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== [[Film]] ==

* In ''[[The Three Lives Of Thomasina]]'', veterinarian Andrew MacDhuie's defining feature is his great bitterness with his profession and not being able to use his skills to help people.

* Groucho averted this in ''[[A Day At the Races]]'' by just [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught|practicing on humans anyway]].

* Groucho averted this in ''[[A Day at the Races]]'' by just [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught|practicing on humans anyway]].

* In ''[[Meet the Parents]]'' Greg has no shame or inferiority complex about being a male nurse, but is constantly asked by his fiancée's family why he didn't want to go all the way and become a doctor. Several of them are doctors.

** In fact, they all assume he flunked out of being a doctor, and they need to see a copy of his transcript before they'll believe he actually got top marks and preferred to be a nurse to get more time with patients.

* The envy and inadequacy suffered by Kirstie Alley's character Marjorie as a woman who has married into an entire family of doctors is the catalyst for the entire plot of ''[[Sibling Rivalry]]''.

* Speaking of the MD vs DO debate, the movie ''[[Alien Apocalypse]]'' has Bruce Campbell as a DO who saves the world from alien conquest using the power of osteopathy and pointed sticks. He continually complains about no one takes him seriously because he's a DO.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Star Trek IV ~~the~~ Voyage Home ~~(Film)~~|Star Trek IV the Voyage Home]]'': When Dr. McCoy starts to diagnose Chekov's condition, the other MD in the room [[Deadpan Snarker|snarks]]: "What's your degree in? [[Not That Kind of Doctor|Dentistry?]]" Of course [[Mc Coy]], practicing incredibly more advanced medicine from the 23rd century thinks they're butchers, extorting them to "put away their butcher knives," then goes on to effortlessly cure Chekov and a nearby woman undergoing dialysis.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV the Voyage Home]]'': When Dr. McCoy starts to diagnose Chekov's condition, the other MD in the room [[Deadpan Snarker|snarks]]: "What's your degree in? [[Not That Kind of Doctor|Dentistry?]]" Of course [[Mc Coy]], practicing incredibly more advanced medicine from the 23rd century thinks they're butchers, extorting them to "put away their butcher knives," then goes on to effortlessly cure Chekov and a nearby woman undergoing dialysis.

{{quote| ''"The doctor gave me a pill and I grew a new kidney!!"''}}

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'''The Psychologist''': I'm a psychologist.<br />

'''Petra''': Ouch. That must have hurt, to admit you're only half-educated. }}

* Seen in the [[Aubrey Maturin]] series, usually from the perspective of the common sailors who are pleased to have an actual learned physician like Stephen Maturin on board. Most naval surgeons are decidedly ''not'' physicians. Some have little more than a steady hand with an amputation saw, and given the high rate of drunkenness among naval surgeons, possibly not even that.

* Seen in the [[Aubrey-Maturin]] series, usually from the perspective of the common sailors who are pleased to have an actual learned physician like Stephen Maturin on board. Most naval surgeons are decidedly ''not'' physicians. Some have little more than a steady hand with an amputation saw, and given the high rate of drunkenness among naval surgeons, possibly not even that.

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* In one episode of ''[[Bones]]'' Temprance thanked a chiropractor for his help but couldn't help noting that he wasn't a "real medical doctor". As she left he pointed out that she isn't a medical doctor either (she's an anthropologist).

** Another episode featured an M.D. making a snide remark about academics being people who couldn't do the "real" doctorate after Brennan said her doctorate was a PhD. Brennan herself, however, is quite proud of her doctorates and never shows envy towards M.D.s, which makes sense, what with an academic doctorate taking way more time and often being much harder to obtain than a medical one.

* In the ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode [[All Just a Dream|"Amy's Choice"]], Rory is the village doctor, as he's always dreamed of being more than "just" a nurse.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode [[All Just a Dream|"Amy's Choice"]], Rory is the village doctor, as he's always dreamed of being more than "just" a nurse.

* There are a lot of friction between doctors and the Ambulance crew in [[Sirens]], there were really quite shocked when a doctor thanked them and said they did a good job. In another episode two of the lads attempt to hit on a medical student that says they're nothing but glorified taxi drivers.