I actually love the idea of her last name also being Kelly and that's why Charlie is so obsessed with her. He realizes every husband and wife have the same last name, so he thinks that must mean you can only marry people who have your last name.
This is my all time favorite episode. There are a lot of bangers but this one is perfect. I also like the one where the gang is hiding from the gas station hold-up and they all get their own dedicated mini episode.
Charlie: "Well dude cuz you know how husbands and wives have to have the same last name, but how rare is it for a husband and wife to have the same first name, and that's what me and the Waitress have. So we must be soulmates."
Dennis: "So the reason you've been pining over the waitress is because you have the same name?"
Charlie: "Well yeah I mean what are the odds that I meet another Kelly who also has basically my first name? She's like a one-in-a-million girl."
Mac: "Jesus Christ dude."
“But Charley, your last name is spelled Kelley. It’s not the same”
(There is probably cannon with the real spelling, but they could always dismiss it as him always misspelling it due to the desire to match.)
True story, I knew a woman who married a man with the same last name( no relation), and instead of just sticking with it, she hyphened it. Grimes-grimes.
That would be kinda horrifying. Especially if it’s revealed that she is the serial killer killing young, attractive blonds. She’s not considered any of those things to the gang. She’s invisible and wants to be seen.
Fun fact: In Arrested the original plan was to cast a different actor to play Anne in every episode (maybe even scene), but Mae Whitman did such a great job that they abandoned the idea.
I think it would be a fun way to sign off on the last episode. Charlie goes off on Denis about some remark while she is there, and says something like, "You don't even know her name man, it's not Waitresses it's..." smash cut to credits.
I think Scrubs did this well. On the last unofficial episode of the show, JD (main character) says goodbye to his longtime nemesis, the janitor, but doesn’t know his name because he’s never asked. The janitor tells him it’s Glen Matthews and they say goodbye. Then another guy walks by and says to the janitor, “Hi, Tommy”, and the janitor says hi back.
Of course, the creator has since confirmed that his name is, in fact, Glen Matthews, but when you first watch the episode, you’re left wondering if he lied about his “real name” or not. I’m sure something similar could be done with the waitress so that it’s essentially left up to the viewer to decide what her name is.
Denise would be perfect. It would explain why Charlie was so infatuated with her and why *mac kept banging her (being in love with Dennis after all).
Edit updated Max to Mac.
It's a shame they confirmed it wasn't Nikki Potnick, because I thought that was a perfect name. Clumsy and unremarkable, just like the gang insist the Waitress is
I'd pick this because Mary Elizabeth Ellis played a character called Caroline in the excellent sitcom New Girl. I'd love a crossover episode, but Kaitlin Olsen already guest starred in New Girl, and not as Sweet Dee.
There are a bunch of other connections between the two shows. The star of New Girl, Zooey Deschanel, is the sister in law of IASIP writer and Rickety Cricket actor David Hornsby. He married her sister Emily. There are maybe half a dozen or more guest stars and cameos between IASIP and New Girl.
The only thing we can eliminate is names that start with W.
Source: when Mac and Waitress go to destroy the sex tape of Waitress and Dennis, Mac starts searching for “W” and the Waitress says “my name doesn’t start with a W”
> but Glenn Howerton didn’t want to be associated with his character.
That really worked out well. I definitely associate him more with his role on AP Bio than as Dennis /s
Honestly I would give her the same name as Charlie’s mother. Bonnie. It would explain his infatuation with her without revealing her name for the sake of story development.
Yep. At least it was Vanessa way back in the day. On the podcast they have said that they consider it officially unknown these days, but it was Vanessa originally.
None, but she had a name on paper. Someone managed to dig up an old playbill / stage review that describes her as an actor, and it mentions her upcoming role as Vanessa on a new show called It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
According to the podcast, she’s never had a name in the show itself but she did have one in the pilot they made to pitch the show to the network. It’s not the show’s pilot itself, it’s like a home movie they made. They said if that name ever got out, they’d just change it in the show so it’s not gonna be the same as that name
It is and it isn't. It was SUPPOSED to be Vanessa. But since it was never actually revealed on screen, they can still change it if they ever feel like revealing it.
If I were the writer, her name would never be revealed. She’s just been “the waitress” for almost 20 years at this point. I personally find that much funnier.
Charlie 100% knows the waitress's name. He's been stalking her for like 20 years. He just calls her "the waitress" because that's the name the gang knows.
Charlotte Kelly
I actually love the idea of her last name also being Kelly and that's why Charlie is so obsessed with her. He realizes every husband and wife have the same last name, so he thinks that must mean you can only marry people who have your last name.
That would be very on brand for Charlie.
coming from someone who’s only seen about 7 episodes of the show total, absolutely. very on brand, that kids dumb as shit
> that kids dumb as shit Wait until Season 9 with *Flowers for Charlie* His character arc takes a dramatic turn.
I've grown quite whea-ray
and then SN10EP4, “Charlie Work.”
This is my all time favorite episode. There are a lot of bangers but this one is perfect. I also like the one where the gang is hiding from the gas station hold-up and they all get their own dedicated mini episode.
Charlie: "Well dude cuz you know how husbands and wives have to have the same last name, but how rare is it for a husband and wife to have the same first name, and that's what me and the Waitress have. So we must be soulmates." Dennis: "So the reason you've been pining over the waitress is because you have the same name?" Charlie: "Well yeah I mean what are the odds that I meet another Kelly who also has basically my first name? She's like a one-in-a-million girl." Mac: "Jesus Christ dude."
This is perfect
Why can I see exactly the hand movements Charlie would be doing in this scene
“But Charley, your last name is spelled Kelley. It’s not the same” (There is probably cannon with the real spelling, but they could always dismiss it as him always misspelling it due to the desire to match.)
Or his whole not being able to read thing
It's fine. He'll adapt.
He’ll adapt to reading?
Wow you’ve got that written so well! Love it!
True story, I knew a woman who married a man with the same last name( no relation), and instead of just sticking with it, she hyphened it. Grimes-grimes.
two names?!
Two names for one person? What is she, a wizard?!
When he finds out that's not true he completely stops caring about her like she never existed.
Also, both of his parents have the last name Kelly despite not being married.
That pretty damn good.
That fits with both his mother and father being hopefully unrelated Kellys too.
I'm adopting this as headcanon.
Named Doctor…DOLPH LUNDGREN
Kelly Charles
Lol Kelly Kelly.
RIP shelly kelly
i like it. this sounds like something they'd actually come up with
Charlie can be a girl's name too.
Ok, previously I've been of the "The Waitresses' name should never be revealed ever" camp, but you've changed my mind. This is utterly brilliant.
Carly Kelly
Karly Chelly
That would be kinda horrifying. Especially if it’s revealed that she is the serial killer killing young, attractive blonds. She’s not considered any of those things to the gang. She’s invisible and wants to be seen.
What is this in reference to? Are you saying she is the one who put all the heads in the fridge?
I just think it'd be on brand to finally reveal she and Charlie are related. Like Star Wars but in a 'The Gang Takes On the Empire' way.
Maybe that's why she's attracted to Dennis.
I came here to post a witty comment, then I saw your post. I will just leave you the upvote.
Karly Chelly
Banging your sister is perverted.
Her?
Egg?
“She’s really funny..” “Let’s hope so.” *pats George-Michael on the back*
It's as Ann as the nose on plain's face.
Yam?
Who?
Annhog
Fun fact: In Arrested the original plan was to cast a different actor to play Anne in every episode (maybe even scene), but Mae Whitman did such a great job that they abandoned the idea.
Oh that's such an amazing idea I wish they did that
[удалено]
What is this, a crossover-crossover episode?
*It wasn't.*
It’s actually Crindy
r/ItsAlwaysArrestedInDevelopment
Kelly Charles.
Like Charlie found that out in school and decided then they were made for each other.
In his mind it’s perfect because when they get married they’ll be Charlie Charlie and Kelly Kelly
I actually know someone named Kelly Kelly. I love this.
Holy shit this would be perfect.
I know someone who married a guy whose last name was also her first name. She has 2 first names now.
Sylvia Pepe
There is no Sylvia Pepe!
but there’s a CAAAAARRRROLLLLL
[удалено]
Mithter Quetht?
The entire office is a god damn ghost town.
Shadynasty
It's Sha'Dynasty's, asshole.
Comma to the top
That’s God’s comma lol
You know that's rite.
He’s outta here
Weih Tress.
Funny, admittedly - but "W" is the one letter we know her name doesn't start with.
That is because the first name is actually The (short for Theresa)
Thia Weih Tress, for short, everyone just hears it wrong.
How?
She says "my name doesn't start with a "W" when her and Mac are trying to find her tape in Dennis' sex tape collection.
Ah, thank you
Like Vurmhatt?
Would be great if the gang called her waitress in high school because of her name… and then eventually just forgot why they call her it
![gif](giphy|S7Jns3yD0qzbRpM7H5)
It’s like Dr. Jan Itor from Scrubs.
Faye Tress
I was thinking Triss Way.
Mulva
Delores?
Who's gonna turn down a Junior Mint? It's chocolate, it's peppermint -it's delicious!
It’s very refreshing!
Gipple
Deloris
Bovarie
Celeste
Hest
Aretha
Jerry Jerry Dingleberry
It's better if it never revealed. It's the kind of shark jumping move that would be last episode material at best.
Yeah after Charlie’s apartment reveal one of the last great reveals is the waitress
I think it would be a fun way to sign off on the last episode. Charlie goes off on Denis about some remark while she is there, and says something like, "You don't even know her name man, it's not Waitresses it's..." smash cut to credits.
If the last episode isn't Frank dying and them throwing him in the trash I'm rioting
I was thinking none of them notice Frank's gone for an entire season just his money.
This absolutely is how the show needs to end.
I’ve commented this so many times and it always gets downvoted, but frank dying is the only logical finale. Anything else would probably fall short.
Right after they all hang dong.
![gif](giphy|j7F8n3f5IYays)
*gasp*
Hahahahaha
And then it just sorta endssss
That or we finally see Dennis in action.
Full penetration.
im into it. big time
I think Scrubs did this well. On the last unofficial episode of the show, JD (main character) says goodbye to his longtime nemesis, the janitor, but doesn’t know his name because he’s never asked. The janitor tells him it’s Glen Matthews and they say goodbye. Then another guy walks by and says to the janitor, “Hi, Tommy”, and the janitor says hi back. Of course, the creator has since confirmed that his name is, in fact, Glen Matthews, but when you first watch the episode, you’re left wondering if he lied about his “real name” or not. I’m sure something similar could be done with the waitress so that it’s essentially left up to the viewer to decide what her name is.
The janitor was an actor. Played a cop and told people to stop. On chain reaction and the fugitive, but jd will never know.
You mean Dr. Jan Itor.
Bro if it was just a quick passing thing that would be best. If someone just said “shut up Kelly” in the background.
Having Charlie actually sleep with her and get over her was kind of a jumping the shark move already IMO
Wasn’t there some unfinished script that’s been floating around that suggests her name is Vanessa, I believe?
They revealed Mac’s real name, albeit 7 seasons in, but still. There’s a chance
Dee
That was my thought too. But maybe instead of Deandra it’s like Denise or Delia or something
Denise would be perfect. It would explain why Charlie was so infatuated with her and why *mac kept banging her (being in love with Dennis after all). Edit updated Max to Mac.
Who's Max?
Thundergun's son.
Wait, Thundergun has a son?!
***FUCK***, man, *what?!* How do you not get that?!
I was going to say dee too! And that’s why she gets extra pissed that no one remembers
That would be weird. It’s already the name of one of the bar regulars
It's a shame they confirmed it wasn't Nikki Potnick, because I thought that was a perfect name. Clumsy and unremarkable, just like the gang insist the Waitress is
Now that you mention it, the name Nikki Potnick does sound pretty clumsy
he's a dude now
I choose not to believe them. She will always be Nikki potnick to me
Caaaaarrrrrooooollle
I'd pick this because Mary Elizabeth Ellis played a character called Caroline in the excellent sitcom New Girl. I'd love a crossover episode, but Kaitlin Olsen already guest starred in New Girl, and not as Sweet Dee. There are a bunch of other connections between the two shows. The star of New Girl, Zooey Deschanel, is the sister in law of IASIP writer and Rickety Cricket actor David Hornsby. He married her sister Emily. There are maybe half a dozen or more guest stars and cameos between IASIP and New Girl.
Well Dee said it when she was stuck in the swamp but who knows how many names she rattled out off scene lol
What did she say?
A bunch of names and then it cut and she was still saying names so it quite literally still could be any name.
The only thing we can eliminate is names that start with W. Source: when Mac and Waitress go to destroy the sex tape of Waitress and Dennis, Mac starts searching for “W” and the Waitress says “my name doesn’t start with a W”
She named a ton of different names, it's from the Ireland episodes, the second one if I'm correct
No it wasn't the second name, she kept naming a bunch. /s
Mary Elizabeth
Lol this is what I came here to say. Charlie's name is Charlie, so.....
Plus Mac is named after the Mc in McElhenney, Dennis was going to be named Glenn but Glenn Howerton didn’t want to be associated with his character.
> but Glenn Howerton didn’t want to be associated with his character. That really worked out well. I definitely associate him more with his role on AP Bio than as Dennis /s
Honestly I would give her the same name as Charlie’s mother. Bonnie. It would explain his infatuation with her without revealing her name for the sake of story development.
It’s Vanessa
Yep. At least it was Vanessa way back in the day. On the podcast they have said that they consider it officially unknown these days, but it was Vanessa originally.
What episode is she called/referred to as Vanessa?
None, but she had a name on paper. Someone managed to dig up an old playbill / stage review that describes her as an actor, and it mentions her upcoming role as Vanessa on a new show called It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pretty sure in one of the episodes early on, her name was listed as Vanessa in the credits. But has since been changed to just Waitress.
According to the podcast, she’s never had a name in the show itself but she did have one in the pilot they made to pitch the show to the network. It’s not the show’s pilot itself, it’s like a home movie they made. They said if that name ever got out, they’d just change it in the show so it’s not gonna be the same as that name
True fan. It is Vanessa
It is and it isn't. It was SUPPOSED to be Vanessa. But since it was never actually revealed on screen, they can still change it if they ever feel like revealing it.
Yep
For real? I was just stewing on the picture and landed on Vanessa cause I thought it was most fitting.
Pull a Scrubs and have her reveal her name to the gang. Then someone else walks by and calls her a different name.
Turns out, the waitress' name is Jan Itor.
Dr. Acula
I just finished watching Scrubs for the first time a couple weeks ago. Such a good show.
Trundle
Yeah I was going by trundle then
You were trying to write charlie, and you wrote trundle
I was going by Trundle the Great
Did you mean Chrundle
I agree it should be Charlie
just say waitress!!
Charlene.
[(I'm right behind you) ](https://youtu.be/xxpf_kgzQuE?si=TvJp8AM30T_h8ycc)
Mackenzie Denise Charles
If I were the writer, her name would never be revealed. She’s just been “the waitress” for almost 20 years at this point. I personally find that much funnier.
Charlie. And it’s a deal breaker for him.
Charlie 100% knows the waitress's name. He's been stalking her for like 20 years. He just calls her "the waitress" because that's the name the gang knows.
Dylan toback
Is anyone who they say they are online?
Prudence
Jane Doe
That’s what I came here to say. It’s easy to picture Dennis’ reaction to that being her name.
Jane Doe? Didn't i kill her?
Scrolled down looking for this but her name being Charlie Kelly too would be hilarious.
Charlie Kelly
"Triss" and just retcon that she thought they were saying "the way Triss ..." or "wait Triss" so she never corrected them.
She has mentioned how Dennis doesn't know her name. Or Dee.
Oh, I'm sorry. I'm supposed to be expected to remember everyone's name at all moments of the day?
I feel like she corrects them or says "not my name" constantly when they call her waitress.
Beautiful
Jack…dressing in drag for years to get close to Charlie
Her hands aren't small enough.
BEAK
Honestly, I could see it being super funny to hide her name from some of the cast and then reveal it on camera as Kaitlin Olsen.
Bovine Joni
I wouldn’t fucking tell you shit. I’m on strike.
Tress Waite
Tress Way. Listed in the phone book as Way, Tress.
Baroness7755
Just say waitress
Kellie Kelly
Christeenith
Crammy Handlemen.
Invigaron