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For the classic disassembly of these sort of statistics, may we recommend Darrell Huff's ''How to Lie with Statistics''? The 1950s were a lot less naive than you might assume. And indeed, this is a subtrope of [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]].
This trope has nothing to do with [[Doctor Dolittle]], [[Doctor Doom]], [[Doctor Faustus]], [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horrible]], [[Doctor Phil]], [[Doctor Slump]], [[Doctor Strange]], [[Dr. Strangelove]], [[Doctor Fate]], [[Doctor Zhivago]], [[The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde|Doctor Jekyll]], [[Doctor Steel]], [[Witch Doctor|witch doctors of any denomination]], or any of the Doctors from [[Doctor Who]], though you probably could find something at least nine of them agreed on.<ref>Specifically Doctors 1-7, 9, and 10. We would've asked the Eighth Doctor, but nobody really knows what he's been doing and we're all too lazy to consult [[Big Finish Doctor Who|the audio dramas]] and [[Eighth Doctor Adventures|stuff]].
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** Another version: "9 out of 10 doctors agree: [[Tom Baker|Four]]'s scarf is too long."
* Colin Mochrie on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]?'':
{{quote|"[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}oCdkV8MOcDQ Nine out of ten Americans agree that out of ten Americans, one will disagree with the other nine!]"
** Or how about: "Nine out ten doctors agree the tenth one should really chill out."
* On February 15, 2008, a news anchor on ''[[Royal Canadian Air Farce]]'' said, "A survey shows 51% of Canadians believe there is such a thing as love at first sight. The other 49% are men."
* A strip of ''[[9 Chickweed Lane]]'' showed a group of white-coated figures walking away from another whom they'd apparently just hanged (only his legs are shown, dangling from the top of the panel), and an onlooker remarking, "Nine out of ten doctors agreed."
* A humorous variant in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'':
{{quote|'''Tupari Drinks Machine:''' "Four out of five Tupari drinkers recommend Tupari to their friends. The last one is on my list!"}}
* Played for laughs in ''[[Assassin's Creed:
* [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fhetbwvmhJw/TfrLZSSj8mI/AAAAAAAAD3k/h4fAN-z5Lt8/s1600/Dentista-2.jpg That`s what happens to the 10th doctor]
* The joke "9 out of 10 people enjoy gang rape". No prizes for guessing who the 10th person is.
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