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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
* 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:
{{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
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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 ''[[
* 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.
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