History Series / MisfitsOfScience

* GlowingEyes: When Johnny B, absorbs enough electricity, his eyes start glowing.

The whole series can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLolykv52ALEyJR8-7kXcwJMu8BJ59xvFb here]].

* TheChick: Gloria is often in this role.

The pilot can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMXzG1cQHcg here]].

It featured a cast of super-powered humans who work for Humanidyne Institute and their madcap adventures. Sort of like ''Series/TheATeam'' meets the ComicBook/XMen. The team consists of Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln, a seven foot tall man who tried to make himself more normal sized, but who wound up giving himself [[SizeShifting shrinking powers]] instead; Johnny Bukowski, aka "Johnny B", a rock and roll singer who was electrocuted on stage and got [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] and SuperSpeed, but he can't turn them off; Gloria Dinallo, a {{Troubled|Child}} Teen with [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]]; and Dr. Billy Hayes, who somehow manages to get the clashing personalties of the others to work together and so usually leads the Misfits' escapades. Another member, Arnold "Beef" Beifneiter, aka the "Ice Man", was introduced in the pilot movie but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome quietly dropped]] when the series proper started, due to [[ExecutiveMeddling legal issues from Marvel Comics.]]

''Misfits of Science'' is a short-lived American superhero fantasy television series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} Fridays at 8 P.M. EST (against Creator/{{CBS}}'s Top 10 hit ''Series/{{Dallas}}'') from October 1985 to February 1986. It featured a cast of super-powered humans who work for Humanidyne Institute and their madcap adventures. Sort of like ''Series/TheATeam'' meets the ComicBook/XMen. The team consists of Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln, a seven foot tall man who tried to make himself more normal sized, but who wound up giving himself [[SizeShifting shrinking powers]] instead; Johnny Bukowski, aka "Johnny B", a rock and roll singer who was electrocuted on stage and got [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] and SuperSpeed, but he can't turn them off; Gloria Dinallo, a {{Troubled|Child}} Teen with [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]]; and Dr. Billy Hayes, who somehow manages to get the clashing personalties of the others to work together and so usually leads the Misfits' escapades. Another member, Arnold "Beef" Beifneiter, aka the "Ice Man", was introduced in the pilot movie but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome quietly dropped]] when the series proper started, due to [[ExecutiveMeddling legal issues from Marvel Comics.]]

* NotWearingTights: Just as they don't actually call themselves superheroes, they don't wear costumes, unless you count Elvin and Billy's lab coats.

* TheHero: Billy acts as the leader of the team. He has no powers, but he manages to get the others to work together.

* VisualTitleDrop: With T-shirts that say "Misfits of Science".

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Elvin took hormonal treatments to make himself normal sized but ended up with shrinking powers. Also Johnny B, whose powers completely destroyed his career.

''Misfits of Science'' is a short-lived American superhero fantasy television series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} Fridays at 8 P.M. EST (against Creator/{{CBS}}'s Top 10 hit ''Series/{{Dallas}}'') from October 1985 to February 1986. It featured a cast of super-powered humans who work for Humanidyne Institute and their madcap adventures. Sort of like ''Series/TheATeam'' meets the ComicBook/XMen. The team consists of Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln, a seven foot tall man who tried to make himself more normal sized, but who wound up giving himself [[SizeShifting shrinking powers]] instead; Johnny Bukowski, aka "Johnny B", a rock and roll singer who was electrocuted on stage and got [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] and SuperSpeed, but he can't turn them off; Gloria Dinallo, a TroubledTeen with [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]]; and Dr. Billy Hayes, who somehow manages to get the clashing personalties of the others to work together and so usually leads the Misfits' escapades. Another member, Arnold "Beef" Beifneiter, aka the "Ice Man", was introduced in the pilot movie but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome quietly dropped]] when the series proper started, due to [[ExecutiveMeddling legal issues from Marvel Comics.]]

''Misfits of Science'' is a short-lived American superhero fantasy television series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} Fridays at 8 P.M. EST (against Creator/{{CBS}}'s Top 10 hit ''Series/{{Dallas}}'') from October 1985 to February 1986. It featured a cast of super-powered humans who work for Humanidyne Institute and their madcap adventures. Sort of like ''Series/TheATeam'' meets the ComicBook/{{X-Men}}. The team consists of Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln, a seven foot tall man who tried to make himself more normal sized, but who wound up giving himself [[SizeShifting shrinking powers]] instead; Johnny Bukowski, aka "Johnny B", a rock and roll singer who was electrocuted on stage and got [[ShockAndAwe electrical powers]] and SuperSpeed, but he can't turn them off; Gloria Dinallo, a TroubledTeen with [[MindOverMatter telekinetic powers]]; and Dr. Billy Hayes, who somehow manages to get the clashing personalties of the others to work together and so usually leads the Misfits' escapades. Another member, Arnold "Beef" Beifneiter, aka the "Ice Man", was introduced in the pilot movie but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome quietly dropped]] when the series proper started, due to [[ExecutiveMeddling legal issues from Marvel Comics.]]

* YouLookFamiliar: The bad guys in the pilot episode are [[{{Series/MASH}} Frank Burns and Col Flagg]]!

* YouLookFamiliar: The bad guys in the pilot episode are [[{{MASH}} Frank Burns and Col Flagg]]!

Not to be confused with ''Series/Misfits''.

Not to be confused with ''Series/TheMisfits''.

* BlessedWithSuck: Johnny B, who absorbs electricity around him whether he wants to or not ([[BlessedWithSuck which makes playing an electric guitar impossible, derailing his career]]), forcing him to live as a hermit, and who has to occasionally release the electricity before it builds up too much. On top of that, his eyes glow when he's charged, so he has to wear sunglasses all the time to conceal them.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Billy's friend Dr. Morgan "Augie" Augenglick from "Your Place Or Mayan?" is one of these, but he's considered a crackpot by other scientists and is killed when he starts getting too close to his goal of learning exactly what happened to the Mayans.

''Misfits of Science'' is a short-lived American superhero fantasy television series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} Fridays at 8 P.M. EST (against Creator/{{CBS}}'s Top 10 hit ''Series/{{Dallas}}'') from October 1985 to February 1986. It featured a cast of super-powered humans who work for Humanidyne Institute and their madcap adventures. Sort of like ''Series/TheATeam'' meets the ComicBook/{{X-Men}}. An episode was written by Tim Kring, later the creator of the NBC show ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. A double-length pilot and 15 additional episodes were created; all episodes but one were broadcast in the United States during its original run. In France, the series was known as ''Superminds''. In Germany where it was known as ''Die Spezialisten Unterwegs'' (''The Specialists on Their Way''). The Mexican Spanish dub called the series ''Los científicos rebeldes'' (''The rebel scientists'').

* TheAllegedCar - The Ice Cream truck the team rides in.
* BadassNormal - Dr. Billy Hayes
* TheBigGuy - Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln
* BlackBestFriend - Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln
* CallingYourAttacks - Johnny B
* TheChick - Gloria Dinallo
* TheEighties
* ElementalPowers - Johnny B
* TheHero - Dr. Billy Hayes
* HumanPopsicle
* IJustWantToBeNormal - Elvin took hormonal treatments to make himself normal sized but ended up with shrinking powers. Also Johnny B.
* AnIcePerson
* TheLancer
* LightningCanDoAnything - Johnny B
* MindOverMatter - Gloria's power
* NakedPeopleAreFunny - Elvin's size-changing occasionally leads to this, as he didn't invent MagicPants to go along with his ability and must redress himself in dolls' clothing.
* NoodleIncident - Plenty of references to other superpowered people are thrown in for laughs.
* NotWearingTights
* PsychicPowers - Gloria

* ShockAndAwe - Johnny B
* TheSmartGuy - Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln
* {{Superhero}}
* SuperHeroOrigin
* YouLookFamiliar: The bad guys in the pilot episode are [[{{MASH}} Frank Burns and Col Flagg]]!

* MissingEpisode - The last episode in the US airing. Eventually aired when the Sci-Fi Channel aired the series in the 90s.

* MissingEpisode - The last episode in the US airing.

* YouLookFamilar: The bad guys in the pilot episode are [[{{MASH}} Frank Burns and Col Flagg]]!

''Misfits of Science'' is a short-lived American superhero fantasy television series that aired on Creator/{{NBC}} Fridays at 8 P.M. EST (against CBS's Top 10 hit Dallas) from October 1985 to February 1986. It featured a cast of super-powered humans who work for Humanidyne Institute and their madcap adventures. Sort of like ''Series/TheATeam'' meets the Comicbook/{{X-Men}}. An episode was written by Tim Kring, later the creator of the NBC show ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. A double-length pilot and 15 additional episodes were created; all episodes but one were broadcast in the United States during its original run. In France, the series was known as ''Superminds''. In Germany where it was known as ''Die Spezialisten Unterwegs'' (''The Specialists on Their Way''). The Mexican Spanish dub called the series ''Los científicos rebeldes'' (''The rebel scientists'').