History Main / IsThereADoctorInTheHouse

* ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under The Knife'' actually plays this straight. When the PA on a flight calls out "Is there a doctor on board?", [[PlayerCharacter Derek Styles]] and his assistant immediately answer the call, discovering they have to drain fluid from the patient's lungs. In flight. [[InterfaceScrew During turbulence]]. This is about as tricky as it sounds.

A StockPhrase often yelled by a character when someone is injured in a public setting such as a theater or a restaurant, though it's been played for laughs since ''at least ''the [[TheThirties 1930s]], making it a bit of a DiscreditedTrope, hardly ever taken seriously. (Nowadays, the sensible thing to do would be to use a phone to call the paramedics.) It can often lead into instances of BreakingTheFourthWall and BornInTheTheatre, and the word "doctor" or "house" might be replaced by something else, either because the plot calls for it or for comedic effect. It is still parodied to this day.

* ''Series/{{Tracker}}'', when Vic is shot during an alien-caused art show holdup/robbery plot.

--> "Is there a doctor on the Senate floor? Is there a doctor on the Senate floor? Senator Dole has collapsed. Is there a doctor on the Senate floor? Sir, you, in the balcony. Are you a doctor? Senator Dole is VERY ill! '''''Is there a doctor on the Senate floor?!'''''"\\

--> '''Mel''' Is there a doctor here? Anyone?

-->'''Bystander:''' Leave it to me; I have medical experience.
-->'''Bodie:''' ''(pushing him away)'' Yeah, well we're medical students.

-->''(guy is standing over his choking friend)''
-->'''Guy:''' Is anybody here a doctor?
-->'''Doctor:''' I am!
-->'''Guy:''' [[BaitAndSwitch Well, you're a]] '''[[TakeThat nerd!]]''' ''(high-fives now-unconscious friend)''

-->'''Mr. Russo:''' Is there a doctor in the street?\\

-->'''Nicole:''' Oh, it's all [[DudeNotFunny very funny until someone shouts, "Is there a doctor in the house?" and your parents say, "Yes"]]. ''Turns out people choking on a chicken wing rarely stay conscious long enough to enjoy the'' '''''punch line!'''''

-->'''Gym Instructor:''' [after several pregnant women break their water] Is there a doctor in the gym?!
-->'''Zoidberg:''' I'm a doctor! [More pregnant women break their water]

->'''Person''' ''(standing over a choking man)'' Is anybody here a doctor?\\

'''Person''' Well, you're a '''nerd'''! ''(high-fives now-unconscious friend)''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Garfield|Specials}}'' TV special ''Garfield Goes Hollywood'', at the "Pet Search" talent show, there is an old woman who is trying to make her pet bird, which is most likely dead, perform tricks to the audience.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' episode "The Parents", it's revealed that Nicole Watterson's ''first name'' is "[[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Doctor]]" and [[MiddleNameBasis "Nicole" is actually her middle name]], leading to her bringing up an incident that involved this.

* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': In the episode "Keep The Home Fries Burning", the [[MonsterOfTheWeek murderer of the week]] used poison as their weapon of choice, and administered it to their victim by slipping it into a jar of strawberry preserves in a restaurant. Unfortunately, they lost track of the jar, and three other people ended up getting dosed with the poison. The first person to get sick was a teenage boy while his family was walking to their car, and his father says the trope word for word when he runs back into the restaurant and shouts "Is there a doctor in the house?" Luckily for him, Dr. Seth was there having breakfast with Jessica and Sheriff Tupper, and he's able to help coordinate an effort to get all of the affected to the hospital (though not in time to save the murder victim).