My Growing Pains

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My Growing Pains

Directed by Zach Braff Written by Mike Schwartz Air Date - November 29, 2007 on Transcript - Images Watch this episode! DVD • iTunes • Syndication

Season Seven Episodes : My Own Worst Enemy My Hard Labor My Inconvenient Truth My Identity Crisis My Growing Pains My Number One Doctor My Bad Too My Manhood My Dumb Luck My Waste of Time My Princess    Episodes: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 w • 9

“Well, it's like last year when the safety break failed on Enid's wheelchair and she started rolling towards our pool. I told myself, "Bob, it's already too late to stop it, so you might as well sit back and enjoy it".”— Dr. Kelso

Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Plot Points 2 Recurring Themes 2.1 Fantasies 2.2 Flashback 2.3 Janitor story 2.4 Episode Running Gags 3 Guest Stars 4 Music 5 Quotes 6 Trivia 7 Images

[edit] Synopsis

When J.D. and Turk take a trip down memory lane to their first prank together while planning another, Dr. Cox tells J.D. that he has to "grow up" due to his new responsibilities of fatherhood. J.D. tells Turk that they need to act their age, and Turk tries to convince J.D. that he doesn't need to completely lose his inner child. At the same time, Dr. Cox tries to make Jack grow up by refusing to talk to him in a "funny voice" that entertains him. Meanwhile, Dr. Cox has a 10-year-old patient, Josh Winston, who is diagnosed with leukemia. He has to deal with the child's parents, who want to keep the condition a secret from Josh. Dr. Cox goes ahead and tells Josh without his parents' consent; when he announces his deed triumphantly to Carla, she insists that he "just doesn't get it". At the same time, Turk tortures J.D. by trying to get him to play some of their childish games, like Find the Saltine.

At the end of the episode, J.D. and Dr. Cox confront Turk and Carla in a "tag team" battle. Carla says that Dr. Cox has no right to deny Josh his childhood by forcing him to deal with such a terrible disease, saying that Dr. Cox's own lost childhood is not a justifiable excuse. Turk also manages to make J.D. realize that his new responsibilities do not necessarily preclude his individual expression; according to Turk, there is no reason for J.D. to "change who he is." The episode ends with J.D. and Turk playing at "World's Most Giant Black Doctor", asking people to sign a petition to make the hospital more giant-accessible, while Dr. Cox talks to Jack using the "funny voice" over a webcam.

Meanwhile, it's Dr. Kelso's birthday, he tells Elliot he's turning fifty-eight; however Carla and Ted reveal that he's been saying the same thing for years. Elliot enlists the Janitor and Ted's help to find out Kelso's real age. After several bizarre ideas, the Janitor and Elliot just break into the personnel files. They find that he is in fact sixty-five, and throw him a surprise birthday party. However, a board member later approaches Kelso in his office, saying that sixty-five is the hospital's standard retirement age for administrators and that Kelso will have to step down. Kelso reluctantly agrees, asking only that the search for his replacement be kept a secret.

[edit] Plot Points

• J.D. and Turk take a trip down memory lane to their first prank together.
• Dr. Kelso's true age is revealed.
• Dr. Cox has a 10-year-old patient, Josh Winston, who is diagnosed with leukemia.
• Hooch is being followed around all day by Rex and three interns (all of whom don't know he is crazy).

[edit] Recurring Themes

[edit] Fantasies

• J.D. tries to imagine what Sam's fantasies are like. He fantasizes about all the men of Sacred Heart having breasts for Sam to feed off.

[edit] Flashback

• Turk and J.D.'s second day of college: The pair, along with Ricky (A.K.A. Caramel Bear), pull a prank with disastrous consequences.

[edit] Janitor story

Janitor helps Elliot break into the personnel files to find out Kelso's real age. He reluctantly gives Kelso his power drill as a birthday gift, before claiming the drill Ted got Kelso for himself.

[edit] Episode Running Gags

• When Carla and Turk are "tag teaming" on J.D. and Dr. Cox, J.D. and Cox speak simultaneously.

[edit] Guest Stars

• Phill Lewis as Hooch
• Efren Ramirez as Ricky
• Sterling Beaumon as Josh Winston
• Aaron Ikeda as Rex
• Susan Leslie as Mrs. Winston
• Andrew Miller as Jack Cox
• Arthur Roberts as Board member
• Paul Webster as Mr. Winston
• Shalina Waterman as Cute Nurse

[edit] Music

• "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team
• "The Man" by Pete Yorn

[edit] Quotes

“Jacky, you're getting a little too old for that now pal, you're 4. I mean people are actually starting to understand about a third of what you say.”— Dr. Cox

“I like lightning...(2/3 of a sentence of undecipherable nonsense)???”— Jack Cox

“Damn Izzy! You looking good girl”— J.D. as Sam

“Thank you Sam. You not only have a soft spot in your heart, but you got one in your head”— Turk as Izzy

“What do you say, we hit up a Wiggles concert, then go back to my crib, pop open a bottle of formula see what happens?”

“ Come here and taste this brown sugar. Taste. This. Brown. Sugar!”

“I wanna hit that, I wanna spank it good, I wanna hit that, I wanna give it to you!”— J.D. as Sam

“Anyways, when was the last time we did something "off the hook stupid".”— Turk

“Probably not since the second day of College, remember? When it wasn't just the two of us, it was the three of us.”— J.D.

“What has two thumbs, a funny voice and still doesn't give a crap. Bob Kelso. I added the funny voice to keep it fresh.”— Dr. Kelso

“Hey Carla, I got you some Kelso cake (it's delish)...and a dreidel.”— Dr. Cox

[edit] Trivia

• First appearance/knowledge of Ricky/Caramel Bear.
• The Janitor's personnel file says his name is Captain Billy Stinkwater and that he is half gopher.

[edit] Images

Sammy imagines Dr. Kelso with boobs...	...and Turk with boobs	"Bears for Life!"	J.D. and Turk prepare for a prank...
...and send Caramel bear to deliver it	"Hooch is crazy!"	Dr. Kelso's birthday party	A nurse gives Kelso a piece of cake
Josh Winston as a patient	A giant stethoscope...	...and giant clipboard...	...help create "The World's Most Giant Black Doctor"