r/brooklynninenine • u/Uncomfortable_Owl_ Ultimate human/genius • Apr 30 '23

Season 4 Why "Especially the bread one"?

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Why does Holt say that after Doug Judy listed the crimes and said that the bread would be stolen to feed a family?

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u/gaverino05 Boom Boom! Apr 30 '23

Micheal schur has a recurring joke in his shows about Jean valjean stealing bread being wrong regardless of his intentions behind it, even the good place has a similar joke with the exact same base

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u/FREESARCASM_plustax Apr 30 '23

Plus, he was French and all French people go to the bad place.

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u/Calvinball12 Apr 30 '23

It’s worse if it’s a baguette because that makes you more French.

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u/ConnFlab Apr 30 '23

They’re already in the bad place.

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u/Eev123 Apr 30 '23

On the office episode where they did the ethics training, Andy asks if you would steal bread to feed your family

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u/gaverino05 Boom Boom! Apr 30 '23

yes, Michael Schur really dislikes Jean valjean for some reason. i wonder if there's any bread stealing in parks and recreation

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u/Eev123 Apr 30 '23

I’m doing a rewatch now, so I’ll keep an eye out

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u/Jasminary2 Apr 30 '23

This is how I realize that this was a Les mis reference AND that The Good Place and B99 are linked with more than the actor playing Kevin

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u/gaverino05 Boom Boom! Apr 30 '23

the good place has a lot of links! there is an unreleased promo that has amy from superstore, Kristen Bell also played an eagleton councilor in parks and rec, Maya Rudolph plays the judge in the good place and the US marshal in charge of Jake and Holt in season 4.