Info Dump

[muccamukk]

I'm not sure if I should post this here. If it's inappropriate, let me know and I'll take it down.

It's got to the point where I read so much fic that I can't remember what's canon and what's fanon, so I made a list of all the facts about my favourite character that are actually mentioned in the show. I'm considering doing one for Sheppard and the others as well. I'm off fic for Lent, so I have the time -g-

There's info here from up to 218: "Michael," but not much in the way of spoilers. This is not major episode events, but just side comments that may or may not get picked up by writers. If I've missed anything, let me know, and I'll add it.

Without further ado, I give you Dr Rodney McKay Trivia:

Childhood and Family

• Middle name is Ingram (204 “Duet”) {picked up by crysothemis}
• Has a sister named Jeannie; they are disconnected to the point where he doesn't even know where she lives, but he still considers her his only family (113 “Hot Zone”)
• Has an aunt who looks like Margret Thatcher, only much taller and shaves twice a day (205 “Condemned”)
• “Had a not-so-comfortable childhood. [His] parents hated each other, blamed [him]” (SG1 602 “Redemption Part 2”)
• Wanted to be a pianist, but when he was twelve, his teacher told him to quit because he was “A fine clinical player... but no sense of the art whatsoever" (SG1 602 “Redemption Part 2”)
• Turned to science to replace music after he quit piano (SG1 602 “Redemption Part 2”)
• Built a working model of an atomic bomb for his grade six science fair exhibit (which he didn't win). This caused him to be questioned by the CIA for six hours, which in turn led to his first job.(108 “Underground”)
• Had a small dog as a child, which his father wouldn't buy a licence for, but it ran away and even though he put up fliers and searched, he never saw it again (117 “Letters from Pegasus”)
• “Almost caught mono” kissing April Bingham, a cute blonde, in algebra class and missed a month of school (117 “Letters from Pegasus”)
• Was a member of a chess team in high school, still plays when he can find a worthy opponent (108 “Underground” and “202 The Intruder”)

University

• Took a biology course as an undergrad but dropped it after coming down with a serious case of medicals students' disorder (207 “Instinct”)
• Toked pot once in college and got itchy all over (210 “The Lost Boys”)
• Got a PhD at Northeastern University (204 “Duet”)

Employment Prior to Atlantis

• Helped the Canadian Space Agency with its Canadarm project, working with Gen. M.N. Davidson (204 “Duet”) {picked up by terrie01}
• Studied the Stargate on a virtual model at Area 51 for over a year before seeing one. Was on the air force payroll there and reported directly to the joint chiefs (SG1 514 “48 Hours”)
• Worked in Russia supervising the development of that country's naquadah generator program for at least three months [he may have returned after that, as well] (SG1 514 “48 Hours” and SG1 602 “Redemption Part 2”)
• Helped refine the US Air Force's coding for high-compression data bursts [possibly some time in 2003] (117 “Letters from Pegasus”)
• Discovered how the ZPMs work some time in 2004 [It's probable that he had been working on the Ancient outpost for the months that Wier mentioned having been prepping the mission] (101 “The Rising”)

Health

• Claims to be “mortally” allergic to citrus (SG1 514 “48 Hours”)
• Claims to be allergic to bee stings (112 “The Defiant One”)
• Claims to have hypoglycemia {thanks to rhian_morwenna for the correction} (SG1 514 “48 Hours”)
• Claims to be claustrophobic (104 “38 Minutes”)
• Claims to sunburn very easily (202 “The Intruder”)


• Claims to be high risk for enterocarditis (205 “Condemned”)


• Claims to have a bad back and sleeps on a prescription mattress in season two (204 “Duet”)
• Borderline hypertensive (211 “The Hive”)
• Keeps track of the amount of radiation he's been exposed to (203 “Runner”)

Food

• Enjoys military rations and hospital food, but not airplane food because they don't serve seconds (105 “Suspicion”)
• Can eat frozen dinners without thawing them (206 “Trinity”)
• Blue is his favourite colour of jell-o (218 “Michael”)

Entertainment

• Watches The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Original Series Star Trek, and Jeopardy (110 “Home,” 112 “The Defiant One” and 216 “The Long Goodbye”)
• At least familiar with Abbot and Costello, Xena: Warrior Princess, Conan the Barbarian and Blackadder (211 “The Hive,” 212 “Epiphany” and 215 “The Tower”)
• Has serious issues with Back to the Future (114 “Before I Sleep”)
• Wants to see Grease, Ghandi and the last half of The Sixth Sense (117 “Letters from Pegasus”)
• As a kid, had a thing for Olivia Newton John {kindly pointed out by princeali_m_fan} (117 “Letters from Pegasus”)
• Is familiar with American football, if not necessarily a huge fan of it (103 “Hide and Seek”)

Other

• Owns an apartment and has a cat, which he left with a neighbour, who thought he was a pig, but liked the cat (101 “The Rising” and 109, “Home”)
• In season two, his quarters contain a picture of a different cat on his bedside table, two walls covered in framed diplomas and awards, a framed picture of the Canadarm with the words “Thanks for the hand with the Arm, Gen. M.N. Davidson” a cluttered desk with a chair and two lamps, a mettle box, and various pieces of food (204 “Duet”)
• Has never been to Niagara Falls (117 “Letters from Pegasus”)
• Has lost “fortunes”at poker due to tells such as laughing and eye twitching (111 “The Eye”)
• Was once almost hit by lighting (110 “The Storm”)
• Is a member of Mensa, there's a chapter on Atlantis (116 “The Brotherhood”)
• Had never been in an F-302 before 202 “The Intruder”


• Personally manufactured SPF 100 sunscreen that smells like cocoa butter (203 “Runner”)
  
• Hates damp cold weather (107 “Instinct”)


• Has enough medical knowledge to diagnose and understand the different phases of sleep (209 “Aurora”)


• Can read Wraith writing, to some extent (210 “The Lost Boys”)


• Theorised that the Puddlejumpers could act as submersibles, but he and Sheppard weren't allowed to try it until 214 “Grace Under Pressure”


• Helped to design the City's computer system, and can hack into it (216 “The Long Goodbye”)


• Understands vulcanology (219 “Inferno”)