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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Done to [[DependingOnTheWriter varying degrees]] in Arkham Asylum, particularly having the orderlies stealing drugs and being a little too rough on the patients on account of how they're ''criminally'' insane.



* During Jeff Lemire's run on ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'', the titular character is put in an asylum and abused by the orderlies. [[MindScrew Sort of]].
* In ''ComicBook/RobynHood: The Curse'' #1, an orderly takes a disturbing interest in Sam while she is in a coma in the hospital. However, while he is getting inappropriately physical with her, the monster that is possessing her manifests and kills him.



* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Done to [[DependingOnTheWriter varying degrees]] in Arkham Asylum, particularly the stealing drugs and being a little too rough on the patients on account of how they're ''criminally'' insane.
* In ''ComicBook/RobynHood: The Curse'' #1, an orderly takes a disturbing interest in Sam while she is in a coma in the hospital. However, while he is getting inappropriately physical with her, the monster that is possessing her manifests and kills him.
* During Jeff Lemire's run on ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'', the titular character is put in an asylum and abused by the orderlies. [[MindScrew Sort of]].

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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Done to [[DependingOnTheWriter varying degrees]] ''ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan'': In issue 33 of Creator/PeterMilligan's run, Shade is reborn in Arkham Asylum, particularly the stealing drugs body of an asylum inmate in time to try and being a little too rough on the patients on account of how they're ''criminally'' insane.
* In ''ComicBook/RobynHood: The Curse'' #1,
beat up an orderly takes gloating about sexually abusing a disturbing interest in Sam while she is in a coma in the hospital. However, while he is getting inappropriately physical with her, the monster that is possessing her manifests and kills him.
* During Jeff Lemire's run on ''ComicBook/MoonKnight'', the titular character is put
female inmate who's in an asylum and abused by the orderlies. [[MindScrew Sort of]].unresponsive state, rationalizing that her inability to communicate does not mean she isn't enjoying what he's doing to her.
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* ''Fanfic/AsylumOfDoom'': The orderlies and nurses at [[BedlamHouse Burke Lunatic Asylum]] clearly don't give a damn about the actual wellbeing of their patients, subjecting them to dehumanizing forms of medical treatment and manhandling them when they try to resist in even the slightest way.
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* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', Sarah Conner is locked up in a mental institution. An orderly licks her face while she's strapped down and [[spoiler:apparently]] comatose. When this preeminent ActionGirl kicks his ass, the audience usually cheers.

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* In ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', Sarah Conner Connor is locked up in a mental institution. An orderly licks her face while she's strapped down and [[spoiler:apparently]] comatose. When this preeminent ActionGirl kicks his ass, the audience usually cheers.
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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has the Rangers dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market after an old friend of Trivette's on the Dallas Cowboys was murdered for trying to tell him what was really going on. The scary part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!

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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" "[[Recap/WalkerTexasRangerS6E5ForgottenPeople Forgotten People]]" has the Rangers dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market after an old friend of Trivette's on the Dallas Cowboys was murdered for trying to tell him what was really going on. The scary part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!
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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has Walker and Trivette dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market after an old friend of Trivette's on the Dallas Cowboys was murdered for trying to tell him what was really going on. The scary part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!

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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has Walker and Trivette the Rangers dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market after an old friend of Trivette's on the Dallas Cowboys was murdered for trying to tell him what was really going on. The scary part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!
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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has Walker and Trivette dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market. The scary part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!

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* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has Walker and Trivette dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market.market after an old friend of Trivette's on the Dallas Cowboys was murdered for trying to tell him what was really going on. The scary part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!

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* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' had a sociopathic orderly called Hal Shippman (i.e. he was named after a RealLife doctor who turned out to be a serial killer). [[spoiler:He was just a RedHerring though.]]
** Any time a hospital is the scene of a ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' investigation, it's a safe bet at least one suspect and/or unlikeable witness will be an orderly who steals meds, smokes weed on duty, or got fired from a previous job for groping a patient. Make that an ''especially'' safe bet, if it's ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.

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* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' had On ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', a sociopathic creepy orderly called Hal Shippman (i.e. he was named after with a RealLife doctor who turned out foot fetish liked to be a serial killer). [[spoiler:He was just a RedHerring though.]]
** Any time a
groom the feet of cute-looking comatose patients as they laid down in their hospital is beds. He died when one of them kicked him in the scene face due to a triggered reflex, sticking the lollipop he was eating inside his throat and causing him to suffocate him to death.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': A slight variation in an episode where the mother
of a ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' investigation, it's terminal, comatose young woman in a safe bet at least one suspect and/or unlikeable witness will be long-term care facility convinces an orderly who steals meds, smokes weed on duty, or got fired from to rape her daughter (who's an only child) so she can have a previous job grandchild. The mother keeps track of the daughter's menstrual cycle so she'll know when to tell the guy to do it. He agrees...for groping a patient. Make that an ''especially'' safe bet, if it's ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.large screen tv and other expensive items.



* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime World Enough and Time]]", Bill gets shot through the chest and wakes up in a creepy hospital with a cumbersome artificial heart attached to her, where she's forced to work as a cleaner. Her only friend is a slightly creepy but charming hospital orderly known only as "Razor". It turns out that [[spoiler:he's the Master, and he's setting her up to be turned into a Cyberman]].
* On ''{{Series/ER}}'', Elizabeth notices an orderly leaving a patient's room and doesn't think anything of it. . .until she later walks into the room and sees that woman is covered with bruises, having been raped.



* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' in the sketch where the Headcrusher gets his fingers broken and must undergo physical therapy. The dead-eyed orderly who wheels him down the hall responds to his anguished screams by muttering that if he doesn't stop crying, he'll hit him. (And Nurse Unloop does hit him, despite not being a BattleaxeNurse.)
* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' had a sociopathic orderly called Hal Shippman (i.e. he was named after a RealLife doctor who turned out to be a serial killer). [[spoiler:He was just a RedHerring though.]]
** Any time a hospital is the scene of a ''Franchise/LawAndOrder'' investigation, it's a safe bet at least one suspect and/or unlikeable witness will be an orderly who steals meds, smokes weed on duty, or got fired from a previous job for groping a patient. Make that an ''especially'' safe bet, if it's ''Series/LawAndOrderSVU''.



* ''Series/OneLifeToLive'''s Blair Daimler is the result of her mentally ill mother's rape by an orderly at the asylum.
* Inverted in ''Series/PennyDreadful'' season three, where Vanessa's flashbacks show the orderly at the asylum she was locked up in as pretty much the most decent individual in the entire place. Said orderly was the only human being who cared about Vanessa during her time there and tried to help her however he could. Unfortunately, soon after her release, [[spoiler:the orderly died and was resurrected as "the Creature" by Dr. Victor Frankenstein]].
* On ''Series/Perception2012'', an orderly [[spoiler:terrorizes mental patients as a masked boogeyman and murders a co-worker to cover up his abusive behavior]].



* On ''Series/Perception2012'', an orderly [[spoiler:terrorizes mental patients as a masked boogeyman and murders a co-worker to cover up his abusive behavior]].
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' in the sketch where the Headcrusher gets his fingers broken and must undergo physical therapy. The dead-eyed orderly who wheels him down the hall responds to his anguished screams by muttering that if he doesn't stop crying, he'll hit him. (And Nurse Unloop does hit him, despite not being a BattleaxeNurse.)
* On ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie'', a creepy orderly with a foot fetish liked to groom the feet of cute-looking comatose patients as they laid down in their hospital beds. He died when one of them kicked him in the face due to a triggered reflex, sticking the lollipop he was eating inside his throat and causing him to suffocate him to death.
* In ''Series/TeenWolf'' one of the orderlies at Eichen House takes clear pleasure in the power he has over the inmates, looking for excuses to restrain them. [[spoiler:He also murdered patients, including Lydia's grandmother, believing himself to be ending their pain.]]
* On ''{{Series/ER}}'', Elizabeth notices an orderly leaving a patient's room and doesn't think anything of it. . .until she later walks into the room and sees that woman is covered with bruises, having been raped.



* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime World Enough and Time]]", Bill gets shot through the chest and wakes up in a creepy hospital with a cumbersome artificial heart attached to her, where she's forced to work as a cleaner. Her only friend is a slightly creepy but charming hospital orderly known only as "Razor". It turns out that [[spoiler:he's the Master, and he's setting her up to be turned into a Cyberman]].

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* In ''Series/TeenWolf'' one of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime World Enough orderlies at Eichen House takes clear pleasure in the power he has over the inmates, looking for excuses to restrain them. [[spoiler:He also murdered patients, including Lydia's grandmother, believing himself to be ending their pain.]]
* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has Walker
and Time]]", Bill gets shot through the chest and wakes up in a creepy hospital Trivette dealing with the corrupt administrator of a cumbersome artificial heart attached nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to her, where she's forced to work as a cleaner. Her only friend is a slightly creepy but charming hospital put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market. The scary part about her orderly known only as "Razor". It turns out that [[spoiler:he's the Master, and he's setting her up to be turned into a Cyberman]].minions? They're all ex-cons!



* Inverted in ''Series/PennyDreadful'' season three, where Vanessa's flashbacks show the orderly at the asylum she was locked up in as pretty much the most decent individual in the entire place. Said orderly was the only human being who cared about Vanessa during her time there and tried to help her however he could. Unfortunately, soon after her release, [[spoiler:the orderly died and was resurrected as "the Creature" by Dr. Victor Frankenstein]].
* ''Series/OneLifeToLive'''s Blair Daimler is the result of her mentally ill mother's rape by an orderly at the asylum.
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'': A slight variation in an episode where the mother of a terminal, comatose young woman in a long-term care facility convinces an orderly to rape her daughter (who's an only child) so she can have a grandchild. The mother keeps track of the daughter's menstrual cycle so she'll know when to tell the guy to do it. He agrees...for a large screen tv and other expensive items.
* ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Season 6's "Forgotten People" has Walker and Trivette dealing with the corrupt administrator of a nursing home that was a front for a secret illegal testing facility wherein she is trying to put variations of an outlawed Alzheimer's drug on the market. The creepy part about her orderly minions? They're all ex-cons!

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