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It doesn't have to be illness or injury. Sometimes, it's when a parent used to take care of the chlid and, a few years later, the child takes care of the aging parent. May also happen to the [[Cloudcuckoolander's Minder]] if she takes a blow to the head or visits [[Cloudcuckooland]].
This can be [[Truth in Television]] In many families with small children and a stay-at-home parent. It's not rare for the stay-at-home parent to get an infection from the kids before the parent who works outside the house.
A typical ending of the [[Sick Episode]].
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* In ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' Rebecca first acts as Ivanhoe's caretaker, then Ivanhoe acts as her champion.
* In ''[[Ethan Frome]]'', this happens three times with Zeena: Before their marriage and life together in Starkfield, Zeena was healthy and knowledgeable about medicine, taking care of Ethan's mother. During the majority of Ethan's story, Zeena spends her time claiming that she's ill and having Ethan care for her. Then, after {{spoiler|Ethan and Mattie's [[Bungled Suicide]], when they both acquire crippling injuries, Zeena takes care of them, even 20 years after the accident}}.
* In ''[[Frog and Toad]]'', Toad tries to cheer up Frog because he's sick. Frog gets better but then Toad gets sick and Frog takes care of him.
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'''Penny:''' Injured and drugged is a kind of sick. }}
* This happens between River and Simon on ''[[Firefly]]''.
* [[Played for Drama]] in the second episode of [[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]], Dr. Mike works herself to exhaustion during a deadly flu epidemic and must be cared for by Sully when she catches the disease herself.
* ''[[Kung Fu]]'': in "Besieged: Cannon at the Gates", Caine is lying on the ground mortally wounded after he sabotages a cannon firing at the Shaolin Temple, and his [[Girl of the Week]] is leaning over his body comforting him. Then the [[Dragon with an Agenda]] stabs her; she becomes limp, and Caine reverses positions with her as she dies. Suddenly he's fine. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHAQBqzPzCA#t=3m55s See it here, starting at 3:55.]
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* "Nurse Stimpy" from ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show]]''.
* Happens in the ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode "Yarn Benders", which begins with Filburt getting sick after being caught in the rain and ends with Rocko and Heffer catching the illness after mangling a few fairy tales that they're reading to Filb.
* In the beginning of one ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' episode, Samantha Manson, the tomboy of the show, is sick and Danny and Tucker try to take care of her. This is also when the sidekick, Tucker, gets ghost powers. Guess who gets sick at the end?
* "Is There An Ed In The House" of "[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]." At the beginning, Sarah has a cold, and Double-D, Ed, and Jimmy take care of her. Near the end of the episode, Double-D comes down with Sarah's cold, which leads to Jimmy rushing up to Double-D saying: "Oh, you poor thing! You sound sick- you shouldn't be outside!" He leads Double-D back into his house to take care of him.
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