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* '''Enforced''': The writers needed a scientist to develop super powers.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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The writers needed a scientist to develop super powers.powers.
** The writers needed to [[ShowDontTell show how desperate Dr. Bob's condition is]].
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** Bob considers all forms of testing (whether animal or human) as inhumane.
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'''Basic Trope''': A scientist performs experiments on himself[=/=]herself.

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'''Basic Trope''': A scientist performs experiments on himself[=/=]herself.themselves.
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* '''Inverted''': Dr. Bob was led to believe he was performing "experiments" on himself. It turns out that [[PuppetMaster someone]] staged the whole thing and Dr. Bob was being watched all along.

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* '''Inverted''': Dr. Bob was led to believe he was performing "experiments" on himself. It turns out that [[PuppetMaster [[TheChessmaster someone]] staged the whole thing and Dr. Bob was being watched all along.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Dr. Bob's many experiments have left him in terrible health, as well as discrediting his reputation as a scientist.

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* '''Deconstructed''': '''Deconstructed''':
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Dr. Bob's many experiments have left him in terrible health, as well as discrediting his reputation as a scientist.
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** Dr. Bob drinks his newest chemical to see if he can cure his disease. Turns out he made sulfuric acid, and dies instantly.
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** Dr. Bob's medicine could be dangerous and he doesn't want to risk anyone else's life but his own.
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** Dr. Bob's disease is something terminal which affects him, and he is at a stage where he can is still capable of working despite how it could affect him later.

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** Dr. Bob's disease is something terminal which affects and there are no other available treatments. He figures that even if his experiment kills him, [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled it's better than doing nothing]] and he is at a stage where he can is still capable of working despite how it could affect letting the disease kill him later.instead. At the very least, [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture the data will help someone else finish what he started.]]
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Dr. Bob takes a new diet pill along with ten other participants. But only after intense animal testing.
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* '''Justified''': Dr. Bob is anxious to test his experiment but couldn't find any subjects.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Dr. Bob is anxious to test his experiment but couldn't find any subjects.subjects.
** Dr. Bob's disease is something terminal which affects him, and he is at a stage where he can is still capable of working despite how it could affect him later.

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'''Basic Trope''': A scientist performs experiments on himself.

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'''Basic Trope''': A scientist performs experiments on himself.himself[=/=]herself.



* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Inverted''': Dr. Bob was led to believe he was performing "experiments" on himself. It turns out that [[PuppetMaster someone]] staged the whole thing and Dr. Bob was being watched all along.



* '''Inverted''': Dr. Bob was led to believe he was performing "experiments" on himself. It turns out that [[PuppetMaster someone]] staged the whole thing and Dr. Bob was being watched all along.



* '''Zig Zagged''': Dr. Bob tests the formula on himself, goes mad, and begins testing variants on other people, only to find that they produce different results, so he goes back and tries a new formula on himself.



* '''Deconstructed''': Dr. Bob's many experiments have left him in terrible health, as well as discrediting his reputation as a scientist.
* '''Reconstructed''': Dr. Bob realizes that his life is in shambles, and performs one final test to see if he can [[ResetButton undo his earlier experiments.]]
* '''Zig Zagged''': Dr. Bob tests the formula on himself, goes mad, and begins testing variants on other people, only to find that they produce different results, so he goes back and tries a new formula on himself.



* '''Deconstructed''': Dr. Bob's many experiments have left him in terrible health, as well as discrediting his reputation as a scientist.
* '''Reconstructed''': Dr. Bob realizes that his life is in shambles, and performs one final test to see if he can [[ResetButton undo his earlier experiments.]]



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* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???Dr. Bob realizes that his life is in shambles, and performs one final test to see if he can [[ResetButton undo his earlier experiments.]]
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* '''Inverted''': ???

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* '''Inverted''': ???'''Inverted''': Dr. Bob was led to believe he was performing "experiments" on himself. It turns out that [[PuppetMaster someone]] staged the whole thing and Dr. Bob was being watched all along.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Dr. Bob tests the formula on himself, goes mad, and begins testing variants on other people, only to find that they produce different results, so he goes back and tries a new formula on himself.
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* '''Exploited''': The CorruptBusinessExecutive who funds Dr. Bob's research refuses to pay for test subjects knowing that Dr. Bob would use himself if he can't find any.

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* '''Exploited''': The CorruptBusinessExecutive CorruptCorporateExecutive who funds Dr. Bob's research refuses to pay for test subjects knowing that Dr. Bob would use himself if he can't find any.

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