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* In ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'', it is revealed that the AxCrazy MadScientist thinks that doing behavioral modifications on high school students (including his own daughter!) is acceptable because "Science is ''GOD''!"

* In ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'', it is revealed that the AxCrazy MadScientist thinks that doing behavioral modifications on high school students (including his own daughter!) is acceptable because "Science is ''GOD''!"

* ''Fanfic/SpiderNinja'': Doctor Connors is partially this trope, as he justifies some of his actions [[spoiler:namely stealing some of Raphael's blood while he was unconscious]] as for both scientific discovery and to help him regain his lost right arm [[spoiler:as he believed that the Turtles' mutagenic blood could help him find the key to genetic alteration]].

*** On the villainous side, some members of "those who slither in the dark" have no problems conducting unethical experiments on people using artificially-crafted Crest Stones [[spoiler:or Nabatean blood]] as long as they produce useful results, whether those results be [[TransformationHorror turning them into monsters]] or [[HatePlague killing each other in fits of uncontrolled rage]].

* In ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' Helen Magnus is the embodiment of this trope. The rest of the Five is more or less the same (they ''did'' inject themselves with vampire blood just to see what happens, after all).

* This is Colress's motive in the ''Pokemon'' fanfic ''Fanfic/NaturalLiberated''. He wants to help N develop his PsychicPowers so he can test their limits and see their effects on people.

* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', the researcher Colress wishes to draw out the full potential of Pokémon no matter the cost -- even if it means aiding Team Plasma in a plan that could lead to the destruction of the Unova region. On the other hand, when he sees evidence from the player that being friends with Pokemon draws out even greater power than Team Plasma's ideas, [[spoiler:he betrays Team Plasma without a second thought and begins pursuing ThePowerOfFriendship... just because it's been proven to work better]].
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', [[BigBad Maxie]] wants to use the [[OlympusMons legendary Pokémon Groudon]] to expand the continents in order to accelerate scientific progress and give humanity more room to advance (and inadvertently almost ends all life on earth in the process).

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' plays this completely straight with ''Old World Blues''. The [[BrainInAJar Think Tanks]] are all about doing questionable things (such as replacing the Courier's spine/heart/brain with cybernetic replacements), and everything that you're helping them with is in the name of Science![[note]]and no, it's not "science", it's "Science!"[[/note]] The fact that they're all addicted to Mentats (mental stimulants/the Fallout equivalent of Speed) doesn't help a single bit. This gets {{deconstructed|Trope}} with the reveal that [[spoiler:Dr. Mobius, the supposed villain of the DLC, is actually trying to keep the others in check, having long realized that their pointless experimentation without any actual purpose is incredibly destructive and they will unleash havoc if they ever get loose]].
** Also in ''New Vegas'' we have the positive example Dr. Henry. He spends the entire game in a Super Mutant settlement trying to find a cure for the Nightkin's schizophrenia, and according to Arcade Gannon he's developed cures for several dangerous diseases in the past. He's not motivated by money, fame, or even a desire to help people ([[spoiler:seeing as how he also helped [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Enclave]] develop their virus which would wipe out all mutants, ghouls, and "impure" humans, and tried to hide their RobotDog research from [[TheFederation the NCR]]]]). He does it for no other reason than the personal satisfaction and sense of accomplishment he gets from figuring out the solutions to these problems, the way one might feel a sense of accomplishment from solving a CrosswordPuzzle or doing a SelfImposedChallenge in a video game. Nonetheless, Arcade feels a sense of admiration for how Henry has done so much without seeking personal gain for himself.
** Many of [[BigBad the Institute]]'s experiments in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' show shades of this. Such as creating [[spoiler: synth gorillas]] and Super Mutants, [[StupidEvil unleashing the latter upon the surface without a care in the world]] once they stopped providing useful data.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

Remember, ScienceIsBad, but... but... ''JustThinkOfThePotential!'' Compare and contrast [[MadArtist For Art!]] and [[ImAHumanitarian For Cuisine!]]. I'll show them! I'll show them all! [[TheyCalledMeMad They'll see they were wrong to laugh at me]]! BattleCry for the MadScientist, the {{Hollywood Atheist}}, the MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate, GadgeteerGenius and ScienceHero.

** Also in ''New Vegas'' we have the positive example Dr. Henry. He spends the entire game in a Super Mutant settlement trying to find a cure for the Nightkin's schizophrenia, and according to Arcade Gannon he's developed cures for several dangerous diseases in the past. He's not motivated by money, fame, or even a desire to help people ([[spoiler:seeing as how he also helped [[ANaziByAnyOtherName the Enclave]] develop their virus which would wipe out all mutants, ghouls, and "impure" humans, and tried to hide their RobotDog research from [[TheFederation the NCR]]]]). He does it for no other reason than the personal satisfaction and sense of accomplishment he gets from figuring out the solutions to these problems, the way one might feel a sense of accomplishment from solving a crossword puzzle or doing a SelfImposedChallenge in a video game. Nonetheless, Arcade feels a sense of admiration for how Henry has done so much without seeking personal gain for himself.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} with Dr. Serizawa in the original ''Film/{{Gojira}}''. He states that his discovery of how to create the "oxygen destroyer" was purely for research and believes it can be used to benefit humanity... but ONLY if it's used for something other than a weapon, since he fears that exposing his discoveries to the world may lead to another war. It's a subversion because he eventually does use his scientific discoveries for the good of mankind by using the Oxygen Destroyer to [[spoiler:kill Godzilla]].
** On the other hand, Dr. Yamane is disgusted by those who want to kill Godzilla and firmly believes it should be studied in the name of scientific progress, and he will not tolerate anyone who disagrees with him, even as Godzilla is causing horrendous amounts of death and destruction.

** In ''ComicBook/HeroicAge: Villains'', [[StupidJetpackHitler ex-Nazi scientist]] Baron Wernher von Blitzschlag's "goal" is listed as "challenges". Indisputably a genius, the ancient man seeks nothing more than an endeavor that will distract him for more than a moment. Products of this desire include Ragnarok (a crazed clone of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]) and KIA (a crazed clone of [[ComicBook/AvengersTheInitiative MVP]]).

** He was also quite happy to play ProfessorGuineaPig, for it is alleged that he once [[EyeScream inserted a leather needle between his eyeball and the side of his eye-socket]] to test his eye theory. No permanent damage, apparently. Between having undiagnosed mental issuesand the amount of time he spent inhaling mercury vapours, quite possibly also just to see what would happen, this was a man who really put the "mad" in MadScientist.

** Doctor Stein has the battle cry of "I am going to dissect you!" before he starts to fight. It's not just based for his fights alone, though he has said it to Crona and Medusa, and in the anime, Marie, he has also dissected his best friend repeatedly for years without him noticing, and wants to dissect the boss's son. He also dissected an endangered bird in his homeroom class. For his own amusement. All of this seems to have even caused a RunningGag amongst the fans. "For Science!" for Stein isn't a motivation so much as it is a cover. Flashbacks to his childhood reveal that he's actually more of a latent serial killer who has channeled his [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder compulsion to dissect things]] towards positive ends.

# [[ProfessorGuineaPig Where]] [[GuineaPigFamily will I]] [[KidnapppedForExperimentation get]] [[InnocentBystanders test]] [[DisposableVagrant subjects]]?