Agatha Heterodyne. (But, yeah, arguably an engineer.)
Dr. Frankenstein, then: definitely a scientist, and an excellent one.
Dr. Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, the world’s maddest mad scientist and nemesis of the Big Red Cheese.
Ah, the Henry Pym clause.
Ras Thavas, The Mastermind of Mars.
The Professor, from Felix the Cat. “Get him Rock, and his magic bag!”
Lex Luthor.
Crazy, Scientist, and Bald.
Honorable Mention to Doctor Otto Octavius.
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.
I just watched this last week: “Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.” 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.
Wasnt there a N. Seine in Phant Stranger. Carried his wifes skull around, amiright?
Young Frankenstein.
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!
Dr. Horrible
Willy Wonka, or The Doctor.
From The Adventures of Superman, Prof. Pepperwinkle.
After that, Dr. Emilio Lizardo.
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.
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.
I’m going to stretch it to political scientists and give Professor Groeteschele a shout out from Fail-Safe
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!
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.