THEBATHEAD
Since: Feb, 2014
Sep 27th 2014 at 9:40:45 PM
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Would this belong under Artistic License of some kind?
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SeptimusHeap
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(Edited uphill both ways)
Sep 28th 2014 at 2:20:42 AM
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The description mentions that it does happen in RL sometimes, so prolly not.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
DialgaX
Since: Jan, 2001
May 10th 2011 at 6:27:33 PM
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Can someone verify which episode or for that matter which show this example came from?
- This troper doesn't recall if it was a Law And Order or NCIS, but one police drama subverted this trope when a badly-wounded man spotted a red cross symbol on a nearby building and stumbled into it for help. He'd been too hurt to notice it was a cross with a paw in the center; the veterinary clinic staff did they could with supplies for treating large dogs, but he died before an ambulance arrived to take him to the human doctors.
67.165.168.202
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 6th 2010 at 1:53:18 PM
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What about the real-life incident in Antarctica? If I recall, the "Doctor" who performed the surgery was actually an auto mechanic.
Edited by 67.165.168.202
I put this here some months ago. It kind of qualifies - one TV show, which occupies a specialised niche, suddenly does the job of another, radically different, niche TV show in a completely unexpected way and "fills the gap" - but nothing to do with medicine or medical procedures. Moving it here for now, as I'm reluctant to lose it completely