Adrian Monk is the protagonist of the television series Monk, portrayed by Tony Shalhoub. A legendary former homicide detective in the San Francisco Police Department, his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), severely intensified by the death of his wife (murdered by a car bomb), interfered with his job and resulted in his current suspension from the department. Mr. ... Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... The San Francisco Police Department or SFPD is responsible for policing in the City and County of San Francisco. ... Jack Monk is an occasional and fictional character appearing on the USA Network television series Monk. ... Ambrose Monk is a fictional character on the USA Network program Monk. He is playerd by John Turturro. ... Trudy Anne Monk (nee Ellison) is a fictional character on the television show Monk. ... Monk is a U.S. television show about the private detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). ... Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... The San Francisco Police Department or S.F.P.D., is responsible for policing in the City and County of San Francisco. ...

Character history

Adrian Monk, portrayed by Tony Shalhoub, on the cover of the Monk Season 5 DVD box

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Monk is believed to be born in or around the year 1959, as the 2004 episode Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan declared him to be 45. In the episode "Mr. Monk and the Class Reunion," which originally aired on August 11, 2006 it is revealed that he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981. In the episode "Mr. Monk and Little Monk" it is revealed that he was in 8th grade in April of 1972. This date would further suggest that he was born in or around 1959. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Mr. ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Mr. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Monk is still mourning his wife Trudy, who was killed by a car bomb in 1997. He has not yet fully solved the case, although he has discovered that the car bomb was built by Warrick Tennyson for a six-fingered male. Monk has devoted the past nine years of his life to finding the man who killed his wife, and to consulting with San Francisco police detectives on various cases. Viewers are led in one episode to believe that she faked her own death, but that possibility turned out to be a con set up to gain access to a storage locker in the possession of one of Trudy's former co-workers. At the end of that episode, the impostor Trudy is caught in a gunfight and mortally wounded. The impostor dies in Monk's arms. In the sixth-season finale, he finally catches up with the six-fingered man, Frank Nunn, who claims to be yet another pawn with no idea why Trudy was killed. This turns out to be part of a larger plot to have Nunn set up another bombing and then frame Monk for killing him; he is shot before Monk can have him arrested or convince him to surrender the name of his employer in Trudy's murder. Once Monk is cleared in Nunn's death, the police find correspondence from Nunn dating back to that era. No name is discovered, but there was a reference to the person responsible, referred to as "The Judge". Trudy Anne Monk (nee Ellison) is a fictional character on the television show Monk. ... For other uses, see Car bomb (disambiguation). ... Sexdactyly is a genetic condition in which a person has six fingers on one or both hands, or six toes on one or both feet. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

Monk has 312 phobias, including germs, heights, frogs, crowds, milk, lady bugs, nudity and glaciers. Besides dealing with his OCD, Monk's assistants also appear to have a hands-on role in organizing his consultancy work. For other uses, see Phobia (disambiguation). ... A cluster of Escherichia coli bacteria magnified 10,000 times. ... View through the glass floor of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. ... Fear of frogs and toads has been recorded in the history of many cultures. ... A glass of cows milk. ... Subfamilies Chilocorinae Coccidulinae Coccinellinae Epilachninae Scymininae Sticholotidinae etc. ... Nude redirects here. ... Austrias longest glacier, the Pasterze, winds its 8 km (5 mile) route at the foot of Austrias highest mountain, the Grossglockner A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...

His former assistant, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), quit after several years of loyal service to her boss to go back to New Jersey and remarry her ex-husband. He suffered depression following her departure, but rebounded upon the arrival of her replacement, Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard). Information Gender Female Relatives Benjy (son), Gail (sister) Portrayed by Bitty Schram Sharona Fleming is a fictional character in the award-winning series Monk. ... Elizabeth Natalie Bitty Schram is a Golden Globe nominated American actress. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... On the Threshold of Eternity. ... Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger Natalie Jane Davenport Teeger is a fictional character on the television show Monk. ... Traylor Howard Traylor Elizabeth Howard (born June 14, 1966, in Orlando, Florida, USA) is an American actress. ...

While his obsessive attention to minute detail cripples him socially, it makes him a gifted detective and profiler. He has an uncanny ability to reconstruct entire crimes based on little more than scraps of detail that seem unimportant to his colleagues -- if his colleagues notice them at all. Although he may appear defenseless, he has on more than one occasion been able to physically stand up for himself against his enemies, when provoked into a fight. Offender profiling is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile an unknown subject (unsub) or offender(s). ...

Though it is stated in the pilot that his obsessive-compulsive disorder was intensified as a result of his wife's murder, he still shows signs of it in flashbacks showing him with Trudy or before he met her, even as a child. His parents were very strict and over-protective, an influence that is strongly suggested to be a contribution to his disorder. Ultimately, it appears that Monk had his symptoms mostly under control for much of his life, but lost control of his OCD after Trudy's death.

Family

Monk has a brother, Ambrose (played by John Turturro), who has only left his house three times in the past 10 years because of his extreme agoraphobia. (In "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies, " an episode in which the house caught fire, Monk mentions that Ambrose had not left the house in 32 years.) Monk and Ambrose were estranged after Trudy's death because Ambrose never called Adrian after her death. Adrian didn't understand why until Ambrose admits that he believed he (Ambrose) caused Trudy's death, because she was getting cough medicine for Ambrose and was in the store's garage when she was killed. After this admission, the brothers started to bond again, with a visit to Trudy's grave. Ambrose Monk is a fictional character on the USA Network program Monk. He is playerd by John Turturro. ... John Michael Turturro (born February 28, 1957) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor noted for his performances in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Five Corners (1987), Men of Respect (1991), Quiz Show (1994), Monday Night Mayhem (1999), Secret Window (2004), The... Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder precipitated by the fear of having a symptom attack or panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. ... List of Monk episodes Mr. ...

Their father, Jack Monk, originally from New Hope, Pennsylvania, abandoned the family when Monk was eight years old. Adrian and Ambrose never hear from him until the episode "Mr. Monk Goes Home Again", when he leaves a note on Ambrose's door to say he is proud of Ambrose for leaving the house. The chaos and emotional instability brought about by their father's sudden absence created in them a pathological need for order and self-control. Ambrose still believes in their father's return, to the point of setting an extra plate at the dinner table and keeping his mail in a filing cabinet in case he comes back. Jack Monk is an occasional and fictional character appearing on the USA Network television series Monk. ... New Hope, formerly Coryells Ferry, is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 2,252 at the 2000 census. ... Monk solves a Halloween murder mystery while he and his brother Ambrose wait for their long-lost father to return home. ...

Monk's mother died in 1994; the cause has not been explcitly revealed, though in "Mr. Monk and the Big Game", as he talks to Natalie in front of the school's trophy case, it is implied that his mother died of cancer. Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Mr. ...

Jack Monk returned to San Francisco in 2006, when he was arrested for running a red light and resisting arrest. He was bailed out by Adrian, who did not forgive him for leaving at first, but after solving a murder involving Jack's boss, they bonded again. Adrian's father even teaches Adrian how to ride a bike -- something he was not there to do when Adrian was a child. The senior Mr. Monk was played by Dan Hedaya. Dan Hedaya Dan Hedaya is a prolific character actor who was born on July 24, 1940, in Brooklyn, New York to a Sephardic Jewish family. ...

Monk has a half-brother, Jack Jr. His father has only ever mentioned Jack Jr.; Adrian has never met him. The half-brother lives in his father's basement.

Catchphrases and Recurrences

Monk has several catchphrases, mainly in more recent episodes. He often says, "Here's what happened," before the scene cuts to a black-and-white montage describing how the crime was committed. "I think I just solved the case," often precedes the previous quote, with a commercial break preceding the reveal. He says "It's a gift, and a curse" (in reference to his observational powers and his obsessive-compulsive disorder) in several episodes, including "Mr. Monk and the Actor" and "Mr. Monk Goes Back to School." Also, when explaining his disorder to exasperated strangers, Monk will often preface his explanation with, "Here's the thing." He often says, "You'll thank me later," after doing something to fix something that he notices is out of place. Whenever he zeroes in on a suspect he says "He's the guy" or in the case of women "She's the one." While making an observation on a minor deduction, he occasionally precedes it with, "Unless I'm wrong -- which, you know, I'm not..." which is referenced in the theme song ("I could be wrong now, but I don't think so.") Mr. ... List of Monk episodes Mr. ...

Several recurring themes and mannerisms involving Monk also appear in most episodes. One of his mannerisms is a compulsive need to touch things lightly with his index finger, such as heat lamps, parking meters, and hat racks. Another is to notice "inconsistencies" in the room by focusing on sections of a crime scene. In every episode, he displays his observation by tilting his head and viewing objects between his fingers.

Another running gag involves an external force causing him difficulty in describing how a crime was committed. For example, he speaks gibberish from post-traumatic stress (as a result of an earthquake aftershock) in Mr. Monk and the Earthquake; in Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico, he is dehydrated from having had nothing to drink for a day and a half and so suffers from a dry mouth; and in Mr. Monk and the Rapper, Monk attempts to rap his deductions to a booing crowd. Mr. ... Mr. ... List of Monk episodes Mr. ...

Monk's phobias

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Monk has several phobias. In the sixth season episode "Mr. Monk and the Daredevil" Adrian reveals that he has 312 fears. Only 38 have been documented/shown throughout the series. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...

According to Monk in the second season episode "Mr. Monk and the Very Very Old Man", his top fears in order of priority are: Mr. ...

1. Germs (mysophobia)
2. Needles (trypanophobia)
3. Milk (galactophobia)
4. Death (necrophobia)
5. Snakes (ophidiophobia)
6. Risk (risactophobia), as ordered in Mr. Monk, Private Eye "Risk is number 6"
7. Mushrooms (mycophobia)
8. Heights (acrophobia)
9. Crowds (demophobia or enochlophobia)
10. Elevators
11. Disorder (ataxophobia)
12. Dark (nyctophobia), only when he doesn't know when it will end
13. Enclosed spaces (claustrophobia)
14. Dirt (molysmophobia or rupophobia)
15. Spiders (arachnophobia)
16. Driving
17. Bullies
18. Fire (pyrophobia)
19. Puppets (pupaphobia)
20. Tap Water (aquaphobia)
21. Noises (ligyrophobia)
22. Touching (aphephobia)
23. Feet (podophobia)
24. Flying (aviatophobia)
25. Beautiful women (caligynephobia) (except for Trudy), shown in Mr. Monk and the Blackout
26. Imperfection (atelophobia)
27. Dogs (cynophobia)
28. Cats (ailurophobia)
29. Rabbits
30. Monkeys
31. Bridges (gephyrophobia)
32. Public Speaking (Glossophobia) - Despite this he has been seen to talk in public, such as during the episode Mr. Monk Goes to a Wedding
33. Flies (entomophobia)
34. Slime (blennophobia or myxophobia)
35. Rivers (potamophobia)
36. Tunnels
37. Caves
38. Monk has called his fear of dentists (dentophobia) one of his fears that are so far above his other fears that they are in a class of their own, outside of his "top ten" fears.

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For other uses, see Foot (disambiguation). ... ... Diverse women. ... Gynephobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of women. ... Imperfection is an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the second episode of the seventh season. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... This article is about the domestic dog. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... Cats may refer to: Felines, members of the animal family Felidae The domesticated animal, cat The musical, yeah right, I bet that this was really dumb. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. ... 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1. Airplanes (Aerophobia)
2. Beards (Pogonophobia)
3. Bees (Apiphobia)
4. He "may be developing" a fear of blankets
5. Boats
6. Bullfrogs
7. Clouds (Nephophobia)
8. Clowns (Coulrophobia)
9. Chickens (Alektorophobia)
10. Childbirth (Tokophobia)
11. Children (Pedophobia), except for Tommy, the toddler he almost adopted in Mr. Monk and the Kid, Benjy, Sharona's son and Julie, Natalie's daughter.
12. Drowning (Aquaphobia)
13. Earthquakes
14. Frogs (ranidaphobia)^[1]
15. Ferris Wheels
16. Garbage
17. Glaciers (Megalopagophobia)
18. Hailstones^[1]
19. Harpoons (Poonaphophobia)
20. Illnesses (Pathophobia)
21. Lepers (Leprophobia)
22. Lightning (Astraphobia)
23. Mice (Muriphobia or Suriphobia)
24. Nudity (Gymnophobia) (In the episode Mr. Monk and the Naked Man, he is shown to partly get over his fear of nudity, having traced its roots to the memory of his own birth.
25. Opossums^[1]
26. Reproduction (Genophobia) and the female reproductive system (Kolpophobia)
27. Rodeos
28. Sand
29. Tigers
30. Smells (Olfactophobia)
31. Sidewalk cracks
32. Soccer riots^[1]
33. Wind (Anemophobia)
34. Food on his plate touching (sauces, beans, etc.)
35. Sitting in the back of any automobile

Monk tries to overcome these fears with Natalie and Julie's help, after learning that Harold Krenshaw might have overcome his fear of heights in Mr. Monk and the Daredevil: Fixed-wing aircraft is a term used to refer to what are more commonly known as aeroplanes in Commonwealth English (excluding Canada) or airplanes in North American English. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... For other uses, see Beard (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Western honey bee and Bee (disambiguation). ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... For other uses, see Blanket (disambiguation). ... A boat, like a ship, is a buoyant vessel designed for the purpose of transporting people and possibly goods across water. ... Binomial name Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 For the software company, see Bullfrog Productions The American Bull Frog (Rana catesbeiana) is an amphibian, a member of the family Ranidae, or true frogs. This frog is found in ponds, lakes, or marshland mainly where the water is quiet and covered with plants. ... Clowning redirects here. ... Coulrophobia is a mental condition concerning the fear of clowns. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Parturition redirects here. ... Fear of childbirth is not an isolated problem but associated with the womans personal characteristics, mainly general anxiety, low self-esteem, and clinical depression, as well as dissatisfaction with their partnership, and lack of support. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... This box:      Fear of children and/or infants or childhood is alternately called pedophobia or pediaphobia. ... Mr. ... Aquaphobia is a kind of specific phobia, an abnormal and persistent fear of water. ... This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ... Genera See text. ... Fear of frogs and toads has been recorded in the history of many cultures. ... A Ferris wheel on the boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey, USA. A Ferris wheel (or, more commonly in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [UK], big wheel) is a nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim. ... For other uses, see Waste (disambiguation). ... This article is about the geological formation. ... Hailstone Hail is a type of graupel (a form of precipitation) composed of balls or irregular lumps of ice. ... For the anti-ship missile, see AGM-84 Harpoon. ... Illness (sometimes referred to as ill-health) can be defined as a state of poor health. ... Hansens disease, commonly known as leprosy, is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae. ... Not to be confused with lighting. ... A bolt of lightning tearing through the sky (and the thunder that accompanies it) can scare someone with astraphobia. ... This article is about the rodent. ... Nude redirects here. ... Gymnophobia is an irrational, abnormal and persistent fear or anxiety about being seen naked, and/or about seeing others naked, even when it is socially acceptable. ... List of Monk episodes Mr. ... This article or section should be merged with Virginia_opossum The word opossum (usually pronounced without the leading O, or with only a very slight schwa) refers either to the Virginia Opossum in particular, or more generally to any of the other marsupials of magnorder Ameridelphia. ... For other uses, see Reproduction (disambiguation) Reproduction is the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced. ... Genophobia (also known as coitophobia) is the fear of sexual intercourse. ... The human females reproductive system. ... For other uses, see Rodeo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Sand (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four big cats that belong to the Panthera genus. ... Aroma redirects here. ... The English suffix -phobia is used to describe fear or hatred (the latter is often ignored) of a particular thing or subject. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ultras at FC Twente - SC Heerenveen in 2002 Hooliganism is unruly and destructive behaviour, usually by gangs of young people. ... For other uses, see Wind (disambiguation). ... Car redirects here. ... This is a list of characters in the comedy-drama TV series Monk. ...

• Germs
• Ladybugs (Entomophobia)
• Heights (acrophobia)
• Harmonicas

In the episode Mr. Monk Takes a Vacation, Adrian shows a fear of bodily fluids such as semen, blood, and saliva after the security guard shines an ultraviolet light in Adrian's hotel room. While he may be directly afraid of these things, it could be well due to the germs from the persons who left those traces that he was reacting to more than the traces themselves. Germ can mean: Microorganism, especially a pathogenic one; see Germ theory of disease. ... Subfamilies Chilocorinae Coccidulinae Coccinellinae Epilachninae Scymininae Sticholotidinae etc. ... Entomophobia ( also known as Insectophobia ) is the abnormal fear of insects and similar arthropods, and even other bugs, such as worms. ... View through the glass floor of the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. ... A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ... Mr. ... For other uses, see Ultraviolet (disambiguation). ...

References

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External links

• Adrian Monk at the Internet Movie Database
• Adrian Monk at the TVIV