The first part showing the original series was funny.! I was on a flight, and my husband and I were talking to a fellow seatmate. He was a podiatrist. We were joking about the movie Airplane. Mind you, the Value Jet flight crashed the day before. :( We suddenly heard a loud bang, and the flight attendants asked if anyone on board was a doctor. We looked at our seatmate and said, "You're a doctor!". He said, OMG, I am! LOL. Sadly it was not good for the elderly man who fell.
A golden opportunity was missed on the TNG episode where Data asks Dr. Crusher for dance lessons: "I'm a doctor, not a dance instructor." This of course is a tongue-in-cheek joke because Gates McFadden is one of the best known dance choreographers in Hollywood.
"I'm a warrior, not a murderer." -Worf to Garak in "Broken Link" "I'm an Engineer, not a philosopher." -Chief O'Brien to Nog in "It's Only a Paper Moon"
Here's an opposite scenario: Kitchen chaos in the Voyager ship where everyone wants to cook their own meals because Neelix is gone... someone shouted: Everyone! Get out of my kitchen!! Voyager crew: On whose authority?!!! Tuvix: Chief of Security and/or the Kitchen's Chef... Take your pick!!! (During Tuvix' kitchen duty, the cooking improved)
@@originaluddite It just didn't fit her character. "I'm a doctor" would be more a thing Mrs. Pulansky would have said. Beverly Crusher was a confident woman, who even went on to do command training to be able to command a spaceship if needed.
@@acmenipponair On the contrary, a golden opportunity was missed on the TNG episode where Data asks Dr. Crusher for dance lessons: "I'm a doctor, not a dance instructor." This of course is a tongue-in-cheek joke because Gates McFadden is one of the best known dance choreographers in Hollywood.
@@JohnDiMarco Thanks, what an informative compilation! I had no idea how many of the red shirts that died in Star Trek were actually gold shirts and blue shirts!
My favourite Variation of "I'm a Doctor..." is in the DS9 Episode It's only a Paper Moon where Nog asks Chief O'Brien about the moral implications of Vic Fontaine being sentient and O'Brien just shrugs it of and says: "I'm an engineer not a philosopher."
I love how Neelix asks if the Doctor can sing, and years later the Doctor almost gives up medicine to be a performer. And also how the "I'd say you're a little bit of both" comes back to play. He may have been programmed to only be a temporary medical supplement, but he sure proved that he could exceed and change.
@@kallistiX1 They're all best in their own ways really. but the EMH MK1 was the only one who was a synthetic life form entirely, with the personal traits and character arc it entails.
There was an explosion in sickbay on the Enterprise. Captain Kirk gets on the intercom and shouts "Bones! Bones! Are you hurt?!" McCoy replies "Damn it Jim! How should I know! I'm a doctor, not a lawyer!"
There should be a Jeopardy category for Leslie Nielsen quotes. This could be the clue, and the correct question would be "Who are you, and how did you get in here?"
Bones was happiest when he got the last words on his three patients: Jim, Spock, and Sarek... Bones: Shut up! (to Sarek)... Shut up! (to Spock)... and Shut up! (to Jim) Bones breaks the "Fourth Wall" and smiled at the camera.
It's interesting that (a) "I'm a Doctor not a ......" was never said in TNG apart from by the EMH in First Contact and (b) Bones only said it in the TV series and not in any of the films. I could have imagined it being used in the trial scene in ST VI: "I'm a Doctor, not a murderer!"
One of the times McCoy did not respond this way when asked for help even though it could have fit is ST VI when Spock asked him to help with surgery on a torpedo near the end of the movie.
Divine Comedy at Brigham Young University did a pretty good Star Trek parody skit, and the character that plays Bones says a couple times "Dang it, Jim I'm a pre-med student not a doctor"
Thank you for uploading a full version from all the series that kept that in the script. Shame Strange New Worlds, Discovery and Picard didn't have this added.
I'm a Dr not an engineer . I'm a Dr not zoo keeper Ima Dr not a komando I'm a Dr not a battery I'm a Dr but as soon as adjusting is done I'll start my new career as a trycorder.
It wasn't fitting for her character. Beverly Crusher wouldn't have said: "I'm a doctor, not a brick layer", but would have ask: "where is the concrete"
oh yes, I need to watch both DS9 and Voyager in full. I started watching both when they were on, but our local WGN channel that aired Trek in the 90s, was showing Cubs and Sox games on there too. I lost track of when DS9 was on at one point and gave up. Voyager was on when I went back to school, I didn't have time to keep up with nigh classes.
@@JohnDiMarco oh yes, I'm a Trekie and Star Wars fan, I just stopped watching Trek shows at one point due to various reasons. I'm slowly getting back to watching them. I watched Enterprise last year, I wish it lasted longer. I haven't decided when I'll start watching DS9 or Voyager, though.
For anyone interested in Star Trek trivia, I invite you to check out our Trek-themed Jeopardy livestreams, most Saturday nights at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central on this channel. I write the questions, and we take contestants from the chat. It's a lot of fun!
There's also one I feel not many people know about in the MS-DOS game Star Trek: Borg. Q: "Well, what'd you expect? He's a doctor, not a security officer!"
“This isn’t part of my program. I’m a doctor, not a door stop.” 😂 That line aside, First Contact is STILL like my 2nd favorite Star Trek: TGN movie, following Generations, mainly the focus on Data with his emotion chip in both, the Nexus, and the Borg
I do appreciate Discovery for trying to do something different and it even has a story in my Top 10 overall. But god, do I wish it'd lighten up a little.
DeForest Kelly and Robert Picardo were the best doctors - nothing else :) The simple truth behind that phrase is: I'm a specialist in my field of science, but I'm not educated or skilled enough to do other things. It's right to clearly point that out if a superior asks you to do something you haven't any clue of.
Let’s be honest; one of the greatest considerations of Dr. McCoy were these silly euphemisms! We all waited with baited breath to see what quips he would utter next! I’M A DOCTOR, NOT A LEXICON!
Benjamin Sisko: I'm a Federation Captain, not a Bajoran Emissary. One of the Wormhole Entities: Hello son!!! Ben: What?!?! MOM??? =========== (just a little reference joke) The Wormhole Entity: I am your mother. Ben: Nnnoooooooooo!!!
@@rommdan2716 So you should respect when a believer in Jesus Christ puts a bible citation at the end of his videos, just as you would accept a sure when a muslim would have done the video.
Fun fact. Robert Picardo ad-libbed "I'm a doctor, not a lightbulb" in his audition, and that's what got him the job.
The ONLY ad-lib he was ever allowed to do XD.
I'm surprised he could ad-lib. Isn't that outside of his programming? LOL
Juan Lucas Picardo.
Picard-o
I thought he said "...not a night light". Hilarious either way. The Doctor is an amazing character 🖖🤝🏴
"im a doctor, not an escalator" is my favorite
I'm partial to, "I'm a doctor, not a doorstop."
I love "What am I a DOCTOR or a MOON SHUTTLE Conductor?!"
my fav is "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer" 😂
Excavator???
What about "I'm a doctor, not a brick layer"?
Kirk: “Bones, this man is choking!”
Bones: “Damn it Jim, I’m a doctor, not a……oh wait.”
The first part showing the original series was funny.!
I was on a flight, and my husband and I were talking to a fellow seatmate. He was a podiatrist. We were joking about the movie Airplane. Mind you, the Value Jet flight crashed the day before. :( We suddenly heard a loud bang, and the flight attendants asked if anyone on board was a doctor. We looked at our seatmate and said, "You're a doctor!". He said, OMG, I am! LOL. Sadly it was not good for the elderly man who fell.
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A golden opportunity was missed on the TNG episode where Data asks Dr. Crusher for dance lessons: "I'm a doctor, not a dance instructor." This of course is a tongue-in-cheek joke because Gates McFadden is one of the best known dance choreographers in Hollywood.
That would've been great!
I was positive she did. Maybe I just anticipated it and imagined it.
"I'm a warrior, not a murderer."
-Worf to Garak in "Broken Link"
"I'm an Engineer, not a philosopher."
-Chief O'Brien to Nog in "It's Only a Paper Moon"
Yes, it seems like Bones inspired many variations, even among non-doctors. Thanks for watching.
I saw this episode yesterday again ("I'm a warrior, not a murder.")
I actually use the doorstop one once. I was asked to keep a door closed... "I'm a Dishwasher... not a door stop..." then burst out laughing.
It feels "I'm a X, not a Y" is said once by every main character in voyager and its atleast once every 3 episodes.
It is indeed very common. Thanks for watching.
At least in this case, it’s because the Doctor was literally intentionally created to be a doctor, and a damn good one
I always enjoyed when Belona would have her “I’m an engineer, not a doctor” moments while working with The Doctor
56 / 5.000
Oh yeah, the Voyager crew and their legendary identity problems...
Here's an opposite scenario: Kitchen chaos in the Voyager ship where everyone wants to cook their own meals because Neelix is gone...
someone shouted: Everyone! Get out of my kitchen!!
Voyager crew: On whose authority?!!!
Tuvix: Chief of Security and/or the Kitchen's Chef... Take your pick!!!
(During Tuvix' kitchen duty, the cooking improved)
They never gave Beverly Crusher on TNG a line like this.
And in the 2009 movie the Karl Urban McCoy said, “I’m a doctor, not an astrophysicist.”
then in Into Darkness its "I'm a Doctor not a torpedo technician"
I guess Next Gen was a bit too soon (and co-existing with the original crew movies) to make too many sly references back to its iconic predecessor.
@@cameronchesters5300 meanwhile the original McCoy had no problem with conducting a surgery on a torpedo :D
@@originaluddite It just didn't fit her character. "I'm a doctor" would be more a thing Mrs. Pulansky would have said. Beverly Crusher was a confident woman, who even went on to do command training to be able to command a spaceship if needed.
@@acmenipponair
On the contrary, a golden opportunity was missed on the TNG episode where Data asks Dr. Crusher for dance lessons: "I'm a doctor, not a dance instructor." This of course is a tongue-in-cheek joke because Gates McFadden is one of the best known dance choreographers in Hollywood.
"It appears someone has forgotten to deactivate my programming... I'm a doctor, not a nightlight."
Great! That almost beats Dr. Bones' legendary "he's dead, Jim!" diagnosis.
Now that you mention it... th-cam.com/video/vt5zD_6n-eA/w-d-xo.html
@@JohnDiMarco great, thank you 👍👌
@@JohnDiMarco Thanks, what an informative compilation! I had no idea how many of the red shirts that died in Star Trek were actually gold shirts and blue shirts!
@@thomasplinguidy4588 It's true. Not everyone who died in TOS were in fact a red shirt. Just the most remembered.
The look on B’lanna’s face when he says ‘It’s nothing I haven’t seen before’ is great. It basically says ‘not helping!’
He should have just reminded her that he's a hologram. Ergo, no sexual motive is possible.
I've always loved that the first time Bones said this with the famous wording (at :20), Kirk actually had a perfect response for him.
"By golly, Jim, I'm beginning to think I can cure a rainy day." - Dr. McCoy
“I’m a doctor, not a broken record.”
-No Star Trek doctor ever
"computer, deactivate iguana" will live in my head for eternity now
Orchard or Chad something sir
My favourite Variation of "I'm a Doctor..." is in the DS9 Episode It's only a Paper Moon where Nog asks Chief O'Brien about the moral implications of Vic Fontaine being sentient and O'Brien just shrugs it of and says: "I'm an engineer not a philosopher."
I love that show! I love all the actors. Unsure if my favourite is garak or Odo or Kira
Bones is of course the classic and Julian does a good job, but man, Picardo brought something truly hilarious to each and everyone one of these lines
2:23 “Are you programmed to sing?” Foreshadowing… 😜
I love how Neelix asks if the Doctor can sing, and years later the Doctor almost gives up medicine to be a performer.
And also how the "I'd say you're a little bit of both" comes back to play.
He may have been programmed to only be a temporary medical supplement, but he sure proved that he could exceed and change.
I'm a star trek fan not a doctor🖖
Live long and prosper.
@@rbbecker73 mmhmm
I've got to get myself a button that says, "I'm a bricklayer not a doctor!"
Just love 3:06 “I’m a doctor not a counter-insurgent”
I was volunteering at my mom's school a few years ago, she asked me to get something and I told her "I'm a student, not an errand person."
The EMH is the best star trek doctor. I love him.
I think he was my favorite character on Voyager.
WHOA THERE! Better than Phlox? Better Than Bashir? Better Than BONES?! BLASPHEMY!!
@@kallistiX1 They're all best in their own ways really. but the EMH MK1 was the only one who was a synthetic life form entirely, with the personal traits and character arc it entails.
Worst pre-STD character ever.
@@zaltmanbleroze You are in a vanishingly small minority. In fact, just you thinks this.
Julian Bashir is one of my favorite characters on DS9. My favorite is Garak and I wish they had more screen time together.
happy pride month to julian bashir and garak
@@mayac4147 And to all. But... Especially Julian and Garak.
Man rewatching these old scenes from TOS just reminds me how bloody amazing that series was 🙏
There was an explosion in sickbay on the Enterprise. Captain Kirk gets on the intercom and shouts "Bones! Bones! Are you hurt?!" McCoy replies "Damn it Jim! How should I know! I'm a doctor, not a lawyer!"
“Say, Bones. Do you have a postage stamp I could borrow?"
“I’m a doctor, not a philatelist, dammit.”
Not a bad ending but it needed Doctor Who’s Tom Baker say, “I’m not a doctor; I’m the Doctor,” somewhere in it as a plot twist.
Good idea!
@@JohnDiMarco thank you
Star trek online had one with the Vulkan medic you get in the 23rd century campaign.
I'm a locksmith, and I'm a locksmith.
There should be a Jeopardy category for Leslie Nielsen quotes. This could be the clue, and the correct question would be "Who are you, and how did you get in here?"
@@rbbecker73 Should be an honorable mention in any quote video ever created always sitting between 1st and 2nd place.
Bones was happiest when he got the last words on his three patients: Jim, Spock, and Sarek...
Bones: Shut up! (to Sarek)... Shut up! (to Spock)... and Shut up! (to Jim)
Bones breaks the "Fourth Wall" and smiled at the camera.
I love the last one. I'm a pilot, not a doctor.🤣
Tom Paris was my favorite character on Voyager.
Bones: I'm a doctor, not a bartender.
Kirk: Actually, you are. Give me some Romulan Ale that you keep in that cabinet behind you.
Since Romulan Ale is illegal in the Federation, he's also a smuggler... though he prescribed it as medicine to his patients (close friends, they are)
@@erichanastacio9695
That Makes Doctor McCoy a Bootlegger .
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's interesting that (a) "I'm a Doctor not a ......" was never said in TNG apart from by the EMH in First Contact and (b) Bones only said it in the TV series and not in any of the films.
I could have imagined it being used in the trial scene in ST VI: "I'm a Doctor, not a murderer!"
"I'm a doctor, not a time machine guy!"
- Zoidborg (The new Futurama season)
I love this video, especially the escalator bit
Thanks!
Robert Picardo's Doctor is my favorite
One of the times McCoy did not respond this way when asked for help even though it could have fit is ST VI when Spock asked him to help with surgery on a torpedo near the end of the movie.
How prophetic was it for Neelix to ask if the Doctor was programmed to sing. Lol
Gates McFadden is the only one who never used the “I’m a doctor, not a…” line
It’s about time somebody did this … I’m glad it was you .. liked and subscribed ooo I might turn on the alerts
Thanks!
I love that Garak interrupted Bashir trying to do this :')
Divine Comedy at Brigham Young University did a pretty good Star Trek parody skit, and the character that plays Bones says a couple times "Dang it, Jim I'm a pre-med student not a doctor"
i'm a doctor, not a performer.
ABOUT that......
Thank you for uploading a full version from all the series that kept that in the script. Shame Strange New Worlds, Discovery and Picard didn't have this added.
I'm a Dr not an engineer .
I'm a Dr not zoo keeper
Ima Dr not a komando
I'm a Dr not a battery
I'm a Dr but as soon as adjusting is done I'll start my new career as a trycorder.
Attack on Titan recently had that I am a doctor line too. Weird...
Fascinating. Thanks for watching.
starfleet medical officers be like "why does everyone think im an engineer??"
20 Borg about to break through a door is my favourite medical emergency
It's intersting that all of the MALE doctors have this little bit of snark to them...and Crusher misses out.
It wasn't fitting for her character. Beverly Crusher wouldn't have said: "I'm a doctor, not a brick layer", but would have ask: "where is the concrete"
Dr. Crusher had her own brand of snark
Feel like you could get away with Pulanski saying it, but it would be followed by her insulting Data for no damn reason
@@mrcritical6751I was going to say, that would have fit Pulaski perfectly! 😁
I can't believe there's enough material for a five minute video.
He's a doctor, not a timekeeper.
I can't believe there's not more.
Even though he made some dumb ass decisions later on, the EMH was still my fav doc.
oh yes, I need to watch both DS9 and Voyager in full. I started watching both when they were on, but our local WGN channel that aired Trek in the 90s, was showing Cubs and Sox games on there too. I lost track of when DS9 was on at one point and gave up. Voyager was on when I went back to school, I didn't have time to keep up with nigh classes.
I highly recommend both shows, especially DS9. Thanks for watching.
@@JohnDiMarco oh yes, I'm a Trekie and Star Wars fan, I just stopped watching Trek shows at one point due to various reasons. I'm slowly getting back to watching them. I watched Enterprise last year, I wish it lasted longer. I haven't decided when I'll start watching DS9 or Voyager, though.
For anyone interested in Star Trek trivia, I invite you to check out our Trek-themed Jeopardy livestreams, most Saturday nights at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central on this channel.
I write the questions, and we take contestants from the chat. It's a lot of fun!
Thank you for keeping the religious note nonjudgmental, small and not pushing it down our throats by yelling or talking. I can respect that.
@@emmawatson9180 Thanks!
@@JohnDiMarco may I ask what flavour of religion you are?
@@emmawatson9180 Thanks for asking! I am a Christian, of the Mennonite persuasion. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
@@JohnDiMarco oh that's nice. I like the Mennonites. Which is your favorite Star Trek?
Some of them lines where played on my Star Trek game mostly McCoy
What about the famous Discovery Doctor line?....."I'm a Doctor on a sci-fi show. Not a Doctor on a Star Trek Show."
I knew I was forgetting something.
@@JohnDiMarco LOL :-)
This is my favorite comment on any youtube video
Nice
There's also one I feel not many people know about in the MS-DOS game Star Trek: Borg.
Q: "Well, what'd you expect? He's a doctor, not a security officer!"
The best one is “I’m a doctor not an escalator”.
Kirk: Bones, can you take a look at this lump on the end of my knob?
Bones: I'm a bricklayer Jim, not a doctor
“This isn’t part of my program. I’m a doctor, not a door stop.” 😂
That line aside, First Contact is STILL like my 2nd favorite Star Trek: TGN movie, following Generations, mainly the focus on Data with his emotion chip in both, the Nexus, and the Borg
I always wanted to hear him say, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a physician."
Fantastic! Why have I not seen this before!?
Thanks!
Is it me, or did they all go on about not being an engineer? (I guess on a space ship, that's one of the most useful skill sets.)
That was indeed the most common role that the doctors were not. Thanks for watching.
I appreciate the Scripture reference at the end. Glory to God!
"I'm a doctor, not a performer"
Then goes on to develop a love of singing
Good one!
Thanks!
2:23 🤔 he says He's a doctor, not a performer, but we all know the future Mr. Opera 🤭
Love the final one with Paris 😄
I think Crusher and Pelaski are the only ones that didn't do that LOL
Hey the ship sound is added in this. Cool.
Some catchphrases never die 😊
"I'm a doctor, not a popstar" -Drake from another universe.
"I'm a doctor not a performer"
*Becomes an opera singer*
Treasure Planet: "Dangit Jim, I'm an astronomer, not a doctor!"
I'm a Taxi Driver, whenever a customer asks for some tunes I say "I'm a driver not a DJ!"
He's probably better at everything besides a doctor.
Considering McCoy is a really good doctor that probably makes him the most skilled human in the universe.
I do appreciate Discovery for trying to do something different and it even has a story in my Top 10 overall. But god, do I wish it'd lighten up a little.
"I'm a pilot, not a doctor!" - Ensign Paris, Star Trek Voyager, Message in a Bottle
DeForest Kelly and Robert Picardo were the best doctors - nothing else :) The simple truth behind that phrase is: I'm a specialist in my field of science, but I'm not educated or skilled enough to do other things. It's right to clearly point that out if a superior asks you to do something you haven't any clue of.
* *AOS Bones quietly crying in the corner* *
Fun fact: McCoy’s most famous line, “I’m a Doctor, not a magician,” is one he never actually said. In fact, no Star Trek character ever said it!
"I'm a doctor, not a database, and I'm programmed in doctor-patient confidentiality"
Let’s be honest; one of the greatest considerations of Dr. McCoy were these silly euphemisms! We all waited with baited breath to see what quips he would utter next! I’M A DOCTOR, NOT A LEXICON!
I love that they continued this into later Trek series. I don't think they did it much in TNG though.
One of the key functions of any male starfleet doctor is to provide comic relief during grim and perilous space journeys
Colin Mochrie: YES, I KNOW! YOU'RE A DOCTOR!
"I'm a doctor not a peeping tom..... nothing i haven't seen before"
LMAOOO 😭
My all time favorite Star Trek doctor is the EMH of Voyager.
I really like the I'm … , not a … running gag
Benjamin Sisko: I'm a Federation Captain, not a Bajoran Emissary.
One of the Wormhole Entities: Hello son!!!
Ben: What?!?! MOM???
===========
(just a little reference joke)
The Wormhole Entity: I am your mother.
Ben: Nnnoooooooooo!!!
It’s interesting how Beverly Crusher didn’t have any lines like this
Why is there a Bible verse at the end that has nothing to do with the video?
That would be because, as a Christian, I like to include a Bible verse at the end of my videos. Thanks for watching.
@@JohnDiMarco Star Trek teach us to respect all religions and beliefs
@@rommdan2716 Indeed it does--although this does not mean our own beliefs become unimportant.
@@rommdan2716 So you should respect when a believer in Jesus Christ puts a bible citation at the end of his videos, just as you would accept a sure when a muslim would have done the video.
@@acmenipponair Well of course
I think my favourite is, "I'm a Doctor, not a Dragon Slayer."😊😂
i'm not doctor, not an escalator... lol
What is that funky beat at the beginning?
T'Pol: I'm confident we will get out of this intact.
Also T'Pol: Oh wow, we are f**ked...you don't have a degree in Warp Engineering!?
Nah classic trying to stay positive until it's no longer possible
DeForest Kelly,
Star of the show
Always
Well as of July 2024, we can add a few more for Robert Picardo.
didnt realized very serious doctor said😂 it a running gag