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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
22nd Apr, 2017 11:30:59 PM
There is a draft for Dr. Psych Patient
I've seen this more than a few times. The main character visits a psychiatric hospital, either to interview someone there or occasionally because they've been committed to it, and are immediately greeted by a friendly older man with an official demeanor and a white coat who takes it upon himself to show them the ropes. The characters, and by extension the audience, naturally assume that this man is a doctor, orderly, or some other member of the staff until peculiarities in his behavior or interactions with the real staff reveal that he is in fact one of the patients who either suffers from the delusion of being a member of the staff or has willfully chosen to impersonate one for some reason all his own.
Is there a trope for this?