History Characters / TheGoodPlaceAfterlife

* KickTheSonOfABitch: She exiles [[SmugSnake Trevor]] to the void for interrupting her WhatTheHellHero speech to Michael mainly because she found him annoying. Michael and Janet have an AlasPoorVillain look of horror when she does that.

* StealthMentor: [[spoiler:Post-finale, this becomes their role under the revised afterlife system. Rather than physically torture humans for all eternity their new job is to challenge a person's personal faults with the express purpose of helping that person rise above them and eventually enter the Good Place.]]
* YourMom: The Bad Place demons love using "your mom" as an insult. The sign outside the entrance says "You are now entering the Bad Place. Population: Your mom."

'''Mindy''': ''(in the most deadpan tone of voice ever, while reading a People magazine)'' Oh, no. It's my only copy. Don't.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: For all their overbearing niceness, it's heavily implied that [[spoiler: they knew the flaws in the points system prevented anyone from getting in but allowed it to continue because they couldn't figure out to stop people who arrived from turning into borderline mindless zombies, essentially condemning ''billions'' of people to unspeakable and never ending torture in the Bad Place because of their own mistakes.]]

->''"I love that! And I love your passion! I mean, it takes a lot of guts to just show here unannounced. Plus I haven't had a case in like 30 years and I'm super bored. So it's either this or start ''Series/Bloodline2015''. And I don't know I just don't feel like I can see Creator/KyleChandler as anyone else but Coach Taylor."''

-->''"Wow, I haven't heard a joke in 8,000 years. And I still haven't."''

-->'''"Committee, Michael the Accountant has brought us evidence of a problem, and now it is up to us to find a solution. While you wait, Kellen will stand by you, showering you with compliments."''

-->''"'If' I could believe it? Watch this: I believe it."''

-->'''"Listen carefully before I forget how to say this: you gotta help us. We are so screwed!"''

-->''"Thanks for giving a crap about me. I don't really give a crap about myself, so it's nice someone does."''

--> ''"[[PokemonSpeak Derek!]]"''

-->"''Well, I was going to try to get the humans back by going through the proper channels, but then I remembered, I'm a naughty bitch.''"

-->''"This is the 3:18 to the Bad Place, making thousands of stops for literally no reason. Now, you'll notice it's very hot in here, and it will get one degree hotter every time you think about how hot it is. Oops! You just thought about it."''

-->''"What up, ding-dongs?"''

-->''"I am a Ferrari, okay? And you don't keep a Ferarri in the garage."''

-->''"I don't mean to be a bother, but could I possibly get some water and whatever food doesn't turn to spiders in your mouth?"''

->''"End of conversation."''

->''"Can I just say, I really depreciate you coming. Huh? A little bit of accounting humor."''

->''"I'm still waiting on a response to the request I filed for immediate suicide."''

-->''"What it is, what it is!"''

* CelestialBureaucracy: Of the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Obstructive]] variety. Not on purpose, mind you, but the committee is so busy tangling themselves up in memos and internal investigations they don't actually do anything about the problem Michael brings to their attention. However, [[spoiler:the revelations in "Patty" suggest that some of this obstruction was their way of covering up their inability to fix the Good Place's fundamental flaw.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: When their [[ObstructiveBureaucrat predisposition towards following the rules]] doesn't get in the way, their default towards any conflict seems to be giving their opponent (which unfortunately is usually the likes of [[SatanicArchetype Shawn]]) everything and hope to appeal to the honor system.
* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Zigzagged. They completely believe Michael and his story that he is an architect that found a flaw in the system, which is a half-truth. With that said, they are willing to believe that the Bad Place would tamper with the system since it "is something they would do", as Shawn confirms.

** Their proposal to Michael in a nutshell; that they form an elite investigative team to root out any possible tampering with the points system and resolve why no one has gotten into the Good Place for over 500 years. But... first they have to take 400 years to properly select the members of said group, and then it's a further 1000 years during which they form another council to sort out any conflicts that would arise in that investigative team. Michael even compares them to passengers on a sinking Titanic writing a strongly worded letter to the iceberg.

* TakeThat: From their outfits to their willingness to concede to the Bad Place's demands under the excuse of following the rules and being reasonable, they [[https://news.avclub.com/michael-schur-on-the-good-place-committee-there-s-a-re-1841023769 are a subtle one]] to establishment Democrats and other so-called "progressives" who don't wind up accomplishing much.

** She was allowed to list her music preferences, but she was given a jukebox stocked with selections from the ''bottom'' of her list so it only plays ''[[Music/{{Eagles}} The Eagles]]'' (live bootlegs only) and Creator/WilliamShatner spoken-word poetry

* CatchPhrase: She's fond of calling people "fat dinks" and "ding-dongs".

* EmotionlessGirl: Well, [[{{Catchphrase}} not a girl]]. But Neutral Janet looks like a human woman and has no emotions or personality, making her come off as this.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: The whole problem with the points system and getting in to the Good Place is that every decision, no matter how minor, can and often does result in point deductions due to the massive complexity of everyday life. And even treating every decision as an important one with the intention of finding the most moral choice doesn't work as Chidi did exactly that and was condemned anyway for making everyone around him miserable with his neuroses and indecisiveness. Simply put, it's impossible for anyone to get in to the Good Place.

-->''"What it is, what it is"''

* ImMelting: Michael couldn't use a Bad Janet to impersonate a Good Janet for his fake neighborhood experiment because she'll catch on fire and melt if asked to be polite and helpful. [[spoiler:Until Shawn reboots a Bad Janet 40 million times to give her the ability to impersonate a Good Janet without melting.]]

'''Bad Janet''': Oh, that's a good question. It's up your mom's butt, you fat dink.

-->'''Bad Janet:''' Yeah, but I also used the pages to wipe my butt so don't pop a stiffy just yet.

* WhatMeasureIsANonhuman: Michael pre-HeelFaceTurn caused one to explode to explain to Shawn why he needed a real Good Place Janet. Later on, he apologizes to another Bad Janet before marbelizing her. Shawn later realizes that having a Bad Janet ''is'' impractical and reprograms one... [[spoiler:by rebooting her 40 million times so that she can learn how to pretend to be good. As Our Janet has shown, rebooting is ''very'' painful for the Janet in question because she has to relearn knowledge all at once]].

* RealityWarper: Like Janet, he can summon objects out of thin air. When he's stuck saying "Jason" repeatedly, he produces a sign that says, "Help, I can't stop saying 'Jason'".

* CloudCuckoolanguage: His command of language is a little off. He replaces random words with his own name and his attempt to say "goodbye" is "Goodbob. I hope we same place again very now."
* CrazyJealousGuy: By early Season 4, [[spoiler: he's so jealous of Jason that him being even slightly close to Janet makes Derek viciously threaten him. He scares Jason so much that Jason ends up killing him first. ]]

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Martinis. He's seen sipping a Martini when it's revealed he's been getting smarter through reboots. At first, he is seen drinking a regular martini, but later his glasses become filled with more ridiculous things, such as olives, a raw onion, a lemon, and even Scrabble pieces. [[spoiler:His ascended, cosmic form is orbited by Martini glasses containing copies of his head.]]

-->'''Demon''': Where are the humans? And who is Derek?\\

--> '''Mindy''': Ugh, you are so annoying! (reboots him again)