History MadScientist / LiveActionTV

*** Interestingly enough; Dr. Frightenstein also doubles as a spoof of the ClassicalMovieVampire....complete with full - ''Film/{{Dracula}}'' regalia (except for sneakers) and speech full of VampireVords. [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire He prefers]] toast [[VegetarianVampire instead of blood]].

* Obviously, the title character in the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode "DNA Mad Scientist".

* ''Series/BlakesSeven''. Saymon from "The Web" is an amoral HiveMind whose creations TurnedAgainstTheirMasters. Egrorian in "Orbit" is the [[EvilIsHammy classic scenery-muncher]] plotting to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the galaxy]] with his WeaponOfMassDestruction. Coser from "Weapon" is only a technician but fits this trope exactly -- he invents a superweapon, feels bitter that his [[TheyCalledMeMad genius is not recognised]], has a [[TheIgor minion that he alternately bullies and confides in]], a tendency to start [[MotiveRant ranting at the slightest provocation]], and gets [[HoistByHisOwnPetard killed by his own creation]]. Lampshaded with Justin from "Animals" who's a more decent version, though it doesn't turn out any better for him than the others.

** In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', Dr. Elias Giger fits the profile of the more comic, probably harmless type. His theory is that death is caused by "cellular ennui," that cells can literally be bored to death, and so he creates his "cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber" to keep them stimulated. However, his work is supposedly hampered by non-believing "soulless minions of orthodoxy" and he seems badly paranoid that they are out to ruin him and his work.
** On ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', Altan Soong (son of cyberneticist Noonien Soong) introduces himself as a mad scientist when he meets Picard.
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Time Is on My Side", the brothers encounter Doc Benton, a Mad Scientist who has used Mad Science to make himself immortal, but often needs to kidnap people and steal their organs when his old ones wear out.

* Dr. Sheldon Cooper from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' was once described as being "One lab accident away from being a super villain". The various [[NoodleIncident noodle incidents]] from his childhood include an attempt to build a sonic death ray and he once ordered uranium in an attempt to figure out how his friend was doing a card trick. And there's not a single person that knows him that doesn't believe him to be [[AmbiguousDisorder SOME kind of crazy (even if his mother did have him tested)]]. Lampshaded once in that while rattling off a list of arch nemesis from comics he realizes how many were scientists and says [[HypocriticalHumor they should really screen doctoral candidates better]]. Lampshaded by Sheldon's childhood hero, Professor Proton (Creator/BobNewhart) when he meets Sheldon.

* Series/TheImperfects: Dr. Alex Sarkov is an eccentric and morally flexible Aussie scientist who is responsible for the protagonists' mutations. [[It's revealed that Alex isn't even the real Alex Sarkov, but the genetic creation of a man who '''is'''.]]

* Anton Mercer (and to a lesser extent, Tommy Oliver) from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', can be seen as this, given that they were trying to recreate ''Franchise/JurrasicPark'' by combining dino DNA with electronics. Anton Mercer goes a step further, creating season villain Mesogog out of it, complete with superpowers.

* In ''Series/LancelotLinkSecretChimp'' (basically ''Series/GetSmart'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY with]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys chimpanzees]]) we have CHUMP's resident Mad Scientist Doctor Strangemind.

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** Professor Maggie Walsh and Warren Mears. Warren is good at Magitek in general as well, provided someone else provides the magic. Hence the Trio's Freezeray and Invisibility gun.

** Ted - specifically, the original one, who built a perfect robot double of himself in the ''fifties''. Living on a gateway to Hell presumably helped.
*** Apparently - "According to David Fury when he questioned the incredible technological abilities of Sunnydale residents (reanimating the dead in 'Some Assembly Required', constructing lifelike robots in 'Ted' and ' I Was Made to Love You') Joss Whedon replied "You're just way overthinking it. The Hellmouth should be able to provide us with anything we want to do; the energy that comes out of it makes mad scientists out of humans who then go ahead and create something evil".

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Volume 3 [[spoiler:Mohinder Suresh]] crosses this line when the SuperSerum [[TooDumbToLive he's injected himself with]] causes him to become increasingly unstable as the season progresses.

** [[BigBad Dr Kiyoto Maki]] of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' is a brilliant but sociopathic scientist and One of the brightest in the Kougami Foundation, being in charge of its Biotech Laboratory, as well as the inventor of the Birth system. He's also an OmnicidalManiac who wants to end the world and once locked several scientists in the lab with a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Yummy]] that kills them simply because he wanted to see what would happen ForScience.

** [[BigBad Tenjuro Banno]] of ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' would be the same as Sengoku if he was not a full blown OmnicidalManiac. He calls his children failed project and created a race of [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot RidiculouslyHumanRobots]] to TakeOverTheWorld. Partially for abuse and lulz, too.

* Grandpa in ''Series/TheMunsters'', he even has his own creepy lab. In the rebooted series ''''Series/MockingbirdLane'''' he's even Herman's creator trying to make the perfect husband for his daughter.

* The ''Series/MythBusters'' come ''damn'' close at times. Tory in particular has his Mad Scientist moments when building the more bizare props. Like a human sized dummy made from [[FrankensteinsMonster sewn together pieces of pork]].
* Profesor Memelovsky in ''Series/OdiseaBurbujas'', has a time machine, a size changing machines (that's how he manage to make a group of small animals human-size and become his assistants) and a machine to enter books.

** Samantha Carter is, occasionally, a benevolent variant on this, with [=McKay=] in one slightly forlorn moment noting that this is why she'll always be better than him - she's got an x-factor of pure inspiration that he doesn't.

{{Mad Scientist}}s in live-action TV.

* Played with in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdhwTXwhA4c Dr. Death sketch]] on ''Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook''. Dr. Death is closely modelled on a German scientist immigrant (see RealLife below) who has been working in secret on technology to help America win the war. Parodied in that his first invention is a laser, a.k.a. Death Ray, that's used to... scan the barcode on a can of beans, and he's disgusted when the president wants his creation used for destruction. Later played straight when Dr. Death unveils his Death Scorpion (with a gatling gun to dispense [[HealingShiv helpful bullets]]) and he also tries to destroy it when it's to be used for the war effort.

'''Dr: Death:''' ''(shouting over hammer blows)'' Forgive me, Mr. President, but I created the Laser-Fitted Armored Scorpion of Death to help mankind, not to destroy!

** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' is swimming in mad scientists due to it's science theme. First there's [[PredecessorVillain Takumi Katsuragi]], who created his own evil organization so he could use human experimentation to create both the Kamen Rider system and the Smash, and was noted by one of his allies for his ambition and madness. Nariaki Utsumi probably counts as well, especially apparent when he risks his own life for a dangerous experiment in the youtube special. And finally, while [[TheHero Sento Kiryuu]] is a rare true ScienceHero, he definitely dabbles in the mad science spectrum as well, happily gloating about what a genius he is and occasionally wanting to test his new inventions on his allies. [[spoiler: Of course, since it turns out that Sento was Takumi before he lost his memories, this is still a significant improvement in behavior.]]

* Mad science is the heart of ''Franchise/KamenRider''. {{Mad Scientist}}s show up in most seasons and work in the background of majority of the events. LargeHam, EvilLaugh and GodComplex are usually at work.