History Main / DoctorsDisgracefulDemotion

* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Linda Friitawa, a.k.a. 'Fright', was a geneticist who lost her license for illegally experimenting on human subjects.

* ''Film/{{Evolution|2001}}'': Dr. Kane lost face with the military after he developed a vaccine for them that had a wide variety of unpleasant side effects. As such, he ended up teaching Biology to indifferent college kids in a small town.

* In ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'':

* ''Literature/JoePickett'': Dr. Eric Logue; the BigBad in Trophy Hunt. A former army surgeon, he was dishonorably discharged from the army and sent to a military prison for conducting unnecessary surgery on prisoners of war.

* In ''[[Literature/TheShipWho PartnerShip]]'', Alpha never actually got a doctorate, but had been well on her way. Her focus in university was researching ways to treat [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast Ganglicide]] exposure - the trouble is, she needed a steady influx of subjects that had been exposed in the first place. She could keep and test on rabbits, but found them smelly and annoying, and if people thought she had pets they would want to ''talk'' about them! So she started [[KidnappedForExperimentation kidnapping]] {{Disposable Vagrant}}s, claiming they weren't doing society any good as they were. This was discovered and ''should'' have led to serious consequences, but because of her [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connections]] it was hushed up, she was [[DoctorsDisgracefulDemotion denied her license]]... and [[ReassignedToAntarctica sent to work in a clinic in a distant system]]. Naturally, she immediately continued to use her medical knowledge for evil.

* In ''Series/DrDeath'' season one, Christopher Duntsch loses his medical license after multiple instances of malpractice during surgery and goes to prison for life. In season two, [[spoiler: unfortunately, Paolo Macchiarini is only given a slap on the wrist by the Swedish courts for killing numerous patients, and goes on to continue practicing medicine.]]
* Taiga Hanaya aka Kamen Rider Snipe from ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' is an unlicensed BackAlleyDoctor who used to be the first Kamen Rider that the heroes’ CR Center employed, who was said to have had his license revoked because he became obsessed with the power of the [[TransformationTrinket Gashats]] that the doctor Riders use, resulting in the death of a patient, who was Hiiro Kagami aka Kamen Rider Brave’s girlfriend. The later episodes and the ''Episode ZERO'' miniseries goes into further detail about his StartOfDarkness, revealing that [[spoiler:he was attempting to treat the patient’s illness, but overuse of the [[FlawedPrototype Proto]]-Gashat was too much for him to handle and he failed to terminate the [[TheDragon Graphite Bugster]], resulting in Graphite’s completion and Saki Momose succumbing to her game disease]].

* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': In [[WebAnimation/TeamFortress2 "Meet the Medic"]], while Heavy is on Medic's operating table, Medic is telling him a funny story about a patient who woke up with his skeleton missing, and finishes it with, "...anyway, [[HerrDoktor zat's]] how I lost my medical license!" causing Heavy to stop laughing and look worried.

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* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': [[spoiler: Doctor Litchfield actually had his licensed revokes years ago. He's continuing his illegal experiments in secret.]]

There's a reason why [[MadDoctor Mad Doctors]] and [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]] (and sometimes other kinds of evil doctors, such as the DepravedDentist and PsychoPsychologist) work in secret underground labs and not in public hospitals where they have to follow inconvenient rules like codes of ethics and the Hippocratic oath. They might have ''started'' there, but then they were fired because...well, they'd love to tell you that story themselves. It's a darkly hilarious (or just plain dark) story about how they lost their medical license, usually for performing some kind of gruesome, horrifying experiment ForScience Bonus points if they're telling it to the poor sap on their operating table.

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* ''Film/{{Evolution}}'': Dr. Kane lost face with the military after he developed a vaccine for them that had a wide variety of unpleasant side effects. As such, he ended up teaching Biology to indifferent college kids in a small town.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': When Cioccolata was working as a surgeon, he would deliberately give his patients the wrong the dose of anesthetic so they would wake up mid-operation, allowing him to enjoy seeing them in agonizing pain. He was fired after killing one of his patients but didn't get arrested because the murder was mistaken for an accident. Now he works for [[TheMafia Passione]] as the boss's personal TortureTechnician, and even said boss (who is no saint himself) thinks Cioccolata is an abhorrent human being, very rarely makes use of him and is disgusted with himself whenever he has to do so.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': When Cioccolata was working as a surgeon, he would deliberately mess up the dose of anesthetic so his patients would wake up mid-operation, allowing him to enjoy seeing them in agonizing pain. He was fired after killing one of his patients but didn't get arrested because the murder was mistaken for an accident. Now he works for [[TheMafia Passione]] as the boss's personal TortureTechnician, and even said boss (who is no saint himself) thinks Cioccolata is an abhorrent human being, very rarely makes use of him and is disgusted with himself whenever he has to do so.

This trope is frequently the reason why a doctor joins up with a villain or villainous organization. They got caught breaking the law and now nobody will hire them, but along came this mysterious group that promised them all the funds they needed, the freedom to continue their research, and an endless supply of test subjects, and the offer was just too good to turn down. If the doctor's and the villains' (lack of) morals happen to line up, even better.

This trope is frequently the reason why a doctor joins up with a villain or villainous organization. They got caught breaking the law and now nobody will hire them, but along came this mysterious group that promised them all the funds they needed, the freedom to continue their research, and an endless supply of test subjects, and the offer was just too good to turn down. If the doctor's and the villains' (lack of) morals happen to line up, so much the better.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'': When Cioccolata was working as a surgeon, he would deliberately mess up the dose of anesthetic so his patients would wake up mid-operation, allowing him to enjoy seeing them in agonizing pain. He was fired after killing one of his patients but didn't get arrested because the murder was mistaken for an accident. Now he works for [[TheMafia Passione]] as the boss's personal TortureTechnician, and even said boss--who is no paragon of morality himself--thinks Cioccolata is insane, very rarely makes use of him and is disgusted with himself whenever he has to do so.