Talk:J.D. (Scrubs)

message: Shouldn't we note J.D's habit of daydreaming, and how it often spreads out onto reality (i.e daydreaming of Neena kicking men in the balls to a dance number then informing her that "I'm wearing a cup!" or daydreaming about doing the "re-run dance" at a stag-night and actually doing it)? I'm not suggesting we list them all, but it is of note I reckon. Crimson Shadow 14:07, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Daydreams

message: WHYYY delete "He also has a curious tendency to wear a "riding sock" down his pants whether he is riding a car, scooter, or a bicycle. "???? its as related as his hairmet right?? its interesting to know!! ahwang 11:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: transportation=

message: We should mention his daydreams and also his narrations and thoughts. A section listing a few memorable ones might be good, but we would have to discuss which ones are noteworthy. Here's a few I would mention.
Kung Fu fighting, My Day at the Races
Sean/diet soda, My Lucky Night
99 Luftballoons, My Interpretation
Turk/Gospel church, My Own Personal Jesus
Irish Brother, My Lucky Charm
Randall/locker, My Rule of Thumb
Turkiott, My Jiggly Ball
Todd/old lady wrestling, My New Old Friend
p.s. Sorry for the Newbie question, but how do I add responses to the appropriate part of a diccussion page, going under the established title of that conversation? EJB341, 24th August.
    lets not forget "floating head doctor"  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.220.23 (talk) 22:39, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Daydreams

message: Someone has taken off all the nicknames for J.D, this means we have the unfortunate task of finding them again and listing them in their appropriate seasons. Please list the girls names in the seasons and add addtionail nicknames e.g Bambi, vanilla bear, seperatly.
Yeah damnit, put the nicknames back on. They're relevent to the show and to J.D. -Tony
:No, they are not. Look at the other Scrubs articles. Well, most of them.--SUIT 20:08, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They are unencyclopedic and are only there to take up space. See the history. One should say, "deleting unencyclopedic content". If you have an issue with this, take it up with him.--SUIT 00:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

text: It doesn't really matter what fans on a forum think, and a list of nicknames is unencyclopedic, and shouldn't be there--SUIT 22:58, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Stay civil, pal. A nickname section isn't necessary and this isn't a vote. So rather than going on a long rant about this, go and contribute to Wikipedia.--SUIT 03:59, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

text: Fine. I suppose a few wouldn't hurt, but not that entire list.--SUIT42 04:49, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds ok. Georgeryall 20:51, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Nicknames=

message: Can we include his fear of hot air balloons, since the only time I remember hearing about it was during the sitcom-sequence from My Life in Four Cameras? It seems unclear that you can use those sequences as reality given the random changes that occur in them. Staxringold talkcontribs 20:07, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fears

message: I suggest we move the page to J.D. (Scrubs) or something like that since he's usually called J.D. anyway--SUIT 22:06, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I, uh, just moved it... If it doesn't work, I'll change it back--SUIT 22:18, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Move?

message: Spoiler end tag would be GREAT on this page, as right now, I can't read a thing! Also, I wont check back here because I don't want it spoiled, but does JD have some kind of mental illness? I mean his daydreams and talking to himself. It would be an interesting twist and make SO much sense JayKeaton 14:46, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Spoiler

message: I just watched episode 424 "My Changing Ways". At the very end of the episode, JD introduces himself as "Johnathan" to his neighbor who fell through the ceiling. So his name should be Dr. Johnathan "J.D." Dorian  — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.20.220.60 (talk) 03:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: abc, nbc, and imdb are not written by the writers. he has used jonathan on more than one occasion, and jonny several times as well. nobody would call themself jonathan if their name was john--Jac16888 15:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

text: If he'd introduced himself as 'Johan' would you say that that's his first name? Unless you can find an official source - more official than the studio that produces the show and the network that airs it - that says that his name is Jonathan, I'm going to have to go with John.24.44.137.19 07:04, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  how more official can you get than THE WRITERS THEMSELVES. --Jac16888 11:04, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're kidding, right? Bill Lawrence is the ultimate creative authority on the series. If the series website, studio website, and network website erroneously listed his name as 'John,' I think he'd correct it. But fine, what if we just use both?24.44.137.19 23:27, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I've edited it thus, what do you think? Of course John comes first in alphabetical order. We'll just have to write to Bill Lawrence and get him to settle this.24.44.137.19 23:55, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

text: are you guys retarded? You know "John" is short for "Jonathan" right? They are both his real name, because they are the same name.68.238.6.11 01:17, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: its not always, there are many many people who are simply called John, without it being short for Jonathan, my dad being one of them. and i suggest you read WP:ATTACK--Jac16888 12:43, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

text: i believe that he was actually unnerved by the janitor knowing his middle name, remember that janitor only got his info from J.D.'s diary, which may not have Jds full name in it, we don't know, and also, jd has actually introduced himself as jonathan on occasion. but anyway, we have no concrete confirmation either way, hence the inclusion of both--Jac16888 21:01, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, we do. In "My Case Study," the bulletin announcing J.D. as the winning case study says, "John Dorian M.D." In "My New Game," the name on his and Elliot's office door says "CO-CHIEF RESIDENT - JOHN DORIAN M.D." I've heard him called "Jonathan" in dialogue, but I've never seen his name written as such. In point of fact, "John" and "Jonathan" are entirely seperate names. Of course the latter is often abbreviated "Jon." Khan_singh 05:33, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Observe thus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:My_New_Game.JPG Khan_singh 06:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I'm concerned, that image settles it. If anyone disagrees, you can of course un-do my edit.Khan_singh 04:43, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Your image settles nothing, can you see jonathan fitting on that sign? The point is that we have seen or heard him called both John and jonathan, which is why the article has both--Jac16888 10:52, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Fine, find a single instance of his name being written as Jonathan. If you look closely, you can see John written on that bulletin, on his office door, even on his paycheck. If the two names were used equally or even 70/30, I could see where this debate - insignificant though it is - would have two sides to argue. But in view of the fact that every official online source, viz. NBC's website and Touchtone's website, the fact that every written instance of his name on hospital documents, and the fact even programming guides call him John "J.D." Dorian; and that he's only referred to in dialogue as Jonathan once, perhaps twice; it seems to me that the vast preponderance of evidence favors John.Khan_singh 05:39, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And again, John and Jonathan are seperate names. If Jonathan couldn't fit on the sign, it would say Jon.Khan_singh 06:00, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are right, there is much more evidence that it is John rather than jonathan, but the point is that he has, on occasion, called himself Jonathan, which is why they are both included--Jac16888 10:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The fact that john is written on his paycheck means nothing. My dad's first name is really Anthony but he goes under Tony a common nickname of Anthony and often has Tony written on official documents (including business cards, and the name on his office door). I've definitely heard of people called Jonathan actually going under the name John and not Jon. I don't really care I'm not a huge Scrubs fan but you could safely assume his full first name is Jonathon and John is short for it. I would rather you guys decide on one name and then have a note about his disputed name in the article rather than the very clunky "Dr. John (or Jonathon) Michael Dorian". Jabso (talk) 04:44, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The difference is that Tony is a nickname for Anthony, and Jonathan and John are names in their own right. There is precendent for using both names. See the article on Nathaniel P. Banks.Khan_singh (talk) 06:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I know that it's been over a year since anyone posted on the subject, but I thought I'd have my say. John is short for Jonathan. It's as simple as that. It can be spelt John or Jon - it's a matter of preference. Josh is short for Joshua, Ant is short for Anthony, Chris is short for Christopher. It's true that a parent may choose to officially name their child by the shortened name, so his name MAY be just John. I disagree with people doing that, as I think it seems tacky, but that's just my opinion. I think that his full name is Jonathan Michael Dorian for the simple reason that he would not have introduced himself as such if it were not his name. The fact that his paychecks/office sign/etc may say 'John' is irrelevant. It's perfectly acceptable for someone to use the short-form of their name for such things. Zestos (talk) 19:06, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

text:  "J.D.'s name is based on that of Dr. Jonathan Doris, a college friend of creator Bill Lawrence". Zestos (talk) 20:06, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Real Name

message: The entire article is unreferenced. "The program itself is a reference" - ok, give episodes. It's what was done on the Janitor page. mattbuck 23:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: fine, done it --Jac16888 20:29, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unreferenced 

message: I may have found a reference to an unmade film with the same name on the Béla Lugosi page under the decline section, third paragraph. It was going to be made by Edward D. Wood, Jr., but there is no mention of it on that page. Some of the footage that was taking might have been used in Plan 9 from Outer Space. Xannon 18:05, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dr. Acula refference? 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Scrubs jd.jpg

message: "played by John Ritter who died a few months before the episode was made"Bustter 22:28, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: john ritter played his dad in My Old Man, s1, and another ep too, can't remember which, and when he died, they made My Cake, s4 as a tribute to him. but that line isn't actually in the article, where are you quoting it from?--Jac16888 23:16, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

text: that was me, it didn't say that before. anyway, we know its a tribute because the ep was dedicated to him--Jac16888 21:18, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

text: see i'm confused now, i distinctly remember changing the sentence after reading your post, and yet it apparently never happened. Must have just hit the preview button, then moved away from the page, sorry, my mistake--Jac16888 12:12, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: How is this possible?

message: The entire first paragraph of that section consists entirely on event that occurred in one particular episode then were never referenced again. This section should be trimmed down to only events that occur repeatedly throughout the series. - SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 03:59, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: i think that his fears should be kept, but beyond that, yes it should be trimmed down, i will have ago later when i've got more free time--Jac16888 12:02, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

text: have free time after all, have trimmed it down, somewhat, some things seemed significant despite being one time occurences.--Jac16888 12:23, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quirks 

message: J.D. talked abortion with Jesus? When?  —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.149.133.169 (talk) 04:27, August 22, 2007 (UTC) 
EPISODE 6.02, "My Best Friend's Baby's Baby and My Baby's Baby" 02:17, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  JD & Jesus 

message: This description was recently added... I was going to remove it, but Jac16888 beat me to it. I don't think it fits here for several reasons. Firstly, the text would need a citation from a reliable source, not a blog or forum. Secondly, and most importantly, from what I can find, the term appears to refer to a close, non-romantic relationship between a heterosexual man and a homosexual man, not between two heterosexual males. As such, it wouldn't apply to J.D. and Turk. Thoughts? --Ckatzchatspy 21:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Obviously i agree with it being removed (as i did it :)), mainly because word seemed too obscure to be meaningful to many people, plus the article explaining it has been deleted about 10 times--Jac16888 22:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Bromance" 

message: Hmm...I deleted the character profile section dealing with a description of J.D.'s balls. sound fair? 9/16/07 ksagar
:Don't see a problem with it, it didn't lend much to the article--Jac16888 10:13, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  testicles 

message: "acts strangely around pennies (possibly due to an event in the pilot episode that makes the Janitor dislike him.)"
I'm pretty sure he acts weird around pennies because he has appendicitis. I don't have any specific reference, but in the episode, I believe JD was in the hospital as a patient and he didn't want Turk to operate on him, but he ended up operating on JD anyway because of complications and him being the only doctor on call. Some dialogue I remember: JD "Did you stitch your initials into me?", JD "If I ever need surgery again, I want you (Turk) to be inside me." and Turk says, "I want to be the one inside you."
Hopefully that's enough to pin it down for a correction. 208.117.81.202 01:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The episode you are referring to, My Day Off, is the one where he as appendicitis, and it is mentioned earlier on by turk that he acts weird around pennies , confirmed at the end when turk puts two pennies close to him. However his appendicitis has no bearing on this behaviour, and is apparantly due to the janitor accusing JD of breaking a door by jamming a penny in the mechanism--Jac16888 01:42, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pennies 

message: This article is in dire need of a clean up.  While it is debatable on what should stay and go, I think Transportation should be completely taken out, while the Romantic Relationships section heavily condensed.
Let's be honest: Most of JD's girlfriends aren't all that unique.  Alex's section is how I think they should be handled, 2-3 sentences of the history of the relationship, and the actress who plays her.  I'll take this up sometime this weekend, but I'm open to suggestions on how to go about this.134.68.177.150 22:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oops, forgot to log in.  Notthegoatseguy 22:34, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean Up 

message: I edited the "Relationships" section (Romantic interests, to be precise) and forgot to log in and another user reverted it as vandalism.  It was nothing of the sort, just trimming down the Romantic Interests section of a few sentences, whereas I believe it should be trimmed down much more but I didn't have enough time yesterday.  I'm going to revert the edit, as it certainly wasn't vandalism, and I've put this page on Watch so I can be reached here or my individual talk page.  Hopefully we can come to a compromise.  Notthegoatseguy 15:44, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm having an off day.  Ignore this.  Apparently I've forgotten how to read and differentiate between IPs.  Notthegoatseguy 15:46, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted it because you actually removed some of the more notable info, Molly Clock was notable as she appeared in a lot of episodes, and the info about Mandy Moore being Zach Braffs real life girlfriend is good because its real-life information. I have re-added the bit about Molly Clock. If you want to clean it up, rm the bits within each character which are minor, not the whole characters themselves--Jac16888 17:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: While I'll coneded about Moore, Molly and J.D. didn't even date.  The extent of their relationship was "made out, and weeks later almost hooked up."  Hardly notable.  It is true that she appeared in several episodes and had storylines with several characters, including Dr. Cox, Kelso, and Elliot.  But J.D. had no storyline other than "made out and almost hooked up."  She deserves mention in their articles, but I don't think in J.D.'s.  Notthegoatseguy 19:06, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism? 

message: "Quirks
In the episode "My Hero", he is shown to act strangely around pennies, which possibly due to an event in the pilot episode that makes Janitor dislike him. His religious orientation is unclear, he appears to believe in karma, as seen in "My Karma", but on other occasions J.D. has indicated that he may be a Christian, having an imaginary conversation with Jesus over the option of abortion and taking Jesus' ultimatum of "no abortions!" seriously. He is generally a very clumsy person; he trips and falls in some way or another on a regular basis."
I'm just wondering why his religious affiliation have anything to do with "quirks" 66.69.122.130 (talk) 00:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quirks? 

message: jd was also nicknamed scooter in one episode by the janitor  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.202.231.147 (talk) 10:11, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: exactly, in one episode. We only include nicknames that are used many times, otherwise the nicknames section would be huge--Jac16888 (talk) 13:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  nicknames 

message: The information previously in this article is not suitable for this site, so it has been removed. Most of the information was just pure original research, while the rest is just not suitable for an in-universe description of the character. Both his role in the series and his overall personality should be described within a few paragraphs. That information should be directly sourced by something, preferably information from the creators rather than the episodes. The current layout is based on Troy McClure, which is a featured article. If you believe that the information was fine, you're currently on the wrong site. Finding a good wiki on Wikia would be a good goal.TTN (talk) 23:11, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: An IP added a ton of stuff back, and more. Enigma message 13:04, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Removal of information

message: I just saw an espisode where one of J.D.'s girlfriends got pregnant, shouldn't this be mentioned somewhere?  Emperor001 (talk) 18:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Pregnant girlfriend

message: i think i found two errors in this article
* where in the show does it ever say that Turk and J.D. went to College of William and Mary. i dont think this fact is ever mentioned
      In a flashback about JD's college girlfriend Stacy a couple William and Mary posters can clearly be seen.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.33.43 (talk) 02:07, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  errors..or so i think.. 

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