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xyphilia
06/30/17 11:06:27 AM
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He always wins and he's such a bully. I hate bullies and never understood how his harassment of JD was funny.
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Melonfarms
06/30/17 11:09:27 AM
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That guy was great and funny.
One thing the show did great was show people that the "mean" people are not always the bad people.
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scar the 1
06/30/17 11:13:43 AM
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He was only meant to be in the first episode, but they thought he was so funny that they kept him.
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Romulox28
06/30/17 11:14:45 AM
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he's a breakout character like Urkel from Family Matters or Stewie from Family Guy
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Xeno14
06/30/17 11:21:27 AM
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in the first season, he was just going to be something that was going on in JD's head, and didn't really exist. thats why he didn't interact with anyone else
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Darkman124
06/30/17 11:23:12 AM
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pretty much you have to understand that scrubs' target audience was not 'people who identify with JD' but rather 'people who sneer at JD'
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Kanaya413
06/30/17 11:32:48 AM
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Darkman124 posted...
pretty much you have to understand that scrubs' target audience was not 'people who identify with JD' but rather 'people who sneer at JD'

JD was hot though
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V-E-G-Y-
06/30/17 11:35:15 AM
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MC_BatCommander
06/30/17 11:36:30 AM
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Not liking the janitor is the epitome of bad opinion
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Drpooplol
06/30/17 6:06:05 PM
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V-E-G-Y- posted...
Iirc jd got him once with a riddle

twice, and it was the same riddle.

Melonfarms posted...
One thing the show did great was show people that the "mean" people are not always the bad people.

by bad people do you mean antagonist? If so yeah it was great at that. Everyone in that show was an asshole.
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Axiom
06/30/17 6:12:28 PM
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Best character on the show
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HogRiderreturns
06/30/17 6:24:25 PM
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Drpooplol posted...
Everyone in that show was an asshole.

Not Ted.
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Drpooplol
06/30/17 6:40:49 PM
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HogRiderreturns posted...
Drpooplol posted...
Everyone in that show was an asshole.

Not Ted.

TRUE
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SSJKirby
06/30/17 6:42:12 PM
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Apparently Neil Flynn was so good at improvising that his script lines ended up just being "Whatever Neil Flynn says"
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HogRiderreturns
06/30/17 6:42:36 PM
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Drpooplol posted...
HogRiderreturns posted...
Drpooplol posted...
Everyone in that show was an asshole.

Not Ted.

TRUE

Too bad he never got to be happy.
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Vyrulisse
06/30/17 6:43:26 PM
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Mystere
06/30/17 6:44:12 PM
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Yeah and he suffered most.
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COVxy
06/30/17 6:48:00 PM
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Darkman124 posted...
pretty much you have to understand that scrubs' target audience was not 'people who identify with JD' but rather 'people who sneer at JD'


I never got that impression.
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FF_Redux
06/30/17 6:49:00 PM
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IIRC they let the actor improvise most of his lines with only little direction.
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xyphilia
06/30/17 6:51:29 PM
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Do you think those long fake stories he does were improvised? That would be something.
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xyphilia
07/02/17 3:37:03 AM
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HogRiderreturns posted...
Drpooplol posted...
HogRiderreturns posted...
Drpooplol posted...
Everyone in that show was an asshole.

Not Ted.

TRUE

Too bad he never got to be happy.

Yes he did he ended up with "the gooch"
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cjsdowg
07/02/17 3:54:43 AM
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I hated that character , just to me he was just unpleasant, also Carla was unpleasant as well. Everyone had their ups an down like normal humans, but those two just stayed unpleasant at least to me.
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SSJKirby
07/02/17 3:58:18 AM
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xyphilia posted...
Yes he did he ended up with "the gooch"

She left him during the Cougar Town show
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HogRiderreturns
07/02/17 4:05:58 AM
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SSJKirby posted...
xyphilia posted...
Yes he did he ended up with "the gooch"

She left him during the Cougar Town show

Yeah, Hooch stole Gooch.

Hooch is crazy.
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Dash_Harber
07/02/17 4:16:00 AM
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To be fair, he was really only mean to JD, and JD was sort of an entitled and self-involved ass a lot of the time. There was a whole episode dealing with how JD didn't even know some of his co-workers names. Also, JD did drop the coin in the door in the first place and lied about it, and the whole thing was a secret test of character.
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xyphilia
07/04/17 4:11:49 AM
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That was in season 7 or 8, way after the fact. In the early seasons, nothing jd did was deserved of the janitor's endless torment.
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scar the 1
07/04/17 4:31:52 AM
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xyphilia posted...
That was in season 7 or 8, way after the fact. In the early seasons, nothing jd did was deserved of the janitor's endless torment.

Except dropping the penny in the door and lying about it :)
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ZCheveyo
07/04/17 4:42:17 AM
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HogRiderreturns posted...
Not Ted.

I recently discovered that he was played by Christopher Lloyd's nephew....which is awesome.
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Vyrulisse
07/04/17 7:13:26 AM
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HogRiderreturns posted...
SSJKirby posted...
xyphilia posted...
Yes he did he ended up with "the gooch"

She left him during the Cougar Town show

Yeah, Hooch stole Gooch.

Hooch is crazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mmRYwGrazc

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xyphilia
07/06/17 5:27:01 AM
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ZCheveyo posted...
HogRiderreturns posted...
Not Ted.

I recently discovered that he was played by Christopher Lloyd's nephew....which is awesome.

*in JD's voice* oh my god he's right.
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Cookie Bag
07/06/17 5:50:34 AM
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ZCheveyo posted...
HogRiderreturns posted...
Not Ted.

I recently discovered that he was played by Christopher Lloyd's nephew....which is awesome.

oh wow didn't know that
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xyphilia
07/08/17 6:38:03 AM
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He even looks a little like him!
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xyphilia
07/10/17 6:02:16 AM
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Still, my question remains. Is he a creator's pet?
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Dash_Harber
07/10/17 6:04:35 AM
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xyphilia posted...
Still, my question remains. Is he a creator's pet?


There is a difference between a creator's pet, who gets away with everything, everyone loves, and seemingly never ceases to be praised, and a character whose characterization is based around the fact that they are insanely off the wall that reality doesn't seem to apply to them.
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xyphilia
07/10/17 6:09:40 AM
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He does get away with everything, and everyone fears him (an actual plot point in the show)
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Dash_Harber
07/10/17 6:17:26 AM
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xyphilia posted...
He does get away with everything, and everyone fears him (an actual plot point in the show)


But not because everyone thinks he is great; instead he is just way too far detached from reality to ever actually function in it.
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xyphilia
07/10/17 6:21:38 AM
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Ah so that doesn't qualify under the definition. Then what is he, more like a reverse the fonz or something?
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HogRiderreturns
07/12/17 2:34:29 AM
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xyphilia posted...
Ah so that doesn't qualify under the definition. Then what is he, more like a reverse the fonz or something?

It is his awesome fearatude.
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xyphilia
07/14/17 6:30:29 AM
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^ ^ Lol as long as he's feared in grey and beautiful in blue.
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cjsdowg
07/14/17 7:05:05 AM
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I have been watching clips of this show since this topic came up.


And yes, almost everyone in the show is horrible.

Turk and JD.. Were childish and only cared about themselves most of the time.
Cox... was true to his name.
JD's Baby mama, lying about the kid.
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Kitt
07/14/17 7:09:25 AM
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He was also the janitor in Clone High.
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cjsdowg
07/14/17 7:13:09 AM
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Kitt posted...
He was also the janitor in Clone High.



Say whaaaat
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xyphilia
07/16/17 6:42:10 AM
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cjsdowg posted...
Kitt posted...
He was also the janitor in Clone High.



Say whaaaat

The name Glenn Matthews that he says to jd at the end is supposed to be a reference to his character at clone high.
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UnfairRepresent
07/16/17 6:49:29 AM
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He's like a 47 year old depressed Janitor


How does he always win?
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EffectAndCause
07/16/17 7:11:42 AM
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xyphilia posted...
Do you think those long fake stories he does were improvised? That would be something.


All of them were, yes. Outtakes show him come up with 10 random stories for one scene.

Also Janitor is not a bully just to be a bully, he calls out JD on his bullshit.

Let's not forget that JD is often an arrogant poser who thinks he's cool because Turk is his friend but is really an insecure nerd (which he later admits. Janitor keeps him in check.
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UnfairRepresent
07/16/17 7:23:29 AM
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EffectAndCause posted...
xyphilia posted...
Do you think those long fake stories he does were improvised? That would be something.


All of them were, yes. Outtakes show him come up with 10 random stories for one scene.

Also Janitor is not a bully just to be a bully, he calls out JD on his bullshit.

Let's not forget that JD is often an arrogant poser who thinks he's cool because Turk is his friend but is really an insecure nerd (which he later admits. Janitor keeps him in check.

This is like battered wife syndrome.

Janitor harrases, stalks and bullies JD Constantly for no reason.

has nothing to do with "Keeping him in check."

You can make an argument there for Dr Cox but not Janitor
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EffectAndCause
07/16/17 8:06:24 AM
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Have you even watched the show at all?
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UnfairRepresent
07/16/17 8:13:48 AM
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EffectAndCause posted...
Have you even watched the show at all?

Yes.

And Janitor is a complete douche to everyone except Elliot.
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