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* CatchPhrase: Neutral Janet ends her conversations with others by saying "End of conversation."


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* CharacterCatchphrase: Neutral Janet ends her conversations with others by saying "End of conversation."

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* SpottingTheThread: Jason-Janet tries to get Chidi-Janet to open up about his feelings towards Eleanor in a typical Jason-manner, and starts telling a related story about his 80-person dance crew in Jacksonville... only for Chidi-Janet to point out that his dance crew had 60 people, not 80. It's then revealed Jason-Janet is actually Eleanor-Janet pretending to be Jason-Janet (they swapped outfits).

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Jason-Janet tries to get Chidi-Janet to open up about his feelings towards Eleanor in a typical Jason-manner, and starts telling a related story about his 80-person dance crew in Jacksonville... only for Chidi-Janet to point out that his dance crew had 60 people, not 80. It's then revealed Jason-Janet is actually Eleanor-Janet pretending to be Jason-Janet (they swapped outfits).outfits).
** Ironically, for this trope, Eleanor realizes Michael's telling the truth that they're in the good place when she can't swear.
-->'''Eleanor:''' No offense, dude, but you have told us a ''lot'' of lies in the last 300 years. Where the '''fork''' are we? Fork. Shirt. Ashole. ... Holy forking shirtballs. We're in the Good Place!
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** Neil tells the Soul Squad that he had to hit the alarm on the four interdimensional fugitives, but, luckily, there's still some cake left.
-->'''Jason:''' BigYes
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* SelfCest: For half a second, when Chidi grabs Eleanor for a BigDamnKiss, we get a shot of Janet kissing Janet, before Eleanor turns back into herself, followed rapidly by Chidi.
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* DutchAngle: The scenes with the Head Accountant incidentally have this effect, because actor Stephen Merchant is 6'7". The rest of the series is filmed around the main cast, the tallest of whom is Ted Danson, at 6'2". Thus, every ShotReverseShot involving the two of them puts Danson at an unexpected angle where we're looking over Merchant's shoulder ''down'' at Danson.

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* CallBack: "[[Music/NSync Digital Getdown]]" - the song Jason and Janet [[Recap/TheGoodPlaceS1E10ChidisChoice danced to after their wedding]] - plays when Tahani and Jason access Janet's wedding album.

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"[[Music/NSync Digital Getdown]]" - the song Jason and Janet [[Recap/TheGoodPlaceS1E10ChidisChoice danced to after their wedding]] - plays when Tahani and Jason access Janet's wedding album.

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* ShoutOut: Jason-Janet asks Tahani-Janet if the void is where the [[Advertising/GetAMac Mac and PC guys]] live.

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** Michael is surprised that neither Jonas Salk (who invented the vaccine for polio), UsefulNotes/HarrietTubman and none of ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' got into the Good Place.
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* ShoutOut: Jason-Janet asks Tahani-Janet if the void is where the [[Advertising/GetAMac Mac and PC guys]] live.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Janet goes back into her void angry at someone for conjuring something again. Chidi seems to think it's because he conjured the blackboard and desks, but it is actually Jason who conjured a hot tub with Pillboi.
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* CutenessProximity: Janet acts this way toward the puppy Eleanor-Janet conjures.
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* TheCameo: The first person that Eleanor morphs into is played by Monica Padman, who is the co-host of the podcast ''Armchair Expert'' with Creator/DaxShepard, who is the husband of Creator/KristenBell.
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* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Tahani gets upset about wearing a vest, which in British English would mean an undershirt, but she's gesturing to what she would refer to as a waistcoat.
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Michael and Janet initially have trouble determining which Janet is which human. Then one of the Janets gets giddy over having breasts. Michael immediately figures out that one is Jason.

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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Michael and Janet initially have trouble determining which Janet is which human. Then one of the Janets gets giddy over having breasts. Michael immediately figures out that one is Jason. It was also obvious beforehand, with Eleanor-Janet simply asking what's going on, Chidi-Janet getting a stomachache, and Tahani-Janet getting upset about wearing a waistcoat.
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* NoodleImplements: During the tour of the accountant bureau, Neil points out someone inventing a new action involving a hollowed out eggplant filled with hot sauce and nickels. Apparently, the man intends to use it for a "Weird Sex Thing".

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* NoodleImplements: During the tour of the accountant bureau, Neil points out someone inventing a new action involving a hollowed out eggplant filled with hot sauce and nickels. Apparently, the man intends to use it for a [[ComicSutra "Weird Sex Thing".Thing"]].
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* DoubleVision: Used A LOT in this episode. Some are basic split screen and ShotReverseShot doubles, while others are more complex composite images (certainly helped by the white void background).
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* LimitedWardrobe: Initially all characters are dressed identical to the real Janet, but they change clothes to help identify who was who. Thus everyone had a "Janet-ified" version of their normal attire: Eleanor has a pink sweater, Tahani has a floral dress, Chidi has a sweater vest and glasses while Jason wears a tank top and wind breaker.

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* LimitedWardrobe: Initially all characters are dressed identical to the real Janet, but they change clothes to help identify who was who. Thus everyone had a "Janet-ified" version of their normal attire: Eleanor has a pink sweater, sweatshirt, Tahani has a floral dress, Chidi has a sweater business casual vest and glasses while Jason wears a tank top and wind breaker.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Initially all characters are dressed identical to the real Janet, but they change clothes to help identify who was who. Thus everyone had a "Janet-ified" version of their normal attire: Eleanor has a pink sweater, Tahani has a floral dress, Chidi has a sweater vest and glasses while Jason wears a tank top and wind breaker.
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* LiteralMetaphor: Due to learning about numerous alternate timelines she experienced and being turned into Janet while inside her void, Eleanor has an existential crisis where she doesn't know who she is anymore. This results in her appearance changing several dozen times and their "reality" about to crash down around them.
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* DidYouGetANewHaircut: Chidi and Janet stare at Eleanor, worried, when she rapidly glitches out between numerous different bodies. Eleanor, unaware of the transformation, asks them (now as an old lady) if they're looking at her strangely because she has a booger on her nose.

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* DidYouGetANewHaircut: Chidi and Janet stare at Eleanor, worried, when she rapidly glitches out between numerous different bodies. Eleanor, unaware of the transformation, asks them (now as an old lady) if they're looking at her strangely because she has a booger zit on her nose.
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* ARottenTimeToRevert: The events of the episode threaten to destroy Janet, though she's able to recover after Eleanor resolves her identity crisis, causing the humans to revert to normal in the process. Unfortunately, reverting to their true forms forces Janet to eject them... right in the middle of the accountants' office, triggering the alarm and sending the demons after them.

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