does the janitor have a name? the closest thing to his character having a name other than janitor, is the alter-ego german Jan Itor. Why is that?

Isnt his name Neil Flynn cuz it says he plays himself

I believe on his id badge it also simply says Janitor.

lets name him jim or george...dont know why just seems to be good

hehehehehe i always kinda pictured him as a Frank...i dunno why

Interesting... Where does it say he plays himself? Also does any have a source for the name tag saying "Janitor". Anybody on the set help us out?

I was watching this episode (Season 5, Ep. 11 "My Buddy's Booty"), when I realized that in the scene when the Janitor makes fun of Dr. Cox because he has to pretend that they are not friends, another janitor congratulates his joke by saying "Nice one, Tom" (Or at least that's what it definitley sounds like).

So I took the clip and made a movie and put it onto Youtube; I would really appreciate other's opinions on this because I want to know if my ears are deceiving me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MdS4Qa4v-U

It definitely sounds like Tom to me.

Actually, he's saying, "Nice. You tell 'im."

The Janitor's real name is Neil. Neil Flynn. Yes, in the show. Same as the actor.

There's an episode, "My Friend, the Doctor," that makes mention of how he had a small part in the fugitive, playing a transit cop.

Neil Flynn played a transit cop in the fugitive.

Hence, easy to speculate, his character's name is Neil Flynn. He's playing himself, as a Janitor. :-)

it did sound like tom

yeah, if he said "Nice, you tell 'im", it wouldn't have been as fast, but "Nice one Tom" you can say fast like the guy in the clip

Totally logical, but just not as fun as saying he has no name but 'The Janitor'.

oh yea i remember that eposoide

S'okay; but I'm fairly confident in that one. Try saying, "Niceyoutellim" all as one long word, and it'll sound more like what he said.

It's only because there is distinctly no "un" sound, as you would expect to hear in the word "one."

But hey, it's cool. Your mileage may vary.

I'm kinda torn on it. I'd love it if his name were Jan Itor, which sounds just so deliciously made up, but I like the metatextuality of it all, with him being Neil Flynn.

But, really, nobody calls anyone by their real name much of the time, with Bobbo, Turkleton, Black Doctor, Blonde Doctor, Lurch, and so on and so forth.

Personally, I'm fine with just calling him The Janitor. :-)

Your mileage, as always, may vary.

Ok, next time that episode is on, I'll have to remember to turn on the subtites and see what they say. Of course they don't pick up everything.

But, just to play devil's advocate here, even if he did say Tom, how do we not know that's his 'personality' with that group of people? Like Nigel to Todd, Hans to Doug or Efrim the dimwitted stutterer?

Jack Tango that is correct!!! his name, is Neil Flynn......

jose

hey you stole my idea!lol

I heard "Nice, you tell'em" too

good point.

He is definitely saying, "Nice you tell 'em."

LOL, you too?

wow, i never thought about that. i loved that eppi.....interesting.... *rests chin on hands thoughtfully*

I doubt he'll ever have a name, but if he did Frank would be pretty dead on, now that its been brought up i can just see him introducing himself as that and it working pretty well.

after watching and then rewatching the clip he definitelty says noce, you tell 'im

The guy is clearly saying "you" and not "one". It's "nice, you tell 'um".

You could get a video editor and slow down the audio.

I've noticed in Scrubs that there are often things said that aren't said clearly enough for me to understand. I often ask myself, "what did he just say?" Sometimes the show is hard to follow because of that. But, that is how people talk in real life, oftentimes.

I have hi-def dvr and he deffenitely says u tell 'im you can even read his lips saying that

Tom doesnt suit him though :\

did anybody forget that even if coxie said "tom", when does he call anybody by the name on thier drivers licence. if tom was the case, it would seem that he would call the janitor a foul name or a little girls name, which is, i guess, the same thing. anyways, if mr. Flynn does play Mr. Flynn the Janitor after the fugitive role, but gunny is his dad in that parent episode. im pretty sure, almost 63% sure, that gunny is not mr. Flynn's biological father. this, of couse, is only based off of freeze-framed DVR anaylysis. therefore, the janitor's name is still in question.

There was also another episode (only saw half of it, so I'm not sure what it was) but JD said "That's why I wanted it to be you in the fugetive. becuase even though your life didn't pan out the way you wanted it, you are what you are and you're fine with that" and I'm not sure what he was talking about, but then the janitor held his hands up like a gun and said some line that I think was from the movie Fugitive, and said "tell anyone and I'll kill ya". This would mean that if the actor who plays a security guard in the Fugitive was the same actor that plays the janitor, Scrubs is recognizing the actor and the janitor as the same person. So just look at the credits, right?

Also, the janitor has many of the hospital residents calling him different names. In one episode he had some dude thinking he was an english stutterer and called him abner.

I am definitely going to say....it was Nice, you tell 'em

Didn't really sound like Tom to me.

yup he is saying "Nice you tell him"

In the episode where Laverne dies, it is rumored that Ted hugs Janitor and says, "I love you, Bryan."

I only heard: Ted: "hm, i love you" and then (dr.) Jan-itor says: "ok, yeah it's alright"

YO!!!!!
after i saw this i checked it out
i have the episodes from itunes
so i went to this part
it deffinetly says bryan!!!

ALso another episode a women who workis in the caffateria bumps in to him n says
'sorry *******' i spend so long rewinding that! it turns out he says honey! but i got very excited thinkning his name was henry!

come to think of it they all have quite odd names, well there last names any way huh wired!

I think in the episode My Buddy's Booty Dr Cox & the janitor were at the bar Perry called the janitor Monroe...anyone else pick that up?

Does anyone have the link to where he is called Bryan? I'm dying to see it!

I had the closed captioning on last night when I watched this episode. The guy says you tell him. Sorry guys.

but would you really trust Flopsweat?

Buddy... or Al...

The janitor's name should be Neil Flynn (the actor's real name). Because that's the name that would be in the credits of The Fugitive.

Reference from the My Friend Doctor episode in the 3rd season.

sonny ,tony,nicky I think the janitor was a mobster put in a witness relocation program and the bored ex mobses only plesure is tourturing JD

It makes sense that janitor's name is his real name but it must be remembered he's tricky. I think that its Jeff otherwise.

Ján Itor!

I think he looks like a John or a Ben. Maybe his real name IS Janitor...OMG! That would be awesome!

sounds like you tell 'em to me. honestly i hope they never reveal his name, think about it. if they give him a name it takes all the fun out of it. unless they figure some clever way to do it, but after that go back to calling him janitor or calling him lurch.

I think his name should be Nelson Flynn. Somewhat close to the actors name but slightly different so it wouldn't be confusing.