I Am A Surgeon, Dr. Han!also known as I Am A Surgeon!refers to a scene from the ABC drama TV series The Good Doctorin which the character Dr. Shaun Murphy (played by Freddie Highmore), anautisticsurgeon and the show's protagonist, is yelling at Dr. Jackson Han (played by Daniel Dae Kim), loudly stating, "I am a surgeon!" over and over again while crying due to Dr. Han barring him from the surgeon team. The original episode was season 2, episode 17 titled "Breakdown." The scene originally became a meme on Chinesesocial media in 2021 where users called Dr. Murphy "紅眼肖恩" (in English "Red-eyed Shaun"). Then, the dramatic nature of the scene became a meme on Tik Tokin early 2023 when the emotional performance was satirized by Tik Tokers who madeanti-memesandironicfan edits with absurd Cap Cutfilters and effects, similar tobad The Walking Deadedits. Also, many anti-memes substituted "surgeon" with "sturgeon," as in, the species of fish. On Twitter, many started to caption a photo of The Good Doctor Cry
