Tropescilloscope: Mad Scientist

Character who exploits science for fun, profit and possibly evil. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Villain Song Batman Gambit Gold Digger Deal with the Devil Missing Mom Break the Cutie Meet Cute The Film of the Book Dirty Cop Kill It with Fire Jerkass Has a Point Spiteful Spit Canon Foreigner The Sociopath Non-Indicative Name Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Rasputinian Death Poor Communication Kills Fanservice Stealth Hi/Bye Aside Glance He Who Fights Monsters Jump Scare Slashed Throat Psychological Thriller Character Development Half the Man He Used to Be Taking You with Me Crucified Hero Shot More Dakka Brick Joke Say My Name Belligerent Sexual Tension Interrupted Suicide Impaled with Extreme Prejudice The Ghost Take a Third Option Body Horror Red Right Hand Rape as Drama Country Matters Anachronic Order Damsel in Distress Genre Savvy Large Ham Silent Movie The Alleged Car Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Badass Longcoat The Remake Dumb Blonde Costume Porn Closed Circle Big Fancy House Annoying Younger Sibling She's Got Legs Framing Device Film Noir Index I Have Your Wife The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite Skewed Priorities Knight Templar Motor Mouth Pretty Little Headshots Beauty Is Never Tarnished Curb-Stomp Battle Heterosexual Life-Partners Well-Intentioned Extremist Hidden Depths Fan Disservice Offscreen Moment of Awesome Not Quite Dead Biopic Not Even Bothering with the Accent Call-Back Your Head A-Splode Bloodless Carnage The Ditz Spanner in the Works Celebrity Paradox Death by Sex Maybe Ever After Fantasy Films Heel–Face Turn He Knows Too Much Chewing the Scenery Retired Badass Femme Fatale Toplessness from the Back Due to the Dead Heroic Sacrifice True Companions An Aesop Sci-Fi Horror Black Comedy Daylight Horror The Lancer Dutch Angle Grievous Bottley Harm Instant Death Bullet Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Rewatch Bonus Card-Carrying Villain Gory Discretion Shot Danny Peary Cult Movies List Darkest Hour The Smart Guy Male Gaze Star-Crossed Lovers Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas All Just a Dream Better to Die than Be Killed Mr. Exposition Only a Flesh Wound Anti-Hero Honor Before Reason Adaptational Villainy Agony of the Feet The Smurfette Principle Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Those Two Bad Guys The Atoner Distracted by the Sexy Room Full of Crazy In Name Only Nice Hat Dark Is Not Evil Guns Akimbo Documentary You Have Failed Me "The Reason You Suck" Speech Hell Is That Noise Final Girl Cool Old Guy Gone Horribly Right Badass Bookworm Evil-Detecting Dog As the Good Book Says... Developing Doomed Characters Redshirt Army Lampshade Hanging Back from the Dead The Starscream For Want of a Nail Evil Plan Artistic License – Biology Mama Bear I'm a Humanitarian Pimped-Out Dress Unreliable Narrator Never Found the Body Eagleland Only One Name Shut Up, Hannibal! 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Face–Heel Turn Alpha Bitch Loads and Loads of Characters Training Montage The Stoic Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds Suspiciously Specific Denial Light Is Not Good Attempted Rape Re-Cut Psychopathic Manchild Bound and Gagged May–December Romance Amoral Attorney Sinister Minister Made of Iron Adaptation Distillation Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Victoria's Secret Compartment Defrosting Ice Queen Shower Scene Anguished Declaration of Love I Did What I Had to Do Fish out of Water Extremely Short Timespan One-Man Army Manly Tears Brother–Sister Incest The Load Bloodier and Gorier Not So Different Killed Mid-Sentence Even Evil Has Standards Get Out! The Bad Guy Wins Demonic Possession Greater-Scope Villain Cool Shades Driven to Suicide Villain Opening Scene Straight Gay Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Sole Survivor The Quiet One Christmas Movies Index Camp Gay Reality Is Unrealistic Riddle for the Ages Recycled IN SPACE! Off with His Head! 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Or Is It? Mood Whiplash Shipper on Deck Very Loosely Based on a True Story Heroes Want Redheads For the Evulz Deliberate Values Dissonance Gender Flip Apocalypse How Ship Tease The Musical The '90s Villain Ball Took a Level in Badass Action Genre Cain and Abel Those Wacky Nazis The Brute Blackmail Sealed Evil in a Can Needs Wiki Magic Love Coming-of-Age Story Artistic License – Gun Safety Black Dude Dies First Cowboy Cop No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Sequel Escalation Catapult Nightmare Artistic License – History Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Not Using the "Z" Word Madness Mantra Funny Background Event Self-Deprecation Artistic License – Law Ghost Fiction Not So Above It All Unresolved Sexual Tension Sacrificial Lion Ax-Crazy Epic Movie Mythology Gag Early-Bird Cameo Military and Warfare Films "Where Are They Now?" 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Is Serious Business Neck Snap Cool Guns Captain Obvious Green-Eyed Monster Setting Update Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Manchild Not What It Looks Like Wham Shot Extreme Doormat Hong Kong Films Have a Gay Old Time Mr. Fanservice Pre-Mortem One-Liner Continuity Nod Creepy Child The Stoner Artistic License – Physics Really Gets Around Arc Words Super Strength Karmic Death Adapted Out Covers Always Lie World of Ham Anachronism Stew The Stinger Face Death with Dignity Manic Pixie Dream Girl Wicked Cultured Ascended Extra Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Monumental Damage Cloudcuckoolander Bald of Evil Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Ambiguous Disorder Breaking the Fourth Wall Pragmatic Villainy Only Sane Man Karma Houdini Precision F-Strike Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Oh, Crap! Took a Level in Jerkass A Date with Rosie Palms Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Pet the Dog Badass in a Nice Suit Those Two Guys Butt-Monkey Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Dressing as the Enemy Humiliation Conga Drowning My Sorrows folderlabel Posthumous Character Five-Man Band Bittersweet Ending Yandere NO INDOOR VOICE Here We Go Again! The Lost Lenore Alas, Poor Villain Stealth Pun Plot Hole Serious Business Australian Movies Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Canadian Movies Moment Killer Arch-Enemy Tempting Fate Even Evil Has Loved Ones Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Fat Bastard Blatant Lies Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Be Careful What You Wish For In Medias Res Gainax Ending Didn't Think This Through Horror Comedy Trailers Always Spoil Informed Ability What You Are in the Dark Kick the Dog Department of Redundancy Department Disney Villain Death Fire-Forged Friends Logo Joke Hair-Trigger Temper Big Eater Antagonist Title Hero Antagonist Lighter and Softer Catch-Phrase Love Triangle Chekhov's Gun Tagline Berserk Button Freudian Excuse Kids Are Cruel Thriller Determinator aka: The Determinator Word of God Intergenerational Friendship Big Bad Adorkable Up to Eleven Anti-Villain Artistic License – Military Laser-Guided Karma Spiritual Successor Suddenly SHOUTING! Fake Shemp Cruel and Unusual Death Abusive Parents Romantic False Lead Fantastic Racism Product Placement