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A strange, bizarre, almost nonsensical webseries created produced by studios bm6 and published by Mondo Media. The show follows the life of James and James as they go on absolute absurd adventures that make no sense. Originally, the show was called "Archeologists," and it involved James and James exploring the desert and doing what can be barely considered as archeology. Then the show was retooled after a few episodes under the new (and more well known) title "World Doctors" where the titular duo became doctors in an unnamed third world country.

    List of Episodes 

Archeologists

  1. "Sand Computer": Archeologists James and James try to make their job easier by using a computer that can see through the sand.
  2. "Our Jobs Are Rad": The Jameses uncover a cursed shell.
  3. "Flying Dead Thing": The Jameses come across a flying dead thing with magical properties.

World Doctors

  1. "Pilot": An enchanted stone permanently changes James and James' bodies. With their new look, they become doctors and try to help a starving village.
  2. "Evacuation": The Jameses bring a dying child on a rescue helicopter.
  3. "Field Transfusion": The Jameses try to perform a blood transfusion. Emphasis on try.
  4. "Administrative Process": When James (the blonde one) gets his face torn apart, the other James must put him through an administrative process.
  5. "Memory Loss": The Jameses and their new intern are stranded on a mountain. Limited oxygen causes them to suffer from memory loss.
  6. "Terrorists": The Jameses get involved with a hostage situation.
  7. "Ghost Doctors": The only way to treat ghosts is for the Jameses to become ghosts.
  8. "Crash Site": The Jameses are mistaken to be victims of a plane crash and they try to cash in.
  9. "Evil 3D Printer": The Jameses new 3D printer gets a mind of its own and begins to rebel.
  10. "How to Cure Ebola": The Jameses try to run away from their clingy, ebola-ridden patient; instigating a wild goose chase that spans the entire world.
  11. "World Doctors Treat Hugh Jackman": The Jameses have Hugh Jackman as their new victim er.. patient.
  12. "Episode 2 - The Movie": A Hollywood agent wants to bring the Jameses' adventures to the big screen.
  13. "Digital Rectal Exam Simulator (f.k.a. Shadow of Duty)": The Jameses test out their brand new simulator.
  14. "Terminal Jobness Part 1": After their patient dies, the Jameses struggle to break the news to the patient's family.
  15. "Terminal Jobness Part 2": Now jobless and in the streets, the Jameses endure the five-stages grief.
  16. "Terminal Jobness Part 3": The Jameses sneak into the director's mansion to get their jobs back.
  17. "Calm Bomb": The James try to surgically remove a bomb out of their patient. The catch? The bomb detonates if the patient's heart rate increases.
  18. "Army Valley": The Jameses spend a month treating the troops at an army camp.
  19. "Surgical Enhancements": James (the blonde one) gets a surgical enhancement that gives his arms the ability to stretch.
  20. "Drones": The Jameses purchase a drone in an attempt to make their jobs easy.
  21. "Bottled Water OmegaCorp": The Jameses try to take down a corrupt and wasteful coorperation.
  22. "Respect Like Kanye": The Jameses must become like Kanye and earn respect at a village.
  23. "Deathbed Makover": The Jameses try to help their dying patients look good on their deathbeds.
  24. "Medicinal Cocaine": The Jameses give out their surplus of medicinal drugs.
  25. "Warlord": In this, the Series Finale, the Jameses are kidnapped by terrorists and must heal their warlord.

Bonus Episodes

  1. "World Doctors Outreach": A series of mini-episodes where the Jameses help out their fans with their medical problems.
  2. "How to Cure OCD": The Jameses try to cure OCD by making the most irritating video as possible.
  3. "Anti-Racism Song Cover": A remastered/extended version of the anti-racism song featured in the pilot.

  • Accidental Murder: The Jameses have quite the body count and most, if not all of them were by accident.
  • Achievements in Ignorance: After giving up on saving their terminally ill patients in "Deathbed Makeover", the Jameses decide to give them all sorts of surgery and medical procedures to make them look good in their deathbeds, only for said treatments to cure them instead. It even shocks the Jameses they actually did their job for once, albeit accidentally.
  • Body Horror: James (the blonde-haired one) tends to get this a lot.
    • In "Administrative Process" he spends the entire episode with the left half of his face completely ripped apart. Not that he ever takes notice...
    • In "Memory Loss" his limbs begin to contort in an almost demonic manner after suffering from memory loss.
    • In "Surgical Enhancements" he gets surgery that gives his arms the ability to freakishly stretch.
  • Bookends: The series ends with James and James being archeologists in the desert once again, as James finds a computer that can see through sand.
  • Bottle Episode: "Evil 3D Printer" entirely takes place within a surgery room.
  • Broke Episode: The three-part "Terminal Jobness" arc has the Jameses lose their licenses and forced to live out on the streets.
  • Butt-Monkey: Both Jameses go through many Amusing Injuries.
    • Plinko/Meh, the recurring kid, is a frequent victim of the Jameses' antics.
  • The Cameo: The Jameses' intern from "Memory Loss" and the woman from "Field Transfusion" briefly appear in the final part of "Terminal Jobness".
  • Depending on the Writer: Episodes flip flop on whether or not the Jameses are actually good (but insanely eccentric) doctors or incompetent officials who deserve to be put in padded cells.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: Believe it or not, the three Archeologist episodes were even more incomprehensible compared to World Doctors. While the latter still followed a basic plot, the former were effectively nonsensical events and gags that do not amount to anything.
    • The early episodes of "World Doctors'' have the Jameses much more corrupt and immoral while later episodes have them (usually) well-meaning but utterly loony.
  • Everyone Has Standards: The Jameses barely teeter on being Villain Protagonist(s) and Anti-Hero(s). But even they were offended by how wasteful Bottled Water OmegaCorp is. They decide to infiltrate their headquarters and dismantle the company.
  • Mad Doctor: Both Jameses fit this to a tee. In "Field Transfusion" and "Weekly Outreach #3" being particularly nightmarish examples.
  • Ms. Fanservice: The recurring silent character aptly named "Thumbnail" (for how she is intentionally used in the episode thumbnails as clickbait) is this. She is less uncanny than the rest of the characters and has big boobs.
  • Not So Stoic: The Jameses usually speak in a monotone, somewhat disinterested tone, in spite of the absolute bonkers situations they happen to be in. But they break out of it at least Once an Episode just to show the audience that they're not completely mindless.
  • Straight Man: Heavily downplayed, but James (the brown-haired one) is usually the less insane one compared to the other James.
  • Rapid-Fire Comedy: Each episode is only around two-to-four minutes, but they squeeze in as much jokes as humanly possible. Five jokes can happen in the span of ten seconds.
  • Stylistic Suck: The show is in poorly done cgi, but it adds onto the near incomprehensible Rapid-Fire Comedy nature.
  • True Companions: The Jameses will stick together through and through no matter what. When James (blonde) died and became a ghost, the other James quickly kills himself and becomes a ghost as well after hearing he's lonely.

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