Janet Murdoch McCarty was the first of the McCarty triplets born in PA. She was anxious and determined to be the best and brightest, even from a young age; frequently trying to stick out from her siblings, and defining herself as distinct among the McCarty children. She hadn’t Erin’s expectations shoved on her, or Mikayla’s girliness, or Caleb’s open love for animals and the environment, instead she was unusually bright — operating at genius levels according to her teachers, although her true genius was never allowed to foster, not in a blue collar family. Despite that, she worked hard to succeed in school, and always had her nose in a book, even during her child starlet phase. She found her niche among her nerdier, bookworm peers, and developed a keen interest in comics and the like, although, this remained a closet hobby for fear of ridicule from her siblings.
While Mikayla played with Barbie’s, Janet played with a chemistry set. While Caleb enjoyed the outdoors, Janet looked for any excuse to visit the doctor — only to play with the tools and equipment found in the hospital. All-in-all she was fascinated by processes and instruments the doctors used. She loved talking to doctors, scientists, and chemists.
While she never had stars in her eyes, Janet was pushed to succeed in school. Neither of her parents dreamed she’d become a famous actress nor did she have an interest in doing so. Instead she developed a keen interest in science — biology, chemistry, physics — all of the sciences had their appeal in her eyes. And she succeeded at all three. She had a knack for science, particularly biology, and was fascinated by human processes of evolution.
As the eldest of the triplets, she found herself often serving as a den mother of sorts for her (slightly) younger siblings, and a natural rival for her elder sister; not that the two fought all of the time, but growing up, Janet was always competing for attention. This was even more frustrating because of the lack of attention she received from her parents (her mother in particular). With four children, one of which was a rising star, Olivia had little time left for her other children, particularly a daughter who loved very unusual things in her mother’s eyes.
Fortunately, when the time came to spread her wings, Janet had the choice of several post-secondary schools; she got in everywhere she applied and managed to receive a full scholarship for her undergraduate degree to boot. This delighted her and she left her family home as quickly as possible; intending to never deal with her parents’ demands and sister’s fame again. And so she went to Berkley. She managed excellent grades, although avoided most relationships in the course of doing so. Yet some friends remained; these were her study mates — all of which got into med school, together.
Shortly before she went to medical school, Janet and her older sister got into a rather large fight, which has created a drift in the family. Janet hasn’t seen any of her family since the incident, choosing to branch out on her own as Dr. Janet Murdoch ‘Doc’ McCarty.
She managed to get into St. John Hopkin’s medical school — completing her residency under the advisement of excellent doctors. Graduating at the top of her class, she quickly became known as a world class physician. While completing her genetics rotation, she was summoned for government service to see to the medical needs of terrorists apprehended by the United States government. She doesn't really know the crimes the terrorists have committed, but she's a doctor and does her job to the best of her ability.
Strengths
Janet is very bright
She's a gamer and really good at it; consequently speaks fluent geek
She speaks French and English fluently
Isn't afraid of guns anymore thanks to the AP
The power of the perky!
Friendly
Out-going and often speaks her mind
Weaknesses
Terrified of Evolveds (other than the occasional one like her sister and Cody) especially because of her involvement in the AP.
Talks too much and can inadvertently divulge secrets.
Talks even more when nervous, unsettled, or excited.
Superman Ice Cream
Waffles
Chocolate
Ewan McGregor
Anderson Cooper
Gamer talker, Rockband, and anywhere she can sing
Incredibly curious — to a fault
Devoted doctor, takes her oath very very seriously
An innocent doctor gets a new well-paying job that helps her pay off some loans! Unfortunately it turns out to be treating people imprisoned by the government. Not so cool
"And I'm not fighting. Neither were you. To fight is to imply we were doing something. We were… ignoring." — to Erin in Enjoy Your Damn Plant.
"The real Erin wouldn't show up like this! The real Erin wouldn't be here at my door with ice cream and we're too old to eat because it's only okay to eat colourful ice cream when you're a kid! The real Erin wouldn't have it in her to apologize, especially not at three o'clock in the morning. I freakin' need my head scanned because I probably have a brain tumor." — to Erin in Enjoy Your Damn Plant.
" — I think you should be happy today Agent Morris! C'mon, just give me a smile!! It's a good day! It's a good day to save lives my friend! Believe me!" to Morris in A Good Day to Save Lives.
"Yes! We must get more people out! It's a depressing place, really — have you seen — of course you've seen it, you were there! Oh Erin! It's terrible, people are all grumpy and they're sad, and their families don't know where they are. There's this girl I met, she's like a Doctor, but not like I'm a doctor, she's like PhD — but not a psychologist, so totally a real doctor — anyways, I've been trying to get in touch with her family. If I could get her out that would be better. So what's the plan, my man — I mean, my sister and the soldier lady who is kind of masculineish although freakin' hot…?" to Erin and Cody in Escape Plan.
"So… you're saying… Cody has HAIRVOYANCE?!!!?!?!" — to Erin in Escape Plan.
"After here can you like drop me off on Morris' doorstep? I'll have to update him and then give him an 'ole bearhug… Or maybe I'll be able to convince him that we need to smooch to make the virus work… then again maybe not… then he'll think I have to smooch each of the captives…" to Erin and Cody in Escape Plan.
"Of course I'm a wiley minx! I'm have the brains of the McCarty family, remember?! Erin has the talent. Mikayla has…the enthusiasm. And Caleb… well… Caleb has the testes!" to Parker-St in Squee.
"And of course I'll be your best friend for the rest of my life! I'm talking about the rest of yours because we both know I'm gonna go first!! After I die… I promise to haunt you, but in a Casper-the-friendly-ghost kind of way!" Parker-St in Squee.
"What is it?! What is it? Is it colourful?! OOO! Is it sparkly?! Is it EWAN MCGREGOR?!" to Parker in SQUEE!
"Yeah. Cody will be fine; they both will be. I stitched both her and Mark up — no idea what they'd gotten into. Almost looked like they'd been clawed by some beast. Like a wolverine! … It's like it went up to them all 'Hey buddy, Imma take out your chin' and Cody was all 'No you ain't — I got moves like b-witch and you ain't gonna touch this'. And the wolverine was all like, 'Course I am you b-witch.' And then he cut them up bad. …. But then I guess I didn't see the wolverine. Maybe they beat him up worse." to Erin in Unexpected Guest
"I LOVE LOVE LOVE SUPERMAN ICECREAM! LOVE IT! Honestly! I even make my own ice cream sandwiches at home with it because I can't find them ANYWHERE! And by make — I mean, I BUY ice cream sandwiches and like scoop the vanilla off and then replace it with Superman!" to Jaden in Emer -- gency Chef
"Ooo! Can I learn kung fu?! That would be totally WIN! Seriously! I bet I would look really hot holding a sword!! OR NUNCHUKS!" to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
What if I can't find a job and then we get kicked out and we end up living in a box, I'm too young and too pretty to live in a box — can you imagine?! It would be like a box, and it would totally suck." to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
"And we both know that if a guy threw knives at me, he'd end up hitting me and I'd like get hit by a knife because I'm all swirly and panicky and crazy, and you know it would never do — you couldn't live without me so you'd probably take your own life. And then Tim — er — Morris would realize he can't live without me and end up taking his own life followed by half of my family that I no longer talk to because they'd be all filled with regret because I died by knife throwing. Not a good idea, eh?" to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
"I talk too much and I know it. You don't mind, but it like annoys everyone else. I ran into this guy at Walmart the other day while I was buying like medical stuff. ANYways… I seriously think I frightened him. He was breathing all heavy so I was doing my doctorly duty and tried to help him and I apparently made him like really scared or something. Do I come on too strong to people? I mean ALL people. I've never thought about it, but could I be behind the McCarty family rift?" to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
"Half your brain probably wouldn't buy a designer fall collection. Not that you aren't brilliant, darling~ it's just the collection is that expensive!"
"On a more positive note, you're here so if I died tomorrow someone would notice. Maybe not tomorrow, but you'd noticed eventually. I mean I don't even own a cat to miss me." to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
One day, somehow I'm going to meet him and then you and I will be his muses and make him sing Dr. Horrible for us all day. Wait! Maybe he's OUR muse and we will do something amazing if we're serenaded by Dr. Horrible all day long! I bet we would. You'd paint something brilliant and I'd like… write poetry… or something. OOO! OR you could paint me! Of course, we'll never get a touch of the fortune from your paintings until you're dead — " to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
"I could wear a latex unitard like Black Widow and kick badguy asses like the vigilante that I know is somewhere inside of me!" to Parker in Jobs Aren't Hobbies
"So, you come here often? I just heard that the way you did and for the record I'm so not hitting on you! Seriously! I don't bat for that team, although you are a very pretty woman— if I was— I mean, I like men," to Vasha in Night at the Museum.
"I got shot. There was a robbery at the Museum of Modern Art and I got shot for pulling out my phone to give it to them to make a call or something… maybe they were offended it was pink? I mean, they were guys…" to Erin in McCartys are Cursed
"I guess I can keep a secret… are you like… batting for the other team? Just so you know that totally doesn't bother me! There was this girl at the hospital who had a life partner… I think they got married in California when they were allowed to y'know— so anyways, point is, if that's your secret… you have nothing to worry about from me…" to Carrie in Walkin on Sunshine.
"I know I'm cute and fluffy and could make flowers grow on turpentine but seriously, I'm not into girls even if there was that one— no, I'm not into girls— " to Carrie in Walkin' on Sunshine.
"But the staring!! That alone would like waaaay more work think about everyone looking at my three-headed-baby and wondering what Troll I slept with to get that!!" to Parker in A True Livacle.
"Jude Law could have a superpower! Ohmygosh!! Do you think aliens, vampires, and werewolves are real too?! That would be amazing. I mean we have superpowers in the bag and then randomly you find out your mom can turn into a wolf and you can too by proxy but you don't come into it until one day when you're playing with your new puppy you howl along with them and you transform— " Janet's eyes now glaze over. "— and then this tall Vampire-type comes and whisks you off your feet because he can with his awesome undead skin which really is a little overrated— " to Parker-St in A True Livacle.
Trivia
Janet is a gamer geek.
Her favourite ice cream is Superman … It's because of the colours — Enjoy Your Damn Plant.
She likes to sing and tries to make every patient smile — in fact, this is her personal goal as an M.D.
Performed various grunt jobs to make it through school without the aid of her parents.
Has a school-girl crush on Anderson Cooper.
Has an annoying neighbour — Mrs. Rodriguez who thinks she's too loud and constantly tries to set Janet up with Jorge Rodriguez her incompetent unworking son.