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{{quote|"I am not only walking out on this case, Mr. Whiteside, I am leaving the nursing profession. I became a nurse because all my life, ever since I was a little girl, I was filled with the idea of serving a suffering humanity. After one month with you, Mr. Whiteside, I am going to work in a munitions factory. From now on, anything I can do to help exterminate the human race will fill me with the greatest of pleasure."|'''Nurse Preen''', ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]''}}

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== Literature ==

* In a [[Miss Marple]] story by [[Agatha Christie]], one set of characters was a pair of sisters, one whom was a chronically-ill [[Annoying Patient]], and her long-suffering caretaker of a sister. It turns out that these were just false identities, though, as part of a large [[Nefarious Plot]].

* In a [[Miss Marple]] story by [[Agatha Christie]], one set of characters was a pair of sisters, one whom was a chronically-ill Annoying Patient, and her long-suffering caretaker of a sister. It turns out that these were just false identities, though, as part of a large [[Nefarious Plot]].

** These characters ''abound'' in [[Agatha Christie]]'s works, bordering on [[Asshole Victim]], with the husband always being the prime suspect.

* In ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]'' Howl was a terrible patient. Sophie ignored him, though Michael his apprentice did plenty of running around when he was in. There were no consequences for Howl.

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** Trek captains have a tradition of giving their doctors a hard time because they're so eager to get back in action.

* The "doctor as annoying patient" angle (specifically regarding the [[Informed Self Diagnosis]] trope) is lampshaded in an episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' when a doctor who comes to Sacred Heart literally informs the staff of what he diagnosed his problem with, brings along a lackey who agrees with everything he says to legitimize his claims, and demands that they sign off on the treatments he's prescribed for himself immediately if not sooner.

* In [[100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd|One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd]], Justin breaks his leg and has to be taken care of my his parents. However, ''he's'' not the annoying ~~patient--his~~ sister, jealous of all the attention her little brother is getting, fakes a sprained ankle and makes her parents wait on her hand and foot. When Justin chooses to grit his teeth through the pain and bike through town to find Eddie, she actually tells their parents that ''he'' must be the faker. Her masquerade is destroyed a moment later when her mother accidentally(?) spills iced tea on her leg, causing her to jump up. By the end, Justin has made his leg worse by biking and has to be waited on ''again,'' this time by his sister as her punishment.

* In [[100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd|One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd]], Justin breaks his leg and has to be taken care of my his parents. However, ''he's'' not the annoying patient—his sister, jealous of all the attention her little brother is getting, fakes a sprained ankle and makes her parents wait on her hand and foot. When Justin chooses to grit his teeth through the pain and bike through town to find Eddie, she actually tells their parents that ''he'' must be the faker. Her masquerade is destroyed a moment later when her mother accidentally(?) spills iced tea on her leg, causing her to jump up. By the end, Justin has made his leg worse by biking and has to be waited on ''again,'' this time by his sister as her punishment.

* In the ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' episode "How Lily Stole Christmas", Robin takes care of Barney when he has the flu. He complains about everything and acts like a spoiled child, and the plot culminates in this exchange:

{{quote|'''Ted:''' Oh, how's Barney feeling?