History Film / PatchAdams

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Patch does numerous "funny" things at the hospital, annoying Dean Walcott, but Patch's grades are among the highest in the class. Which is even stranger considering that he never studies.

* AttemptedSuicide: Patch's attempted suicide is what kickstarts the story. [[spoiler: He attempts it again later on]].

* DrJerk: Every single one of the doctors.. except Patch Adams.

* CharacterTitle
* CloudCuckoolander: Patch

* DanBrowned
* DeanBitterman
* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: Carin.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Patch's attempted suicide is what kickstarts the story. [[spoiler: He attempts it again later on]].

* IceCreamKoan: "If you focus on the problem, you can't see the solution!"

* TheLancer: Truman
* NeutralFemale: Carin once she stops being a StrawFeminist. Really, she answers the phone and hears an [[ObviouslyEvil obviously insane man]] who wants "somebody to talk to." So naturally, she goes to his house alone. [[spoiler:It doesn't go well.]]
* PunchClockVillain

* TheObiWan: Mendelson
* SmiteMeOMightySmiter
* StrawFeminist: Carin is obviously insecure about being a woman in a male-dominated profession, and refuses Patch's (platonic!) advances for fear of showing weakness and contempt for his carefree attitude. She warms up to him considerably when she sees that his grades are near the top of the class....[[spoiler: [[BrokenAesop and ends up getting killed as a result.]]]]
* StrawmanPolitical: The social issue Patch is facing was not really a revolutionary idea (the term "bedside manner" long predates him entering Med School), but almost all of the people opposing him act as though being apathetic {{Dr Jerk}}s is the supreme goal of medicine.

* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sYjDc8i4I "Where My Heart Will Take Me"]] ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka "Faith of the Heart"]] by Rod Stewart, which infamously became the RealSongThemeTune of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''.

* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sYjDc8i4I Faith of the Heart]] by Rod Stewart

Notably the film received a fair bit of criticism from the ''real'' Dr. Adams, one of many critics, over the film's representation of his views and philosophies. He believed it simplified all his work into "laughter is the best medicine". Furthermore it fabricates entire events such as making his best friend into a woman, to create a love interest [[spoiler: (he also wasn't murdered either)]], and having Patch commit several felonies which naturally his real life counterpart never did.

'''''Patch Adams''''' is a VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory movie starring Creator/RobinWilliams as Hunter "Patch" Adams, a medical student who wants to treat people, not just diseases. To do this, he bucks authority, dresses up as a clown, and acts silly and (on occasion) unprofessionally. Also features Philip Seymour Hoffman in a smaller role as Patch's roommate.

* AwardBaitSong: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1sYjDc8i4I Faith of the Heart]] by Ro Stewart

* DawsonCasting: Patch Adams, who was 24 when this movie takes place, was played by 47-year-old RobinWilliams.

Notably the film received a fair bit of criticism from the ''real'' Dr. Adams, one of many critics, over the film's representation of his views and philosophies. He believed it simplified all his work into "laughter is the best medicine". Furthermore it fabricates entire events such as making his best friend into a woman, to create a love interest [[spoiler: (he also was murdered either)]], and having Patch commit several felonies which naturally his real life counterpart never did.

Notably the film received a fair bit of criticism from the ''real'' Dr. Adams, one of many critics, over the film's representation of his views and philosophies. He believed it simplified all his work into "laughter is the best medicine". Furthermore it fabricates entire events such as making his best friend into a woman, to create a love interest [[spoiler: (he also didn't die either)]], and having Patch commit several felonies which naturally his real life counterpart never did.

'''''Patch Adams''''' is a BasedOnATrueStory movie starring Creator/RobinWilliams as Hunter "Patch" Adams, a medical student who wants to treat people, not just diseases. To do this, he bucks authority, dresses up as a clown, and acts silly and (on occasion) unprofessionally. Also features Philip Seymour Hoffman in a smaller role as Patch's roommate.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Patch does numerous "funny" things at the hospital, annoying Dean Walcott, but Patch's grades are among the highest in the class.
** Which is even stranger considering that he never studies.

* JerkAss: Patch is this in the eyes of the Dean and initially to Carin. Some of his antics, such as the gynecologist setup, could be construed more as this than the opposite intention of being humorous.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Patch does numerous funny things at the hospital, annoying Dean Walcott, but Patch's grades are among the highest in the class.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Lots of changes were made. Most notably, the romantic love interest Carin was really a male best friend of Patch Adams.

* NeutralFemale: Carin once she stops being a StrawFeminist. Really, she answers the phone and hears an [[ObviouslyEvil obviously insane man]] who wants "somebody to talk to." So naturally, she goes to his house alone. [[spoiler:[[ItGotWorse It doesn't go well.]]]]

'''''Patch Adams''''' is a BasedOnATrueStory movie starring RobinWilliams as Hunter "Patch" Adams, a medical student who wants to treat people, not just diseases. To do this, he bucks authority, dresses up as a clown, and acts silly and (on occasion) unprofessionally. Also features Philip Seymour Hoffman in a smaller role as Patch's roommate.

* BrokenAesop: The movie makes a big deal about being emotionally invested in other people, but the movie had no problem with changing the real murder of one of Patch Adams's close friends into a romantic plot device.

* KarmaHoudini: Patch doesn't just get away with things that are ethically questionable, but ''outright illegal'', like stealing drugs from a hospital and practicing medicine without a license. Yet, he somehow manages to worm out of getting expelled from medical school, much less getting sent to prison.

* DawsonCasting: Patch Adams, who would've been 24 when this movie takes place, was played by 47-year-old RobinWilliams.