starring Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes, Ken Jenkins, Neil Flynn, Sarah Chalke, Zach Braff (add more)
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At one point, it is revealed that the Janitor's name in the show is Neil Flynn (the actor's name), and J.D. sees him in a bit part he played in the Harrison Ford movie "The Fugitive." So, in essence, while everyone else are fictional characters, Neil Flynn is playing himself - as a sadistic janitor. [The Janitor's name is never actually revealed; Neil Flynn's real-life past was used to give his character some depth, but the latter remains known to all and sundry only as 'Janitor'.]
The shot of J.D. walking toward Sacred Heart hospital is re-used so many times. Note the lady pushing the man in the wheelchair and the two doctors standing by the wall talking. [How is this a mistake? It's just a recurring shot used over various episodes.]
Corrected by Happy Manc
The janitor's lines are often unplanned, with the script simply saying, "Janitor says something". [Incorrect. The Janitor has lines, but often does variations of them. As evident by the fact that his co-stars always manage to have suitable responses.]
Keith, Lisa, Rex and a few others were JDs interns at the start of season five. Then once Keith starts to date Elliot, they suddenly become Elliot's interns. The interns Elliot had earlier in the season just disappear. [The interns just switched attendings. Whilst Turk's been at Sacred Heart he's had numerous attendings.]
In the 23rd episode of season 5, Turk tells JD he hasn't noticed Kim because she wears a wedding ring. He then goes on to cite that she was there during his first day and at Ben's funeral. It then shows clips of these two scenes. In his "first day" scene taken from the pilot episode, Kim is shown between JD and Carla as JD is celebrating, but was absent from this scene in the first episode. During Ben's funeral, Kim is shown sitting behind and between JD and Dr. Cox, which is a seat taken by Carla during the actual scene. [This is a joke, meant to emphasize his obliviousness. Like many flashbacks and fantasies in the show, it isn't meant to be taken seriously.]
When Dr. Kelso is confronting Dr. Reed about her assessment of him, the clock behind them is at 1:50. The shot changes and then changes back and you can't even see the clock hands (they've moved to above the frame of the shot), and less than 10 seconds had passed. [The clock is only seen twice during the conversation, and on both occasions the time is the same at 1:50.]
In this episode, they make a big deal of the new med students that Turk, JD and Elliot will be responsible for. However, JD and Elliot's students are never seen or mentioned again throughout the series. [It's hardly a mistake for two extremely minor characters, introduced solely as foils for the main ones, to disappear. Turk's med student vanishes after the next episode, as well.]
When Turk, JD, Elliot, and Carla are on the roof throwing things off, they each grab a watermelon. When the camera shows them landing, it's only 3 that hit, and none of them held back. [That's because one of the watermelons (Carla's) landed out of the framing of the shot.]
Corrected by Guy Brigman
In the first episode, JD pronounces a man dead at 0200, indicating that the hospital uses 24 hour time. But in this episode, Elliot pronounces the man dead at 1155. 1155 in 24 hour time refers to 11:55 AM but the time is actually 11:55PM, so Elliot should have said 2355. [It could be the person's personal preference. Also, whoever's writing it down could record it correctly if that was a problem.]
When you see the hospital social worker slip just before the starting credits, it is clue she is a brunette. Yet at the end when she is coming out of the MRI scan, you can see the bottom of her hair which is very blonde. [The lighting can make her brown hair look blonde. Alex, the girl in the MRI scan, is always played by Elizabeth Bogush, including in that shot. Furthermore, you can see the rest of that shot in the following episode and her hair is most definitely brown.]
When the social worker is feeling for a wedding ring on JD'S hand,she is feeling his right hand.not his left,where most married people would wear it. [It's not unreasonable to think she might not realise it's the wrong hand as she can't see it and it was just a way to let JD know she's interested in him.]
When JD is admitted and meets the janitor when he is eating an apple, an impossible large amount of the apple is eaten between shots, as he takes only one bite. [The Janitor already has a few big bites out of the apple even before he starts talking to J.D.]
In the scene at the golf-course Dr.Cox is talking to J.D and in the background there is a person visible for a short while behind the large tree in the background. There aren't any other people there and the person does not appear to play golf. [Many golf courses contain public rights of way, making it entirely possible for a non-golfer to be there. Without evidence that this is a member of the crew, the presence of somebody else in the background cannot be considered unreasonable.]
Corrected by Tailkinker
In the scene where JD plays Death in connect four, Death wins with a diagonal connect four. There were 6 black pieces and 8 red pieces. Based on normal connect four rules, no matter who starts the game, the game will always end with the same number used for each color. [This was JD's fantasy/dream. He could have any amount of one color and it wouldn't matter, since it was his dream to make it any way he saw fit.]
Corrected by Lummie
While trying to attract Dr. Cox's attention, J.D. switches off his television, using the on/off switch on the set itself. After throwing J.D. out, Cox turns the television back on using the remote. That isn't possible. He'd have to get up and switch the television on before the remote would operate. [There are often stand-by buttons on both the set and the remote.]
Corrected by SexyIrishLeprechaun
When the janitor is talking about stuff he took from JD's locker, he shows him the blue 'scrubs' he will use to pretend he's a doctor at his son's career day. But later, as Dr. Jan Itor, he is wearing a long white doctor's coat, which JD doesn't have. [The latter scene is taking place in JDs head].
When JD and Elliot go bungee jumping stunt people were used instead of the real actors. The two stunt people met on the set and are now married. [Unless you can see their faces on camera without freeze framing, this is not a mistake. It is trivia.]
Corrected by Guy Brigman
In season 3 on disc 2, The last episode is titled "My Moment of Un-Truth". But on the inside cover showing the episodes says "My Moment Of Truth". [Not a film mistake.]
JD asks Elliot how she manages her good looks. She then has a flashback that starts with her alarm clock buzzing at 5:00. When she presses the button for the alarm to stop, we can see another time (9:35) - the alarm setting time. The time was 5:00, but the alarm was set for 9:35, so there was no way it was going to buzz at 5:00. [My alarm has settings for two different times so if one person gets up before the other they flip a switch & the alarm wont go off again until the second time it was set for.]
You can see the double set of skid marks where they had to shoot the skid stop twice. [This kind of 'mistake' has been corrected for dozens of films and tv shows. The road is heavily used by all sorts of vehicles. The skid marks are perfectly natural.]
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