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* In ''Webcomic/DelaTheHooda'', the extradimensional fox hybrid Dela is warned against contacting Earth authorities because rumor has it that they dissect aliens. This potential problem is later resolved when the [[TheMenInBlack Men In Plaid]] (the Canadian division of the Men in Black, [[CanadaEh who wears plaid suits because the Canadian government can't afford fancy, black Italian suits]]) has a talk with her and decides let her go free.

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* In ''Webcomic/DelaTheHooda'', the extradimensional fox hybrid Dela is warned against contacting Earth authorities because rumor has it that they dissect aliens. This potential problem is later resolved when the [[TheMenInBlack Men In Plaid]] (the Canadian division of the Men in Black, [[CanadaEh who wears plaid suits because the Canadian government can't afford fancy, black Italian suits]]) suits) has a talk with her and decides let her go free.
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* ''Literature/TheGoldenHamsterSaga'': In ''I, Freddy'', the titular hamster's owner Mr. John warns him not to tell anyone that he can read and write. (Mr. John's fears come true in ''Freddy in Peril'', when Freddy is kidnapped by a MadScientist.)
--> '''Mr. John''': It wouldn't be long before some smart showman came along, eager to make a fortune out of Fantastic Freddy, the hamster that can read and write. Either that or you'd wind up in the hands of scientists eager to dissect your brain for research purposes. Does either of those prospects appeal to you?

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* ''Literature/TheseBrokenStars'': [[spoiler:After her and Tarver's rescue, Lilac is subjected to serious medical tests when it becomes apparent that she's a whisper-made replica. Thankfully, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive her]] [[PapaWolf father]] arrives and puts a stop to things.]]

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* ''Literature/TheseBrokenStars'': [[spoiler:After her ''Literature/Area51'': After being made immortal, Lisa Duncan is kidnapped by the new Majestic-12. She's experimented on, including by being shot dead and Tarver's rescue, Lilac is subjected to serious medical tests when it becomes apparent that she's a whisper-made replica. Thankfully, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive her]] [[PapaWolf father]] arrives and puts a stop to things.]]observed while she resurrects, healed, for discovering just how far this extends.


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* ''Literature/TheseBrokenStars'': [[spoiler:After her and Tarver's rescue, Lilac is subjected to serious medical tests when it becomes apparent that she's a whisper-made replica. Thankfully, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive her]] [[PapaWolf father]] arrives and puts a stop to things.]]
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* In ''Literature/RealMermaids'', Jade's dad warns her not to tell anyone that she's a mermaid because she might be experimented on.
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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': In the Generation 1 comics, Circuit Breaker once manages to overpower about a dozen Autobots and has her engineers take them apart... thankfully not fatally, but she does experiment with their brain-counterparts. And has their heads mounted on a wall. And cobbles together the parts into a Frankensteinian variant of combining, in order to fight a pair of Decepticons. [[spoiler:She lets them go free after the jury-rigged Autobot saves her of its own will, proving that it is sapient and moral.]]

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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': In [[ComicBook/TheTransformerMarvel the Generation 1 comics, comics]], Circuit Breaker once manages to overpower about a dozen Autobots and has her engineers take them apart... thankfully not fatally, but she does experiment with their brain-counterparts. And has their heads mounted on a wall. And cobbles together the parts into a Frankensteinian variant of combining, in order to fight a pair of Decepticons. [[spoiler:She lets them go free after the jury-rigged Autobot saves her of its own will, proving that it is sapient and moral.]]



* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': They're actually ''shown'' experimenting on Bumblebee. And by "experimenting", we mean basically torturing him.

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* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'': ''Film/{{Transformers|2007}}'': They're actually ''shown'' experimenting on Bumblebee. And by "experimenting", we mean basically torturing him.
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* ''Film/PainkillerJane'': Jane clearly fears, if not dissection, that she'll be held by the military indefinitely with endless tests when they transfer her to Alaska. Instead, she escapes and goes on the run.

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* ''Film/PainkillerJane'': Jane clearly fears, if not dissection, vivisection, then that she'll be held by the military indefinitely with endless tests when they transfer her to Alaska. Instead, she escapes and goes on the run.

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Modern research works a lot less intrusively as sonography, [=MRIs=], and other medical imaging techniques have made hands-on vivisection less necessary for the internal examination of research subjects, and laparoscopy and microscopic biopsy give both more useful and more humane methods of seeing how things work in living subjects. Given sufficient funding and resources, there should be no reason for slicing off a limb just to see how it looks on the inside. The PlayingWithSyringes mentality of fictional "research" also happily ignores the fact that when you only have ''one'' specimen, it is a good idea to take care of it because once it stops working it'll be much harder to figure out how it used to. Of course, being locked up is cold comfort to the specimen -- it just means the torture will be of a greater duration, and would still result in them being locked away somewhere against their will. Just because they aren't cutting you up doesn't mean they ever intend to let you wander off (or that [[AndIMustScream you won't wish they were]]). [[AvertedTrope However]], the OnlySaneMan might point out that, if the subject is intelligent and capable of speech, they can save a lot of time and effort by simply asking the subject questions about their powers/anatomy/biology (allowing them to get more clear answers and not have to go through the trouble of [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable restraints]] or a [[IWillFindYou manhunt]]).

Then there's the question of medical ethics. In RealLife, medical researchers have to follow ''very'' strict testing standards to be able to publish their results. Getting caught violating them can easily end their careers and leave them facing civil or even criminal charges.

Of course, these considerations only apply to scientists who ''intend'' their results to be publicly documented. It can be expected that [[GovernmentConspiracy various black ops]] organizations that either suspect or already know about the {{Masquerade}} won't care at all about any of this. (And [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught crime is only punishable if one is caught]].) Further, who knows ''what'' organizations like these would ''do'' with the knowledge they gain. So, you'll probably want to do your best not to get caught by them just the same.

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Modern research works a lot less intrusively as sonography, [=MRIs=], and other medical imaging techniques have made hands-on vivisection less necessary for the internal examination of research subjects, and laparoscopy and microscopic biopsy give both more useful and more humane methods of seeing how things work in living subjects. Given sufficient funding and resources, there should be no reason for slicing off a limb just to see how it looks on the inside. The PlayingWithSyringes mentality of fictional "research" also happily ignores the fact that when you only have ''one'' specimen, it is a good idea to take care of it because once it stops working it'll be much harder to figure out how it used to. Of course, being locked up is cold comfort to the specimen -- it just means the torture will be of a greater duration, and would still result in them being locked away somewhere against their will. Just because they aren't cutting you up doesn't mean they ever intend to let you wander off (or that [[AndIMustScream you won't wish they were]]). [[AvertedTrope However]], the OnlySaneMan might point out that, if the subject is intelligent and capable of speech, they can save a lot of time and effort by getting his compliance, or even simply asking the subject him questions about their powers/anatomy/biology (allowing them to get more clear answers and not have to go through the trouble of [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable restraints]] or a [[IWillFindYou manhunt]]).

Then there's the question of medical ethics. In RealLife, medical researchers have to follow ''very'' strict testing standards to be able to publish their results. Getting caught violating them can easily end their careers and leave them facing civil or even criminal charges.

charges. Of course, these considerations only apply to scientists who ''intend'' their results to be publicly documented. It can be expected that [[GovernmentConspiracy various black ops]] organizations that either suspect or already know about the {{Masquerade}} won't care at all about any of this. (And [[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught crime is only punishable if one is caught]].) Further, who knows ''what'' organizations like these would ''do'' with the knowledge they gain. So, you'll probably want to do your best not to get caught by them just the same.
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* Cole and Mel had this concern in ''{{Series/Tracker}}''. The government knew aliens were on Earth and captured one of the fugitives. Cole was captured trying to get to him but got loose because they didn’t know Cole’s species wasn’t weak to heat like the other guy. When they used cold gas, it did weaken him, and he only survived thanks to the fugitive helping him. The concern remained with Cole and Mel after that and worried Mel when Cole had to go back to the facility to see how Zin learned to reuse host bodies later on.

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* Cole and Mel had this concern in ''{{Series/Tracker}}''.''Series/Tracker2001''. The government knew aliens were on Earth and captured one of the fugitives. Cole was captured trying to get to him but got loose because they didn’t know Cole’s species wasn’t weak to heat like the other guy. When they used cold gas, it did weaken him, and he only survived thanks to the fugitive helping him. The concern remained with Cole and Mel after that and worried Mel when Cole had to go back to the facility to see how Zin learned to reuse host bodies later on.
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For obvious reasons, this trope is often PlayedForHorror. If the scientists [[TheBadGuyWins get what they want]], BodyHorror may follow. Expect to see MadScientist, EvilutionaryBiologist, and possibly MenInBlack as well.

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For obvious reasons, this trope is often PlayedForHorror. If the scientists [[TheBadGuyWins get what they want]], BodyHorror may follow. Expect to see MadScientist, EvilutionaryBiologist, and possibly MenInBlack [[TheMenInBlack Men In Black]] as well.
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* ''Film/FamilySwap'': A dysfunctional family is hit with a FreakyFridayFlip. The mother (who's in her 7-year-old daughter's body) says they shouldn't go to the doctors about it because they would want to dissect them. She is proven correct late in the movie when she gets desperate enough to go to the hospital; while some of the doctors are for finding a cure, one convinces them to go the dissection route for the sake of scientific research. She gets strapped to a chair, but the rest of the family busts her out.

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