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{{trope}}
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The universal way for a character enters a hospital is to have the injured character on a [[wikipedia:Gurney|gurney]], being pulled down a long corridor into an operating room, with assorted doctors and friends surrounding him. This whole thing is often accompanied by a [[POV Cam|POV Shot]] of our character looking up at a doctor.
When the place the gurney is headed is more sinister, our character [[Strapped to An Operating Table|may be strapped to the gurney to struggle]].
{{Examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* The twelfth episode of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' ends with {{spoiler|Kotetsu}} being rushed to the ICU this way after a violent [[Curb Stomp Battle]].
* Shiki's admittance into hospital in the 4th ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' movie.
== Film ==
* In ''[[District 9]]'', when {{spoiler|Wikus is carted off to MNU's medical lab.}}
* Parodied in ''[[Hot Shots]]'', after Dead Meat's pflane crashes.
* Parodied in ''[[The Addams Family
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* ''[[Monty
* Played straight in ''[[
* Played straight in a terrifying manner in ''[[
* Inverted in ''[[Star Trek IV:
* Done hilariously in ''[[Evolution (
== Live Action TV ==
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* There was an advertisement for some...financial investing company, I believe, that featured a man being rolled on a gurney (camera angle taking the man's point of view). His ailment? He had money coming out the wazoo. "Unless you have this problem," says the ad, "you might want to consider investing with us."
* Used in the ''[[Firefly]]'' episode Ariel.
* A variant of this occurred in the ''[[
* Played straight and played with in ''[[Bones]]'', as Booth is being wheeled into surgery. However, the doctor he's looking imploringly at is Brennan...
* Amusingly done in one of ''[[Friends]]'''s flashbacks, when Monica accidentally cuts off Chandler's toe with a dropped kitchen knife. The doctors crash him through the swing doors ''feet first''.
* Played for laughs on the agriculture episode of ''[[History Bites]]''. From the patient's POV, Teresa Pavlinek's doctor character gets the assessment of the patient's condition and calls for a trepanning. Every time, [[The All
* Perfectly executed in ''[[The West Wing]]'' episode ''In the Shadow of Two Gunmen'', first with President Bartlett, then with Josh.
* Done in ''[[Castle]]'' at the start of Rise, though Beckett is out.
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