# Is There A Doctor On This Flight? Twitter users spent late November 2019 writing imaginary airplane dialogues where a dad shames his adult kid's job the moment a flight attendant asks for a doctor. The format started with a single tweet about YouTubers and spawned dozens of profession-swap variations within a week. Twitter Events compiled the best examples into its own curated feed by month's end. ## Origin On November 22nd, 2019, Twitter account @thedad posted the first iteration of the snowclone, using YouTuber as the profession in the punchline[1]. The tweet earned over 10,000 retweets and 59,000 likes[1]. - **Platform:** Twitter - **Creator:** @thedad - **Date:** 2019 ## Overview A typical Is There A Doctor On This Flight? post stages a scene on a plane, where a flight attendant announces over the intercom that a passenger needs a doctor. A dad in the next seat nudges the writer and says "That should've been you"[1]. He then tells them to run up and see if their actual job might help, with the punchline being that it obviously cannot[1]. Not every version stuck with the shame setup. @Sererano__ posted a widely shared variation where her real-life job turned out to be useful on the flight, flipping the self-deprecating premise into a win[3]. ## How to Use To write one, open with the flight attendant asking "is there a doctor on this flight?", then cut to a dad saying "that should've been you", and close with the dad suggesting the writer go up front and see if their actual job can help[1]. The joke lands when the profession has nothing to do with medical emergencies[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Is There A Doctor On This Flight?? It is a Twitter dialogue snowclone from November 2019 in which a flight attendant asks if there is a doctor on board, and a dad shames the writer's non-medical job as the punchline[3]. ### Where did Is There A Doctor On This Flight? come from? Twitter account @thedad posted the first iteration on November 22nd, 2019, using YouTuber as the profession in the punchline[1]. ### What does Is There A Doctor On This Flight? mean? It is a snowclone used for self-deprecating jokes about one's profession, built on the contrast between a serious medical call and a job that cannot help with any emergency[1]. ### How do you use Is There A Doctor On This Flight?? Write out the flight attendant's call, the dad's "that should've been you" line, and a final beat where the dad suggests the writer's actual job might somehow help[1]. ### Is Is There A Doctor On This Flight? still popular? The format had its main run in late November 2019 and was compiled by Twitter Events at the time, with no major revival documented since[2]. ## References 1. [https://twitter.com/thedad/status/1198013039439761408]() 2. [https://twitter.com/i/events/1199457341109764097]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-there-a-doctor-on-this-flight]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/is-there-a-doctor-on-this-flight Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library