The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. You may improve this article, discuss the issue on the talk page, or. Mad Scientist TV Tropes. And this is just how he toasts bread. But somewhere between the invention of the Gatling gun and the atomic bomb, fiction creators deconstructed him to create a new kind of villain a villain who believes that the conventional scientific community are fools Needlessly constrained by their petty morals and their self limiting logic Hes mentally unsound, which allows the storys creator to cover a weak motive with a Hand Wave. This also helps the creator of the story explain why he kept all his incriminating records and yet doesnt have a duplicate monster or at least a blueprint lying around. Secondly, hes a scientist, which in fiction means he can invent whatever strange device the plot requires. Thirdly, his insistence on weird experiments gives him artistic license to invent those devices. And lastly, a mad scientist is almost certain to violate the Scale of Scientific Sins expect An Aesop even if its a preposterous one. The Mad Scientist accumulates certain tropes effortlessly. Gadgeteer Genius and the Mad Scientist Laboratory or Most Mad Scientists are a Large Ham some employ Sesquipedalian Loquacity, while others specialize in the Evil Laugh. Other common tropes include Above Good and Evil, Absent Minded Professor, Applied Phlebotinum, Bald of Evil, Death Ray, Doomsday Device, Dr. Fakenstein, Einstein Hair, Gone Horribly Wrong, Herr Doktor or simply What the Hell Is That Accent, Humongous Mecha, The Igor, Killer Robot, Mad Scientists Beautiful Daughter, Monster of the Week, Mr. Exposition, Mr. Fixit, Morally Ambiguous Doctorate, Omnidisciplinary Scientist, Professor Guinea Pig, and Techno Babble. An increasingly common take on this trope is that Mad Science is a dangerous superpower or even a mental disorder, either hereditary in which case the afflicted may come from a long line of mad scientists, or transmissible through contagious ideas or experiences. In this case they may act as a somewhat dementedsmart guy, an extremely. Eccentric Mentor, The Professor, or Psycho Sidekick, Innocent Prodigy or Genius Ditz. These tamed mad scientists are emphatically not safer than their diabolical brethren. If an otherwise mostly sane scientist starts behaving crazily while theyre in the throes of creativity, theyre visiting The Madness Place. While the classic Mad Scientist relies on electronic or mechanical engineering, there are others who become an Evilutionary Biologist or Psycho Psychologist. If a scientist wants to concentrate on ordinary science but is being coerced into producing terrible things, hes a Reluctant Mad Scientist or even a Kidnapped Scientist. He perhaps takes the. Most of them dont get their own cards, but their creations do. Consider the visionary Ludevic, for instance, or Stitcher Geralf. The best example is probably Jin Gitaxias, leader of the blue faction, which is traditionally associated with science of all kinds. In Transformers Meta, Wheeljack reprises his traditional role as this. Appropriately, he has pulled some pretty crazy stunts, and has invented some pretty implausible things, like grenades on a sword. Amis favorite running gag is dressing up in a white lab coat, flipping a large power switch and laughing maniacally all in good fun. SO MUCH SCIENCE 9. When he stumbles upon dark magic, he still takes a very scholarly, scientific approach, dutifully recording his observations, before he starts to lose his mind. Even when he performs his dark magic experiments, according to the questionable Lemony Narrator, he still felt the need to publish the results of his evil experiments with the rest of the world as a continuation of his science loving side, and possibly his need for peer review. She pays for her misdeeds when her serum manages to mutate Trixie into an Eldritch Abomination that promptly devours her and absorbs her mind. Its very common to portray Twilight as a completely bonkers Mad Scientist in fan works, though whether or not she is good or evil varies wildly Steamquestrias Twilight embodies every single mad scientist quirk there is but is still quite nice, loving, and caring except for one time she. He kidnaps Tealove so he can forcibly change her color. His lab assistants are a pair of unicorns, Cherry Pie and Waterfire, who constantly bicker with each other. In his one scene so far, hes dissecting a Turian corpse and describing all the ways he can improve biological weapons to use against them, all with a smile on his face. While titled TESLA for some Fun with Acronyms, she does have a worrying enthusiasm for the then new discoveries of atomic science. And is entirely insane. Shining Armour has to remind her that some of her plans, innocent to begin with, dont need much to turn into devastating weapons. The Mad Scientist trope as used in popular culture. The Science Hero was once a staple of adventure fiction, overcoming the Evil Sorcerer and awing the. Cockroach in Monsters vs. Despite what he did to himself, and his lack of mental stability, he is a fairly amicable guy, and is actually one of the good guys. Hilarious House Of Frightenstein Complete Series' title='Hilarious House Of Frightenstein Complete Series' />Jumba Jookiba from Lilo Stitch although he prefers to be called an. Actually, his trial is what got the movie going. Finklestein from The Nightmare Before Christmas. But when his hero told him to back off, he spent more than a decade plotting against all the heroes in hiding and killing them off one by one. His ultimate goal is to sell his inventions for profit to make superheroes obsolete, after hell grow bored of being a. His hair wasnt the only thing about him that was loco. Bonus points for having Doc Brown to provide the voice. Subverted with the science teacher, who just has a very poor way of explaining himself. In a subversion, Schadenfreude is actually a fraud no pun intended. He doesnt have the brains to be an actual Mad Scientist, so he instead uses his Femme Fatale girlfriend to steal other scientists inventions and claim them as his own. The titular character wants to be a Mad Scientist himself, but Igors are forbidden from doing anything on their own lest they be. So far, his successes include keeping a functional Brain in a Jar who cant spell. ITS ALIVE Rotwang, in turn, draws on the Mad Scientist depictions of Frankenstein in nineteenth century stage melodrama. Its worth pointing out that Rotwang from Metropolis is not only the earlier Trope Maker, but was himself largely inspired by the popularity of the wild haired, heavily accented Einstein and other. They helped inspire the image of the Reluctant Mad Scientist who is obsessed with his research and doesnt really expect it to be misused. Gangrene qualifies, what with his diabolical plans to conquer the world with giant killer tomatoes, tomatoes turned into people, people turned into tomatoes, etc., etc. Dont call him mad, though. HE IS NOT MAD. A little angry sometimes, but not mad Brown, who is a bit more cuddly than your average Mad Scientist. Then again, this is the man who stole weapons grade plutonium from Libyan terrorists and promised to build them a nuke he lied. Brown They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn gave them a shoddy bomb casing full of used pinball machine parts Caligari Dr. Caligari is a little bit of this and a little bit of Circus of Fear. Matthew Logan, nicknamed. He is so obsessed with his work he fails to consider how the soldiers will react to him cutting up their deceased comrades for his experiments. His second most impressive creation after Edward is a giant cookie making machine. And he creates Edward with the expressed desire to see if its possible to make an artificial being with human love. And then amuses both of them with silly poetry later. Bernardo, a mad sex analyst whose experiments include measuring premature ejaculation on a hippopotamus and building a 4. Daisuke Serizawa who invented the Oxygen Destroyer that ultimately kills Godzilla. Though, he isnt evil he is more of a Reluctant Mad Scientist. Shiragam from Godzilla vs. Frankenstein in popular culture Wikipedia. Mary Shelleys 1. Frankenstein, and the famous character of Frankensteins monster, have influenced popular culture for at least a century. The work has inspired numerous films, television programs, video games and derivative works. The character of the monster remains one of the most recognized icons in horror fiction. Searle Dawley, with Augustus Phillips as Frankenstein, Mary Fuerte as Elizabeth, and Charles Ogle as the Monster. The brief 1. 6 min. Frankenstein chemically create his creature in a vat. The monster haunts the scientist until Frankensteins wedding night, when true love causes the creature to vanish. For many years, this film was believed lost. A collector announced in 1. The Edison version was followed soon after by another adaptation entitled Life Without Soul 1. Joseph W. Smiley, starring William A. Cohill as Dr. William Frawley, a modern day Frankenstein who creates a soulless man, played to much critical praise by Percy Standing, who wore little make up in the role. The film was shot at various locations around the United States, and reputedly featured much spectacle. In the end, it turns out that a young man has dreamed the events of the film after falling asleep reading Mary Shelleys novel. This film is now considered a lost film. There was also at least one European film version, the Italian Il Mostro di Frankenstein. The films producer Luciano Albertini essayed the role of Frankenstein, with the creature being played by Umberto Guarracino, and Eugenio Testa directing from a screenplay by Giovanni Drivetti. The film is also now considered a lost film. Universal Pictures. The film has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Its sequel, The Bride of Frankenstein 1. Whale with Karloff as the monster. It was followed by Son of Frankenstein 1. Boris Karloff as the monster. The Ghost of Frankenstein 1. Universal series descent into B movie territory later efforts by the studio combined two or more monsters, culminating in the comedy Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. The later Universal films in which The Monster appears and the actors who played him are The Ghost of Frankenstein 1. Lon Chaney, Jr. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1. B. The best moments in my mind of Frankenstein, of the novel, are yet to be filmed. The only guy that has ever nailed for me the emptiness, not the tragic, not the Miltonian dimension of the monster, but the emptiness is Christopher Lee in the Hammer films, where he really looks like something obscenely alive. Boris Karloff has the tragedy element nailed down but there are so many versions, including that great screenplay by Frank Darabont that was ultimately not really filmed. The film will also focus on the religious aspects of Shelleys tale. In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, Jones stated that he learned of the news the same day as everybody else that. But in his mind, if thats what hes decided, then its done. It would be a dream come true. Variety reported that Academy Award winner Javier Bardem was in negotiations to star as the Frankenstein Monster. Frankenstein usually played by Peter Cushing rather than his monster. Peter Cushing played Dr. Frankenstein in all of the films except for Horror of Frankenstein, in which the character was played by Ralph Bates. Cushing also played a creation in Revenge of Frankenstein. David Prowse played two different Monsters. The Hammer films are a series in the loosest sense, since there is only tenuous continuity between the films after the first two which are carefully connected. Starting with The Evil of Frankenstein, the films are standalone stories with occasional vague references to previous films, much the way the James Bond films form a series. In some of the films, the Baron is a kindly, even heroic figure, while in others he is ruthless and cruel and clearly the villain of the piece. The Hammer Films series and the actor playing The Creature consisted of The Curse of Frankenstein 1. Christopher LeeThe Revenge of Frankenstein 1. Creatures Michael Gwynn and Peter CushingThe Evil of Frankenstein 1. Kiwi KingstonFrankenstein Created Woman 1. Susan DenbergFrankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1. Freddie JonesThe Horror of Frankenstein 1. David ProwseFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell 1. David ProwseIn 1. Hammer shot a half hour pilot episode for a TV series to be called Tales of Frankenstein, in association with Columbia Pictures. Slow West Full Movie. Anton Diffring played the Baron, and Don Megowan his creation. Curt Siodmak directed. The series was scrapped, largely because of the two companiess disagreement over what the basic thrust of the series would be. Hammer wanted to do a series about Baron Frankenstein involved in various misadventures, while Columbia wanted a series of science fiction stories loosely based around the idea of science gone wrong. Though unshown at the time of its production, the episode is available on DVD from several sources. Other films. Throughout the Universal series, he evolves from the latter to the former. Three films have depicted the genesis of the Frankenstein story in 1. Gothic directed by Ken Russell 1. Haunted Summer directed by Ivan Passer 1. Remando al viento English title Rowing with the Wind directed by Gonzalo Su. The opening scene of Bride of Frankenstein also dealt with this event. In a desperate and vain attempt to be viewed as a great scientist, an unscrupulous professor creates a monster out of parts of teenagers killed in a car crash, then later directs his creation to kill a good looking teenager to replace the monsters disfigured face. Whit Bissell stars as Prof. Frankenstein, and Gary Conway plays the creature. A follow up, How to Make a Monster, was released in July 1. This film features actor Gary Conway as an actor playing the Teenage Frankenstein in a film. Another differing adaptation is the 1. Frankenstein 1. 97. Boris Karloff stars as Dr. Frankenstein, who harvests the bodies of actors to create a clone of himself using his nuclear powered laboratory. His intention is to have this clone carry on his genes into future generations. This year also brought the bizarre Frankensteins Daughter, in which modern descendant of Frankenstein Donald Murphy experiments with a JekyllHyde type of serum before stitching together a grotesque female creature. John Ashley and Sandra Knight co starred. Frankenstein, el Vampiro y Cia. The films prologue is set in World War II the monsters heart is stolen by Nazis from the laboratory of Dr. Reisendorf in war torn Frankfurt, and taken to Imperial Japan. Immortal, the heart survives the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and regenerates a new body, which feeds on protein, eventually growing into a giant humanoid monster that breaks loose and battles the subterranean monster Baragon that was destroying villages and devouring people and animals. There is also a sequel to this film see below. Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster. Martians come to Earth to steal our women, with the goal of repopulating their planet. When they cause a NASA space craft to crash, the humanoid robot pilot Captain Frank Saunders becomes horribly disfigured. Becoming a. Director William Beaudines Sci FiWestern contribution has what would actually be Frankensteins granddaughter, Maria Frankenstein, cobbling a monster out of Jesse James John Lupton brawny partner in crime, Hank Tracy Cal Bolder, after an ambush by the law. Frankenstein renames her creation Igor. Narda Onyx plays Maria Frankenstein. War of the Gargantuas Furankenshutain no Kaij. The two monsters eventually battle each other in Tokyo. Frankenstein by Al Adamson is an extremely low budget horror thriller, starring aged film stars J. Carroll Naish and Lon Chaney Jr. In the film, Count Dracula Zandor Vorkov has the last living descendant of Frankenstein Naish revive his famous ancestors creation played by John Bloom. The Italian La Figlia di Frankenstein.