# Mad Scientist Halloween Costume \ **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 3, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263 "2008-10-03T02:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/1 "2008-10-03T02:36:28Z")
Hey folks, ``` This Halloween I'll be dressing up as a Mad Scientist complete with a neato burrito lab coat, googles, and a t-shirt that says "Science Rules!" I'm supposed to come up with a name for my costumed persona but I'm stumped. I thought Dr. Killenger would be really clever until I remembered I heard it on the Venture Bros. Killenger was my best idea. ``` Odesio ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/2 "2008-10-03T02:39:59Z")
How about [Dr. Horrible](http://www.drhorrible.com/)? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/3 "2008-10-03T02:46:30Z")
Why not name yourself after a truly brilliant Mad Scientist? Go with Doc Cathode. ---
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/4 "2008-10-03T02:53:06Z")
What’s your name? You could do Crazy Carl, Demented Dave, Fiendish Frank, and so on. What about Boris Karlov? That sounds like a mad scientist name. Victor Frankenstein Dr. Jekyll Dr. Moreau Dr. Hugo Grief Dr. Strangelove Dr. Evil Dr. Frank N. Furter Here’s a link to all sorts of nonsense; [List of fictional scientists and engineers - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mad_scientists) Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/5 "2008-10-03T11:29:10Z")
Dr. Nikola from the books of Guy Boothby ---
**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:** [October 3, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/6 "2008-10-03T13:04:51Z")
Dr Putrid T. Gangrene, creator of the infamous Killer Tomatoes. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s Mad Science Program, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/7 "2008-10-03T13:24:26Z")
Doc. Horrible is cool but I think it’ll be a bit overused. 🙂 I do like Doctor Cathode. Thanks for the help, folks! Maybe Doctor Ganglia! Odesio ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/8 "2008-10-03T14:49:52Z")
Doctor Werner Z. Electrode Baron Nickel von Zirconium Professor Phineas T Quackenbush And here’s one from Futurama - [Dr. Ogden Wernstrom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_recurring_human_characters_from_Futurama#Dr._Ogden_Wernstrom) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/9 "2008-10-03T16:10:33Z")
The choice of name depends on your specialty, really. Doctor Ganglia would deal with vivisection and organs and horrifying assemblages of body parts that we are better off Not Seeing. Doc Cathode, on the other hand, is known for his work with Tesla coils and tubes and lightning and 1920’s style “Death Rays”. Under your lab coat, you could wear a T-shirt from [Transylvania Polygnostic University](http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University). ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-scientist-halloween-costume-name-suggestions/466263/10 "2008-10-04T05:02:15Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Under your lab coat, you could wear a T-shirt from [Transylvania Polygnostic University](http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University). I’ve got a t-shirt that says “Science Rules!”