History Main / AbsentmindedProfessor

** He is more so to the point of lampshading it in ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', and he's even more so in the TV series starring Peter Scolari.

** I thought it meant [[{{Discworld}} "Get me a towel!"]]
** Funny, I always thought it meant [[DoctorWho "This bath is too hot."]]

** Even more so in the TV series starring Peter Scolari.

* Professor Farnsworth of ''{{Futurama}}'', who is also very old. [[spoiler: And capable of making you [[MemeticMutation read this in his voice.]]

* Professor Farnsworth of ''{{Futurama}}'', who is also very old.

*** Though what is known of the man through historical sources seems to indicate him as extremely clever person well versed in social skills and politics, as well as his famed talents in physics and engineering. If the apocryphal story of his death is true, it was most likely because Archimedes knew that he had been ordered to be captured alive, to serve the Roman Empire's intersts, but unfortunately for him, the soldier didn't recognise him.

This StockCharacter is a brilliant scientist, but very flighty, often forgetting things like the date, [[MyNameIsNotDurwood people's names]], meetings, [[ForgetsToEat eating]], [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment people's names]], etc. Good thing he ([[AlwaysMale and it's very often a he]]) is [[BunnyEarsLawyer good at what he does]] and often has perfect memory for scientific details or [[MouthfulOfPi mathematical values]]. Sometimes he becomes so engrossed in his work that he loses track of his very surroundings. Often overlaps with BunglingInventor.

A subtrope of TheProfessor. Compare also... um... blast it!... ah yes, the MadScientist, who often exhibits this trait. He has colleagues in [[MadMathematician the math department]].

Mustn't forget to look up [[TroperTales/AbsentMindedProfessor Troper Tales]], come to think of it.

This StockCharacter is a brilliant scientist, but very flighty, often forgetting things like the date, [[MyNameIsNotDurwood people's names]], meetings, [[ForgetsToEat eating]], [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment people's names]], etc. Good thing he ([[AlwaysMale and it's very often a he]]) is [[BunnyEarsLawyer good at what he does]] and often has perfect memory for scientific details or [[MouthfulOfPi mathematical values]]. Sometimes he becomes so engrossed in his work that he loses track of his very surroundings.

** He's even called as such in {{Concerned}}:

* Kang the Mad in {{Jade Empire}} pretty much breathes this trope to live.

This StockCharacter is a brilliant scientist, but very flighty, often forgetting things like the date, [[MyNameIsNotDurwood people's names]], meetings, [[ForgetsToEat eating]], [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment people's names]], etc. Good thing he ([[AlwaysMale and it's very often a he]]) is [[BunnyEarsLawyer good at what he does]] and often has perfect memory for scientific details or [[MouthfulOfPi mathematical values]]. Sometimes he becomes so engrossed in his work that he loses track of his very surroundings. Which would explain why I seem to have wandered into the women's restroom whilst explaining this trope. Frightfully sorry, madam! (Lovely [[WondrousLadiesRoom sculpture garden]] in here, by the way!)

A subtrope of TheProfessor. Compare also... um... blast it!... ah yes, the MadScientist, who often exhibits this trait. I do so only [[ReluctantMadScientist reluctantly]]. And of course, I must mention my colleagues in [[MadMathematician the math department]]. Some of them go a bit beyond absent-minded, though.

Mustn't forget to look up [[TroperTales/AbsentMindedProfessor Troper Tales]], come to think of it. Now if you'll excuse me, I must nip on home, as I seem to have forgotten to put on my pants.

(Ah, [[EinsteinHair the hair]]? Oh, yes, I should try to comb it some time....)

Oh, hello there! I forgot you were dropping by. My name is... hang on, let me check my driver's license... Professor Trope, and I'm here to tell you about the...the... ah yes, the "absent-minded professor".

[[XKCD http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/self_description.png]]
[[caption-width:740:Demonstration of Self-Demonstration]]

* Kang the Mad in "{{Jade Empire}}" pretty much breathes this trope to live.

[[BackToTheFuture http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mt938770181.jpg]]
[[caption-width:448:He can read your thoughts! It's his ''own'' thoughts that are a mystery to him.]]