History Series / Scrubs

* AffectionateParody: Both the ThreeCameras SitCom episode, the MusicalEpisode, and the ''Series/{{House}}'' ShoutOut.
%%* AgeInappropriateDress

%%* AxCrazy: Hooch is '''''crazy'''''. Hooch '''''is''''' crazy.

** Todd is easily the most prominent example. Outside of the O.R., he is dimwitted and lecherous, but inside he is actually a very skilled and focused surgeon. They once ranked all ten of the current surgical interns. Todd was #2. He beat Turk by two spots.

* DaydreamSurprise: A staple.

Other people in the hospital provide contrast, support, and the more-than-occasional weird situation: Dr. Elliot Reid (Creator/SarahChalke), J.D's (female) on-again, off-again love interest and possibly the only doctor on staff more nerdy and psychologically messed-up than he is; J.D.'s long-time friend Dr. Chris Turk (Creator/DonaldFaison), a surgeon who tries to be the best and [[SoulBrotha blackest]] thing since burnt sliced toast; nurse Carla Espinosa (Creator/LisaReyes), the TeamMom to the staff with a penchant for delivering advice whether you like it or not; Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso (Creator/KenJenkins), the hospital's Chief of Medicine and JerkAss of a boss whose job requires him to be a heartless bastard and think only of the hospital in fiscal terms; and "Janitor" (Creator/NeilFlynn), a mysterious and often menacing presence in J.D.'s life who has taken the role of his nemesis.

* TheTwelveSpoofsOfChristmas: [[https://youtu.be/LQo1zD6nKRc A very dark version of the tune]] plays in the episode "My Own Personal Jesus" as Turk keeps being called out for emergencies as he is trying to rest on Christmas Eve.
--> "On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
--> 12 beaten children
--> 11 drive by shootings
--> 10 frozen homeless
--> 9 amputations
--> 8 burn victims
--> 7 strangled shoppers
--> 6 random knifings
--> 5 suicides
--> 4 beaten wives
--> 3 OD's
--> 2 shattered skulls
--> and a drunk who drove into a tree"

* TurnYourHeadAndCough: When Dr. Kelso asks Dr. Cox to perform a physical on him for his new insurance policy, Dr. Cox issues the heavily sarcastic reply, "The day I willingly cradle your dusty old twig and berries and get a whiff of your chronic halitosis while you turn your head and cough is the day you can look for me up on the roof singing 'I Believe I Can Fly'."

''Scrubs'' is a {{Dramedy}} series that aired from 2001-2010 (2001-2008 on Creator/{{NBC}} and 2009-2010 on Creator/{{ABC}}, although the latter network's [[Creator/{{Disney}} parent company]] produced and owns the rights to the show). The show is PuttingTheMedicInComedic at its finest, shot in a single-camera format.

''Scrubs'' uses rapid-fire dialogue, a running [[InnerMonologue mental commentary]] in J.D.'s head for narration, rapid scene changes, [[{{Pun}} hippocratical]] [[HypocriticalHumor humor]] and a single-camera viewpoint to maintain a high energy to the story and to the comedy. The show also takes quite a few dives into the surreal end of the pool, especially in its frequent depiction of J.D's fantasies. These fantasies provide much of the show's humor, as it deals with the often bizarre train-of-thought and overly literal depictions of metaphors people use.

The show became well known for its focus on CharacterDevelopment, the extensive supporting cast and {{recurring character}}s, the [[ShownTheirWork largely accurate medicine and politics surrounding it]] and paying attention to the gradual progression of the careers of the young doctors (how they go from interns to residents to attending physicians and eventually department heads).

* ChicAndDie: This is how Jordan Sullivan is introduced. When J.D. is assigned to treat an influential member of the hospital board, he thinks that it's going to be a grumpy, unpleasant, elderly man. His narration abruptly changes when he discovers the board member is actually a highly attractive late-30s woman.

* SpecialGuest and TheCameo: Dozens, ranging from recurring characters (John Ritter, Heather Graham, Creator/MichaelJFox) to brief appearances-- Fred 'Rerun' Berry, [[StarWars Billy Dee]], Jimmie Walker, Matthew '[[Series/{{Friends}} Chandler]]' Perry, and more. Almost the entire cast of ''Series/SpinCity'' has dropped by at some point. Also has had musicians appear solely for musical numbers (Music/ThePolyphonicSpree, Colin Hay). As the show got more popular, they got much more frequent...

* SaltAndPepper: Or as Turk and J.D. would put it, "Vanilla Bear" and "Chocolate Bear". It's both played straight and subverted often since Turk tends to be just as nerdy and weird as J.D. sometimes.

->''"Dr. Dorian, do you not realize you are nothing more than a large pair of scrubs to me?"''

%% * HollywoodDateless: JD. {{Lampshaded}} very often in later seasons.

** The first season's first and last episodes' first lines are exactly the same and their first scenes resemble one another.

John "J.D." Dorian trains and works at Sacred Heart Hospital, learning the difference between studying medicine and being a doctor, as well as how being a person can differ from both. His guide through much of this is Dr. Perry Cox, an acerbic, sharp-tongued and profoundly bitter attending physician with a terrible personal, professional, romantic and social life but a genuine desire to help his patients.

Other people in the hospital provide contrast, support, and the more-than-occasional weird situation: J.D.'s long-time friend Dr. Chris Turk, a surgeon who tries to be the best and [[SoulBrotha blackest]] thing since burnt sliced toast; nurse Carla Espinosa, the TeamMom to the staff with a penchant for delivering advice whether you like it or not; Dr. Elliot Reid, J.D's (female) on-again, off-again love interest and possibly the only doctor on staff more nerdy and psychologically messed-up than he is; Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso, the hospital's Chief of Medicine and JerkAss of a boss whose job requires him to be a heartless bastard and think only of the hospital in fiscal terms; and "Janitor", a mysterious and often menacing presence in J.D.'s life who has taken the role of his nemesis.

* MusicalEpisode: Justified because a patient is suffering from a brain aneurysm that causes her to hear speech as singing. Though as to why they are [[RuleOfCool speaking in rhyme]]...

* AnythingThatMoves: The Todd tries to be this but more often then not fails because he's a disgusting derogatory creep to women. Then in Season 5 he comes out as a DepravedBisexual and becomes a disgusting derogatory creep to men as well.
-->'''Janitor''': What the hell are you?\\
'''Todd''': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp-nJwF4QbM I'm The Todd!]]

* WannabeLine: One episode had Turk and JD denied entrance to a club because the {{Bouncer}} thought they were acting uncool. They were only allowed in when Carla said they were with her.