Dorian, M.D., is a fictional character and protagonist of the American comedy-drama television series, Scrubs.

acts as the narrator and main character of the series from seasons one to eight, providing voice-overs that reveal his internal thoughts, often linking the story arcs in each episode.

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.

's name is based on that of Dr. Jonathan Doris, a college friend of series creator Bill Lawrence.

[7] 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.

The sequences played out in his daydreams are often surreal or about the situations that have just been mentioned or wondered about, but 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.

begins work at Sacred Heart under Attending Physician Dr. Perry Cox (John C. McGinley), who generally refers to J.D.

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.

are often at odds over hospital matters, mirroring Cox's relationship with the former chief, Dr. Bob Kelso (Ken Jenkins), in earlier seasons.

leaves Sacred Heart for a job at another hospital (St. Vincent) where Kim works in order to be closer to his son, Sam.

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.

[24] Finally, he leaves his teaching position and steps back from mentoring Lucy, determined that she must learn to function on her own.

[25] 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.

"[28] On his first day, he also meets Carla Espinosa (Judy Reyes), a nurse who looks out for him and affectionately nicknames him "Bambi.

"[15] 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).

[18] He meets and forms a connection with Elliot Reid (Sarah Chalke) in the pilot episode and finds himself attracted to her.

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,[29] but their romance quickly falls apart when they realize that they do not work as a couple.

In season five, he meets Dr. Kim Briggs (Elizabeth Banks), the hospital's urologist, and they are immediately attracted to each other.

[31] 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.

realises that he does not love her, and they break up for good while she is giving birth to their son, Sam Perry Gilligan Dorian.

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.

character makes a cameo appearance in It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, trying to reanimate Miss Piggy.

In 2012, the final scene of the Cougar Town season 3 episode "A One Story Town" features an uncredited cameo by Braff as a pizza delivery boy, whom returning Scrubs character Ted Buckland recognises as being physically identical to J.D.