History Main / TurnYourHeadAndCough

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Springfield has a hair salon named "Turn Your Head And Coif".

* In Music/WeirdAlYankovic's song "Living With A Hernia," the narrator goes to see his physician, Dr. Jones, who we are told takes off the narrator's pants and tells him to cough. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], of course, because he's seeing the doctor about his hernia.

A StockPhrase and [[StockJokes Stock Joke]] involving the medical community. This usually involves a doctor or physician examining a male patient's testicular region and instructing the patient to cough, turning his head so as to avoid the patient coughing on the doctor. The intended purpose of this part of a medical exam is to check if the patient has a hernia.

* In one "Scenes From a Hat" segment on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', one situation which came up was "Things You Wouldn't Want to Hear Your Doctor Say After 'TurnYourHeadAndCough'."

* On ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', when Dr. Kelso asks Dr. Cox to perform a physical on him for his new insurance policy, Dr. Cox issues the heavily sarcastic reply, "The day I willingly cradle your dusty old twig and berries and get a whiff of your chronic halitosis while you TurnYourHeadAndCough is the day you can look for me up on the roof singing 'I Believe I Can Fly'."

* One of the Nurse's lines upon talking to her in ''Videogame/{{Terraria}}''.
* The Witch Doctor in ''Videogame/{{Dota2}}'' sometimes says, "Cough" when last-hitting a creep.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', as Spidey and his ragtag team descend on Latveria to take down Doctor Doom, he describes him as not being a real "turn your head and cough" doctor.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' short "Skid Marks," the doctor performing Rocko's eye exam at the DMV at one point [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar holds Rocko's eyeballs and instructs him to cough]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': When Dr. Zoidberg is first introduced, he tells Fry to turn his head and make a burbling noise; Fry tries imitating the noise, which prompts an offended Zoidberg to say "What?! [[YourMom My mother was a saint!]] GetOut!"

* HannaBarbera's 1975 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' redeux pulls this in an episode where they're animal doctors trying to remove a splinter from the paw of a zoo's lion. Tom dresses up as a lion nurse, and the lion goes gaga. He prepares for an exam and even says "I know. Turn and cough!"

* The Witch Doctor in ''Videogame/{{Dota2}}'' sometimes says "Cough." when last-hitting a creep.

** In "Operation Noselift," Hawkeye introduces his friend Stash to Frank (Stash is a cosmetic surgeon who is there to perate on a soldier's nose but Frank doesn't know it).

* Of all shows to invoke this, HannaBarbera's 1975 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' redeux pulls this in an episode where they're animal doctors trying to remove a splinter from the paw of a zoo's lion. Tom dresses up as a lion nurse, and the lion goes gaga. He prepares for an exam and even says "I know. Turn and cough!"

* Of all shows to invoke this, HannaBarbera's 1975 ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' redeux pulls this in an episode where they're animal doctor trying to remove a splinter from the paw of a zoo's lion. Tom dresses up as a lion nurse, and the lion goes gaga. He prepares for an exam and even says "I know. Turn and cough!"

* For the ''{{Starcraft}}'' medic, this phrase is one of her "annoyed" lines.

* In ''Literature/TheSagaOfTuck'' the main character's family doctor has been [[IdiotBall skipping this point]] on standard physicals as being needlessly embarrassing. Turns out that, as embarrassing as it may have been, for Tuck it certainly wasn't needless, and if it had been done then [[GenderBender half the plot]] would have been averted.

* In ''TheSagaOfTuck'' the main character's family doctor has been [[IdiotBall skipping this point]] on standard physicals as being needlessly embarrassing. Turns out that, as embarrassing as it may have been, for Tuck it certainly wasn't needless, and if it had been done then [[GenderBender half the plot]] would have been averted.

* Lyrics in the chorus of the BarenakedLadies song "Get In Line" are very reflective of things heard during physical exams, including the phrase "turn and cough."

* Spoken by VideoGame/DrMario in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/517676 this]] song number by Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, which depicts the character as being a quack.

* Spoken by DrMario in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/517676 this]] song number by Music/{{Brentalfloss}}, which depicts the character as being a quack.

* Spoken by DrMario in [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/517676 this]] song number by {{Brentalfloss}}, which depicts the character as being a quack.

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* In an early ''ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' strip, Arthur suggests to Guenevere during his physical that if she's going to be the ship's doctor, she should work on her beside manner. Her reply is "I'm ''very'' friendly. Cough."

* In ''{{Shrek}}'', when Donkey learns that Shrek has been hit by an arrow, Donkey panics at the thought of Shrek dying from it and shouts irrelevant medical advice, including "keep your feet elevated," a plea for somebody to perform the Heimlich Maneuver, and (of course) "turn your head and cough."

* One ''SaturdayNightLive'' skit involved a doctor performing this test on a male patient, asking him to cough over and over again. Another doctor soon enters the picture and both continue to perform this one part of the exam over and over. Then, a third doctor enters not recognizing the other two doctors already in the room, revealing the first two doctors to be impostors who just like to sneak into examination rooms and feel people's balls.
* In one "Scenes From a Hat" segment on ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'', one situation which came up was "Things You Wouldn't Want to Hear Your Doctor Say After 'TurnYourHeadAndCough'."

* ''RobotChicken'': "Okay, turn your head and cough... It's just as I had suspected; you let a stranger grab your balls."
* In ''TheSimpsons'' Springfield has a hair salon named "Turn Your Head And Coif".

* On ''{{Scrubs}}'', when Dr. Kelso asks Dr. Cox to perform a physical on him for his new insurance policy, Dr. Cox issues the heavily sarcastic reply, "The day I willingly cradle your dusty old twig and berries and get a whiff of your chronic halitosis while you TurnYourHeadAndCough is the day you can look for me up on the roof singing 'I Believe I Can Fly'."
* In the first episode of ''PoliceSquad'', Sally Decker plans to rob the bank she works at. Just off-screen, Ralph Twice is opening up an account at the bank, and the overheard signing-up procedure grows increasingly surreal until the bank teller instructs Ralph, "Now, turn your head and cough."