Dr. Douglas "Doug" "Nervous Guy" Murphy is a fictional character from Scrubs. He is played by Johnny Kastl.
| Doug Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Doug Murphy (Johnny Kastl) | |
| First appearance | My First Day |
| Created by | Bill Lawrence |
| Portrayed by | Johnny Kastl |
| In-universe information | |
| Nickname | Nervous Guy |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Dr. Doug Murphy |
| Occupation | doctor |
| Family | father |
Skill
Dr. Doug "Nervous Guy" Murphy is the nervous and terribly inept colleague of J.D. and Elliot (e.g., ordering 500,000 milligrams of morphine for a patient). His incompetence is the butt of many jokes on Scrubs. After being the only person in the history of the hospital to repeat his third year of residency, he transferred from internal medicine to pathology. It is discovered in Season 4 that Doug is an expert coroner due to his numerous botched procedures and ineptitude with living patients. His skill of diagnosing cause of death is that nearly to the level of savant, a skill that was discovered by Elliot after trying to save Doug's career. Doug also has several means of death named after him. This has not prevented him from still making mistakes such as forgetting his gurney, misplacing a dead body or waiting too long to get a patient before rigor mortis sets in. He is under the impression that the dead bodies in the morgue are out to get him, after several of them fell on him (leading to him breaking both his feet on more than one occasion). Doug even used to tag people before they were dead. He also has been seen playing Texas Hold'em with dead bodies, and using one as a beverage holder, because it "keeps it cool".
Trivia
- He is often seen hanging out with Ted Buckland, as they both enjoy biking, compete in triathlons, and, perhaps most importantly, are often picked on by the likes of Dr. Kelso and Dr. Cox (However, after Danni Sullivan (Tara Reid) made out with both of them at Turk and Carla's wedding, they have come to blows a few times).
- He loves lollipops
- He always wears a collared shirt under his scrubs and his red fanny pack.