History Characters / TheInterns

* CasualKink: Apparently, he likes being tied to his bed during sex; it was brought up twice, one time by himself.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: The stock punishments for screwing up are night shifts (which are unbearably boring), or forcing interns to do orderlies' duties (publicly), but when interns ''really'' screws up, Bykov comes up with something more creative, like forcing Phil to reenact an RPG in real life (complete with quests), or forcing Semyon to tell children the fairytales (with preexisting stories being forbidden, it should be new ones).

*** Phil Richards is [[FunnyAnimal "Filya" or "Fil'ka"]] (besides being one of the forms of his name, this is also the name of the (puppet) dog character from LongRunner Russian kids show, "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night,_Little_Ones! Good Night, Little Ones!]]").

** She is too empathic to become a good doctor. Why? Because good doctor should know when they may help and when they can't; attempts to help ''everyone'' would result in her not helping ''anyone'', because of lack of time and resources. [[ATragedyOfImpulsiveness It frequently results in her acting before thinking, with disastrous results]].

* TokenGoodTeammate: Sometimes to his detriment. He is nice and friendly, and is opposed to rules violations (both on interns' and on administration's side); [[HonorBeforeReason last one often gets either him or his friends into troubles]].

* NoNameGiven: "Ivanovich" is neither name nor surname, it's a [[UsefulNotes/{{patronymic}}. His actual name was never stated. The same applies to his colleague, [[TheGhost Mikhalych]].

* HeroesWantRedHeads: More than one main character felt attraction to her at one point or another.
** She is Semyon Lobanov's wife. After she eventually divorced him (long story short, it involved his unwillingness to have children, and, more importantly, him lying to her), he still managed to win her back, after working hard to re-earn her affection.
** Phil dated her for some time in 6h season before [[BetterAsFriends their breakup]] and her reunion with Semyon.
** In Bykov's [[ItsAWonderfulPlot dream about the future where he spent several years in coma]], Olga divorced Semyon... and married Gleb; though this one turns out to be [[AwfulWeddedLife unhappy marriage]].

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Her ex-boyfriend Levin is much smaller and [[BookWorm weaker]] than her.

* {{Foil}}: To Levin. Lobanov has [[BookDumb bad theoretical knowledge]], but some actual experience (though sometimes he [[KnowNothingKnowItAll overestimates it]], while Levin [[BookWorm is well-educated]], but [[TooCleverByHalf overestimates his ability to apply this knowledge on practice]]. Semyon prefers to deal with problems with [[BigGuy brute force]]; Boris prefers to deal with problems with [[NonActionGuy his intelligence]]. Lobanov is [[HairTriggerTemper very hot-tempered]], while Levin ([[BewareTheQuietOnes usually]]) would try to [[ExtremeDoormat ignore whatever abuse he suffered]].

* FatalFlaw: {{Pride}}. Levin ''is'' smart, but is too haughty to admit being in wrong, or to recognise that his "science career" is not the most important thing in the world, or that he still has much to learn, even from "inferior" humans around him.
* {{Foil}}: To Lobanov. Lobanov has [[BookDumb bad theoretical knowledge]], but some actual experience (though sometimes he [[KnowNothingKnowItAll overestimates it]]), while Levin [[BookWorm is well-educated]], but [[TooCleverByHalf overestimates his ability to apply this knowledge on practice]], and [[NoSocialSkills has zero understanding of how interact with other people]]. Semyon prefers to deal with problems with [[BigGuy brute force]]; Boris prefers to deal with problems with [[NonActionGuy his intelligence]]. Lobanov is [[HairTriggerTemper very hot-tempered]], while Levin ([[BewareTheQuietOnes usually]]) would try to [[ExtremeDoormat ignore whatever abuse he suffers]].

* ForScience: Boris as shades of this.
** In the second episode, when he (due to his stupidity) "guessed" that his patient has "some new disease", he tried to cut up her head to take sample of her brain for testing. He was only prevented from doing this by Bykov.
** One of the episodes shows him being a little too enthusiastic about cutting up some lab rats for his experiments; Levin's behaviour borders on MadScientist in those scenes. The rats gets protected by Lyuba, who finds them cute.

* InsufferableGenius: Levin just ''has'' to point out his superiority to everyone, wether it matters or not (and wether he really has it [[TooCleverByHalf or not]]). He also has a bad habit of calling Semyon [[BerserkButton stupid]], which '''always''' backfires. He even acted this way to his girlfriend, Lyuba (which contributed to their breakup). He somehow became ''worse'' after his return in the final season.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk:
** His history with Lyuba shows that Levin never changes, no matter how many chances he receives:

* PutOnABus: He departs to USA in the end of season 3, until [[BackForTheFinale the very last season]].

* TooCleverByHalf: He has the best education amongst original interns and [[InsufferableGenius would not miss an opportunity to rub this into their face]], but when it comes to apply his knowledge on practise, sometimes commits the really idiotic mistakes, which not even [[BookDumb Lobanov]] would do (wether medicine-related or not). He also can't just understand that telling Lobanov that [[BerserkButton he is stupid]] is not the smartest idea (no, attempt to hide it behind SesquipedalianLoquaciousness would not work), despite it backfired every. Single. Time.

* ExtremeDoormat: Varya has troubles with saying say "no" when she's treated aggressively, or [[PoorCommunicationKills with even trying to argue when she gets interrupted, even if she's in the middle of saying something crucial]]. She gradually dealt with this in her later episodes, at least for the most part.

** Varya is virtually spineless, breaking at first pressure. Doctor, ''especially'' a Russian doctor, should be a fighter, fighting to protect their patients to the last drop of blood. If you can be broken by insults, or loud yelling, or simple [[AnnoyingPatient refusal to cooperate]], you're unlikely to stick around for long.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Varya has extreme problems with revealing crucial information in time. The worst case was her FakePregnancy from season 5, when she spent several episodes withholding the truth from Gleb (who thought she was pregnant from him) just because she felt too awkward to discuss this, despite almost everyone being already aware and trying to persuade her to do the right thing for once. Instead, she wasted time to the point when Gleb nearly ruined his friendship ''with everyone'' because they started boycotting her, and once she revealed everything, he instantly dumped her, this time forever.

* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: She's overly emotional and emphatic, and this constantly interferes with her work. She often panics and acts before realising that her actions are either suboptimal or unnecessary at all; and she tends to believe in any sufficiently sob story, being it true or not ([[BlatantLies mostly not, rather obvious at that]]). This is actually what Bykov stated as the main reason why he does not considers her to be fit for being a doctor: good doctor must have hot heart, but cold head.

* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: Whenever he tries to press his standards (moral or otherwise) on his friends and colleagues, his position is ''always'' proves to be wrong in the end, though specific reason may vary; most often it would be due to [[HonorBeforeReason him not realising how easy he may ruin his friends' life due to stubborn adherence to the law]].

* TokenGoodTeammate: Sometimes to his detriment. He is nice and friendly, and is opposed to rules violations (both on interns' and on administration's side); [[HonorBeforeReason last one often gets either him or his friends in problems]].

Phil's ex-girlfriend. She remained in USA when he moved to Russia, and later dumped him, in rather ugly way.

* ClosetKey: During Phil's visit to USA with his then-girlfriend Katia, Jess managed to seduce Katia, who until then was a homophobe. Phil busted them together (in his own bed, no less); knowing [[{{Jerkass}} Jess]], it may or may not be intentional, to hurt Phil even more.

* {{Jerkass}}: She and Phil made an oath of fidelity. She broke it after a couple of months of his absence, dumped him via Facebook, made photos with her new boyfriend in her and Phil's "special place" (being perfectly aware that he would see it), and the next day made a post in Twitter about how she had "her first orgasm in life" (which just can't be anything else but [[KickTheDog direct mockery of Phil]]); by contrast, it took Phil two years of romancing her before they had sex for a first time, indicating that she likely never loved him to begin with. Phil was deeply harmed by her betrayal. Much later, she also steals his new girlfriend, likely also intentionally, as it happened right in Phil's house.

* CatchPhrase: "[[GoshDangItToHeck Edrit-Madrid!]]", which may be used in almost any context, from her being surprised to her being angry.

* FatComicRelief: When Pasha receives any role in the plot, it most likely would be for comedy, being something ''certainly'' not fitting him (him and Pyotr being called "atlantes" during Bykov's roleplay; Pasha accidentally getting into list of attractive suitors and being removed after expressing extreme surprise; etc).

* GossipyHens: With Lyuba. When she starts calling them, it's a clear signal that she wants to start another rumour.

* BenevolentBoss: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While still prone to exploit Semyon at times, he is much nicer than Bykov and at least would not treat you like dirt... openly. He also provides him with more freedom, while Bykov was compared to a slaver at several occasions, [[CardCarryingJerkass including by Bykov himself]].
* InSeriesNickname: Colleagues calls him "the Beard" since the time when he spend a year without shaving as part of a bet.

* TheAlcoholic: There're two loves in his life -- Lyuba, and vodka. In fact, this is how he met Lyuba the first time: he once stole some medical alcohol, for which she was punished. Not exactly a good first impression, which he only made worse by his other characteristics.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: He disappears without a trace mid-series. Much later, there would be mentioned another alcoholic electrician, but he wouldn't appear on-screen, and would be named differently.
* DrinkingOnDuty: And sometimes ''instead of'' duty. Despite that, he still manages to make things work (without injuring himself or others).
* NoNameGiven: "Ivanovich" is neither name nor surname, its [[UsefulNotes/{{patronymic}}. His actual name was never stated. The same applies to his colleague, [[TheGhost Mikhalych]].
* ThePollyanna: He's always kind and optimistic; combined with his other traits, this makes him even more irritating, since he never bothers to acknowledge his mistakes, or even try to change himself -- why, if everything is fine and great?

* ImmodestOrgasm: She's very loud in bed -- so loud, it gets mistaken for murder once.
* PutOnABus: In the end of season 6, Lobanov told to Lyuba about her [[ImmodestOrgasm being loud in bed]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it was complicated; lets just say, he had a reason]]), which not only enraged Irina to no end, but most likely forced her to quit working in this hospital altogether, because Lyuba [[GossipyHens revealed]] this to ''everyone'', and she became the resident laughing stock.
* RomanticFalseLead: She was Lobanov's temporal LoveInterest after his breakup with Olga, but once she returned, Semyon quickly realised that he no longer loves Irina, and dumped her to try and win [[OldFlame Olga]] back.

* BeYourself: He actually likes "natural" Varya much more than her attempts to be "special" for him. In fact, this may be a reason why he chose her after several "special" girls in a row.

* NiceGuy: Unlike Gleb, he never acts like jerk to Varya.

* IdenticalTwinMistake: They gets mistaken for each other nearly every single time they appears on screen, due to them looking and acting completely similar, and making no attempts to make distinguishing them any easier.

* AlcoholicDad: {{Implied|Trope}} to be the real reason why his wife [[HenpeckedHusband restricts his freedom so much]]. Even when he described his personal life (with [[UnreliableExpositor heavy self-bias]]), it was rather clear that most of the times when he was forbidden to leave, it was in one way or another related to alcohol, and ''very first thing'' he did when he attended the hospital to "check up" was to ask Semyon to find some alcohol. Additionally, he's Olga's father.
* TheGhost: While he was introduced in one of earlier episodes, it took him until season 9 to [[UnseenNoMore appear in person]].
* HenpeckedHusband: He can't go anywhere without his wife's permission (and with her being presented). [[TheAlcoholic This is actually for his own good]]. He also has has little saying in how things gets done in their family, being forced to obey his wife's decisions.

* BackForTheFinale: After being absent for almost entire series, she returns in the final season.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Alisa acts a lot like Bykov... when he was young, enthusiastic and talkative. And now she wants to become doctor, like him, so she decided to spend some time with him to learn on practice. She changed her mind when she had seen just what this work had done with her father (who's spirit [[EmptyShell was almost burned out due to all this stress]]), and leaved back to her mother, fearing that she can repeat his fate.
* OfficialCouple: She finally sticks with Gleb in the final episode.
* PutOnABus: After just seven episodes, she decides to return to her mother. She wouldn't return till final season.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With her father, Andrey Bykov; he is pragmatic, cynical and rather cold (unless you provoke him), she is energetic, optimistic and enthusiastic.

* BoyfriendBlockingDad: He was not amused when he found out about his daughter's relationship with Romanenko, and tried to separate them, firstly by force, and then by trying to find ''any'' evidence that Gleb isn't trustworthy. Through spy gear, no less.
* ControlFreak: His daughter Sophia lives under strict routine with no place for personal life, only for education. This backfires when she goes to Moscow, with relative freedom, since she takes every opportunity to try something previously forbidden, wether it's safe or not. Even then, he forces her to regularly call him, and when he learns about her being in relationship with Gleb ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero from Gleb himself]]), he arrives in Moscow the very next day and tries to take her away by force. When it fails (Gleb suddenly proposed to Sophia, rendering him unable to do it anymore and save face), he tries to blackmail Kupitman into acting like a spy for him to find something which would put Gleb in bad light, for which he actually obtained some spy gear (presumably it belonged to his grandfather, who actually worked for KGB).
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Paranoia and love for conspiracies is certainly family trait. His grandfather was a KGB agent, Yakov is a paranoidal KnightTemplarParent, and Sophia is cold, ruthless ClingyJealousGirl who always expects rivals in people around her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: He isn't exactly most sympathetic character out there, but his belief that Sophia isn't mature enough to live by herself isn't all that wrong -- because he is the cause of the problem. Whenever she's free to do as she wants, she does something reckless or downright dangerous, because she never developed survival instincts or basic common sense, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard always looking at her father for approval]]. She proves him deadly right soon afterwards when she decides to dump Gleb so she may live free, without needs to worry about things like "family" (only to soon realise that she can't do so without income or place to live, and return to Kirov).

* TheGhost: While she was mentioned in several episodes (mainly being important for Gleb's plots), it took her until season 7 to appear in person. After reappearing several times, she returned to offscreen existence again.

* ClosetKey: During Phil's visit to USA with his then-girlfriend Katia, Jess managed to seduce Katia, who was presumably a homophobe. Phil busted them together; knowing Jess, it may or may not be intentional.

* {{Jerkass}}: She and Phil made an oath of fidelity. She broke it after a couple of months of his absence, dumped him via Facebook, made photos with her new boyfriend in her and Phil's "special place" (being perfectly aware that he would see it), and the next day made a post in Twitter about how she had "her first orgasm in life" (which just can't be anything else but [[KickTheDog direct mockery of Phil]]); by contrast, it took Phil two years of romancing her before they had sex for a first time. Phil was deeply harmed by her betrayal.

* ChekhovsGunman: Bykov started calling him long before he became of any importance to the plot (or even the source of any comedic situation).

* GodzillaThreshold: Bykov considers calling him to be the nuclear option, especially for something so minor as Lobanov and his problems, but he did call him anyway since they have no other way to help him.

* PutOnABus: After spending some time being Bykov's rival, he gives up, realising that Kisegach still loves Bykov, and leaves both their life -- and the series. He briefly reappears in the season 9, and disappears completely afterwards.
* TheRival: Briefly become Bykov's competitor for Kisegach's attention, though their confrontation only occurs at the last episode before he [[PutOnABus leaves]].
* RomanticFalseLead: He dated Kisegach during her brief breakup with Bykov in seasons 4–5. Bykov didn't consider him to be a serious threat right from the start, and was proven right, because Kisegach dumped him all by herself.

Other candidates for internship in season 10, who (unlike many others) survived the casting long enough to at least reveal their names.

* FlatCharacter: Sergey and Kirill received very little characterisation before being kicked out of the competition. Zhanna and Vakhtang didn't get even that.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Sergei, Kirill and Zhanna were obviously meant to remind about Boris Levin, Semyon Lobanov and Varya Chernous, respectively (with Gleb Romanenko's analogue being Maxim, who was also presented) on their very first day in the hospital. Sergei even acted like Levin... which costed him his chance at internship, because this time Bykov could afford kicking out a boring complainer.

* TooCleverByHalf: Sergey was smartest one amongst interns presented during Bykov's FoxChickenGrainPuzzle, but it did him little good, because the actual test involved sense of humour and outside-of-the-box thinking, while he considered himself above participating in something like this. Instead, he started arguing with Bykov over "illogical rules"... and was predictably disqualified, because Bykov can't work with someone so boring.

* DirtyHarriet: To collect materials about prostitutes for a new article, she pretended to be a prostitute herself (it's the only way to earn their trust and gather the information she needs), which is how Timur hires her when needs someone for one night-stand with Phil. She took precautions in case someone would actually try to force her into sex, taking a shocker, a pepper spray and a switchblade; she didn't need those with Phil, because she actually liked him.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Phil wanted to cure her from her homophobia, so when he went to visit his parents back in USA, she went with him. It resulted in her cheating on Phil with Jessica, Phil's first girlfriend.
* MistakenForProstitute: She was hired by Timur and Polina, who were desperate to find ''any'' woman willing to sleep with Phil, not knowing that it's [[DirtyHarriet merely a disguise she needs to make a scoop]]. When Katia actually started ''dating'' Phil, they decided that it went too far, and tried to break them up, forcing her to finally reveal the truth to Phil. Phil reacted as well as expected when he heard about his friends' original plan.
* NobleBigot: While generally a good woman who genuinely loves Phil, she has troubles accepting homosexuality as something normal due to her cultural upbringing. But, realising that if Phil's parents managed to raise him so well, there's ''must'' be something good in them, she decided to put away her prejudice and learn them better as people, not "gays". Due to Phil's usual terrible luck, it accidentally resulted in her cheating on him... with a woman.