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* This appears early on in ''[[Cerebus the Aardvark]]''. A character declares himself to be a doctor, not a General, time-keeper or martyr, all in quick succession.
* King Shark from [[Secret Six]]
{{quote| ''"Enough talk! I'm a shark, not a... [[Buffy-Speak|talking guy.]]}}
 
 
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* In the 1956 sci-fi classic ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'', Robby the Robot responds to Alta's request for a new dress with a deadpan "Again?". The implication seems to be that 'he' is a hyper-advanced super robot, not a dress-maker.
* ''[[The Man Who Would Be King]]'':
{{quote| '''Billy Fish:''' [On being offered a horse to escape the lost battle] ''Gurkha is foot soldier, not cavalry.'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Then he runs to confront the entire army and dies a warrior death]]. }}
* ''[[A Hard Day's Night]]'': Ringo is a drummer, not a wet-nurse.
 
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* In ''[[Death Star]]'', Doctor Uli Divini is ordered to make routine checkups and says "I'm a surgeon, not an internal meds doctor!" He has to do it anyway.
* [[Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea]] (1869): After Captain Nemo [[Kick the Dog|Kicks The Cachalots]] with the Nautilus, he asks Ned Land his opinion:
{{quote| ''"Well, sir," replied the Canadian, whose enthusiasm had somewhat calmed; "it is a terrible spectacle, certainly.'' '''But I am not a butcher. I am a hunter,''' ''[[The Butcher|and I call this a butchery]]."''}}
 
 
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** And proudly continued by the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH) from ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' who was in fact an actual placeholder.
** McCoy twice had this inverted on him when he tried using it (in both cases McCoy was trying to get out of an assignment):
{{quote| Kirk: "You're a healer, there's a patient. That's an order." (The patient in question was mostly made of rock, and what McCoy wasn't was a bricklayer.)<br />
Scott: "''Now'', you're an engineer." }}
*** The novelization of "Mirror, Mirror" from ''The Star Trek Reader'' averts this with [[McCoy]] simply saying, "I'm not an engineer," and Scott quipping "You soon will be." (Though Scott is proud of [[McCoy]]'s help later.)
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** An episode of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' had [[It Makes Sense in Context|Will, Carlton and WilliamShatner get high off of a leaking laughing gas tank at the dentist's]] and start acting like ''[[Star Trek]]'' characters; after Shatner addresses Will as "Bones", he responds "Dammit Jim, I'm a black boy from Philly, not a doctor!"
* ''[[Monk]]'' has a few good ones. This one from "Mr. Monk and the Critic":
{{quote| '''Captain Leland Stottlemeyer:''' Where the hell is Randy?<br />
'''Natalie Teeger:''' Oh, I sent him out to get a newspaper.<br />
'''Captain Leland Stottlemeyer:''' ''[looks at her incredulously]'' You? You, you sent Randy out? Well, who are you, the new police commissioner?<br />
'''Natalie Teeger:''' The morning edition comes out at midnight! They're gonna review Julie's play!<br />
'''Captain Leland Stottlemeyer:''' For the love of god, he's a police lieutenant, not a bellhop! Though maybe he is. }}
** In "Mr. Monk and the TV Star," when Monk and Sharona arrive at a crime scene at a major star's house, Sharona is focused on her teeth, and Monk tells her, "Sharona, this is a murder scene, not a high school dance."
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* [[Lost]] had a character exclaim "I'm an internist, not an obstetrician" (which means, "I specialize in innards, not reproductive organs.")
** Bernard is a dentist, not Rambo.
{{quote| '''Tom''': Shephard says he's a spinal surgeon, not an anesthesiologist..}}
** In the Season 3 blooper reel, Elizabeth Mitchell responds to Matthew Fox's wondering how a flooded hatch can still function by saying, "Dammit, Jack, I'm a doctor, not a marine engineer!"
* ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' had Officer Don say in one episode "I'm a cop, not a goat" when meeting Sally on a Hill at night.
* Moseby of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|The Suite Life On Deck]]'' wanted to put Zack on permanent detention for detonating a stink bomb in the chemistry lab. Tutweiler's response:
{{quote| '''Tutweiler''': I'm an educator, not a warden.}}
* Joked about in ''[[Criminal Minds]]''.
{{quote| Morgan: Can you do it?<br />
Garcia: Remember on ''Star Trek'', when Dr. McCoy always said, "I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker?"<br />
Morgan: So you're saying you can't?<br />
Garcia: No, I'm saying that I'm not a doctor. }}
* Played with in an episode of ''[[Friends]]'' where Rachel tells how her former fiancé, an orthodontist, once went to a Halloween party disguised as a dentist.
* The ''[[Smallville]]'' episode ''Rush'' has Clark say, "I'm an alien, not a cartoon!" when Chloe asks him if he can fly.
* An episode of ''[[Roundhouse]]'' referenced this by having ''[[Star Trek]]''-esque scenes playing during a channel surfing montage. [[Rule of Three|On the third appearance...]]
{{quote| '''Kirk:''' Bones, this man is dying!<br />
'''McCoy:''' Dangit Jim, I'm a doctor, not...oh. }}
* In the [[Big Bang Theory]] episode "The Desperation Emanation"
{{quote| '''Sheldon:''' Leonard, I'm a physicist, not a hippie.}}
* On Friends, Joey has this line while pretending to be a doctor and unable to figure out a person's age from their date of birth.
{{quote| '''Joey:''' Dammit, I'm a doctor, not a mathematician.}}
 
 
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* This line is said using "miracle-worker" in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]].'' As seen in [http://www.ffcompendium.com/misc/startrekspoof9.jpg this screenshot.]
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'':
{{quote| "Expletive: Damn it, Master, I am an assassination droid, not a dictionary!"}}
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', when you ask Varick why he isn't going to be fighting in The Proving, he responds with "I'm a miner, not a warrior!".
* In ''Gex: Enter the Gecko'': "Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pincushion!"
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== Web Originals ==
* The ''[[Ranma Abridged]]'' version of Doctor Tofu can heal your wounds, unless they're costume-related.
{{quote| '''Dr. Tofu:''' Ranma, I'm a doctor, not a tailor.}}
* In the [[Riff Trax]] of the 2009 ''[[Star Trek]]'' film, they come down on the usage of this for not being deep and raspy enough, asking to hear "those throat nodes and smoker's hack."
 
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* Mr. Peabody, an [[Insufferable Genius]] [[Funny Animal]] in a ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' short, used to constantly remind his pet human, Sherman that he was "A genius, not a miracle worker," (substitute sharpshooter, etc. to taste).
* Dr. Delbert Doppler from ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' says this as a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]''.
{{quote| '''Doppler:''' [[Shout-Out|Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but [[Not That Kind of Doctor|not]] ''[[Not That Kind of Doctor|that]]'' [[Not That Kind of Doctor|kind of doctor]], I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!}}
* In the ''Adventures of [[Super Mario Bros.]] 3'' episode "Oh Brother", King Koopa's pipes burst, leading to the following conversation:
{{quote| '''Koopa:''' Well, don't just stand there, Kooky. Fix it!<br />
'''Kooky:''' I'm a mad genius, not a plumber. }}
* A particularly brilliant example in ''[[Animaniacs]]'' when the Warner Siblings are backed into a corner in Hades:
{{quote| '''Yakko:''' ([[William Shatner]] voice) Wakko...anything in your...Gag Bag that will help us..?<br />
'''Wakko:''' Nothing, Yakko.<br />
'''Yakko:''' Dot...comments...analysis...?<br />
'''Dot:''' Nothing, Yakko.<br />
'''Yakko:''' Bones..?<br />
'''Bones:''' Darn it, Yakko, I'm a doctor, not a magician! }}
* ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'', the animated series, has a conversation while defusing a bomb that goes something like this:
{{quote| '''A''' OK, what color of wire do I cut?<br />
'''B''' Why do ask me, I'm a doctor not a electrician!<br />
'''A''' What's your favorite color? <br />
'''B''' Blue.<br />
'''A''' < cuts red ><br />
'''B''' Why did you cut the red one? I said blue.<br />
'''A''' You're a doctor, not an electrician. }}
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'' episode "Paradox" with--who else--Paradox. After he managed to restore Kevin's age after he'd be
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'', similar to ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s example:
{{quote| '''Captain Kirk''': Bones, I've got an injured crewman here and you've got to do something! You've ''got'' to do ''something''!<br />
'''Dr. McCoy''': Captain, there is a limit to what one man can do. Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a doc-... Oh, yeah, I'll get right on it.<br />
'''Butt-head''': Hey Beavis.<br />
'''Beavis''': What?<br />
'''Butt-head''': Beavis.<br />
'''Beavis''': ''What''?<br />
'''Butt-head''': Those guys better look out for the Klingons near [[Uranus Is Showing|Uranus]]! }}
* The [[U.S. Acres]] episode "Swine Trek" from [[Garfield and Friends]] parodied this as well. When Orson Pig, playing [[The Kirk]] in a dream, asks Wade Duck, playing [[The McCoy]], about a distress call that didn't sound right, Wade went, "How Should I Know?!? I'm a duck, not the Wichita Lineman!!"
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