History Main / CaretakerReversal

A typical ending of the SickEpisode. Compare to NowLetMeCarryYou.

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9939848/1/Pokemon-Reset-Bloodlines Pokémon Reset Bloodlines]], Ash gets badly injured saving his Pikachu from a flock of Spearow, and Misty takes him to the Viridian City Pokémon Center. Later, Misty gets poisoned by Vileplume pollen, so Ash has to take her to a hospital in Cerulean City.

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* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9939848/1/Pokemon-Reset-Bloodlines Pokémon Reset Bloodlines]], Ash gets badly injured saving his Pikachu from a flock of Spearow, and Misty takes him to the Viridian City Pokémon Center. Later, Misty gets poisoned by Vileplume pollen, so Ash has to take her to a hospital in Cerulean City.

-->'''Ted:''' So worth it.

* "Nurse Stimpy" from ''TheRenAndStimpyShow''.

* In ''Film/MurderByDeath'', [[Literature/MissMarple Miss Marbles]] has a nurse -- but Miss Marbles takes care of the nurse, rather than the other way around. (So, the actual reversal happened during the backstory.)

* ''KungFu'': in "Besieged: Cannon at the Gates", Caine is lying on the ground mortally wounded after he sabotages a cannon firing at the Shaolin Temple, and his GirlOfTheWeek is leaning over his body comforting him. Then the DragonWithAnAgenda stabs her; she becomes limp, and Caine reverses positions with her as she dies. Suddenly he's fine. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHAQBqzPzCA#t=3m55s See it here, starting at 3:55.]]

This can be TruthInTelevision In many families with small children and a stay-at-home parent. It's not rare for the stay-at-home parent to get an infection from the kids before the parent who works outside the house.

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A character gets an illness or an injury and another character spends most of the episode nursing him back to health. By the end of the episode, the "patient" got over his illness, but realizes TheCaretaker has caught the illness from him. He decides to take care of the now "patient".

It doesn't have to be illness or injury. Sometimes, it's when a parent used to take care of the chlid and, a few years later, the child takes care of the aging parent. May also happen to the CloudcuckoolandersMinder if they take a blow to the head or visits {{Cloudcuckooland}}.

* The ''Series/{{Mash}}'' episode "Carry on, Hawkeye" is mostly about the majority of the camp (including three of its four doctors) falling ill, leaving Hawkeye and Margaret to run things. At the end, Hawkeye finally succumbs to the flu as the rest of the camp begins to recover. In the final scene, he's a) almost alone in the post-op and b) the recipient of the camp's gratitude.

* This happens between River and Simon on ''{{Firefly}}''.

A typical ending of the SickEpisode.

* In the beginning of one ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode, Samantha Manson, the tomboy of the show, is sick and Danny and Tucker try to take care of her. This is also when the sidekick, Tucker, gets ghost powers. Guess who gets sick at the end?

Basically, this is when a character gets an illness or an injury and another character spends most of the episode nursing him back to health. By the end of the episode, the "patient" got over his illness, but realizes TheCaretaker has caught the illness from him. He decides to take care of the now "patient".

It doesn't have to be illness or injury. Sometimes, it's when a parent used to take care of the chlid and, a few years later, the child takes care of the aging parent. May also happen to the CloudcuckoolandersMinder if she takes a blow to the head or visits {{Cloudcuckooland}}.

* In an episode of ''Manga/MidoriDays'', Seiji accidentally drinks a bottle of sake, and Midori tries to take care of him. When he wakes up, he feels great, but Midori is sick.
** In the manga, Midori gets sick first.

Basically, this is when a character gets an illness or an injury. Another character spends most of the episode nursing him back to health. By the end of the episode, the "patient" got over his illness, but realizes TheCaretaker has caught the illness from him. He decides to take care of the now "patient".

* Happens in one episode of ''Manga/SailorMoon R'', when Minako plays nurse to her friends, but ends up sick herself by the end of the episode, when Usagi and Chibi-usa return the favor.

* In ''Mini VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Motonari has a fever and Motochika insists on trying to heal him by strapping a fish to his head and cooking up some stew which looks...[[LethalChef kinda like the inside of a black hole]]. Later Motochika gets sick and receives a visit from Motonari, who [[EvilChef repays him in kind]].

* In an episode of ''MidoriDays'', Seiji accidentally drinks a bottle of sake, and Midori tries to take care of him. When he wakes up, he feels great, but Midori is sick.

* In ''TrinityBlood'', after Ion is shot by Tres, Sister Esther ends up caring for him (including replacing his bandages). A few episodes later, Esther is knocked unconscious and wakes up to find Ion at her bedside.
* In ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' Nanami is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who winds up with a LittleBitBeastly {{Kitsune}}, Tomoe, as familiar. However, [[spoiler: when Nurakami uses a magical artifact that turns Tomoe into a child]] Nanami ends up caring for him. Also, when Nanami winds up playing around with time travel [[spoiler: she winds up rescuing a wounded Tomoe from a riverbank in the past and nursing him back to health.]]
* In ''Mini VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', Motonari has a fever and Motochika insists on trying to heal him by strapping a fish to his head and cooking up some stew which looks...[[LethalChef kinda like the inside of a black hole]]. Later Motochika is sick and receives a visit from Motonari, who [[EvilChef repays him in kind]].

* In ''MurderByDeath'', [[MissMarple Miss Marbles]] has a nurse -- but Miss Marbles takes care of the nurse, rather than the other way around. (So, the actual reversal happened during the backstory.)

* Flip-flopping through this trope is how Jaime and Brienne's friendship gets started in ASongOfIceAndFire. Originally, Brienne is Jaime's guard, and has to protect him from all kinds of dangers (including some that he gets into on purpose to get on her nerves). Later on, when the two of them [[spoiler: are taken prisoner by the Bloody Mummers]], Jaime winds up spending a lot of time protecting *her*, [[spoiler: since of the two of them, he's the hostage who's too valuable to kill, and therefore has a little bit of leverage.]] By the time they're freed, they're pretty much protecting one another.

* In the beginning of one ''DannyPhantom'' episode, Samantha Manson, the tomboy of the show, is sick and Danny and Tucker try to take care of her. This is also when the sidekick, Tucker, gets ghost powers. Guess who gets sick at the end?

* PlayedForDrama in the second episode of DrQuinnMedicineWoman, Dr. Mike works herself to exhaustion during a deadly flu epidemic and must be cared for by Sully when she catches the disease herself.

* On an episode of ''{{The Rifleman}}'' Lucas takes care of Mark who has the measles. At the end, Lucas has the measles while Mark takes care of him