J.D. ( Scrubs ) - wikipedia J.D. ( Scrubs ) This article describes a work or element of fiction in a primarily in - universe style. Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. ( April 2018 ) J.D. Scrubs character First appearance `` My First Day '' Last appearance `` Our Stuff Gets Real '' Created by Bill Lawrence Portrayed by Zach Braff Cody Estes ( Young J.D. ) Information Full name John Michael Dorian, M.D. Nickname ( s ) Johnny, Newbie, Scooter, Vanilla Bear, Bambi, Q - tip, and a variety of girls ' names Species Human Gender Male Occupation Doctor of internal medicine at Sacred Heart Hospital Title Residency Director Family Sam Dorian ( father, deceased ) Barbara Hobbs Dorian ( mother ) Dan Dorian ( brother ) Nana Hobbs ( maternal grandmother ) Grandma Dorian ( paternal grandmother, deceased ) Dr. Simon Reid ( father - in - law ) Lily Reid ( mother - in - law ) Dr. Barry Reid ( brother - in - law ) Dr. Bradley Reid ( brother - in - law ) Spouse ( s ) Elliot Reid Children Sam Perry Gilligan Dorian ( with Kim Briggs ) Unnamed daughter ( with Elliot ) John Michael `` J.D. '' Dorian, M.D. is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the American comedy - drama television series Scrubs. Played by Zach Braff, he acts as narrator and main character of the series from the first season to the eighth, providing voice - overs that reveal his internal thoughts and an overall narration in the show, often linking the story arcs in each episode thematically. J.D. appears in every episode during the first eight seasons except two season 8 episodes : `` My Absence, '' in which he is only heard through a cellphone, and `` My Full Moon '' ; he later partially returns as a major character in the first six episodes of the ninth and final season to help transition the series into its new format. Braff also briefly portrayed the character in the spin - off series Scrubs : Interns and the Muppets film It 's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. Both the character and Braff 's performance were positively received. Braff was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2005 and received three consecutive Golden Globe Award for Best Actor -- Television Series Musical or Comedy nominations from 2005 to 2007. Contents 1 Character background 2 Fictional character biography 2.1 Personality 2.2 Family life 2.3 Work 2.4 Friends 2.5 Romantic history 3 Cameo 4 References Character background J.D. 's name is based on that of Dr. Jonathan Doris, a college friend of series creator Bill Lawrence. Doris served as a medical advisor on the show. According to Zach Braff, he feels that after seven years, there is not much of J.D. 's personality left to be explored, except for his relationship with best friend Christopher Turk, while Lawrence has stated that the seventh season was to show J.D. finally growing up, in order to satisfy many fans who did not want to see him stay the same. However, Braff also says that J.D. has gradually evolved over the series, but at the same time can not evolve too much, as they need to `` ( give ) the fans what they want, which is to see the characters be themselves. '' In a 2008 interview, Braff stated that while he feels `` most at home when I 'm playing a Jewish character '', the writers for Scrubs chose to imply that Dorian was Christian because the show needed `` to appeal to the most massive audience possible '' out of concern that some people might not watch a show featuring a Jewish main character. Fictional character biography Personality J.D. 's most prominently featured quirk is his habit of daydreaming. When this happens, he tilts his head back and to his left, blankly looking upwards. The sequences played out in his daydreams are of surreal scenarios and situations that have just been mentioned or wondered about, often in an exaggerated manner. Many of these are followed by a comment from him which, although in keeping with his daydream, sounds strange and is often highly unrelated to the initial topic, very often earning him odd looks from nearby characters in the scene. Despite his numerous mistakes, quirks and personal neurosis, J.D. is shown throughout the series to be a very skilled doctor. He is described as having compassion for his patients, and a lot of determination and enthusiasm for his job. Family life He grew up in Trotwood, Ohio. In a season 1 episode ( 2001 ), JD states that 20 years ago he `` had a little trouble with his `` esses '' '' because he was five. In season five JD turns 30. His father, Sam ( John Ritter ), a failed office supply salesman, was absent for most of J.D. 's childhood, and often mooched off his son when he was around ; after Sam dies, however, J.D. realizes that his father loved him and was proud of him. His mother is Barbara Turner Dorian. He has an older brother, Dan ( Tom Cavanagh ), with whom he has a love / hate relationship. Work J.D. begins the show as an intern at Sacred Heart Hospital. After a year, he becomes a resident, then an attending physician in internal medicine, and eventually residency director of another hospital. J.D. begins work at Sacred Heart under Attending Physician Dr. Perry Cox ( John C. McGinley ), who generally refers to J.D. as `` Newbie '' or by a variety of girls ' names. J.D. thinks of Cox as his mentor, which Cox adamantly denies. As much as he hates to admit it, however, Cox respects J.D. as a doctor and even cares about him as a person, even offering him personal advice on a few occasions. J.D. 's faith in Cox is shaken when the latter has a breakdown following the death of three patients. After a deeply depressed Cox shows up to work drunk, J.D. refuses to see him, claiming that he does not approve of Cox 's behavior. However, he later confesses to Cox that he still looks upon him as a hero, and admires him for caring so much about his patients that he takes it hard when things go badly for them. At the end of the episode, Cox thanks J.D. -- and, atypically, calls him by his real name -- for helping him forgive himself and get on with his life. After Cox is promoted to Chief of Medicine in season 8, he and J.D. are often at odds over hospital matters, mirroring Cox 's relationship with the former chief, Dr. Bob Kelso ( Ken Jenkins ), in earlier seasons. Kelso advises J.D. that he is the one who will have to press for hospital matters if they 're important enough, even if it means fighting Cox to do it. On J.D. 's last day Sacred Heart, Cox finally admits that J.D. is an exceptional physician, an exceptional person, and a friend -- albeit only when he thinks J.D. is n't around to hear it. J.D. is also engaged in a constant battle with the Janitor ( Neil Flynn ) from the very first episode. The Janitor is trying to open a jammed door when J.D. suggests there may be a penny stuck in it. When it turns out that there is a penny stuck in the door, the Janitor vows revenge. Throughout the series, the Janitor is constantly playing tricks and pranks on J.D. In the eighth - season finale, it is revealed that J.D. did accidentally put the penny in the door. The Janitor saw him drop the penny, but because he never admitted it, decided that J.D. had failed a `` test of character, '' thus igniting their feud. J.D. leaves Sacred Heart for a job at another hospital in order to be closer to his son, Sam. In season 9, J.D. becomes a visiting professor at Winston University, a medical school built on the old site of Sacred Heart, which has been torn down. He forms a bond with the series ' new main character, Lucy Bennett ( Kerry Bishé ), whom he counsels through the rigors of life as a doctor. After a few months, however, he tells her that he eventually plans to move on, and that she must find a new mentor before he leaves. Finally, he leaves his teaching position and steps back from mentoring Lucy, determined that she must learn to function on her own. Friends He often spends time with Chris Turk ( Donald Faison ), his best friend and surrogate brother, whom he first met when they were roommates at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. The pair continue to be roommates even as they progress to become interns and residents. J.D. is often shown to have a codependent relationship with Turk, regularly going through some stages of depression whenever he ca n't be with him. By their own admission, their relationship is a `` bromance. '' In the first episode, when Turk suggests the two of them seek separate apartments to `` branch out, '' J.D. 's inner monologue tells himself to `` Tell him you think that 's stupid. Tell him you need him, '' but they end up roommates again by the episode 's end. Their friendship is often depicted as being closer and more loving than a marriage ; they sum up their feelings in the song `` Guy Love '' : `` It 's Guy Love / That 's all it is / It 's Guy Love / He 's mine, I 'm his / There 's nothing gay about it in our eyes. '' On his first day, he also meets Carla Espinosa ( Judy Reyes ), a nurse who looks out for him and affectionately nicknames him `` Bambi. '' On his last day at Sacred Heart, she reveals that she calls him this because he needed to learn how to walk ( meaning to become a doctor ). Romantic history He meets and forms a connection with Elliot Reid ( Sarah Chalke ) in the pilot episode and finds himself attracted to her. In seasons 1 to 3, a running joke in the series was that J.D. would sleep with Elliot at least once in each season, although the show 's producers have indicated that this ended to prevent the characters ' development being constrained by clichés. The two form a romantic relationship in the first season, but their romance quickly falls apart when they realize that they do not work as a couple. He has had romantic and sexual liaisons with various women besides Elliot, including Dr. Cox 's ex-wife Jordan Sullivan ( Christa Miller ), and Jordan 's younger sister Danni Sullivan ( Tara Reid ). In season five, he meets Dr. Kim Briggs ( Elizabeth Banks ), the hospital 's urologist, and they are immediately attracted to each other. They go on a date that ends with J.D. getting her pregnant via premature ejaculation. In season 6, they decide to keep the child and try to make a relationship work, but they break up when Kim announces that she had a miscarriage. Soon afterward, however, J.D. discovers that she is still pregnant, having lied about losing the baby to get out of the relationship. He decides to stay with her for the sake of their child. J.D. realizes that he does n't love her, however, and they break up for good while she is giving birth to their son, Sam Perry Gilligan Dorian. While J.D. and Elliot had an on - and - off romance throughout the series, it is not until the conclusion of Season 6 that they appear ready to get back together. The episode `` My Point of No Return '' ends with J.D. and Elliot lying on a bed in the on - call room, leaning in for a kiss. The action remains unresolved until Season 7, when Elliot backs out. They both then say that the almost - kiss had nothing to do with their feelings for each other. In Season 8, they become a couple again after they talk about their history together, and Dr. Kelso advises them to do whatever makes them happy. During the filming for Season 8, Sarah Chalke said in an interview that she could n't imagine J.D. and Elliot not being together romantically. In the Season 8 finale, it is suggested through a flash forward in the style of a home movie that J.D and Elliot will marry and have a child. In Season 9, it is revealed that J.D. and Elliot are in fact married and expecting a child. This is punctuated by an extremely awkward morning ritual in front of Elliot 's class where J.D. kisses her stomach for every month she is pregnant and says `` and thank you for making mommy 's boobs bigger '' ; Elliot then puts her breasts on his head. In their final appearance together, they go on a `` babymoon '', a romantic getaway for expecting parents. Cameo Like Elliot, Carla, Cox and the Janitor, the J.D. character makes a cameo appearance in It 's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, trying to reanimate Miss Piggy. However, Piggy and the Scrubs cast finally break the fourth wall, with the actors portraying themselves. References Jump up ^ Gonzalez, Maria. `` Scrubs : Is it a Boy or Girl for J.D. and Elliot ? '' Archived 2009 - 12 - 12 at the Wayback Machine... BuddyTV.com. December 08, 2009. Accessed : September 09, 2011. Jump up ^ `` 57th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners ''. Archived from the original on 4 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` Zach Braff ''. Golden Globes. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Next Generation '' ( PDF ). Archived ( PDF ) from the original on 2016 - 08 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Jonathan Doris - IMDB ''. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2014. Jump up ^ Biller, Jennifer, et al. `` Tube Talk - Scrubs ' Zach Braff and Bill Lawrence interview Archived 2011 - 09 - 19 at the Wayback Machine. ''. Edited transcript of a conference call interview. October 23, 2007. Accessed August 28, 2011. Jump up ^ `` More On `` Scrubs '' From The Zach Braff - Bill Lawrence Interview Archived 2009 - 05 - 09 at the Wayback Machine. ``. Jump up ^ `` Q&A with Zach Braff ''. Schmooze. 4 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. ^ Jump up to : Keveney, Bill. `` ' Scrubs ' sews things up as the end draws near... or not Archived 2010 - 01 - 17 at the Wayback Machine. '' USA TODAY. 5 Jan 2009. Accessed 6 August 2011 Jump up ^ `` My Office ''. Scrubs. Season 4. Episode 02. September 7, 2004. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Super Ego ''. Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 06. November 6, 2001. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Day at the Races ''. Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 3. January 10, 2006. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Old Man ''. Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 19. April 9, 2002. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Cake ''. Scrubs. Season 4. Episode 6. October 12, 2004. NBC. ^ Jump up to : `` My First Day ''. Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 1. October 2, 2001. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Last Day ''. Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 24. May 21, 2002. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Intern 's Eyes ''. Scrubs. Season 5. Episode 1. January 3, 2006. NBC. ^ Jump up to : `` My Finale ''. Scrubs. Season 8. Episode 19. May 6, 2009. ABC. Jump up ^ `` My Lunch ''. Scrubs. Season 5. Episode 20. April 25, 2006. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Fallen Idol ''. Scrubs. Season 5. Episode 21. May 2, 2006. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My New Role ''. Scrubs. Season 8. Episode 7. February 3, 2009. ABC. Jump up ^ `` My Chief Concern ''. Scrubs. Season 8. Episode 17. May 5, 2009. ABC. Jump up ^ `` Our First Day of School ''. Scrubs. Season 9. Episode 9. January 12, 2010. NBC. Jump up ^ `` Our Mysteries ''. Scrubs. Season 9. Episode 5. December 22, 2009. ABC. ^ Jump up to : `` Our Stuff Gets Real ''. Scrubs. Season 9. Episode 9. January 12, 2010. ABC. Jump up ^ `` My Perspective ''. Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 09. February 15, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Comedy Show ''. Scrubs. Season 8. Episode 10. February 10, 2009. ABC. Jump up ^ `` My Musical ''. Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 6. January 18, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Drug Buddy ''. Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 14. January 22, 2009. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Bed Banter & Beyond ''. Scrubs. Season 1. Episode 15. February 5, 2002. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Transition ''. Scrubs. Season 5. Episode 24. May 16, 2006. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Road to Nowhere ''. Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 8. February 8, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Conventional Wisdom ''. Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 20. May 10, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Rabbit ''. Scrubs. Season 6. Episode 21. May 17, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Hard Labor ''. Scrubs. Season 7. Episode 2. November 1, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Own Worst Enemy ( Scrubs ) ''. Scrubs. Season 7. Episode 01. October 25, 2007. NBC. Jump up ^ `` My Happy Place ''. Scrubs. Season 8. Episode 4. January 13, 2009. ABC. Jump up ^ `` Sarah Chalke on Britney, the Bahamas, and Braff in a Speedo Archived 2011 - 10 - 06 at the Wayback Machine. ''. Buzzsugar.com. July 23, 2008. Accessed August 28, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Our First Day of School ''. Scrubs. Season 9. Episode 01. December 1, 2009. ABC. Scrubs Characters John `` J.D. '' Dorian Christopher Turk Elliot Reid Carla Espinosa Perry Cox Bob Kelso Janitor Seasons 6 7 8 9 Episodes `` My First Day '' `` My Own American Girl '' `` My Screw Up '' `` My Fault '' `` My Life in Four Cameras '' `` My Way Home '' `` My Chopped Liver '' `` My Musical '' `` My Long Goodbye '' `` Their Story '' `` My Point of No Return '' `` My Own Worst Enemy '' `` My Growing Pains '' `` My Bad Too '' `` My Princess '' `` My Jerks '' `` My Last Words '' `` My ABC 's '' `` My Nah Nah Nah '' `` My Finale '' `` Our First Day of School '' `` Our Role Models '' Related Scrubs : Interns Accolades Soundtracks The Blanks Riding the Wave `` Superman '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J.D._(Scrubs)&oldid=848281746 '' Categories : Scrubs ( TV series ) characters Fictional physicians Fictional characters from Ohio Fictional professors Fictional characters introduced in 2001 Fictional victims of bullies Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links Articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction from April 2018 All articles that need to differentiate between fact and fiction Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Español Français Italiano Norsk Polski Português Русский Українська 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 30 June 2018, at 23 : 26 ( UTC ). 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Question: who does jd end up with in scrubs
Answer: Elliot