He's just the sweetest 600-foot-tall flaming squid demon in a human suit.

I love how Eleanor calls michael "bud" and "buddy" like he isn't a whole ass demon I love it so much

I like to think when they were hanging out in season 1, singing karaoke and everything, that was the real Michael. That wasn’t evil demon Michael, he briefly broke character to enjoy doing human stuff.

Their relationship was truly the heart of the show. They really just turned out to be the most earnest of friends; they just _got_ each other in a way that nobody else did. Man. I love them _so much_

They literally couldn't have picked better actors to play these characters. Kristen Bell and Ted Danson knocked these roles out of the park and their chemistry is so strong. Their arcs ended so well.

I'm still mad we never got to see Michael's fire-squid form...

I feel like Michael was the one to truly get Elanor. Like I think everyone loved and came to appreciate her but Michael GOT her. Understood her struggles and habits, was able to call her out on her bs, and became sort of her most stable person in her life

This made me realize so many things. I've seen the good place many many times, and I've always known their friendship was special and awesome, but seeing all their moments put tigether like this made me realize something. I always asked myself: when the humans kept finding out they were in the bad place, and Vicky threatened to rat out Michael, of course he had no other choice than team up with them, but how come he agreed to take ethics lessons? How come he didn't put up more of a fight to it (he could have said "No, end of story, or I'll send you to the actual bad place")? How come they actually... worked? I think Michael was actually already becoming friends with Eleanor even before. Even as he was trying to torture her, he was also having actual fun like while singing Karaoke and bowling and winning the minion. I think he was actually starting to see the good in her (and she made him realize the good in humans as a whole) when she tried to help him even if it endangered her because she promised and she didn't want to see him suffer. A human, endangering themselves to help him, a demon trying to torture her. I think this really shifted his perspective. Moreover, the parallel between Michael and Eleanor is often played up for laughs, but actually, they ARE very similar. I think that Michael, initially, could respect her a little bit more compared to Tahani, Jason, and Chidi, because Eleanor is a messy bench but is actually very smart at it. The whole t-shirt thing, all the stuff she did on earth, that stuff was clearly bad but also smart and well executed. I think Michael (at the start) could appreciate that. Many times in the series we hear other demons saying that some messed up human is "a legend" in the bad place and Trevor actually says that about Eleanor when he first sees her in the fake good place. I don't think it was just to torture her, I think it's kinda real. And I really think it was definitely how Michael felt. So Michael designs the fake good place, and brings on Eleanor thinking "oh, that will be so easy, she will keep on finding ways to fork everyone around her for her own advantage, as she always did". But this bench starts actually doing good things, she starts improving, she is EVEN good to HIM, a demon who is doing nothing but deceiving her. And of course this drives him crazy, because it means that his experiment is not working. But slowly a realization starts to dawn on him: if they are so similar, and if Eleanor was able to become a better person with Chidi's philosophy lectures, then maybe he can become better too. He agrees to take the ethics lessons because of this, and also because Eleanor is so smart, and keeps beating him, and that makes him secretly admire her/have respect for her, and that's why they were already starting to become friends even before the deal, and so he might just as well try to be friends with the humans and become good. And then he actually becomes the humans' best friend and so good he saves the entire human race. But all of that was because of Eleanor, because of her brains and heart.

I clicked on this expecting it to be just another compilation with just scenes and wii music but holy shirt the editing is actually top notch. The way you paired up scenes to show how similar they are is amazing. Good job

editing together the scenes of Eleanor asking if Michael wants a cool ranch baby to eat with Michael getting Eleanor a shrimp dispensery was sooooo good

Their friendship is everything to me 🥺

Eleanor's "ya basic" is so well delivered. I love it.

i really like michael because even from the beginning you can just tell how interesting humans are to them. and as he learns about humans and does 800 tries of the same experiment, he wants to be one, he wants to know what its like to do spontaneous things that don't make sense just for the hell (haha, hell) of it. he's always wanted to be human, even if he didn't know it, and thats wonderful i think

We credit Mike Shur shows for giving us some of the best TV romances in recent years (Pam and Jim, Ben and Leslie, Jake and Amy, Eleanor and Chidi), but credit must also be given to them also giving us some of the best platonic male-female friendships across all of fiction (Leslie and Ron, Jake and Rosa, Pam and Michael, and Eleanor and Michael)

Their becoming friends was honestly the best idea the writers had. I remember my bf and I gasping after the end of season 1 thinking that Michael was such a lovely character and I didn't want him to be evil and then boom Eleanor made him love her as a friend and an equal. It was such a nice turn of events to see them bond. The Good Place is the greatest show I've ever watched when it comes to brilliant writing and I can honestly say there is not one thing I wish I could change, everything was perfect and made so much sense, from beginning to end.

Honestly, when Eleanor did the hottest savior of the week, I expected it to be just a bunch of pictures of herself.

I don t think michael was ever really evil demon, just very ambitious. And instead of hatred, he found people to be interesting. Just remember, he was the first demor architect who wanted to live in his neigbourhood among humans

I love the way this is put together with patterns and parallels!!!

Micheal has the BEST evil little chuckle. So friggin adorable

Ross and Phoebe were literally the worst combo of friends to pick 😂😂😂

ted danson aged REALLY well

This video deserves so much. The editing between each scenes is so good. So so much works have been done.

I literally binged the show just last month (it was probably the 3rd or 4th time I'd watched the whole thing). I now want to watch the whole thing all over again.

My only regret about this series...is we never got to see him as a giant flaming squid.

these two have the absolute best friendship!!! 😭❤️🥰

this is sooooo forking beautiful! ive never seen parallels compiled together so well! its remarkable

6:01 that parallel wow

I’m really glad Michael got a redemption because I was very sad when he turned out to be evil lol. I really liked him

in my mind, Michael was secretly genuinely having fun with Eleanor in these S1 scenes

This show is so found family. Not just Micheal and Eleanor, but everyone's dynamic is so cute. When the show ended I literally sobbed so hard. I wept like I was grieving a passed family member. Because I WAS.

I’ve rewatched this show so much I have it memorised- how did I not notice the paperclip bracelet!?

"I was so scared for you" breaks my heart every time

I'm not crying, you're crying

I love the way you put these clips together!

Came here for the chaos (the iced tea moment, whole ep for that matter, is one of my favourites of the series if not my favourite) but got reminded of their friendship and they almost brought me tears. It’s one of my favourite relationship dynamics ever

not me crying from the supercut . . . you did a great job finding the parallels, awesome editing!!

She was the one who figured out what he wanted and talked to the Judge to get it…to have him become a real boy. 😭😭😭

started sobbing to this video 😭

I couldn t help but think that michael is like eleanors soulmate, more than chidi

It's taken me this long to realize that the Minion should have been another dead giveaway that they were in The Bad Place.

I need a best friend who I can be my absolute worst self with

is it time for my yearly the good place rewatch

Saving my fav time stamps 0:06 hi 0:15 🐶 0:22 just go with it 0:30 help me 0:34 softe 0:39 sure 0:54 we love Chidi 1:01 dark humor 💀 1:06 softe 1:13 sus twigs 1:18 😉 “wink” 1:36 * insert cool explosion * 1:42 ga 1:51 slumber party 🎉 1:59 🎶🎶🎶 2:08 Eleanor’s face gets me 2:16 two besties 2:34 thank you (me when I can’t think of a word) 2:39 diagonal war belt 2:52 softe 2:58 BaBiEs 3:14 softe 3:26 Eleanor has the best faces 3:36 *bonk* 3:53 yep. 4:32 tutorials from Eleanor 4:40 bro 4:41 bro 4:46 YA BASIC 4:52 oh eleanor 4:54 oh eleanor 4:55 oh eleanor 4:57 oh ELEANOR 5:04 ugly yellow toddler 5:16 you can pinpoint the second his heart rips apart 5:19 dEmOn BuDdY 😅 5:23 ugly yellow toddler 5:35 best twist in this whole show softe 6:35 no 6:40 gurl got summoned 6:40 😑 welp 6:52 a ReAl BoY 7:02 softe 😍 7:06 michaels face 💀 7:10 proud of herself This took so long and it’s still not done cause I need to sleep so please just like

I mean Micheal is an ancient informed designer who lead designing The Good Place and various other punishments so when he says he really likes paper lips that isn’t just him being dumb and naïve, he just really likes paperclips. A lot of designers come to appreciate efficient aesthetic minimalism at some point even if it’s not their personal style. Standard paperclips do what they do with the bare minimum material and also effectively interlock.

just make him doctor who and be done with it

This was so beautifully cut together! The parallels are amazing

This is art. I have never seen the bit of them dancing at 2:01, and I LOVE it.

This is such an excellent compilation! What an awesome show!

this is so well edited, oh my god

Amazing editing! This had way more effort behind it than I was expecting, really good work.

Wish I could watch this for the first time again soo good

2:10 kills me EVERY TIME

Kristen's and Ted's camaraderie just flawlessly showed in their fictional characters too✨

❤ Thanks for this, it made me love The Good Place *more*... I'd forgotten some of the little touches that make this friendship so awesome

Me love some parallels in the narrative.

I dont know why but this made me cry, they’re just so sweet to each other😭😭

OMG... "because the Machine says it's a prize" ... and with that, it all makes sense...

i wish i could watch it again for the first time.

What ep do they do the evil laugh together

bro i miss the good place, especially because of their friendship

Love this video! I ship this two so much! My one gripe with the finale is that they never had a real moment together before Michael became human and Eleanor went through the door.

the fuck why am i crying at a seven minute youtube compilation

They such an underrated duo

For some reason I didnt' expect this video to be so wholesome, but I should have.

I am dying this is so funny

Eleanor and I have a lot in common. Here's how you can tell us apart. One of us is a manipulative demon who's an expert at making other people miserable, and then the other one is me!

"youre my friend and i wanted to save you!" 😭😭😭😭😭 pls dont make me cry

2:09 lol

THEY ARE THEY'RE BESTIES FR

6:33 he solved the trolley problem

THISNIS THE BEST EDIT I EVER SEE

3 years later, he's finally coming back

This is so well done, congrats

Because this is the bad place ….. BWAHAHAHAHAHA AWE MAN YOU FIGURES IT OUT!!

My favorite part was when they do the evil laugh together 😂

Oh Elener

Well that’s it! Now I’ll have to watch the whole show one more time 🤷🏽‍♀️

Omg the paperclip bracelet 🥹 I never noticed that. So cute

Who wouldn't want a Cool Ranch Baby?

I like that Michael's name is... well... Michael (duh). Just a wild guess, but Michael could be based off of Archangel Michael. Archangel Michael is known to assist people in the hour of death, especially before Judgement Day (the day when souls are chosen to go to Heaven or Hell).

i remember hearing somewhere that one of the hints toward the good place being the bad place is that michael always mispronounces eleanor's name

4:20 off topic but I love this specific Eleanor outfit

Eleanor's peaceful moment being when all of her friends were safe, happy, and ready to pass on/move on with their lives/afterlives is everything to me.

oh this is Great it highlights so many parallels i never caught!!

This show was damp near perfect. Any complaints I may have about it are really just nitpicks. Eleanor and Michael's friendship was the screw that kept everything together. And the ending scene...oh, that forking ending scene with Michael on Earth was probably my favorite moment from any live-action TV show. Holy shirt, I love this show.

Ted Danson saying Eleanor happily lives rent free in my head

excellent editing!

They're Joey and Phoebe obvs. Eleanor is Joey double obvs

if she hadn't been born a human, Eleanor would have made a very good demon employee in the Bad Place.

demon buddy :)

I’m gonna tell my kids this was Hazbin Hotel:

I love them so much :(

Friends like Ross and phoebe weird combo but okay.

I never realized all the parallels

Michael is the best demon. Since the actual creator of the show is also named Michael, I choose to believe that Michael the demon also created the show

4:57 "oh eyeliner"

These two were adorable I love them lol

how about a cool ranch baby 😭😭😭

He might be an old white dude, but he’s kind of attractive.

You just earned 1000 good place points for making such a heartwarming video of two manipulative demons lying about their identities that become besties. And lost 200 for capitalism side effects.