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* NoSocialSkills: Despite being a knowledgeable doctor, his ranking is affected by his difficulty at small talk with the patients, while Casey can either tell him that knowing their patients is either part of the job or what makes it an exciting profession.



* TheEveryman: When Casey invites him for dinner with the gang, he feels out of place because he is the only person there who isn’t a doctor, has gone to community college instead of Ivy League universities like the others or even has more simpler work stories.



* CassandraTruth: He refuses to believe Casey's diagnosis, instead believing what he read about his symptoms on the internet.

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* CassandraTruth: He refuses to believe Casey's diagnosis, instead believing what he read about his symptoms on the internet.


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* {{Hypocrite}}: He dismisses Casey’s credentials because “anyone can be an expert with the Internet”. He then refuses to accept other diagnosis because he read on the Internet that his symptoms are from a heart attack.


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* KnowNothingKniwItAll: He refuses to believe Casey's diagnosis, instead believing what he read about his symptoms on the internet.

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* SmugSnake: She comes across as very smug and egotistical, preferring to talk down to others because her aunt is the Chief of Medicine.

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* SmugSnake: She comes across as very smug and egotistical, preferring to talk down to others because her aunt is the Chief of Medicine. When Casey becomes number one in the rankings, she congratulates in a sarcastic manner and says the rest of the interns will be coming after them.



*DefrostingIceQueen: Male version. Although he appears rude and cranky in his first few appearance, he does acknowledge that he cares about Casey and congratulates them when necessary.



* JerkAss: He makes several rude and belittling comments to Casey. The nurses refer to him as a PITA, which is an acronym that stands for "pain in the ass".

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* JerkAss: He makes several rude and belittling comments to towards Casey. The nurses refer to him as a PITA, which is an acronym that stands for "pain in the ass".

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*FatBastard: He's portly and a very unpleasant person.



* HateSink: He is intended to be a very unlikable character due to his narcissism and rude behavior.



* HateSink: He is intended to be a very unlikable character due to his narcissism and rude behavior.

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* HateSink: He is intended to be a very unlikable character due to his narcissism and rude behavior.
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!!Nigel Platt
*CassandraTruth: He refuses to believe Casey's diagnosis, instead believing what he read about his symptoms on the internet.
*GassHole: He can't seem to go two sentences without belching.
*JerkAss: He makes several rude and belittling comments to Casey. The nurses refer to him as a PITA, which is an acronym that stands for "pain in the ass".

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*ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Sienna's friends make it very clear that they can't stand him and think she's better off with someone else.




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*HateSink: He is intended to be a very unlikable character due to his narcissism and rude behavior.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The gang hates him for being condescending, rude and dismissive of Sienna. He claims that his job is very demanding and important, despite that Sienna's job as a doctor is equally as stressful.

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* {{Jerkass}}: The gang hates him for being condescending, rude and dismissive of Sienna. He claims that his job is very demanding and important, despite that Sienna's job as a doctor is equally as stressful.
stressful. Every time he's brought up, Jackie makes it clear how much she dislikes him. Even Bryce, who only talked to him for a few minutes, acknowledges that he's a jerk.
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* HeroicBSOD: Generally upbeat and relaxed, he has a breakdown if Casey tells him that he might loose the use of his legs by age 40. After he gets over it, he has time to rethink his life and make the most of it.
* SurferDude: He is a passionate surfer who plays ukulele on his spare time. If Casey tells him about his muscle desease, he eventually accepts his situation and decides to keep surfing as long as he can.

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* HeroicBSOD: Generally upbeat and relaxed, he has a breakdown if Casey tells him that he might loose lose the use of his legs by age 40. After he gets over it, he has time to rethink his life and make the most of it.
* SurferDude: He is a passionate surfer who plays ukulele on his spare time. If Casey tells him about his muscle desease, disease, he eventually accepts his situation and decides to keep surfing as long as he can.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Casey can be this for Elijah and their neighbor, Phoebe.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: All her friends question her about why she is still together with Wayne, who is often condescending, rude and dismissive of Sienna, while she is still in denial about his behavior. Even Brice, who only spoke to him for a few minutes, thinks he is a jerk.

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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: All her friends question her about why she is still together with Wayne, who is often condescending, rude and dismissive of Sienna, while she is still in denial about his behavior. Even Brice, Bryce, who only spoke to him for a few minutes, thinks he is a jerk.
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* NativeGuide: Native more in that he knows Boston like the back of his hand and all the best spots to get a good meal off the beaten path.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: She claims that her friendship with Caseytells Casey that their friendship shouldn't be compromised because of the competition. She later acts aloof around Casey after her ranking position drops.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: She claims that her friendship with Caseytells tells Casey that their friendship shouldn't be compromised because of the competition. She later acts aloof around Casey after her ranking position drops.




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* DirtyOldLady: PlayedForLaughs. At one point, Casey suspects that she goes around with her gown open on her butt on purpose.



* OldFriend: She's one for Ethan, being his first patient when he started as an intern. As her dying wish, she requested her son to be named after him.

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* OldFriend: She's one for Ethan, being his first patient when he started as an intern. As her dying wish, she requested requests her son to be named after him.
* TragicKeepsake: If Casey goes for the frog plushie as a Premium, baby Ethan keeps it after his mom dies.




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* SurferDude: He is a passionate surfer who plays ukulele on his spare time. If Casey tells him about his muscle desease, he eventually accepts his situation and decides to keep surfing as long as he can.


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* YouSeeImDying: Casey finds out who they are mid way through the book. [[spoiler:Ethan tells Casey that he is doing the research on his illness as a secret from the rest of the medical staff, despite Dr. Banerji initially refusing to accept this.]]
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Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend is when the abuse is treated as cute/romantic/sexy. Wayne is none of those things.


* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: He is a programmer, wears glasses, takes Sienna for granted, and has stood her up many times.

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* HospitalHottie: Many have noted how Ethan is both handsome, mature and very aloof.



* {{Hypocrite}}: She claims that her friendship with Caseytells Casey that their friendship shouldn't be compromised because of the competition. She later acts aloof around Casey after her ranking position drops.
* HospitalHottie: She is an internal medicine intern and very easy on the eyes.



* LovableJock: He is handsome, athletic, flirty and nice. Jackie often calls him “Surgeon Jock”.

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* HospitalHottie: He is a surgeon and very easy on the eyes.
* LovableJock: He is handsome, athletic, flirty and nice. Jackie often calls him “Surgeon Jock”.“Scalpel Jockey”.



* ShipTease: She and Danny immediately hit it off during the housewarming party, with her roomates cheering on them to get together.




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* TokenMinority: She is the only Vietnamese in the cast.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: All her friends question her about why she is still together with Wayne, who is often condescending, rude and dismissive of Sienna, while she is still in denial about his behavior. Even Brice, who only spoke to him for a few minutes, thinks he is a jerk.



* ShipTease: He immediately has a connection to their neighbour Phoebe. The others waste no time to encourage Elijah to ask her out.



* PerpetualFrowner: He is always strict and grumpy.

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* PerpetualFrowner: He is always strict and grumpy.
grumpy, even while "having fun" during a casual party.



!!Danny

* ShipTease: The friends gang root for him and Sienna to get together.



!!General Tropes
* LethalDiagnosis: Casey has to deal with telling their patients if they have a severe case, like Dolores and Remy.
* PatientOfTheWeek: Almost all of them are one shot characters, with the exception of Kyra, who has a more recurring role.







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* GenkiGirl: She broke her arm because on her way to the hospital for her treatment, she saw a bike and tried to learn how to ride it on the spot.
* ThePollyanna: Despite having a very advanced lung cancer, she tries to be upbeat and peppy, often flirting with the doctors and keeping a bright smile.












* OldFriend: She's one for Ethan, being his first patient when he started as an intern.

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* OldFriend: She's one for Ethan, being his first patient when he started as an intern.
intern. As her dying wish, she requested her son to be named after him.





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!!Remy
* HeroicBSOD: Generally upbeat and relaxed, he has a breakdown if Casey tells him that he might loose the use of his legs by age 40. After he gets over it, he has time to rethink his life and make the most of it.

!!Willow and Rowan
* HalfIdenticalTwins: This comes handy when Casey plans to offer them to be part of a research program for fraternal twins so they will be able to afford Willow's treatments.
* HippieParents: Both Willow and Rowan lampshade their tree themed names because of their parents. They don't believe in modern medicine or insurances, leaving their kids with a huge college debt. Their mom even suggested Willow to sleep with an Amethist stone to her chest to get cured.
* IllGirl: Willow has Hepatitis C and has no insurance to keep the treatments.


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[[folder: Other people in Boston]]
!!Farley
* BigEater: He is seen enjoying Sienna's cookies during the apartment showcase. If Casey decides to convince him to give them the nice apartment, one option is to offer him weekly batches of Sienna's cookies.
* FriendsRentControl: Subverted. He is charging a high rent for the penthouse, and can only be convinced to give it to the gang via Premium option. Otherwise, he offers them the garden level apartment.

!!Wayne

* BespectacledBastardBoyfriend: He is a programmer, wears glasses, takes Sienna for granted, and has stood her up many times.
* {{Jerkass}}: The gang hates him for being condescending, rude and dismissive of Sienna. He claims that his job is very demanding and important, despite that Sienna's job as a doctor is equally as stressful.

!!Phoebe

* GirlNextDoor: She is the gang's neighbour and Elijah's love interest.
* LoveInterest: She immediately hits it off with Elijah. Casey can choose to be matchmaker for them.

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* AlphaBitch: She comes across as very smug and egotistical, preferring to talk down to others because her aunt is the Chief of Medicine.



* SmugSnake: She comes across as very smug and egotistical, preferring to talk down to others because her aunt is the Chief of Medicine.



!!Patient X/[[spoiler:Naveen Banerji]]

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!!Patient X/[[spoiler:Naveen Banerji]]X/[[spoiler:Dr. Naveen Banerji]]
-->[[spoiler:See the ''Edenbrook Hospital Staff'' section]]
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* MustHaveCaffeine: A premium date with him in Chapter 7 is at a cafe since he refuses to drink the hospital cafeteria's coffee. He also likes going there since nobody there knows him and he can get so e peace and quiet.
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!!Shonda Turner

* AlmostDeadGuy: Happens to her in the beginning and near the end of Chapter 6.
* ChekhovsClassroom: Her advice to Casey is when things are getting stressful, just take a deep breath. This helps them avoid a HeroicBSOD when she crashes again, allowing them to give orders to the nurses to save her life.
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* MyGreatestFailure: In a premium scene in Chapter 6, his most embarrassing moment as a resident is that he misdiagnosed a patient.
* NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: His dog Jenner named after Edward Jenner, the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. He takes offense to it being compared to the other famous family.
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* ImmigrantParents: His grandparents came over to Boston from Portugal years ago, making him a third generation immigrant.
* TheMedic: He works as a paramedic.

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!!Dr. Jackie Varna

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!!Dr. Jackie Varna
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!!Rafael Aveiro
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!!Mrs. Martinez

* CoolOldLady: She's one of the nicest senior citizen patients that both the interns and residents get along with.


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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: His son, Matthew has ADHD. Taking his son's pills and then withdrawing from them was what led to him having the migraine that caused his car accident.
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* TheNicknamer: He calls Casey Literature/HarryPotter when they and Jackie or Bryce are caught making out in a supply closet.

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* TheNicknamer: He calls Casey Literature/HarryPotter when they and Jackie or Bryce are caught making out in after Casey’s story about their rental room being a supply closet.staircase cabinet.

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* SherlockScan: Casey needs to pay attention to details from their patients outside of the visible symptoms, like hobbies, personality traits, occupations, to catch on their real problems.




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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: If the player chooses the premium options, he shows a more sensitive and mellow side of himself, justifying that his hard exterior is a result of years of experience with patients on a personal level.
* SternTeacher: He has little patience with Casey because he wants them to be better on making quick diagnosis on the clock, as their patients’s lives depend on them.
* WorkingWithTheEx: In Chapter 4, Casey can overhear that him and Dr. Harper Emery have been closer. If they go on a Premium scene to recover Dolores’ stuffed frog, he explains that they used to be in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, before breaking up for good.




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* StealingTheCredit: After she helps Casey to save Annie from an allergic reaction to the antibiotics, she doesn’t correct Dr. Ramsey when he assumes that she saved Annie by herself. If Casey calls her out on this and chooses to confront her in the supply closet, she admits that she did wrong. If Casey chooses to let it slide, she does seem to feel guilty about it.



* LovableJock: He is handsome, athletic, flirty and nice. Jackie often calls him “Surgeon Jock”.



* CannotTalkToWomen: He is very shy about asking girls out. Casey can sympathize with him or offer to be his wingman.



* NiceGirl: She rescues Casey from Dr. Ramsey when she notices that he is chewing them out.
* SupremeChef: She loves cooking, making breakfast for her roommates and baking cookies. If Casey chooses the Premium option to talk the landlord into renting them the apartment, one of the bargains can be Sienna’s cookies.




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* TwoferTokenMinority: He is African American and wheelchair bound.




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* WorkingWithTheEx: In Chapter 4, Casey can overhear that she and Dr. Ramsey have been closer. If they go on a Premium scene to recover Dolores’ stuffed frog, he explains to Casey that they used to be in a RelationshipRevolvingDoor, before breaking up for good.






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\n\n* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: She is accustomed to people trying to suck up to her so they can get a good word with her aunt, even if they haven’t said anything about it.




* TeamMom: She is always in a good mood, and always tries to encourage the interns to confide in her. Jackie finds this annoying.




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* PerpetualFrowner: He is always strict and grumpy.


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* NervousWreck: Casey discovers that she has labyrinthitis, caused by her having a panic attack while scuba diving, resulting in a quick resurface and an infection in her inner ear.


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* TheTopicOfCancer: She has a very advanced cancer.

!!Mike Knoblauch


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* AffectionateNickname: She loves frogs, and she often calls her unborn baby “tadpole”
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*AlphaBitch: She comes across as very smug and egotistical, preferring to talk down to others because her aunt is the Chief of Medicine.
*DrJerk: She always makes condescending remarks and has a dismissive attitude towards patient cases that she dismisses as “easy” or “boring”.


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* TheNicknamer: He calls Casey [[Literature/HarryPotter]] when they and Jackie or Bryce are caught making out in a supply closet.

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* TheNicknamer: He calls Casey [[Literature/HarryPotter]] Literature/HarryPotter when they and Jackie or Bryce are caught making out in a supply closet.


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* DaChief: She's the Chief of Medicine which makes her the boss of Edenbrook.
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!!Dolores Hudson

* DeathByChildbirth: She dies from eclampsia and her delivery has to be induced.
* OldFriend: She's one for Ethan, being his first patient when he started as an intern.
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* TheMentor: He's this to Ethan.
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* NewMeat: Just like Casey, he's also a new intern.


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!!Dr. Harper Emery

!!Dr. Aurora Emery

!!Dr. Naveen Banerji

!!Dr. Ines Delarosa

!!Dr. Zaid Mirani

* MomentKiller: If you choose to kiss Bryce or Jackie, he walks in on you and kicks the two of you out.
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[[folder:Dr. Casey Valentine (Main Character)]]

* BiTheWay: Like all Choices protagonists, they can have romantic relations with both genders.
* DrJerk: They can have some rude dialogue options which make them come off like this.
* HelloInsertNameHere: Like all Choices characters, they can be named whatever, but the canon name is Casey Valentine.
* NewMeat: Casey starts Chapter 1 on their first day on the job fresh from medical school.

[[folder: Edenbrook Hospital Staff]]

!!Dr. Ethan Ramsey

* TheAce: He's considered one of the best doctors in the hospital to the point Casey and Landry are his big fans.
* DrinkOrder: A premium choice in Chapter 2 shows that his favored drink is scotch neat.
* DrJerk: He tends to be this to Casey, calling them "Rookie" even when they've done a good job.

!!Dr. Jackie Varna

* FirstGirlWins: She can be this as the first female love interest that's met by Casey.
* MsFanservice: She's introduced in the locker room in her lingerie.

!!Dr. Bryce Lahela

* WalkingShirtlessScene: He's introduced in the changing room shirtless, and also takes a lot of opportunities to be shirtless.

!!Dr. Landry Olsen

!!Dr. Sienna Trinh

!!Dr. Elijah Greene

* TheNicknamer: He calls Casey [[Literature/HarryPotter]] when they and Jackie or Bryce are caught making out in a supply closet.

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[[folder: Edenbrook Hospital Patients]]

!!Annie

* PlotAllergy: She ends up having a nearly fatal allergic reaction to the antibiotics given to her.

!!Kyra Santana

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