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[[File:chillunshosp_4945.jpg|frame|Healing... with laughter.]]

'''''Childrens Hospital''''' is an [[Adult Swim]] program that parodies aspects of [[House (TV)|various]] [[~~Greys~~ Anatomy|medical]] [[ER|TV]] [[St Elsewhere|dramas]]. It began as a series of ten webisodes for theWB.com in the summer of 2008. The series was picked up by Adult Swim a year later. The webisodes were packaged together and aired during the summer of 2010, padded out with fake commercials for [[Spin-Off|NTSF:SD:SUV::]] and mock interviews with creator Rob Corddry. New episodes aired that August, with a third season airing Summer of 2011. A fourth season was picked up soon after that.

'''''Childrens Hospital''''' is an [[Adult Swim]] program that parodies aspects of [[House (TV series)|various]] [[Grey's Anatomy|medical]] [[ER|TV]] [[St Elsewhere|dramas]]. It began as a series of ten webisodes for theWB.com in the summer of 2008. The series was picked up by Adult Swim a year later. The webisodes were packaged together and aired during the summer of 2010, padded out with fake commercials for [[Spin-Off|NTSF:SD:SUV::]] and mock interviews with creator Rob Corddry. New episodes aired that August, with a third season airing Summer of 2011. A fourth season was picked up soon after that.

Childrens Hospital centers around the arrogant, slutty, and incompetent doctors working at a children's hospital in Brazil called Childrens Hospital (note the lack of an apostrophe). Using a broad range of fast-paced humor, the show is gaining a lot of good publicity.

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* [[Adam Westing]]: Hey, it's Insult Comic Jeffery Ross!

* [[Anti Humor]]: More prominent in the show than one might think.

* [[Anti-Humor]]: More prominent in the show than one might think.

* [[As You Know]]: Parodied in the second episode when Blake goes on a rant explaining that the hospital is in Brazil "as we all know."

* [[Avengers Assemble]]: The season 3 premiere when they're forced to call in the staff on a weekend.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: [[~~Greys~~ Anatomy]], [[Scrubs]], [[ER]], [[St Elsewhere]], and more.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: [[Grey's Anatomy]], [[Scrubs]], [[ER]], [[St Elsewhere]], and more.

** [[~~Greys~~ Anatomy]] has been parodied to the extent that [[Word of God]] says they have to be careful not to directly copy plots from the show.

** [[Grey's Anatomy]] has been parodied to the extent that [[Word of God]] says they have to be careful not to directly copy plots from the show.

** Incidentally, it uses the same hospital set that ''Scrubs'' did.

** The season 3 premiere is one of ''[[~~Run Lola Run (Film)|~~Run Lola Run]]''.

** The season 3 premiere is one of ''[[Run Lola Run]]''.

** The third season episode that parodies [[Our Town|old timey]] [[The Glass Menagerie|stage plays]]. It was awesome.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Dr Brian, who's been in almost every episode of Season 3. He appeared briefly in a clip from the in-universe 70's incarnation of the show in Season 2.

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***** And then there is Brian, who constantly repeats that he's bi.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The Chief is a blatant parody of Kerry Weaver from ''[[ER]]''.

** And Cat is obviously Meredith Grey from [[~~Greys~~ Anatomy]].

** And Cat is obviously Meredith Grey from [[Grey's Anatomy]].

*** Valerie is similar, her not-so-deep metaphor monologues at the beginning of each episode are eerily similar to Meredith's.

** Blake Downs is clearly Patch Adams

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: In the 70's episode, during the montage of blatant references to the time period, Blake emulates the "'eeeeeey!" of The Fonz on ''[[Happy Days]]''. Henry Winkler, a recurring cast member on Children's Hospital, played The Fonz.

* [[Chess ~~With~~ Death]]: Valerie Flame plays a game of chess against death in one episode. {{spoiler|Played for laughs, as she beats him with the four move checkmate.}} Death goes on to say that he had played a game of chess with everybody who has ever died, and has never seen it before.

* [[Chess with Death]]: Valerie Flame plays a game of chess against death in one episode. {{spoiler|Played for laughs, as she beats him with the four move checkmate.}} Death goes on to say that he had played a game of chess with everybody who has ever died, and has never seen it before.

* [[Contemplate Our Navels]]: Done frequently by Dr. Cat Black.

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: Considering it's a children's hospital, they probably have one lying around somewhere...

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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: With {{spoiler|Valerie}} turning out to be {{spoiler|Derrick Childrens, played by Jon Hamm.}}

* [[The Danza]]: Ed Helms as Dr. Ed Helms, forming half of [[Those Two Guys]]

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Rabbi Jewy McJewjew.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Rabbi Jewy McJewjew.

** Maybe not as Jewish as everybody thought though- {{spoiler|he had a pork shoulder delivered}}.

** The In-Universe TV Show ''Black Doctor'' was about the show's only black doctor.

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* [[Mega Corp]]: Apparently, Big Pharma is behind everything in the world, from paving roads and delivering mail to killing Kennedy, inventing Ben Franklin, polluting the ocean with high-fructose corn syrup, ''and even your heart medication''.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Cat Black, Lola Spratt, and Valerie Flame.

* [[Network to ~~The~~ Rescue]]: [[Adult Swim]] liked the show so much they financed and aired seasons 2-3 (and counting). It's now one of their top rated programs.

* [[Network to the Rescue]]: [[Adult Swim]] liked the show so much they financed and aired seasons 2-3 (and counting). It's now one of their top rated programs.

* [[Parody Commercial]]: For the [[CSI|crime]] [[Law ~~and~~ Order ~~(TV)~~|drama]] parody National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sports Utility Vehicle::. It [[Defictionalization|got its own spin-off]].

* [[Parody Commercial]]: For the [[CSI|crime]] [[Law & Order|drama]] parody National Terrorism Strike Force: San Diego: Sports Utility Vehicle::. It [[Defictionalization|got its own spin-off]].

* [["Previously On..."]]: Parodied at the beginning of each episode (including the first one) where they mix old material in with new material that has nothing to do with what previously happened on the show (and often has nothing to do with anything going on in that episode, either).

* [[Put On a Bus]]: Dr. Blake Downs. To star in the spin-off "Dr. Blake Downs M.D." This is immediately subverted when he comes back the next episode.

* [[Put on a Bus]]: Dr. Blake Downs. To star in the spin-off "Dr. Blake Downs M.D." This is immediately subverted when he comes back the next episode.

* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]: Critics highlight this as one of the show's biggest strengths.

* [[Reset Button]]: The creators weren't expecting a second season given the online distribution, so the last episode really goes for broke. In the second season, some things get explanations for being fixed (Blake Downs getting his spinoff cancelled), some just happen (Chief going from Eva Longoria to only slightly less crippled Megan Mullally).

* [[Shotacon]]: {{spoiler|Dr.Cat Black has sex with a six year old}}, but it's okay; he's got an accelerated aging disorder.

* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Michael Cera]]'s unseen intercom announcer is named Sal Viscuso, after the actor who fulfilled the same function on [[MASH]].

** In the episode ''Children's Hospital: A Play in Three Acts'', Owen drinks a [[The ~~Hitchhikers~~ Guide to ~~The~~ Galaxy|Pan Galactic]] [[Gargle Blaster]]

** In the episode ''Children's Hospital: A Play in Three Acts'', Owen drinks a [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Pan Galactic]] [[Gargle Blaster]]

* [[Show Within a Show]]: Inverted; Childrens Hospital is the show within the show. Behind the scenes episodes reveal Rob Corddry isn't playing Dr. Blake Downs, he's playing an actor named Cutter Spindell who's playing Dr. Blake Downs.

* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: Blake Downs of course.