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The Professor

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The Professor	comment	The Smart Guy who's Super Intelligent, a Stock Character exemplified on Gilligan's Island and MacGyver (1985). Probably started off as a Teen Genius and is capable of many an Ass Pull, Deus ex Machina, or, um, Polarity Reversal. May or may not rely on Techno Babble. Is the source of much Applied Phlebotinum, but is incapable of providing a solution that would thwart the show's premise (the Professor couldn't get the rest of the gang off that darn island, Ziggy couldn't bring Sam home on Quantum Leap). Often gets to be Mr. Exposition. Fluent in Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness and Sounds of Science. If he plays a game, it's inevitably chess, because Smart People Play Chess. He's also very likely to be a TV Genius. Compare Omnidisciplinary Scientist and Absent-Minded Professor, may study a Fantastic Science instead of a regular one. May have hints of being The Spock, but this is usually not central to the figure. Combining this figure with the Mad Scientist is a common subversion. Sometimes, in fact, The Professor is an ex-Mad Scientist who has pulled a Heel–Face Turn and now works for the good guys. Or just a Reluctant Mad Scientist or sufferer of Science-Related Memetic Disorder who happens to not be evil. Or a regular Mad Scientist among Villain Protagonists. The Professor may also happen to be a Bunny-Ears Lawyer who has wacky hobbies and idiosyncrasies, sometimes heating up Cup of Noodles soup in a test tube with a Bunsen burner or wearing wildly mismatched clothing. Despite these oddities, he will still prove to be amazingly brilliant at his field of study and his quirks will be good-naturedly Played for Laughs. The title stems from Professor (Prof.), which is the highest academic rank in most countries. Contrast the more pragmatic Gadgeteer Genius who is more of an eccentric Mr. Fixit who constructs elaborate Rube Goldberg Devices. The Professor can be Mr Fixit too, provided he gets it working on the first try. The Professor is quite often the least action ready of the team. This may be due to age, infirmity, or just being physically weak. For this reason, the Professor may be left at headquarters while the more able characters handle the physical action. Occasionally, in a two man team, the Professor's teammate is there to specifically act as a bodyguard and handle the physical stuff. Sometimes, this bodyguard may be a government agent. If The Professor is quite a bit older than the Five-Man Band / Ragtag Bunch of Misfits / True Companions he works with, he's very likely to be the Team Dad or Team Grandpa. Often a Cool Old Guy. Almost Always Male.
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The Professor / int_13d84dd9	comment	Dr. Umatarō Tenma and later Professor Ochanomizu (aka Dr. Boyton and Dr. Elefun, respectively) in Tetsuwan Atom/Astro Boy.
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The Professor / int_14effc04	comment	Ultraman Tiga had two professors on GUTS. First was Dr. Yao, who invented the Maxima Overdrive, a lightspeed engine used in many of the team's spacecraft. Second was Dr. Tango, who was assigned with studying the nature of the Ultras, but he later betrays the team to sell out their secrets to Corrupt Corporate Executive Keigo Masaki.
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The Professor / int_1af786d2	comment	North By Northwest has a character who is literally referred to as "The Professor," although he's less of an impossibly brilliant man of science! and more of a cloak-and-dagger spy type.
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The Professor / int_1bdeba5a	comment	Charles "Professor X" Xavier of the X-Men. The Beast fits this role even better, despite being a Doctor... Forge also had elements of this while on the team.
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The Professor / int_1beda93b	comment	Riff from Sluggy Freelance, despite being a master of wacky hijinks and Brilliant, but Lazy, is actually a very skilled scientist who invents anything from a Dimensional Flux Agitator to a toaster that can shoot toast through walls.
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The Professor / int_261c8d3f	comment	Professor Frink of The Simpsons. He may have Hollywood Tourette's thanks to his "Who-hey, Glavin" tic. He also qualifies as an amicable Mad Scientist thanks to his crazy inventions. Also a parody of the original Jerry Lewis version of The Nutty Professor.
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The Professor / int_2819aebd	comment	Dr. Light from Mega Man (Classic).
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The Professor / int_2bb4ae0f	comment	Mohinder Suresh from Heroes.
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The Professor / int_2cee002d	comment	Cornelius Robinson, the older form of the protagonist in Meet the Robinsons. Graduated college at age 14 and went on to invent flying cars, self constructing buildings, time machines and much of the rest of the future's technology.
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The Professor / int_2d316ba2	comment	There happen to be so many of these characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) — often dubbed appropriately— that it is, eventually, commented upon by our resident Teen Professor:
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The Professor / int_304d4028	comment	The Count in Spirou & Fantasio can extract almost any chemical from mushrooms, build a submarine and electronic mind-control countermeasures, is old-fashioned in his way of dressing and speaking, and can be very absentminded at times.
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The Professor / int_31e1eca3	comment	Professor Rowan, the Professor of the Sinnoh region, also studies evolution.
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The Professor / int_3736eb2	comment	The Secret Show had Professor Professor aiding U.Z.Z. against the nefarious forces of T.H.E.M., led by the nefarious Doctor Doctor.
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The Professor / int_37a5b015	comment	The Professor in charge of filmy students in Diary of the Dead turns out to be ex-military and so the best person suited to guiding the teen-cast through the zombies.
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The Professor / int_3b7abee2	comment	Half-Life is full of these. The first game has them as allies who will open security doors for you (portrayed with three or four generic character models) while the sequels all have specific characters, most notably Dr. Kleiner who fits the archetype to a tee. Dr. Vance appears to be the team leader, though he comes of more like a Cool Old Black Guy. Dr. Freeman appears to be more of a lab technician, but he is a theoretical physicist working on teleportation as well.
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The Professor / int_3b91d912	comment	Evangelion 303: Dr. Ritsuko Akagi. She is Project Evangelion's head scientist and she is also responsible for crew assignments.
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The Professor / int_3f047e59	comment	Our Miss Brooks: Mr. Boynton, Miss Brooks' Love Interest and Madison High School's Biology teacher. His knowledge of his subject is prodigious, but his favorite topic of study has to be frogs.
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The Professor / int_3f3abe9	comment	Rick Sanchez, one half of the eponymous Rick and Morty, is basically a jaded, alcoholic version of Doc Brown.
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The Professor / int_3f715ca5	comment	The Phoenix Requiem: Moretty.
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The Professor / int_41ecc735	comment	Dr. Isaac Gilmore from Cyborg 009. Also of the "ex Mad Scientist" type, one of the most memorable episodes of the 2001 series depicts with very brutal details how Gilmore, with his reputation in tatters after a failed experiment, is taken in by Black Ghost and later defects, unable to deal with their horrible methods anymore. There are also Dr. Finder, Dr. Ross and Dr. Kouzumi...
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The Professor / int_4247460c	comment	Ultra Q's Professor Ichinotani served as Jun, Yuriko, and Ippei's usual expert for scientific consultation for any Weirdness or Monsters of the Week. He's also stated in later material to be the founder of Science Patrol, the main organization of the succeeding series.
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The Professor / int_43b03992	comment	Faust is possibly the granddaddy of this trope. Although he has been presented in different lights, Christopher Marlowe depicted him as the most learned scholar on earth but so hungry for more knowledge that he sold his soul for it. Once this happens, instead of doing anything intelligent, he hits the pope with a fish. It makes sense in context.
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The Professor / int_44fe781e	comment	Dr. Ritsuko Akagi from Neon Genesis Evangelion plays this role in the cast, plus maybe just a bit of Omnidisciplinary Scientist and Mad Scientist.
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The Professor / int_4522fd1	comment	Dr. Amos Messing of the Amazing Three, in the Whateley Universe. Not that he's a parody of anyone else on this list whose initials might be 'RR'...
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The Professor / int_455e3038	comment	King of the Hill gets a quick shot-in at this when Dale believes he's been transported into a distant future. As he looks around the landscape, he remarks, "It's times like this I wish I had a friend called 'The Professor!'"
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The Professor / int_468bebb0	comment	Leonard of Quirm, in the Discworld novels. An exaggeration of Leonardo da Vinci, Leonard sometimes appears to be a one-man Industrial Revolution. Partially subverted in that Lord Vetinari keeps him locked up in a prison (though Leonard is having so much fun inventing stuff he doesn't notice) so he can't throw off the balance of the city or give gadgets to the heroes. On the other hand, it's pretty hard to imprison a man who lives mostly in his own head, forgets to eat and often doesn't see how people could turn his Moving Mountains Out of the Way Device (for mining, obviously) into something more sinister. Leonard of Quirm has all the cunning of a concussed duckling, and Vetinari keeps him supplied with, well, everything, and tucked safely away behind booby traps he himself designed.
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The Professor / int_4b356e7c	comment	Professor Wickwire of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr..
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The Professor / int_4b434423	comment	Professor Magnolia, the Professor of the Galar region, studies the mysteries of the Dynamax phenomenon. Her role is succeeded by her daughter, Sonia, who becomes a Professor specializing in the history of the Galar region.
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The Professor / int_4e588869	comment	A minor character in Darwin's Soldiers: Card of Ten is referred to only as "the professor."
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The Professor / int_507dfb6a	comment	Dr. Andonuts from EarthBound (1994). He's pretty absent minded however, as he forgot he even had a son.
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The Professor / int_50b7a322	comment	Professor E. Gadd is a recurring character whose main interest is ghost-hunting in the Luigi's Mansion (Series) and has invented a number of devices dedicated to that task such as the iconic Poltergust line and its accessories, a machine that turns ghosts into portraits and a goo version of Luigi named Gooigi. Outside of paranormal studies, he has also invented a time machine and an intelligent suitcase, a Magic Paintbrush and the FLUDD gadget, and more. Unfortunately, his devices have caused trouble on a number of occasions as well as his own absent-minded tendencies.
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The Professor / int_524e2e3b	comment	Gyro Gearloose in Donald Duck comics.
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The Professor / int_527a5949	comment	Dr. Kozaburo Nambu from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
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The Professor / int_543bfacd	comment	Abraham Van Helsing in Dracula. Is there nothing he doesn't know about? Could also be seen as a forerunner of the idea of the genius with the funny foreign accent (he's Dutch) as well as a medley of eccentricities.
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The Professor / int_54a7dc07	comment	Space: 1999 gives us Professor Victor Bergman, Omnidisciplinary Scientist, Cool Old Guy, mentor figure for Commander John Koenig (in times past and on the "present" of Season One), and very much the Ensemble Dark Horse (enough that three of the written-long-after-series-cancellation official novels go through some length to bring him Back from the Dead after an off-screen Bus Crash between seasons).
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The Professor / int_555ea547	comment	Doctor Pandemia from Aitor Molina Vs..
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The Professor / int_55c5a085	comment	Mazinger Z: Dr. Gennosuke Yumi and the Morimori/Nozori/Sewashi triad. Note that the series also subverts this, since Dr. Juuzou Kabuto is sometimes The Professor and sometimes a Mad Scientist, depending heavily on which canon we're talking about. This was because Go Nagai wanted to showing bluntly Mazinger-Z was a machine whose actions were completely depending on the pilot. In the original manga, Dr. Kabuto and Dr. Hell weren't that different, and as Kouji tried to learn how piloting it, Mazinger caused so much destruction as your average Robeast.
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The Professor / int_59151283	comment	Roughly half the cast of the Metal Gear games qualify for the trope in at least a few respects, although Otacon probably comes closest to fulfilling it.
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The Professor / int_5c5251b6	comment	HERZ: Ritsuko played this role in the original series, but now she is mostly retired, and Maya is her substitute and HERZ’s head scientist.
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The Professor / int_5c897f4a	comment	Kevyn Andreyasn of Schlock Mercenary, and lately Para Ventura as well.
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The Professor / int_65d85f43	comment	The First Saniwa: The present-day saniwa is literally a university professor. They are stated to be part of a research team, invite their swords to speak at seminars and discuss literature (when they're not lapsing into Hyde mode as a Ripple Effect Indicator, that is).
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The Professor / int_66aa1a12	comment	Professor Shiba from Kotetsu Jeeg.
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The Professor / int_671d5c19	comment	Professor Utonium from The Powerpuff Girls (1998) is possibly one of the kindest and most fatherly characters here — although in one episode he realises that pretty much everything good he ever invented was by accident, from the eponymous girls to Sloppy Joe's.
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The Professor / int_6c2c4bf3	comment	X-Men Film Series: Dr. Charles Xavier earned his "Professor of Genetics" title from the University of Oxford. Even before he became a paraplegic, he was considerably less action-oriented than the other mutants on his team, and is often protected by a combatant (e.g. Cyclops, Beast, Havok). Professor X serves as the Team Dad for the X-Men.
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The Professor / int_6c9193a1	comment	Parodied in the form of Dr. Thaddeus Venture of The Venture Brothers, who is not actually a doctor, having dropped out of school two months before getting his degree. While most of his inventions do actually work, his success is often due more to blind luck and other people's perceptions of him than any actual skill. Also an example of a Mad Scientist, as many of his inventions are monstrously destructive or unethical, including an "Ooo-ray" that somehow melts buildings with sound waves, and a dream machine powered by the heart of an orphan. Venture's twin brother, Jonas Venture Jr., his good fraternal twin, is a more straight application of the trope, but is still played for comedic value.
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The Professor / int_6d8311c4	comment	Professor Elm, the Professor of the Johto region, studies the mysteries of Pokémon evolution.
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The Professor / int_6fe3e8a7	comment	Professor Lambert, a Neopets character, is the leader of a group of intellectuals known as the Seekers.
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The Professor / int_70814599	comment	On Stargate SG-1, both Dr. Daniel Jackson (Cunning Linguist and Adventurer Archaeologist) and Major Samantha Carter (physicist and a female Mr. Fixit) fill that role. On Stargate Atlantis, Dr. Rodney McKay acts as the team's all-purpose Insufferable Genius scientist/engineer (and occasionally the Butt-Monkey).
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The Professor / int_70c7b114	comment	The actual Professor from Gilligan's Island (his rarely-used real name was Dr. Roy Hinkley) used lots of Bamboo Technology.
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The Professor / int_759baac7	comment	In Endride, Pascal is the main scientist and also the oldest member of the cast. He mentors another scientist, Joseph, and is a Parental Substitute to Emilio. His inventions (particularly his disguises) sometimes get Played for Laughs, but he is undoubtedly brilliant and studies just about everything.
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The Professor / int_75e85024	comment	Ken Jennings is known as “The Professor” on The Chase because of his vast trivia knowledge that made him the longest-running Jeopardy! champion in that show’s history.
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The Professor / int_7668653a	comment	Professor Mordin Solus of Mass Effect 2.
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The Professor / int_7b6a6b62	comment	Daedalus from Mad Daedalus counts, as an ancient Greek inventor who reverse-engineers a crashed alien spaceship and uses the scientific knowledge to elevate King Minos' realm with technological wonders.
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The Professor / int_8132dc17	comment	The Professor on Felix the Cat (Joe Oriolo) (billed in one episode as Professor Nutmeg) is an evil variant in that he is always trying to steal Felix's bag of tricks. Otherwise he and stooge Rock Bottom scheme to commit crimes in quests for being rich.
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The Professor / int_8258e260	comment	Super Mario Bros.: Professor E. Gadd is a recurring character whose main interest is ghost-hunting in the Luigi's Mansion (Series) and has invented a number of devices dedicated to that task such as the iconic Poltergust line and its accessories, a machine that turns ghosts into portraits and a goo version of Luigi named Gooigi. Outside of paranormal studies, he has also invented a time machine and an intelligent suitcase, a Magic Paintbrush and the FLUDD gadget, and more. Unfortunately, his devices have caused trouble on a number of occasions as well as his own absent-minded tendencies. Professor Frankly in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an old Goomba professor of archaeology who gives Mario information about the Crystal Stars and offers tutorial advice.
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The Professor / int_848d6e83	comment	Grant Florian of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny, the father and creator of the Florian sisters. A brilliant and benevolent, if sometimes overenthusiastic, scientist who devotes most of his time trying to find a way to reverse the death of his home planet.
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The Professor / int_8529459f	comment	Profesor Jirafales in El Chavo del ocho, not only is the teacher of all the children in the series, he's also by far the most intelligent and cultured of the characters. His Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness is a common source of jokes.
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The Professor / int_8a339030	comment	Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr. Ph.D. from the Indiana Jones movie series is also a professor of archeology when he is not fighting Nazis, Thuggees, or communists.
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The Professor / int_8a5be6c	comment	Profesor Memelovsky in Odisea Burbujas albeit mix with shades of Mad Scientist. His vast knowledge of history and culture come handy as the show is educational. Also as inventor he develops among other things a Time Machine and a Portal Book.
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The Professor / int_8d817ccb	comment	Sayid is Lost's Professor, creating and fixing all sorts of gizmos using only what he can find in the plane wreckage or the hatch. Of course, none of these gadgets got him off the island though he did indeed get home in season 4. Until they introduce Daniel Faraday who is, in fact, a theoretical physicist.
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The Professor / int_8da0ea80	comment	Professor Oak, the Professor of the Kanto region, studies the relationships between humans and Pokémon.
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The Professor / int_8ea1c5d1	comment	Dr. Nanbara and Dr. Yotsuya from Combattler V.
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The Professor / int_8f4ee60f	comment	Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy. Also exhibits qualities of a Mad Scientist.
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The Professor / int_90c73dda	comment	Arbat-Elivat-Estoni from Animorphs. His cover story to his crew is that he's a retired professor of technological history. Of course, he's anything but retired, though it's anyone's guess if he was actually a professor, though given his patient personality, it's likely.
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The Professor / int_91684031	comment	Professor Juniper, the Professor of the Unova region, studies the origins of Pokémon. Unova also has another scientist, Fennel, who studies dreams.
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The Professor / int_93b6f384	comment	"The Professor" from Ape Escape.
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The Professor / int_980a4d78	comment	Dr Ein of the Bomberman franchise.
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The Professor / int_9a7088bc	comment	Scotty from Star Trek: The Original Series. On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Geordi Laforge and Data often trade off on this role. Whenever the crew needs to do something that doesn't involve diplomacy or combat, it's good odds one (or both) of them will develop the Applied Phlebotinum solution.
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The Professor / int_9acdda28	comment	Blackberry of Watership Down, given his limitations as a rabbit. He may not understand the physics involved, but he'll devise plans that rely on buoyancy, tensile strength or leverage just the same.
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The Professor / int_9afa4e32	comment	Dr. Umon from UFO Robo Grendizer
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The Professor / int_9c33b8ab	comment	Professor Arturo in Sliders, he was Quinn's college professor and is the team's scientific expert aside from Quinn but more experienced.
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The Professor / int_9e10fbb4	comment	Professor Pike of the H.I.V.E. Series is the school's head engineering instructor—and also the source of the many technological advances that fuel G.L.O.V.E.'s reign. Also the Team Grandpa.
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The Professor / int_9f89a5f0	comment	It is repeatedly stated in the Pokémon universe that Pokémon Professors are the highest authorities in the world when it comes to the wonderful creatures that inhabit it. This is especially true in Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver, where Professor Oak gets celebrity treatment all across the Johto/Kanto area, though every region has its specialist. In the majority of the games the Professors serve to introduce the player to the world of Pokémon and guide the protagonists and their rivals on their quest To Be a Master; in addition, all Professors specialize in a distinct field of study. Professor Oak, the Professor of the Kanto region, studies the relationships between humans and Pokémon. Professor Elm, the Professor of the Johto region, studies the mysteries of Pokémon evolution. Professor Birch, the Professor of the Hoenn region, studies Pokémon habitats. Professor Rowan, the Professor of the Sinnoh region, also studies evolution. Professor Juniper, the Professor of the Unova region, studies the origins of Pokémon. Unova also has another scientist, Fennel, who studies dreams. Professor Sycamore, the Professor of the Kalos region, studies Mega Evolution. Professor Kukui, the Professor of the Alola region, studies Pokémon moves and attacks. In addition, Professor Burnet, Kukui's wife and colleague of Fennel, studies the relationship between dimensions and Pokémon, and Samson Oak, Professor Oak's cousin, studies regional forms. Professor Magnolia, the Professor of the Galar region, studies the mysteries of the Dynamax phenomenon. Her role is succeeded by her daughter, Sonia, who becomes a Professor specializing in the history of the Galar region. Professor Laventon is a Pokémon Professor from Galar who operates out of Hisui. Due to the Professor position being a relatively new field at the time, he is tasked with creating the very first Pokédex. Professor Sada/Turo, the Professor of the Paldea region, studies the secrets of Area Zero within the Great Crater of Paldea and created Terastalization. Unfortunately, they turn out to not only be Dead All Along, but also be the Big Bad this time around, whose ambitions inadvertently put the region in danger. The AI Professor, a Ridiculously Human Robot left in their wake, strings along the protagonist for much of the plot in hopes that they will put a stop to the Professor's last will.
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The Professor / int_a04b0ca3	comment	Professor Calculus from Tintin, invents some remarkable devices ranging from a submarine to a sonic weapon, works on a Moon rocket, somewhat eccentric, quite deaf.
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The Professor / int_a183d57f	comment	Professor Hubert Farnsworth from Futurama is a subversion. He's capable of making many wondrous and useful inventions at times and some incredibly odd/hilariously simple ones but due to his age (160 years old as of the second season), he often has many odd habits that belie his intelligence. He also has Mad Scientist tendencies, perhaps more so than Doc Brown from Back to the Future.
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The Professor / int_a4643670	comment	Favalli in El Eternauta
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The Professor / int_a4bc7eed	comment	Kalish in Universal War One.
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The Professor / int_a68aab11	comment	Dr. Shinnichirou Izumi from Daimos, also Kazuya's foster father after the guy's dad (Dr. Ryuuzaki, another professor) is murdered when he's a child.
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The Professor / int_aa9f933f	comment	From Tadao Nagahama's Robot Romance Trilogy: Dr. Nanbara and Dr. Yotsuya from Combattler V. Dr. Kentarō Gō from Voltes V (who was also the Dragon's Disappeared Dad), along with Dr. Hamaguchi and Dr. Sakunji (who bordered on Sadist Teacher) Dr. Shinnichirou Izumi from Daimos, also Kazuya's foster father after the guy's dad (Dr. Ryuuzaki, another professor) is murdered when he's a child.
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The Professor / int_b0971ba	comment	Daedalus in The Mighty Hercules.
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The Professor / int_b0cf0ed6	comment	Danger Mouse had two Professor Squawkenclucks within two runs, both employed to kit DM out with whatever he needs for his mission. The first was a German male mole, the second a Scottish female budgie (niece of the original) who doesn't suffer DM's foolishness lightly.
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The Professor / int_b2fba3e0	comment	Ultra Series Ultra Q's Professor Ichinotani served as Jun, Yuriko, and Ippei's usual expert for scientific consultation for any Weirdness or Monsters of the Week. He's also stated in later material to be the founder of Science Patrol, the main organization of the succeeding series. Speaking of Ultraman, the Science Patrol had their own recurring professor named Dr. Iwamoto who served a similar role to Ichinotani. He also tended to have Suspiciously Similar Substitutes, always with last names ending with "-moto". Ultraman Ace had Kaji Yoichi, a TAC expert on Yapool and his Choju who also designs the team's weapons. Unfortunately, he vanishes from the series after episode 31. Ultraman Tiga had two professors on GUTS. First was Dr. Yao, who invented the Maxima Overdrive, a lightspeed engine used in many of the team's spacecraft. Second was Dr. Tango, who was assigned with studying the nature of the Ultras, but he later betrays the team to sell out their secrets to Corrupt Corporate Executive Keigo Masaki. Ultra Q Dark Fantasy: Succeeding the role of Professor Ichinotani is the quirky university teacher Kakunoshin Watarai, who shows Ichinotani's same encyclopedic knowledge on nearly all subjects, as well as a quirky fondness for British tea and biscuits. Ultraman Max also had two professors, both played by former actors on Ultraman. While Professor Yoshinaga (Hiroko Sakurai, aka Fuji) mainly gave the kaiju-related knowledge, the less frequently appearing Professor Date (Masanari Nihei, aka Ide) created all sorts of inventions to help counter Monsters of the Week. Ultraman X: The Alien Fanton Dr. Guruman (sometimes Gourman) filled this role for Xio. He creates a lot of their technology and also shows a lot of knowledge on alien species whenever Xio has another Alien Invasion on their hands.
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The Professor / int_b30ae4db	comment	Game of Thrones: The Reach is home to the Citadel, which is the seat of the Order of Maesters. These learned men serve as advisers for all the Great Houses of Westeros.
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The Professor / int_b4fe32c9	comment	Professor Membrane Invader Zim is a prime example going so far as to make the Perpetual Energy Generator AKA P.E.G. "The man without whom this world falls into chaos, and the inventor of SUPER-TOAST!"
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The Professor / int_b6cb9396	comment	Professor Robinson from Lost in Space: His role is very similar to that of the Professor in Gilligan's Island as he albeit able to solve a lot of the problems that the family faces requiring a scientific approach, he can't make them go back to Earth.
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The Professor / int_b6d60e4	comment	The film version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen puts Nemo in this role, and Jekyll to a lesser extent.
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The Professor / int_b903059f	comment	The movie Arachnophobia has an entomologist named Prof. Atherton, who is usually referred to by John Goodman's character as 'The Professor'.
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The Professor / int_c43df4d8	comment	Doctor Who: Ace's nickname for the Seventh Doctor was "Professor". Despite his irritation at this sobriquet, all of the Doctor's incarnations have had at least an element of The Professor about them. And, of course, there's Professor Yana from "Utopia". However, he cheerfully admits it's an invented title, since there hasn't been an university around in centuries.
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The Professor / int_c7a52ee3	comment	In the sequel-series Extreme Ghostbusters, Egon Spengler found himself playing his role to the new blood.
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The Professor / int_cac1f772	comment	Ray Langston from CSI, who actually picked up the nickname "The Professor" due to his being one before becoming a CSI.
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The Professor / int_cb45dbdc	comment	Professor Sada/Turo, the Professor of the Paldea region, studies the secrets of Area Zero within the Great Crater of Paldea and created Terastalization. Unfortunately, they turn out to not only be Dead All Along, but also be the Big Bad this time around, whose ambitions inadvertently put the region in danger. The AI Professor, a Ridiculously Human Robot left in their wake, strings along the protagonist for much of the plot in hopes that they will put a stop to the Professor's last will.
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The Professor / int_ccc80720	comment	XJ-9’s mother and creator, Dr. Nora Wakeman from My Life as a Teenage Robot.
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The Professor / int_cd8e6855	comment	Speaking of Ultraman, the Science Patrol had their own recurring professor named Dr. Iwamoto who served a similar role to Ichinotani. He also tended to have Suspiciously Similar Substitutes, always with last names ending with "-moto".
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The Professor / int_cf203bee	comment	Ultraman Ace had Kaji Yoichi, a TAC expert on Yapool and his Choju who also designs the team's weapons. Unfortunately, he vanishes from the series after episode 31.
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The Professor / int_cf2068cf	comment	Ultraman Max also had two professors, both played by former actors on Ultraman. While Professor Yoshinaga (Hiroko Sakurai, aka Fuji) mainly gave the kaiju-related knowledge, the less frequently appearing Professor Date (Masanari Nihei, aka Ide) created all sorts of inventions to help counter Monsters of the Week.
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The Professor / int_cf3e7a82	comment	Professor Emil Hamilton in the Superman comics, at least when he's not in one of his villainous phases.
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The Professor / int_cf8f5e21	comment	Horace from The Last Story functions like this. He proclaims himself an archaeologist, but he seems to know a lot about architecture, geology, and dark magic (merely as an academic curiosity, of course), aiding the protagonists in a series of optional chapters.
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The Professor / int_d0f124da	comment	Dr. Benton Quest from Jonny Quest is an especially egregious example. One must presume he holds multiple degrees and doctorates, as he is apparently qualified to work in an absurdly diverse number of science fields from anthropology to astrophysics without much assistance.
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The Professor / int_d1702e57	comment	Professor Laventon is a Pokémon Professor from Galar who operates out of Hisui. Due to the Professor position being a relatively new field at the time, he is tasked with creating the very first Pokédex.
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The Professor / int_d502170c	comment	Professor Kukui, the Professor of the Alola region, studies Pokémon moves and attacks. In addition, Professor Burnet, Kukui's wife and colleague of Fennel, studies the relationship between dimensions and Pokémon, and Samson Oak, Professor Oak's cousin, studies regional forms.
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The Professor / int_da02c1ef	comment	Professor Frankly in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is an old Goomba professor of archaeology who gives Mario information about the Crystal Stars and offers tutorial advice.
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The Professor / int_da275e44	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_da275e44	comment	Marco Pacella (and, later and to a greater degree, Dr Kevin Burkhoff) from The 4400.
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The Professor / int_e19260d4	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_e19260d4	comment	Elco from Sudeki pretty much nails this on the head and drills it home with magical laser guns. He does actively participate in a lot of fighting, though, so he's a bit different from the standard all-support role.
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The Professor / int_e43ea2a3	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_e43ea2a3	comment	Ultraman X: The Alien Fanton Dr. Guruman (sometimes Gourman) filled this role for Xio. He creates a lot of their technology and also shows a lot of knowledge on alien species whenever Xio has another Alien Invasion on their hands.
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The Professor / int_e4732abc	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_e4732abc	comment	On Stargate Atlantis, Dr. Rodney McKay acts as the team's all-purpose Insufferable Genius scientist/engineer (and occasionally the Butt-Monkey).
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The Professor / int_eed35bd7	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_eed35bd7	comment	Murder for the Modern Girl: Dr. Gregory C. Keene is a scientist who researched tricolorforms but got fired from his university job because of said research and has to work as a medical examiner at a morgue. Thanks to him and his assistant, Guy Rosewood, discovering that a serial killer was running around due to figuring out that a few corpses were actually murdered, he gets funding for his own lab and is quite enthusiastic about it, hoping to regain his scientific reputation.
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The Professor / int_ef1a245d	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_ef1a245d	comment	Dr. Helen Magnus from Sanctuary is a hot scientist who specializes in crypto-zoology and xenobiology.
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The Professor / int_ef7b3325	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_ef7b3325	comment	Reed "Mr. Fantastic" Richards of the Fantastic Four.
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The Professor / int_f0688fff	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_f0688fff	comment	Professor Birch, the Professor of the Hoenn region, studies Pokémon habitats.
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The Professor / int_f0c816fb	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_f0c816fb	comment	Walter White of Breaking Bad exemplifies this trope. From breaking into a high security chemical storage facility using the thermite from an etch-a-sketch to using mercury fulminate in order to blow up an entire floor of a drug dealer's headquarters, the man's chief weapon is his degree in chemistry.
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The Professor / int_f15f622e	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_f15f622e	comment	MacGyver (1985)
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The Professor / int_f367511c	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_f367511c	comment	In order to stop Dr. Gearck’s conquest of the entire world with the power of the evil gears called the “Warugiano” in the Yu-Gi-Oh! metaplot, Professor Kross created the Gear Heroes known as the “Geargias”.
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The Professor / int_f6bb880b	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_f6bb880b	comment	Professor Layton, full stop.
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The Professor / int_f858847a	comment	Professor Sycamore, the Professor of the Kalos region, studies Mega Evolution.
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The Professor / int_f8acc9ea	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_f8acc9ea	comment	Dr. Casper Darling in Control, an enthusiastic scientist who is the FBC's top mind when it comes to the many strange items or interdimensional incursions that the bureau has to deal with. He likes to record his findings in cheesy no-budget newsreels, which you'll find throughout the building to learn about various things in the game. Though you never meet him in person because it's implied by one of his recordings that he's Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence. To a lesser extent his number two, Emily Pope, shares a lot of the same qualities.
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The Professor / int_fb0c0a3b	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_fb0c0a3b	comment	Dr. Kentarō Gō from Voltes V (who was also the Dragon's Disappeared Dad), along with Dr. Hamaguchi and Dr. Sakunji (who bordered on Sadist Teacher)
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The Professor / int_fbc44b8a	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_fbc44b8a	comment	Dr. Kenzou Kabuto from Great Mazinger.
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The Professor / int_fbcdd924	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_fbcdd924	comment	Ultra Q Dark Fantasy: Succeeding the role of Professor Ichinotani is the quirky university teacher Kakunoshin Watarai, who shows Ichinotani's same encyclopedic knowledge on nearly all subjects, as well as a quirky fondness for British tea and biscuits.
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The Professor / int_fc0e7530	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_fc0e7530	comment	Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, despite his age, almost exemplifies this trope.
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The Professor / int_ff9ab17f	type	The Professor
The Professor / int_ff9ab17f	comment	On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Geordi Laforge and Data often trade off on this role. Whenever the crew needs to do something that doesn't involve diplomacy or combat, it's good odds one (or both) of them will develop the Applied Phlebotinum solution.
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Neo Human Casshern / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Robot Romance Trilogy / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Robotech / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage) (Comic Book) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Beano (Comic Book) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
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Tytus, Romek i A'tomek (Comic Book) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
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Zot! (Comic Book) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Rupert Bear (Comic Strip) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
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The M3GAN Files (Fanfic) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Arachnophobia / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Bram Stoker's Dracula / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Hydrozagadka / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Matinee / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
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π / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Robot Monster / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Aviator / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Crawling Eye / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Fearless Vampire Killers / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Super Inframan / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
WarGames / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
When Worlds Collide / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Spyro the Dragon (Franchise) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Franchise) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Detectives in Togas / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Domain / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Dracula / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Elemental Blessings / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Forward the Foundation / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Ghost Roads / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Gods and Generals / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Heart of a Dog / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Left Behind / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Murder for the Modern Girl / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Paprika / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Ripley's Bureau of Investigation / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Sylvie and Bruno / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Death of the Vazir Mukhtar / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Diaries of the Family Dracul / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Edge Chronicles / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Queen's Fool / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Queen's Thief / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Stainless Steel Rat / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
World-Eater / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
BobMorane	seeAlso	The Professor
ClubPenguin	seeAlso	The Professor
Mario4812LikedTropes3	seeAlso	The Professor
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We Have Been Researching Phlebotinum For Years	seeAlso	The Professor
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Getter Robo (Manga) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Heroman (Manga) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Mazinger Angels (Manga) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Moyashimon (Manga) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Shin Mazinger Zero (Manga) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Jonathan Park (Radio) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
BitFCity	seeAlso	The Professor
Avatar High (Roleplay) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Darwin's Soldiers (Roleplay) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
A Different World / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Beakman's World / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Brødrene Dal / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
CSI / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Cluedo / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Gilligan's Island / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Lost in Space / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Pokémon Sunday / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Police Squad! / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Professor T. / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Space Odyssey Voyage To The Planets / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Star Cops / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
T-Bag / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Ultra Q Dark Fantasy / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Arkham Horror (Tabletop Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Dracula (2001) (Theatre) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Tanz der Vampire (Theatre) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Another Century's Episode (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
CP3D (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Cave Story (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Club Penguin (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Cute Knight (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Darkest Dungeon II (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Final Fantasy Adventure (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Mad Daedalus (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
MediEvil 2 (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Mighty No. 9 (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
NeoQuest (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Nightshade (1992) (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Pink Panther's Passport to Peril (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Quantum Conundrum (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
SPY Fox (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Silent Age (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
TwinBee (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Voidigo (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Video Game) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Choice of Games / Videogame / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Super Mario Bros. Z (Web Animation) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Transplanar RPG (Web Video) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
All Over The House (Webcomic) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Sonic Dissected (Web Video) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Bob Morane / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Danger Mouse / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Galactik Football / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Ivor the Engine / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Les Shadoks / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Garfield Show / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Impossibles / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Clash of the Elements / Fan Fic / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
HERZ (Fanfic) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Astro Boy (Manga) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
Get Smart / int_97c4763	type	The Professor
The Phoenix Requiem (Webcomic) / int_97c4763	type	The Professor

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