[ SECRET POST #2932 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2932 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 050 secrets from Secret Submission Post #419.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

07. http://i.imgur.com/EpPZgZ9.png

[(Anonymous)]

What about the Janitor from Scrubs? Or Frazz, from the comic strip Frazz?

[hands4healing]

I love Frazz.

[(Anonymous)]

Janitor's smart, but he's also crazy and kind of evil. Or at least Chaotic Neutral. Don't know about Frazz.

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, Frazz is okay but he's sometimes a judgmental twit and the strip never calls him out for it. Woe betide any kid at that school who dares to be fat.

[tree_and_leaf]

Boothby in Star Trek: Next Generation.

[(Anonymous)]

I think "super wise janitor" is also a pretty common portrayal. There's also the Almighty Janitor trope: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlmightyJanitor

[(Anonymous)]

And then there's things like this: http://vimeo.com/channels/keypeele/39116336

[helenadax]

But he's a Frey.

[(Anonymous)]

So because the majority of people you know are kind (which is great) it means no one can ever portray a custodian as mean? I mean, Hagrid is also a custodian in a way and he's one of the jolliest characters in the series.

[(Anonymous)]

Seriously. And JKR is also a pretty staunch champion for the "blue collar man" if you will, so I highly doubt she had any bad messages there.

Well, unless they're portrayed like this

[feotakahari]

Sunset Overdrive might also count for something.

Re: Well, unless they're portrayed like this

[(Anonymous)]

Omg thank you for posting that. Poor forgotten Roger. Even ol' Larry has gotten an offical 'remake', but Roger languishes on (he did get a remake of Space Quest 2 but it was a fangame).

[(Anonymous)]

That's actually the only portrayal I've ever seen. And I always thought he was supposed to be just as much administrative as janitorial - kept detention records and so forth.

Besides, you have Hagrid who was the groundskeeper (until becoming a teacher - and even then, he still had groundskeeper duties), and he was portrayed sympathetically.

[(Anonymous)]

I was gonna suggest Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but now that I think about it, he's an asshole janitor, too.

[(Anonymous)]

Gordy from neds survival guide was pretty cool

[sabotabby]

Janitors can only ever be supercrusty evil people or Magical Negro type secret wisdom types. Probably 'cause Hollywood is full of classism. It's a massive frustration.

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[(Anonymous)]

Image: a picture of movie!Filch from Harry Potter, glaring and clutching his keys.

Text: Some of the nicest people I’ve ever met did custodial work for a living. It pisses me off that they’re always portrayed like this.

[lb_lee]

Might I recommend the comic Grease Monkey? The janitor is a freakin' master of the local spaceship, almost precognitive in his ability to avoid people he doesn't want to see, and knows everything about everyone. He also has a pet hamster and perfect teeth.

He's also a gorilla, but half the cast in Grease Monkey are gorillas. Seriously, an awesome, underrated comic.

[beverlykatz]

Real talk. I don't think I've ever met a janitor who wasn't a really lovely person.

[(Anonymous)]

That makes a lot of sense. It's so classist and gross.

[(Anonymous)]

I always liked the janitor in Breakfast Club.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, hey, there's Stanley Spadowski from UHF and God from Bruce Almighty. They were both pretty darn cool.