Dr. Jerk/Playing With: Difference between revisions

* '''Justified''':

** Dr. Bob has seen many of his patients die since becoming a doctor, and has decided that the best way to avoid the emotional turmoil that comes of this is to keep those he treats at arms length. The best way to do ''this'' is through insults and abuse.

* '''Inverted''': Dr. Bob is a pleasant and personable man, but a terrible doctor.

* '''Subverted''': Although Dr. Bob has a poor reputation, when Alice goes to see him she is surprised to discover he is nothing less than civil and courteous to her.

** Bob acts as he was a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] in front of his patients, vigorously yelling at them, calling them with humiliating and elaborate nicknames and telling things like: "The more you hate me, the faster you'll heal, maggot!". [[Crosses the Line Twice|And it works!]]

* '''Deconstructed''': Dr. Bob might be a brilliant doctor, but the fact that he has no bedside manner and on the surface no concern for his patients means that no one particularly wants him to treat them, meaning that his practice and his career suffers. Furthermore, the distance he places between his patients and himself means he becomes ''too'' detached from them, which affects his ability to practice medicine effectively; he cannot effectively treat people if he doesn't care at all about them.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Dr. Bob is a complete jerk... to patients that he doesn't like. To others, he's absolutely charming. But his moods are volatile and easy to switch, so even they are kept on their toes around him.

* '''Averted''': Dr. Bob is not unusually snide, cynical or unpleasant to his patients.