"I'm a doctor, not a..."

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Another of McCoy's catchphrases is his "I'm a doctor, (Jim) not a(n)..." statements, delivered by Kelley 11 times, and alert (by Karl Urban) in after films. McCoy repeats the band if he have to accomplish some assignment above his medical skills, such as the "classic moment" if he is confronted with the abnormal silicon-based Horta conflicting in "The Devil in the Dark" (1967), saying, "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer." The byword aswell appears in the 2009 film, in which McCoy (Karl Urban) says "I'm a doctor, not a physicist" to Spock. Similarly, in 2013's Star Trek Into Darkness, McCoy (Urban again) tells Spock, "Damn it, man, I'm a doctor, not a abate technician!"


The band or some aberration has been acclimated by Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Doctor (Robert Picardo) from Star Trek: Voyager, two added Emergency Medical Holograms (one in Star Trek: First Contact (Picardo) and the added in the Voyager adventure "Message in a Bottle" (Andy Dick)) and Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley) from Star Trek: Enterprise. It has aswell fabricated its way into abounding added shows such as Stargate Atlantis, Robot Chicken, Terra Nova, Family Guy, Once Upon a Time, and Friends, as able-bodied as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. In a apology account blue-blooded "The Restaurant Enterprise", on an adventure of Saturday Night Live, Kirk (guest host William Shatner) directs McCoy (Phil Hartman) to advice a man who's choking. McCoy snaps, "Dammit, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a ... (suddenly realizes the situation; hardly embarrassed) Oh ... oh, sure." On an adventure of In Living Color, one apology account lampoons the avant-garde age of the arch Star Trek actors. McCoy appears as a skeleton in a wheelchair, and quips, "Dammit, Jim! I'm a corpse, not a doctor!" DeForest Kelley himself parodied the byword for a Trivial Pursuit bartering ("How should I know? I'm an actor, not a doctor").