History Quotes / MadScientist

to lift mankind from sorrow!\\

->''When it came to getting weird things done, [[SanityHasAdvantages sane beat mad hands down]].''

->''"Gradually I came to find Herbert West himself more horrible than anything he did -- that was when it dawned on me that his once-normal scientific zeal for [[BackFromTheDead prolonging life]] had subtly degenerated into a mere morbid and ghoulish curiosity and a [[NightmareFetishist secret sense of charnel picturesqueness]]. His interest became a hellish and perverse addiction to the repellently and fiendishly abnormal; he gloated calmly over [[CameBackWrong artificial monstrosities]] which would make most healthy men drop dead from fright and disgust; he became, behind his pallid intellectuality, a fastidious Baudelaire of physical experiment - a languid Elagabalus of the tombs."''

->Letting loose with a scream in the dead of night\\

In this world of fools.

->I know you're desperate, I really sympathize\\

I'm gonna put a thousand tiny implants in your brain

->From my heart and from my hand,\\

Bits and pieces and, bits and pieces!

-->-- '''Unknown [[MachineWorship Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[TechnoWizard tech-priest]]''', ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''

->''His mind whirled with grand plans, never thinking of what might happen if he were to succeed.''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' quote for ''Laboratory Maniac''

->''[[EvilSorcerer Melkhior]] experiments with the living, trying to find out how they can be made to understand the benefit of [[AssimilationPlot joining the Undead]] and how they could overcome their fear of the dead. Countless men have died in Melkhior's obsessive search, but still the answer he searches for eludes him. Pain, suffering and horror fascinate this mad being; the dungeons and torture chambers of his [[MageTower dark tower]] are filled with wretched prisoners who undergo indescribable agony to satisfy the curiosity of this insane Vampire Lord.''

->''It is said that to the Master Moulders, all living things, even the strangest and most horrifying of monsters are viewed as nothing more than subjects for future experiments. Refusing to bow to the limits of nature, and forever seeking to outdo their own previous accomplishments, they send their Packmasters out far and wide to search for and capture creatures which may be of use to them. Trolls, manticores, wyverns, chimeras, all manner of giant insects - monsters that would elicit nothing but fear and horror in any sane creature -- are regarded by the Master Moulders [[PsychopathicManchild in much the same way as a child sees a new toy]]. For with each new captured creature, each new monster, comes the hope that the Master Moulders will create some new and ferocious beast of war.''

->''To Bile himself, there is only one title that does his magnificence justice -– [[EvilutionaryBiologist the Primogenitor]].\\
He believes that in him is [[GodEmperor the Emperor]]'s [[EmperorScientist boundless artistry]] reborn. He claims to understand the secrets of creating [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] and even [[SuperPrototype Primarchs]], and though his creations are extremely strong of body, [[AxCrazy they are rarely of sound mind]]. To witness one of Bile’s genetic byblows is to lose a shred of sanity, for they are disturbing indeed. Bile has left a trail of foul deviants and twisted abominations wherever his ships have landed. [[TheDreaded His name has become a curse to the High Lords of Terra and those of the Apothecarion who have learned of his legend]]. Many believe that he has irrevocably tainted mankind’s gene pool, polluting it with hidden growth strains and lurking corruptions. Some scattered cults even worship him as Pater Mutatis, father of all the mutants that skulk in the underbelly of the Imperium. It is a belief that Bile does nothing to dissuade.''

->''Doctor Slithingly watched the readout on the computer screen and rubbed his hands together.\\

"Bwahaha!" he laughed. "So long, you meddling haematological neoplasm, you!"''

->''...Even as the noose was drawn around his neck, he could only think of what an abominable waste it had all been, his years studying in Sapphire and the brilliance that had followed.\\

There had never been any chance of convincing them that his studies, while unorthodox, offered great potential. They were too ready to believe that his actions would draw the eye of the [[TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} Pale Mistress]] down on them all. Furthermore, the Realm would surely find his scientific dissections unseemly.''

->''"Ruled by a megalomaniac scientist and his crew of crazy yes-men, the scientists of Magnitogorsk are willing to sacrifice anything to defeat [[ThoseWackyNazis the Hun]]. Even their humanity."''
-->-- '''Description''' of the "Mad Scientist" spirit for Magnitogorsk, ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope''

->''"IT'S ALIVE!!! ALIVE!!!''
-->-- '''Wilson''', ''VideoGame/DontStarve''

[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
->[[ObliviouslyEvil I don't see what you're so upset about.]] This is how we progress. Human experimentation is a necessary step. I would think a scientist should understand...
-->-- '''Shou Tucker'''[='=]s pathetic attempt to justify transmuting his daughter and her dog into a chimera, ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]''

->Now becomes the the past in an instant - and everyone will eventually die! Destiny triumphs over human knowledge and goes ''mad! That'' is the way of things! I ''spit'' upon this frail, crazed, world! I ''spit'' upon the Second Law of Thermodynamics!

->Just one small DNA sample taken from a given subject and we can make an infinite number of monsters.

[[folder: Comic Books]]

'''Both:''' [[EvilLaugh Ha ha ha ha ha!]]
-->-- ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' #5

->The point is, with the right amount of genius and a touch of perceived insanity, science can conquer anything.

->I'm ''not'' a mad scientist! Why does ''everyone'' think I'm a mad scientist?

[[folder: Fan Fiction]]

(''[[IResembleThatRemark Brainstorm looks at them with a stupid grin]]'')\\
'''Jack:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I think that answers your question.]]

->"Do you think I am merely another mad scientist incapable of assuring his gravy train by conning the military into funding a grossly-overpriced weapons project?"
-->-- '''Dr Zarkendorf''', ''Fanfic/Plan7Of9FromOuterSpace''

[[folder: Film - Animated]]
->I'm not a quack, I'm a ''mad scientist!'' There's a difference.

->'''Captain Gantu''': Place that ''idiot'' scientist under arrest!
->'''Dr. Jumba Jookiba''': I prefer to be called '''''EvilGenius!'''''

[[folder: Film - Live-Action]]
->Dangerous? Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous? Where should we be if no one tried to find out what lies beyond? Have you never wanted to look beyond the clouds and the stars, or to know what causes the trees to bud? And what changes the darkness into light? But if you talk like that, people call you crazy. Well, if I could discover just one of these things, what eternity is, for example, I wouldn't care if they did think I was crazy.

->"Blasphemy?" Before what, "God?" A God repulsed by the miserable humanity he created in his own image? I will not be shackled by the failures of ''your'' God. The only "blasphemy" is to wallow in insignificance! I have taken the refuse of your God's failures, and I have ''triumphed!''

->'''Ben Grimm:''' Reed, you're insane.
->'''Reed Richards:''' Thanks.

->"You are acting like we are engaged in some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural! We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And, if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. [[RuleOfCool But you didn't ask for reality. You asked for more teeth.]]"

->Isn't it worth the loss of a hand to have created the man of the future, the '''''MACHINE'''-MAN?!''

->Some would call it a blasphemous kind of alchemy. I would say: it's messy work, with lots of mistakes.
-->-- '''[[StupidJetpackHitler Colonel Strasser]]''', ''Film/OutpostRiseOfTheSpetsnaz''

->So, come up to the lab and see what's on the slab\\

So, I'll remove the cause... BUT NOT THE SYMPTOM!

->You've broken all the laws of man, [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Luthor]]. Now it looks as though you've broken all the laws of nature, too.
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Superman}}''', ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace''

->Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?

->'''Dr. Alexander Thorkel''': Are we then country doctors? You do not realize what we have here. In our very hands, we have the cosmic force of creation itself. In our very hands, we can shape life, take it apart, put it together again, mould it like putty.\\
'''Dr. Mendoza''': But what you are doing is mad. It is diabolic! You are tampering with powers reserved to God.\\
'''Thorkel''': That is good. That is very good. That is just what I am doing.
-->--''Film/DrCyclops''

-->--'''Professor Kendall''' on '''Dr. Alexander Thorkel''', ''Film/DrCyclops''

-->--'''Black Dynamite''' describing '''Fiendish Dr. Wu''', ''Film/BlackDynamite''

-->--'''Professor Vornoff''' (Bela Lugosi), ''Film/BrideOfTheMonster''

[[folder: Literature]]
->When it came to getting weird things done, [[SanityHasAdvantages sane beat mad hands down.]]

->'''Moist Von Lipwig:''' [[TheIgor Igor? You have an Igor?]]\\
'''Hubert Turvy:''' Oh, yes. That's how I get this wonderful light. They know the secret of storing lightning in jars! But don't let that worry you, Mr Lipspick. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Just because I'm employing an Igor and working in a cellar doesn't mean I'm some sort of madman, ha ha ha!]]\\

'''[[MadScientist Hubert]]:''' Ha hah hah! [[EvilLaugh Hahahahahaha]]!! [[EvilLaugh Ahahahahaha]]'''[[EvilLaugh hhhhh]]!!!!!'''

->The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
-->-- '''Judge Holden''' [[note]]non-scientist[[/note]], ''Literature/BloodMeridian''

->Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence- whether much that is glorious- whether all that is profound- does not spring from disease of thought - from ''moods'' of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect.
-->-- "[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Eleonora]]"

->I remember those nights, planning technologies that didn't exist yet, outsider science, futurist dreaming, half-magical. The things I could do outside the university setting, now that I didn't have to wait for the pompous fools at the college! I was building another science, my science, wild science, robots and lasers and disembodied brains. A science that buzzed and glowed; it wanted to do things. It could get up and walk, fly, fight, sprout garish glowing creations in the remotest parts of the world, domes and towers and architectural fever dreams. And it was angry. It was mad science.

->Gradually I came to find Herbert West himself more horrible than anything he did - that was when it dawned on me that his once-normal scientific zeal for [[BackFromTheDead prolonging life]] had subtly degenerated into a mere morbid and ghoulish curiosity and a [[NightmareFetishist secret sense of charnel picturesqueness]]. His interest became a hellish and perverse addiction to the repellently and fiendishly abnormal; he gloated calmly over [[CameBackWrong artificial monstrosities]] which would make most healthy men drop dead from fright and disgust; he became, behind his pallid intellectuality, a fastidious Baudelaire of physical experiment - a languid Elagabalus of the tombs.
-->-- ''Herbert West: Reanimator'', by Creator/HPLovecraft

[[folder: Live-Action TV]]
->Oh God, Lem, you're using science for no good. We took an oath we would try to do that less.\\
[...]\\
I'm a scientist, Lem. I've been a threat to humanity, the environment, even Jupiter once. But ''never'' to a hot girl's boyfriend.

'''Dr. Walter Bishop:'''Well, it's a special blend.\\
'''Peter Bishop:''' Hey guess what just happened?\\

->'''[=NamTar=]''': The quest for perfection demands our unwavering devotion! [[InsultBackfire This Mengele sounds like a visionary!]]

->The chain, as a whole, is supposed to signify the Realm: one cannot have only lords or only knights, one needs farmers, smiths, merchants, shepherds and the like. Like a chain of many different metals - an obvious and trivial point, disguised with pomposity... much like the maesters themselves! They study without learning and proudly pass down the same knowledge that was passed down to them, [[MedievalStasis with no addition]]. Perhaps such is to be expected, when one considers the kinds of men who become maesters: the [[InadequateInheritor youngest sons]] of noble families, dutiful and timid, [[TheUnfavourite raised in the shadow of their older brothers]]; or bastards and peasant boys whose minds are easily satisfied by the knowledge of their next meal. [[TheUnfettered Because bold men will not be chained]]. They dare to ask questions the maesters fear to answer: they will look at a living man, and ask "How?" And they will look at the dead, and ask "[[{{Necromancer}} What if...?]]"
-->-- '''Qyburn''', ''Series/GameOfThrones: History and Lore of Westeros - The Maester's Chain''

->"Discovery requires [[PlayingWithSyringes experimentation]]!"

[[folder: Music]]

[...]\\

[...]\\

My intentions?\\
\\

[[folder: Tabletop Games]]
->There is no way in which the fully realised sentience of a machine could not be of benefit to us. As it is, the Machine Spirit is revered, yet in permanent bondage, its full potential shackled by petty fears. I seek to terminate this state of affairs.
-->-- Unknown [[MachineWorship Adeptus Mechanicus]] [[TechnoWizard tech-priest]], ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''

->His mind whirled with grand plans, never thinking of what might happen if he were to succeed.
-->-- TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering quote for ''Laboratory Maniac''

->[[EvilSorcerer Melkhior]] experiments with the living, trying to find out how they can be made to understand the benefit of [[AssimilationPlot joining the Undead]] and how they could overcome their fear of the dead. Countless men have died in Melkhior's obsessive search, but still the answer he searches for eludes him. Pain, suffering and horror fascinate this mad being; the dungeons and torture chambers of his [[MageTower dark tower]] are filled with wretched prisoners who undergo indescribable agony to satisfy the curiosity of this insane Vampire Lord.
-->--''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}: Vampire Counts (5th Edition)''

->It is said that to the Master Moulders, all living things, even the strangest and most horrifying of monsters are viewed as nothing more than subjects for future experiments. Refusing to bow to the limits of nature, and forever seeking to outdo their own previous accomplishments, they send their Packmasters out far and wide to search for and capture creatures which may be of use to them. Trolls, manticores, wyverns, chimeras, all manner of giant insects - monsters that would elicit nothing but fear and horror in any sane creature - are regarded by the Master Moulders [[PsychopathicManchild in much the same way as a child sees a new toy]]. For with each new captured creature, each new monster, comes the hope that the Master Moulders will create some new and ferocious beast of war.
-->--''[[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} The Loathsome Ratmen]]''

->To Bile himself, there is only one title that does his magnificence justice – [[EvilutionaryBiologist the Primogenitor]].
->He believes that in him is [[GodEmperor the Emperor]]’s [[EmperorScientist boundless artistry]] reborn. He claims to understand the secrets of creating [[SuperSoldier Space Marines]] and even [[SuperPrototype Primarchs]], and though his creations are extremely strong of body, [[AxCrazy they are rarely of sound mind]]. To witness one of Bile’s genetic byblows is to lose a shred of sanity, for they are disturbing indeed. Bile has left a trail of foul deviants and twisted abominations wherever his ships have landed. [[TheDreaded His name has become a curse to the High Lords of Terra and those of the Apothecarion who have learned of his legend]]. Many believe that he has irrevocably tainted mankind’s gene pool, polluting it with hidden growth strains and lurking corruptions. Some scattered cults even worship him as Pater Mutatis, father of all the mutants that skulk in the underbelly of the Imperium. It is a belief that Bile does nothing to dissuade.
-->--''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000: Champions Of Chaos''

[[folder: Theme Parks]]
->It worked! Hahahahaha! And they laughed at me back at university. Maybe it's because of the tutu...

[[folder: Video Games]]
->THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

->You've made Science ''MAD! [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHA!]]''
-->-- '''Dr Mobius''', ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''

->I am Kang, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Mad]]. I [[ThoseMagnificentFlyingMachines make things fly]], and I [[MadBomber make things explode]]. The things I fly [[MrFixit tend to survive]]. The things I explode... [[ChunkySalsaRule not so much]].

->[[AC:Aperture Science: We do what we must, because we can.]]
-->-- '''[=GlaDOS=]''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''

->Just a heads up: we're gonna have a superconductor turned up full blast and pointed at you for the duration of this next test. [[ForScience I'll be honest, we're throwing Science at the wall here to see what sticks. No idea what it'll do.]] Probably nothing. Best-case scenario, [[FreakLabAccident you might get some superpowers]]. Worst case, [[BodyHorror some tumors]], which we'll cut out.
-->-- '''Cave Johnson''', CEO of Aperture Science, ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''

->[[DitzyGenius Even drooling imbeciles can achieve success in certain fields]], sir. Mad Science, for example.

->We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?
-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang''', ''[[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]''

->'''The Heavy''': Doctor, are you sure this will work?\\
'''The Medic''': Haha, I have '''''no idea!'''''
-->-- ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc Meet the Medic]]"

->Black market organs don't just march out of exotic animals and into your body cavity! My experiments required funding! I feel like we are glossing over the part where [[ArtisticLicenseMedicine I defied modern medicine]] and [[BackFromTheDead brought you back to life.]]
-->--'''The Medic''', ''Videogame/TeamFortress2'', "Old Wounds"

->I went through a bunch of acronyms to get where I am today: NIMH, the CIA, the SAD... I was headn' the MK-ULTRA project during the 80s - this was after it had been publicly shitcanned, obviously. Ha. Mind control. Wow. A great field. A lot of potential. The big deal in the Agency at the time was [[FunctionalMagic extrahuman abilities]]. Less of a zero-sum market than nukes. [[SovietSuperScience The Reds]], industrious little dudes that they were, they were trying to breed their own supersoldiers, you know, "[[RussianReversal In Soviet Russia, science makes you!]]" We took an [[FantasticRecruitmentDrive identify-and-exploit]] approach, working with subjects like you, [[ChildMage younger where possible]], from around the States. A few we borrowed from other nations. And civilian experiments... a whole lot of civilian experiments! [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs We sprayed LSD like it was going out of style]]. But there was a ceiling, a very tangible ceiling. After we'd burned through the first 30 million in research grants... oh boy. Accountability, recriminations, constitutional rights, a real bad scene. Yes. I'm grateful to TheIlluminati for really moving things forward.
-->--'''Dr Charles Zurn,''' ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld''

->''(A distorted scream is heard in the depths of the Evolution Chamber)''
->'''Kerrigan:''' What is that sound?
->'''Abathur:''' Failed experiments. Reverting to biomass. Slow process.
->'''Kerrigan:''' At least put them out of their misery first.
->'''Abathur:''' Wasted effort. Creatures will die soon. Pain irrelevant.

->Ruled by a megalomaniac scientist and his crew of crazy yesmen, the scientists of Magnitogorsk are willing to sacrifice anything to defeat [[ThoseWackyNazis the Hun]]. Even their humanity
-->-- Description of the "Mad Scientist" spirit for Magnitogorsk, ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope''

->"IT'S ALIVE!!! ALIVE!!!
-->--Wilson, ''VideoGame/DontStarve''

[[folder: Webcomics]]
->So once I hit on the idea of working from the base monster template it was a simple process to generate an organism fully capable of fixing my printer.
-->-- '''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'''

->[Milo] always did prefer mad science over academia.

->"...When things are put into conjunction in a way never before seen... yes... '''that''' is when one can truly glimpse the '''mechanics of the universe!''' The results of logic? - of 'natural progression?' '''Boring!''' An 'expected result?' '''Dull!''' An 'obvious next step?' '''Pfui!''' Where's the fun in '''that'''?! We want to see the '''unexpected! The strange and terrible!''' A dream merely soothes - but our '''nightmares''' make us '''run! ''Behold!"'''''

->"[[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder Fools! I will destroy you all!]]
->[[AffablyEvil (Ask me how)]]"
-->-- [[FunTShirt T-shirt]] worn by at least one Spark in ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''

->"Mad Science" means never stopping to ask "[[TemptingFate what's the worst thing that could happen?]]"

->'''Commander Kevyn Andreyasyn''': ...They've just departed on an op and the Captain left me in charge. Before any of you unwisely take this as a cue to step even further out of line than you were already planning to, I'd like to say two words about my position as the company's munitions commander and ''resident mad scientist'': "Guinea pigs".
->'''Grunt''': I want my mommy.

->"[[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-12-08 You're a warship captain and an encyclopedia entry for 'mad scientist']]. Stop using weasel words."

->When I get [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder the vibe]], it's like there's a party in my toolbox and Science is invited!

->The history of life is a history of competition for survival. Imagine people so cocksure they ''made'' [[CreatingLife new life]], [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters new competition]]. Just because they can.

[[folder: Web Original]]
->He's a genius inventor, and therefore, also psychotic. It's like milk and Ovaltine. To make room for the know-how to split atoms, you have to free up some space, and sanity seems to be the first thing to go.

->Yes Meredith, I've sent an elephant to hell. Science stuff, you wouldn't understand.

->Doctor Slithingly watched the readout on the computer screen and rubbed his hands together.\\

This was the culmination of years of research – years of testing tissue samples and creating unnatural biological hybrids – but now it was over. Now, finally, he would destroy them all – every single type and variation of leukaemia. In doing so, he would render useless the work of thousands of charitable organisations as well as denying medical professionals the world over a source of income. He would prevent the publication of hundreds of inspiring stories of survival and sacrifice which might otherwise have sold millions of copies worldwide.\\
"Bwahaha!" he laughed. "So long, you meddling haematological neoplasm, you!"

->My Moon-based Death Ray\\

Mock my theories now!

->...Even as the noose was drawn around his neck, he could only think of what an abominable waste it had all been, his years studying in Sapphire and the brilliance that had followed.\\

There had never been any chance of convincing them that his studies, while unorthodox, offered great potential. They were too ready to believe that his actions would draw the eye of the [[TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} Pale Mistress]] down on them all. Furthermore, the Realm would surely find his scientific dissections unseemly.
-->-- "[[http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/exalted/122205-​creation-has-a-million-stories-what-is-yours Son of an-Teng]]", by '''silverwinglie'''

->Really, why in the hell would you even ''get'' into mad science if you're not going to TakeOverTheWorld? Honestly, people, the sooner you realize that [[ScienceIsBad all scientists are evil]] and have them all killed, the safer you'll be, really.

->A scientist must know everything about his experimental subjects before they begin their work! And besides, one cannot concern themselves with things like "social mores" in the pursuit off greatness! Mwahahaha!

[[folder: Western Animation]]
->Everyone's always in favor of [[Film/TheySavedHitlersBrain saving Hitler's brain]], but when you put it in the body of a [[ThreateningShark great white shark]], ooooh, ''suddenly'' you've gone too far!

->They called me crazy, insane, mad. [[EvilLaugh Uwahahaaa]]! Well. I'll show them.
-->-- '''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]]''', ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan''

->Ze true mad scientist does not make public appearances! He does not wear ze Hello My Name Is badge! He '''strikes''' from below, like a viper! Or on high like a penny, dropped from ze tallest building around! He has only ze one purpose: do bad things to good people, '''MIT SCIENCE!'''

->{{Mad Scientist}}s. Always perverting nature in their twisted quest for power.

->Shockwave, it does my spark good to see you once again tampering with creation.

[[folder: Real Life]]
->But if we fail, then the whole world...will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science.
-->-- ''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill''

->I'm Elon Musk of bad ideas, if Elon Musk were a three-foot tall Filipino, and dumb.
-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHaxi4GTYDpJgMSGy7AeSw Michael Reeves]]'', '''[[https://youtu.be/c2gq4IwIc_s?t=52 A Robot That Picks Tomatoes Out of Your Salad]]'''

->If you want a ''new'' [[GoneHorriblyWrong problem]], ask a salarian.
-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''Franchise/MassEffect''

->"You are acting like we are engaged in some kind of mad science. But we are doing what we have done from the beginning. Nothing in Jurassic World is natural! We have always filled gaps in the genome with the DNA of other animals. And, if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different. But you didn't ask for reality. You asked for more teeth."

->Shockwave. It does my spark good to see you once again tampering with creation.

-->-- '''Dr. Von Niemann''', ''Film/TheVampireBat''

-->-- T-shirt worn by at least one [[MadScientist Spark]] in ''Webcomic/Girl/Genius''

[[folder: Real Life]]
->But if we fail, then the whole world...will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science.
-->-- ''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill''
[[/folder]]

->I was building another science, my science, wild science, robots and lasers and disembodied brains. A science that buzzed and glowed; it wanted to do things. It could get up and walk, fly, fight, sprout garish glowing creations in the remotest parts of the world, domes and towers and architectural fever dreams. And it was ''angry''. It was ''mad'' science.
-->-- '''Dr. Impossible''', ''ComicBook/SoonIWillBeInvincible''

-->-- '''Professor Desty Nova''', ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}''

-->-- Description of the "Mad Scientist" spirit for Magnitogorsk,
''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope''

-->-- '''Dr Zarkendorf''', ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''

-->-- ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime''

-->-- ''Discworld/MakingMoney''

-->"[[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-12-08 You're a warship captain and an encyclopedia entry for 'mad scientist']]. Stop using weasel words."

-->-- Description of the "Mad Scientist" spirit for Magnitogorsk, ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysofEurope''