50 Hidden Details From "The Good Place" That Are Beyond Genius And Deserve At Least +1,000,000 Good Points

In the good place, the text “Welcome! Everything is fine.” Is ever so slightly off centre to the left. (By about 5 pixels or so. Not sure about how much irl) which is a subtle way of telling the audience that no, everything is not fine. from TheGoodPlace

[SPOILERS] In The Good Place S04E08, Michael makes the argument that Phoebe from the show Friends would have made it into The Good Place. In S04E12, when the main cast finally arrives at The Good Place, they meet Hypatia of Alexandria, played by Lisa Kudrow, who also played Phoebe on Friends. from TVDetails

In "The Good Place" s1e10 there is a scene from Chidi when he was alive where he is holding a menu from a restaurant named "Eating Nemo" from TVDetails

While they're playing out the Trolley Problem (S02:E05) they zoom by a theater showing "Strangers Under a Train" and "Bend It Like Bentham." Jeremy Bentham is considered to be the father of modern utilitarianism, the philosophy Chidi had just been discussing. from TheGoodPlace

It took me three rewatches to figure out that Eleanor's favorite food is a shrimpies because her main flaw is being shellfish, and you are what you eat. from TheGoodPlace

The demons from The Good Place can be seen drinking Snake Juice, the alcohol Tom Haverford comes up with on Parks and Recreation. Both shows were created by Mike Schur. from TVDetails

In the Season 3 premiere of The Good Place, Jason’s Dance Crew performs a show based on his near-death experience. His crew’s jumpsuits are based on Bruce Lee’s in ‘Game of Death’. from TVDetails

[SPOILER for The Good Place S04E04.] You can tell the secret about Janet by her thumb placement. Good Janet always has her right thumb in her left hand. For Bad Janet it is left thumb in right hand. from TVDetails

In The Good Place, there's an extra dressed as Elsa from Frozen as a nod to lead actress Kristen Bell's role in Frozen from TVDetails

In The Good Place, the calendar has the days in a weird order since they explained time is not linear in the afterlife from TVDetails

Stephen Merchant, co-creator of The Office, was in the newest episode of The Good Place and uses a version of Michael Scott's mug from TVDetails

Something I noticed in Season 2 Episode 9 from TheGoodPlace

I just noticed that in S4 Ep13 Jason's tank top has the same pattern as the classic Janet blouse under her vest. from TheGoodPlace

On my third rewatch, just noticed the Pirates of the Caribbean 12 billboard in bad Janet's void. from TheGoodPlace

Has anybody else noticed that the 'Neutral Pronoun' used in 'The Good Place' is She/Her. from TheGoodPlace

[SPOILERS] In The Good Place S02E01, the fake backstory Michael gives to Eleanor to torture her is that she was an environmental activist while alive. When Eleanor is eventually brought back to life in S02E12, she briefly becomes an actual environmental activist. from TVDetails

DETAIL: S01E04 - On the wall in The Good Plates is the painting “Psyche entering Cupid’s Garden” by John William Waterhouse. In Roman myth, Psyche died and was taken to a mysterious, seemingly-wonderful place by a divine being whose identity was concealed from her. from TheGoodPlace

When Eleanor is buying tequila the day that she dies the brand she picks is "basurero," which means "Garbage man" in Spanish. from TheGoodPlace

Did anyone else notice Tahani on the cover of the magazine in Elanor’s shopping scene?😂🤣 from TheGoodPlace

If you listen closely to when Janet plays a clip from The Bad Place you can hear someone screaming "The bear has two mouths!!" which I think is a really cool detail from TheGoodPlace

Can we just take a moment to appreciate how the vault Tahani opens in front of Jason in Australia is from the same company that made the vault in which Jason died? from TheGoodPlace

Did you notice? In S01E06, It is revealed that Michael loves paper clips. When Michael, Eleanor, and Janet are in the square, Michael is wearing a paper clip bracelet. from TheGoodPlace

In The Good Place, Eleanor foreshadows the ending of season 1 in the first episode when wondering how her parents might be tortured in the bad place from TVDetails

My favorite of the many amazing details in S4E9... [spoilers] from TheGoodPlace

I just noticed Janet and Jason's anniversary date! from TheGoodPlace

Not sure if this has been noticed on here before but Eleanor's lucky numbers before she dies are the same as the neighbourhood number from TheGoodPlace

One of my favourite moments of the good place is having Michael behind a bar referencing Cheers from TheGoodPlace

First time I rewatched I paused and read all of these. The level of detail in TGP across the board is amazing from TheGoodPlace

Noticed during my second time watching the show that the office where Michael signs the contract in The Good Place in S4E12 is the same exact office in S1E9 where Eleanor quits her job in a flashback. from TheGoodPlace

When they aren't being played, arcade games run 'attraction sequences' which play their game music and show some game play also instruct someone how to start the game ('Insert Two Coins!'). On my recent rewatch I noted they wrote one for un-activated Janets. from TheGoodPlace

I have been re-watching since the beginning and just noticed this! PI can stand for "Private Investigator". Jason Mantzoukas, who plays Derek, also plays Adrian Pimento on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (another amazing show), where about a year earlier he shortly is Private Investigator! from TheGoodPlace

[Spoilers] In The Good Place season 1 finale, the name of the folder on Michael's desk hints at where he works (Better explanation in comments) from TVDetails

Detail: D'Arcy Carden was originally cast as "Janet Della-Denunzio, a violin salesperson with a checkered past" which writer Megan Amram later said was an intentional hoax. In s3e5, Megan Amram appears as a violinist. from TheGoodPlace

The Good Place 1x10: The three frozen yogurts represent three women, of whom one is significantly taller than the other two. Her corresponding frogurt is just as tall. (Sorry for potato quality photo; Netflix won't let you screenshot and I couldn't find the scene on YT.) from TVDetails

S2:E7 While incorrectly playing croquet, Jason mispronounces "fore". from TheGoodPlace

“Average point score for a resident here is 1.2 million” yet another subtle jab at Tahani for being below average lol from TheGoodPlace

S4E8 - the details of this show really get to me sometimes, I mean that banner? Really? from TheGoodPlace

Never noticed this before from TheGoodPlace

In The Good Place S3E5, two signs can be seen on Donkey Doug's wall, one from the Department of Recreation and Parks and the other reading "Danger: Open Pit." Creator Michael Schur's previous show was Parks and Recreation, and had an ongoing storyline about an abandoned pit being turned into a park. from TVDetails

Micheal Faces his own Trolley Problem in episode " Micheal and Janet " . I noticed this while rewatching. from TheGoodPlace

In The Good Place S2E12, a Kamilah advertisement can be seen in the background from TVDetails

The Good Place's Season 1 finale reuses the set used in the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode "Windbreaker City" from TVDetails

Sorry if this has been posted before, but I was rewatching and just noticed that in 1x12, Michael wears Janet's outfit when he's trying to serve drinks like her. from TheGoodPlace

Jacksonville airport in The Good Place Season 3 Episode 5 "The Ballad of Donkey Doug" from TVDetails

In The Good Place (S3E11) Michael describes Douglass Lerpiss buying a tomato at Food and Stuff, a reference to Ron Swanson’s favorite store in Parks and Rec, another Michael Schur show. from TVDetails

Small detail I noticed: In season 1, Michael jokingly states that Eleanor's biggest fault was that she couldn't find a hairstyle that framed her face perfectly...by the end, she changes her hairstyle to a center part. from TheGoodPlace

I've watched S1E1 at least 4 times now, never noticed the flowers in the foreground... from TheGoodPlace

On my third watch through when I noticed Jason's shirt in the finale has a wave! from TheGoodPlace

So impressed with all the detail that went into this show (from Adam Rowe’s TikTok) from TheGoodPlace

The Good Place S4E13, Michael's apartment is number 322, the same number of people selected to live in the Good Place neighbourhoods, according to the pilot from TVDetails