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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Madeline]] had this happen in one of her books, and the scene was also included in the movie adaptation, the 50s animated adaptation, and the first animated special.
* Doc Leroy, one of the characters in [[
* The old writer's favourite. [[Tropers/Hadashi|I]] remember reading a children's story about a boy who actually had a ruptured appendix, and one who faked it out of jealousy for the attention. It was one of those "magical teacher" stories and involved an alarm clock of some sort....
* There was a [[Babysitters Club]] special where Kristy was stuck in the hospital with appendicitis.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Invoked in an episode of ''[[M*A*S*H
** ''M*A*S*H'' also has another instance of this, in the episode with the long underwear. Blake is wearing the long underwear, and Hawkeye and Trapper threaten him, when suddenly Blake reacts as though punched. Turns out it's his appendix rupturing, and they have to operate immediately. The entire camp is mildly happy to hear that Blake's appendix was successfully and safely removed... but overjoyed at hearing that they didn't have to cut him out of the long underwear to do so, and so the long underwear was intact.
* In the Sweet 16 episode of ''[[Life
* ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'': 16-year-old Doogie rushes his appendicitis-stricken girlfriend, Wanda to the ER straight from their [[Drive-In Theater]] date. He proceeds to diagnose her (via pelvic exam!) and assist in the operation himself. Trouble ensues.
* On ''[[I
* On ''[[Lost]]'', Jack, the survivors' team doctor, had to have his appendix removed while on the island.
* Daniel has very little to do in the ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "Nemesis", as he's recovering from an emergency appendectomy. This was because Michael Shanks was [[Written in Infirmity|recovering from an appendectomy himself]].
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* This occurred in an episode of ''[[Full House]]'' with Uncle Jessie, coincidentally while he was in the hospital while his twins were being born.
* In the ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' episode "Ghost Ship", Sam leaps into a pilot who must safely guide a plane out of the [[Bermuda Triangle]] and save one of the passengers from dying of appendicitis. Unusually for this trope, her appendix actually bursts, but Sam is able to use his medical knowledge to provide supportive care until they reach a hospital.
* In the second season of ''[[Malcolm in
* In the episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'' entitled "My Day Off" J.D. develops appendicitis and has to experience the hospital from a patient's point of view.
* In the [[Taiwanese Series]] ''[[Devil Beside You]]'', Ahmon goes onstage after the lead guitarist goes down with appendicitis. He then gets to guitar suggestively in front of his love interest.
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* An episode of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' had Jon suffer from appendicitis, though Garfield's obsession with a video game didn't help him at all. Fortunately, [[Heroic Dog|Odie]] was able to alert the paramedics to the situation.
* Happened on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''. Before the procedure, Rocko has a dream in which his appendix is a little kid whom he consoles with a trip to the fair before he's taken out.
* Near the end of the final season of ''[[As Told
* In an episode of ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' that takes place in Australia, Eliza has the misfortune of not only developing Appendicitis on Valentine's Day, but also that the commvee and mini-comm are immobile. It's a possible life or death situation as Nigel overcomes various obstacles to get her to a hospital.
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