It’s very likely that Trauma Center: Under The Knife patient names are inspired by the characters and actors of US medical TV shows. Last year I tracked down as many names as I could. Most of them turned out to be from House, ER and Scrubs.
For a while, I thought it was just coincidence - Greg, Robert, Neil - They’re not terribly uncommon names. Then I looked into the cast and characters of Nip/Tuck and Grey’s Anatomy - one match between them and that was “Linda”. I don’t think that’s enough to include as a source. You can see the full list in the original post - Trauma Center Names from US Hospital Dramas
I still have a few gaps:
- Kevin Turk - Turk is from Scrubs. Kevin?
- Neil Spence - Neil Flynn of Scrubs. Is Spence a short form of House’s Jesse Spencer or something less tenuous?
- Mario Kovac - Dr. Luka Kovac from ER. Who’s Mario?
- Greg Kasal - Probably Dr. Greg House, but is Kasal from the original Japanese?
- Linda Reid - Scrubs’ Elliot Reid. Maaaaybe Nurse Linda from Nip/Tuck.
- Elisa Chalke - Sarah Chalke from Scrubs. Lisa Edelstein from House?
- Jack Reyes - Judy Reyes from Scrubs. Jack - maybe derived from John McGinley
- Amy Chase - Dr. Chase from House. I have no idea about Amy
- Chi McGinley - Obviously John C. McGinley of Scrubs. Chi McBride had a 5-episode stint on House in 2005. What do you think? It’s definitely not a common name.
- Thomas Epps - Omar Epps from House. Thomas is pretty common but it might match up to a surname elsewhere.
- R. Anderson - Maybe Sam Anderson of ER who played Jack Kayson - could match up to Jack Reyes above. Bit tenuous.
Either the translators got very slightly creative or I’m missing another medical drama. Any ideas?
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