This comparative analysis of how Grey’s Anatomy became a spin off from Scrubs may be a quite blurry to some, but if you watched season after season of Scrubs, you’d know where I am getting at. Grey’s Anatomy is all about capturing a seemingly realistic turn of doctor’s lives which in this case, shows more emphasis on human relationships, romantic relationships to be closer to the point.

 

Everybody seems to be sleeping with everybody, but this is more actively participated by the interns like Scrubs. Now, going back to the rest of the characters, where have the rest of Scrubs and Grey’s Anatomy gone off to? Well, here’s what I am thinking (Not that I am a major expert in the area, but I do get my fair share of the television and everything else that the media throws in with postcard printing and direct mail and everything else) about the rest of the cast and crew:

Dr. Cox & Carla – as pointed earlier on, this character transforms into Dr. Miranda Bailey who leads the interns. However, I think that they also injected the character of Carla, the nurse in Scrubs, into Dr. Bailey’s character. Because frankly, while Dr. Cox is the teacher archetype, Carla is the compassionate and a bit more bossy one.

The Todd – I’d like to think that Alex Karev is like The Todd in Scrubs. A bit of the Jock Type stereotype that acts like a jerk. Again, he’s not a very pivotal character. But he is there once again to complete the combo of interns.

You have two guys, O’ Malley and then Karev to compliment the women interns as love interests and friends at time. George O’Malley – He is not a pivotal character at all if it were up to me. But he does emphasize the strength of the women interns, namely Yang, Izzie and Meredith by looking naïve or weak.

The Janitor – is a comedic character in the Scrubs that threatens JD. Grey’s Anatomy doesn’t need him so there. The same thing goes for the lawyer named Ted.

Jordan Sullivan – this is Dr. Cox’s wife or girlfriend. When I think of her, I see her as the serious more superior brunette that reminds me of Allison Shepard. Although earlier, I said that Allison Shepard is like an alter ego or ghost to Eliot Reid, I tend to think more that indeed Jordan Sullivan became Allison Shepard, whose arrival in Seattle Grace Hospital is like a vengeful woman of some sorts.

Nevertheless, at the very core, they have the same built. So while the comparison is a bit messy, I do not claim that the comparison is flawless. Characters can take into variety of shapes and forms. And while Grey’s Anatomy is a dramatic and Scrubs is comedic, the platform is the same and the characters are the same. The only thing that sets each of them apart is the emphasis that the other took on dynamic human relationship, while Scrubs on its comedic stance.