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6Character Sheet for the ''Series/GreysAnatomy'' {{Verse}}.
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8Separate character pages:
9[[index]]
10* [[Characters/GreysAnatomyFormerMainCharacters Former Main Characters]]. [[note]]Derek Shepherd, Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens, George O'Malley, Preston Burke, '''Addison Montgomery''', Callie Torres, Mark Sloan, Lexie Grey, Erica Hahn, Arizona Robbins, April Kepner, Shane Ross, Stephanie Edwards, Leah Murphy, Nathan Riggs, Alex Karev[[/note]]
11* [[Characters/GreysAnatomySeasideHealthAndWellness Seaside Health and Wellness (Private Practice) Characters]]. [[note]]Naomi Bennett, Sam Bennett, Violet Turner, Charlotte King, Cooper Freedman, Sheldon Wallace, Jake Reilly, Dell Parker, Pete Wilder[[/note]]
12* [[Characters/GreysAnatomySFDStation19 Seattle Fire Department Station 19 Characters]].[[note]]Andy Herrera, Ben Warren, Jack Gibson, Vic Hughes, Ryan Tanner, Travis Montgomery, Dean Miller, Maya Bishop, Pruitt Herrera[[/note]]
13* [[Characters/GreysAnatomySupportingCharacters Supporting Characters]]. [[note]]Olivia Harper, Raj Sen, Joe, Denny Duquette, Finn Dandridge, Ava/Rebecca, Steve Mostow, Sadie Harris, Gary Clark, Charles Percy, Reed Adamson, Lucy Fields, Heather Brooks, Matthew Taylor, Nicole Herman, Isaac Cross, Penny Blake, Eliza Minnick, Sam Bello, Vik Roy[[/note]]
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18!!Grey Sloan Attendings
19
20[[folder:Miranda Bailey]]
21!!'''Dr. Miranda Bailey (Portrayed by Creator/ChandraWilson)'''
22!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S1-present); ''Private Practice'' (S2-3); ''The Video Game''; ''B-Team''; ''Station 19'' (S1)
23[[quoteright:233:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miranda_bailey.jpg]]
24Originally nicknamed "the Nazi" for her no-nonsense attitude, Bailey was gradually revealed to be NotSoAboveItAll. One of the few characters that every other character likes. Has a son, Tuck, by her husband Tucker.
25----
26* BlackAndNerdy: If we're to believe the descriptions of her as a teenager: she was part of the school band, was smart enough to tutor other students and has some knowledge of science fiction which she retains to this day.
27* BrutalHonesty:
28** To the point people ''expect'' her to lay TheReasonYouSuckSpeech lectures every time they do something wrong.
29** When Burke asks her in episode two what she really thinks of his character, Bailey says she isn't supposed to, since he is her superior. He tells her she can be completely honest for the next 30 seconds. She proceeds to totally tear him down, and when he tries to interrupt, she says she still has a few seconds left.
30* CharacterDevelopment: When she has a heart attack and calls Ben over to the hospital after originally trying to face it alone.
31* DeadpanSnarker: Nearly from her first appearance.
32--> "I have five rules. Memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up. I already hate you, that's not gonna change."
33* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: After she accidentally gives several patients a staph infection, leading to their deaths. It's discovered that the gloves mandated by the {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s at Pegasus Holdings were defective, but Bailey still takes it hard. ''Very'' hard.]]
34** [[spoiler:TheseHandsHaveKilled]]
35%%* HospitalHottie
36* {{Hypocrite}}: At the end of Season 15 she fires Meredith, Alex and Richard [[spoiler:when the first commits an insurance fraud and the other two cover for her]], while Bailey herself in Season 10 [[spoiler:treated a BubbleBoy against his parent's consent and this is not only illegal but also contrary to the Hippocratic Oath.]]
37* InSeriesNickname: In fact, she earned two nicknames.
38** She was once called "The Nazi", because she was the most severe doctor at the hospital. She didn't mind being called that, since she likes names that inspire terror. However, after her surgery on a racial supremacist (who had the Nazi swastika tattooed on his torso), she made it pretty clear that no one was allowed to call her that anymore.
39** Beginning season 9, she has a new nickname, radically different from her ancient one: [[spoiler:B.C.B, which stands for ''Booty Call Bailey''. She is ''not'' amused when she discovers it.]]
40* MamaBear: Toward her son, Tuck, along with her former interns.
41* MarriedToTheJob: Almost literally, after her divorce from her husband.
42* NotSoAboveItAll: In earlier seasons she was usually portrayed as the OnlySaneMan in a hospital full of relationship drama. Eventually Bailey got enough storylines that show that she can be just as quirky as any of the other characters. There's a very memorable scene of her plugging her nose and humming to the Scottish national anthem while high.
43* ParentalFavoritism: Played with. The interns are not actually her children, but she refers to them as such several times in later seasons, claiming to have raised them, and in season nine she admits to Grey she had a favorite among them: [[spoiler: George O'Malley]].
44* PlatonicLifePartners: Miranda will drop everything to help Richard (including operating in emergency on Adele, Richard's wife, on her wedding day), and Richard is very protective of her. Their relation is so strong that Adele actually wondered if Richard didn't cheat on her with Miranda. Also, in season 9, [[spoiler:Miranda takes it very hard when she believes Richard turned his back on her, something which pushed her even deeper into her massive HeroicBSOD]].
45* RunawayBride: [[spoiler:Was engaged to marry Ben. Didn't at first, because Adele came into the hospital, but eventually did.]]
46* SassyBlackWoman: Has her moments.
47* SecondLove: [[spoiler:With Dr. Ben Warren]].
48* TeamMom: To the interns, who she several times refers to as her "babies" or "children" ([[DeadpanSnarker no, not always in a good way]]) and to an extent to the whole known hospital staff. If they have a problem or need some advice, they usually go to her, even knowing they might get lectured.
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Richard Webber]]
52!!'''Dr. Richard Webber (Portrayed by Creator/JamesPickensJr)'''
53!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S1-present); ''Private Practice'' (S1-2); ''The Video Game''; ''B-Team''
54[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_23629_pm.png]]
55->''"Each of you comes here today a hopeful. Wanting in on the game. A month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors. Today, you are the doctors. The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life. You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you. Say hello to your competition. Eight of you will switch to an easier specialty. Five of you will crack under the pressure and two of your will be asked to leave. This is your starting line. This is your arena. How well you play? That's up to you."''
56
57The Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace, Dr. Webber is just as no-nonsense, and just as secretly-a-TeamDad, as Bailey is. A well-respected surgeon who has spent most of his career in Seattle, he also carried on a long-term affair with Meredith's mother Ellis, while his own wife Adele looked the other way. He is also the closest thing to a father figure Meredith has.
58----
59* TheAlcoholic: Recovering but fell off the wagon in season six, he gets better.
60* BadassTeacher: God help you if you ever threaten his hospital and his students.
61* CoolTeacher: Was one to Miranda during her internship, and the two of them developed a strong relationship based on mutual respect and actual friendship.
62* DaChief: Stepped down in season six [[spoiler:after falling off the wagon,]] and in season eight [[spoiler:to take the fall for Meredith after she tampers with Derek's clinical trial]].
63* HenpeckedHusband: There's very few people he's more straight up obedient towards than Adele.
64* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler: his daughter Maggie, the result of his affair with Ellis Grey]].
65* LoveTriangle: Between Adele and Ellis. Notable for being part of his {{Backstory}} and for having gone on for a ''very'' long time.
66* MarriedToTheJob: So much that it was one of the reasons he neglected his wife.
67%%* MentorArchetype
68* MissingMom: We learn in season 13 that his mother died of pancreatic cancer when he was 10.
69* MoralityPet: Meredith. As Derek notes, Richard is the picture of professionalism in all things regarding the hospital, ''except'' for when something concerns Meredith Grey.
70* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite being the TeamDad as well as DaChief, and being one of the characters who most gives the "life lectures" ''Grey's'' is so well-known for, Richard has several moments of this.
71** He has quite the competitive side, and has entered several silly skill disputes, such as with Cristina in an early season.
72** There is one instance where he helps Alex to pull off pranks on a male nurse who Alex really dislikes. He became quite more relaxed ever since he forwent his job as Chief of Surgery.
73-->'''Richard''' (to Alex, after catching him in the act of pulling pranks): You need to step up your game.
74%%* OlderAndWiser
75* ParentalSubstitute:
76** To Meredith. Having an affair with her mother and contributing to her broken childhood by means of BystanderSyndrome is a source of deep guilt to him, and he has a strong fatherly and protective instinct towards her. It takes Meredith a while to fully accept it.
77** To Jackson in later seasons, after marrying his mother Catherine. Interestingly, ''both'' Meredith and Jackson have desconstructed Richard's role as this in different occasions by reminding him that he is not their father, and Richard admitted as much, but reconstructed as their relationships still stand as this anyway.
78* PlatonicLifePartners: Miranda will drop everything to help Richard (including operating in emergency on Adele, Richard's wife, on her wedding day), and Richard is very protective of her. Their relation is so strong that Adele actually wondered if Richard didn't cheat on her with Miranda. Also, in season 9, [[spoiler:Miranda takes it very hard when she believes Richard turned his back on her, something which pushed her even deeper in her massive HeroicBSOD]].
79* RageBreakingPoint: When he visits a bar after that trades in visitors sobriety chips in exchange for free shots. [[spoiler: As a former alcoholic, he doesn't take it well. The bartender finds this out the hard way when he takes a bat and promptly smashes all the alcohol on tap.]]
80* TeamDad: Everyone will be on the receiving end of a fatherly, supportive lecture at one point or another. No exceptions. Jackson even tries to rebuke this during the aftermath of a bad fight with April.
81-->'''Jackson''': "Just...stop, okay? You're not my father."
82-->'''Webber''': "Well, I don't see anyone else around. Do you?"
83[[/folder]]
84
85[[folder:Owen Hunt]]
86!!'''Maj. Dr. Owen Hunt (Portrayed by Creator/KevinMcKidd)'''
87!!! Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S5-present); ''B-Team''
88[[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/owen_hunt.jpg]]
89 [[caption-width-right:265:"I learned in the Army that a leader is only as good as the people around him."]]
90->''"I am the chief of surgery and this is an order. Stab Dr. Robbins in the foot right now!"''
91
92A former CombatMedic who toured in Iraq, Hunt serves as Seattle Grace's foremost trauma surgeon. He has an aggressive, sometimes-unorthodox training style and a lot of confidence, which endeared him to Cristina. However, he wants children and she doesn't, which has proved to be a source of friction in the past.
93----
94* TheAtoner: For the plane crash, with a dose of trying to avert the BystanderSyndrome, after discovering that he signed off on changing the charter company contract without bothering to check the new company's safety records.
95* BabiesEverAfter: A recurring arc with Owen is that he wants children. However, both his wives Cristina and Amelia don't for different reasons (e.g. Cristina believes that children would stall her career while Amelia already had a child who passed away and she didn't want to go through that trauma again). In season 14, he starts the adoption process of a baby boy and also allows the baby's (teenaged) biological mother to live with him. Additionally, [[spoiler: Teddy comes back pregnant, likely with his child, at the end of the same season]].
96* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cristina and Owen did not talk about [[spoiler: the abortion]] ever since it happened, leading to suppressed emotions and Owen breaks in mid Season 8.
97* DaChief: Starting in the third episode of season eight.
98* DeclarationOfProtection: [[spoiler: Owen tells the shooter that if he touches Cristina, he will kill him. There are also other events where Owen saves and protects Cristina from harm.]]
99* HappilyMarried: ZigzaggedTrope. He and Cristina get married, but it only works out so well because he wants BabiesEverAfter and she doesn't. Then they become AmicableExes, and are arguably closer as exes than as spouses. Also, AmicableExes is his relationship with Amelia.
100* {{Hypocrite}}: He cheated on Cristina, but still, after Megan's return, deemed as stupid that the latter was ready to forgive Nathan for cheating on her.
101* TheMcCoy: To Cristina's [[TheSpock Spock]].
102%%* ThePerfectionist
103* PromotionToOpeningTitles: In season five, episode six.
104* SoleSurvivor: After his first appearance, he returned to Iraq, where his entire unit was slain.
105** ShellShockedVeteran: Suffered from PTSD upon his return. This was his major arc throughout season five.
106* StarCrossedLovers: Cristina and Owen love each other, but have faced countless obstacles in their relationship and break up every season [[spoiler: only to eventually they get back together again.]]
107* TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler:In Season Nine, in protest of the other characters' ten-minute retirements. His is even shorter than theirs, lasting less than an episode.]]
108* TraumaButton: [[spoiler: Wakes up strangling Cristina. His therapist later informs him it was likely because of her ceiling fan - the blades symbolic of the propellers on a helicopter.]]
109* WhatTheHellHero: Christina gives him this ''big time'' when he [[spoiler: holds her abortion over her head, then cheats on her with a woman at the bar...whose name he doesn't even know.]]
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:Teddy Altman]]
113!!'''Cmdr. Dr. Theodora "Teddy" Altman (Portrayed by Creator/KimRaver)'''
114!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S6-8, S14-present)
115[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_8341.png]]
116->''"Sometimes it takes a huge loss to remind you of who you care about the most. Sometimes you find yourself becoming stronger as a result; wiser, better equipped to deal with the next disaster that comes along. Sometimes, but not always. "''
117
118Theodora Altman is a friend of Owen's, having served as a trauma surgeon alongside him in the Army. Hired as a new head of cardiothoracic surgery and a mentor for Cristina, she initially saw Yang as a rival due to her own [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] feelings for Owen. Later she got involved with Henry Burton, an ill man with a rare disorder, and married him so that he could take advantage of her health insurance. This was really the only thing she did on the show, which might explain why Kim Raver did not accept a contract renewal when the option was offered her. Come season 14, Teddy is back for two story arcs: returning Megan Hunt to the States after being missing for many years, and also almost getting together with Owen. She returns in the finale [[spoiler:pregnant]] and gets offered the job as Chief of Surgery at Grey Sloan.
119----
120* ActionGirl: Prior to her first appearance, she was in the Army along with Owen.
121* AmicableExes: With Owen.
122* CitizenshipMarriage: To Henry, in order to get him a good medical care. Turned alright since they grew to love one another.
123* PutOnABus: After Raver decided to leave the show. She is fired by Owen in the Season Eight finale so she can take an awesome new post at Army Medical Command.
124* TheBusCameBack: In season 14 Owen goes to her attempting to start a relationship but she breaks it off after finding out he's only doing it because Amelia basically told him to, then she returns to the hospital in the season finale.
125[[/folder]]
126
127[[folder:Amelia Shepherd]]
128!!'''Dr. Amelia Shepherd''' (Portrayed by Creator/CaterinaScorsone)
129!!!Appears in ''Private Practice'' (S3-6); ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S7, S8, S10-present)
130[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amelia_4.jpg]]
131->''"I'm being a superhero. [...] There's a scientific study that shows that if you stand like this, in superhero pose, for just five minutes before a job interview or a big presentation or a really hard task, you will not only feel more confident, you will perform measurably better."''
132
133The youngest sister of Derek Shepherd, and also a neurosurgeon. Had some drug and alcohol problems that she has now recovered from, and formerly worked with Addison in LA before moving to Seattle. She took Derek's job as the Head of Neurosurgery.
134----
135* TheAlcoholic: Got better.
136* AmbiguouslyBi: Mentions having a crush on Carina Deluca to Teddy Altman and being jealous of Owen when she found Carina and him kissing.
137--> '''Amelia''': "The men I would have not have slept with... and the one woman I would have."
138** In season 18, she develops feelings for her nonbinary coworker Kai Bartley.
139* AlwaysSecondBest: Feels that way about her brother.
140* DarkAndTroubledPast: A former alcoholic, lost her fiancé to a drug overdose, and her baby son died less than an hour after his birth - most of that time spent in surgery, where his organs were harvested to save other babies.
141* DeathByIrony:
142** Her son was born without a brain (and dies quickly), she even says "My baby has no brain. ''No brain.'' I'm a damn neurosurgeon and my baby has no brain. I would say God has a sense of humor but [...] no god would do this."
143** She doesn't die herself, but does have a really big brain tumor for ''ten years'' that she completely missed. It's been affecting her judgement and receptiveness for ''her entire medical career''.
144* DynamicAkimbo: Uses the superhero pose to psych herself up first before starting the "impossible" surgery on Herman, and then before going in to have her own brain tumor operated on.
145* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her baby lived for 43 minutes.
146* {{Transplant}}: She first appeared in ''Private Practice'' before moving to ''Grey's'' after the show ended.
147* TraumaCongaLine: Just looking at season 5 of ''Private Practice'': Her friend with Huntington's asks her to assist in her suicide, the suicide attempt goes south resulting in a traumatic rush to the hospital. The friend survives, but Amelia spends the day thinking she caused the horrific death of someone she loves, far from the peaceful passing she'd promised her. Upon finding out she was alive, Amelia goes to visit her friend...only to find her body, having completed suicide on her own. This drives Amelia to relapse on drugs, where she meets her boyfriend, Ryan. They fall in love and get engaged during a bender. They decide to finally get clean and get married, but Ryan overdoses and dies during their "one last high" while Amelia sleeps next to him. She goes to rehab, gets clean, and finds out she's pregnant with her dead fiancee's child. Deep into the pregnancy, Amelia learns that her fetus doesn't have a brain and will not survive long after birth. Long past the point of legal abortion, she's forced to carry the baby to term and holds him in her arms for about a minute before he dies. Cue the tears.
148[[/folder]]
149
150[[folder:Jo Wilson]]
151!!'''Dr. Josephine "Jo" Wilson/[[spoiler:Brooke Stadler]]''' (Portrayed by Creator/CamillaLuddington)
152!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S9-present)
153[[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jo_wilson.jpg]]
154One of a new crop of interns introduced in Season 9 and PromotedToOpeningTitles in Season 10, Jo seems to have it all together, with Alex mockingly calling her "Princess." But this is ''Grey's Anatomy'', of ''course'' she has a DarkAndTroubledPast.
155----
156* ChildByRape: [[spoiler: It's revealed Jo is this.]]
157* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Her former husband used to beat her and almost killed her. She changed her name so he couldn't find her. And before that, she was abandoned as a baby, went through several foster homes, and once lived out of her car as a teenager. She later tracks down her biological mother, only to learn that she was a ChildByRape that eventually led to the woman giving her up.]]
158* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Benefits from it at one point, with at least one LampshadeHanging / {{deconstruction}} behind her back.
159* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Jo suffers from PTSD after the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband, when she attacked Jason Myers and put him in the hospital it was likely an adrenaline rush 'fight or flight' reaction she could not control. She said he 'grabbed her'.]]
160* InUniverseNickname: Cristina calls her "Ponytail." Alex calls her "Princess."
161* LikeBrotherAndSister: with Alex.
162** WillTheyOrWontThey: ...until it isn't.
163%%*** ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe
164* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: Was formerly married to someone she's running from, who may be still trying to find her. And "Josephine Wilson" is not her real name.]]
165* ParentalAbandonment: Was abandoned by her mother when she was 6 weeks old, bounced around foster homes until she started living out of her car aged 16.
166* PromotedToOpeningTitles: In Season 10.
167* TheApprentice: Eventually becomes this to Meredith, especially in season 14.
168[[/folder]]
169
170[[folder:Carina [=DeLuca=]]]
171!!'''Dr. Carina [=DeLuca=]''' (Portrayed by Creator/StefaniaSpampinato)
172!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S14-present), ''Station 19'' (S3-present)
173[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_65746_pm.png]]
174
175A girl in a bar that charms Arizona with her accent and falling over English idioms, she gets taken home where Andrew walks in and reveals that she's his sister. She then starts research at Grey Sloan, observing the female orgasm and embarrassing Arizona and Andrew frequently. She later begins dating Maya Bishop, captain of Seattle Fire Department Station 19.
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177* {{Malaproper}}: Arizona finds her getting words a little wrong cute, except when she flubs a phrase and it sounds much worse, like saying she "screwed a dog". You "screwed the pooch". What makes this better is the fact that particular phrase is so North American that it still sounds wrong to everyone else (including some Americans from different States), beyond what they gather from context (she screwed up, a simpler phrase that could still have been accidentally butchered for the funny).
178* {{Transplant}}: Was, and continues to be, a recurring character on ''Grey's''. However her relationship with Maya ended up bringing her fully onto the ''Station 19'' cast, being promoted to regular for season 4.
179[[/folder]]
180
181[[folder:Link Lincoln]]
182!!'''Dr. Atticus "Link" Lincoln'''
183!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S15)
184An ortho god who knows Jo from med school.
185[[/folder]]
186
187!!Interns
188[[folder:Levi Schmitt]]
189!!'''Dr. Levi "Glasses" Schmitt''' (Portrayed by Creator/JakeBorelli)
190!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S14-present); ''B-Team''
191[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jake_borelli_levi_glasses_schmitt.jpg]]
192->''"Thanks for calling me Schmitt. Because, sometimes, you call me Glasses. I wish we could change it to Specs. Specs sounds way cooler than Glasses. Or look at me now. What about Blood Bank? Blood Bank is awesome!"''
193
194An intern who dropped his glasses into a patient in the OR and slept with Jo while doing a sub-i rotation at the hospital. He returns later as an intern, with an athletic strap to keep his glasses on.
195----
196* BasementDweller: He lives with his mother due to medical school.
197* ComingOutStory: In season 15, he develops an attraction and eventually a relationship with new surgeon Nico Kim, and later confesses that he had never really loved anyone before because of both his shyness and how his mother would react to it.
198* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: The nerdy, bespectacled Levi ends up dating the handsome, well built Nico.
199* JewishAndNerdy: Also, more than a little neurotic and worried about what his JewishMother thinks.
200* NerdGlasses: The source of his nickname and worst early humiliation. After he loses a pair during a windstorm, and starts to gain more self-confidence, he begins wearing contact lenses instead.
201* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: After dropping his glasses in the surgical field, he becomes referred to almost universally as "glasses". When he later becomes a live blood transfusion donor and Meredith calls him by his name he is really touched.
202* StraightGay: Schmitt doesn't display any stereotypical characteristics of a gay man.
203* {{Uke}}: To Nico. Schmitt is small, has been referred to as a "child doctor" by a patient's hysterical husband, is a self-admitted nerd and is rather nervous and shy.
204
205[[/folder]]
206
207[[folder:Casey Parker]]
208!!'''Lt. Dr. Casey Parker''' (Portrayed by Creator/AlexBlueDavis)
209!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S14); ''B-Team''
210[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dtrwc2ku8aaswmo.jpg]]
211He's good with computers.
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213* ChekhovsGunman: In "B-Team" his tech skills are exploited by Helm to suggest he should be on discharge duty (Owen even saying that it really doesn't require advanced skill). The next episode of GA is the second of the hacker-shutdown ones and Bailey suddenly remembers that he's good with tech, he then gets taken off patients and is trying to break into and override the system.
214* CombatMedic: Played with -- he was in the army and watched the Army doctors, which is what made him decide to pursue medicine.
215
216[[/folder]]
217
218[[folder:Taryn Helm]]
219!!'''Dr. Taryn Helm''' (Portrayed by Creator/JaicyElliot)
220!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S14); ''B-Team''
221[[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/225_8.png]]
222->''"Helm. Like hellmouth, but without the '-outh'."''
223A competitive intern who will try to shirk others away from surgeries, but is most memorable for having a no-nonsense interview.
224----
225* InUniverseNickname: Hellmouth, from her explaining how to pronounce her last name.
226
227[[/folder]]
228
229[[folder:Dahlia Qadri]]
230!!'''Dr. Dahlia Qadri''' (Portrayed by Creator/SophiaAli)
231!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S14); ''B-Team''
232[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_16_at_90527_pm.png]]
233A young super-organized intern with an obsessive admiration of Meredith Grey.
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235* GenkiGirl: She is very bubbly in personality.
236
237[[/folder]]
238
239!!Relatives
240
241[[folder:Ellis Grey]]
242!!'''Dr. Ellis Grey''' (Portrayed by Creator/KateBurton)
243!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S1-3, S6, S8, S11, S14)
244[[quoteright:265:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kate_burton_greys_anatomy_episodic.jpg]]
245 [[caption-width-right:265:"Anyone can fall in love and be blindly happy, but not everyone can pick up a scalpel and save a life."]]
246Meredith's mother, introduced in the pilot episode as the person Meredith is narrating the show to. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness This got dropped]], but the fact that Mrs. Grey has early-onset Alzheimer's did not. This simply adds to Meredith's troubles, as one of Ellis's last (lucid) thoughts was that she wanted her condition kept secret. And, as of the pilot episode, she doesn't have a lot of lucid thoughts anymore.
247----
248* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Everyone may admire her skill as a doctor, but when it comes to being a wife, mother, or even a decent person, she's an absolutely miserable excuse for a human being. Meredith lampshades this during her CallingTheOldManOut speech when she notes that Ellis has managed to alienate damn near everyone in her life.
249* AbusiveParents: Was not precisely supportive to Meredith.
250-->"I raised you to be an extraordinary human being. So imagine my disappointment when I wake up after five years and discover that you're no more than ordinary. What happened to you?"
251* TheAce: A world-renowned surgeon. After she retires due to her illness, everyone assumes she's off working medical miracles somewhere.
252* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After her first break-up with Richard, when Meredith was six. While Meredith watched. Not really driven to suicide as much as staging it to either get Webber back or make hm feel bad. That night she found out she was pregnant with second child (Webber's) so didn't stick around to enact the full plan. Meredith figured out the fake suicide attempt part during a therapy session (after ferryboat crash iirc)]]
253* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: in the pilot, she's the person Meredith is {{Narrat|or}}ing to.
254%%* IceQueen
255* ItsAllAboutMe: It's made very clear multiple times that she really doesn't care about her patients beyond using them to demonstrate what a great surgeon she is.
256* LoveTriangle: Married Thatcher, but quickly met Richard Webber.
257* NoSocialSkills: Has a habit of saying whatever crosses her mind. Then she got Alzheimer's and lost that filter and things got ''worse''.
258* OppositesAttract: With the warm TeamDad we call Chief Webber.
259* TimeShiftedActor: Played by both Creator/SarahPaulson and Creator/SallyPressman in younger iterations.
260* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: At the end of "The Time Warp" she and Webber have a drink at Joe's in memory of their deceased patient, when she sees Webber has a club soda she tells him it's not an appropriate drink to toast an Irishman with and orders him a vodka. It's not explicitly said but it seems from his reaction that Webber may have known he had a problem and been sober at that time.
261* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Because of her disease, we find out.
262[[/folder]]
263
264[[folder:Thatcher and Susan Grey]]
265!!'''Thatcher Grey''' (Portrayed by Creator/JeffPerry) and '''Susan Grey''' (Portrayed by Creator/MareWinningham)
266!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (Thatcher: S2-7, 15; Susan: S2-3)
267[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeff_perry.jpg https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/223544_1240146002200_full.jpg]]
268
269Meredith's spineless father and his new wife. Though Thatcher is typically too intimidated to bond with Meredith, Susan did her best for both of them, alternately pleasing and confounding her stepdaughter with attachment-style parenting. They have two daughters, Lexie (Chyler Leigh) and Molly (Mandy Siegfried).
270----
271* TheAlcoholic: Thatcher.
272* DirtyCoward: Thatcher.
273* MyBelovedSmother: Susan. Meredith grew to appreciate it eventually.
274* NeverMyFault: Thatcher.
275* ParentsAsPeople: Thatcher particularly.
276[[/folder]]
277
278[[folder:Catherine Fox]]
279!!'''Dr. Catherine Fox''' (Portrayed by Creator/DebbieAllen)
280!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S8-present)
281[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/120806debbieallen1.jpg]]
282
283Jackson's famous mother. She becomes an alternative love interest to Webber, especially after Adele begins to completely forget who he is, and a larger character after Season 11.
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285%%* CoolOldLady: Catherine is ''incredibly'' charismatic. Every time she's in the room all eyes are on her.
286* DysfunctionalFamily: A subtle example. The Avery family has a ''very'' polished public veneer, but peel back those layers and you find a son who's [[HeroicBSOD more than a little messed up]], a grandfather who is revealed to be [[spoiler: a serial sexual harasser]], a [[DisappearedDad disappeared dad]], a single mother who has to keep the whole legacy working by ''any'' means necessary...
287* FakeGuestStar: She frequently appears in most of the show's episodes as of season 11.
288* HappilyMarried: To Richard.
289* MamaBear: Is very protective of Jackson, [[spoiler: and her grandchild, as April Kepner very nearly finds out the hard way when Catherine has to be talked down from having Jackson sue her for custody.]]
290* MomentOfWeakness: When she [[spoiler: falls over during a physical therapy session. The proud and dignified Catherine Avery is reduced to tears, being completely unused to showing any signs of weakness.]]
291* MyBelovedSmother: A classic example. [[ParentsAsPeople While a sympathetic version of the trope]], Catherine often goes too far in her goals to keep Jackson honoring the family name. When she's not making decisions about his life without his input she's refusing to let him in emotionally...[[SharedFamilyQuirks which might explain his own emotional issues]].
292* SharedFamilyQuirks: The Avery family is filled with passionate, intelligent individuals who know how to deliver a mean speech. Jackson and his mother differ, though, on personality: she's more commanding and controlling, whereas he's a little more patient and flexible.
293* WellDoneSonGuy: Shades of this with Jackson, though later [[CharacterDevelopment character development]] starts to subvert this. Jackson ''regularly'' feels like he can never please his mother, with several episodes devoted to him challenging her or outright avoiding her. Catherine herself admits she's overprotective, desperate for her son not to go through what she did to get ahead.
294* WhatTheHellHero: On the receiving end of this by Jackson when he finds out [[spoiler: she helped cover up his grandfather's sexual harassment claims for years to uphold the family name.]]
295[[/folder]]
296
297[[folder:Adele Webber]]
298!!'''Adele Webber''' (Portrayed by Creator/LorettaDevine)
299!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S2-9)
300[[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/185.png]]
301
302Webber's long-suffering wife. Richard believed that he was able to keep his affair with Ellis secret from her, but discovered in the second season how wrong he was. He stayed with her out of honor, though. Like Richard's other great love, she too develops Alzheimer's, and eventually needs to be committed to an assisted-living facility. She earned the show its other Emmy as a Guest Actress.
303----
304%%* MamaBear
305%%* ProperLady
306* UndyingLoyalty: To her husband. He shows it back, though in different ways.
307[[/folder]]
308
309[[folder:Little Tuck]]
310!!'''William George "Tuck" Bailey Jones''' (Portrayed by Creator/BJTanner since S13)
311!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S2, S4-10, S13-present); ''Station 19'' (S1)
312[[quoteright:208:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_02_03_at_65736_pm.png]]
313
314Bailey's son from her first marriage, Tuck was named after her father, William Bailey, and her intern, George O'Malley. He is nicknamed Tuck after his father, Tucker Jones. He is the oldest of the main characters' children, and becomes something of a teenage brat in later seasons, having to be reprimanded and scared into compliance by his step-father Ben Warren via x-rays borrowed from the hospital. When he is 13 his parents decide to give him "The Talk" -- to teach him how to react if the police ever stop him and to not copy his white friends in precarious situations. He has a fondness for science and medicine, shown in various seasons with him sneaking around and dressing up in the hospital. Previously portrayed by Marcanthonee Jon Reis in Season 10.
315----
316[[/folder]]
317
318[[folder:Carlos Torres]]
319!!'''Carlos Torres''' (Portrayed by Creator/HectorElizondo)
320!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S3, S5-7, S10)
321[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_definitive_ranking_of_parents_on_grey_s_anatomy.jpg]]
322Callie's conservative father. He first visits from Miami around the time of her marriage to George, returning a few years later to reinforce his scary personality. Upon arrival, he throws George against the wall for cheating on Callie when they were married. Then Mark appears and he throws him against the wall for sleeping with Callie. Then Callie introduces Arizona as her girlfriend, and she "really hope[s] [he] draws the line at throwing women against walls". He initially disapproves, but comes around.
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324* CureYourGays: When Callie comes out to him, he wants to help her by bringing in their preacher from Florida to Pray Away The Gay.
325%%* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer
326* PapaBear: He will physically push around and threaten all of Callie's romantic partners, and absolutely adores his granddaughter.
327* WellIntentionedExtremist: He loves his daughter so much, but his extreme Christian lifestyle conflicts with her bisexuality, he initially doesn't understand it and believes that he can help her by trying to restore her heterosexuality. Once he gets some speeches about love, he widens his perspective and sends the preacher home, reinstates Callie, and ditches his wife to go to Callie's wedding.
328
329[[/folder]]
330
331[[folder:Sloan Riley]]
332!!'''Sloan Riley''' (Portrayed by Creator/LevenRambin)
333!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S6); ''Private Practice'' (S3)
334[[quoteright:241:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_72306_pm.png]]
335Mark's daughter from a short-lived relationship when he was 18 also gets pregnant as a teen and runs away from her mom, who named her for her father's last name, to appeal to her father at Seattle Grace and stay with him but give up her child. She causes controversy within Mark's relationships, mostly with Lexie - Mark's girlfriend who is closer in age to her than Mark.
336----
337* FamilyThemeNaming: Like her half-sister (Sofia), has one of her parent's last name as a given name.
338[[/folder]]
339
340[[folder:Zola, Bailey, and Ellis Grey-Shepherd]]
341!!'''Zola Limbani Grey Shepherd''' (Portrayed by Creator/AnielaGumbs since S11)
342!! '''Derek Bailey Shepherd''' (Portrayed by Brody and Ryder Nolan Goodstadt since S12)
343!! '''Ellis Shepherd'''
344!!!Appear in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (Zola: S7-present; Bailey: S9-present; Ellis: S11-present)
345[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4ef352fb_df29_400e_9483_71deb8bf1519.jpg]]
346 [[caption-width-right:350:L-R: Zola, Meredith, Ellis, Bailey]]
347Derek and Meredith's three children. Zola was adopted after Alex Karev brought children from Africa to Seattle Grace for treatment following Arizona's return from Namboze. Bailey was born during a storm with the hospital partially shut-down after Meredith took a fall and nearly bled to death. Ellis was conceived the day Derek died, and when Meredith discovered she was pregnant she fled Seattle as her mother had when Meredith herself was a child, giving birth in San Diego before moving to her old home in Boston where she remained AWOL until Ellis was around six months old. Zola was previously portrayed by Jela K. Moore (S7-9) and Heaven White (If/Then episode of S10).
348----
349* DeadGuyJunior: Ellis is named after her late grandmother. Bailey is also named after his late father, but was born whilst he was still alive.
350
351[[/folder]]
352
353[[folder:Sofia Torres]]
354!!'''Sofia Robbin Sloan Torres''' (Portrayed by Creator/EvaArielBinder since S12)
355!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S7-14)
356[[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_73247_pm.png]]
357The daughter of Callie, Arizona, and Mark. She was conceived when Arizona briefly left to work in Africa and Callie returned to her thing with Mark. After Arizona's return they reconcile, but Callie and Mark still want Mark to be involved in the baby's life, so Mark and Arizona strike up a truce but are resentful of each others' presence. When Callie and Arizona go on a romantic weekend, when Callie is 6 months pregnant, they have a crash in which Callie goes through the window, resulting in Sofia's birth by traumatic caesarean section at the hospital. Sofia is well loved by all her parents and their friends, as well as the O'Malleys who still treat Callie like family. Arizona and Callie fight over custody when Callie wants to move to New York, and sole legal custody is granted to Arizona. Arizona does send Sofia to New York with Callie because she now knows that she can demand to see Sofia whenever she wants, scared of being cut out. However, Sofia returns to Seattle after a few months to live with Arizona, though does miss Callie.
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359* FamilyThemeNaming:
360** Named after a Greek virtue, like her mom (Calliope = beautiful voice, Sofia = wisdom). And a place, like her other mom (UsefulNotes/{{Arizona}} and Sofia, capital of UsefulNotes/{{Bulgaria}}). And generally a foreign name, like both (2 Greek, 1 Spanish).
361** Like her half-sister, has one of her parent's last name as a given name (Robbin being a middle name after Arizona).
362* TwoFirstNames: Inverted, her middle name is more like a surname because of her parents wanting to make sure she took them all.
363[[/folder]]
364
365[[folder:Henry Burton]]
366!!'''Henry Burton''' (Portrayed by Creator/ScottFoley)
367!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S7-8)
368[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/henry_1.jpg]]
369A terminal patient and former minor league baseball player who keeps moving between jobs to keep medical insurance, he marries Teddy in order to get treatment at Seattle Grace and they later fall in love after becoming great friends and confidants. Despite the hospital's efforts, he deteriorates and dies.
370----
371* MarriageOfConvenience: Marries Teddy for medical insurance.
372** MarriageBeforeRomance: But falls in love with her, as she does with him.
373[[/folder]]
374
375[[folder:Megan Hunt]]
376!!'''Cpt. Dr. Megan Hunt''' (Portrayed by Creator/AbigailSpencer)
377!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S13-14)
378[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_74130_pm.png]]
379 [[caption-width-right:210:[[labelnote:Click for Season 13 appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_74059_pm.png[[/labelnote]]]]
380Owen's sister, fiancee of Nathan, who was presumed dead after her helicopter crashed in the Middle East during service. Is found alive at the end of season 13. Previously portrayed by Creator/BridgetRegan in S13.
381----
382[[/folder]]
383
384[[folder:Paul Stadler]]
385!!'''Dr. Paul Stadler''' (Portrayed by Creator/MatthewMorrison)
386!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S13-14)
387[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c_lemhtxgaepmxq.jpg]]
388
389Jo's abusive former but still legal husband, who Alex once spots at a conference and imagines killing, and who appears at Grey Sloan. A revolutionary in laparoscopic and similar methods, he initially attracts a lot of fans in the staff there and a "guy-crush" from Arizona. [[spoiler:After fighting with his new fiancee, Jenny, he gets hit by a drunk driver, and when he tries to attack Jenny and Jo whilst in recovery he hits his head and dies of second impact syndrome (brain shuts down after getting another concussion when it still has the first). Jo is given power of attorney and donates his organs.]]
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391[[/folder]]
392
393[[folder:Helen Karev]]
394!!Helen Karev
395!!!Appears in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S14-present)
396Karev's mother who has schizophrenia.
397[[/folder]]
398
399[[folder:Vincenzo [=DeLuca=]]]
400!!Dr. Vincenzo [=DeLuca=]
401!!!Appeared in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (S15)
402The [=DeLuca=]'s father, a delusional and manic old Italian doctor who arrives at Grey Sloan hoping to get his children to work on an external womb project with him.
403[[/folder]]
404
405
406!!The Video Game
407[[folder:Damon Birger]]
408!!'''CDC Agent Damon Birger'''
409[[quoteright:187:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_111814_pm.png]]
410An agent from the Center for Disease Control who comes to Seattle Grace to help control a diphtheria outbreak.
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412[[/folder]]
413
414[[folder:Vince Bennet]]
415!!'''Nurse Vince Bennet'''
416[[quoteright:228:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2018_01_23_at_111940_pm.png]]
417An interim love interest of Cristina, he helps her make decisions about her surgical career.
418----
419[[/folder]]

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