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* Groucho averted this in ''Film/{{A Day at the Races|1937}}'' by just [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught practicing on humans anyway]].

* Groucho averted this in ''Film/ADayAtTheRaces'' by just [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught practicing on humans anyway]].

* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' Herschel is treating Carl, Lori and Rick's son, who has been shot, and Lori asks him what kind of doctor he is. He says a vet, and she asks him if he means he was a military doctor. He replies, no, he's a veterinarian.

** For instance, when Rachel's father Dr. Greene is ill:

** For instance, when Rachel's father is ill:
-->'''Rachel:''' It's so weird to see Dad [who is a doctor] like this. You never imagine doctors getting sick.\\

-->'''Father:''' [interrupting] ''Doctor'' Ross Gellar!

* In ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' Herschel is treating Carl, Lori and Rick's son, who has been shot, and Lori asks him what kind of doctor he is. He says a vet, and she asks him if he means he was a military doctor. He replies, no, he's a veterinarian.[[/folder]]

* There's much less of a rivalry nowadays as the training and practice of [=MD=]s and [=DO=]s have become almost identical. For all practical purposes, the two degrees are interchangeable (at least in the US and most of Canada). In fact, some [=DO=]s are concerned they're losing their separate identity.

** Inverted in academia, specifically in countries where the medical doctorate is formally an actual doctoral degree, and yet considerably more low-effort than [=PhDs=] in other fields. Whereas a normal dissertation is usually a 100+ page document resulting from years of full-time research and publishing multiple peer-reviews papers, a medical dissertation is more akin to a term paper in length and impact. As a result, academic doctors often frown upon medical doctors.

* The early seasons of ''Series/AllSaints'' were notably more dominated by nurses than doctors: the show revolved around Ward 17 and the Nursing Unit attached to it, with the main cast consisting of six nurses, two doctors and a ward clerk). A fairly common source of conflict was that the doctors assigned to other wards resented being paged upstairs to "the Garbage Ward". Perhaps the worst case is Bronwyn's father Professor Craig, a condescending bully with no respect for nurses or their diagnostic opinions. It also comes up with Jared's fiancé Amanda when she objects to his decision to leave medical school and stick with nursing. The show gradually moved away from this, with more doctors joining the regular cast and the premise being retooled into an ''Series/{{ER}}'' clone.

* The guys and gals from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' are usually respected for being scientists and having [=PhD=] degrees, and Penny only thinks that science is incredibly boring, but at times she becomes fascinated with it. Howard, as an engineer with ''only'' a Master's Degree rather than a Doctorate, sometimes gets snubbed or made the target of snide remarks.

* The early seasons of ''Series/AllSaints'' had some conflict between the regular cast of nurses and the doctors in the guest cast, usually taking the form of doctors resenting being paged to "the Garbage Ward". Perhaps the worst case is Bronwyn's father Professor Craig, a condescending bully with no respect for nurses or their diagnostic opinions. It also comes up with Jared's fiancé Amanda when she objects to his decision to leave medical school and stick with nursing.

* In ''TheThreeLivesOfThomasina'', veterinarian Andrew [=MacDhuie=]'s defining feature is his great bitterness with his profession and not being able to use his skills to help people.

* The early seasons of ''Series/AllSaints'' had some conflict between the regular cast of nurses and the doctors in the guest cast, in particular Bronwyn's father Professor Craig, a condescending bully with no respect for their diagnostic opinions. It also comes up with Jared's fiancé Amanda when she objects to his decision to leave medical school and stick with nursing.

->''"If physicians tend to be upper-middle-class, dentists are gloomily aware that they're middle, and are said to experience frightful status anxieties when introduced socially to 'physicians'--as dentists like to call them. (Physicians call themselves ''doctors'', and enjoy doing this in front of dentists, as well as college professors, chiropractors, and divines.)"''

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* Dr. Zed in ''VideoGame/Borderlands2'' is a BackAlleyDoctor and legitimately the only person on Pandora who wants to actually help you and make you healthy. His lack of a medical license is a RunningGag in the series. The fact that Doc Mercy, the very malevolent leader of a group of bandits, actually DOES have a practitioners license, is a bit of a sore spot for him.
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