Mad Scientists

They're scientists, they're somewhat scatterbrained, their practice is strange, and they are frequently working for the bad guys, building implausible gadgetry, or slightly ridiculous superweapons. They tend to wear lab coats, have either wild hair or total baldness, and some speak with fake Central European accents. Sometimes they will engage in Speaking in long, complicated words and sentences.

Mad Scientists tend to have vast stockpiles of substances available. They do a lot of hand-waving and cackling as they construct or summon the Monster of the Week or repair the villain's Humongous Mecha, which is usually only dimly visible in a gigantic foggy cloud of expository Techno Babble. When confronted about their amorality, expect them to shout that the true value of their work is strictly "For Science".

When the specifics of the mad scientist's theories are delved into, they often become Theory Before Phenomenon, unless the scientist has been driven mad by some piece of evidence he saw and wants to prove was real. The Mad Scientist traditionally has a beautiful daughter for the hero to fall in love with.

An increasingly common take on this trope is that Mad Science is are not quiet all there and might need some help.

Some are just odd and Quiet harmless, even good guys and can actually be quiet helpful.

Some are Not only NICE people but are also 100% mentally well and lucid.

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Love the article-it shows that at time any one so into science might be considered slightly as a mad scientist

My favorite is the scientist from THE MONSTER MASH.

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