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* CallBack: One of the complaints about Eleanor's misdeeds is that, during flying, the resident ran into a rotting turkey carcass, which exploded, which is something Michael mentioned at the time.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Chidi doesn't realize that the note Real Eleanor left in his egg was from her.
-->'''Chidi:''' Thanks! I love you, too, egg!
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* HeroicSacrifice: Eleanor realizes she can't stay in the Good Place if she tries to stay in the Good Place. Giving up and volunteering to go to the Bad Place ... earns her a spot in the Good Place.

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* RunningGag: For whatever reason, Jason is convinced that Michael is Janet's father, and calls him "Dad" throughout the entire episode.



%%ZCE* StupidCrooks: Jason and his best friend Pillboi.

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%%ZCE* * StupidCrooks: Jason and his best friend Pillboi.Pillboi, who tried to rob a Mexican restaurant by locking Jason in a safe, having Pillboi install said safe in the back, then having Jason break out and steal the money. This plan was a complete failure, and resulted in Jason's death.

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* NoodleIncident: When Tahani learns she has to prepare a party that will ensure Eleanor won't be tortured by demons forever, she declares "This will be the fourth most important party I've planned!" What on earth those three more important parties were is never addressed.



* StupidCrooks: Jason and his best friend Pillboi.

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* %%ZCE* StupidCrooks: Jason and his best friend Pillboi.

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* BluntYes: Janet asks Michael if a Janet behaving against her programming is an error. Michael fives her one of these.

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* BluntYes: Janet asks Michael if a Janet behaving against her programming is an error. Michael fives gives her one of these.


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* HoldYourHippogriffs: A rather subtle one, but Michael tells Jason that he was "waiting for the sweet release of eternal extinction." This is based on the phrase "the sweet release of death", but it makes sense that Michael wouldn't say that, because he's an immortal being who can't die.
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* BluntYes: Janet asks Michael if a Janet behaving against her programming is an error. Michael fives her one of these.
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* TooDumbToLive: Literally in Jason's case. He died locking himself up in a safe in an attempt to sneak into and steal from a restaurant and suffocated to death.

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* TooDumbToLive: Literally in Jason's case. He died locking himself up in a safe in an attempt to sneak into and steal from a restaurant and suffocated to death. He DID realize he needed to breathe, so he brought.... [[EpicFail a snorkel.]]
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* MistakenIdentity: The reason given why Jason was mistaken for Jianyu was because the ''real'' Jianyu was in such a deep, meditative state that the CelestialBureaucracy [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated mistook him for being dead]] right around the same time Jason actually died. Not only that, but they possess the same IQ-level because Jianyu stopped learning at age 7.

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* MistakenIdentity: The reason given why Jason was mistaken for Jianyu was because the ''real'' Jianyu was in such a deep, meditative state that the CelestialBureaucracy [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated mistook him for being dead]] right around the same time Jason actually died. Not only that, but they possess the same IQ-level because Jianyu stopped learning at [[ManChild age 7.7]].
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* FeetFirstIntroduction: How the judge is introduced when exiting the train.


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* StunnedSilence: Eleanor's "Pobody's Nerfect" phrase doesn't catch on immediately. There is a long moment of silence in the room before the mood shifts to laughter.
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* ProductionThrowback: Jason hides and dies in a safe made by the Swanson Safe Company, the name suggesting a connection to Ron Swanson from Michael Schur's previous series ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. Though it's probably not canon, a later edition of the official podcast has Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson voicing an advertisement for the company.
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Eleanor reasons to Chidi that he should not overthink his feelings for Real Eleanor and just tell her he loves her because their relationship is literally "universe-approved." [[KarmicJackpot Giving him good advice earns her +20 points]].


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* MistakenIdentity: The reason given why Jason was mistaken for Jianyu was because the ''real'' Jianyu was in such a deep, meditative state that the CelestialBureaucracy [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated mistook him for being dead]] right around the same time Jason actually died. Not only that, but they possess the same IQ-level because Jianyu stopped learning at age 7.

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Tahani suggests that Eleanor be allowed to accrue points in the Good Place; starting at -4,000, she must exceed 1,200,000. She performs good deeds and recreates Tahani's welcoming party, winning over her neighbors with humor, but her score only increases when she advises Chidi to respond favorably to Real Eleanor's declaration of love. Eleanor learns that, since her motivation is self-preservation, her actions won't increase her score. She secretly plans to leave the Good Place to become a good person and her score reaches the target. Michael discovers both Jason's identity and his marriage to Janet, who has developed emotions and loves Jason, so Michael decides to reboot her again. When Shawn's train arrives, Janet, Jason, and Eleanor hijack it to take them to a "Medium Place". Flashbacks show that Jason suffocated and died in a safe while trying to rob a restaurant with his friend Pillboi, who was placed on probation and not charged in his death.

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Tahani suggests that Eleanor be allowed to accrue points in the Good Place; starting at -4,000, she must exceed 1,200,000. She performs good deeds and recreates Tahani's welcoming party, winning over her neighbors with humor, but her score only increases when she advises Chidi to respond favorably to Real Eleanor's declaration of love. Eleanor learns that, since her motivation is self-preservation, her actions won't increase her score. She secretly plans to leave the Good Place to become a good person and her score reaches the target. Michael discovers both Jason's identity and his marriage to Janet, who has developed emotions and loves Jason, so Michael decides to reboot her again. When Shawn's train arrives, Janet, Jason, and Eleanor hijack it to take them to a "Medium Place".

Flashbacks show that Jason suffocated and died in a safe while trying to rob a restaurant with his friend Pillboi, who was placed on probation and not charged in his death.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Eleanor! Everyone hates you!"]]

->''"Look, I know this is tedious, but holding a door for someone is three points, and if you do it for everyone in the neighborhood, then that's almost a thousand points for just a start. Besides, all the big ticket items are impossible, I'm afraid. It's not as if you could, you know, "sacrifice your life to save others" or "change the consciousness of a nation." Both of which I did, by the way. Such fun!"''
-->-- '''Tahani'''

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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Jason wasn't a failed DJ; he was "pre-successful."



* NoExceptYes: Jason wasn't a failed DJ; he was "pre-successful."
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* NoExceptYes: Jason wasn't a failed DJ; he was "pre-successful."
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* LoveConfession: Real Eleanor confesses her love to Chidi via a note stuffed in an egg.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Pillboi's arresting officer points out, the "plan" to rob the Mexican restaurant wasn't really much of a plan.


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* PaperThinDisguise: Pillboi's "safe installer" routine didn't fool the restaurant counter girl for a second.
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* TooDumbToLive: Literally in Jason's case.

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* TooDumbToLive: Literally in Jason's case. He died locking himself up in a safe in an attempt to sneak into and steal from a restaurant and suffocated to death.
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Tahani suggests that Eleanor be allowed to accrue points in the Good Place; starting at -4,000, she must exceed 1,200,000. She performs good deeds and recreates Tahani's welcoming party, winning over her neighbors with humor, but her score only increases when she advises Chidi to respond favorably to Real Eleanor's declaration of love. Eleanor learns that, since her motivation is self-preservation, her actions won't increase her score. She secretly plans to leave the Good Place to become a good person and her score reaches the target. Michael discovers both Jason's identity and his marriage to Janet, who has developed emotions and loves Jason, so Michael decides to reboot her again. When Shawn's train arrives, Janet, Jason, and Eleanor hijack it to take them to a "Medium Place". Flashbacks show that Jason suffocated and died in a safe while trying to rob a restaurant with his friend Pillboi, who was placed on probation and not charged in his death.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jason falls in love with Janet because she showed unconditional kindness to him throughout his time in the afterlife.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Janet develops some emotions after interacting with and marrying Jason.
* StupidCrooks: Jason and his best friend Pillboi.
* TooDumbToLive: Literally in Jason's case.

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