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Percival Ulysses "Perry" Cox, M.D.〔(RateYourDoc.org at Sacred Heart Hospital )〕 (most commonly referred to as Dr. Cox), is a fictional character played by John C. McGinley on the American television comedy-drama ''Scrubs''. Dr. Cox appeared in every episode except, "My Last Words," "My Comedy Show," and "My Full Moon," which are all in season 8. McGinley is the only original cast member besides Zach Braff and Donald Faison who returned for season 9 as a regular cast member. ==Character profile== Dr. Cox is sarcastic and bitter, and has a quick, cruel wit, normally expressed through frequent and sometimes incredibly long rants. At the beginning of the series, he is the chief attending physician at Sacred Heart Hospital; he is later promoted to Residency Director and, by the eighth season, Chief of Medicine. In the ninth and final season, he becomes a professor when Sacred Heart is turned into a medical school. He is the superior and unwilling mentor of the series' protagonist, John "J.D." Dorian (Zach Braff). He has a "married but not married" relationship with his ex-wife, Jordan Sullivan (Christa Miller), with whom he has a son, Jack, and a daughter, Jennifer Dylan. Cox is athletic, often found playing basketball in the hospital's parking lot with younger hospital employees. In "My Friend the Doctor", he shows off by slam-dunking a basketball, but then injures his back when he lands, a reminder that he is middle-aged. Out of vanity, he tries to disguise his injury. He is also extremely egotistical; when named by a magazine as the best doctor in the city, he lines up every member of staff beneath him and his ex-wife to consecutively praise him. Cox is circumcised but his son is not. Cox grew up in an Irish Catholic family, and has a younger sister, Paige (Cheryl Hines). Their family was extremely dysfunctional; their father was an abusive alcoholic who "drunkenly knocked () from room to room", while their mother did nothing to stop the abuse. Cox has a strained relationship with his sister, who reminds him of the childhood he has tried to forget. Ironically, while he goes out of his way to distance himself from others, Cox often gets mixed up in the hardships of both his patients and those around him. This personal involvement often manifests in destructive ways, with Cox either internalizing or externalizing his feelings (and targeting those around him). Despite this, Cox has intervened in situations, with no expectation of personal gain and often to his own detriment, to "help" others. A notable example of this is when he risks incurring the wrath of his pregnant ex-wife, Jordan, by calling her in to help Carla deal with her postpartum depression. According to McGinley in the Season 1 DVD bonus features, Dr. Cox's habit of often touching his nose is a homage to Paul Newman's character in ''The Sting'', although Cox also uses it as a sign of irritation on occasion, rather than just a sign signifying "it's going to be OK", as it was used in the film. Dr. Cox also has been compared to Gregory House. This is further explored in "My House", during which Cox acquires a temporary limp. At the end of the episode, through a series of circumstances, Dr. Cox walks into the room where the other characters are sitting and in a very House-esque way, gives them the answers to everything they have been trying to figure out through the whole episode. Cox accepts the position of Chief of Medicine after the former chief, Cox's longtime nemesis Dr. Bob Kelso, retires at the age of 65. The position, however, does not come easily. He temporarily holds the position until the board finds a replacement, Dr. Taylor Maddox (Courteney Cox). After concluding that Dr. Maddox is, in fact, worse than Kelso, Dr. Cox teams up with the Janitor and Dr. Kelso to oust her. After Dr. Maddox is fired, the position is vacant until Dr. Kelso, behind Cox's back, recommends him for the job. Dr. Cox is initially hesitant to take the job out of fear of losing the connection he has with his patients. Although it takes a few days, Kelso convinces him to accept the position. In the Season 2 DVD commentary of "His Story", series creator Bill Lawrence stated that one of Dr. Cox's quirks is that he knows if someone is standing behind him and who it is, without turning around to check. This quirk is defied in "My Finale" when J.D. stands behind Cox as he tells one of the new interns how he really feels; throughout the speech, he gives no sign that he knows that J.D. is behind him. He is also a very good golfer, regularly besting Kelso. Cox harbors an intense hatred for Hugh Jackman, even going so far as to mention him frequently in his rants about things he hates throughout the series. According to a 2006 interview with McGinley, Cox's reason for hating Jackman may be because Bill Lawrence envies the actor's talent.〔Anna Johns, "John C. McGinley: The TV Squad Interview." May 16, 2006. http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/05/16/john-c-mcginley-the-tv-squad-interview/〕 Cox is occasionally seen wearing a Detroit Red Wings jersey. McGinley is a Red Wings fan and a close friend of former Detroit defenseman Chris Chelios, whose name can be seen on the back of Cox's jersey. He has also been seen wearing a T-shirt for Cheli's Chili Bar, a small chain of restaurants owned by Chelios. Cox is a graduate of Hale University and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the former being a fictional adaptation of Yale University. Interestingly however, a janitor on the show is stated to have attended Yale. Dr. Cox is often seen drinking scotch and has acknowledged (humorously) that he has a drinking problem. Cox drinks so much that J.D. fears that Cox will die of liver disease. After making a mistake about a transplant patient that results in three deaths, a guilt-ridden Cox goes to work drunk, and falls into a deep depression. J.D. eventually helps him forgive himself, however. His son Jack's first full sentence is "Daddy drinks a lot." 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Perry Cox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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