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Munchausen Syndrome is a psychological disorder that causes people to feign illness for attention. They often do this by poisoning themselves or hurting themselves in order to actually appear to have symptoms.
In some cases they'll even go so far as to involve other people, making them sick in order to capitalize on the attention of taking care of a sick child. This is called Munchausen's by Proxy. For all the details, see [
Hollywood has taken this syndrome and exaggerated it to the point of absurdity at times. It's common to see it show up in medical detective shows and Lifetime movies.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Drawn Together]]'', Princess Clara spends an episode caring for Wooldoor and [[With Friends Like These...|making sure]] that he still needs to be cared for. The show even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this by having the bottle of pipe cleaner she feeds him say "Not to be used for Munchausen by Proxy" on the label.
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