On-screen couples, there's certainly no shortage of them.
Romantic relationships have been done in and done out on pretty much every single TV show or film you could care to think of. Script writers even usually manage to squeeze them into most action and horror movies.
Ross and Rachel, Beauty and the Beast, Richard and Judy, Hayley and Roy, those two little meerkat things off that advert. Any we've forgotten? Ant and Dec, potentially?
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But they're all lacking something, aren't they? They're all missing that spark, aren't they? That element of realness, as if it's not all for the cameras. That little glint in both parties' eyes that tells us that this really could be for real - that these two could really be... something.
While that much is true for 99.9 percent of on-screen romances, the same cannot be said for one particular couple, who are reportedly just as besotted with each other when the cameras are switched off and everyone's gone home - Scrubs' JD and Turk.
If ever there was a partnership deserving of the title 'bromance', this is surely it.
Two young guys who met each other at college, interned together, worked together, became the world's most giant doctor together and so, so much more.
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In fact, we'd go as far as to say that John Dorian and Chris Turk's bromance is the greatest relationship that TV has ever known. We've laughed with them, we've cried with them, we've found double cereal prize, matching decoder rings with them.
Seeing these two LADs piss about in Scrubs always brings a smile to our faces and a warmth to our hearts.
And the best part is that they're apparently as thick as thieves in real life, too.
"He is my best friend, yes," said Donald Faison, who plays Turk, in an interview with Fuse.
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"When Scrubs was over, we remained best friends," he continued. "I loved working with Zach; it's easy. He's a great director, too. He's an actor's director. He's an actor, so because of that, his communication with other actors is amazing."
When asked in another interview about whether or not he knew from the get-go that JD and Turk's friendship was going to be such a pivotal element of the show, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence pondered for a moment before being interrupted by Zach Braff.
"He had no idea it was going to get so gay," joked Braff.
Lawrence said that he felt other shows often end up writing friendships between men as very 'alpha male' and that he wanted to take it in the opposite direction."
He laughed: "Having said that, though, Zach and Donald dialled it up from eight to about 11!"
According to their co-stars, the pair have a real chemistry both on screen and off. They've even been away on holiday together with their families for Braff's birthday.
"As soon as I met Zach, I knew...You know when you meet your significant other, if it's a real relationship, you kinda felt it right away?" Faison continued. "I've never felt such chemistry."
Sarah Chalke, who played Dr Elliot Reid, chimed in, as she said: "It was love at first sight."
It makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside knowing that these two are real-life best pals and that just because Scrubs is over, it doesn't mean the JD and Turk's friendship is over
So, let us raise a glass to the best relationship on TV - to Dr John Dorian and Dr Chris Turk.
Long may their bromance continue.
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Words: Paddy Maddison
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