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** Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse from ''VideoGame/ReturnToCastleWolfenstein''.

* Dr. Maddiman from ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch''. He was a hospital director that experimented on his patients when he was alive and now, as a yo-kai, uses his abandoned hospital as a front to steal hearts from unsuspecting victims. In his boss battle, he wields surgical scalpels in his left hand as makeshift claws, throws bottles of medicine to poison your entire team, and uses an IV drip attached to his exposed heart to heal himself.

* A large amount of modern {{M|assivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame}}MORPGs that have a [[WhiteMage healer class archetype]] will allow, to greater or lesser extent, the player to choose skills, stats and/or gear to make them more offensive than defensive. Whilst a viable tactic in most cases, there will always be fallout from the... "purists" who will [[StopHavingFunGuys insist that healers heal]] and that anyone not playing them straight is a {{Scrub}} and wasting the time of all concerned. Potentially the basis for real-time {{FlameWar}}s.
** In some cases, such as ''Cataclysm''-era ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' design, healers are ''encouraged'' to do a certain amount of attacking (usually because it provides bonuses to their subsequent healing), on the theory that [[ComplacentGamingSyndrome 24-7 healing with no variation]] can get incredibly boring and [[RuleOfFun they're better off with a more varied toolkit]] that forced them to adapt to different boss fights the way damage-dealers do.
*** In more modern cases (from Legion to the time of writing in Shadowlands) the damage healers can do in Mythic+ dungeons is extremely important when it comes to the endgame. There is also a whole spec that does most of it's healing by converting damage done to enemies to healing.

* Sanada Kazuki from ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo''. ChickMagnet, genius, and mild-mannered heir [[UnclePennybags to a not-so-mild fortune]]. Did I leave anything out? Well, he ''is'' the one-time national boxing champion and successor to the Hama school of fisticuffs. His style involves rapid calculation of body strength, stun duration, and vulnerable organs and nerve clusters, [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/hajime-no-ippo-volume-033.html?ch=Volume%20033&pg=ippo_vol-33_116.jpg reforming]] [[http://view.thespectrum.net/series/hajime-no-ippo-volume-033.html?ch=Volume%20033&pg=ippo_vol-33_117.jpg him]] into something of a BadassBookworm in the ring.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' has plenty of perfectly nice people [[spoiler:infected with the HatePlague]] and killing one another in various disturbing ways, but nurse Takano Miyo always seems to be the first to go. Still, further and further into the show, she seems just as creepy as the crazy person of the month if not more so. [[spoiler:Then comes TheReveal, in which she ''engineered'' the whole thing and plans to slaughter the whole town and turn over the virus to military researchers who could use a squad of paranoid people willing to listen to lies and kill their friends...]]
** Also from the series is [[spoiler: Dr. Irie, or at least in his past. More sympathetic than Takano for sure, but in his past was a WellIntentionedExtremist version of this trope]].

** ''"If your master's actions destroy him whom I regard as-as the best and wisest man I have ever known-make no mistake that I shall hunt down, to a man, everyone who played a part in his destruction."''

::Pretty much every game of Assassins Creed Multiplayer has at least one example.

* ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' has Zharvakko, the WitchDoctor. While he's a very potent healer, his primary means of helping the team is using the same knowledge to conjure stunning projectiles and drastically amplify the damage dealt to enemies.

* The ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' series' Medics can be powerful front-line fighters, the exact opposite of their intended role as fragile healers. This requires very deliberate skill-tree setups but is surprisingly practical.
** In addition, both of the healing classes in ''Etrian Odyssey III'', the Prince(ss) and the Monk, have fairly potent combat ability, especially the Monk, and ''especially'' once you unlock subclassing.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games, there is a perk (Living Anatomy) which gives you a bonus to medical skills, but also, due to your mastery of anatomy, raises your base damage against living opponents.
** More of an example being your Father in ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'': He just, ''on a whim'', decides to escape a secure vault, cross the wasteland from one side to the other with no companions (a feat replicated only by your stupidly powerful character) and no armament except a ''hunting rifle''. He then proceeds to enter and leave a super-mutant infested building (unwounded!) and then a mind-control simulation pod before he [[spoiler: calmly sacrifices himself in an attempt to wipe out the leader of the Enclave assault on the Capital Wasteland.]] He is a badass doctor like no other.
* Faust of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' fame is a 9-foot-tall doctor who wields a scalpel as big as he is. Bonus points in that he actually ''heals'' people as well as kick ass, and kicks ass in order to stop people from getting hurt in the first place. Now that's what ''I'' call, aggressive vaccination.

** He may not ''fight'' with a medical motif, but he certainly ''kills'' (and injures, and maims, and mutates) with one. Case in point: Riku's liver. Firecracker. Surgical implantation.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}: Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard served in the Royal Army Medical Corps before becoming NCIS's Medical Examiner, and saw combat duty in Bosnia and Afghanistan;

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-049 SCP-049]], "The PlagueDoctor", believes that he's "curing" the Plague by killing people and turning them into zombies, unwilling to entertain any notion that the disease has not been a threat for a long time. At least, the Foundation ''assumes'' he's talking about the Plague...

* Dr. Emily Grey from the Chorus trilogy of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' is the primary medical officer of the Federal Army of Chorus, and she is quite unhinged. While she’s rarely shown in combat herself, there comes a point where the protagonists have to interrogate a captured space pirate for information and Grey does so offscreen whilst singing cheerfully to herself.

* ''Videogame/MurderInTheAlps'': Two of the murders committed in ''Deadly Snowstorm'' involve the victims being injected with an acidic substance. This indicates that the murderer has medical experience. The culprit turns out to be [[spoiler:Christian Petersen's nurse Claudia Perret who's also a Nazi agent]].

** Third-Party supplement ''[[TabletopGame/SpheresOfPower]]'' features the Harmacist archetype for Scholar, which wields "Medical Malpractice" weapons and specializes in poisons and diseases.

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** Doctor Reynolds [[spoiler: a.k.a. the Void/the Parasite]] in the sequel's Smallville mini-arc proves to be this, combining science and magic to torture his victims and drain their life-energy.

-->'''Interrogating Colonel''': "Did you surrender this weapon to ''our'' guards before coming before me?"\\
'''Phanan''': "What weapon, sir?"\\
'''Interrogating Colonel''': "The laser scalpel."\\
'''Phanan''': "Not a weapon, sir. It's a tool of medicine. I wasn't asked to turn over my bandages, bacta treatments, disinfectant sprays, or tranquilizers either, but I can kill a man with any of them, under the right circumstances."

--->'''Gilamar''': "I fell in love with a Mandalorian girl, married into the clans, and a ''hut'uun'' killed her. I know his name. I'll find him. And then I'll show him what it means to make a bad enemy of a Mandalorian with anatomical expertise and a scalpel."

* On ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryAsylum'', it's revealed that Bloody Face's victims were killed with surgical precision. That's because [[spoiler: Bloody Face is really Dr. Oliver Thredson. As a psychiatrist and licensed doctor, he would have had the surgical training necessary to commit his crimes]].

%% * [[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]. The Oncoming Storm, the Bringer of Darkness, the only person to scare man-eating shadows, killer snowmen, and Daleks alike.

* A MonsterOfTheWeek on ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' is Doctor Williamson, an infectious disease specialist who had treated Piper when she was sick a few episodes earlier. He's a good guy, but when he accidentally injects himself with Piper's blood, he also gets her powers. Turns out mortal + powers = CRAZY. He goes on a killing spree and takes organs from people. [[spoiler: Piper eventually has to kill him to stop him, which she finds very hard to do, as he is the first human she ever killed, and he tried to save her life.]]

---> "[[VideoGame/DawnOfWar Death or healing, I care not which you seek!]]"

--> "He has assassinated more patients than he has saved, poisoned more targets than he has cured. [[WhiteMaskOfDoom No one has ever seen the real face of the Doctor…]] and he uses his deadly Syringe to make sure it stays that way."

-->'''Dr. Klot''': "Your brain...in a giant ape! I'M A GENIUS!"

** Doctor Baldhead from the first game was far less pleasant. After accidentally killing a patient, he went insane and became a serial killer, murdering under the delusion of healing. Then he met the ghost of his patient and learned it wasn't his fault. He hid his face under a paper bag, became TheAtoner, and that's where Faust came from. (It's confirmed at several points in the series's Story Modes.)
* The Combine in ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' are a very interesting example. Though their physical appearances have very little medical influence, they do use a lot of medical jargon in reference to military operations. Enemies are referred to as "vectors", "contamination" or an "infestation", and soldiers undergo "containment" procedures to "coagulate" or "sterilise" them. This clinical language helps to reinforce their robotic, stoic behavior.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has three of these as optional skins for the ninjas: Nurse Akali, Surgeon Shen, and Kennen M.D.

* Medic's Resonators in ''VideoGame/WildStar'' are useful for reconstructing and regenerating tissue and bone. They can also be super-charged to emit unsafe levels of radiation that can liquefy said tissue and bone. As Ish'mael the Bloodied said,
--> I used to scream "Medic!" with hope rather than terror. I may be a pirate but in some way I feel like I've lost my innocence.

** The third game in the series introduces Prof. Zero (known as Dr. E. Raser in western Wibble Wobble) and his PaletteSwap Dr. Kagemura [[spoiler:who was the son of Dr. Maddiman according to a sidequest]]. Both Yo-kai have a skill (though it's more evident in the latter, called Evil Medicine) which decreases the HP of their opponents gradually, and their Soultimates sprays poison on the opponents' field to cripple them when they move there.

--> '''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' ''"Good evening. My name is Dr. [=McNinja=]. [[PreAssKickingOneLiner And I am going to be your phlebotomist tonight.]]"''

* Bonesaw from ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' is an expert in biology and surgery. She uses her talents to great avail, granting her fellow super villains sub-dermal armor, making controllable zombies from dead heroes, and [[spoiler:turning Grue into a room's worth of pure, agonized, nerve cells]].

* You could consider Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]] from ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' this. After all, [[spoiler:she was going to medically change Naoto's gender]]. That said, [[spoiler:she]]'s also a bit of an aversion. [[spoiler:She]] fights with the usual magic powers and technology, no real use of any sort of medical knowledge.

** Nygus. School nurse a d BandageBabe. And she's also a commando and [[EquippableAlly as a weapon]] can turn into a knife.

* ''Film/ButtAtlas'': Henry Goose, though [[spoiler:Ewing eventually doubts that he was anything more than a murderous confidence trickster]].

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' has Cioccolata, a former doctor who became one specifically to torture and kill people. He intentionally limited the anaesthetic his patients received so he could kill them slowly and painfully and record it all to watch later. This gave him considerable knowledge of the human body that allows him to infect himself with the mold of his own Stand, Green Day, break himself apart to conceal himself, and reattach the severed parts without much issue. He also wears white clothing that resembles a doctor's clothing. While his Stand isn't really used in killing people as would suit this trope, Cioccolata himself is presented in the anime as the one who sliced Sorbet into 36 separate pieces from the feet up and preserved them in frames of gel, and almost certainly did so in a way that maximised the pain Sorbet felt and the length of his life, considering the agonized expression on his body and the fact that his partner Gelato choked on his own gag rather than have the same happen to him.

* * The infamous Dr. Franchise/HannibalLecter, created by Thomas Harris befits this incredulously. Other than application of his medical knowledge to terrorize and torture his victims, he also uses this to hunt, when it's not humans. Methods of torture inclusive of anaesthetization, and skull trepaning for death realization with the doctor in sight.

-->'''Interrogating Colonel''': "Did you surrender this weapon to ''our'' guards before coming before me?"
-->'''Phanan''': "What weapon, sir?"
-->'''Interrogating Colonel''': "The laser scalpel."
-->'''Phanan''': "Not a weapon, sir. It's a tool of medicine. I wasn't asked to turn over my bandages, bacta treatments, disinfectant sprays, or tranquilizers either, but I can kill a man with any of them, under the right circumstances."

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s Eirin Yagokoro is often depicted as this by fans.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'' has Cioccolata, a former doctor who became one specifically to torture and kill people. He intentionally limited the anaesthetic his patients received so he could kill them slowly and painfully and record it all to watch later. This gave him considerable knowledge of the human body that allows him to infect himself with the mold of his own Stand, Green Day, break himself apart to conceal himself, and reattach the severed parts without much issue. He also wears white clothing that resembles a doctor's clothing. While his Stand isn't really used in killing people as would suit this trope, Cioccolata himself is presented in the anime as the one who sliced Sorbet into 36 separate pieces from the feet up and preserved them in frames of gel, and almost certainly did so in a way that maximised the pain Sorbet felt and the length of his life, considering the agonized expression on his body and the fact that his partner Gelato choked on his own gag rather than have the same happen to him.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'' has Cioccolata, a former doctor who became one specifically to torture and kill people. He intentionally limited the anaesthetic his patients received so he could kill them slowly and painfully and record it all to watch later. This gave him considerable knowledge of the human body that allows him to infect himself with the mold of his own Stand, Green Day, break himself apart to conceal himself, and reattach the severed parts without much issue. He also wears white clothing that resembles a doctor's clothing.

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_L._Salomon Ben Salomon]] was a dentist who earned The Medal of Honor for saving wounded soldiers. He was treating the wounded when a Japanese soldier bayoneted a wounded soldier. He shot him dead, then killed two more. Four more crawled under the tent walls. He kicked a knife out of one's hand, shot another, and bayoneted a third. Captain Solomon [[UseYourHead head-butted the last,]] and an allied wounded soldier shot and killed the enemy. He told the wounded to escape as he picked up a rifle, rushed out of the tent, and took control of a machine gun. His body was found slumped over the machine gun with 98 enemy soldiers piled around his location. He succumbed to 76 bullet wounds and numerous bayonet wounds, 24 of which he may have received [[DefianttotheEnd while still alive.]] He didn't get the Medal of Honor for nothing.
* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Holliday John Henry "Doc" Holliday]] received his degree in dentistry at the age of 21 in the year 1872. He later became a legendary gunslinger and friend of Wyatt Earp.
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* ''VideoGame/AWayToBeDead'': Dr. Riley is a psychotic murderous doctor out to kill the survivors in August Valentine Hospital.