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** Arzt is a [[DumbMuscle thick-headed]] German brute with an equally thick accent.

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** Arzt is a [[DumbMuscle thick-headed]] German brute [[TheBrute brute]] with an equally thick accent.
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** Dr. Arzt comes from a country resembling Germany, or speaks in a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent vaguely German-sounding accent]].
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** A scientist/doctor happens to be of German/Austrian descent, but doesn't necessarily have the accent.
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Fun fact: "Arzt" is the German word for doctor.


* '''Straight''': Dr. Arzt is a MadScientist with a German accent.

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* '''Straight''': Dr. Arzt [[BilingualBonus Arzt]] is a MadScientist with a German accent.

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* '''Inverted''': Arzt is a German character that doesn't care at all about being a doctor or scientist.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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Arzt is a German character that doesn't care at all about being a doctor or scientist.scientist.
** Arzt is a [[DumbMuscle thick-headed]] German brute with an equally thick accent.
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Everyone who earns a Ph.D instantly gets a thick German accent.

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* '''Subverted''': Arzt is introduced as a scientist, but he turns out to not be one after all.

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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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Arzt is introduced as a scientist, but he turns out to not be one after all.all.
** Artz is from Switzerland, but from a French or Italian canton like Geneva.


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** Dr. Artz is mentioned to currently be living in Frankfurt, but is never confirmed outright to be German (if that's even his real name and not a pseudonym).

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* '''Enforced''': The actor playing Dr. Arzt happens to be German, so the producers decided to [[ActorSharedElement make it part of his character]].

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* '''Enforced''': The actor playing Dr. Arzt happens to be German, so the producers decided to [[ActorSharedElement [[ActorInspiredElement make it part of his character]].



* '''Implied''':
** Dr. Arzt is TheGhost, but characters frequently mention his German accent.
** Dr. Arzt frequently speaks in a somewhat German-sounding accent, but it's never specified if he/his accent is supposed to be of Germanic origins.



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'''Basic Trope''': Doctors and scientists are often German/Austrian, and/or have German/Austrian accents.
* '''Straight''': Dr. Arzt is a MadScientist with a German accent.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Dr. Arzt has such a strong German accent that it's impossible to understand anything he's saying.
** Any and all doctors or scientists in the work have strong German/Austrian accents.
* '''Downplayed''':
** Dr. Arzt doesn't actually come from Germany or Austria, but speaks in the accent nonetheless.
** Arzt isn't necessarily a scientist, but is rather smart.
** Dr. Arzt comes from a country resembling Germany, or speaks in a [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent vaguely German-sounding accent]].
* '''Justified''': Scientists and doctors can come from Germany.
* '''Inverted''': Arzt is a German character that doesn't care at all about being a doctor or scientist.
* '''Subverted''': Arzt is introduced as a scientist, but he turns out to not be one after all.
* '''Double Subverted''': He's actually a doctor.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some doctors/scientists are German, and some aren't.
* '''Averted''': No doctors/scientists ever have any German/Austrian accents.
* '''Enforced''': The actor playing Dr. Arzt happens to be German, so the producers decided to [[ActorSharedElement make it part of his character]].
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': Dr. Arzt is GenreSavvy enough to know that a lot of scientists speak in German accents, and decides to try it for himself.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''':
** Arzt decides not to take knowledge in science.
** After becoming a scientist, he legally changes his name and starts speaking in an American accent.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "Why do fictional doctors often talk in German accents?"
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