History Main / TheProfessor

** From CreatorGoNagai's ''{{Mazinger}}'' saga:

** From GoNagai's ''{{Mazinger}}'' saga:

* Professor Pike of the ''HIVESeries'' is the school's head engineering instructor- and also the source of the many technological advances that fuel G.L.O.V.E.'s reign. Also the [[TeamDad Team Grandpa.]]

* Professor Pike of the ''HIVESeries'' is the school's head engineering instructor- and also the source of the many technological advances that fuel G.L.O.V.E.'s reign. Also the TeamGrandpa.

* ''Film/XMen'': Dr. Charles Xavier [[Film/XMenFirstClass earned his "professor of genetics" title from the University of Oxford]]. Even before he became a paraplegic, he was considerably less action-oriented than the other mutants on his team, and is often protected by a combatant (e.g. [[Film/X2XMenUnited Cyclops]], [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast Beast]]). Professor X serves as the TeamDad for the X-Men.

** The Beast fits this role even better. Despite being a Doctor...

* Elco from the SleeperHit WesternRPG ''{{Sudeki}}'' pretty much nails this on the head and drills it home with magical laser guns. He does actively participate in a lot of fighting, though, so he's a bit different from the standard all-support role.

* Dr. Andonuts from {{EarthBound}}. He's pretty [[AbsentMindedProfessor absent minded]] however, as he forgot he even had a son.

* Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. Ph.D. from the "Indiana Jones" movie series is also a professor of archeology when he is not fighting nazis, thuggees or recently communists.

* The movie ''{{Arachnophobia}}'' has an entomologist named Prof. Atherton, who is usually referred to by John Goodman's character as 'The Professor'.
* The Professor in charge of filmy students in ''DiaryOfTheDead'' turns out to be ex-military and so the best person suited to guiding the teen-cast through the zombies.

The [[SuperIntelligence nearly impossibly]] [[TheSmartGuy smart guy]]; A StockCharacter exemplified on ''GilligansIsland'' and ''MacGyver''. Probably started off as a TeenGenius and is capable of many an AssPull, DeusExMachina, or, um, [[ReversePolarity Polarity Reversal]]. May or may not rely on TechnoBabble. Is the source of much AppliedPhlebotinum, but is incapable of providing a solution that would thwart the show's premise (the Professor couldn't get the rest of the gang off that darn island, Ziggy couldn't bring Sam home on ''Series/QuantumLeap''). Often gets to be MrExposition. Fluent in SesquipedalianLoquaciousness and SoundsOfScience. If he plays a game, it's inevitably TabletopGame/{{chess}}, because SmartPeoplePlayChess.

TheProfessor may also happen to be a BunnyEarsLawyer who has wacky hobbies and idiosyncrasies, sometimes heating up Cup of Noodles soup in a test tube with a bunson burner or wearing wildly mismatched clothing. Despite these oddities, he will still prove to be amazing brilliant at his field of study and his quirks will be good-naturedly PlayedForLaughs.

* Professor Calculus from ''{{Tintin}}'', invents some remarkable devices ranging from a submarine to a sonic weapon, works on a Moon rocket, somewhat eccentric, quite deaf.
* The Count in ''SpirouAndFantasio'' can extract almost any chemical from mushrooms, build a submarine and electronical mind-control countermeasures, is old fashioned in his way of dressing and speaking, and can be very absent minded at times.

* ''NorthByNorthwest'' has a character who is literally referred to as "The Professor," although he's less of an impossibly brilliant man of science! and more of a cloak-and-dagger spy type.

* Imhotep was a genius who loved in Egypt 2600 BC and is credited with pretty much creating the sciences of engineering, medicine, and architecture. His service to the Pharaos was so remarkable, that he was the only commoner ever to be elevated to a god after his death.

* On the Spin of of Doctor Who. The Sarah Jane adventures episode "Death of the Doctor" says that Ian and Barbara became Professor. [[hottip:*:Okay it was also said they hadn't aged since the 60's, though that could mean anything.]]

* ''HalfLife'' is full of these. The first game has them as allies who will open security doors for you (portrayed with three or four generic character models) while the sequels all have specific characters, most notably Dr. Kleiner who fits the archetype to a tee. Dr. Vance appears to be the team leader, though he comes of more like a [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Black Guy]]. Dr. Freeman appears to be more of a lab technician, but he is a theoretical physicist working on teleportation as well.

* Hermione Granger and Remus Lupin from ''HarryPotter''.

* Daedalus in DisneysHercules.

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* Marco Pacella (and, later and to a greater degree, Dr Kevin Burkhoff) from ''{{The 4400}}''.

'''Prof. Farnsworth''': I can wire ''anything'' directly into ''anything''! I'm ''the Professor!''

'''Prof. Farnsworth''': I can wire ''anything'' directly into ''anything''! I'm ''the Professor''!