History PlayingWith / DrJerk

** Dr. Bob's rudeness is so extreme that it's like a memetic disease -- he pisses off someone who pisses off someone else who pisses off ''someone'' else and it's a good day when only half of the county wants to tear itself apart. [[EnemiesEqualsGreatness Bob considers it a good day when the whole county wants to kill him, as long as it's because he's right.]]

** The entire hospital is full of abrasive egotistical doctors who regularly berate patients, nurses, technicians, and each other.

* '''Discussed''': "Would you prefer a doctor that calls you an idiot but cures you or one that makes you feel loved as you die?" "Talk to my doctor, he'll have you begging for the second one!"

* '''Enforced''': The character of Dr. Bob is a TakeThat an an unpleasant doctor his creator once had the misfortune of seeing.

* '''Downplayed''': Dr. Bob is extremely blunt towards his patients but doesn't go out of his way to upset them unless they're being difficult.

** Bob's patients are very stubborn, nasty, and all arround [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]], so to deal with them with treating them, he has to act like a jerk in kind and keep them in order.

** Bob's patients are very stubborn and nasty, so to deal with them with treating them, he has to act like a jerk in kind and keep them in order.

** Bob's patients are very nasty themselves, so to deal with them with treating them, he has to act like a jerk in kind and keep them in order.

* Bob's patients are very nasty themselves, so to deal with them with treating them, he has to act like a jerk in kind.

** "What do you prefer? A nice doctor to comfort you on your last breath? Or a mean one to heal you?"

** Dr. Bob is fired and blacklisted as soon as he's caught being snarky to Alice -- [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Dean Kim]] absolutely refuses to have an abusive sociopath on her staff, even if he's a man capable of finding the CureForCancer literally in his sleep.
** "I swear to God, if you even so much as ''think'' of insulting my daughter because she committed a stupid mistake, the next time you see me walk into this clinic '''I will be carrying a FUCKING SHOTGUN'''! She's ''six'', all right? She doesn't deserves ''that'' kind of vitriol."
** "Keep acting like this and it won't matter how 'right' you think you are, you'll spend the rest of your life sleeping in homeless shelters. Because I'll have to cut your salary significantly, ''no-one'' else will hire you, and the lawsuits and the taxman will eat the rest." '''[[EveryManHasHisPrice That]]''' works.

* '''Discussed''': "Would you prefer a doctor that calls you an idiot but cures you or one that makes you feel loved as you die?" "[[TakeAThirdOption Isn't it possible for me to get one that is, dunno, kind of like fifty-fifty on that scale?]]"

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Dr. Bob might be a brilliant doctor, but the fact that he has no bedside manner and on the surface no concern for his patients means that no one particularly wants him to treat them, meaning that his practice and his career suffers. Furthermore, the distance he places between his patients and himself means he becomes ''too'' detached from them, which affects his ability to practice medicine effectively; he cannot effectively treat people if he doesn't care at all about them.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** Dr. Bob's rudeness is so extreme that it's like a memetic disease -- he pisses off someone who pisses off someone else who pisses off ''someone'' else and it's a good day when only half of the county wants to tear itself apart.

* '''Exaggerated''': Dr. Bob is a sociopathic MadDoctor who displays no interest or concern towards his patients whatsoever, but is nevertheless brilliant at treating them.