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* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' villager Petri, pictured above, embodies this trope both figuratively, as a scientist-themed snooty villager with a laboratory-themed residence, and [[VisualPun literally]], as a mouse villager introduced in ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''.
* Ema Skye in the first ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' and ''Apollo Justice Ace Attorney''.
** Technically, a detective who really likes science, but the spirit is still there.

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They will often be fairly geeky, and/or [[MisfitLabRat members of other subcultures]]. [[HotScientist Not looking out of place on the catwalk is optional]]. Sometimes they will leave the lab and have adventures, or even become a more major character. Often the PluckyComicRelief if they get any character development. Not to be confused with the actual [[AnimalTesting lab animals]], [[TestedOnHumans humans]] StrappedToAnOperatingTable, or ProfessorGuineaPig, though examples of the last trope sometimes fit this one as well. [[note]]Actually, come to think of it, [[UpliftedAnimal any]] of [[GotVolunteered those]] could fit, circumstances depending.[[/note]]

* Dr. Otto Octavius refers to himself as exactly this in ''FanFic/TheLifeAfterDeathTrilogy''.

%%* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has Adam Ross.

* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' has [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Edward Nygma]], who annoys detectives with his habit of [[DelightingInRiddles giving out information he finds in the form of riddles.]]

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* Dr. Otto Octavius refers to himself as exactly this in ''FanFic/TheLifeAfterDeathTrilogy''.

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* Greg Sanders from ''Series/{{CSI}}'', whose nickname at TelevisionWithoutPity inspired this entry's title. He has now become a CSI in his own right.

They will often be fairly geeky, and/or [[MisfitLabRat members of other subcultures]]. [[HotScientist Not looking out of place on the catwalk is optional]]. Sometimes they will leave the lab and have adventures, or even become a more major character. Often the PluckyComicRelief if they get any character development. Not to be confused with the actual [[AnimalTesting lab animals]], [[TestedOnHumans humans]] StrappedToAnOperatingTable, or ProfessorGuineaPig, though examples of the last trope sometimes fit this one as well. [[note]]Actually, come to think of it,[[UpliftedAnimal any]] of [[GotVolunteered those]] could fit, circumstances depending.[[/note]]

%%* Chloe O'Brian from ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''.
%%* Samantha Carter from ''StargateVerse''.

%%* Eve Lockhart in WakingTheDead also qualifies.

* Ema Skye in the first ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' and ''Apollo Justice Ace Attorney''.

* Lester in ''BeakmansWorld'' is a ''literal'' lab rat. Well, lab guy-in-a-rat-suit, but you get the picture.

* ''Series/CSIMiami'' had Natalia Boa Vista, who has upgraded to full CSI.
** Maxine Valera also does this job.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' has Adam Ross.
* Marshall Flinkmann, the MissionControl from ''Series/{{Alias}}''.

* Chloe O'Brian from ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]''.
* Samantha Carter from ''StargateVerse''.
* Fred (and later Knox) in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.

* Agent Pendrell in ''Series/TheXFiles''.

* Eve Lockhart in WakingTheDead also qualifies.
* Phil and Lem from ''Series/BetterOffTed''.
* Barry Allen's day job in ''Series/TheFlash1990'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014''.

* TheLabRat from ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' actually goes by this name.

* Nigel Townsend from ''CrossingJordan''. He was as much a main character as anyone who wasn't Jordan could be throughout the show's duration, but his overenthusiasm at tackling any overly technical problem, quirky sense of humor, ambiguous personal life, and arguable ability to fall into the goth subculture place him squarely in this trope.

* Phil and Lem from ''BetterOffTed''.

* TheLabRat from ''{{Grossology}}'' actually goes by this name.
* A sort of literal version of this occurs in ''CreatureComforts'', where a couple of lab rats in a maze being voiced by two real-life scientists talk about their day jobs.

Any character who performs scientific analysis. Forensics people, usually. If on [[ForensicDrama a show about those people]], such as ''{{CSI}}'' and its spinoffs, he will be the member of the team who deals with the most technical and specialized aspects.

* Barry Allen, ComicBook/TheFlash, was a police scientist who got his SuperSpeed powers through a FreakLabAccident.

They will often be fairly geeky, and/or [[MisfitLabRat members of other subcultures]]. [[HotScientist Not looking out of place on the catwalk is optional]]. Sometimes they will leave the lab and have adventures, or even become a more major character. Often the PluckyComicRelief if they get any character development. Not to be confused with the actual [[AnimalTesting lab animals]], [[TestedOnHumans humans]] StrappedToAnOperatingTable, or ProfessorGuineaPig, though examples of the last trope sometimes fit this one as well. [[note]]Actually, come to think of it,[UpliftedAnimal any of them]] could fit, depending on how it turns out.[[/note]]

They will often be fairly geeky, and/or [[MisfitLabRat members of other subcultures]]. [[HotScientist Not looking out of place on the catwalk is optional]]. Sometimes they will leave the lab and have adventures, or even become a more major character. Often the PluckyComicRelief if they get any character development.

* Broots from ''ThePretender'', whose job description rarely entails leaving his electronics lab at Villain HQ.

* While "serial killer" is a better description, blood-spatter analyst {{Dexter}} Morgan is considered TheLabRat in his public life.

* ''TheDresdenFiles'' has Waldo Butters, whose adventures outside the lab result in him very firmly returning to it, and only leaving while wearing a BulletProofVest.
* In the Palace of the Prophets, Wizard Warren becomes known as The Mole for stopping leaving the underground libraries. It takes Richard to draw him out again. Warren turns out to be both brilliant and a power combat-wizard, so it was mainly shyness.

* Greg Sanders from ''{{CSI}}'', whose nickname at TelevisionWithoutPity inspired this entry's title. He has now become a CSI in his own right.

*** Also, the aptly named "Lab Rats" episode, and the(also aptly named) "Field Mice".
* ''CSIMiami'' had Natalia Boa Vista, who has upgraded to full CSI.

* ''{{CSINY}}'' has Adam Ross.

* Abby Sciuto, the PerkyGoth lab tech from ''{{NCIS}}''. A major case of BunnyEarsLawyer.
* In ''{{Bones}}'', either Zack, Hodgins or Brennan (in that order or probability) depending on the episode and the context.

* In ''{{Fringe}}'', Massive Dynamic's Brandon Fayette, and for pretty much the final two seasons, Astrid Farnsworth.

* Agent Pendrell in ''{{The X-Files}}''.