History Characters / ScrubsMinorCharacters

* AbusiveParents: Not physically (As far as we know), but the two did a number on Elliot emotionally. With Simon being a distant and uncaring perfectionist, and Lily being a body-shaming bimbo who took any opportunity to destroy her self esteem. Turning Elliot in the basket of neuroses she is as an adult.

[[spoiler:Simon and Lily Reid]]

* OneDegreeOfSeparation: It just so happens that after five years Elliot's ex-boyfriend reappears and is now living with J.D.'s ex-girlfriend who is also the mother of J.D.'s child.

* ItsPronouncedTropay: His main shtick.

* JerkassHasAPoint: She's right that getting her fired from a job she moved her entire life over for, and technically performed well at, was sort of a dick move; as well that doing so was pointless because in all likelihood, they would just hire another jerk.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Nobody likes having her as Chief. Not that she cares.

* WhereTheWhiteWomenAt:His relationship with [[spoiler:Gloria]] is partly defined as this. "I love me some white meat!"

* AffluentAscetic: [[spoiler: He won a 5-million dollar settlement from the hospital when he lost his hand in the ice machine. Despite this, he still chooses to work as a security guard for some reason... probably because it's a good place to pick up "white meat".]]
* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: Gloria]] says at some point that her boyfriend is bi-curious and wants her to find partners for him, but this is a little bit before their relationship was revealed, so it may have been a different boyfriend.

* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: Sleeping with the elderly Gloria. She's later revealed to be carrying his twins.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He lost his hand trying to pull it out from an ice machine]].
* WhereTheWhiteWomenAt: His relationship with [[spoiler: Gloria]] is partly defined as this. "I love me some white meat!"

* PairTheSpares: Kim ends up with [[spoiler: Sean, Elliot's ex and J.D.'s 'nemesis.']] Elliot introduced them.

* DroppedABridgeOnHer: [[spoiler: She passes away between Seasons 8 and 9.]]

* GoodParents: Did the bulk of raising J.D. and Dan, and they both still adore her. Notably, J.D. still has her saved in his phone as "Mommy" and enthusiastically films a day in his life for her.

[[folder: Dr. Beardfacé]]

[[folder: Colonel Doctor]]

An older doctor who resembles the KFC mascot, Colonel Sanders, and is thus referred to as Colonel Doctor. [[spoiler: Also, he's Lloyd the Delivery Guy's dad.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Often hanging out with Dr. Beardface.

[[folder: Dr. Mickhead]]

[[folder: Paul Flowers]]

[[folder: Nick Murdoch]]

[[folder: Doug Townsend]]

[[folder: Lloyd the Delivery Guy]]

[[folder: Marco Espinosa]]

[[folder: Mrs. Espinosa]]

[[folder: Floating Head Doctor]]

[[folder: Dr. Acula]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Is almost exclusively seen wearing flip-flops when wearing shoes at all.

* ObsoleteMentor: Deconstructed. Townsend lacks the drive to keep up with medical advances, and relies on older, less safe, and less effective methods that he is familiar with from practice. J.D. is surprised and concerned when Townsend asks him to assist Townsend in one such procedure, and it almost leads to a bad outcome for the patient.

* RememberTheNewGuy: He only appears in "My Brother, My Keeper", yet is treated as if he's always been on the hospital's rotation.

* MoralityPet: For Dr. Kelso, to an extent. While his father is pretty openly homophobic and disappointed in his son's choices, he still supports him financially and goes from [[CharacterDevelopment hating that his son is gay to just wanting him to settle down with a guy who's actually good for him]].

* TheFundamentalist: {{Subverted}}; she's an evangelical Christian strong in those beliefs and she offers to pray with patients (only doing so when they enthusiastically want her to). But she doesn't try to force her brother or any of his coworkers into religion or seem particularly judgmental of other faiths or denominations. [note] She appears to be a Protestant evangelical, but has no problem with Jack being baptized Catholic. [/note]

* TheFundamentalist: {{Subverted}}; she's an evangelical Christian strong in those beliefs and she offers to pray with patients. But she doesn't try to force her brother or any of his coworkers into religion or seem particularly judgmental of other faiths or denominations.

--> ''"It's Beardfacé, dammit! Why do you people insist on calling me Beard Face?"

!!''Walter Mickhead (Creator/FrankEncarnacao))

!!''Paul Zeltzer (Creator/RobertClendenin)

* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's normally chill, even only giving a quick "Hey!" as correction when people get his title wrong; but when he thought Kelso called Keith the N-Word he was ready to fight his boss.

* CharacterDevelopment: Believe it or not; he goes from mimicking Snoop Dogg and bragging/asking about hoes; to acting as a more professional doctor and telling Josephine how he feels, entering a committed relationship.

* NWordPriveleges: Called Kelso a "punk-ass bitch" when he thought he said the word, though Kelso was just saying "nagger". He says they're cool after that.

!!'''Hooch''' (Creator/PhillLewis)

!!''Nurse Paul Flowers (Creator/RickShrodsr)

!!''Chet (Creator/JasonBaumgard)

!!''Nick Murdoch (Creator/SeanHayes)''

* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: When he finds out a 7-year-old patient is going to die no matter what he does, it breaks him. He quits being a doctor afterward, despite his potential, because he can't emotionally handle it.]]

* ExtremeDoormat: How J.D. percieves him, anyway; he fantasizes about Nick giving him instructions as he ''strangles him to death''.

* UnknownRival: J.D. sees him as a rival. He feeds answers at rounds for J.D. and tries to back out of a position when he finds out J.D. wants it.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Him quitting over a 7-year-old's terminal conditon shows us just how emotionally taxing beng a doctor is and makes it more impressive when our heroes make it.]]

The new Cheif of Medicine after Kelso retires.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Nobody likes having her as Cheif. Not that she cares.

* BarborshopQuartet: A lot of their music is in this style.

* SatteliteCharacter: The other three, to Ted.

* HandicapBadass: Only has one working hand, but is still a large, badass security guard.

!!'''Lloyd [[spoiler: Slawski]] (Creator/MikeSchwartz)

!!'''Sean Kelly (Creator/ScottFoley)

!!'''"Jack Cox'''

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sweet as can be, IF you don't cross her. J.D. called her turkey dry on Thanksgiving, she picked him up and shook him. She also takes on Marco in the wedding episode.

--> 'Kelso': ''I swear, you could line up a hundred gay men, Harrison would pick out the attention-starved, bi-polar ex-con every time.''

!!'''Baxter (Creator/KenJenkins's real life dog)

* VisciousGuardDog: Tore Ted's hamstring and likes to chase Enid around the yard. [[{{Jerkass}} Kelso]] encourages this behavior.

* UncattyResemblence: He and his owner are both ruthless, highly intelligent, and love to torment others.

!!'''Gloria (Creator/ChristinaMiles)

!!Boon(Tyler Poelle) and Josephine (Aseema Batra)

* ButtMonkey: In nearly all of their scenes, their being insulted due to Josephine's voice or their lack of experience, or are suffering physical misfortunes like being pelted with water balloons.

* ManipulativeBitch: She used Elliot to get Turk to give her an research opportunity and then took credit for a medical procedure that another intern did. Carla quickly discouraged this as soon as she saw it.

--> "You guys really want to know what I think? Let me start with [[AquiredSituationalNarcissismSyndrome you]], Martin Luther King? He changed the nation. Dial it down a notch. And [[NoSympathy you, way to have your husband's back.]] Way to represent for your man. I mean, the guy is obviously going through something. [[DrJerk And what type of sick, twisted, insecure person do you have to be to get your jollies off other people's misery?]] And finally, [[GreenEyedMonster my man.]] You know how excited I was when I found out that my new boss was a black surgeon? Finally a role model, right? [[BrokenPedestal Wrong]], because I don't want to become a [[ManChild giant bald seven-year-old]] who's obsessed with his best friend. So thanks everyone. [[SarcasmMode You guys have made these first few days very special.]]

* BeastialityIsDepraved: J.D. likes to make Rowdy hump his leg, and once practiced kissing with him; leading to rumors of beastiality.

A doctor who resembles the rapper Snoop Dogg. He likes hoes and commands respect, but also has a soft side.

* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: When he finds out a 7-year-old boy is gonna die, he quits being a doctor, despite his potential, because he can't emotionally handle it.]]

!!'''Dr. Doug Townsend (Creator/DickVanDyke)''

* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: His laziness. While Kelso is willing to go to conferences to learn new procedures, Townsend keeps using outdated ones that put patients at risk. Which is why his long-time friend Kelso fires him.]]
* LovedByAll: J.D. notes that support staff, attendings, and even Dr. Kelso all adore him.
* NiceGuy: Everybody's favorite doctor. [[spoiler: Also why it's so heartbreaking to see him go.]]
* OddFriendship: Lamphaded by J.D., who notes the oddest thing about him is his friendship with Kelso.
* RememberTheNewGuy?: He only appears in "My Brother, My Keeper", yet is treated as if he's always been on the hospital's rotation.

A highly gifted doctor who specializes in both internal medicine and surgery, but has crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder. An old friend/medical school classmate of Dr Cox.

* TheAce: A "Super Doc"...

* BrokenAce: J.D. finds him 2 hours after his shift, still washing his hands and crying.

* JackOfAllTrades: A medical doctor and a surgeon.
* LovedByAll: Barring him unintentionally making the guys mad, he doesn't receive the normal vitriolic treatment from the hospital staff.

* SuperOCD: It's actually portrayed more realistically than in most shows.

* ShipTease: A little bit with Elliot in "My Porcellin God".

!Regular and Visiting Doctors and Nurses

[[folder:Taylor Maddox]]
!!'''Doctor Talor Maddox (Creator/CourteneyCox)'''
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->''"Great, now I don't have to tell you each individually that, um... I don't give a rat's hairy ass. It's a huge time-saver. Thanks, gang."''

The new Cheif of Medicine after Kelso retires.

* AffablyEvil: Friendly, personable, and charming; and remorselessly greedy and selfish.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: One of her two rules is that all spiders need to die, not even letting them back outside; despite spiders being an important part of the ecosystem. She stomps on one screaming [[LargeHam "DIE! DIE! DIE!"]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not that she intentionally tries to hide it, but her genuinely friendly personality makes it difficult to tell she's black-hearted.
* DistaffCounterpart: Perry compares her to Kelso "but smart". Really, she's the inverse of Kelso; somebody who presents as nice but doesn't give a "rat's hairy ass" about her employees or patients.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She seems to genuinely love her daughter, at least.
* HypocriticalHumor: Only on a meta level; she says that "Cox" is a ridiculous name, [[ActorAllusion despite it being her actress's]].
* {{Jerkass}}: Her introduction episode is called "My Jerks". Even before her true nature is revealed, she insults a patient (calling him "fat, old, and ugly"); and she doesn't seem to even comprehend why Cox, Elliot, and J.D. care about patients with no insurance or money.
* JerkassHasAPoint: She's right that getting her fired from a job she moved her entire life over for, and technically performed well at, was sort of a dick move; as well that doing so was pointless because in all likelihood, they would just hire another jerk.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Unlike Dr. Kelso, she really just doesn't care about the patients beyond making a living.
* LackOfEmpathy: She doesn't care about the patients as people at all, and sees the hospital as purely a business for profit.
* PragmaticVillainy: She's not fond of J.D., but she fires the Janitor for tripping him, a reasonable thing to do considering if the Janitor's antics ended up hurting somebody the hospital could be sued.
* PunchclockVillain: In a weird twist, viewing her job in healthcare as simply a job and nothing more is what 'makes' her a villain.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: She won't let the doctors treat anybody without insurance, and makes sure not to allow for any exceptions.
* TheUnfettered: To the point she doesn't initially 'get' J.D. and Elliot's upsettedness about not being able to treat somebody.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Nobody likes having her as Cheif. Not that she cares.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dr. Beardfacé]]
!!'''Seymour Beardfacé (Creator/GeoffStevenson)'''
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--> ''"It's Beardfacé, dammit! Why do you people insist on calling me Beard Face?"

A veteran surgeon, who because of his name and beard has his name mispronounced as "Beard Face", much to his chagrin.
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[[folder: Nick Murdoch]]
!!''Nick Murdoch (Creator/SeanHayes)''

A fellow medical intern during J.D. and Elliot's first year.

* TheAce: Outshines J.D. in skill as a doctor and always has the right answer at rounds.
* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: When he finds out a 7-year-old boy is gonna die, he quits being a doctor, despite his potential, because he can't emotionally handle it.]]
* ChickMagnet: Elliot, Carla, and Laverne all blatantly check him out.
* ExtremeDoormat: How J.D. percieves him, anyway; he fantasizes about Nick giving him instructions as he ''strangles him to death''.
* FatalFlaw: His empathy, ironically. He's not able to emotionally distance himself at all from patients, which makes it [[spoiler: impossible for him to hack it in the profession despite his skill]].
* FemaleGaze: His ass is commented on by at least three different women.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: When he finds out his child patient is terminally ill. He doesn't recover from it.]]
* NiceGuy: One of the nicest in the show. He always puts other people first, and has a ton of compassion. Even J.D., who wants to hate him [[GreenEyedMonster out of jealousy]], can't bring himself to do it because the guy is genuinely too nice to hate.
* UnknownRival: J.D. sees him as a rival. He feeds answers at rounds for J.D. and tries to back out of a position when he finds out J.D. wants it.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Him quitting over a 7-year-old's terminal conditon shows us just how emotionally taxing beng a doctor is and makes it more impressive when our heroes make it.]]

[[folder: Doug Townsend]]
!!'''Dr. Doug Townsend (Creator/DickVanDyke)''

An older doctor who has a great rapport with everybody and is Dr. Kelso's best friend.

* CoolOldGuy: He's personable, friendly, and loved by everybody.
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: His laziness. While Kelso is willing to go to conferences to learn new procedures, Townsend keeps using outdated ones that put patients at risk. Which is why his long-time friend Kelso fires him.]]
* LovedByAll: J.D. notes that support staff, attendings, and even Dr. Kelso all adore him.
* NiceGuy: Everybody's favorite doctor. [[spoiler: Also why it's so heartbreaking to see him go.]]
* OddFriendship: Lamphaded by J.D., who notes the oddest thing about him is his friendship with Kelso.
* RememberTheNewGuy?: He only appears in "My Brother, My Keeper", yet is treated as if he's always been on the hospital's rotation.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kevin Casey]]
!!'''Dr. Kevin Casey (Creator/MichaelJFox)'''
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-> ''" Everyone's got their own burdens, J.D., and I'm not gonna be one of those people that dumps mine on somebody else."''

A highly gifted doctor who specializes in both internal medicine and surgery, but has crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder. An old friend/medical school classmate of Dr Cox.

* TheAce: A "Super Doc"...
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He shows up both Cox and Turk as doctors, who both [[GreenEyedMonster have egos big enough they want to take it out on him]].
* BrokenAce: J.D. finds him 2 hours after his shift, still washing his hands and crying.
* DisabilitySuperPower: His OCD caused him to read and re-read all the medical books he could multiple times, making it possible for him to specialize in different fields. J.D. even calls him a "Super Doc".
* InnocentlyInsensitive: He doesn't know that J.D. is seeking a mentor when he makes his comment about how guys who seek out mentors at his age are pathetic, but it hurts J.D.'s feelings. Same with showing up Cox and Turk.
* JackOfAllTrades: A medical doctor and a surgeon.
* LovedByAll: Barring him unintentionally making the guys mad, he doesn't receive the normal vitriolic treatment from the hospital staff.
* NiceGuy: Super personable and helpful to everyone in the hospital.
* ShipTease: A little bit with Elliot in "My Porcellin God".
* SuperOCD: It's actually portrayed more realistically than in most shows.
* UnknownRival: He doesn't know that Cox and Turk see him as somebody to be beat.

[[folder: Paul Flowers]]
!!''Nurse Paul Flowers (Creator/RickShrodsr)
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-->''"She's embarrassed because she's dating a nurse and I can't see why."''

A "murse" (male nurse) who goes out with Elliot in Season 2.

* ControlFreak: His only major flaw is that he tends to be bossy in his romantic relationships.
* HospitalHottie: Lampshaded by Elliot when some of the other doctors are teasing her. "Oh, please. You all wish you could bag a nurse."
* RealMenWearPink: He's a nurse with the last name "Flowers" who literally wears pink scrubs. He's also a confident, charming guy ready to stand up for his woman.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Is only involved in Elliot's storylines, and disappears after they break up.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Chet]]
!!''Chet (Creator/JasonBaumgard)
->''"Guys, how many times do I have to tell you? Stop wearing my coat!"''
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An extremely tall surgeon, who mostly exists for height jokes. J.D. steals his coat to play "World's Most Giant Doctor", something Chet doesn't appreciate.

* BitCharacter: Mostly exists for height jokes.
* ButtMonkey: Constantly has his coat stolen for J.D.'s "World's Most Giant Doctor" bit, and is berated by him for being bad at basketball.
* TheFaceless: He's so tall that his face is always out of shot.
* HiddenDepths: Was apparently close enough to Turk and/or Carla to be invited to their wedding.
* {{Irony}}: Despite being abnormally tall, he sucks at basketball.
* NiceGuy: Lends J.D. his scrubs in one episode.

!Other Hospital Employees
[[folder:Troy]]
!!'''Troy (Creator/JoeRose)'''
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-->''"Oh, your face is redder than a strawbrerry!"''

A cafeteria worker and the Janitor's NumberTwo for a time. Not too bright.

* AxeCrazy: His solutions to dealing with J.D. "Can't we just kill him?"
* BackForTheFinale: Stands with Randall in J.D.'s final fantasy.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Like the rest of the Janitor's original Brain Trust.
* CloudCuckooLander: Even [[EveryoneHasStandards the Janitor]] is bewildered by some of the things he says.
* HairTriggerTemper: While the Janitor believes in [[TranquilFury simmering in anger and]] [[BestServedCold taking time to plot complicated revenge]], Troy would rather go after anyone who pisses him off with a crowbar.
* HiddenDepths: He's a talented singer.
* {{Malaproper}}: He's been to the "librarry".
* ThoseTwoGuys: With the Janitor in the "riddle" plotlines; and with Randall as the Janitor's original team of lackeys.

[[folder:Randall]]
!!'''Randall Winston (Creator/MartinKlebba)'''
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->''"Well that's a real punch in the crotch!"''

A little person who becomes part of the janitorial staff at Sacred Heart.