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* DysfunctionalFamily: Turk lectures JD that just because you're a child of divorce doesn't mean you have the market cornered on family problems and gives him a run-down of the typical Turk family Thanksgiving, full of yelling and fighting... followed by genuine love and apologies. So go and apologize to your brother, JD.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: Turk lectures JD that just because you're a child of divorce doesn't mean you have the market cornered on family problems and gives him a run-down of the typical Turk family Thanksgiving, full of yelling and fighting... fighting and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick the bipolar aunt sticking her head in the oven]]... followed by genuine love and apologies.apologies because they're all going to be doing it again at Christmas.. So go and apologize to your brother, JD.
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* ShoutOut: Like the film ''Film/OBrotherWhereArtThou'', the title is a reference to the 1941 film, ''Film/SullivansTravels'', itself a reference to ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', in which a director of fluff comedies wants to make a serious film based on the fictional novel ''O Brother Where Art Thou''. The movie didn't immediately succeed, but [[VindicatedByCable became a classic over time]], earning it a couple of references.
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* GracefulLoser: Cox shakes Dan's hand and wishes him all the best after Dan tells him JD needs him to be a better mentor.
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* AccidentalPervert: Eliot tries phone sex with Sean, but she's uncomfortable about doing it in her apartment because she mistakes her neighbor's dog for a heavy breather. This is quickly followed by Eliot out in the woods struggling with a week signal and accidentally shouting "Your nipples, Sean! Your nipples!" in front of a boy scout troop.
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* AccidentalPervert: Eliot tries phone sex with Sean, but she's uncomfortable about doing it in her apartment because she mistakes her neighbor's dog for a heavy breather. This is quickly followed by Eliot out in the woods struggling with a week weak signal and accidentally shouting "Your nipples, Sean! Your nipples!" in front of a boy scout troop.
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* JerkassRealization: Dan recognizes he's been a pretty shitty older brother to JD, and asks Cox to do better.
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* JerkassRealization: Dan recognizes he's been a pretty shitty older brother to JD, and asks Cox to do better. Cox recognizes that Dan is right and makes a point of reminding JD that there are good things in their job and that they do get to help people.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dan rips Cox a new one over JD's cynical attitude.
-->'''Dan:''' I think you love the fact that these kids idolize you. Johnny does. Johnny was always the one in the family ''we knew'' was going someplace. Sweet kid. Smart kid. Becoming a doctor, this is all he ''ever'' wanted, yet somehow you've found a way to beat that out of him, haven't you, turn him into some kind of cynical guy who seems to despise what he does. [{{beat}}] [[JerkassRealization Doctor Cox, Johnny's never gonna look up to me. Ever.]] But he hangs on your every word, so I'm asking... I'm ''telling'' you. Take that responsibility seriously. Stop being such a hardass. Otherwise, you're gonna have to answer to me.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dan rips Cox a new one over JD's cynical attitude.
-->'''Dan:''' I think you love the fact that these kids idolize you. Johnny does. Johnny was always the one in the family ''we knew'' was going someplace. Sweet kid. Smart kid. Becoming a doctor, this is all he ''ever'' wanted, yet somehow you've found a way to beat that out of him, haven't you, turn him into some kind of cynical guy who seems to despise what he does. [{{beat}}] [[JerkassRealization Doctor Cox, Johnny's never gonna look up to me. Ever.]] But he hangs on your every word, so I'm asking... I'm ''telling'' you. Take that responsibility seriously. Stop being such a hardass. Otherwise, you're gonna have to answer to me.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Dan sticks around for a few hours so he can confront Cox without JD knowing.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Dan recognizes he's a shitty brother, while also saying that everyone could see JD was special and he's been jealous. He hates that JD is getting cynical and asks Cox to steer his kid brother on a better path... and Cox does.
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* HiddenDepths: Kelso recognizes that, yes, you ''can'' love someone enough to go the extra mile for them and allows Carla and Eliot to come back after catching them moonlighting. Then he has a heartfelt conversation on the phone with his darling, with whom occasionally he has sex and then the next morning a cold and silent breakfast, but he loves her... and it's his mistress, not Bunny.
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* BigBrotherMentor: Dan drives across the country to help JD. He doesn't do a very good job, not until the very end, but he follows through, talking to Cox and asking him to be a better mentor to his kid brother.
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* DysfunctionalFamily: Turk lectures JD that just because you're a child of divorce doesn't mean you have the market cornered on family problems and gives him a run-down of the typical Turk family Thanksgiving, full of yelling and fighting... followed by genuine love and apologies. So go and apologize to your brother, JD.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Cats hate Eliot. They attack her on sight.
* EnemyToAllLivingThings: Cats hate Eliot. They attack her on sight.
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* JerkassRealization: Dan recognizes he's been a pretty shitty older brother to JD, and asks Cox to do better.
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'''JD:''' Well, I'm sorry, dude, I just don't have time for Pickles right now. I've got three vegetables and a drug addict who's gonna tell me this time things'll be different then try and take my watch again. [watch is missing] Dammit!\\
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'''JD:''' [[TookALevelInCynic Well, I'm sorry, dude, I just don't have time for Pickles right now. I've got three vegetables and a drug addict who's gonna tell me this time things'll be different then try and take my watch again. [watch is missing] Dammit!\\Dammit! Can't we just put a pillow over his head and put him out of his misery?]]\\
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-->'''Dan:''' Now... that's just ''rude'' is what that is.
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-->'''Dan:''' Now... that's just ''rude'' is what that is.\\
'''JD:''' Well, I'm sorry, dude, I just don't have time for Pickles right now. I've got three vegetables and a drug addict who's gonna tell me this time things'll be different then try and take my watch again. [watch is missing] Dammit!\\
'''Dan:''' [long look around the hospital]
'''JD:''' Well, I'm sorry, dude, I just don't have time for Pickles right now. I've got three vegetables and a drug addict who's gonna tell me this time things'll be different then try and take my watch again. [watch is missing] Dammit!\\
'''Dan:''' [long look around the hospital]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Dan is shocked when JD describes a gomer as "an old person who takes up room in the hospital and doesn't have the decency to die.".
-->'''Dan:''' Now... that's just ''rude'' is what that is.
-->'''Dan:''' Now... that's just ''rude'' is what that is.
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* TruthInTelevision: Because they have no choice about where and how much they work, interns and residents are poorly paid and overworked, so moonlighting to make rent is common.
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* TruthInTelevision: Because they have no choice about where and how much they work, interns and residents are poorly paid and overworked, so moonlighting to make rent is common. Likewise with the disdain suffered by nurses.
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* TruthInTelevision: Because they have no choice about where and how much they work, interns and residents are poorly paid and overworked, so moonlighting to make rent is common.
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* AccidentalPervert: Eliot tries phone sex with Sean, but she's uncomfortable about doing it in her apartment because she mistakes her neighbor's dog for a heavy breather. This is quickly followed by Eliot out in the woods struggling with a week signal and accidentally shouting "Your nipples, Sean! Your nipples!" in front of a boy scout troop.
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* WhatTheHellHero: JD's brother shows up and calls him out for mocking his patients, then tears Cox a new one for his negative influence on JD.
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* WhatTheHellHero: JD's brother shows up and calls him out for mocking his patients, then tears Cox a new one for his negative influence on JD.JD.
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Dan decides to stay with J.D. for a while after their mom's new fiancée kicks him out, but after spending some quality time with him at the hospital, Dan isn't sure if he likes the cynical person his little brother has become.
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Dan decides to stay with J.D. for a while after their mom's new fiancée kicks him out, but after spending some quality time with him at the hospital, Dan isn't sure if he likes the cynical person his little brother has become.become.
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Boeber, previously seen as the elderly patient the interns went out of their way to help after his granddaughter showed up looking sad, comes back as a seriously demented patient who can only say "Pickles!". JD's brother, Dan, also shows up again.
* TookALevelInCynic: The episode opens with JD mocking a patient with dementia and Cox congratulating him for it.
* WhatTheHellHero: JD's brother shows up and calls him out for mocking his patients, then tears Cox a new one for his negative influence on JD.
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Boeber, previously seen as the elderly patient the interns went out of their way to help after his granddaughter showed up looking sad, comes back as a seriously demented patient who can only say "Pickles!". JD's brother, Dan, also shows up again.
* TookALevelInCynic: The episode opens with JD mocking a patient with dementia and Cox congratulating him for it.
* WhatTheHellHero: JD's brother shows up and calls him out for mocking his patients, then tears Cox a new one for his negative influence on JD.
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