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* ''WebVideo/PokémonThe'BridgedSeries'' has Doctor Janitor.

* ''WebVideo/PokémonTheBridgedSeries'' has Doctor Janitor.

* In the sixth issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainVictoryAndTheGalacticRangers'', Klavus demands a lizard scientist on board the Galactic Rangers' ship to do something about Captain Victory overdosing on life energy while piloting the Drainer.
-->'''Scientist:''' Sorry! I'm an engineer! -- '''Not''' a god!!

* In the sixth issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainVictoryAndTheGalacticRangers'', Klavus demands a lizard scientist on board the Galactic Ranger's ship to do something about Captain Victory overdosing on life energy while piloting the Drainer.

* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'': Flashpoint Deadman tells Flashpoint Dick Grayson they're "circus performers, not soldiers." Dick argues they became soldiers the day the war started and "just didn't know it until now".

* A (very NSFW) pair of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fan-arts ("Breaking Bag" on [=RanmaBOOKS=]) features Nabiki having tried to summon a "Fukyugami" with ''Ye Olde Necronomicon'' during a lingerie shoot with female Ranma, only to fall victim to the horny spirit herself, ending up begging Ranma to dismiss it.

-->'''Doppler:''' [[ShoutOut Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but NotThatKindOfDoctor, I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!

* ''Film/TheManWhoWouldBeKing''. Billy Fish, on being offered a horse to escape the lost battle: "Gurkha is foot soldier, not cavalry." [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Then he runs to confront the entire army and dies a warrior death.]]

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Towards the beginning of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', the Jedi Council is meeting with Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Palpatine to discuss the increasing aggression of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Mace Windu makes it clear that the Jedi cannot be expected to stem the threat alone, as the Jedi are "keepers of the peace, not soldiers".

* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' had Carson Beckett do this in a couple of episodes. Note that Beckett is an actual medical doctor and was written as a pretty obvious reference to Bones [=McCoy=] (to the point where Rodney [=McKay=] says that Dr. [=McCoy=] is "the TV character [Dr. Beckett] plays in real life").

--> '''Grim:''' "I'm a policeman, not a bleeding Girl Guide".

* ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'': Phobia angrily states [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-05-22 "I'm a warrior, not a scholar!"]] when called on the fact that she's illiterate.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': In "[[Recap/WakfuS2E13TheNightOfTheThirsters The Night of the Thirsters]]", when instructed to spray the Thursters with a milk-pump to fight them, Sadlygrove protests that he's a warrior, not a gardener.

** When the Chief Science Officer, Dr. Zimmerman, complains about being ordered to [[NotThatKindOfDoctor help out in a field hospital]], Janeway quips, "Let me guess: you're a doctor, not a doctor?"

* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cathedral}}''. When Bishop Gervais insists that the stones from his family's quarry are of a sufficient quality to be used in the project, Master Guillaume is quick to voice his incredulity.

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* In 1933 Philo Vance detective movie ''Film/TheKennelMurderCase'', the doctor is called to the scene of the crime, questioned by bystanders, and replies "I'm a doctor, not a magician". A few minutes later, he pronounces a man to have committed suicide and is reminded he's supposed to look at the body, to which he replies "I'm a doctor, not a detective".

* In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', R. K. Maroon protests:
-->'''R. K. Maroon:''' You got it all wrong, Valiant! I'm a cartoon maker, not a murderer!\\
'''Valiant:''' Everybody's gotta have a hobby.
* From ''Film/TheHangover'': "I'm a doctor, not a tour guide!"
* Naturally, as an AffectionateParody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' includes an example of this, in one of the film's most famous lines: "We're actors, not astronauts!"

* ''Film/AHardDaysNight'': Ringo is a drummer, not a wet-nurse.

* ''Film/{{Congo}}''. Dr. Ross is trying to buy a place on Dr. Elliot's expedition and tells him to name his price. He retorts, "I'm not a pound of sugar, I'm a primatologist!"
* ''Film/AceVentura''. When Melissa Robinson asks the title hero to get out of Snowflake's tank, Ace responds with, "For God's sake, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a pool man!"
* In the 1955 film ''Film/TheCobweb'', the head of a sanitarium is asked how he could let a depressive patient have the run of the place instead of keeping him in his room. He replies "Because I'm a doctor, not a jailer."
* ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid'': "Sorry, I'm a butler, not a catcher."
* ''Film/StarTrek2009'': We get it a couple times, but toward the beginning of the first film, Bones' first line:
-->'''[=McCoy=]:''' I don't need a doctor, dammit, I ''am'' a doctor!
** It was such a trope of [=McCoy=]'s that it ''had'' to be in the [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 revival]]. "Dammit, man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!" (Well, his understanding of the physics Spock suggested seemed okay....)
** Subverted in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness''. Bones gives the expected line, but Spock replies that a doctor is exactly what he needs for his (unstated) plan.
--->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Dammit man, I'm a doctor, not a torpedo technician!
** And in ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', Bones tries to give the line while being transported aboard an enemy ship with Spock, but is interrupted. What Bones isn't this time is a RiddleForTheAges.[[note]]Given the context of what he was about to be asked, the completion of the line is probably "fighter pilot".[[/note]]
--->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a [[CurseCutShort f...]]
* In ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', Dr. Crusher activates the EMH to divert the attention of some Borg drones who are breaking through the Sickbay door.
-->'''EMH:''' This isn't part of my program. I'm a doctor, not a doorstop.

* In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Claire tries to ask Owen to track the missing boys through the wilderness, but he says, "I was with the Navy, not the Navajo!"
* ''Film/{{Megaforce}}''. When Megaforce piles into the last remaining Hercules transport, they have to leave their commander behind. As they're taking off, they see him riding up on a motorbike and so urge the pilot to set them down again. He retorts that he's a pilot, not a magician. Fortunately, their commander is riding a CoolBike that flies!
* In ''Film/TheCrossing'', General Hugh Mercer (Washington's closest friend and confidante) says that he's more of a physician than a general to preface his report of the wretched condition that the remnants of their army is in.
* Towards the beginning of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', the Jedi Council is meeting with Supreme Chancellor of the Republic Palpatine to discuss the increasing aggression of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. Mace Windu makes it clear that the Jedi cannot be expected to stem the threat alone, as the Jedi are "keepers of the peace, not soldiers".
* ''Film/MadMax1''. When asked what's the prognosis on Max's wife after she's run down by Toecutter's gang, the doctor replies, "I'm a doctor, not a fortune teller."
* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout''. Julia is not an electrician so she tells Luther this trope as she doesn't know what wire strippers are. Of course she's not a BombDisposal officer either (which is what they need the wire strippers for) but she did volunteer to help.
* ''Film/MyPetMonster'': "I am a man of science, not a tour guide!"
* In ''Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge'', her friend and fellow physicist-chemist Langevin is confronted by his wife about a lucrative industrial job he turned down. He tells her he doesn't want to work in industry, adding "I'm a scientist, not a flunky!"
* ''Film/CosmicSin''. After a soldier is killed by a BoomHeadshot, [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Dr. Lea Goss is asked to treat him.]] Goss retorts that she's a doctor, not God, and picks up the soldier's gun to use instead.
* ''Film/TheManInTheIronMask'': Porthos, who's been threating to kill himself for a while, heads out to the barn to hang himself. Aramis assures Athos that he won't be able to because Aramis sawed through the beam to weaken it. When Porthos puts weight on the beam it snaps...and brings the ''entire barn'' down on top of him.
-->'''Aramis:''' (''viewing the collapsed barn'') Well, I'm a genius, not an engineer!
* ''[[Film/SisterAct Sister Act 2 Back In The Habit]]'': Father Thomas once tells Deloris that he have a message for her despite working for the catholic Church, not for Fedex.
* ''Film/SteelRain''. North Korean agent Eom breaks into an obstetric clinic and forces the doctor there to operate on Kim Jong Un, who's been wounded in an attempted coup. She does her best, but there's a bullet in his cranium that she doesn't dare touch. "I'm an obstetrician, not a neurosurgeon. Unless there's a baby inside this belly, I can't do it."

* ''Literature/PrinceRoger'': Dobrescu's repeated claims he's a shuttle pilot, not a medic. Later it is inverted when Dobrescu has to start working on the Mardukans and complains that he's a medic, not a xeno-surgeon. He also gets a chance to complain that "I'm a pilot, not an estate agent".

* ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' (1869): After Captain Nemo [[KickTheDog Kicks the Cachalots]] with the ''Nautilus'', he asks Ned Land his opinion:
-->''"Well, sir," replied the Canadian, whose enthusiasm had somewhat calmed; "it is a terrible spectacle, certainly.'' '''But I am not a butcher. I am a hunter,''' ''[[TheButcher and I call this a butchery]].''"

* Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheRollingStones1952'':
-->'''Roger Stone:''' Are you sure [that their son will not get space-sick again]?\\
'''Edith Stone:''' How can I be sure? I'm a doctor, not a fortune-teller.
* The title scientist in ''Literature/ThePriestTheScientistAndTheMeteor'' parodies this by stating: "I'm a scientist, not a ''[[ThisAintRocketSurgery rocket]]'' scientist!"

* In the Creator/AlanDeanFoster novelisation of ''Film/{{Alien}}'', Captain Dallas accuses his science officer Ash of deliberately allowing the ChestBurster to grow inside Kane's body. When Ash asks how he was supposed to know this was happening, Dallas snaps that he doesn't know as he's a pilot, not a medical doctor. Ash replies to the effect of "No you're not, so you don't know what you're talking about."

* In ''[[Literature/TheShipWho The City Who Fought]]'', Dr. Chaundra is tasked with [[SyntheticPlague creating a virus]] that will, hopefully, make incoming invaders reluctant to bother his people for fear of catching it. Uncomfortable with the idea of causing and spreading an illness and aware of the difficulty of making it nasty-looking but not seriously hurt his people, he complains to himself that he's a doctor, not a gene-sculptor!

* In ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'', when Adama gets shot, Doctor Cottle arrives on the scene, and we get this exchange:

''[Ashamed, Niles releases him]''\\

* ''Series/LukeCage2016'': In "[[Recap/LukeCage2016S1E10TakeItPersonal Take It Personal]]", when Diamondback is telling Mariah the basics of his plan to sell the Judas bullets to the NYPD, Mariah counters, "I'm a politician, not a gun dealer." Diamondback simply replies, "Well, what's the difference?"

* In ''Series/OddSquad'', this is one of Dr. O's catchphrases.

* Jim Nye the science guy warned Will White he was not a doctor when Will wanted to know why he heard voices in his head, though he tried to help anyway (hoping to get paid like a doctor).[[/folder]]

* In ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'', Anatoly's chess second (and KGB spook) Molokov suggests seducing Trumper's chess second Florence Vassey in order to throw off his game. Anatoly's response:
-->'''Anatoly:''' I'm a chess player, Mr. Molokov. You go and play these other... "games".

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'':
** When Celes is asked to impersonate a famous opera singer: "H-hold on here! I'm a former general, not some opera floozy!"
** Another Celes line during the party's trip to the cliffs above Narshe: "Thanks for your concern, but I'm a soldier, not some love-starved twit."
* This line is said using "miracle-worker" in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''.
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'':
-->'''HK-47:''' Expletive: Damn it, Master, I am an assassination droid, not a dictionary!
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'':
** One of Sith Inquisitor companion Talos Drellik's chatter lines in combat:
--->'''Talos Drellik:''' I'm an archaeologist, not a fighter!
** In Chapter XVI of ''Knights of the Fallen Empire'', if you choose LovableRogue Gault Rennow to keep the peace between BombThrowingAnarchist Kaliyo Djannis and SergeantRock Aric Jorgan:
--->'''Outlander:''' Gault, you're creative. Keep these two from killing each other.\\
'''Gault:''' I'm a {{con artist}}, not a babysitter.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Gex}} Gex: Enter the Gecko]]'': "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a pincushion!"
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** When you encounter the Rachni in the first game, if Liara is present, Shepard will ask her what they are. She will just say that she's an archaeologist, not a biologist, and is as clueless as Shepard.
** If you select Mordin as the specialist to open the doors during the Suicide Mission in the second game, he'll protest that he's not that kind of scientist (in other words, not a computer expert).
** Shepard gets in on it too. In the first game, Renegade Shepard responds to Nihlus' questions about Eden Prime with "I'm a marine, not some tourist on vacation." In the third game, Shepard tells Anderson "I'm a soldier, not a politician" to which Anderson responds "I don't need you to be either."
** The third game, sees an inverted version used by Gabby Daniels on Ken Donnelly - "You're the power systems engineer, not me." Gabby is a propulsion system engineer.
* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'': Click on the Terran Medic enough and she'll go "[[StopPokingMe Dammit, I'm a medic, not a doctor!... Oh.]]" Technically speaking this is correct: {{Combat Medic}}s don't need doctorates to be a medic but have nurse/orderly training instead.

* In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' if you make the Physician do the King for a Day quest, they'll say "I'm a doctor, not a monarch!"
* ''VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes'':
-->''"Hey, assholes! We're [[{{Mooks}} Panzergrenadiers]], not [[TankGoodness Panzers]]!"''
* In ''VideoGame/DarkParables 8: The Little Mermaid and the Purple Tide'' clicking on a certain pharmacy hot spot prompts the quip "I'm a detective, not a pharmacist! I need a recipe."
* "I'm an engineer, not a medic", said by Jäger in ''VideoGame/RainbowSixSiege'' when reviving a downed team member.

* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'': Spez to Jimmy Wales, during the Summit:
--> '''Spez:''' Damn it, Jim! I'm a CEO, not a hacker!
* ''VideoGame/DisneyMagicKingdoms'': As Will Turner says in the quest "Display of Skills" when Elizabeth says that they need to show the guests a good time to clear the curse, he's "a blacksmith, not an entertainer".

* In ''Charm King'''s Halloween tale Philbert tries his hand at carving a pumpkin for the festival contest.
-->'''Philbert:''' Oh, who am I kidding? This isn't going to win any contest. I'm an inventor, not an artist!

* ''Laruaville 9'':
-->'''Spiritus I:''' And what is that smoke off to the left?\\
'''Female ghost:''' That's the horde of barbarians waiting to burn down your new residence. We can't do anything about them, we're builders not warriors.
* In a note found in ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles 20: The Black Crown'' one of several crew members who were forced to build a ship-raising mechanism complains that they're pirates not carpenters.
* In ''Adventure Chef'' Izy gets annoyed at having to build several bridges on Lemon Isle.
-->'''Izy:''' I'm a chef, not a carpenter! Where's Ted when you need him?!
* In ''VideoGame/{{MultiVersus}}'', [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Velma]] occasionally remarks about the inappropriateness of her specialty, when respawning during a match.
-->'''Velma:''' I'm a detective, not a gladiator!

* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'': Likewise, Scout Arael cheerfully reminds you that [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/2009/06/goes-great-with-eggs/ she's a medic, not a messiah.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'':
** Digger says that [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=31 she's a wombat, not a lungfish.]]
** In the comments there's a RunningGag of "Dammit, Jim! I'm a x, not a x".
** The Statue of Ganesh says that [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=198 he's half a god, not half a geologist.]]
** Trader Manuel says that [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=494 he's a merchant, not a murderer.]]
** Herne says that [[http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=572 he's a wilderness guide, not a Sherpa.]]
* ''Webcomic/ThePropertyOfHate'': Madras is a [[http://rgb.thecomicseries.com/comics/41/ merchant, not a doctor.]]

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Diane is a [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-07-04 sneaker not a fighter]] (i.e. more stealthy than capable of fighting).
* ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'': Phobia angrily states [[http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-05-22 "I'm a warrior, not a scholar!"]] when called on the fact that she's illiterate.
* Subverted in ''Sev Space'':
-->'''Quirk:''' Buns, why are you on the bridge instead of in sickbay?\\
'''Buns:''' Dammit, Gym, I'm a doctor, not a... on my way, sir.
* On ''Webcomic/NerfNow'', after betting (and losing) their clothes, Blu Engie has to sew a new outfit for Red Engie.
-->'''Blu Engie:''' Look, I'm an engineer, not a tailor.\\
'''Red Engie:''' You're sleeping on the couch.

* ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots''. In "Sucker of Souls", the protagonists find themselves confronted by {{Dracula}} himself. Flynn demands Dr. Wehunt tell them what to do, to which the doctor responds that he's an archeologist, not a strategist. Flynn retorts that he's a mercenary not Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer, but he's not whining about it either.
* Mr. Peabody, an InsufferableGenius FunnyAnimal in a ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' short, used to constantly remind his pet human, Sherman that he is "A genius, not a miracle worker," (substitute sharpshooter, etc. to taste).

* The predecessor series ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' beat them to it. In the episode "Duck Trek", Furrball-Bones tells Plucky-Kirk "Darn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a barber!" ItMakesSenseInContext.
* ''WesternAnimation/RoughnecksStarshipTroopersChronicles'', the animated series, has a conversation while defusing a bomb that goes something like this:
-->'''A:''' OK, what color of wire do I cut?\\
'''B:''' Why do ask me, I'm a doctor, not an electrician!\\
'''A:''' What's your favorite color?\\
'''B:''' Blue.\\
'''A:''' ''[cuts red]''\\
'''B:''' Why did you cut the red one? I said blue.\\
'''A:''' You're a doctor, not an electrician.

* In the final scene of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "D'oh-in' in the Wind," Homer ends up in the hospital from a flower lodged in his head, which Dr. Hibbert asserts he cannot remove, because "I'm a doctor, not a gardener."
-->'''Homer:''' Can't you just prune some of the leaves so I can watch TV?\\
'''Hibbert:''' ''[dead serious]'' What did I just say?
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' gave Donatello a line that was clearly a ShoutOut to the TropeNamer during the Big Brawl arc: "What can I do? I'm an engineer, not a doctor..."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "Masters of All Time", Danny asks Clockwork if he could save Vlad and Danny's friends from the Ghost Pox. Clockwork's response: "I'm the ghost of time, not the ghost of miracle cures."
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' has Storm give us this one: "I'm a weather witch, not a snowplow!" [[FridgeBrilliance Even funnier when you remember]] Wolverine's first name is actually Jim.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''

-->'''Shego:''' Brillianter?
-->'''Drakken:''' More smarter then--whatever! I'm a scientific genius, not an englist.
-->'''Shego:''' Linguist!
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has Tommy transported to a world where dirty boys and a stinky captain are trying to avoid a giant rubber duck (Moby Duck) from giving them squeaky-clean bathes. When Tommy finally convinces them to fight back, their plan involves throwing harpoons at it. When ordered to do so, one of the kids argues, "Darn it, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a duck hunter!"
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGarfieldShow'' has a running gag of everyone getting stuck up a tree because of a dog. First, it was Garfield and Nermal, then Odie, then Jon, and finally a fireman. Jon questions how come a fireman doesn't know how to climb trees. His response: "I'm a fireman, not a monkey."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "Hercules and the Green Eyed Monster", when Hercules was asked to put some sense into Icarus, he said he was "a demigod, not a miracle worker".
* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' when Big Bob reads a book Helga borrowed from the library when she believes she was infected with monkey nucleosis: "I'm a beeper salesman, not a scientist!"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'': In "The Uncrashable Hindentanic", Glomgold challenges Scrooge to a bet where the loser will give the winner one million dollars and Scrooge refuses because he's "a businessman, not a gambler". He changes his mind when Glomgold suggests that the loser will invest one million dollars on the winner's company.
* ''WesternAnimation/BudgieTheLittleHelicopter'': In one episode, Dell is complaining about the snow. Smokey says that it's more like icing sugar than snow, to which Dell replies "I don't want to be covered in icing sugar either. I'm a baggage truck, not a Christmas cake."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' has an example that is not a parody and not played for laughs: when [[TechnicalPacifist Skyfire]] is told by his old friend [[TheStarscream Starscream]] to kill a bunch of Autobots they've taken captive, the horrified Skyfire states that "I'm a scientist, not an executioner!"
** A late Season 3 episode features interim Autobot commander Rodimus Prime ordering [[CloudCuckoolander Wreck-Gar]] to deposit the remains of previous leader Optimus Prime on an examining table, who exclaims "I'm a doctor (which he isn't), not a forklift!". For bonus points, Wreck-Gar follows this up with another ShoutOut to the TropeNamer in the form of "HesDeadJim".

* Subverted in a recurring ''WesternAnimation/MonkeyDust'' sketch where comedian David Baddiel would regularly volunteer to perform some sort of specialised task (such as surgery or piloting a space shuttle.) Upon being told "You're a famous comedian, not a ..." he would indignantly reply that his job makes him just as qualified as a trained professional.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cathedral}}''. When Bishop Gervais insists that the stones from his family's quarry are of a sufficient quality to be used in the project, Master Guillaume is quick to voice his incredulity.
-->'''Master Guillaume:''' Is His Grace now a stonemason as well as a bishop?
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'', the trope is used in an episode where [[NiceGirl Kaeloo]] and [[CatsAreMean Mr. Cat]] are doctors, with Mr. Cat taking DrJerk to a whole new level. When both of them try to "cure" Quack Quack (who isn't even sick), Kaeloo suggests homeopathic cures. Mr. Cat, eager to hurt Quack Quack, asks if she means acupuncture, and she clarifies that she meant to use herbs and flowers, eliciting this response from [[CatsAreSnarkers Mr. Cat]]:
-->'''Mr. Cat:''' I'm a doctor, not a florist.
* WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch is airborne on an out-of-control inflatable horse (episode "Love Bug Bungle"):
-->'''Square:''' Do something, Hair!\\
'''Hair:''' What do you want me to do? I'm a bear, not a cowboy.
* ''WesternAnimation/JaneAndTheDragon'' when Rake gets stuck in a log- "I'm a gardener not a rabbit!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': "[[Recap/AmphibiaS2E02FortInTheRoad Fort on the Road]]" presents a variation. Anne justifies not knowing what a computer disk is by pointing out she's "from another dimension, not the '90s!".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': In "The Bet", the school nurse (upon being asked to fix Bobert), angrily tells Miss Simian and Gumball (on separate occasions) that she's a nurse and not a mechanic.
* ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'': In Season 3 "[[Recap/CraigOfTheCreekS3E21BreakingTheIce Breaking the Ice]]", when Craig and Wildernessa and her dog, Cheesesticks, are [[LockedInARoom stranded on an island]] because Cheesesticks accidentally [[DangerThinIce broke the ice of the frozen lake with his weight]], Craig believes that Wildernessa will be able to help them survive due to her knowledge of nature. But Wildernessa tells him "I know about animals, not survival tactics".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "WesternAnimation/LighthouseMouse", in the second-to-last scene Sylvester is fixing the lighthouse's cable and angrily mutters that he's a cat, not an electrician.

* The newly appointed (as of 2014) chief prosecutor of Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, seems nonplussed about her internet fandom gushing over her {{Moe}} characteristics. In one interview, she stated that she's "a lawyer, not a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} or something".
* Responding to criticism of his ridiculously wild first pitch at a New York Mets game, rapper Music/FiftyCent said "I'm a hustler, not a damn ball player."
* When [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany SS Leader Heinrich Himmler]] was taken into British custody at the end of the war, they were naturally concerned that he might kill himself before he could be properly interrogated and put on trial. After he was identified in a POW camp and taken to Luneberg for questioning, he was stripped and his clothes were searched, with one [[CyanidePill cyanide capsule]] discovered and removed, and another empty container found, but the capsule itself missing. He was taken to see a British Army doctor for a cavity search. When ordered to find the poison, the doctor responded "I'm a doctor, not a detective". Through circumstances that are still not clear, Himmler had managed to retain the other capsule, and killed himself before he could be checked.

Damn it, I'm a doctor, not a Troper!

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIiTNWuEUHo This ad for Trivial Pursuit]] has a woman asking a medical question. Cue [=DeForrest=] Kelly entering and responding in the same cantankerous manner he brought to [=McCoy=], "How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor!"
* During the interactive preview of MSN 2.0, one of the actors ended up quoting, "Live long and prosper" from the ''Star Trek'' franchise, Michael (the preview's presenter) ended up replying, "[[PrecisionFStrike Damn it]], Jim! I'm a preview host, not a miracle worker!".

* In the hentai anime ''Sextra Credit'', the protagonist, Jotaro Saruwatari, is heavily commanded by the principal, Kyoko Migiwa, to use brute force against erring students; lest he be fired. His response?
-->'''Jotaro:''' I'm a teacher, not some interrogator at Abu Ghraib prison!

* The English dub for ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Tony Tony Chopper pull this on Luffy when the World Government classifies him as a "pet" when giving his first bounty--a paltry 50 berries.

* ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'': Flashpoint!Deadman tells Flashpoint!Dick Grayson they're "circus performers, not soldiers". Dick argues they became soldiers the day the war started and "just didn't know it until now".
* In the third issue of ''ComicBook/AmericaVsTheJusticeSociety'', when Wildcat gives his testimony at the Congressional hearing about the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica's exploits around the time of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and he gets a detail of a certain person wrong, he responds, "I'm a crime-buster, not a politician."

* The ''Franchise/StarTrek'' wiki Memory Alpha has a page compiling every time the franchise used the phrase [[http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/I%27m_a_doctor,_not_a here.]]

* Doctors in the ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' fanfiction ''FanFic/HeroesOfTheDesk'' have well-defined roles (between different types of medical doctor and different types of not-that-kind as well). So when Dr. Kara Grimes, psychologist (and presumably [=PsyD=]) is asked about some {{Technobabble}}, she isn't of any use.
-->'''Dr. Grimes:''' I'm a psychologist, not a researcher. You'd need [a doctor of science] to access the embiggering equipment.
* ''WebVideo/RanmaOneHalfTheAbridgedChronicles'': This version of Doctor Tōfū can heal your wounds, unless they're costume-related.
-->'''Dr. Tōfū:''' Ranma, I'm a doctor, not a tailor.
* In ''Fanfic/StargateEquestria: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7222141/1/Stargate-Equestria-Incursion Incursion]]'', [[Series/StargateSG1 Dr. Frasier]] gets to say it after tending to a wounded [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
-->'''Dr. Frasier:''' General, I want it on the record that I'm a doctor, not a vet.\\
'''Col. O'Neill:''' [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat So, how long have you been waiting to use that line?]]
* In ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm'', [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix]] is asked to tell a funny joke. The results are... [[CannotTellAJoke rather unsatisfactory]].
-->'''Phoenix:''' (''{{inner monologue}}'') This is a lot harder than I thought... I'm a lawyer, not a comedian!
* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' fan series ''Fanfic/TinyToonAdventuresClassOf2009'' has this as Furrball's MadLibsCatchphrase.
-->'''Furrball:''' Darn it, [[[MadLibsCatchPhrase character name]]], I'm a Tiny Toon [[[AnimatedActors or the occupation the character he's playing has]]], not a/an [insert occupation here]!
** In the first episode, he tells Calamity Coyote that [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9559608/6/Tiny-Toon-Adventures-Class-of-2009-Episode-1-Welcome-Back he's a Tiny Toon, not an animator]].

-->'''Tailor:''' I'm only a clothes maker, not a fortune teller, Woody.

-->'''[=HoloSmurf=]:''' I'm just a mere assistant, not a warrior.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8926765/1/Trials-of-the-Flesh Trials of the Flesh,]]'' a group of human characters come across some Ancient Cybertronian writing. When asked to translate, Ratchet has this to say:
-->'''Ratchet:''' Fraggit, Conrad, I'm a doctor, not a linguist.
* There's a future fic of the ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' cartoon where the main characters (now years older) get dragged back into the Realm along with [[SpinOffspring Hank and Shelia's daughter, Presto's adoptive daughter, Eric's son and Diana's nephew]]. During a battle, Hank asks Presto for some advice and Presto snaps "Damn it, Hank! I'm a pediatrician; not a military commander (paraphrased)!"
* Jacob "X" Arrow in ''Fanfic/ANewWorldANewWay'' sidestory ''Swarm'' refuses to have a pokèmon battle with a trainer because he's a construction worker, not a trainer.

--> '''Morgan:''' Hey, I'm a farmer, not a mechanic.
* "Fanfic/FromBajorToTheBlack, Part II": A Vulcan petty officer informs Eleya that she is a transporter operator, not a soldier, after Eleya throws her a gun. Eleya informs the Vulcan that "I rather doubt the Borg are going to care one way or the other!"

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10752276/5/The-Duelist The Duelist]]'' an adopted and renamed Harry Potter complains about the overly scripted nature of the greeting of the other schools before the Triwizard Tournament held at Beauxbatons.
-->'''Henri:''' Fine, but I still believe that we should be more natural. This act will look painfully forced. I'm a duelist, not an actor.
* ''Fanfic/AGoodCompromise'': Dr. Irim Valder is NotThatKindOfDoctor.
-->'''Irim:''' I'm a general practitioner, not a pharmacologist.
* In ''Captain Proton and the Planet of Lesbians'', the President of Earth keeps insisting that he's a politician, not a doctor, after the villainous Dr Chaotica discredited the profession (in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton'' the same character is played by the [[MythologyGag Doctor, who has this trope as a]] catchphrase).
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/38/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path Harry Potter and the Rune Stone Path]]'' Bathsheda Babbling comments to a resurrected Lily Potter that Harry believes Halloween to be bad luck.
-->'''Lily:''' How the bloody hell am I supposed to break over a decade of bad luck in a few months? I'm a mother, not a miracle worker.
* ''Fanfic/EscapeFromTheMoon'': In the sequel ''The Mare from the Moon'', Spliced's dream in chapter 15 has her saying "I'm a scientist, not a doctor."
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10859928/chapters/24119142 Ninja Wizard Book 2]]'':
-->'''Sirius:''' Right, Harry. He’s what’s important. So...what do I do?\\
'''Adeline:''' You’ve got me. I’m a lawyer, not a child psychologist.
* ''Fanfic/ServantsOfRemnant'': In the story ''The Pledge'', when Ozpin asks Nightingale to clarify what the Restraints of the Round Table are and other information about the past, she says, "I am a nurse, not a warrior, not some strategist, or philosopher or even someone who can be trusted with delicate information."
* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9552519/18/Reboot Reboot]]'' when Dumbledore asks Remus to teach Defence Against the Dark Arts during Harry's third year he declines, stating that he's a bookseller not a Defence professor.
* ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'': Pomfrey doesn't know how to treat Danny's second-degree dragonfire burns because she's "a school nurse, not a Healer".
* ''[[http://www.potionsandsnitches.org/fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=3520&textsize=0&chapter=7 The Doe and Her Fawn]]'':
-->'''Snape:''' You could die before the term starts. Then Madam Pomfrey won’t be able to help you. She’s a healer, not a necromancer.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/94926/19/Lessons-For-Life Lessons For Life]]'' Harry rehearses proposing to Ginny.
-->'''Sirius:''' Take out the bloody, 'I love you more than life itself' line; it's overused.\\
'''Harry:''' I'm an Auror, not an author!\\
'''Sirius:''' Obviously.
* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheSeekerOfDarkness'': From ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/13872657 Kairi and Lea's Excellent Adventure]]'':
-->'''[[WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet Doppler]]''': Glad to have you with us. I don’t know what I’d have done about this on my own. I’m an astrologer, not a doctor. Well, I have a doctorate, but...
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13892307/1/Harry-and-his-Hippogriff Harry and his Hippogriff]]'' the titular hippogriff is severely injured.
-->'''Harry:''' How long... can she hold out for a couple of hours?\\
'''Neville:''' I should be able to finish cleaning the wound and cauterise it to some degree, but... I don't know, mate. I'm a Herbologist, not a Magizoologist.
* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} of Creator/AAPessimal, this is a persistent complaint by the Assassins' Guild resident medic, Matron Igorina.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14096056/3/Harry-Potter-and-the-Pink-Haired-Auror Harry Potter and the Pink-Haired Auror]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' What the hell, how is it that I can see just fine?\\
'''Tonks:''' How should I know, I'm an auror, not a healer.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14104090/13/The-N-awlins-Connection The N'awlins Connection]]'' a ''Daily Prophet'' article claims that when the sphinx in the Third Task complained about the medical treatment it received after the event, Madame Pomfrey stated "I'm a healer, not a creature handler!"
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11656250/14/A-New-Kind-of-Normal A New Kind of Normal]]'':
-->'''Harry:''' Are there more Potters in the family than me? Could someone else be my regent?\\
'''Griphook:''' I'm a banker, Mr. Potter. Not a genealogist. And as to your second question, I very much doubt it. I believe wizards often arrange for such matters to be magically binding.
* ''Fanfic/DannyPhantomStranded'': In "Empowered", Tucker says he can't block Misty's powers because he's "a techno-geek, not a miracle worker".
* A (very NSFW) pair of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' fan-arts ("Breaking Bag" on [=RanmaBOOKS=]) features Nabiki having tried to summon a "Fukyugami" with ''Ye Olde Necronomicon'' during a lingerie shoot with female Ranma, only to fall victim to the horny spirit herself, ending up begging Ranma to dismiss it.
-->'''Ranma-chan:''' I'm a martial artist, not a warlock. Gimme time! Look at it that way: You're still getting your porno, only the star has changed!

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* Dr. Delbert Doppler from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' says this as a ShoutOut to ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
-->'''Doppler:''' [[ShoutOut Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but NotThatKindOfDoctor, I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!

'''Rodgers:''' ''(muttering)'' Could have fooled me.

-->'''Phoenix:''' Damn it, Maya! I'm a lawyer, not a botanist!
-->'''Phoenix:''' (Internal monologue) I'm a lawyer, not a delivery boy, Gumshoe...

* In ''Captain Proton and the Planet of Lesbians'', the President of Earth keeps insisting that he's a politician not a doctor after the villainous Dr Chaotica discredited the profession (in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton'' the same character is played by the [[MythologyGag Doctor, who has this trope as a]] catchphrase).

*** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by B'Elanna ("I'm a Doctor--" "Not an engineer, right.") and flipped around by Tom "I'm a pilot, Harry, not a Doctor!").

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' provides a variation of this trope in "[[Recap/StargateSG1S3E7DeadmanSwitch Deadman Switch]]" when [[spoiler:Aris Boch demands that Daniel Jackson treat his wound after capturing them]]:

* ''Cosmic Sin'' (2021). After a soldier is killed by a BoomHeadshot, [[NotThatKindOfDoctor Dr. Lea Goss is asked to treat him.]] Goss retorts that she's a doctor, not God, and picks up the soldier's gun to use instead.

* One of the ''Sex Trek'' porn parodies has Dr. [=McJoy=] retorting, "I'm a doctor, not the writer of [[WhoWroteThisCrap this crap!]]"

-->'''Doppler:''' [[ShoutOut Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but {{NotThatKindOfDoctor]], I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!

-->'''Doppler:''' [[ShoutOut Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but {{NotThatKindOfDoctor not that kind of doctor]], I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!

-->'''Doppler:''' [[ShoutOut Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but {{not NotThatKindOfDoctor that kind of doctor|NotThatKindOfDoctor]], I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!

-->'''Doppler:''' [[ShoutOut Dangit, Jim]], I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I ''am'' a doctor, but {{not|ThatKindOfDoctor}} ''[[NotThatKindOfDoctor that]]'' [[NotThatKindOfDoctor kind of doctor]], I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't ''help'' people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!