uzo tried to get Chidi to be his issue with making decisions, to no avail. Due to their attending a high class educational institution, Uzo commented that Chidi had 'filibustered' recess, when they were only about 10 years old. As an adult, Uzo is a chill and kind friend to Chidi, and very understanding of Chidi's continued predicament. Uzo doesn’t want Chidi to be the best man at his wedding but Chidi convinces him to let him. Uzo lies about the date of the wedding to see if he could. Chidi fails the test and is unable to decide on anything which causes his death by an air conditioner falling on him.

In the altered timeline he watched as a biker pushed Chidi out of the way and when Chidi said that it was a sign that he should stop using air-conditioners Uzo told him that he should realize it was because of his inability to make choices.
Nicole Mankid

## Bio

**Nicole Mankid** is a one-off character played by Liza Fernandez in Chapter 31: Jeremy Bearimy.

## History

When Eleanor finds Fred Booth's wallet, she finds his address inside and attempts to return it, however the address is out of date, and Nicole Mankid now lives there instead.

She gives Fred's new address to Eleanor, along with his unforwarded mail and a collection of other items to give to him.

## Trivia

"*Nicole Mankid*" is a play on the Australian actress Nicole Kidman. Some web sources mistakenly list the name as "*Nicole Mankind*."
Censored Curse Words

One feature of Neighborhood 12358W and The Good Place and is that certain profanities are automatically replaced with other words.

## History

In *Chapter 1*, Chidi surmises that this is because most people in the neighborhood don't like swearing, this applies to all neighborhoods and the Good Place Correspondence Center.

## List of Censored Words

*These are all words that have been said on The Good Place, not words that could be said but we don't know the replacements for.*

* **Fuck**, which becomes **Fork**.
* **Shit**, which becomes **Shirt**.
* **Bitch**, which becomes **Bench**.
* **Ass**, which becomes **Ash**.
* **Dick**, which becomes **Deck**.
* **Cock**, which becomes **Cork**.

## Trivia

* Juvenile insults, such as "butthead", are un-prohibited.
* The censoring changes any words that might rhyme with the swear to rhyme with the censored version. As an example, "cock block" becomes "cork blork".
* This censoring allows NBC to air to the show pre-watershed at 8:30 P.M. which, of course, is a massive celestial coincidence.
* In the Bad Place, cursing is entirely allowed.
* Early drafts of the pilot show “bitch” being replaced by the word “birch” instead of “bench.”
Helmut Deutschermann

## Helmut Deutscherman

**Helmut Deutschermann** is character on The Good Place. He is portrayed by Flula Borg.

## History

Helmut Deutschermann is a waiter at the restaurant Chidi goes to break with Simone. When their waitress Jolivia Oowton-Nohn goes on break he replaces her. Chidi tried to get him to go away for a bit but since he says a second Helmut waits one second, then Chidi yells him away. Once he very poorly breaks up with Simone she leaves and he yells for her to come back, but instead Helmut returns.
60-person dance crew

❝ *..Back in Jacksonville I ran a sixty person dance crew..* ❞
—Jason mentions the crew

## Information

Jason 's 60-person dance crew was a dance crew from Jacksonville, Florida.

They competed in many competitions, but rarely won, due to too many people onstage (as the most people onstage was usually eight), violence or simply lack of skill.

## Known members

Jason Mendoza

Pillboi

Donkey Doug(Formerly)

Lil' Peanut (formerly)

Big Noodle (unseen character)

## History

The dance crew is mentioned regularly in seasons 1–2, but is seen in season 3.

Jason appears to be the leader of the crew.

Donkey Doug quit the crew when he stated he thought the competition was too much work.

Lil' Peanut left when Jason told her that there was not more crime allowed.

Big Noodle is an unseen character who Jason mentioned he once yelled at because he was always late for rehearsals, but when Jason's house fell into a swamp, Jason crashed at his place. He found out the reason Big Noodle was always late was because he had to take care of his four grandparents who were all bedridden. Jason stated he never yelled at Big Noodle afterwards, because he now knew what he had to go through.

When Eleanor-Janet was pretending to be Jason-Janet she accidentally said it was an 80-person crew, which gave away her disguise to Chidi.
Part 3: The Takeout Order

**Part 3: The Takeout Order** is the third episode of *The Selection*.

## Synopsis

*Shawn's (Marc Evan Jackson) demon ash-holes try to decide what to eat. Maybe some sludge from the inside of shoes that you don't wear socks with?*

## Cast

Marc Evan Jackson as **Shawn**
Bambadjan Bamba as **Bambadjan**
Amy Okuda as **Gayle**
Jama Williamson as **Val**
Josh Siegal as **Glenn**
Joe Mande as **Toddrick Hemple**
## Video

The Selection, Part 3 The Takeout Order - The Good Place (Digital Exclusive)
Susan

## Bio

**Susan** is a character seen in a flashback in Chapter 11 of *The Good Place*. She is played by Jen Statsky, who is also a writer and producer on the show.

Susan is a blasé fast food saleswoman who is on duty when Jason Mendoza and Pillboi attempt to rob the shop where she works. She sees through their ruse immediately and calmly calls the police.
Angela Trimbur

Angela Denise Trimbur is an American actress, writer, dancer, and choreographer. On "The Good Place" she played Madison, Eleanor's rude cranky and rich friend. She appeared in numerous flashbacks on the show and as a resident in the good place on the season finale. She is most known for her role on "Trash Fire".