Only The Biggest Grey's Anatomy Fan Can Name These Characters
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Grey’s Anatomy is a medical drama that has fourteen seasons which have aired since 2005. The basic premise of the show is about collection of surgical interns who have started working at Seattle Grace Hospital. The new recruits are attempting to balance the hectic work life while at the same time maintaining a personal life. However, many of the new surgeon resident’s end up dating each other and many of the characters on this show have over-lapping relationships. Some of the most well-known relationships are with Meredith Grey, one of the new interns who have started with Cristina Yang and Karev starts dating one of the senior doctors named Derek Shepherd. Other relationships include Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins; Catherine Avery and Richard Webber; Derek Shepherd and Addison Montgomery; George O’Malley and Callie Torres; and Mark Sloan and Addison Montgomery. And who could forget Meredith and Cristina’s forever friendship! It’s safe to say that Grey’s Anatomy has a number of different intertwined relationships, friendships and co-workers who all have an impact on each other’s lives. Do you think you’re a big enough fan to be able to name all of the characters over the past fourteen seasons? Take this quiz to find out!
Name this Grey's Anatomy character:
This character was a residential surgeon on the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. He was a recurring character from seasons 1 through 6, where he was killed off after saving a woman’s life from a moving bus. During his time at Seattle Grace Hospital, he worked as an intern and quickly made his way through the ranks. He was previously married to Callie Torres, after she aided him with his dislocated shoulder. In the beginning of their relationship, she did not get along well with this character’s female friends.
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This character is introduced during the first season of Grey’s Anatomy. She is the former wife to one of the doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital. Their marriage did not end well, for she had an affair with her ex-husband’s best friend. He moved to Seattle to get away from her, but she realizes that she wants to be with him, and not his best friend. Although he is a little taken aback at her arrival to the hospital, when she asks him for a second chance at their marriage, he agrees.
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This character holds the position of Chief of Pediatric and Fetal Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital – and was introduced to the show during season 5. Her character is brought onto the show after the former pediatric surgeon, where she is the new replacement. She is open about her homosexuality, where she pursues Callie, who at first does not reciprocate the same feelings. Not dwelling on it, she moves on but then Callie decides she might be interested in her. The two start a relationship and things become quite serious until she reveals that she has no desire to have children.
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This character was introduced during season 9 of Grey’s Anatomy as an intern at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. When she started working at the hospital, she was interning for Meredith, and seemed to be the most intelligent out of the new recruits. Despite her being the most knowledgeable, Meredith embarrasses the new intern after setting her up for failure as a “teachable moment.” Initially this character is really upset about it until she realizes it will only make her a better surgeon down the road.
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This character has appeared on Grey’s Anatomy during Season 7 as a pediatrician working at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. He is in a number of episodes, his first appearance was his introduction as Arizona’s replacement. One of his first operations on the show is a liver transplant, which is done not by the books. Some of the surgeons beneath him express their concerns with his work but he threatens them to not bring it up. Alex is persistent on saving the baby’s life though, and goes behind the pediatrician’s back which ultimately saves the child’s life.
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This character works as a surgical resident at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, and has been a character on the show since season 11. When he first arrived at the hospital, he made a poor impression with the other interns after he accidentally posed as a residential surgeon when helping a patient. He had a bad encounter with Alex, who thought he was assaulting Jo after she had a night of drinking. Alex ended up hurting this character very bad which ended in him charging Alex for assault.
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This character was the head of Fetal Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She made a small appearance on the show during season 11. She was first seen on the show when she assisted Arizona with helping an unborn baby. She opened expressed how Arizona shouldn’t have taken all of the credit when the parents offered their gratitude. Nonetheless, she insisted Arizona pursue working with infants, and offered her expertise with training – more than was even necessary for the program.
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This character works as a general surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and is also the Chief of Surgery. She is one of the main characters on the show, being that she’s been on Grey’s Anatomy from season 1. She was the surgeon who helped train Meredith and Cristina when they were first interns. She was hesitant towards Meredith because of her relationship with Derek, mostly because she wasn’t sure if they were serious or not. She and Cristina hit it off immediately.
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This character was a main character on the show Grey’s Anatomy until season 9, where he was killed in a plane crash. During his time on the show, he was the head of Plastic Surgery at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. He and Derek were childhood friends, and grew up as if they were family. However, he was part of the reason that Derek left his wife Alison for he caught this character cheating with her. He had a fairly complicated relationship with Arizona and Callie until he had succumb to his injuries after the plane.
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This character was introduced to Grey’s Anatomy during season 6. She and Owen have a long history together working in the medical field, for they were on the same team in the army where she was working as a surgeon after her friend died on September 11. It was also Owen who told this character to come work at the hospital full time, and she and Cristina eventually bond at Owen’s request. The pair worked alongside each other for countless surgeries, each learning from the other.
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This character was a surgical resident at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She made her first appearance during season 9, after the famous plane crash which injures a lot of the main characters. This character worked with Meredith and Cristina during her internship. This character was caught in a fire during a lock down of the hospital with a civilian and Keith. She gets seriously injured during a blast from one of the labs, where she scarified her own life for the civilian. The two manage to survive, although she decides to leave the hospital so she can live her life.
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This character made a brief appearance on Grey’s Anatomy during season 7. She worked in the maternal ward of the hospital as an OB/GYN. This character was in charge of overlooking Callie’s pregnancy per Arizona’s request. During one of the first examinations of the unborn baby, this character determined there was some bleeding, and Callie made her exhaust all options to ensure everything was fine. She was also called in when Callie was in a car accident during her pregnancy, and was unable to help so another doctor was called in to replace her.
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This character made an appearance on the show during season 12. He is a permanent surgical oncologist working at Bauer Army Medical Center. Some of the surgeons from Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital attended the medical center to assist him on a surgery. He has a brief romantic relationship with Meredith, being that she was one of the surgeons who helped him with the operation. He flirts with her and she agrees to go out with him, and the two spend the night together. She gets emotional though because she isn’t ready to start a relationship.
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This character is one of the main protagonists of the show Grey’s Anatomy. She started off as an intern at the hospital along with Cristina. It doesn’t take long for her to engage in a romantic relationship with her boss, Derek. Although their relationship went through a number of rough patches, they knew they were destined to be together. He proposes, and she says yes the second time. Together they had three children before he gets killed in a car accident.
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This character has had an active role on Grey’s Anatomy since season 1. He was the previous Chief of Surgery, and is a current general surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. He was a resident with Meredith’s mother. Together they had an affair on each of their spouses. Eventually, his wife developed Alzheimer’s and she began to suffer. Not long after she had a heart attack and passed away. This character started a relationship with Catherine, whom he eventually gets remarried to.
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This character was on the show from season 2 up to season 12. She was the Head of Orthopedic Surgery when she worked at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. This character has been in a number of different serious relationships during her time on Grey’s Anatomy. She married her first husband in Las Vegas. Their relationship had a number of strains due to the fact that she was his boss, and because of the friendships he had. Evidently, he cheated on their which ended their marriage. She later married Arizona, and the two had a child together.
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This character was introduced on the show during season 6, and has been on it ever since. She specializes in Trauma Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She came to the hospital after the merge, but was quickly fired after she made a critical error which took a patient’s life. She was finally rehired when Derek became Chief. He helps her overcome her fear of letting patients die on her watch. She witnesses the hospital shooting at Seattle Grace Mercy, where one of her friends is unfortunately killed.
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This character was on the show Grey’s Anatomy in seasons 9-10. Upon his arrival on the show, he was a surgical resident at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Some of the interns that started with him include Jo, Stephanie and Leah. Initially, he shadowed Derek who taught him a lot of stuff in neurosurgery. Once Cristina returned from recover, he began to work alongside her a lot and she grew a fondness towards him too. When Cristina left for her new job in Switzerland, he accompanied her.
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This character made multiple appearances throughout the series, including seasons 6, 8, and 12. During his time on the show, he was one of the residents who worked at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. Initially, he did not make a good impression on the other surgical residents after talking poorly about one of the staff members. Although he wasn’t a crucial residential surgeon at the hospital, he did have a number of appearances during note-worthy operations. He was shot and killed by Gary Clark.
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This character has been an active cast member of Grey’s Anatomy since season 8. She works as a surgeon at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She was previously married to a man named Robert, with whom she had a child with. Their marriage ended when Robert tried to take their son away from her. Later, she was caught in the middle of an affair with a married man, whose wife was suffering from Alzheimer’s. After his wife’s death, the two end up getting together.
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This character was a main character on the show Grey’s Anatomy from seasons 1 through 11. She was brought onto the show as an intern alongside Meredith, who are each other’s “person.” She doesn’t have a good history with bearing children. For starters, she had a surprise pregnancy with Preston Burke’s child, and before she could schedule an appointment one of her Fallopian tubes erupted and she lost the child. Additionally, she got pregnant a second time with Owen’s child, and then too told him she wasn’t planning on keeping it.
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This character appeared on Grey’s Anatomy during seasons 1-3, and again in season 10. He and Cristina developed a romantic relationship at the beginning of her internship but ended it due to the fear it would affect his work reputation. After learning of her miscarriage, they restarted their relationship. They were engaged but on the day of their wedding the two realized that it wasn’t what they wanted, and he left. Not just her, but he also put in his resignation at the hospital.
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This character was introduced to the show during season 3. She had a half-sister who also worked out of the hospital as a surgeon. One of the first people she met at the hospital was George, and the two became very good friends to the point she developed romantic feelings for him. When she learned of her half-sister, she was so excited. However, her sister did not share these same feelings. She unfortunately dies when a group of surgeon’s endure a plane crash, and the hospital is named after her and other doctor.
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This character has been on the show since season 6. Currently, he is the head of Plastic Surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. He has relates to a famous surgeon in which a prestige award was named after. He is humble about his background, where he doesn’t often share his surname in order to be liked. During a lock-down at the hospital, he pretended that Derek had died in order to gain control of the shooter. This character has had a number of significant relationships, one of which was his marriage to April.
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This character is a secondary cast member who was on the show during seasons 9 and 10, and again in 13. She started her internship as a surgeon alongside Jo Wilson. Unfortunately, her skills as a surgeon were not up to standard and she was fired from the residency. Getting fired didn’t stop her from pursing her career, for she worked at another hospital to perfect her skills. Later she was re-hired by Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital, although she was closely monitored for a while by the other doctors.
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This character has been a part of the show Grey’s Anatomy since season 1. He started his internship alongside Meredith and Cristina. When it came to first impressions, this character lacked which landed him being kicked out of a lot of the residents. He eventually learns to open up to his co-workers, where he develops a relationship with Izzie and the two get married. They get divorced after she runs away from him and Seattle. Currently, he the Head of the Pediatric Surgery department at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
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This character has been on the show ever since season 10, and has remained an active cast member. She works at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital as a cardiothoracic surgeon, and reveals to Richard Webber that she has a half-sister who works at the same hospital. Although her half-sister was a little shocked to learn they had the same birth mother, she decided it would be nice to get to know her new family member and be a part of her life.
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This character was on Grey’s Anatomy during the first six seasons. She worked as a surgical resident at Seattle Grace Hospital but was the first to be fired after the merge with Mercy West. During her time working at the hospital, she diagnoses herself with cancer that was affecting her liver, brain and skin. Initially, she was not overly concerned about the results, but once her co-workers learned of her fate she eventually admitted herself into a treatment program at Seattle Grace.
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This character was considered one of the main protagonists of the show during the first eleven seasons. His first wife was Alison, but their marriage ultimately ended because she was having an affair with his best friend. When the new interns are hired, he begins a romantic relationship with one of them. Although they kept it a secret for a while, they both realized it was turning into something serious. Over time, the two married and had three children. This character got into a car crash which resulted in his death.
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This character was introduced to the show during season 5, and has been an active member ever since. He has a number of different connections with some of the surgeons at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. He gets into a romantic relationship with Cristina after they met when she was impaled with an icicle outside of the hospital. During their engagement, they realize that they want two different things in the future, which leads to their breakup. Cristina got pregnant during their relationship but she aborted the child.