History Quotes / NotThatKindOfDoctor

-->-- '''Captain Janeway''' to Dr. Zimmerman, ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''

'''The Doctor:''' Well, medicine, science, engineering, candyfloss, Lego, philosophy, music, problems, people, hope. Mostly hope.

'''Li Yun:''' (a marine biologist) Liar? I have a Ph.D.--

'''Doppler:''' Dangit, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor, I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't help people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!

-> '''Laura:''' "Alright, I've heard enough."
-> '''Jenny:''' "Gosh, you're ''good'' at this. And I never even knew you ''had'' a psychiatry degree!"
-> '''Laura:''' "…Well. I have a ''[[ExactWords degree]]''."

'''[[BackAlleyDoctor Dr. Granger]]:''' Holy moley, so you're the guy who [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs makes people call him 'Doctor']] outside of professional settings, huh?

'''Karim:''' ''[Has been shot and is bleeding out]'' How bad is it, Doc? Am I dying?\\
'''Dr. Fate:''' I’m not that kind of doctor.
-->-- ''Film/BlackAdam''

-->-- ''Webcomic/StringTheory'', Chapter 9 [[https://www.stringtheorycomic.com/comic/chapter-9-page-3/ Pages 3-4]]

-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy of the World"]]

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E11TheGodComplex "The God Complex"]]

-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum "The Tsuranga Conundrum"]]

->''"After I got my Ph.D., my mother took great relish in introducing me as, 'This is my son, he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'"''
-->-- '''Randy Pausch''', ''The Last Lecture''

->'''Dogen''': What do you think's wrong with my brain, Doctor?\\
'''Dr. Loboto''': How should I know? I'm a ''dentist''.
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''

'''[[InsufferableGenius Dr. Sheldon Cooper]]:''' '''Doctor''' Cooper.\\
'''Police Officer:''' [''To [[OnlySaneMan Leonard]]''] Seriously?\\

->''"I don't think he's the kind of doctor who'd say, 'Turn your head and cough!'"''
-->-- '''Franchise/SpiderMan''', ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', on Doctor Doom

->'''Buck Laughlin:''' Well, we're here with Dr. Theodore Millbank, President of the Mayflower Kennel Club, and Doctor, let me ask you something: I've got a little bursitis in my shoulder. Do you recommend heat or cold?\\
'''Dr. Millbank:''' I'm not that kind of doctor.\\
'''Buck Laughlin:''' ''[chuckling]'' I know that. ''[to the camera]'' I'm just kidding the doctor. He's not that kind of doctor, but he's got such a good sense of humor we like to have a few laughs.
-->-- ''Film/BestInShow''

->'''Jim:''' Well, you've gotta help her!\\
'''Doppler:''' Dangit, Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor! I mean, I am a doctor, but not that kind of doctor, I have a doctorate, it's not the same thing, you can't help people with a doctorate. You just sit there and you're useless!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''

->''"Oh hell, is that guy dead? Dammit, I'm a doctor[[note]] of theoretical physics[[/note]] not a... normal doctor!"''
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]]''', ''Machinima/FreemansMind''

->''"I'm'' a ''doctor, not'' the ''doctor."''
-->-- '''Dr. Zev Cohen''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect1''

->'''Dr. Burr''': Give me room, I'm a doctor!\\
'''Alfred''': Wait! Are you a medical doctor?\\
'''Dr. Burr''': I am tonight.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'', "Safe"

->''Do you feel that people who insist upon referring to themselves as "doctor" simply because they hold Ph.D. degrees, which are about as rare as air molecules, tend to be self-important weenies?''
-->-- ''Literature/DaveBarrySleptHere'', Chapter Four, Discussion Question 3

->''[ComicBook/DoctorOctopus crashes through the wall of the Daily Bugle newsroom]''\\
'''J. Jonah Jameson:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Doc Octopus? You're a real doctor, right? Cause I have a pain right here... down there... oh, and that bit over there, wow!]]\\
'''Doctor Octopus:''' Your cheap health plan doesn't cover office visits. ''[Marches through office, trashing tables as he goes, punches through the wall and climbs out]''
-->-- ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes''

''[[[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Sara and Jax shrug and leave]]]''

->'''Thor:''' Here! Take the wheel!\\
'''Bruce Banner:''' No! I don't know how to fly one one of these!\\
'''Thor:''' You're a scientist. Use one of your Ph.Ds!\\
'''Bruce:''' None of them are for ''flying alien spaceships!''
-->-- ''Film/ThorRagnarok''

->'''Henry Pym:''' What are you implying, you little witch? That I couldn't come up with that formula on my own?
->'''Janet Van Dyne:''' Oh, you're such the polymath, aren't you? It's not enough that you're the cybertronics expert, but you have to be the world authority on super-genetics too, now, right? Well, let's see how many super soldiers you create which don't involve getting big, getting small or telling ants what to do through a helmet, jackass! Bruce Banner was twice the geneman you'll ever be and you know it, mister!
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''

->"Let me guess: [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder you're a doctor, not a doctor?]]"
-->-- '''Captain Janeway to Dr. Zimmerman''', ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager''

->'''Simpson Family''': [[PhraseCatcher AAAAAH! Sideshow Bob!]]\\
'''Sideshow Bob''': ''Doctor'' Sideshow Bob.\\
'''Homer''': Real Doctor or [=PhD=]?\\
'''Sideshow Bob''': [''grumbles''] [=PhD=].
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "The Man Who Grew Too Much"

-->-- ''Series/{{Lucifer 2016}}'', "Mr. & Mrs. Mazikeen Smith"

->"I do wish that you would all make a little more effort to recall that I may be called 'Doc' but that I know precious little about medicine. I am a doctor of science, and [[FishOutOfTemporalWater none of my science is of any avail here and now]]."
-->-- ''''Doc' Theophilus Algernon Tanner''', ''Literature/{{Deathlands}}'', "Ice and Fire"

->"I do wish that you would all make a little more effort to recall that I may be called 'Doc' but that I know precious little about medicine. I am a doctor of science, and [[FishOutOfTemporalWater none of my science]] is of any avail here and now."

->"I do wish that you would all make a little more effort to recall that I may be called 'Doc' but that I know precious little about medicine. I am a doctor of science, and [[FishOutOfTemporalWater none of my science is of any avail here and now]]."