History Main / CrustyCaretaker

* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': Earl, the alien from Helios, is this to the IdiotHero Kento after his cryo-sleep device goes horribly wrong. With [[spoiler:Prince Harlin]] missing, Kento is the only [[AlienPrince Heliosian Prince]] left, and Earl desperately nags at him to get on with his dutes, only to be rebuffed and insulted instead. In many episodes, he asks why Kento can't be different.
* ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': Ben Weatherstaff has been this ever since Lilias died. A meeting with Mary reveals his HiddenHeartOfGold, and he comes a TeamDad to Mary, Colin and Dickon.

* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': Earl, the alien from Helios, is this to the IdiotHero Kento after his cryo-sleep device goes horribly wrong.

** ''Film/Werewolf1996'' had a similar character in Sam "the Keeper", a strange old biker-looking guy who looks after the apartment where Paul moves in. He's seen lovingly fondling a shotgun and makes unprompted and confusing homophobic comments about Franchise/{{Dracula}}. He has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, and seems to exist only for atmosphere.

* Scruffy ([[CatchPhrase "the janitor"]]) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.

** Mickey from ''Film/TheScreamingSkull''. Mickey is the gardener at the OldDarkHouse where the movie is set. Mickey shows signs of SanitySlippage and has an AmbiguousDisorder, was devoted to the late mistress of the house, and has a hard time understanding that she is dead. He turns out to be [[spoiler: a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold.]]

** ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'': Torgo. A twitchy, bearded man who may or may not be a [[SatyrsAndFauns satyr]] and becomes an AbhorrentAdmirer to the movie's heroine.

** Mickey from ''Film/TheScreamingSkull''. Mickey is the gardener at the OldDarkHouse where the movie is set. Mickey shows signs of SanitySlippage, was devoted to the late mistress of the house, and has a hard time understanding that she is dead. He turns out to be [[spoiler: a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold.]]
** Also present in ''Film/TerrorFromTheYear5000.''
* ''Film/ScaryMovie2'' has one with a deformed hand.

* Francesco Dellamorte the Gravekeeper (''Film/CemeteryMan''), while elegantly handsome, is gloomy, socially awkward and misanthropic. ("Go away. I have no time for the living.") The only people he tolerates are his mute assistant, an administrative secretary he sometimes telephones and the beautiful woman he [[StalkingIsLove relentlessly pursues]]. Sometimes [[MisanthropeSupreme no-one is lucky]].

* In a spot of SelfReferentialHumor, the film ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'' features a cameo by director Wes Craven as a crusty janitor called Fred, who wears a battered fedora and red/green striped sweater.

** Mickey from ''Film/TheScreamingSkull''. Mickey is the gardener at the OldDarkHouse where the movie is set. Mickey has an AmbiguousDisorder and was devoted to the late mistress of the house, and has a hard time understanding that she is dead. He turns out to be [[spoiler: a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold.]]

* Watson, the Overlook Hotel's maintenance man in Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheShining''.

* The recent ''Film/NancyDrew'' movie has a creepy one.

** ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'': Torgo.
** ''Film/Werewolf1996'' had a similar character.
** And Mickey from ''Film/TheScreamingSkull''

* Riff Raff, Frank N. Furter's "faithful handyman" from ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', lacks in people skills.

** ''Film/{{Werewolf}}'' had a similar character.

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* ''Film/DeathWalksOnHighHeels'': Hallory, the caretaker of Robert's cottage on the coast, is a strange, disheveled looking man, who has prosthetic had constantly covered with a [[ConspicuousGloves single black glove]]. He is mostly silent, and spends much of his time onscreen staring lecherously at Nicole. He is later revealed to be a CreepyCrossdresser as well.

* The strange janitor in ''Famine'' is constantly fingering [[Literature/{{Crash}} the vagina-shaped scar]] on his face.

* The janitor who takes care of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy Fazbear's Pizza]] in ''Fanfic/SomethingAlwaysRemains''. He's pretty blunt in his belief that he thinks Mike won't last the week, as he's seen security guards come and go, refers to him as "[[HeyYou kid]]" instead of by his name, and overall has a callous attitude. [[spoiler: He eventually warms up to Mike, and reveals they've both [[NotSoDifferent suffered personal tragedies that keeps them coming back to Freddy's]]]].

His female counterpart is the CreepyHousekeeper.