# Favorite mad scientist **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253 "2015-09-07T17:12:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/21 "2015-09-07T20:54:48Z")
Agatha Heterodyne. (But, yeah, arguably an engineer.) Dr. Frankenstein, then: definitely a scientist, and an excellent one. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/22 "2015-09-07T21:02:05Z")
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, the world’s maddest mad scientist and nemesis of the Big Red Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/23 "2015-09-07T21:16:43Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > He might be about the best. The great thing about him is he is never wanting for a test subject since he can experiment on himself. Ah, the Henry Pym clause. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/24 "2015-09-07T21:25:48Z")
Ras Thavas, The Mastermind of Mars. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/25 "2015-09-07T21:58:05Z")
The Professor, from Felix the Cat. “Get him Rock, and his magic bag!” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/26 "2015-09-07T22:12:02Z")
Lex Luthor. Crazy, Scientist, **and** Bald. Honorable Mention to Doctor Otto Octavius. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/27 "2015-09-07T22:18:19Z")
No love for Dr. Doofenshmirtz? But I do admire **Son of a Rich** ’s choice of Ras Thavas. He actually appeared in two of burrough’s Mars books. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/28 "2015-09-07T22:42:59Z")
I just watched this last week: “[Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2535470/?ref_=nv_sr_1).” Australian zombie film has a mad scientist trying to cure the zombie virus, while the continent Down Under goes to hell in a hand basket. Worth a look. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/29 "2015-09-07T22:58:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Dr. Insano](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fhGS0tAcQg), with Rick Sanchez a close second. Wasnt there a N. Seine in Phant Stranger. Carried his wifes skull around, amiright? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/30 "2015-09-07T23:11:08Z")
Young Frankenstein. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/31 "2015-09-07T23:15:46Z")
This feels a bit silly, because I discovered the show very recently (read: yesterday), but Rick Sanchez is quickly climbing to the top of my list. Wubba lubba dub-dub, beet-ches! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/32 "2015-09-07T23:20:15Z")
Dr. Horrible ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/33 "2015-09-07T23:27:58Z")
Willy Wonka, or The Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/34 "2015-09-07T23:34:29Z")
From _The Adventures of Superman_, Prof. Pepperwinkle. After that, Dr. Emilio Lizardo. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/35 "2015-09-07T23:54:41Z")
Dexter, Pinky and Dr. Farnsworth. Got a soft spot for cartoon mad scientists. ETA: To clarify Dexter from Dexter’s Lab. Not Dexter the serial killer. He’s not a cartoon or a scientist. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/36 "2015-09-08T00:09:57Z")
Davros, from Doctor Who. One-armed, blind, crippled, wheelchair-bound, and still managed to take down the Time Lords and lay waste to the whole of space and time with his evil creations the Daleks. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/37 "2015-09-08T00:41:25Z")
I’m going to stretch it to political scientists and give Professor Groeteschele a shout out from Fail-Safe ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/38 "2015-09-08T02:07:49Z")
Lots of great choices made already! But I gotta do a shout-out for Dr. Praetorius from **The Bride of Frankenstein**. And another vote for Rick Sanchez! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/39 "2015-09-08T02:21:05Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Dexter, Pinky and Dr. Farnsworth. Got a soft spot for cartoon mad scientists. > ETA: To clarify Dexter from Dexter’s Lab. Not Dexter the serial killer. He’s not a cartoon or a scientist. Pinky!!?? WTF was I thinking? The Brain, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253/40 "2015-09-08T03:16:27Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Pinky!!?? WTF was I thinking? The Brain, of course. Brain? “One is a genius…the other is insane.” That cartoon is about The Brain, like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is about Ferris. And I believe more often than not…Brain is the one who effs up the plan. If its Pinky he’s probably deduced the chances are nil and he’s pulling the plug. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-mad-scientist/730253.md?page=3)