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** Dr. Cox even refers to ''his own psychiatrist'' as someone who couldn't cut it in real medicine.
* Alan from ''[[Two and A Half Men]]'' is often belittled for being a chiropractor and not a "real" doctor.
* Averted in the [[Bottle Episode]] "Secrets And Lies" of ''[[ER]]'', where a nurse reveals she originally studied to be an MD but then switched to nursing so she could spend more time with each patient. She even lampshades the trope and claims that not all nurses have
** And then the character becomes a doctor anyway a couple of seasons later.
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'' - Elaine dates an intern who's repeatedly failed his medical licensing exam. She insists on calling him "doctor" anyway so she can say she's dating a doctor. Later on, Elaine even helps him study for the exam to make him an actual doctor only for him to pass and dump her immediately afterward, under the rationale that as a doctor, he deserves better.
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