John Dorian
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 | Portrayed by | Zach Braff |
| | First seen | My First Day |
| | Occupation | Doctor of Internal Medicine Residency Director |
| | Employer | St. Vincent's Hospital |
 | Ailment | Appendicitis (My Day Off) Vasovagal syncope (My Perspective) |
| | Relationship | Dating Elliot Reid |
| | Family | Barbara Dorian (mother) Dan Dorian (brother) Grandma Dorian (grandma) Sam Dorian (father) |
| | Children | Sam Perry Gilligan Dorian |
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- “A hospital can sometimes feel like a magical place, where people's hopes and dreams are often far from ordinary. Whether they're looking for brains, a heart, or courage. As for me, I was just gonna keep on following that yellow line and hope I'd eventually get back home.”— J.D. (My Way Home)
Dr. Jonathan Michael "J.D." Dorian is a doctor of medicine at St. Vincent's Hospital. He recently left Sacred Heart to move closer to his son Sam and is currently working as Residency Director at St. Vincent's.
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About
Dr. John Michael Dorian is the Residency Director at St. Vincent's Hospital. He claims that the reason he got into medicine was a high school teacher named Mr. Peters. At Sacred Heart Hospital, J.D. was an intern for one year, a resident for three years, and an attending for four years. At Sacred Heart J.D. has served in various positions and roles, besides practicing doctor. He served as (Co-)Chief Resident with Elliot Reid for his fourth year at Sacred Heart. He also worked as Staff Internist, from the end of his fourth year until his last day. He has not chosen his specialty, though he has narrowed his decision down to either Oncology or Radiology. J.D. is characterized as a legitimately good doctor, who honestly cares for his patients. (My Extra Mile) (My Number One Doctor)
J.D.'s parents are Sam Dorian and Barbara Dorian (nee Turner). He has one older brother, Dan. His parents expected a girl, and had no name prepared for a boy, so until he was 3, he was called Joanna. Sam and Barbara were divorced when J.D. was about seven years of age, and Barbara has married six times since. J.D.'s father died during J.D.'s employment at Sacred Heart. (My Cake) Other members of J.D.'s family are Grandma Dorian, Nana Hobbs and Great Aunt Judy.
J.D. is in his mid 30s and lives in an apartment with his girlfriend Elliot Reid. He previously lived with best friend Turk during college and for the first four years at Sacred Heart, and Elliot during the fifth and part of sixth years at the hospital. For a while he was in a relationship with Kim Briggs, who gave birth to his son, Sam Perry Gilligan Dorian. After Kim moved away with his son Sammy, J.D. started to realize that he loved his son. One weekend at Kim's apartment, J.D. decided to move so he would be closer to Sam. (My Cuz) While visiting Kim at her job to drop off Sam, he was offered Residency Director for St. Vincent's Hospital, which he took. Although his friends were upset by this decision, he felt fulfilling his role of father was the most important thing in his life. (My Chief Concern)
J.D. has several oddities about him, particularly his daydreams. He also narrates his own life. In his early years at Sacred Heart he drove a Volvo, but it burned on the side of the road while Turk was driving it. He drove a scooter named Sasha until it got gunned down by cops. J.D. currently drives a Toyota Prius that Dan gave him as a gift.
Character History
J.D.'s future
After J.D.'s final shift at Sacred Heart, his possible future is shown across a banner as a figment of his imagination. On his banner, he sees glimpses of his future which include...
- Getting married to Elliot.
- A pregnant Elliot.
- J.D. and Elliot with their new born child celebrating Christmas with the Turk's and the Cox's.
- Sammy announcing his engagement to Izzy to Turk and J.D.. (My Finale)
Relationships
Christopher Turk
Christopher Turk is J.D.'s best friend. The pair have been roommates since college and through several years at Sacred Heart. (My Perspective) There is never a lack of laughter or fun when the two are together, but they have had their off days. (My Bad Too) J.D. and Turk share many similar interests in games, movies, television, and music. Where Turk is athletic and suave, J.D. is nerdy and clumsy, but when they are together they get along fantastically. J.D. does get possessive of Turk at times, even bringing to question if they are a couple. In season 7, J.D. tells Turk that it not like they are a married couple. Turk tells him that they are married a little bit. J.D. says "I know, and I love it." J.D. has several nicknames for Turk, and has told him that he can't live without him. Turk and J.D. are also the proud co-owners of Rowdy, who holds a special place in their hearts. When J.D. announced he was leaving Sacred Heart, Turk got upset because the two had never been separated for more than a couple of weeks. (My Chief Concern)
Elliot Reid
J.D. and Elliot are deeply in love and are currently dating. On J.D.'s first day it is revealed that J.D. is extremely attracted to Elliot. However, her excessively competitive attitude prevents them from forming a relationship at this point. Due to his busy work he gets caught "in the friend zone." (My Best Friend's Mistake) However, the two begin a romantic relationship months later. (My Drug Buddy) In following weeks they realize that they do not work as a couple. (My Bed Banter & Beyond) The two break up, but become friends again with Turk's involvement. (My Heavy Meddle) However, it is eventually revealed by Jordan that Elliot still harbors feelings for J.D. (My Last Day) The two continue to harbor feelings for each other that flair up once and again, sometimes ending up in sex. (My Monster) (My Sex Buddy) When Elliot is dating someone else seriously, J.D. gets extremely jealous. (My Fault) But when she commits to him seriously again, he understands that he wants what he can't have; and now that he has Elliot he doesn't want her anymore. After a long period of anger, Elliot and J.D. become good friends again. (My Self-Examination) (My Common Enemy) The two temporarily live together, and when Elliot gets engaged to Keith he realizes their friendship has drifted far from what it was. (My Turf War)
J.D. struggles with his renewed feelings for Elliot, considering whether breaking up with her was the worst mistake of his life. (My Conventional Wisdom) After Elliot dumps Keith and Sammy is born, the two nearly share a kiss, but hardly talk about it for several months. (My Point of No Return) (My Princess) After being best friends again for some time, J.D. and Elliot began dating again, when Dr. Kelso noted, that they do everything a couple does, except have sex. They talk about their previous mistakes and finally come to the conclusion that it's actually a good idea to date again. (My Happy Place) Although they promised to not let drama get in the way of their happiness, Elliot needs for J.D. to confess his love for her. He reveals that she is his dream girl, and that he loves her more than he loves Turk. (My Soul on Fire, Part 2)
Perry Cox
Dr. Cox is J.D.'s reluctant mentor who only offers "tough love". (My Mentor) Dr. Cox verbally disrespects J.D. by calling him demeaning nicknames. However, Cox knows that he needs to be a role model for J.D., and throws in the occasional compliment to re-energize a sullen J.D.. As much as he doesn't admit it, it has been revealed that Cox respects J.D. as a doctor, heeds his advice, respects his opinion, and even cares about him as a person. (My Fallen Idol) The clingy and needy personality of J.D. and the dependent and masculine personality of Dr. Cox rarely jive, but because they share a common goal in their professions and sometimes a common enemy, they are brought together to be a good team. J.D. is so focused on being a part of Dr. Cox's life that he even got Jordan to name her second child Jennifer Dylan. (My Long Goodbye) He was almost Jennifer Dylan's godfather, though Dr. Cox prevented this by bargaining with Jordan. After Cox's promotion to Chief of Medicine, J.D. took up the job of the guy who nags him to get things done around the hospital, and is seemingly successful in these endeavors. (My New Role) (Their Story II) J.D. only finds out how his mentor honestly feels about him in (My Finale) when he gets Sunny to trick Dr Cox into telling her that he believes J.D. to be the best doctor to go through the hospital because of how much he cared, and that he was not only an extraordinary physician but also an extraordinary person; he saw him as a friend.
Janitor
J.D. and the Janitor always seem to be at odds, but the Janitor seems to almost always come out on top. At first, it seemed if as the Janitor was always gunning for J.D., ever since he believed J.D. jammed a door with a penny. (My First Day) The Janitor uses lies, pranks, and sometimes clever schemes to fool J.D., usually with the intention of making him look like a fool. No serious harm is ever done, but because J.D. is such an emotional person he lashes out in angry pouting yells. The Janitor has shown understanding to J.D. before, but only in rare cases. (My Way or the Highway) (My Cake) J.D. has successfully tricked the Janitor before, but in the end the Janitor always seems to have the last laugh. (My Own Personal Hell)
Carla Espinosa
Carla has been a friend and helping hand for J.D.. When J.D. was in his first year at Sacred Heart Carla taught him lessons about dealing with the pressures and people of the hospital. As he grew as a doctor, he realized that he was surpassing Carla's expertise, but to this day respects her for her many years at the hospital. (My Nickname). Carla trusts J.D., but often complains about how he and Turk can act so immature, and are sometimes more of a couple than her and Turk. Even though they shared one drunken kiss, Carla is one of the rare people in Sacred Heart that J.D. hasn't tried to or successfully slept with. However, they maintain a strong friendship and often the two of them go out together, and usually have a lot of fun. (My Moment of Un-Truth) (My Nickname)
Kim Briggs
J.D. and Kim Briggs were romantically involved, and had a child together. J.D. met Kim his fifth year at Sacred Heart. (My Urologist) The couple has a rocky start and the relationship is really put to the test when she reveals that she is pregnant. They debate about keeping the baby or not, but ultimately choose to keep it. After Kim moves to Tacoma for another job she reveals to J.D. that she had a miscarriage. (My Road to Nowhere) At a convention, J.D. runs into her and discovers that she was lying. (My Conventional Wisdom) The two decide it's best to make up for the sake of the child, and move in together and decide on a name for the child. (My Rabbit) (My Point of No Return) When Kim is giving birth to Sam, J.D. physically can't tell her that he loves her, and she ends the relationship once and for all. However, they remain on generally good terms and J.D. is fully involved as a father to Sam.(My Hard Labor)
Romantic involvements
- See Category:J.D.'s Romantic Partners for a list.
Even though he is very goofy and emotionally bizarre, J.D. is still human and longs for love and companionship. He has had many romantic involvements over his years at Sacred Heart, and most of them seem to end because he is afraid of commitment or the person he was into didn't turn out to be who he thought they were at all. Besides Elliot and Kim, J.D. has been involved with Jordan, Alex Hanson, Molly and Lisa, all employees of Sacred Heart. He has also been involved with patients and their family members, such as Jamie Moyer, Danni, and Neena. He uses his position as a doctor to attract those outside of the hospital as well, such as he did with Kylie. J.D. has also been on blind dates, such as with Julie Quinn.
Personality Profile
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Trivia
- The name John Dorian is based on John Doris, college friend of creator Bill Lawrence.
- Says he can't watch TV and eat at the same time.
- J.D. cannot talk and ride his scooter at the same time.
- J.D. has a collection of scarves.
- Once almost got married to a gay man who hung out on his Half-acre but then escaped and got arrested for running on to the stage where the Blue Man Group preformed whilst painted blue.
- J.D. has not yet actually "killed" a patient yet because as in J.D.'s imagination, none of his deceased patients blame him for their death, although they do mention that he "wasn't a great doctor" and was very nervous "like a little bird." In the same dream we learn that flapjacks are not allowed in Heaven and are presumably evil.
- J.D. was the mascot for his high school girls volleyball team where his costume was a bandana and half-shirt. on road games he wore spurs even though the team weren't the cowboys. The costume made him feel pretty. (My Last Words)
- J.D. says he didn't play sports in high school in My Last Words, but in My Jiggly Ball he says he was a gymnast in high school. However, he stops himself from revealing it to avoid getting insulted by Dr. Cox for it, which ties in with J.D.'s feminine personality.
- In nearly every episode in which a sports-related topic comes up, J.D. is clueless. Yet in My Blind Date he has knowledge of baseball tradition.
- J.D. doesn't like beer, but in My Mentor he goes to Dr. Cox's apartment with a six-pack of light beer. Also in My Lucky Charm it's mentioned that J.D. and Turk make their special "party ice" out of beer.
- J.D. thinks, that his beard in Season Eight makes him look like a young Kenny Loggins (My Jerks)
- J.D.'s 6th grade girlfriend's name was Olivia.
- J.D.'s right testicle is significantly larger than the left one. (My Transition)
- Many characters mock and ridicule J.D. for his daydreams, yet it is noted that in the His/Her/Their Story episodes as well as My Big Bird and My Full Moon, that the other characters have bizarre fantasies as well.
- When Kim and Elliot, are comparing J.D. and Sean's skills in bed, Kim state's that J.D. Is better at sex, but Sean is better at foreplay. Elliot disagree's saying J.D. is great at foreplay, he just takes the play part to Literaly. (My Cuz)
- Unwanted fantasies can be forced on J.D. through suggestion. (My Happy Place)
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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 | |||
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Dr. Todd Quinlan • Theodore Buckland, Esq. • Dr. Doug Murphy • Jordan Sullivan • Laverne Roberts RN • Dr. Keith Dudemeister | |||
| Recurring |
Dr. Walter Mickhead • Dr. Phillip Wen • Lloyd Slawski • Lonnie • Dr. Kim Briggs • Jack Cox • Crispin • Randall • Roy • Sean Kelly • Gloria • Leonard • Danni Sullivan • Lisa • Rex | |||
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Barbara Dorian • Dan Dorian • Grandma Dorian • John Dorian • Nana Hobbs • Rowdy • Stephen • Sam Dorian • Sam Perry Gilligan Dorian | ||||
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Dr. Bailey • Dave Benson • Mr. Bidwell • Mrs. Blitt • Frank Bober • Mr. Burski • Carla's mother • Darryl • Mike Davis • Jerry Donovan • John Dorian • Dr. Douglas • Will Forte • Dr. Franklyn • Dr. Greenberg • Mrs. Guerrero • Mr. Hoffner • Jared • Mr. Kavanaugh • Sean Kelly • Dr. Lamar • Meredith • David Morrison • Patient (My Bad) • Patient (My Old Man) • Patient (My Own Personal Jesus) • Patient (My Way or the Highway) • Mrs. Pratt • Mrs. Tanner • Jill Tracy • Aaron Simon • Mr. Sloane • Ben Sullivan • Jackie Wheeler • Mr. Winston • Mr. Yeager | ||||
