History Main / TheMedic

* Creator/MarvelComics has Linda Carter aka Night Nurse, a fully trained nurse who specializes in healing heroes.

Enter the Medic. In modern or futuristic settings, the Medic is often a trained physician or EMT (emergency medical technician) and relies on whatever medical technology is available in that era and on-hand--anything from [[HealingHerb miraculous herbs]], injections and bandages to {{Nanomachines}}. In fantasy settings, the Medic is a often a [[GoodShepherd cleric]] or MysteriousWaif of some kind, using the powers of a WhiteMage or WhiteMagic to restore people with HealingHands (or something similarly [[PowerGlows glowy]]). They may also wield the HealingShiv. Even the StandardScifiFleet might have Medics, in the form of tenders or repair ships.

Medics are typically {{Squishy Wizard}}s, possessing little in the way of raw strength or offensive combat ability. In most real life cases, this is more specifically because they are forbidden to carry assault weapons or engage in combat, even though all soldiers get the same basic training, regardless of role. If guns are standard, they'll usually have the smallest and weakest possible. In fantasy settings, they don't usually wear any armor, and tend to use [[MagicStaff staves]] as often as [[DropTheHammer hammers or maces]]. They don't always get the flashiest abilities and their skillset tends towards BoringButPractical, although they will occasionally pick up a few offensive spells. HolyHandGrenade is popular among the rare [[CombatMedic Medics who fight]].

Also in videogames, when the ''enemy'' has one, ShootTheMedicFirst. The CombatMedic is a variant which can heal and support ''while'' beating down the enemies, and a medic who specializes in both healing ''and'' defense is often a BarrierWarrior. The DeadlyDoctor has gone rogue and decided to use those same healing abilities to take people apart. Compare AfterActionPatchup, AfterActionHealingDrama.

* In ''Manga/{{Aruosumente}}'', Moeran, one of the council members, turns out to have studied medicine at the Shengtalisi, the most prestigious university of his home country. His private rooms still look like those of a doctor, even though he's not actively practicing medicine openly.

** The Fourth Court Guard squad, lead by [[TeamMom Captain Retsu Unohana]] and lieutenant Isane Kotetsu, is the healing squad. They tend to get picked on by other Court Guard squads because they heal instead of fighting. However, [[SilkHidingSteel one menacing look from the otherwise polite and gentle Unohana]] is enough to stop them.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has the Heaven Canceler, who's almost always only referred to as the Frog Faced Doctor. He can heal any injury, even mortal ones. The only thing he can't do is cure brain damage and he's still better at ''that'' than normal brain surgeons. It does seem as though he needs proper medical equipment to work however.

** Pretty much anyone holding some [[HealingHerb Senzu Beans]] usually becomes this. Krillin becomes this in the start of the Android Saga due to having a whole bag of them.

** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': As a sentient colony of plankton Foo Fighters can send some of it's own body into the wounds of others, but this only accelerates the natural healing process.

* Fuu from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''; one of her wind spells is a healing technique which she can apply to herself and her teammates.

** Moon from the ''Sun/Moon'' chapters too. She is a pharmacist and has workable first-aid and other general medical knowledge. Unlike Yellow who uses psychic power, Moon’s healing power is 100% science based.

** Three characters have been shown to use healing, all ironically being male. Oboro Mochizuki is technically the team healer, and contrasts with the normal personality associated with the job. He switches between being extremely childish and mature, and it has been hinted at him becoming somewhat sinister. In fact, he ended up using his healing abilities to [[spoiler:convert a Tavoo into a tumorous state, saying that he was trying to see if he could fix it to save the numerous composite bodies it was made up of, when he really only wanted to test his abilities.]] Also, his powers work best through hugging.

* Megumi Takani, Dr. Genzai (in the anime) and the Mutou siblings (both Shougo, who ''is'' a qualified medic trained in Occidental medicine, and his sister Sayo) in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': GuestStarPartyMember Sylphiel, a shrine maiden, acts as this as well as a defensive tactician for the four protagonists. The third season, ''Slayers TRY,'' has Filia fill this position. When neither of them are around, Amelia usually does most of the healing, being a specialist in WhiteMagic.

* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Botan, Genkai and Yukina all have healing powers, but Yukina is the only one to use it more than once. However, the actual team medic is [[TheSmartGuy Kurama]], the plant master.

* Shaman of ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight'' is the team Medic, being both a medicine man and a top notch surgeon (described as the 'best cutter in Canada'). He does, however, have plenty of combat ability.

** Bruce's butler Alfred Pennyworth is capable of providing first aid and has basicfield medical skills from his military days.

* In ''Fanfic/DoubleAgentVader'', Kadee is the medic droid assigned to Darth Vader. She takes her responsibility to her patient seriously, and holds a personal grudge against Palpatine for the times, before Anakin unfettered her, that Palpatine forced her to give Vader suboptimal care as part of his strategies to keep Vader in his place.

* Doc Jay from ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' is a medic attached to the Lusthog squad who ends up biting it when a sniper mows him down as he attempts to aid his wounded team mate.

* Played with in ''Film/WhenTrumpetsFade'' with Chamberlain, who seems very much the traditional WWII medic character, right up until the climax of the film, when he takes off his medic badges and assumes a combatant role to help destroy two German tanks. Of course, when he thinks Manning has been wounded, he reacts like a medic....
* Reynolds in ''Film/{{Zulu}}''. Special mention goes to the fact that he managed to keep working while the attacking Zulu warriors were ''climbing in through the windows'', and he was a inspired by a real person.

* In NERO Earth casters qualify as this. Earth Templars are [[CombatMedic Combat Medics]] although even Earth Scholars get combat applicable spells like Pin and Web, they just don't do any physical damage.

* Stephen Maturin in the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin series''--he's the ship's surgeon and a BadassBookworm to boot, being incredibly skilled with both swords AND guns. Captain Aubrey and the rest of the crew have undying faith in his prowess, and the crewmen brag to other sailors about how their ship has a ''real'' physician who even speaks Latin. It's well-founded, as he was able to perform a successful evacuation of a subdural hematoma (bleeding into one's brain) aboard ship during a battle, and with 19th century technology, too!
** All the more notable since Maturin is a physician, not a surgeon. It was even more of an issue then as opposed to now, since surgeons did not attend medical school and the overwhelming majority of physicians considered surgery a common craft beneath their professional station. For Maturin to know even the first thing about surgery, let alone undertake and succeed at half a dozen different procedures just in the first novel, is unusual in the extreme. It's even more unusual for there to be a physician in the position of a Navy surgeon at all, if one doesn't consider that Maturin mostly took the job because he was penniless at the time and Aubrey happened to befriend him. Physicians were usually drawn from the upper-class and would consider a job at sea to be sacrilegious. At that time (c. 1800) there were only a dozen physicians compared to ''one thousand'' surgeons in the Royal Navy.
* This describes Polgara's job in the ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad Belgariad]]'' pretty well. She uses conventional medicine, knows almost every sickness in the whole world and has a small box full of drugs always around. Her huge knowledge is comprehensible, after all she is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 3000 years old]].

* Dorden and Curth in the Creator/DanAbnett's ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' novels. Dorden, being an ActualPacifist fits the type even closer than Curth does; a delirious Soric thought it wrong for Dorden to take his gun, because he was not violent, but Curth was able to persuade him to give it to her.
** Also, Kolding in ''Blood Pact''. [[spoiler:Although he nearly revolts at having to treat a Blood Pact prisoner, Gaunt does get him to do it -- and we learn that he was present, fifteen years earlier, when Blood Pact broke into his father's hospital to [[MoralEventHorizon slaughter the doctors]] and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown wounded]]. Kolding was the SoleSurvivor.]] In ''Salvation Reach'' he has joined the Ghosts, and fully wins a place by [[spoiler:saving Cant's life when even Dorden didn't think it could be done.]]

* An interesting take on the 'magical girl healer' idea is seen in the Creator/VernorVinge sci-fi novel ''Literature/AFireUponTheDeep''. Johanna, a 12 year-old girl from a spacefaring society, is stranded on the medieval world of the dog-like Tines. Each Tine is a pack of up to half a dozen members linked into a HiveMind. Because two Tines cannot make bodily contact without being confused by the other's thoughts, Johanna's ability to physically nurse them gives her healing powers on a psychological level. (An assassination attempt on her fails because all the injured she had tended leapt to her defense.)

* ''[[Literature/AMagesPower A Mage's Power]]'': It's Dragon's Lair policy for a WhiteMage to be part of every team. Nolien fulfils this role for Team Four because he has the skill for it. He's still developing a healer's sensitivity.

* Subverted in the Creator/SvenHassel UsefulNotes/WorldWarII novel ''OGPU Prison''. A medical orderly robs the wounded, demands a huge bribe for getting Sven onto a hospital train and brutally kicks a crawling amputee out of his path. On an earlier occasion another orderly is shown abandoning a truckful of wounded and making off with a submachine gun and a [[UsefulNotes/TheRedCross Red Cross]] bandolier on each arm (knowing that at least some Russian soldiers won't shoot at him). Though Sven's friends wish the orderly a well-deserved death, one cynically comments: "That kind lives through any war."

* In ''Literature/TheSorcererOfTheWildeeps'', Demane says he's always had an inclination towards medicine. He acts as the band's medic, anyway, and has -- thanks to his SemiDivine heritage and [[TheNoseKnows superior sense of smell]] -- [[AnachronismStew modern levels of medical knowledge]]. Additionally, thanks to the aformentioned heritage, he is able to secrete a poison that in small amounts can act as an anaesthetic.

* ''Literature/TimeOutOfTime'': Jessica takes on this role in "The Telling Stone". She has the power to heal wounds with a touch, but has to expend some of her own energy to do so.

** In Creator/JRRTolkien's stories there are lots of characters with healing abilities (some conventionally mundane, some a bit magical) of various races, some having it as their 'main job' while others do it just as it comes up. Most well known healer is probably Elrond.

** The heroes have Erowin: a sweet tempered girl with healing hands.
** The villains have Lucia: a somewhat cranky dwarf who carries poison for "medicinal" purposes. Though effective in curing even life threatening wounds, this medicine is worse than the disease.

* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana serves as this for the party, since her magic is primarily good for things such as healing, talking with animals etc.

They're also more spiritual than other cats, as they receive prophecies from [=StarClan=]. Medicine cats are extempt from the usual barriers given to warriors and are allowed to visit other Clans as needed. They're also celibate and [[FictionalGenevaConventions out-of-bounds during battles]], and killing one is a great enough sin to land the offender in the Clan equivalent of Hell, a filthy, fungus-ridden DarkWorld of perpetual night and solitude.

* In Nelson [=DeMille=]'s novel ''Word of Honor'', Lt. Tyson's medic in Vietnam, Steven Brandt, [[spoiler:testifies against Tyson when he is court-martialled for the massacre of doctors, nurses and civilians in a Vietnamese hospital]]. Brandt is mentioned to be a good medic [[spoiler:but is morally corrupt; he eats plastic explosive to make himself ill so he can get out of the field and tried to kill Tyson by injecting him with a lethal dose of morphine. Tyson and his RTO Kelly caught Brandt taking photos of naked women being tortured by South Vietnamese police officers, and later raping a 12 or 13 year old girl. As revenge, Tyson makes him sit in a leech-infested dike.]]

* Eugene Roe and Ralph Spina from ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' are real life examples of the trope. Both men cared very much for the men in their company. Gene was noted by Bill Guarnere as "the best medic we ever had. He was born to be a medic. He took care of us physically, mentally, every way. He was compassionate." Gene was even nominated for a Silver Star for bravery under fire (and received it after the war was over). Note that neither was the TeamMom though.

* Doc Robbins on ''Series/{{CSI}}''. He's primarly a coroner, but he's done his share of patch-ups on the main characters as well. Grissom got advice from him about his ear problem, and he treated Catherine right before her departure, when she was FakingTheDead.

** Harry Sullivan, a commissioned Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, who is attached as medical officer to the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Talisa of Volantis accompanies Robb's army to tend the wounded on both sides during the war.

* Mikey is this in the ''Series/{{JAG}}'' episode "Each Of Us Angels". Of course that one is a medical drama and most of the characters are medical personal. But the others are mostly nurses while "not Mikey" is a front line Corpsman.

* ''Series/SeaPatrol'' Chris Swaine Blake is this as well as the main coxswaine. While he is happy married and more settled then most of his comrades he's kind of hard to call a chick.
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': John was a doctor in the British Army when he was in Afghanistan. Given to the fact he was a ''soldier'', he's also a CombatMedic.

** The immortal centaur Chiron, raised by Apollo (see a pattern?), was a skilled healer, and all the heroes he taught to had at least some skill (especially Asclepius). [[{{Irony}} He could not heal himself when wounded by a stray shot from Herakles' poisoned arrows]], thus he gave up his immortality;
** When admitted into Olympus as a god, Herakles' portfolio included health. He was one of Chiron's students, and the one who helped him losing his immortality;
** Aside for being their leader, Jason's role among the Argonauts was this. He too was taught by Chiron;
** Theatre/{{Medea}} too was an healer (with most of her magic being somehow connected to this), and one completely unconnected to Apollo, for a change. Some her feats are: preventing Jason from [[ItMakesSenseInContext being roasted by giant fire-breathing bulls made of bronze]] with a fireproof unguent; healing Atalanta when she was wounded by the Colchians; seeing that her father-in-law Aeson was too old and weak to take part in the celebrations for the Argonauts' triumphal return, she ''withdrew the blood from his veins, mixed it with a magical herb and put it back'', restoring his vigor; when the Corinthians were starving from a famine, she saved them through her magic; and proved to be able to ''raise the dead by boiling the pieces of their bodies with some magical herbs'' (she only demonstrated this with a chicken, though). She also proves why pissing off a medic is a ''bad'' idea: when Jason's uncle Pelias refused to yield the throne of Iolcus as promised, she demonstrated the ability to raise the dead to convince Pelias' daughters to cut him to pieces (she could have easily killed him with a number of other means, but was feeling sadistic); when Jason abandoned her for the daughter of the king of Corinth, she gave the daughter a dress and a golden coronet covered in a poison that ''set her on fire'', a fire that also killed the king and burned down the royal palace when [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he tried to save her]].

* Among the services Act Yasukawa provided for Oedo tai when she was recovering from injury and when she retired from the wrestling to serve as their manager in World Wonder Ring STARDOM, quick to provide pain relief or whatever other assistance she could after tough matches.[[/folder]]

** [[VideoGame/LEGOIsland Enter and Return]]: Twin paramedics with... controversial yet surprisingly effective methods ([[NoodleImplements the use of sharks, trees, umbrellas, envelopes, and other strange things is considered standard procedure]]). Unfortunately the bizarre nature of their operations generally result most of the other doctors trying to have as little to do with them as possible.

* ''Roleplay/FireEmblemOnForums'': Any character with Healing Staff proficiencies by default, but special emphasis is placed on the Priest, Troubadour and [=Butler/Maid=] class lines, as these lines have class skills (''Self-Healing'' for the Priest granting them a HealingFactor if they have a Healing Staff, ''Healing Flow'' for Troubadours granting healing over time and ''Live To Serve'' for [=Butler/Maid=] characters that heal them for the same amount as the healed target) that place special emphasis on healing.

* A game actually ''called'' "Medic", "Dr. Dodgeball", or some variation thereof. It's sort of a cross between dodgeball and reverse freeze tag -- two teams throw balls at each other, and players who get hit have to stop playing and sit or lie down on the ground. Each team has one medic roaming the field, healing elimated players by touching them -- but he can't heal himself, so the game ends when the medic falls.[[note]]A variant has two medics to a team, which can lead to very drawn-out play.[[/note]] The best place to be is among the phalanx surrounding the medic, as you get instant heals.

** In third edition, clerics are not only the best healers, but they can be argued to be the most powerful all-around class in the game. However, they only access that power if they use their spells and actions for [[SubvertedTrope things other than healing,]] like buffing the party or summoning minions. This is because in third edition, healing spells are awkward to use (due to range limitations, and other factors) and only heal a mediocre amount of hp; generally speaking, a cleric using healing magic in battle is helping less than a fighter trying to kill the enemies, and has exposed themself to extra risk of attacks and spent a [[VancianMagic spell slot]] for the privilege. Healing out of combat can be done for a trivial gold cost using wands of Cure Light Wounds[[labelnote: *]]or even more cheaply with wands of Lesser Vigour if the GM allows the right sourcebook[[/labelnote]], which are slow but can give an effectively limitless amount of healing once the group gets a decent amount of money. Thus the medic role is essentially unneeded in third edition, unless the GM takes major steps to restrict access to magic items (which leads to its own balance issues). Many groups are OK with this, since the medic role ''also'' tends to be rather dull and hence unpopular in third edition - it's sometimes derogatorily referred to as a "healbot".
** One source book does offer a base class called a Healer. It's essentially the cleric, minus all the powerful buff spells that made it one of the most powerful classes in the game, without any offensive spells, without any armor proficiencies (in fact, explicitly unable to wear armor), and with a few more spells per day and some spell-like abilities.

** 5th Edition offers some interesting variations for that allow Sorcerers and Warlocks to serve as The Medic via the Divine Soul Sorcerer and Celestial Warlock. While the Divine Soul just gets the ability to learn and cast healing spells, Celestial Warlocks get their own innate healing ability that works unlike any other healing power in the game, as well as the ability to grant a decent number of temporary hitpoints to their allies every time they finish a long or short rest. Neither is precisely as good at healing as a dedicated Cleric, but they do add some significant versitility.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the traditional divine casters from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' and adds the oracle to the mix. Roughly, the oracle is to the cleric what the sorcerer is to the wizard : a spontaneous caster using the same spell list and with different class features. The mystery of life makes the oracle a great team medic, vastly improving healing spells and giving new healing powers.

** The popular third-party Psionics system includes the Vitalist, a [[SquishyWizard squishy]] class which is designed around healing ''very'' efficiently. Unlike classes like the Cleric (see above) it doesn't have any other abilities to speak of, but also unlike the cleric its healing is very much worth using during battle. It's one of the few ways to actually play an effective healer (the other two well known ones being to play an oracle of life, or to use the life sphere from TabletopGame/SpheresOfPower.

* The Cleric from ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}: Dungeon Fantasy'' is a fantasy style healer that also requires actual medical knowledge in order to function properly.

* ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest:'' Healing is accomplished by the Harmony rune, though similar effects can also come from the Life and Earth runes. Chalana Arroy is the local HealerGod, venerated in most human pantheons and doesn't take sides in battle, instead healing anyone and everyone. Her initiates follow her example, [[ActualPacifist shunning violence in all its forms]] and aiding allies with strong healing magic.
* [[GameplayAndStorySegregation In the backstory of]] ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': the only thing priests of Shallya (Goddess of Healing, Compassion and Birth) are good for in combat situations (well, except if servants of Nurgle, God of Pestilence, are involved). But oh boy they are good at it! In the game itself however, most models [[OneHitPointWonder are removed after a single wound]] so you don't get the chance to heal - but certain magic lores (the Lore of Life for normal people and the Lore of the Vampires for the undead) can restore lost wounds to bigger/more important models and/or add models back to the unit, simulating the casualties being either brought back to fighting fitness or literally reanimated from the ground.

* ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' 's squad of werewolf dogs of war has Hati, the good natured medic who just wants to help people. She spends most of her time cleaning up the mess the other wolfs make.
* Gregory Deegan of ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' ought to count. Notable in that he's become one of the top tier mages of the series since his WhiteMagic makes him near unkillable and [[ReviveKillsZombie gives him a power boost against ]][[BlackMagic Infernomancers and Necromancers]].

* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', a healer is onhand at the games. Also Dr. Yong-Yi.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Durkon Thundershield is a cleric, and the team's resident healer. But being a ''[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy dwarven cleric of Thor]]'', he's sporting metal armor, a shield, a hammer, and the ability to occasionally throw lightning bolts or grow to gigantic size for emergency muscle.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Megalania runs a hospital with [[{{Autodoc}} creepy-looking robots as the doctors]]. Its all legit, though.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': "Doc" is the medic assigned to ''both'' the Blue and Red teams (there were apparently budget shortages). He's about as competent at healing as the Reds and Blues [[ArmedFarces are at being soldiers]] and comments that the job of a medic is more to make people comfortable while they die. He ''does'' manage to [[ItMakesSenseInContext deliver Tucker's alien baby]], and later on in the series he gets better at the 'fixing people' part of his job.

** While Ratchet was '''the''' medic, he wan't the only one. Pretty early in the series, he forms a friendship with the human Sparkplug, who even got a little staircase to help repair damaged Autobots. Season two of the G1 cartoon also had Hoist, though unlike Ratchet and most Autobot medics, he transforms into a tow truck instead of an ambulance.[[note]]Although considering he specialises in ''[[MechanicalLifeForms Cybertronian]]'' medicine, [[FridgeBrilliance that probably makes more sense than a vehicle mode intended for helping humans]].[[/note]] His bio seems to indicate that his job is more within preventative care rather than repairs, though the cartoon still shows him doing repairs.

** Pipo gets this role in ''Anime/TransformersVictory''; his name is even Japanese for ''nee-naw''. His identical counterpart in the American media, Fixit, takes this role late in the original comic, and even has the unenviable task of physically separating Ratchet from Megatron after they were {{TeleFrag}}ged together.

** Similarly , Scottish-Jamaican Mary Seacole also nursed soldiers during the Crimean War - right on the battlefield. She also paid her own way to the Crimea.

* Pretty much any Army combat medic or Navy hospital corpsman (note that the Marines don't field their own medics, they borrow [=HMs=] from the Navy). The Navy Hospital Corps is particularly notable for being the most decorated corps in the Navy, having earned 22 Medals of Honor, 174 Navy Crosses and thousands of lesser awards, ''all despite being non-combatant.''

** America has a lot to be proud of its medics. From UsefulNotes/WorldWarII on it has had very brave and efficient Medevac procedure, to the point where [[WorthyOpponent it was even specifically noted by the Japanese]].

* Bandsmen were often detailed for medevac duty in eighteenth century warfare. If there was no one assigned to this to many soldiers would weaken the line escorting comrades to the rear, and using bandsmen kept them from losing the firepower of musketeers leaving the line.

Often caring and concerned, Medics tend to be TheChick or (if a guy) TheHeart. Alternatively, they're less personable than rational, and they are thus a [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], even if TheTeam already has a Smart Guy. Regardless, team Medics will inevitably become the TeamMom -- they simply leave the team if they can't. Regardless, everyone must obey the DoctorsOrders.

* [[BarrierWarrior Yuuno]] [[BadassBookworm Scrya]] and [[TeamMom Shamal of the Wolkenritter]], from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Shamal is the [[WhiteMage better healer]], but Yuuno is better at providing [[BarrierWarrior support and protection in combat]]... and he doesn't have a high-quality [[MagicWand Device]] enhancing his magical abilities, either. Both are kind of TheChick [[spoiler:, but Yuuno is never part of a team long enough to become a TeamMom. After her HeelFaceTurn, Shamal would become a literal medic, complete with her own office and doctor coat.]]

* In ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'', Etoh the cleric was the team healer, but Deedlit the elf was TheChick. Deedlit had healing magic herself, too, but she wasn't specialized in the Medic role like Etoh.

* 5 from ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}''. He isn't so much a SquishyWizard as simply a NonActionGuy[=/=]ActionSurvivor, and his weapon for the few occasions he has to fight is a crossbow. He's also definitely TheChick of the group. [[spoiler: It figures that he would be suited for the role, as he seems to embody the Scientist's caring, supporting side, and in the Russian version, in which the dolls aren't facets of the Scientist but people the Scientist knew, he actually ''was'' a professional medic.]]

* In Creator/CSLewis's ''[[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe]]'', Lucy Pevensie, youngest of the four siblings, is given a flask of a miraculous potion that heals all illnesses and injuries. But it was Susan, the second eldest and the Archer, who was TheChick and the TeamMom.

* ''Series/SeaPatrol'' Chris Swaine Blake is this as well as the main coxswaine. While he is happy married and more settled then most of his comrades he's kind of hard to call a [[TheChick chick]].

* Katara from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. Her powerful [[MakingASplash waterbending]] ability makes her both a functional healer and a [[SupernaturalMartialArts strong fighter]] - indeed, she was a fighter before she knew she could heal. She was always the TeamMom, but she's also TheLancer and TheChick.

** Minerva fills this role in ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'', though she is also TheChick.

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* ''WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}}'' has several monsters that fit the archetype, such as [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/ticklestitch.htm Ticklestitch]], a creepy but ultimately benevolent surgeon creature, and [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/necroak.htm Necroak]], a frog creature that heals by feeding other creatures one of its many redundant organs.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Megalania runs a hospital with [[{{Autodoc}} creepy-looking robots as the doctors]]. Its all legit, though.
* ''WebVideo/DaisyBrown'' has taken care of [[BodyHorror Alan]] for most of his life; based on what [[spoiler:Lithop says upon meeting her]] in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Ww9toFrz8 the basement]], she was meant to be this to [[spoiler:the other monsters]] as well.
* ''Literature/{{Deviant}}'': While no Deviants possess the ability to heal wounds, Remedy tends to medic duty for unregistered Deviants and vigilantes -- whoever pays, essentially. She possesses no powers, either, making this all the more impressive.
* ''WebVideo/{{AFK}}'': Serena, who is a healer, and thus a valuable resource for everyone else.
* ''[[https://youtu.be/2-saUDoiuWc Anime Healers vs. MMO Healers]] showcases the differences between a healer who doesn't feel they're pulling their weight and a healer who is understandably cranky at having to babysit a team of idiots who don't understand basic concepts like "let the tank draw the aggro" or "get out of the damaging zone".

* Any incarnation of Ratchet from the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise. The ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' character was originally marked as a female by Budiansky, but Hasbro [[SmurfettePrinciple didn't want any unsellable girl figures in their new line]], so the idea was nixed. Ratchet's been the premiere medic and nursemaid for the Autobot cause for so long, he's one [[GrumpyOldMan grumpy old 'bot]]. In the original series, he had an OddFriendship with Wheeljack, fellow [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]] and TechnoWizard. They'd often collaborate on some project or another, but Wheeljack was so often blowing himself up with his personal experiments that Ratchet probably wanted to kill him as much as heal him.
** While Ratchet was '''the''' medic, he wan't the only one. Pretty early in the series, he forms a friendship with the human Sparkplug, who even got a little staircase to help repair damaged Autobots. Season two of the G1 cartoon also had Hoist, though unlike Ratchet and most Autobot medics, he transforms into a tow truck instead of an ambulance.[[note]]Although considering he specialises in ''[[MechanicalLifeForms Cybertronian]]'' medicine, [[FridgeBrilliance that probably makes more sense than a vehicle mode intended for helping humans]].[[/note]] His bio seems to indicate that his job is more within preventative care rather than repairs, though the cartoon still shows him doing repairs.
** In the third season of ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]]'', Ratchet was supplanted by [[MeaningfulName First Aid]], who was a strict pacifist but by no means a weak character. He was [[CombiningMecha Defensor's arm]], after all.
** In ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' and ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'', this role goes to Red Alert.
** Minerva fills this role in ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'', though she is also TheChick.
** Pipo gets this role in ''Anime/TransformersVictory''; his name is even Japanese for ''nee-naw''. His identical counterpart in the American media, Fixit, takes this role late in the original comic, and even has the unenviable task of physically separating Ratchet from Megatron after they were {{TeleFrag}}ged together.
** The version for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' Ratchet keeps up the tradition.
** ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' also has a grumpy old version of Ratchet. The Decepticons got their own medic in the form of [[AgentPeacock Knock Out]].
** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' has the role of the Lost Light's medic rotate from Ratchet (who retires from the role to find the exiled Drift) to First Aid (who gets called back to Cybertron [[MerchandiseDriven to help sell the new Defensor toy]] and doesn't get back until [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Getaway takes over the ship]]) to Velocity (an entirely new character invented for IDW 2005), then, when Velocity is thrown out with the rest of Team Rodimus by Getaway's mutiny, Getaway gives the job to Hoist aboard the ship and Ratchet rejoins the team to give them two medics. The Decepticon Justice Division eventually picks up Nickel, who is at best ALighterShadeOfBlack than the five {{Torture Technician}}s she looks after. Meanwhile, this is ''in theory'' Spinister's area of expertise among the Scavengers, but while he gets to use his skills on, say, [[spoiler:the Roboids]] in "Some of my Best Friends are Autobots" / "Animals", he's mostly prevented from doing much for his teammates because [[GeniusDitz he's completely insane]] and Crankcase would rather run around with a chunk of his brain ''poking out of his head'' than trust Spinister to fix it.

* Pumyra from ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' was the medic of the group when she appeared along with Lynx-O and Ben-Gali. Her talents came in handy in a few episodes, but she suffered {{Chickification}} and ended up being underdeveloped, appearing in the fewest episodes of the series.

* Peso Penguin in ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts''.
* Coorah from ''WesternAnimation/KulipariAnArmyOfFrogs'' spends most of the early episodes hoping characters will hurt themselves so she can get a chance to practice medicine. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Fortunately]] for her, a war soon breaks out, giving her ample opportunity to show her talent, showing ability that even impresses Kulipari CombatMedic Ponto.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' has the aptly named [[PunnyName Medix]] tribe, an entire tribe consisting of doctors, dentists, and surgeons of various types.

* Podcast/DiceFunk: In addition to healing magic, Anne is proficient in medicine and tries to help the injured quarry workers in The Church with her training.

* ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'' has the Wise Hero, which could serve as a healer considering that the Heal skill is based on Wisdom. However, the modern setting offers virtually no ability to quickly heal. The Surgery feat lets a character heal a significant amount of damage, but requires several ''hours'' to do so.
* ''Valence 592'''s [=BioDocs=] avert this trope by behaving more like real-life medics: they can only stabilize the wounded, not bring them back up to fighting strength. They also have a rule that prevents ShootTheMedicFirst: all characters will think twice about attacking a [=BioDoc=] or someone they're tending to, as it is the universal way of saying "Go ahead, shoot mine too."

* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}''. So your team's Medic got shot first, followed soon after by you? Sucks to be you. Hope you have an account with Medics-for-Hire, such as [=DocWagon=]. Conversely, you managed to drop their Medic. Nice work. Hear that siren in the distance? He had a [=DocWagon=] High Threat Response contract. They like to fly in with assault helicopters and extract their clients under cover from heavy weapons fire... better finish what you're doing, right quick.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' generally averts this - while the eponymous Exalted have various methods of speeding up others' recovery, it is still a matter of hours or days rather than weeks or months. About the only way to provide mid-combat healing for others is the Wood Dragon Celestial martial art.
** Until the 2.5 Errata, which boosted the Solar healing charm Wound-Mending Care Technique; combined with Instant Treatment Methodology and Solar dice pools, it's a very effective - if expensive - "quick fix".
* ''TabletopGame/EdgeOfTheEmpire'', the first of the three new ''Franchise/StarWars'' tabletop games from Creator/FantasyFlightGames includes Doctors as one of the three Careers of the Colonist Archetype. As the name implies their skill trees focus a great deal on healing but can also buff party members through the usage of Stims and even their knowledge of anatomy can come in useful when knowing where to hit an opponent. Comparable Careers exist in the other two game lines. ''Age of Rebellion'' features an actual Career named Medic and the hilarious talent [[NoSell It's Not That Bad]], letting them prevent a critical wound on an ally via a successful Medicine check. ''Force and Destiny'' contains the Healer Career, which uses the Force-based Healing Trance to automatically heal damage at the end of encounters alongside traditional medical knowledge.
* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'', [=ET99=] is a medical roboman wandering around the Downey Creek region of Mars, treating and rescuing animals and people, after having lost its original owner and memories.
* ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful:'' The Menders are those Princesses whose Calling is to tend to the wounded, whether physically, mentally, socially, or all of the above. They have a particular affinity for Charms that heal wounds, repair broken objects, and strengthen or protect others.
* ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest:'' Healing is accomplished by the Harmony rune, though similar effects can also come from the Life and Earth runes. Chalana Arroy is the local HealerGod, venerated in most human pantheons and doesn't take sides in battle, instead healing anyone and everyone. Her initiates follow her example, [[ActualPacifist shunning violence in all its forms]] and aiding allies with strong healing magic.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Durkon Thundershield is a cleric, and the team's resident healer. But being a ''[[ProudWarriorRaceGuy dwarven cleric of Thor]]'', he's sporting metal armor, a shield, a hammer, and the ability to occasionally throw lightning bolts or grow to gigantic size for emergency muscle.
** Or, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0077.html have 2 clerics and make monsters give up out of impatience]].
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0735.html Malack and Durkon quickly bond over the life of the adventuring cleric]], and its BoringButPractical manner when the others never stop getting themselves hurt.

* Piffany in ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}''. She generally has to bring Nodwick back from the dead every five minutes, which for some reason involves wrapping him in duct tape, although other methods turn up from time to time, such as pouring him into a mould if he's been powdered (and adding water). She's also got the usual repertoire of D&D Cleric skills ([[TurnUndead Shoo Undead]], [[ThinkHappyThoughts Happy Thoughts]]... okay, maybe not so usual).
* In ''Webcomic/GoblinHollow'', what do you say when you have a nasty tumble: "[[http://www.rhjunior.com/GH/00016.html Medic!]]".

* ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' 's squad of werewolf dogs of war has Hati, the good natured medic who just wants to help people. She spends most of her time cleaning up the mess the other wolfs make.
* ''Webcomic/TheDreamlandChronicles''' centaurs

* In ''Webcomic/WakeTheSleepers'', [[http://wakethesleepers.com/comics/51 Oralee gets one for Locke.]]
* In ''Webcomic/BlueYonder'', after Jared is rescued, [[http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1080254/blue-yonder-prologue-page-14/ "Doc" has him brought to his kitchen table for treatment.]]

* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', a healer is onhand at the games. Also Dr. Yong-Yi.
* In ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'', [[http://www.avasdemon.com/pages.php?page=0237 Gil. In the best style, he searches for survivors from the crash.]]
* In ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', Dr. Bowman's first medical training was this.
* Michael the Missionary from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. Rumored to be a quack.

* ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Syr'Nj, as suggested by the PunnyName.
* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': Sylphs are capable of healing as a function of the class' powers, while Life aspect characters seem to have the ability to bring people back to life.

* In ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', the heroic Doctor Livesey is... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a doctor]].

* Medicine cats in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series are the sole medic in their Clan (apprentices aside). They're also more spiritual than other cats, as they receive prophecies from [=StarClan=]. Medicine cats are extempt from the usual barriers given to warriors and are allowed to visit other Clans as needed. They're also celibate and [[FictionalGenevaConventions out-of-bounds during battles]], and killing one is a great enough sin to land the offender in the Clan equivalent of Hell, a filthy, fungus-ridden DarkWorld of perpetual night and solitude.

* ''[[Literature/AMagesPower A Mage's Power]]'': It's Dragon's Lair policy for a WhiteMage to be part of every team. Nolien fulfils this role for Team Four because he has the skill for it. He's still developing a healer's sensitivity.
* Magnus Bane from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' is frequently called in to provide healing whenever somebody suffers an injury that the usual Shadowhunter healing Rune cannot fix.
* Apollo being the god of healing, his demigod children serve this capacity in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', and ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'', especially Will Solace. Apollo himself is far outclassed by Will, but his other son Asclepius became god of medicine in his own right when he was about Will's age, so he's used to it.
* Dalton in ''Literature/AlongTheWindingRoad''. Probably would have been a better idea for Charlotte to bring one along in the first place, but luckily she meets a guy who knows a guy. She may not have been able to sneak a doctor out of the village, anyway.
* In the ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'', Sharers are a special denomination among Hananja's priests who harvest the dreamichor from the dreams of her faithful and use it to heal those in need. It's even possible to regrow limbs and cure genetic diseases this way.
* In ''Literature/TheSorcererOfTheWildeeps'', Demane says he's always had an inclination towards medicine. He acts as the band's medic, anyway, and has -- thanks to his SemiDivine heritage and [[TheNoseKnows superior sense of smell]] -- [[AnachronismStew modern levels of medical knowledge]]. Additionally, thanks to the aformentioned heritage, he is able to secrete a poison that in small amounts can act as an anaesthetic.
* Baboons in ''Literature/{{Bravelands}}'' have Goodleaf baboons. Goodleaves are trained in medicine.
* ''Literature/TimeOutOfTime'': Jessica takes on this role in "The Telling Stone". She has the power to heal wounds with a touch, but has to expend some of her own energy to do so.
* ''Literature/TreasureIsland'': Doctor Livesey spends significant time tending to injuries and diseases among the party, even treating the mutineers.
* The badgers of Cilgwyn in ''Literature/TheColdMoons'' have a badger known as "the Healer" who is well-versed in ThatOldTimePrescription. The current Healer is an old female named Rhea. She uses herbal medicines that have been passed down for generations.
* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana serves as this for the party, since her magic is primarily good for things such as healing, talking with animals etc.
* ''Literature/IntoTheBrokenLands'': Arianna is the best healer in Gateway, supplementing her knowledge of herbal medicine and surgery with limited HealingHands. In the FlashbackBPlot, she joins Garrett's expedition into the DeathWorld of the Broken Lands to help keep them alive.

* ''Series/Kingdom2019'': When her knowledge of the resurrection plant isn't in use, Seo-bi effectively fills this role for the heroes (and in one case, the villain). She also has a few badass moments, like covering herself with a flaming blanket to save a baby from zombies.
* Simon Tam from ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' is an accomplished trauma surgeon on the run, who parlays his medical knowledge into passage on the ship. Simon also fits the trope on being completely incompetent with guns, although he makes up for it with his proficiency with drugs and poisons, as Jayne found out when he tried to take over in "The Train Job" and later betrayed Simon and River in "War Stories". (In a later episode, Simon injects him with a paralytic.) He fits both the "personable" and the "rational" which makes him a well-made character. He's a pretty good tactician too, as was shown in "Ariel".

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Bronwyn is the nearest thing the village of Tirharad has to a doctor in her capacity as the local “cunning woman” or healer. In her home, she has a large dresser covered with various herbal preparations, and when a mysterious illness begins to affect the village’s livestock, she’s approached for help by a local farmer.

* Eugene Roe and Ralph Spina from ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' are real life examples of the trope. Both men cared very much for the men in their company. Gene was noted by Bill Guarnere as "the best medic we ever had. He was born to be a medic. He took care of us physically, mentally, every way. He was compassionate." Gene was even nominated for a Silver Star for bravery under fire (and received it after the war was over). Note that neither was the TeamMom though.
%%* Series/PrisonBreak: Doctor Sara Tancredi.

* Steven Franklin from ''Series/BabylonFive'' took ThouShaltNotKill to debatably unreasonable levels. In his younger years, he [[WalkingTheEarth traveled the galaxy]] studying various alien biologies, being one of the few humans to meet and study a Minbari at the time. When the humans and the Minbari went to war, he destroyed his research rather than let the Earth military use it to develop more effective weapons against the Minbari, [[HonorBeforeReason despite the fact]] that the Minbari were waging a war of ''extinction'' against the humans.
** [[CharacterDevelopment Later on]], he ends up [[spoiler: sending thirty [[BodyHorror Shadow modified]] telepaths to their deaths to sabotage a fleet of enemy warships.]] Despite this violating his oath as a doctor, it meant that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo several thousand people were spared from death in battle as a result.]]
* Doc Cottle from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. A chain-smoking DrJerk, but he gets the job done. In a sea of GreyAndGrayMorality, he was [[EnsembleDarkHorse something of a fan favorite]] for his [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold pragmatic perspective on his role]]: he's a doctor, he treats the sick and the injured, nothing else about his patients really matters.
* ''Series/StargateSG1'' Samantha Carter was often the team medic off-world if the plot called for it, despite being a physicist and not knowing very much about medicine.
* Even in episodes of ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' where he had nothing else to do, there was a darn good chance you'd see Beckett at the end of any episode patching up the heroes. Bigger TeamMom than any of the other doctors on either show. [[spoiler: Until he got offed as well.]]

* ''Series/GenerationKill'' has [=HM2=] "Doc" Bryan, the squad's corpsman. Averts the SquishyWizard part; Bryan doesn't look weaker in any way compared to the others, and he does not hesitate to call out Captain Swetje on his incompetence while others who share the opinion, despite having the opportunity to do it without reprimand, just shuffle their feet. He doesn't delay in engaging the enemy and even gains a kill count; though he's bothered by "feeling nothing" after shooting other human beings, he has no trouble functioning afterward.
* Claire Bennett of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has the unique ability to heal, [[spoiler: not to mention the fact that her blood can also heal others, and even bring them back from the dead]].

* Mikey is this in the Series/{{JAG}} episode ''Each Of Us Angels''. Of course that one is a medical drama and most of the characters are medical personal. But the others are mostly nurses while "not Mikey" is a front line Corpsman.
* Not only Leo from ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' is a whitelighter that could heal anyone but he was a World War II medic when he was alive.
* Dr. Melinda Warner from ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'' is the medical examiner, which means she's usually performing autopsies, but she's proven herself very capable in more traditional medical roles. She also has the distinction of being the only M.E. in the franchise to [[PromotionToOpeningTitles become a regular]].
* ''Series/SeaPatrol'' Chris Swaine Blake is this as well as the main coxswaine. While he is happy married and more settled then most of his comrades he's kind of hard to call a [[TheChick chick]].
* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' is the TropeCodifier for television, focusing on an entire unit of Medics. Though they appear to be utterly unprofessional drunkards when they're off-duty, the doctors of the 4077th have no problem putting ''generals'' in their place when it comes to saving a wounded soldier's life.
* Doc Robbins on ''Series/{{CSI}}''. He's primarly a coroner, but he's done his share of patch-ups on the main characters as well. Grissom got advice from him about his ear problem, and he treated Catherine right before her departure, when she was FakingTheDead.
* Hawkes from ''Series/{{CSINY}}'', who was an ER doc before he became a coroner, works in a clinic on his days off and sometimes serves on the team of bicycle medics in Central Park as well.
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' has Emil Hamilton, who Oliver brought onto the payroll when he realized that the team needed someone with medical training who could also cover them when they showed up at the local hospital with bullet wounds and other hard-to-explain injuries. He quickly graduated to also being a GadgeteerGenius and one of the team's three [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guys]] alongside [[HollywoodHacking Chloe]] and [[EvilGenius Tess]].
* Melissa [=McCall=] on ''Series/TeenWolf''. She is a top-notch nurse and it is something of a running joke among fans that she seems to be the only full-time staff member at the Beacon Hills Memorial Hospital, as she often treats ailments that would normally require a doctor.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': John was a doctor in the British Army when he was in Afghanistan. Given to the fact he was a ''soldier'', he's also a CombatMedic.
* In the BBC's ''Series/TheMusketeers'' this role falls to Aramis. Given their line of work, he's also a CombatMedic.
* Clarke Griffin of ''Series/{{The 100}}'' has enough medical knowledge to treat whatever wounds and injuries befall the Delinquents after they get sent to Earth and are targeted by the Grounders. In season 2, she also kept [[spoiler: Lincoln alive while he was going through detox from the drug that turned him into a Reaper. Returning him to a normal state was part of the reason she secured an alliance with the Grounders.]] She serves as a CombatMedic given the dangerous environments and conflicts they often find themselves in. She takes after her mother, who's also a doctor.
* [[EndearinglyDorky Jemma]] [[TheSmartGuy Simmons]] of ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' serves as this for the main cast. Simmons is a bit of a {{Downplayed}} example of this trope; she's trained in advanced first aid and can treat injuries like infected wounds and bullet injuries, but is first and foremost a scientist and bioengineer, she's unable to treat [[ActionGirl Skye's]] near-fatal injury on her own when the latter is shot by [[EvilGenius Ian Quinn]], and is hapless to help [[{{Cyborg}} Mike]] when his [[ArtificialLimbs mechanical leg]] is torn off by HYDRA scientists.
* Julián Martínez from ''Series/TheMinistryOfTime''. Prior to travelling through time, he was a nurse in modern-day Madrid.
* Nathan from ''Series/TheMagnificentSeven''. Considering that he's extremely skilled at throwing knives, he also qualifies as a CombatMedic.
%%* Dr. Caitlin Snow serves as this for S.T.A.R Labs on the Series/TheFlash2014.
* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': Raelle is a healer, and her mom was an Army medic. They come from a line of healers, though Raelle isn't keen to become a medic as well, because her mom had died as one.
* ''Series/AnotherLife2019'': Zayn, who serves as the ship's medic and has a hard time dealing with the new diseases they encounter.
* ''Series/Batwoman2019'': Mary patches up Kate in the pilot, and since Batwoman going into a hospital would raise suspicion, she uses her as her go-to doctor. In addition, she's got a free clinic to provide people with healthcare who can't afford it otherwise.

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* 5 from ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}''. He isn't so much a SquishyWizard as simply a NonActionGuy[=/=]ActionSurvivor, and his weapon for the few occasions he has to fight is a crossbow. He's also definitely TheChick of the group. [[spoiler: It figures that he would be suited for the role, as he seems to embody the Scientist's caring, supporting side, and in the Russian version, in which the dolls aren't facets of the Scientist but people the Scientist knew, he actually ''was'' a professional medic.]]

* Pretty much any war movie (''especially'' UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movies) that is focused on TheSquad will invoke this trope.

* Doc Potter in ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma2007''. He gets dragged along with the posse against his will, and his medical knowledge does come in useful a few times (despite the fact that he's actually a veterinarian) before [[spoiler:he's killed off, because he's played by Alan Tudyk]].

%%* ''Film/MouthToMouth'': [[TeamMom Dog]].
%%* Elle Brody from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' works as a nurse.
%%* ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Primrose "Prim" Everdeen grows into one.

* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** In Creator/JRRTolkien's stories there are lots of characters with healing abilities (some conventionally mundane, some a bit magical) of various races, some having it as their 'main job' while others do it just as it comes up. Most well known healer is probably Elrond.
** In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Aragorn is a sword-and-archery ranger and warrior, but perhaps the only member of the Fellowship of the Ring with medical knowledge. Athelas is used only for exposure to the deadly "Black Breath" Nazgûl. Aragorn was raised in Rivendell by Elrond, the greatest healer in all Middle-Earth, and was second only to Elrond in medicine. Aragorn cures Frodo's and Sam's wounds in Moria; and After the Battle of the Pelennor, Aragorn tends to all the wounded and heals them, regardless of the severity of their wounds. Finally, Sam and Frodo are so bad-off at the end of the adventure, that they lay comatose for two weeks after Aragorn tends to them; but they are fully healed by Aragorn (in body, at least, while Frodo's cure can be found only in Valinor). Pippin is likewise fully healed, despite being crushed by a troll. (Aragorn's skills seem limited to physical ailments, however, as Éowyn suffers from a melancholy that he admits is beyond his skill, and which deeply troubled him even while facing unspeakable peril. That emotional damage is actually healed by Faramir, whom Éowyn befriends and later falls in love with). Unlike most healers in fantasy fiction, Aragorn completely lacks the typical characteristics of a WhiteMage, and is a full-on CombatMedic more known for the "combat" part than for the "medic".

* In 'Team Kimba', the group of the protagonists at the SuperHeroSchool Whateley Academy in the Literature/WhateleyUniverse, the Medic is mainly the role of Fey, who is a wizard with healing powers. She's also an empath. But she's not really a SquishyWizard, since she is learning to wield a scimitar, and has hugely powerful offensive spells, even if she might want other members of the team to provide the muscle to give her enough time to perform her best spells. Another member of the team, Bladedancer, is the go-to girl for herbs and soothing balms.
** The most dedicated medic among the students that we've seen so far, however, may just be the blind devisor Jericho, who isn't actually on the team (though friends with some of them after a few harrowing encounters) and has to do it all by inventing the tools he needs himself because he has no actual innate healing powers.
* Subverted in the Sven Hassel UsefulNotes/WorldWarII novel ''OGPU Prison''. A medical orderly robs the wounded, demands a huge bribe for getting Sven onto a hospital train and brutally kicks a crawling amputee out of his path. On an earlier occasion another orderly is shown abandoning a truckful of wounded and making off with a submachine gun and a [[UsefulNotes/TheRedCross Red Cross]] bandolier on each arm (knowing that at least some Russian soldiers won't shoot at him). Though Sven's friends wish the orderly a well-deserved death, one cynically comments: "That kind lives through any war."
* Belknap in Creator/DanAbnett's second and third ''Literature/{{Ravenor}}'' novels. Treats the indigent illegally, after he was caught at fraud: trying to get medical help to the people who weren't supposed to get it. And when he thinks Ravenor and company are a gang, does his best to get [[StreetUrchin Zael]] away from them. All this [[IncorruptiblePurePureness goodness]] in the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' universe, no less.
* In ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', Lillian functions as the onsite healer and first aid provider for the Lambs. For anything more extensive than field biotech, though, she's quick to send her patients back to the Academy. She ''is'' still a doctor-in-training, after all. Later on, Duncan's addition to the team provides the Lambs with another medic.

* Arriott in Creator/SandyMitchell's ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' novel ''Death Or Glory'' fits the type very well, though he was actually [[ClosestThingWeGot a vet pressed into duty for humans by the circumstances]].
* Stephen Maturin in the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin series''--he's the ship's surgeon and a BadassBookworm to boot, being incredibly skilled with both swords AND guns. Captain Aubrey and the rest of the crew have undying faith in his prowess, and the crewmen brag to other sailors about how their ship has a ''real'' physician who even speaks Latin. It's well-founded, as he was able to perform a successful evacuation of a subdural hematoma (bleeding into one's brain) aboard ship during a battle, and with 19th century technology, too!
** All the more notable since Maturin is a physician, not a surgeon. It was even more of an issue then as opposed to now, since surgeons did not attend medical school and the overwhelming majority of physicians considered surgery a common craft beneath their professional station. For Maturin to know even the first thing about surgery, let alone undertake and succeed at half a dozen different procedures just in the first novel, is unusual in the extreme. It's even more unusual for there to be a physician in the position of a Navy surgeon at all, if one doesn't consider that Maturin mostly took the job because he was penniless at the time and Aubrey happened to befriend him. Physicians were usually drawn from the upper-class and would consider a job at sea to be sacrilegious. At that time (c. 1800) there were only a dozen physicians compared to ''one thousand'' surgeons in the Royal Navy.
* In William King's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/SpaceWolf novel ''Wolfblade'', though in a WretchedHive far down in the levels, Ragnar and Haegr stumble on [[GoodShepherd Brother Malburius]], [[GoodSamaritan who treats Haegr's injuries]].
* This describes Polgara's job in the ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad Belgariad]]'' pretty well. She uses conventional medicine, knows almost every sickness in the whole world and has a small box full of drugs always around. Her huge knowledge is comprehensible, after all she is [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 3000 years old]].
* ''Literature/TheRifter'': NonActionGuy Saimura’s role in the Fai’daum guerillas. His magic is also useful in many other ways.

* The ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Literature/XwingSeries'' of novels had Ton Phanan, a rarity in commando squads: a fully-trained and licensed doctor and surgeon. He had none of the bedside manner, however, and was something of a CombatMedic[=/=]DeadlyDoctor. He did adhere to the SquishyWizard stereotype by getting himself injured in battle ([[spoiler:and eventually getting killed]]), though this was somewhat counteracted by his having to get cybernetic implants for more extensive injuries as he was "allergic to bacta".
* In Creator/BenCounter's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Galaxy In Flames'', Vaddon selflessly tends the injured among [[spoiler:the betrayed loyalist Space Marines up to the moment that Horus's forces are [[TurnCoat let in]] and [[MoralEventHorizon kill him]] and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown the wounded]]]].
* In Creator/JamesSwallow's TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 novel ''Faith & Fire'', the Hospitaller Verity. Watching the GladiatorGames[=/=]HumanSacrifice, she was overcome with horror and jumped out to help the injured. During the terrorist attack on it, she ministered to the wounded and administered last rites (losing count when she realized that the number would make [[TenderTears her cry]]). And when she does shoot one terrorist, she is horrified.
* The Literature/{{Discworld}}'s Ankh-Morpork City Watch has TheIgor as a medic, as do the Ins-And-Outs in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment''.
** They are almost eerily good at this -- in particular, they can re-attach lost limbs and perform transplants using only needle and thread, and also possess the ability to completely suppress the patient's immune system incompatibility with the donor organ through means unexplained. They also have the ability to bring back people who have actually died, if it's recent enough (and if they're allowed to — dwarves in particular will not allow Igors to bring them back. Igors are said to be "naturally disappointed" by this). As of ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', Lord Vetinari has been compelled to make a law about this, because murder trials have a tendency to go wrong when the (formerly) deceased walks through the door: "If it takes an Igor to bring you back, you were dead. Briefly dead, it's true, which is why the murderer will be briefly hanged."
* In Steve Parker's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' Literature/AstraMilitarum novel ''Gunheads'', Wulfe's BackStory includes an incident where a medic jumped to save him from a wound that would have killed him. A few days later, the medic was captured by orks and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] to death. Wulfe thinks that he's still trying to avenge him.
* Kaita, her [[LesYay friend]] Evelinden (before she died), and the other Callisorian healers in the ''Literature/{{Shadowleague}}'' books.

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' features many different cultures and their medical traditions, but the medics are almost always women who can channel. Nynaeve is the most prominent medic for the main characters.
* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian story "Literature/AWitchShallBeBorn", Ivga [[AfterActionPatchup both treats Valerius's wounds and calms him]].
** In "Literature/ThePhoenixOnTheSword", although TheCavalryArrivesLate, they can bind Conan's wounds.
* Medicine cats in the ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series are the sole medic in their Clan (apprentices aside). They're also more spiritual than other cats, as they receive prophecies from [=StarClan=]. Medicine cats are extempt from the usual barriers given to warriors and are allowed to visit other Clans as needed. They're also celibate and [[FictionalGenevaConventions out-of-bounds during battles]], and killing one is a great enough sin to land the offender in the Clan equivalent of Hell, a filthy, fungus-ridden DarkWorld of perpetual night and solitude.
* Mercy's Daughters in ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheApt''.
* In Nelson [=DeMille=]'s novel ''Word of Honor'', Lt. Tyson's medic in Vietnam, Steven Brandt, [[spoiler:testifies against Tyson when he is court-martialled for the massacre of doctors, nurses and civilians in a Vietnamese hospital]]. Brandt is mentioned to be a good medic [[spoiler:but is morally corrupt; he eats plastic explosive to make himself ill so he can get out of the field and tried to kill Tyson by injecting him with a lethal dose of morphine. Tyson and his RTO Kelly caught Brandt taking photos of naked women being tortured by South Vietnamese police officers, and later raping a 12 or 13 year old girl. As revenge, Tyson makes him sit in a leech-infested dike.]]

* In Creator/JohnCWright's ''Literature/CountToATrillion'', Menelaus can argue with the Master of the World, but not the doctor.
* In Creator/DanAbnett's ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'', Khiron. He also secretly ensures that Aekon is safe after a YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb stunt, and smooths things over between Priad and the squad after Priad is angered by their admitting to breaking rules.
* In Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs's ''Literature/TheMonsterMen'', Sing treats the injured.

* In Creator/RobinMcKinley's ''Literature/{{Sunshine}}'', SOF has a medic who's on duty at 10:30 PM. He has combat patches.
* In ''Literature/TheLeonardRegime'', Ben's training has given him the opportunity to play medic multiple times. Madison is also mentioned to be capable in this area.

* ''Manga/HaouAiren'': Shui Long. He comes from a family of these.
* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': GuestStarPartyMember Sylphiel, a shrine maiden, acts as this as well as a defensive tactician for the four protagonists. The third season, ''Slayers TRY,'' has Filia fill this position. When neither of them are around, Amelia usually does most of the healing, being a specialist in WhiteMagic.
* In ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'', Vanilla H was the team healer and youngest member of the [[AmazonBrigade all-female fighter-pilot group]], but she was one of [[TheSmartGuy the smarter members]] and an EmotionlessGirl. She healed people and repaired fighter-craft with {{Nanomachines}}. Probably because everyone's older and she's so young, she's not a TeamMom.
** ''Galaxy Angel II'' replaces her with Nano-Nano Pudding, also the youngest of her group (she's actually ''one'', being an ArtificialHuman made of the aforementioned nanomachines). Unlike Vanilla's fragile ship, Harvester, Nano-Nano could actually fight decently in First Aider, although you'd still want to keep her in healing mode.
* In ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'', Etoh the cleric was the team healer, but Deedlit the elf was TheChick. Deedlit had healing magic herself, too, but she wasn't specialized in the Medic role like Etoh.
* [[BarrierWarrior Yuuno]] [[BadassBookworm Scrya]] and [[TeamMom Shamal of the Wolkenritter]], from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Shamal is the [[WhiteMage better healer]], but Yuuno is better at providing [[BarrierWarrior support and protection in combat]]... and he doesn't have a high-quality [[MagicWand Device]] enhancing his magical abilities, either. Both are kind of TheChick [[spoiler:, but Yuuno is never part of a team long enough to become a TeamMom. After her HeelFaceTurn, Shamal would become a literal medic, complete with her own office and doctor coat.]]
* Falin from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' is this for Team Touden. After she's eaten in the first chapter, Marcille [[spoiler: and later Laios,]] take over.
* The male doctor in ''Anime/{{Vandread}}'', Duero Macfile. A BadassBookworm in personality ''alone'', but he was also an [[InformedAbility A-Class Citizen and a fully qualified mecha pilot]] assigned to an elite military vessel. He probably could make a fine showing in combat if he weren't more interested in [[NonActionGuy his role as the ship's only medical doctor]].

* Tio from ''Manga/ZatchBell'' primarily focuses on [[BarrierWarrior defending the offense-oriented characters]], or, in a pinch, [[HealingShiv healing them with swords]]. This is often used in an RPG style in between battles to heal up for the next encounter.
* Elf dust in ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' can heal wounds. This is sometimes an unfortunate fact for Puck, the elf that travels with Guts -- when he needs healing, Guts has no problem with grabbing Puck and shaking him over whatever wounds need to be healed.

* Asa Shigure, Kareha, and Nerine from ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}!''. In a twist, [[spoiler: Asa [[RefusalOfTheCall rejects her "role" as healer]] due to her reluctance to use ''any'' kind of magic after [[BreakTheCutie all the crap]] her mom went through in the past, which becomes a plot point as the magic piles up in her body and gets her gravely sick...]]
* All the medical ninja from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', most notably Tsunade the Fifth Hokage, [[EnigmaticMinion Kabuto Yakushi]], and Sakura Haruno.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'': Josuke can easily do this with his Stand Crazy Diamond, which has to ability to restore anything that is broken. But he cannot do it to himself, and he [[AllDeathsFinal can't revive the dead.]]
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Giorno's Gold Experience CAN heal him, but has to take something and turn ''that'' into new flesh for whatever he is trying to heal; such as using the bullets you were shot with to fix your organs. (This leads to an... odd moment later on in the story.)
** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': As a sentient colony of plankton Foo Fighters can send some of it's own body into the wounds of others, but this only accelerates the natural healing process.
* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Botan, Genkai and Yukina all have healing powers, but Yukina is the only one to use it more than once. However, the actual team medic is [[TheSmartGuy Kurama]], the plant master.
* In ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', [[TeamMom Oishi]], Ryuzaki-sensei and [[GeniusBruiser Inui]] are sometimes seen bandaging up their injured teammates.
* Konoe Konoka in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' increasingly fills this role as she becomes more experienced with healing magic. After a while, team members just don't bother restraining themselves during training, since all their injuries can be healed by her anyway. Unfortunately, this also makes her the team's biggest AchillesHeel, as in a battle she is [[ShootTheMedicFirst always targeted first]]. [[spoiler:In one MoodWhiplash chapter, she manages to completely heal the protagonist after ''he took a stone spear to the chest, pulled it out to sucker-punch the villain who delivered it, collapsed, and bled on the floor for a minute'', all until she got to him.]]

* Princess Millerna Sarah Aston, the RebelliousPrincess from ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''. Also kind of a subversion, being a traditional medic instead of a WhiteMagicianGirl. In a fantasy environment.
* Princess Erika from ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''
* Fuu from ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''; one of her wind spells is a healing technique which she can apply to herself and her teammates.
* At first glance, it's easy to mistake Tony Tony Chopper of ''Manga/OnePiece'' as the TeamPet. Regardless of this, he's also one of the ''One Piece'' world's most talented doctors. Among other feats, he successfully healed two crew members who had been frozen solid, despite having never seen such a thing and having no idea what to do at first. He also adapted his medical knowledge to combat, twice giving advice that was instrumental in defeating the giant LivingShadow-powered zombie Oars.
** Trafalgar Law is an odd example in that he happens to be TheCaptain in addition to being The Medic. Of course, being a DeadlyDoctor helps.
** Marco of the Whitebeard Pirates was the crew's medic. Using his phoenix powers to heal. After the crew disbanded, he became the healer for the village Whitebeard grew up in. He also used his skills to help the Straw Hats during the battle on Onigashima.
* ''Manga/{{Psyren}}'':
** Three characters have been shown to use healing, all ironically being male. Oboro Mochizuki is technically the team healer, and contrasts with the normal personality associated with the job. He switches between being extremely childish and mature, and it has been hinted at him becoming somewhat sinister. In fact, he ended up using his healing abilities to [[spoiler:convert a Tavoo into a tumorous state, saying that he was trying to see if he could fix it to save the numerous composite bodies it was made up of, when he really only wanted to test his abilities.]] Also, his powers work best through hugging.
** The other two are Van, who plays this role for the Elmore kids (and is probably the strongest of all the healers), and Ian, who is TheMentor to both Van and later Kabuto, who uses Ian's unique Sense ability.
* Megumi Takani, Dr. Genzai (in the anime) and the Mutou siblings (both Shougo, who ''is'' a qualified medic trained in Occidental medicine, and his sister Sayo) in Manga/RurouniKenshin.
* In the ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' manga:
** Yellow is blessed by the Viridian Forest, meaning that she has the magical power to instantly heal Pokémon with a single touch. While this (and her other Viridian blessed powers) makes up for her sub-par battling skills, overusing it will cause her mental strain, forcing her to fall asleep.
** Moon from the ''Sun/Moon'' chapters too. She is a pharmacist and has workable first-aid and other general medical knowledge. Unlike Yellow who uses psychic power, Moon’s healing power is 100% science based.
* [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Nurse Joy]] from ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. And Brock [[spoiler: and his Chansey]]. Iris is showing signs of this too.
* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has the Heaven Canceler, who's almost always only referred to as the Frog Faced Doctor. He can heal any injury, even mortal ones. The only thing he can't do is cure brain damage and he's still better at ''that'' than normal brain surgeons. It does seem as though he needs proper medical equipment to work however.

* ''Manga/ShamanKing'' has Faust VIII, who starts out with only really awesome but technically possible medical knowledge and a complete lack of squeamishness, but ends up being able to magically regrow limbs.

* Kotoha and Rami of ''Manga/ArataTheLegend'' occasionally serve this role in Hinohara's group.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has Tea, who heals her friends with help from her Happy Lover monster.
* In ''Manga/{{Aruosumente}}'', Moeran, one of the council members, turns out to have studied medicine at the Shengtalisi, the most prestigious university of his home country. His private rooms still look like those of a doctor, even though he's not actively practicing medicine openly.
* Yun/Yoon from ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'' spends a lot of time patching up his travel companions and everyone else who gets involved with them.

* Lifeline from the ''Franchise/GIJoe'' AnimatedShow and comic books. Gets lots of attention because he will never intentionally hurt someone, but is a master of a martial art that will redirect energy. A charging enemy will find himself fifteen feet away, out of breath, wondering what the heck threw him. There was also, in the original comics and some alternate universes, Doc, who was noted for his calm under fire, described as coming to you in the middle of a firefight "like he was a making a house call".
* Shaman of ComicBook/AlphaFlight is the team Medic, being both a medicine man and a top notch surgeon (described as the 'best cutter in Canada'). He does, however, have plenty of combat ability.
* The Gronk in ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'' comes from an entire species who are skilled medics, and is constantly healing Johnny and Wulf after their latest scrap.
* ComicBook/{{Raven}} from the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. Healing is her primary power and she is a pacifist who hates violence. These aspects are downplayed (though still present) in [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans the cartoon]].

* ''Fanfic/TheVow'': In this ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' fanfiction; [[Characters/TheVow the Soothsayer]], besides being as much of a CoolOldLady as in canon, shows medical knowledge when instructing Lianne on how to treat Shen after the latter inhales gunpowder.

%%* Kanin fulfills this role in ''Fanfic/TheTaintedGrimoire''.
* ''Fanfic/ThePowersOfHarmony'' has [[DeadpanSnarker Piro]] and [[spoiler: his predecessor]] Scorpio.

* ''Fanfic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'' has ''Shaw''. Despite her use of mostly improvised methods, she still manages to take care of injured sailors and seabirds.
* ''Fanfic/CallMeKara'' -a ''Series/Supergirl2015''/''Series/TheFlash2014'' crossover- really focuses on how important Caitlin's role as Team [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]'s resident doctor is, especially in the earlier chapters when she saves [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]]'s life with extensive surgery after she's shot with Kryptonite bullets.
* In ''Fanfic/DoubleAgentVader'', Kadee is the medic droid assigned to Darth Vader. She takes her responsibility to her patient seriously, and holds a personal grudge against Palpatine for the times, before Anakin unfettered her, that Palpatine forced her to give Vader suboptimal care as part of his strategies to keep Vader in his place.

*** Aglaea [[NamesTheSame (not to be confused with one of the Three Graces)]], [[OverlyLongGag last daughter of Asclepius]], is the goddess of good health. She too is not invoked in the Oath.

** The version for ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' Ratchet

Medics are typically {{Squishy Wizard}}s, possessing little in the way of raw strength or offensive combat ability. In most real life cases, this is more specifically because they are forbidden to carry assault weapons or engage in combat, even though all soldiers get the same basic training, regardless of role. If guns are standard, they'll usually have the smallest and weakest possible. In fantasy settings, they don't usually wear any armor, and [[WeaponOfChoice tend to use]] [[MagicStaff staves]] as often as [[DropTheHammer hammers or maces]]. They don't always get the flashiest abilities and their skillset tends towards BoringButPractical, although they will occasionally pick up a few offensive spells. HolyHandGrenade is popular among the rare [[CombatMedic Medics who fight]].

* 5 from ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}''. He isn't so much a SquishyWizard as simply a NonActionGuy[=/=]ActionSurvivor, and his WeaponOfChoice for the few occasions he has to fight is a crossbow. He's also definitely TheChick of the group. [[spoiler: It figures that he would be suited for the role, as he seems to embody the Scientist's caring, supporting side, and in the Russian version, in which the dolls aren't facets of the Scientist but people the Scientist knew, he actually ''was'' a professional medic.]]

* Jack Shephard from ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (along with the magical power of water) functioned as the survivors' Healer for quite some time, but the addition of Juliet has left him free to become his group's resident badass.

* WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: "Doc" is the medic assigned to ''both'' the Blue and Red teams (there were apparently budget shortages). He's about as competent at healing as the Reds and Blues [[ArmedFarces are at being soldiers]], and comments the the job of a medic is more to make people comfortable while they die. He ''does'' manage to [[ItMakesSenseInContext deliver Tucker's alien baby]], and later on in the series he gets better at the 'fixing people' part of his job.
* WebOriginal/{{Mortasheen}} has several monsters that fit the archetype, such as [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/ticklestitch.htm Ticklestitch]]; a creepy but ultimately benevolent surgeon creature and [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/necroak.htm Necroak]]; a frog creature that heals by feeding other creatures one of its many redundant organs.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Megalania runs a hospital with [[{{Autodoc}} creepy-looking robots as the doctors.]] Its all legit, though.
* ''WebVideo/DaisyBrown'' has taken care of [[BodyHorror Alan]] for most of his life, and based on what [[spoiler: Lithop says upon meeting her]] in [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Ww9toFrz8 the basement]], she was meant to be this to [[spoiler: the other monsters]] too.
* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': While no Deviants possess the ability to heal wounds, Remedy tends to medic duty for unregistered Deviants and vigilantes - whoever pays, essentially. She possesses no powers, either, making this all the more impressive.
* ''{{WebVideo/AFK}}'': Serena, who is a healer, and thus a valuable resource for everyone else.

* Any incarnation of Ratchet from the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise. The ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' character was originally marked as a female by Budiansky, but Hasbro [[SmurfettePrinciple didn't want any unsellable girl figures in their new line]], so the idea was nixed. Ratchet's been the premiere medic and nursemaid for the Autobot cause for so long, he's one [[GrumpyBear grumpy old 'bot]]. In the original series, he had an OddFriendship with Wheeljack, fellow [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]] and TechnoWizard. They'd often collaborate on some project or another, but Wheeljack was so often blowing himself up with his personal experiments that Ratchet probably wanted to kill him as much as heal him.

* Machinima/RedVsBlue: "Doc" is the medic assigned to ''both'' the Blue and Red teams (there were apparently budget shortages). He's about as competent at healing as the Reds and Blues [[ArmedFarces are at being soldiers]], and comments the the job of a medic is more to make people comfortable while they die. He ''does'' manage to [[ItMakesSenseInContext deliver Tucker's alien baby]], and later on in the series he gets better at the 'fixing people' part of his job.

* Asa Shigure, Kareha, and Nerine from ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}!''. In a twist, [[spoiler: Asa [[RefusalOfTheCall rejects her "role" as healer]] due to her reluctance to use ''any'' kind of magic after [[BreakTheCutie all the crap]] her mom went through in the past, which becomes a plot point as the magic piles up in her body and [[IllGirl gets her gravely sick]]....]]

Rock Monster: A bastion archon's body is made up of the rock of the mountain of Heaven itself.

Often caring and concerned, Medics tend to be TheChick or (if a guy) TheHeart. Alternatively, they're less personable than rational, and they are thus a [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guy]], even if TheTeam already has a Smart Guy. Regardless, team Medics will inevitably become the TeamMom --they simply leave the team if they can't. Regardless, everyone must obey the DoctorsOrders.

* Wade from ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'' is an Army medic and the second character in TheSquad to die.

* Pretty much any war movie (''especially'' UsefulNotes/WorldWarII movies) that are focused on TheSquad invoke this trope.
* The ship's doctor from ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. He was naive (he didn't have the slightest idea that a hijacking was going on), but he was a good officer who kept order among the crew when the Red October was abandoned, he was caring about the sailor's welfare, and he would well qualify as a WorthyOpponent.
* Monk, the SEAL Medic in ''Film/TheAbyss''. Of all the [=SEALs=] that board Deep Core, he is the only one who seems inclined to deal with the rig crew as human beings. When faced with a medical situation he is not trained for (Jammer's coma) he does what little he can and apologises that he can't do more. Of course, since he has a [[MeaningfulName religious name]] in a Creator/JamesCameron film, his being a basically good guy was pretty much guaranteed from the get-go.

* ''Film/FreeStateOfJones'': Newt serves as one while in the Confederate Army, but can't save his young nephew. This causes him to desert.
* ''Film/BloodOfTheTribades'': Darvulia and Erzsi are healers for the exiled female vampires, though everything from what can be seen is treated by giving them blood.

Medics are typically {{Squishy Wizard}}s, possessing little in the way of raw strength or offensive combat ability. In most real life cases, this is more specifically because they are forbidden to carry assault weapons or engage in combat, even though all soldiers get the same basic training, regardless of role. If guns are standard, they'll usually have the smallest and weakest possible. In fantasy settings, they don't usually wear any armor, and [[WeaponOfChoice tend to use]] [[SimpleStaff staves]] as often as [[DropTheHammer hammers or maces]]. They don't always get the flashiest abilities and their skillset tends towards BoringButPractical, although they will occasionally pick up a few offensive spells. HolyHandGrenade is popular among the rare [[CombatMedic Medics who fight]].

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** The popular third party Psionics system for Pathfinder includes the Vitalist, a [[SquishyWizard squishy]] class which is designed around healing ''very'' efficiently. Unlike classes like the Cleric (see above) it doesn't have any other abilities to speak of, but also unlike the cleric its healing is very much worth using during battle. It's one of the few ways to actually play an effective healer (the other two well known ones being to play an oracle of life, or to use the life sphere from TabletopGame/SpheresOfPower.
** Its sister game ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}'' allows any class to be trained in Medicine. However, the three classes best suited to acting as a medic are a [[SufficientlyAdvancedMagic Mystic]] with the [[WhiteMagic Healing Connection]], an [[TheFace Envoy]] that chooses Expertise Talents and Improvisations based on the Medicine skill, and the [[DeadlyDoctor Biohacker]].

* ''TabletopGame/EdgeOfTheEmpire'', the first of the three new ''Franchise/StarWars'' tabletop games from Creator/FantasyFlightGames includes Doctors as one of the three subtypes of the Colonist Archetype. As the name implies their skill trees focus a great deal on healing but can also buff party members through the usage of Stims and even their knowledge of anatomy can come in useful when knowing where to hit an opponent.

->''"Primum nil nocere." [[note]](Lat.) First, do no harm.[[/note]]''

-->-- '''Often [[BeamMeUpScotty wrongly attributed]] to the Hippocratic Oath but nonetheless a medical maxim in its own right'''

* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'': Shining Armor's side story has Private Garnet, who's assigned to Shining's unit as the SixthRanger.

!!Examples

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* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
** In ''VideoGame/DragonQuestII'', the Prince of Cannock and the Princess of Moonbrooke know curative spells, unlike the Hero who learns no magic whatsoever.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIII'': The Sage learns all curative and buffing spells, and he heals even more effectively than the Cleric.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'':
*** During the first chapter, Healie -a Healslime- provides healing abilities for Ragnar, who has no magical abilities of his own.
*** Meena acts as the healer in Chapter 4, plus she joins party before Kiryl in Chapter 5.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': For most of the game, the Hero is the only party member who learns healing spells.
** Serena in ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''. While other party members can learn healing spells, she is the one who specializes in them, while also sporting a large number of buff and protection spells.
* Sometimes played straight and subverted in ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2''. While some of the hire-able mercenaries with a high medical skill stat had relatively weak weapons, or an average marksmanship skill stat, some had either a good weapon to back them up, good marksmanship, both, or a [[GameBreaker high wisdom stat that makes marksmanship raise beyond that of dedicated sharpshooters in a in game hours of shooting crows]]. Nearly every medic also has a decent dexterity stat (as it is required to be a decent medic) that helps their accuracy slightly.
** Patch 1.13 makes medics stand out even more. Any merc can learn medical skill, but those with Paramedic or Doctor talent can set up field hospitals and perform surgery, which speeds up healing.
* ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'':
** The SquishyWizard part of this trope is subverted in ''VideoGame/BattlefieldBadCompany'', where the one class that can heal others actually has a light machine gun, compared to the other classes' relativly small arms (assault rifles, shotguns, and SMG's.)
** Also subverted in ''VideoGame/Battlefield2142''. EA decided to merge some of the Battlefield 2 classes together, and that game's Assault and Medic classes were combined into the Assault kit in 2142.
*** And AGAIN in ''VideoGame/Battlefield2''. The Medic class was basically an Assault soldier, but trades his assault rifle's under-barrel grenade launcher and heavy armor for healing capability (Both Assault and Medic classes within a faction use the same base rifle).
*** The Assault's Medic Unlock Gun, the Voss however is nothing to slouch at. It is one of the most popular choices for an unlock compared to the Baur Rifle which is seen as tricky to fire.
** And the Medic in the original ''Battlefield 1942'' was basically 'Assault Class who can self-heal'. [[SarcasmMode Nope, not overpowered at all there]].
* In ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'', you get various Medics. Raja was an old, green-skinned alien priest with a weird sense of humor, but also the straightest example. [[ArtificialHuman Rika]] was TheChick, but also a FragileSpeedster CatGirl with disemboweling claws -- she counts because she's the first real healer your party gets and remains competitive at it till the end. Demi, [[SixthRanger who came later]], matched or exceeded Rika at healing, but was also a [[TheGunslinger gun-toting]] RobotGirl who could install a ForgottenSuperWeapon into her body.
** Don't forget main character Chaz, who has the entire spectrum of single-target healing spells, several status-effect removing spells, and the lower level revival spell. In addition to being a swordfighter and capable of shooting lasers from his hands.
* ''VideoGame/RepublicAtWar'': Medical droids heal nearby infantry.
* The inevitable ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' examples:
** Of course, White Mage and White Wizard from the very [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI first game]]. They're also capable of wielding hammers and maces, harming the undead and have access to the HolyHandGrenade, thus making them probably the closest parallel to the D&D clerics of any FF game's healers.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'''s... ''unique'' approach to character growth means that of the main party, anyone could be a healer (or [[MagicKnight all of them, all at once]]), but of the numerous [[GuestStarPartyMember Guest Star Party Members]], the one that qualifies most for it is CrutchCharacter Minwu the White Wizard, astonishingly powerful [[SimpleStaff staff-wielding]] mage in general and healer in particular. Unusually for this series, Minwu's a he.
** Rosa from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. [[WhiteMagic White Mage]], WhiteMagicianGirl and TeamMom.
*** Also, both Rydia and Porom, before their PlotRelevantAgeUp and HeroicSacrifice respectively.
** For the first 40% or so of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', [[MysteriousWaif Terra]] and [[AnIcePerson Celes]] alternate in this role, being the only two natural magic users in the game. [[LaResistance Returner leader]] Banon also joins your party briefly, along with his amazing ability to heal everyone for free. Later on, everyone gets the power to use magic, so combat roles tend to become fuzzy at best, but most parties still include at least one designated healer (usually whoever has the worst offensive ability).
** Given the Materia system of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', MysteriousWaif [[WhiteMagicianGirl Aeris Gainsborough]] is the closest thing the game has to a dedicated healer. Whereas everyone else's {{Limit Break}}s are super-attacks, Aeris' Limit Breaks exclusively consist of [[StatusBuff healing, curative, empowering, or protective effects]]. This may have something to do with her being the [[LastOfTheirKind last surviving Cetra]], capable of communing with TheLifestream of the Planet.
*** Note that Yuffie Kisaragi later gains a healing Limit Break.
** Dagger/Garnet of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''. TheChick, MysteriousWaif, and meekly-RebelliousPrincess. There was also [[TheScrappy Eiko Carol]], a BrattyHalfPint.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'''s Yuna is your primary healer through the early sections of the game, as she is the only character that starts with WhiteMagic. Like Dagger, she's meek [[spoiler: ''and'' becomes a rebel, eventually]].
*** Qualifiers: one, the Sphere Grid, which a few items help you traverse in vast, screaming gallops, meaning you can make any character into anything. Two, Yuna has the summons, which potentially makes her all in all the most purely powerful character in the game offensively. Three, healing items are powerful and in some cases ''plentiful,'' so anybody can become a healer for one turn. Four, Rikku had access to even better items of all kinds including healing. Give any character her Use ability and an item with the Alchemy property and you have an ad hoc healer; an item with Alchemy and Auto-Phoenix combined with 99 Phoenix Downs (which you can ''buy'') on ''any'' charater gives them the ability to bring you back from anything short of a one-hit TotalPartyKill ''without even using a turn.'' Long story short, with a little work, Yuna can be your DPS and a character of your choice, likely Rikku, the healer.
** In addition to the White Mage, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' has Scholars, Dancers, [[MagicKnight Red Mages and Blue Mages,]] and [[TheBeastmaster Summoners]]. A White Mage subjob is normally required for these jobs, but Dancer is an exception. The healer priority gets changed at the higher levels, where [[StopHavingFunGuys the TP-burn mentality]] is in full swing, as Red Mages suddenly get the top spot due not to having a stronger healing ability, but because they can CastFromHitPoints and be more efficient healers... which results in a "Red Mage or bust" train of thought, though less stupid parties do invite other healers when possible.
** Medic is one of the Paradigm roles in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as you might expect]] deals in restorative spells. Hope and Vanille are the best Medics, though Lightning also has Medic as a primary role (and Fang can learn the same Medic spellset as Lightning).
* Marle/Nadia of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''. Unlike Dagger and Yuna, she's a fiery chick [[AnIcePerson (though not literally)]], [[spoiler:and a straight-up RebelliousPrincess]]. She is the first character to have a healing spell, and remains the strongest healer to the end. If Marle isn't in your party, Frog or Robo have to serve. Ironically, [[TheHero Chrono]] has the power to Revive fallen friends.
** It's worth noting that Marle never acquires a single tech mass heal power, severely cutting to her utility later in the game when almost all attacks are multitargeting. Really, all the good healing available without maxing stats in the game comes from dual techs. Frog/Marle Double Cure is ok, but Slurp Kiss from Frog/Ayla is actually about equal costing in power just a fraction of Double Cure, and Frog/Ayla is a better pair offensively. Once Aura Whirl starts to lose efficiency, Marle's utility is diminished.
*** It doesn't take TOO many Magic Tabs to make Robo's Heal Beam effective enough that you don't need to worry about using healing Dual Techs. In fact, at maxed Magic, it is powerful enough to heal for over 900 every time.
*** In the endgame, Megalixers take the stage as the primary source of healing. And since you need Ayla to get an infinite supply....
* ''VideoGame/GetInTheCarLoser'': Sam is the party's main healer due to having access to the Support abilities of equippable trinkets, most of which include healing.
* Raine Sage of ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Kratos, Zelos, and Regal all also have healing abilities, but Raine is the Medic of the lot.
** Though Raine subverts the pacifism aspect of the trope, being one of the more cold and pragmatic members of the party. Notably, the teens have to do some arm-twisting before she is willing to heal [[spoiler:Sheena]], an apparent enemy.
* Mint, from ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', does next to nothing but heal Cless.
** She even wears a nurse outfit, for crying out loud... however, she's VERY good at what she does.
* The ''VideoGame/StarOcean'' games have their own healers as well: [[VideoGame/StarOcean1 Millie]], [[VideoGame/StarOceanTheSecondStory Rena and Noel]], [[VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime Sophia]], and [[VideoGame/StarOceanTheLastHope Sarah]] respectively in numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4.
* Estelle in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' is clearly the Medic of the party, both plotwise and gameplay-wise (although arguably she's the actually the least effective healer because of the balance issues of spells with cast times). In a subversion of the SquishyWizard aspect, she's actually the character with the most defense and can choose to use a sword. Well, her melee attacks are pretty awkward like throwing toy hammers at people. Slightly subverted in that with the right skills she learns the Holy Rain spell which blasts everything on the screen in a manner more associated with ''BlackMagicianGirl'' Rita. Estelle's mystic arte is also the only one that heals plus like Mint she too has her own nurse outfit.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' evades this trope by providing almost every character with a self heal, and two characters who are both very powerful healers while being very different. Tear has powerful offensive 'holy' style magic and [=AoE=] healing with some wicked knife artes, while Natalia has most of the 'buff' spells, powerful single target heals, and a wide range of bow skills.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfHearts'' has an odd male example in Hisui Hearts, [[HotBlooded whose]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother personality]] runs very contrary to that of most of the other healers in the series.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil0'', Rebecca Chambers is the only medic in S.T.A.R.S. She's either already earned her medical doctorate, or she's still working on it. During her various zombie-overun field missions, all she can do is mix herbs together to make more effective healing items. And being the [[ShorterMeansSmarter smallest]] controllable character in any Franchise/ResidentEvil game, she's understandably the [[SquishyWizard weakest]] as well.
** In the books, as well as being the medic, she's an accomplished biochemist. Not everyone found this annoying.
** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilOutbreak'' has two medics -- Cindy Lennox, who specializes in herb hoarding and usage; and George Hamilton, who can turn herbs of various combinations into pills. When ''File #2'' came out, their abilities were diverged further, with Cindy gaining an item to let her heal partners' bleeding and George being made into a CombatMedic thanks to his new [[GameBreaker ampoule shooter]].
* Ness from ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', who is your only psychic healer for half the game. At the endgame, he has a huge capacity of [[{{Mana}} PP]], and Lifeup Omega, which refreshes your entire team at once. But by then you've also got Prince Poo, whose edge over Ness is the fact that he can revive reliably via Healing Omega, ''and'' he has Magnet to replenish what he uses up when his involvement isn't necessary. It's a toss-up, really.
** Lucas of ''VideoGame/Mother3'' is a straighter example. He's more focused on positive support and healing whereas Kumatora is more into negative support and offense.
*** Both Ness and Lucas also have the [[CombatMedic most powerful physical attacks]] in their parties (not to mention powerful - though PP inefficient - multi-target psychic attacks).
* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Medic]] from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' comes across as [[MadDoctor sadistic and weird]], which makes him fit right into the setting of the game.
-->'''Medic''': Eins, zwei, drei- ugh, I do not zhink we brought enough body bags...
** Also, in something of a subversion, ''[=TF2=]'''s Medics aren't all that squishy, either. Although they're a bit low on health (but not the lowest), they have passive health regeneration, they're the second-fastest class, and that seemingly harmless syringe gun is surprisingly useful at close ranges, provided that you have good aim. The unlockable Blutsauger[[note]][[MeaningfulName means "Blood Sucker"]] [[BilingualBonus in German.]][[/note]] leeches health from enemies each time it hits (though it reduces the regular health regeneration). As a character, [[GoodPowersBadPeople he subverts the trope too]]. He considers healing to be an unintended (but useful) side-effect of [[ForScience his real work]].
** TheEngineer of ''[=TF2=]'' can also fill a similar role, through his Dispenser buildings that replenish health and ammo.
* The Medic from ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'' subverted the SquishyWizard part of this trope. He had a powerful weapon, great speed, and self-regenerating health and was generally the best offensive class. This, combined with his ability to fling himself around the map with concussion grenades, lead to a bizarre situation where the Medic was usually off running flags, rather than actually ''healing''. Since he's the only class that can heal, though, he gets the title by default.
* ''VideoGame/DirtyBomb'':
** Aura is one of two Mercs unlocked for everybody, for free. She carries the basic Defibrillators that revive at close range, and can deploy Health Stations for fixed-location area of effect healing. She's also the fastest Merc in the game - and the weakest, with a paltry 80 HP. She's mostly viable for area defense and getting crowds back up quickly, with speed and her shotgun to flank enemies.
** For thirty thousand credits (or in the Starter Pack), one can acquire Sawbonez. He has average speed and 110 health, and submachine guns for short to mid range combat. Setting aside his defibrillators, Sawbonez can throw around Large Medpacks to quickly and completely restore teammates' health on the move and across large gaps. By far the most played medic in competitive settings, Sawbonez finds utility on defense and offense alike, keeping his teammates alive and around him.
** Sparks, for 50K Credits, gets you a medic with speed and health identical to Aura. However, Sparks is limited to Machine Pistols for her primaries - weapons that would be ''secondaries'' on any other Merc. Her Medpacks are also underwhelming, as they only regain 50 HP and restart natural health regeneration. For her trouble, Sparks uses an unlimited-ammo sniper rifle that can revive teammates from afar, and insta-kill most enemies with a headshot. In fact, a BrokenBase exists over whether or not her sniper and/or Medic abilities are under or over powered, and is a heated point of contention amongst the DB community; however, it's generally agreed upon that Sparks + another Medic make an amazing combo.
** For aggressive players, Phoenix is a good option. For 50K credits, you get a Merc 10HP weaker and slightly faster than Sawbonez, with a Healing Pulse that acts as a Sawbonez medpack to everyone it hits. Phoenix can also defibrillate to revive and has a self-revive ability, allowing him to pick himself back up onto his feet.
--> '''Phoenix:''' ''[On self-revive]'' "Again, I am my own savior!"
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' has the "Pilot" class. The CIS and Empire variants are ridiculously overpowered, with large supplies of health and ammo kits, the ability to build turrets, and frickin' grenade launchers.
** There are also Engineers for the non space battle maps. They can also drop health/ammo kits, and repair turrets or other broken machines, and have an obscenely powerful shotgun.
* Many RealTimeStrategy games feature medics, such as the Terran Medic from ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' and the Monk/Priest from the ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires'' series.
** ''VideoGame/WorldInConflict'' however has no dedicated medic unit. Instead, one of the squad members in the basic Infantry unit is a medic, able to heal his teammates and infantry of other squads.
** ''VideoGame/AgeOfMythology'' makes healing a matter of the gods. Only the Egyptians get healing by default from their priests and pharaoh, the other factions rely on myth units, god powers or god-related upgrades for healing. Depending on what minor gods you choose you might not get any means of healing your units at all.
** ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' retired the medic unit except in the single-player campaign, replacing it with the Medivac dropship, which can fly troops to the battlefield and then heal them from the air. This was done because medics, being on foot, couldn't keep up with jetpack-wielding reapers, limiting their effectiveness.
** Medics appear in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquer'', but oddly for only one side. The Allies in ''RedAlert'' get one, while the Soviets do not; GDI in ''Tiberian Sun'' get one, Nod does not.
** ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has plenty.
*** The Humans have the Priest unit, with a Heal spell, and the Paladin hero, whose Holy Light can heal non-undead or [[ReviveKillsZombie damage undead]].
*** Orcs have Troll Witch Doctors, which can't directly heal, but can drop Healing Wards, and Shadow Hunters, which have Chain Heal.
*** Undead get Obsidian Statues, which restore health and mana passively. Death Knights can heal undead units (or damage non-undead) with Death Coil.
*** Night Elves have Druids of the Claw with Rejuvenation, a heal-over-time, and the Keeper of the Grove, with the area-effect heal Tranquility.
** Since all the units in ''VideoGame/TotalAnnihilation'' are giant robots, any mobile unit with a Nanolathe (construction units and the Commander) can be the Medic .
* The ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' series has... a few. Water adepts make natural healers. While technically, with the right djinn, anyone can heal (in fact, when you first meet Mia, [[TheHero Isaac]] has more powerful heals), but Mia is the best choice for primary healer. In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun: The Lost Age'', Piers, an arrogant, ReallySevenHundredYearsOld {{Bishounen}}, is the only good healer (until you meet up with the group from the original game, which includes Mia).
** In total, there are 5 medics if you stick to base classes (i.e. all Djinn of the default element. Felix and Issac (weaker healing psyenergy with Revive ability), Piers (Stronger healing psyenergy but no revive ability), Mia (Same psyenergy as Piers as well as some weaker ones that affect the whole party), and Jenna (Slightly weaker versions of Mia's, and no single-character spells.) Ivan, Sheba and Garet all get party-healing psynergy with the right djinn combinations though.
*** Mia is always the best healer though. With the right combination of equipment, she can restore over 800 hp to each party member every turn.
** ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'' has six assuming everyone is kept in their base classes. [[TheHero Matthew]], like his father(Issac) and uncle(Felix) starts as a strong single-target healer but later only has the Revive spell going for him. Fellow Venus Adept [[ShrineMaiden Himi]] is more utilitarian due to her much higher psynergy pool and not needing any set Djinn to use Revive. [[TheLancer Karis]]' unique Fresh Breeze spells are the weakest of all healing spells, but being multi-target and not requiring any set Djinn makes them extremely practical. [[BareFistedMonk Sveta]] has access to a unique line of single-target healing spells that are twice as strong as Matthew or Himi's as well as status-restoration. [[ChildMage Rief]] has the strongest single-target healing spells, the strongest multi-target healing spells, and status-restoration. He tends to be put on the sidelines for being less practical than Karis early on, but like his mother(Mia) certain equipment setups allow for 800 hp to be restored to the entire party in a single casting. [[TheRedMage Amiti]] is largely identical to Piers.
* While several people know heal spells in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Original Generation'', the best one is Russel Bagman, who learns both healing spells, and is one of the best support players in the game. A Repair module can be equipped on any mech to make it a medic.
** In other SRW titles, the party gets dedicated heal/resupply units, like [[Anime/MazingerZ Aphrodite A, Boss Borot]], or the [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Methuss]].
* Princess Peach in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''. The only alternative is Mallow, but he's more of a Red than a White.
* In the games, some Franchise/{{Pokemon}} learn moves to heal other members on the party, like Heal Bell and Arometherapy, which heal the StatusEffects. Others like the Chansey line and Miltank have the moves Softboiled and Milk Drink to heal others outside battle.
** Generation 5 gave us our first true Pokémon that would count as the Medic, Alomomola. Two of its Abilities can heal itself while the third heals its teammates of status conditions like Sleep and Paralysis. Its moves include Heal Pulse, Protect, Wish, Safeguard, Helping Hand, Wide Guard, Healing Wish, Pain Split, and Endure. Even if you know nothing about Pokémon, this should give an idea of how Alomomola works.
** There is also Audino, which play a similar role but on land instead. They also function as a PinataEnemy.
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' never needed a medic in-series, but once it got a licensed [=PlayStation=] game, [[GodCreatedCanonForeigner Ikumi Mia was commissioned]] to design one. The result was Akaii Ringo, a cutesy young [[LittleBitBeastly penguin-girl]] whose powers come from the [[MacGuffin Mew Aqua]] instead of having [[TheChosenOne special adaptable DNA]]. She uses apple-shaped maracas and, like the team's [[GenkiGirl hyper kid]] [[ChineseGirl Bu-ling]], calls everyone "big sister". All in all, not the TeamMom.
* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** ''VideoGame/Persona3'': While several SEES's Persona-users know healing spells, Yukari Takeba often ends up as the designated Medic whenever she's in the party, as she's the only character who learns both party-wide healing spells and revival spells. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] her role in some incidental dialog towards the beginning of the game.
** ''VideoGame/Persona4'': Yukiko Amagi tends to serve as the team medic whenever she's not scorching the enemy with powerful fire magic, thanks to having the best healing spell in the game (Salvation, which fully heals all party members and removes status effects). Teddie's healing spells aren't ''quite'' as powerful, but he also makes for an excellent medic in a pinch.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Morgana is the best medic on your team, since he learns nearly every healing spell in the game, with Makoto Niijima also being a good team medic in a pinch.
* In ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'', Fall-from-Grace is the ''only'' healer you can get in your team, making her quite useful. Her healing magic is even glowy. On the other hand, she is all but useless as a fighter and doesn't have many offensive spells.
* The playerbase of ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' is divided on this issue. New players who import mindsets from other games assume that the Empathy powerset, which focuses on restoring HP, is an absolute must for team success, and they insist that Defenders -- who can choose it as a primary powerset -- should always have it. Those more familiar with the game understand that the Defender Archetype is not your typical Healer Class. Its purpose is loosely, "keep allies from dying," and all its myriad possible abilities work toward this in some fashion. Yes, this includes making enemies dea- er, [[NonLethalKO "arrested"]] if need be, but more often involves {{Status Buff}}s and [[StatusInflictionAttack debuffs]]. These proactive options are generally more effective than Empathy, so the more experienced players tend to look down on the ignorant Empathy-demanders.
** As Empathy is exclusive to the hero side of the game, villain players are very used to playing without a dedicated healer on their teams and look even more down on hero players who will not do anything without an Empathy healer standing by.
*** And the drama only got worse when the developers recently gave Pain Domination, an "evil" healing set, to the villain players.
** It should be noted that the Controller Archetype on the hero side can choose Empathy as a secondary powerset, and thus serve as the "literal" Medic of a team despite being [[AnAdventurerIsYou the "Mezzer" class]]. But furthermore, ''anyone'' -- including villains -- can pick the small Medicine pool of abilities as a tertiary set of powers.
** The real issue is when players who are used to serving as this trope in other [=MMOs=] come here and think that turning 'Healing Aura' on automatic and following the tank- that's it- is contributing to a team. Also that, especially in higher levels, healing ''very'' much pales in comparison to [[StatusBuff Status Buffs]]: stacked buffs [[GameBreaker make characters godlike]]. ''Working as intended''. We don't need your puny heals here.
*** Or more generally, the issue is that avoiding the need for a "balanced party" seems to have been an early design goal. Party competence isn't so much about organizing a group of people to fill preassigned roles as being able to figure out what the people with you are going to be doing and find a way to support them in it. This can make pickup groups either infuriating or interesting. Or both.
* Charlotte from ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' is the only character to possess healing magic for every single class of hers, and remains by far the best at it throughout the entire game. Her dark-aligned classes can also do decent damage with summons, while her light-aligned classes focus more on party buffs. Strangely enough, the only two other characters to learn healing magic, Duran and Kevin, are otherwise devoted physical powerhouses.
* The Medic unit in ''VideoGame/{{StarCraft|I}}: Brood War''. Which revitalised infantry, since a bunch of medics made them much less squishy.
* Subverted in ''VideoGame/MSSagaANewDawn''. Most of the characters are competent healers. However, Flitz, the machanic, happens to be a [[TheScrappy loudmouth, insensitive jerk]] with bad fashion sense and an annoying voice. He also tends to be really, really good at shooting stuff, depending on the particular mech setup he's given. Also, although [[TheHero Tristan]] is generally used as the tank, he gets the best healing spell in the entire game, which may or may not turn him into the Medic at the end game. The character who the player would be most likely to assume to be the Medic and WhiteMagicianGirl, personality-wise, instead is used as a buffer/de-buffer, and has powerful ranged attacks as well.
** Aeon is also very good at healing, [[spoiler:but since she can't be used for a good amount of time from the middle to the final dungeon, [[NintendoHard it only makes a game even harder.]]]]
* ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' has a Medic Class, whose abilities are primarily steeped in healing. The Protector class can also use low-level healing spells if sufficiently levelled up.
** In the third installment, healing is mostly divided between the Princess/Prince class (who wields a number of HP and MP-restoring effects in addition to party buffs) and the Monk class (who has scads of instant heals and status-curing moves, in addition to some fairly impressive martial arts skills).
* Any {{Roguelike}} inverts this by requiring all classes to become proficient at healing. [[EverythingTryingToKillYou You won't last long otherwise]]. In ADOM, choosing to play ''as'' a healer merely determines your class powers and starting skillset. They also gain double HP regeneration,making them effective melee fighters. A trollish healer born under the sign of the Candle is a Wolverine-class HealingFactor-equipped club-wielding melee fighter,and thus enormous fun.
* Alex Nolan from ''VideoGame/GhostRecon Advanced Warfighter 2''. As the medic, he can fully heal squad members (whereas you or your sqaudmates can only restore a downed squadmate's condition back to red), and is the only person that can heal the player. However, he is only armed with a P90 sub-machine gun, and it thus unsuited for medium to long range engagements.
* Cream the Rabbit serves this role in ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles: The Dark Brotherhood'', and ''how''. She is incredibly good at restoring the entire party's PP (as well as hers, and in her second and third levels of this ability, can restore ''more than it costs''. ), can make the opposing party miss a lot more, she's the only character who can revive others, and she can heal on the off chance that your entire party isn't doing good.
** By alternative, Tails has an ability that replenishes HP and PP simultaneously at deployment and for the next three rounds, and it STACKS! He also packs an armor debuff, an attribute debuff for organics and machines alike, a defense buff for one person, and a buff that grants the target an extra action, AND he acts twice compared to Cream's once. He's more of a Green than a White, though, but it's a good idea to have both for when the team needs to split up. Oh, did we mention Cream's optional and [[PermanentlyMissableContent missable]]?
* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' averts most of this by having the medics (read: people with Force powers) also being the best melee combatants in the party. Except for [[DeadpanSnarker Jolee]], who might count as a straight example.
* ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' features the main character's Bright Shield Rune. The primary purpose of the rune is to heal and protect, and it does a better job of it than any other rune in the game, making the main character the ''de facto'' healer for the game. Which is a shame, because he eventually becomes extremely powerful. The opposite the Bright Shield Rune, the Black Sword Rune, is focused entirely on dealing damage, and does that better than any other rune in the game. Sadly, [[spoiler: you don't control it for 95% of the game.]]
* In the ''VideoGame/MightAndMagic'' series, your team would be pretty doomed without at least a capable healer (by capable, meaning at least a Paladin, Monks took too much to start first-aid duty.), but, most of the time, you could easily find yourself overwhelmed without a secondary capable healer (Cleric with Druid or Paladin makes a very survivable party). Of course, a good alchemist could take the role to an extent, making healing contraptions, but the relative rarity of ingredients made him more of an emergency last resort (since some potions healed more than any healing spell and any character could use it on any other). However, by the end-game of some installments, the SquishyWizard far surpassed the medic in healing skills as long as he had enough victims in the screen for Soul Drinker, a top-tier Dark Magic spell.
** Interestingly, in the ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' (sorta) spin-off, the medic-type hero had a kind of more extreme role. Instead of healing single units (which was largely useless in the scale) his role was bringing them back from the dead em-masse. The heroes of TheUndead were the heroes most likely to become ''The Medic'' because of the fact that the spell to revive undead was much more accessible than the living counter-part, though both relied on Earth Magic.
*** Also, in a pinch Raise Undead even works on living units, making it possible to use them as a buffer (since they'd be lost by the end of the battle when resurrected that way).
*** Archangels qualify as a unit variation, being able to resurrect allies once per battle. First Aid tents with the appropriate skill can do so aswell, but they heal for meager amounts.
* ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' has the unnamed Medic from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', who is later revealed to be [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals a set of triplets who are all serving as medics]] in the militia.
** In a broader gameplay sense, there's the Engineers, who carry enhanced healing items, tank repair tools, and a couple of ways to help protect their comrades.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'' has Cinnamon, whose [[ActionCommand Action Trigger]] healed the whole party by an amount largely determined by your ability to spin the second analog stick in a circle. She also had an exclusive Sub Weapon, Energy Field, which increased the amount of [[ManaMeter weapon energy]] all characters gained on their next turn (characters regenerate weapon energy each turn in ''Command Mission''). Being a Sub Weapon, it could be used on the same turn as an attack or (if you had enough WE) the healing move. With a relatively easily obtained set of equipment, she could alternate between the two each turn.
* The Magician->Cleric->Priest->Bishop Job branch in ''VideoGame/MapleStory''. No party in its right mind faces ''any'' boss without at least one unless they're way over the required level. To elaborate: The Cleric can heal, the Priest can give a huge stat boost, '''boost Exp gains''', ''and'' make a two way door to the nearest town to restock, and the Bishop gets the single most powerful attack spell in the game.
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' [[spoiler: Ms. Mowz]] has an ability called Smootch. When done correctly, Mario can heal up to 10 HP.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Overlord}}'' series has the Blues. They are the most fragile of the Minions and are rather useless in battle. They make up for it by being able to revive dead Minions and by being able to swim. And in the sequel they can clean up the magical ooze that hurts you and mutates your other minions into enemies.
* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s Eirin Yagokoro is Gensokyo's resident doctor (technically a pharmacist). Fanon (and, at times, canon) sometimes skews this into MadDoctor territory.
* Any mage in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' can learn healing spells, but the Spirit Healer specialization is all about healing. In particular, ''Origins'' had Wynne as your designated party healer, while Anders fulfilled the role in ''Awakening'' and ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII''. With {{Skill Point Reset}}s in ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening Awakening]]'', you could retrain [[DarkMagicalGirl Velanna]] and the mage PC into a Spirit Healer; ''[=DA2=]'' disallowed that, and the only mages who could specialize in Spirit Healer were Mage!Hawke and Anders (Bethany only has basic healing spells and [[BloodMagic Merrill]] has no healing spells ''at all'').
* The Killmaster from ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'', who uses [[ThePowerOfRock healing bass chords]] to keep your friends fighting fit. And he's Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. Yes, [[RuleOfCool it's awesome.]]
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife1'' has scientists that can follow Gordon around and give him injections of some sort of healing... ''stuff'', while ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' has resistance fighters who wear special uniforms identifying them as medics and have the ability to pull medkits [[HammerSpace out of thin air]].
* ''VideoGame/AlienSwarm'' has the Medic class. The medics here are more like {{Combat Medic}}s since they can use almost any weapon like everyone else can and dish out as much pain. However, only Medics have access to two items that are exclusive to their class. The Healing Beacon heals all players that step into its radius while the Healgun works just like the one [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 used by a certain other Medic]] by healing others on the go. The Healgun can also be used on yourself. These items are the only things that can save teammates from being killed by the [[DemonicSpiders parasites]], making Medics an extremely valuable ally.
* ''VideoGame/{{Odium}}'' has the team medic Joan [=McFadden=], who restores 15% more HP when she uses healing items on herself or party members.
* ''VideoGame/KillingFloor'' has the Medic perk. Like ''Battlefield'' above, the Squishy Wizard part is averted - Medics get cheaper, more resilient armor, and the perk-specific [=MP7M=] [[MoreDakka fires faster than anything else in the game]]. Along with the syringe they can also heal using a medic guns SecondaryFire, the perk also grants them healing grenades that heal team mates but also [[ReviveKillsZombie damage specimens]] as a bonus.
** Also has two characters who are mentioned to be doctors in their flavor text (although you don't have to play the Medic perk if you play them). One is a paramedic and the other is Doctor Dave, a {{Steampunk}} DeadlyDoctor.
* The ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' series ''loved'' giving this role to the characters you'd least expect to have it. In two out of five games in the series, your [[HeroesPreferSwords sword-wielding hero]] is one of the characters in this niche... and others have included a fist-fighting armadillo and a dog-girl with a BFG.
* Kaidan in ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' is the only squadmate with the Medicine section of the skill tree, and is also the most merciful/compassionate of the group.
** Averted in the multiplayer of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' - all classes can heal their allies. The best "medics" are actually the Infiltrators, who can use their InvisibilityCloak to help wounded allies with no risk to themselves. The different [[LethalJokeCharacter volus]] characters also make excellent medics thanks to their Shield Boost power, which lets them instantly recharge the shields of all nearby allies.
* ''VideoGame/LostOdyssey'''s Cooke specialises in WhiteMagic, with barely any offensive spells. However, she lacks the pacifist side of the trope entirely, being a short-tempered, BrattyHalfPint, who likes to beat up the team pervert and dreams of becoming a pirate like ActionGirl Seth. The immortals can learn white magic from Cooke/accessories, while the mortals can use them with the appropriate accessory equipped.
* In ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' and other Creator/NipponIchi titles, the Healer and Medic classes gain healing spells as they level up. Some storyline characters also naturally learn healing spells, but the games generally have a method to give any spell to any class, including reincarnation, apprentices, and item/character fusion.
* In ''VideoGame/TownOfSalem'' the Doctor heals those who are attacked at night, having one self-heal for himself and spends the rest of his time healing important roles, should they be attacked.
* Anna from ''VideoGame/ValiantHearts'' is a Belgian nurse who tends to the wounded soldiers on the battlefield.
* ''VideoGame/NosferatuTheWrathOfMalachi'': Dr. Amersfield will heal Father Aville if you bring him fast enough, and he'll heal you back to full health if you talk to him in the Sanctuary.
* The Hero and Jerin share this role in ''VideoGame/LufiaAndTheFortressOfDoom''. Both learn the best healing spells, including the full-party-full-heal Valor and the full-revive Rally. The Hero is also second in physical offense, while Jerin's more of a [[TheRedMage Red Mage]].
* Most spellcasters in ''VideoGame/LufiaTheLegendReturns'' can use healing spells or IP abilities, but Melphis specializes in playing the Medic. She's the first character who can learn the multi-target-heal Champion spells, which are quite invaluable to your party of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters up to nine members]]. Yurist and Milka also can learn Champion, but they lean more towards TheRedMage.
* Fräulein Eleonore in ''VideoGame/DieReiseInsAll'' is closest to this in the group of heroes.
* ''VideoGame/StrongholdKingdoms'' has the Captain unit's Rallying Cry, which is the only source of healing in the game.
* ''VideoGame/TelepathRPG''.
** Set in ''VideoGame/TelepathRPGServantsOfGod'' can't even attack! In exchange, he gets more capabilities than Festus or Anya did, such as the ability to place obstacles or increase max health.
** The psy healer class in ''VideoGame/TelepathTactics'', natch. Early in the campaign, Louise serves this role (by dint of being the only character with ''any'' healing ability), but she grows out of it later, and never gets anything better than the basic healing skill. Harynx properly takes the role later on; despite being a shadowling, her moveset is nearly identical to a psy healer's. You do eventually get an actual psy healer, but [[EleventhHourRanger only in the final arc]].
* ''VideoGame/ClashOfClans'' has the appropriately named Healer whose role is to be a flying medic towards any ground-based units that are injured. However, she can't heal air units. Also, she's available only in the main village; the Builder Base has no equivalent.
* The equivalent character in another Supercell game, ''VideoGame/BoomBeach'', is called the Medic. Unlike the ''Clash'' healer, he's present both in the main game mode and in the newer Warships mode. Since all units in the main mode are ground-based, he can heal all of them, including other Medics. However, he can't heal the flying units found only in Warships mode.
** ''Boom Beach'' also has Dr. Kavan, one of four hero units available in both game modes. He's a native healer, essentially a super-Medic, who not only heals nearby troops, but also temporarily reduces the damage those troops take after healing. He also has special abilities that can provide extra healing, temporary shields, or resurrection of fallen troops.
* The Medic class in ''VideoGame/{{Evolve}}''. Each medic character has some way of keeping the team alive, including deployable healing buoys, a healing drone, [[HealingShiv healing grenades]], [[DeathIsCheap a resurrection device]], or a [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] style healing gun. They avert the SquishyWizard part by having just as much health as the other classes and carrying some useful weapons.
* Saki in ''VideoGame/UncommonTime''. Though in a twist, he's actually a ''[[CastingAShadow dark mage]]'', giving him decent offensive potential as well.
* Jimmy's Happy Little Sunflower form in ''VideoGame/JimmyAndThePulsatingMass''. Its skillset is comprised mainly of healing abilities; its one offensive skill is [[LightEmUp an anti-undead light spell]].
* Sharla in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has many healing and support arts, and is referred to as medic by Otharon. Unusually for this character archetype, she wields a {{BFG}} [[HealingShiv which is what she uses to heal]].
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'', the medic role is split between two of the player’s [[AMechByAnyOtherName Ryders]]. The Liberty can heal and buff an ally’s accuracy, but it can’t remove status effects (inflicting them on enemies instead). The Bianca can’t heal, but it can remove status effects and buff an ally’s attack power, debuff an enemy’s accuracy (the one thing the Liberty can’t do), and use its [[GravityMaster gravity gun]] to shift both friendly and enemy Ryders around the battlefield. Both of them are armed, but they don’t fit the CombatMedic trope since their weapons aren’t very efficient[[note]](the Liberty’s laser has great range and accuracy, but isn’t very powerful; the Bianca’s kinetic gun is very powerful, but its accuracy is terrible at anything but point-blank range[[/note]]. Both Ryders also project DeflectorShields that will protect any adjacent friendlies from laser weapons.
** On the enemy side of things, PACT Support Ryders combine the Liberty’s ability to heal and inflict status effects with the Bianca’s ability to remove status effects, and they can also shield adjacent allies. They’re completely unarmed, but their ability to screw you over by shutting off your shields or flak right before the rest of the enemy formation opens fire on you [[ShootTheMedicFirst makes them high-priority targets]].
* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
** In the series' mythology, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedric Divines]] pantheon is heavily associated with healing. Visiting the shrines (or in some cases, the priests) of any of the [[SaintlyChurch Nine Divines]] will cure diseases and heal damaged attributes. In particular, Stendarr, the God of Mercy, Justice, and Compassion, has a strong association with Restoration magic as well as healing in general. The followers of Kynareth, the Goddess of the Air and Heavens, are also renowned for their healing abilities. The blessing from the shrine of Arkay, the God of Life and Death, serves as a minor version as it temporarily fortifies your maximum health.
** Given [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou the nature of Nirn]], Healers (practitioners of the [[WhiteMagic Restoration]] school of magic) are understandably necessary. They've served in (mostly) non-combat roles in militaries throughout Tamriellic history healing wounded soldiers. However, given that very same nature of the world, they almost always need some means of defending themselves, pushing them closer to {{Combat Medic}}s.
** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', one can find members of the Vigil of Stendarr wandering the roads of Skyrim. They are a ChurchMilitant organization dedicated to hunting down supernatural threats. They also serve as healers, and will happily cure any diseases you may have if you encounter them.
* The Support class in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is home to a host of potent healers, such as:
** [[CuteMute Sona]], the [[MagicMusic Maven of the Strings]]. While only one of her abilities directly heals (as well as giving a shield to herself and all allied champions around her) almost all of her abilities are support-oriented; the only damaging abilities in her entire kit are her [[SpamAttack Hymn of Valor]] and her [[InvoluntaryDance Crescendo.]] Those are balanced out by her incredibly low health pool and her healing spell having a low cooldown and mana cost, making her one of the most well-known medics in the roster.
** Another well-recognized support character is [[{{Unicorn}} Soraka]], the [[StarPower Starchild,]] a Champion based so purely around supporting that she [[CastFromHitPoints sacrifices her own health to heal others]], moves faster towards gravely injured enemies, and her [[ColonyDrop only offensive ability]] does laughable damage but provides her with a sizable amount of health regeneration.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' takes the usual MOBA team and adds this class as a ''requirement'', since healers are common, varied, and very good at their job. Some of them fall more into CombatMedic or RedMage, but many of them play this straight. Lt. Morales is probably the biggest example, since she has the best single-target healing-per-second but [[CripplingOverspecialization sacrifices all of her combat skills for it]].
* ''VideoGame/TreasurePlanetBattleAtProcyon'' has the Tender class of ships, which are poorly armed (except for the [[CombatMedic Procyon Tender]]) but have the ability to repair allied ships if they dock next to them for repairs.
* There are currently six healer heroes in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', although the amount and methods they use to heal vary wildly:
** [[HerrDoktor Mercy]], an angel-themed medic whose primary function is healing and powering up allies. She does have a [[MemeticMutation surprisingly strong]] pistol that she can use in sticky situations, but the character herself is a canon pacifist and tends to stick to healing. She also has the ability to resurrect downed allies, the effectiveness of which has varied wildly through the game's lifetime (it began as her ultimate, and could resurrect the whole team at once, but at writing, it is on a [[AwesomeButImpractical 30 second cooldown]] and can only bring back one person at a time).
** [[MusicalAssassin Lucio]], a DJ and revolutionary from Brazil whose music can either speed up or heal nearby allies. His ultimate provides allies with a large shield added to their health that drains quickly.
** [[FriendlySniper Ana]], a sniper whose gun harms enemies and helps allies. Her gun was developed from Mercy's technology, which displeased the doctor.
** [[ReligiousRobot Zenyatta]], a Nepalese Omnic (read: robot) monk who, through the powers of ... something, can apply a healing orb to allies or a debuff to enemies. His ultimate provides the most healing per second in the game (300 - most characters have a base health of 200).
** [[ForScience Moira]], an Irish MadScientist for whom morality is a deterrent of progress. She can heal two ways: through a healing spray that requires her to deal damage to recharge, or a healing orb on a cooldown (she can also heal herself via life-drain). In-universe, however, it's implied that she was the one who brought Reaper back from the dead in his half-living state, so it's probably not wise to accept first-aid from her.
** [[TheSquire Brigitte]], who functions more similarly to ThePaladin than a straight healer. She can heal allies or overheal by adding armor, and heals nearby allies when she attacks enemies, making her more of a CombatMedic than even Moira. Her ultimate heals 30 health per second, even overhealing as necessary.
* Aya Hinomoto of ''VideoGame/BulletGirlsPhantasia'' is the medic for the Ranger Club, doing all the medical treatments off the battlefield and having the only LimitBreak and perks that can heal both her and her partner at once. Notably, she was supposed to be part of the First Aid Club before accidentally misfiling her application ''and'' having an incredibly unhelpful supervisor, at that.
* ''VideoGame/YesYourGrace'': Many petitioners demands involve very sick or badly wounded people. For many of them, the options to help them are to give them the money for a healer or sending them the CourtMage, resulting in the game treating the CourtMage as this trope.
* ''VideoGame/TheGooniesII'': Konami Man heals you when you visit him, but if you punch him or hit him with your hammer, he won't heal you again for the rest of the game.
* In the interactive romance novel ''VideoGame/{{Moonrise}}'', Ishara offers healing at any sign of distress. If the player is injured, expect Ishara's glowing HealingHands.
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