Denise Mahoney

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Dr. Denise Mahoney



	Portrayed by	Eliza Coupe
	First seen	Our Intern Class
	Occupation	Resident Physician Student Advisor Teaching Assistant
	Employer	New Sacred Heart Winston University
	Relationship	Seeing Drew
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“Denise, you're scary! Sure you seem cute at first but then you eat after midnight or get some water on you and then boom! You turn into this monster and I gotta throw you into the microwave and explode you!”— Turk (Our Drunk Friend)

Dr. Denise Mahoney is a resident physician at New Sacred Heart Hospital, and also student advisor and teaching assistant at Winston University.

About

Denise is extremely blunt and opinionated. She does not hesitate to tell people exactly what she thinks, and it is often not very nice. She has never been able to connect strongly to her emotions, even when she is with her family. She finds the scientific logistics of medicine extremely interesting, but does not like the human interaction. (My ABC's) When she is chosen by J.D. to be his pet intern, Denise does begin to make some small steps toward being a better people person, and is very angry when J.D. stops lecturing her on compassion as she doesn't want him to give up on her. (My ABC's) (My Cookie Pants)

Although Denise gives off a very secure and stoic impression, she is extremely self critical and her self esteem is lowered when she messes up on procedures and diagnoses. Sometimes she sleeps with men to combat this low self esteem. (My Chief Concern) Denise has slept with Derek. She helped Janitor convince J.D. that he should admit that he jammed a door on his first day with a penny, but broke character halfway through and revealed that she was blackmailed into doing it. (My Finale)

At Winston U, Denise is getting free room and board by being the student advisor. She doesn't care about the job and often says sarcastic things rather than inspiring the young minds. She also sits in on some classes as the T.A..

Character History

Season Eight & Scrubs: Interns

Season Nine

Relationships

Although Sunny hopes to be Denise's new best friend, Denise threatens to fight her and insults her in Sunny's video diary. (Our Intern Class) She doesn't seem to care if any other interns, doctors, or patients like her, so she is abrasive and sharp with them as well. J.D. doesn't like her for this. (My Jerks) When it comes to sexual partners, Denise prefers chubby guys because they "work harder," (My Last Words) and guys with low self esteem. She sleeps with Derek when his self esteem is crushed when he messed up during a routine procedure. (My Full Moon)

Drew Suffin

Denise and Drew are both extremely independent, which might explain their attraction. At first they only used each other for sex, but after J.D. and Turk convinced her, Denise reached out to try to connect to Drew as a person. He took some nudging by Dr. Kelso himself, but eventually they went out to a bar together to talk. (Our Drunk Friend)

Personality Profile

Likes

Guys with low self esteem (My Full Moon)
- Chubby guys (My Last Words) (Our Meeting with J.D.)
Starting sentences with "Seriously"
Massages from Jimmy the Overly-Touchy Orderly
"Bangin' dudes" (My ABC's)

Dislikes

Emotions
People

Nicknames

Sunshine (John Dorian) (My Jerks)
Jo (John Dorian) (My Jerks)
Chuckles (John Dorian) (My Last Words)
The Devil (George Valentine) (My Last Words)
Field Hockey ((crossref|Dr. Cox|9x4}}
Mayor of Crazy Town (John Dorian) (My Cookie Pants)
- Emperor of Crazy Town
Dude-Chick (Howie) (My Comedy Show)
Some girl who digs fat guys (Theodore Buckland) (My Absence)
Stick (Drew Suffin) (Our Drunk Friend)

Trivia

Denise has never met her mother. (My Comedy Show)
Eliza Coupe has a tattoo on her right elbow, which is why Denise always wears a long-sleeved undershirt.

Characters

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Dr. John "J.D." Dorian • Dr. Christopher Turk • Dr. Elliot Reid • Carla Espinosa RN • Dr. Robert Kelso • Dr. Perry Cox • Janitor • Dr. Denise Mahoney • Lucy Bennett • Drew Suffin • Cole Aaronson