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* LudwigVanBeethoven.

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* LudwigVanBeethoven.Music/LudwigVanBeethoven.
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* The WhateleyUniverse mutant codenamed Cheese (yes, he picked it himself), who is described with hair like this already, even though he is a teenaged supervillain.

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* The WhateleyUniverse Literature/WhateleyUniverse mutant codenamed Cheese (yes, he picked it himself), who is described with hair like this already, even though he is a teenaged supervillain.

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* Rotwang, the MadScientist from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', is the UrExample that, in fact, predates Einstein. Albert wasn't even gray yet when the movie came out, and since it was made in his native Germany, it is possible that Metropolis actually inspired him.

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* Rotwang, the MadScientist from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', is the UrExample that, in fact, predates Einstein. Albert wasn't even gray yet when the movie came out, and since out.
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it was made in his native Germany, it is possible that Metropolis actually inspired him.Einstein. Note that on his pre-1927 portraits he usually has shorter hair than later in life.
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* Rotwang, the MadScientist from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', is the UrExample that, in fact, predates Einstein. Albert wasn't even gray yet when the movie came out.

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* Rotwang, the MadScientist from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', is the UrExample that, in fact, predates Einstein. Albert wasn't even gray yet when the movie came out.out, and since it was made in his native Germany, it is possible that Metropolis actually inspired him.

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* Rotwang, the MadScientist from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'', is the UrExample that, in fact, predates Einstein. Albert wasn't even gray yet when the movie came out.



* Rotwang, the MadScientist from ''Film/{{Metropolis}}''.
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* MarkTwain actually had this hairstyle before Einstein did, making it OlderThanTheyThink.

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* MarkTwain Creator/MarkTwain actually had this hairstyle before Einstein did, making it OlderThanTheyThink.
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** During Brown's [[TheCameo quick cameo]] in the pre-show for ''Ride/TheSimpsonsRide'', he's glad when Krusty has acquired the [[Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide Institute of Future Technology]] and Krusty orders him to get a haircut- it takes him three hours every morning just to get his hair like that.
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* Flint in ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' has such hair.

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* Flint in ''CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' has such hair.
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* AlbertEinstein was both an AbsentMindedProfessor and a scientist ([[MadScientist mad]] or not, it is open to interpretation).

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* AlbertEinstein UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein was both an AbsentMindedProfessor and a scientist ([[MadScientist mad]] or not, it is open to interpretation).



* Yahoo Serious once claimed to have chosen to portray (a [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy completely ahistorical]] version of) AlbertEinstein in ''Film/YoungEinstein'' specifically because he's got the same hairstyle.

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* Yahoo Serious once claimed to have chosen to portray (a [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy completely ahistorical]] version of) AlbertEinstein UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein in ''Film/YoungEinstein'' specifically because he's got the same hairstyle.
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-->"The podium discussion seems to escalate as both parties set their killer robots at each other."
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* Apparently, there is [[http://static.nichtlustig.de/toondb/010117.html#restore some controversy]] about which hairstyle ist to be prefered for mad scientists, and the discussions are [[Webcomic/{{Nichtlustig}} not funny]].
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* Desty Nova has a better groomed than usual version of this in ''{{Gunnm}}''.
* ''DragonBall'': Despite not being a scientist, the old man that [[spoiler:Alternate #17 kills at the end of the Androids arc, or [[SparedByTheAdaptation almost kills on the anime]],]] is a perfect example of this.

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* Desty Nova has a better groomed than usual version of this in ''{{Gunnm}}''.
''Manga/{{Gunnm}}''.
* ''DragonBall'': ''Manga/DragonBall'': Despite not being a scientist, the old man that [[spoiler:Alternate #17 kills at the end of the Androids arc, or [[SparedByTheAdaptation almost kills on the anime]],]] is a perfect example of this.



* StarWars: Yoda once you get over the fact that he's green. In fact, his character design was partially inspired by Einstein (and bits of Gandhi and LDS President Spencer W. Kimball) to evoke the "benevolent, wise old man" archetype.

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* StarWars: Franchise/StarWars: Yoda once you get over the fact that he's green. In fact, his character design was partially inspired by Einstein (and bits of Gandhi and LDS President Spencer W. Kimball) to evoke the "benevolent, wise old man" archetype.
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* Old people in general tend to get that Einstein look.

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* Old people in general tend to get that Einstein look. Albert Einstein himself acquired his famed appearance later in life, as his [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Einstein_patentoffice.jpg young age]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Albert_Einstein_(Nobel).png photos]] show him a bit differently.
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* Rick from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' sports something like this. Humorously, the monsters from the fourth dimension mistook Einstein for him when they went to beat him up.

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* Rick from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' sports something like this. Humorously, the monsters from the fourth dimension mistook Einstein for him when they went to beat him up.
up. A later episode shows that he's always had wild grey hair ever since he was a child.
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*Rick from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' sports something like this. Humorously, the monsters from the fourth dimension mistook Einstein for him when they went to beat him up.
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* Prof Jacob Barnhardt in ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' (1951), who's clearly a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Einstein.

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* Prof Jacob Barnhardt in ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' (1951), ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'', who's clearly a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Einstein.
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* Ludwig von Koopa of the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series has this hairstyle, in an obvious ShoutOut to Beethoven.
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** Einstein himself showed up in the first two ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red]] [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Alerts]]''.

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** Einstein himself also showed up in the first two ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red]] [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Alerts]]''.Alerts]]''. In the third one, Einstein cameos in the intro.
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* Leo Shishioh in ''GaoGaiGar'' has this.

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* Leo Shishioh in ''GaoGaiGar'' ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' has this.
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** In the Creator/TelltaleGames video game series, it's shown that young Emmett first got the hairstyle after an invention literally blew up in his face.
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* Yahoo Serious once claimed to have chosen to portray (a completely ahistorical version of) AlbertEinstein in YoungEinstein specifically because he's got the same hairstyle.

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* Yahoo Serious once claimed to have chosen to portray (a [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy completely ahistorical ahistorical]] version of) AlbertEinstein in YoungEinstein ''Film/YoungEinstein'' specifically because he's got the same hairstyle.
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* The Science booster pack in ''CityOfHeroes'' includes 'Mad Science' hair which is pure Einstein.

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* The Science booster pack in ''CityOfHeroes'' ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' includes 'Mad Science' hair which is pure Einstein.
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* BobAndGeorge's Dr. Wiley [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000409 Lampshaded]]

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* BobAndGeorge's Webcomic/BobAndGeorge's Dr. Wiley [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/000409 Lampshaded]]
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* Technus' first look in ''DannyPhantom'' had this with a slight mix of Frankenstein's bride.

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* Technus' first look in ''DannyPhantom'' ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' had this with a slight mix of Frankenstein's bride.
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* Dr. Agasa of ''DetectiveConan''.

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* Dr. Agasa of ''DetectiveConan''.''Manga/DetectiveConan''.
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* Uncle Otto in ''GeneralProtectionFault''.

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* Uncle Otto in ''GeneralProtectionFault''.''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault''.



* Dr. Universe from ''{{Spinnerette}}'' sports red Einstein hair.

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* Dr. Universe from ''{{Spinnerette}}'' ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' sports red Einstein hair.
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** In "The Deadly Assassin", the Fourth Doctor claims that his hair curls up whenever he's onto something. Considering his hair is a big, chaotic mop of curls, the presumed implication is that the Fourth Doctor is never not onto something.
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* Doctor Zelinsky of ''[[CommandAndConquer Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3]]''.
** Einstein himself showed up in the first two ''Red Alerts''.

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* Doctor Zelinsky of ''[[CommandAndConquer Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3]]''.
''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3''.
** Einstein himself showed up in the first two ''Red Alerts''.''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert Red]] [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2 Alerts]]''.
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* [[MadScientist Dr. E. Shock]] of ''Pinball/StrangeScience'' has a scalp of cropped white hair.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E55HotelStrangeduck Hotel Strangeduck]]", Dr. Strangeduck has wild gray hair.

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