Not That Kind of Doctor: Difference between revisions

** Dr. Kabapu has never said what kind of doctor he is either.

* [[Who's on First?|Reversed]] in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'', when Kafuka Fuura walks into the Itoshiki Clinic for a check-up and initially sees Dr. Mikoto Itoshiki, whom she initially confuses for his younger brother/her teacher Nozomu.

'''Dr. Itoshiki''': Yes. }}

* ''[[Dracula]]'' features Abraham Van Helsing, M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc, as seen in ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960)

* ''[[City Slickers]]'' has a scene with two doctors needing to attend to an injured man because they're the only people in the group with first-aid training. The problem is that first-aid is all they can provide for him -- he needs a surgeon, but they're ''dentists''.

* In the movie ''[[1776]]'', Doctor Lyman Hall is taken aside by the seriously ill Caesar Rodney, who asks him a simple question:

'''Rodney''': The former most assuredly, then we shall see about the latter. }}

* In ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'', Professor Plum, a psychiatrist, is called upon to determine what killed Mr. Boddy and immediately protests, "I am ''not'' a forensic expert!"

* [[Stargate Verse|Dr. Beckett, Dr. Frasier and Dr. Keller]] are all That Kind Of Doctor. Actually two of them ''were'', both being somewhat dead. And don't forget Dr. Lam, even if [[Brother Chuck|the writers did.]] Dr. Jackson and Dr. Lee, however, are Not That Kind Of Doctor. Jackson is rarely even referred to as "doctor" except when he's being introduced to someone.

** This is played for laughs in one episode. A man who has captured SG-1 was injured, and asks Daniel to patch him up. Daniel explains that he doesn't know how.

''Daniel'': ...of archaeology. }}

** Major Carter isn't that kind of doctor either but no one has ever thought she was.

*** Except in "Moebius", when she introduces herself to Dr. Jackson.

'''CARTER''': Oh, me too. }}

** In "Harmony", a girl believes that Dr. Mckay should know something about, well, being a doctor. His responce is similar to Jackson's above.

* During one episode of ''[[Leverage]]" ("The [[Rashomon Style|Rashomon]] Job"), Sophie runs into Dr. Wes Abernathy. She asks what his PhD is in, and he announces that he is a surgeon.

* Inverted in Season 17 of ''[[The Amazing Race]]'' when, after being U-Turned, Chad started taunting Nat at the Roadblock. Though really, it might have just been because Chad didn't know the difference between an MD and a PhD.

'''Nat''' (in a voice over): For the record, I have an MD, I do not have a PhD. }}

* One episode of ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' had Vicki asking Dr. Albright if she would deliver her (alien) baby. Mary tries to explain that she isn't that kind of doctor, she just has a doctorate in anthropology, but Vicki doesn't understand several of the words she uses and takes it as Mary just blowing her off because of the gap in their social classes, education, basic hygiene, etc...

** "I'm an anthropologist." "Is that like, the butt?" Vicki confused both "anthro" or "anthropology" with "anterior", but also "anterior" with "posterior".

* An episode of ''[[Sanctuary]]'' has Will and Abby kidnapped by a gang seeking medical aid for their boss, who was, of course, attacked by an abnormal. They go through about a half a minute of trying to convince said crooks that they are psychologists, which they are. It does not work.

* Played with on ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' in Season Five, with Doctor Reid (who possesses three Ph.D.s but no medical training) after he was shot. Hotch makes him stay behind with Garcia, the team's [[Playful Hacker|analyst]].

'''Garcia''': You're my bitch now. }}

* The ''[[CSI]]'' franchise has two ex-doctors. ''[[CSI]]'' had Dr. Ray Langston and ''[[CSI: NY]]'' has Dr. Sheldon Hawkes. Both have ended up giving emergency care a time or two. Hawkes even helps with a bicycle first aid team in the park. Of course, the medical examiners (Robbins, Hammerbeck) are also doctors, but don't practice medicine.

** This might be a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]]: The film is set in a psychiatric hospital, and the doctors there tend to be ''psychiatrists'', rather than ''psychologists''. Psychiatrists really ''are'' that kind of doctor, having been to medical school, and it's not too much of a stretch that Railly would know how to do simple surgery. (The fact that she removed the bullet at all is [[You Fail Your Medical Boards Forever|the writers']] [[We Have to Get the Bullet Out|fault]].)

* The upstairs neighbor in ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]''.

"Poetry" }}

* Buck Laughlin uses this for some [[Witty Banter]] in ''[[Best in Show]]'' while talking to Dr. Millbank, president of the Mayflower Kennel Club.

** Being a doctor of fine arts, he's only qualified to do operations on paintings.

* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', a [[Human Aliens|Humanoid Alien]] [[Bounty Hunter]] assumes Jackson is that kind of doctor and the following conversation occurs:

'''Dr. Jackson''': ...of archaeology. }}

** Sam Carter is an astrophysicist, but don't call her "Doctor", as we learn in "Children of the Gods". It is appropriate to refer to a person by their rank, not their salutation. "Call me 'Captain', not 'Doctor'." (Nowadays you call her "Colonel" or "ma'am").

*** She ''is'' referred to as "Doctor" in parallel universes where she did not enter the military.

** Another episode has Carter, O'Neil, and Jackson step out of the Stargate to find a woman in labor. After Jackson says he's [[Not That Kind of Doctor]], O'Neil and Daniel look at Carter.

* Dr. Rodney McKay of [[Stargate Atlantis]] is most certainly [[Not That Kind of Doctor]] - he's an astrophysicist, and considers medicine to be no more scientific than voodoo, as pointed out in "Search and Rescue", where he has to {{spoiler|deliver Teyla's baby}}.

* Likewise, in part one of the season 5 mid-season two-parter, Daniel Jackson outright states "I'm not that kind of doctor." after he and McKay are {{spoiler|ordered by the new [[Big Bad]] to get an incredibly sophisticated machine working}}.

* Dr. Ross Geller of ''[[Friends]]'' has that title on the basis of a PhD in paleontology.

** One time, when the gang was at a hospital:

'''Rachel:''' Ross, stop it. That actually means something here. }}

* Dr. Temperance 'Bones' Brennan of ''[[Bones]]'' is an anthropologist, and she is quick to correct anyone who refers to her as anything but Dr. Brennan.

** It doesn't help that Frasier and Niles are usually seen [[All Psychology Is Freudian|helping people with personal drama, bad habits, and relationship issues]], which is, usually, a councilor or social worker's job. Frasier uses his [[Ivy League for Everyone|Ivy-league education]] to feed his minor celebrity while Niles seems to care more about maintaining his lifestyle and social status. The joke may be that no one takes Psychiatry seriously, or that nobody takes them seriously because they're more concerned with money and reputation than helping people with serious mental illness.

* Comes up in the occasional joke about "Criminal Minds'" Dr. Reid.

'''Cop''': (after a long pause) What kind of doctor did you say you were? }}

* In ''[[The West Wing]]'', Josiah Bartlet is a Doctor of Economics. Of course, he also has [[Our Presidents Are Different|another title]] he prefers to be addressed by throughout the series. It does, however, give him a minor moment of awesome when the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court -- not a fan of his -- snidely refers to him as "Mr. Bartlet."

** His wife, Abby, ''is'' That Kind Of Doctor. {{spoiler|However, she loses her license to practice throughout the remainder of his term once her role in his keeping his multiple sclerosis from the American people was revealed.}}

** Also shows up in one of the show's [[Crowning Moments Of Awesome]], where President Bartlet tears a conservative radio personality to shreds. At the beginning of their conversation, he asks her what exactly her doctorate is in (it's English literature).

* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' has most of the main and recurring characters have Doctorates in ''physics'', with others in microbiology and neurobiology. The character Howard has a Masters in Engineering, which leads to plenty of jokes at his expense for ''not'' being a doctor. Of course there are a few occassions where people mistake their title as being medical doctors "A doctor doctor or a ''you'' kind of doctor?"

* Troy gets stuck on this ''[[Community]]'' episode [[Community/Recap/S1 E24 English As a Second Language|English as a Second Language]] when introduced to their substitute teacher.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]:'' In addition to the title character, River is a doctor (and, someday, Professor) of archaeology.

'''River:''' Archaeology. ''(shoots the last one standing without looking)'' Love a tomb. }}

* [[Power Rangers|Tommy Oliver]] picked up a doctorate in palaeontology at some point between ''Turbo'' and ''Dino Thunder''. Parodied a couple of seasons later.

'''Adam:''' You know, I still can't believe he's a ''doctor''. }}

* "Doc" from ''[[The Whiteboard]]'' isn't actually one, in spite of his nickname, [http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb380.html but it beats having the ER staff laugh at you again].

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' toys with this when they land on an uncharted planet. After Tagon gets unexpectedly eaten by a sea-going predator (which he shoots his way out of) he calls in Kevyn and Bunnigus for professional opinions. Kevyn is an engineer. Bunnigus is a medic. They wind up calling in the chef instead.

* ''[[Chainsawsuit]]'': [http://chainsawsuit.com/2009/11/06/strip-324/ Tucker Cogburn] is the wrong kind of doctor.

* Dr. Jean Poule of ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' is a biologist with a PhD in polymicrofragilistic monoclonalexpialidocious.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Similar to her parents, in the previous section, [[Kim Possible]] has [[Harmless Villain|Dr. Drakken]]. His however is a [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]] since he "let hiself out" of higher education before graduating.

* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'':

'''The Atom''': ...a physicist. }}

** [[Played With]], however--his knowledge of physics allows him [[The Incredible Shrinking Man|to shrink down]] and pull off a [[Fantastic Voyage]] to save [[Batman]] anyway.

** An episode from the [[Un Cancelled]] season reveals that Zoidberg '''is''' in fact That Kind Of Doctor... but his field of medical study is ''xeno''biology, meaning that while he's a brilliant surgeon when it comes to all sorts of alien races, he doesn't know squat about human beings. {{spoiler|It also reveals that Professor Farnsworth keeps him around in spite of this because they're [[True Companions]].}}

* Subverted in [[Archer]]:

'''Dr. Krieger''' "Not even the other kind, technically." }}