- "Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond?"
- ―Henry Frankenstein[src]
A mad scientist is a scientist whose theories and ambitions go beyond the accepted norms of conventional thinking. Invariably, such an individual belies an obsessiveness that not only endangers his or her own physical and mental health, but those of others as well. With a mad scientist, only the work is a priority in life. Everything else is secondary. A mad scientist is not above violating the laws of society as well as certain accepted ethical codes in order to achieve his means. This could range from everything such as creating a screw-top skullcap to robbing dead bodies from cemeteries in order to stitch together a lumbering monster with bolts in his neck. Then of course, there's that squirrely little guy from Miskatonic University who used his patented Re-agent to reanimate the dead. Yeah... he was a nutso.
Characters[]
| Character | Film/Series |
|---|---|
| Arnim Zola | Marvel Cinematic Universe |
| Charles Frankenstein | Bride, The |
| Curt Connors | Amazing Spider-Man |
| Cockroach, Doctor | Monsters vs. Aliens |
| Doctor Durae | Dracula vs. Frankenstein |
| Emmett Brown | Back to the Future |
| Frank-n-Furter | The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Frederick Frankenstein | Young Frankenstein |
| Gustav Niemann | House of Frankenstein |
| Hector Hammond | Green Lantern |
| Heiter, Doctor | Human Centipede, The |
| Henry Frankenstein | Frankenstein (1931)/Bride of Frankenstein, The |
| Henry Jekyll | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Herbert West | Re-Animator |
| Jack Griffin | Invisible Man, The |
| Ludwig Frankenstein | Ghost of Frankenstein, The |
| Malavaqua | Transylvaania 6-5000 |
| Michael Hfuhruhurr | Man With Two Brains, The |
| S. Quentin Quale | House of 1000 Corpses |
| Sebastian Caine | Hollow Man |
| Seth Brundle | Fly, The |
| Susan Harris | Invasion of the Bee Girls |
| Victor Frankenstein | Hammer Horror |
| Victor Helios | Frankenstein (2004/II) |
| Zabor | Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla |