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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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Dr. Umatarō Tenma and later Professor Ochanomizu (aka Dr. Boyton and Dr. Elefun, respectively) in Tetsuwan Atom/Astro Boy. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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Dr. Light from Mega Man (Classic). | |
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Mohinder Suresh from Heroes. | |
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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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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 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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Professor Rowan, the Professor of the Sinnoh region, also studies evolution. | |
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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 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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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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Evangelion 303: Dr. Ritsuko Akagi. She is Project Evangelion's head scientist and she is also responsible for crew assignments. | |
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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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Rick Sanchez, one half of the eponymous Rick and Morty, is basically a jaded, alcoholic version of Doc Brown. | |
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The Phoenix Requiem: Moretty. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Professor Wickwire of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.. | |
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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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A minor character in Darwin's Soldiers: Card of Ten is referred to only as "the professor." | |
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Dr. Andonuts from EarthBound (1994). He's pretty absent minded however, as he forgot he even had a son. | |
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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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Gyro Gearloose in Donald Duck comics. | |
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Dr. Kozaburo Nambu from Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. | |
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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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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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Doctor Pandemia from Aitor Molina Vs.. | |
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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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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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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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Kevyn Andreyasn of Schlock Mercenary, and lately Para Ventura as well. | |
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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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Professor Shiba from Kotetsu Jeeg. | |
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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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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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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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Professor Elm, the Professor of the Johto region, studies the mysteries of Pokémon evolution. | |
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Professor Lambert, a Neopets character, is the leader of a group of intellectuals known as the Seekers. | |
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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 actual Professor from Gilligan's Island (his rarely-used real name was Dr. Roy Hinkley) used lots of Bamboo Technology. | |
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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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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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Professor Mordin Solus of Mass Effect 2. | |
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Professor Oak, the Professor of the Kanto region, studies the relationships between humans and Pokémon. | |
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Dr. Nanbara and Dr. Yotsuya from Combattler V. | |
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Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown from the Back to the Future trilogy. Also exhibits qualities of a Mad Scientist. | |
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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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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" from Ape Escape. | |
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Dr Ein of the Bomberman franchise. | |
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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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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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Dr. Umon from UFO Robo Grendizer | |
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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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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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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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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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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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Favalli in El Eternauta | |
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Kalish in Universal War One. | |
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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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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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Daedalus in The Mighty Hercules. | |
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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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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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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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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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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 film version of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen puts Nemo in this role, and Jekyll to a lesser extent. | |
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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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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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In the sequel-series Extreme Ghostbusters, Egon Spengler found himself playing his role to the new blood. | |
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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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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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XJ-9’s mother and creator, Dr. Nora Wakeman from My Life as a Teenage Robot. | |
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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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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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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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Professor Emil Hamilton in the Superman comics, at least when he's not in one of his villainous phases. | |
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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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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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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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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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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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Marco Pacella (and, later and to a greater degree, Dr Kevin Burkhoff) from The 4400. | |
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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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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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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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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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Dr. Helen Magnus from Sanctuary is a hot scientist who specializes in crypto-zoology and xenobiology. | |
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Reed "Mr. Fantastic" Richards of the Fantastic Four. | |
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Professor Birch, the Professor of the Hoenn region, studies Pokémon habitats. | |
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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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MacGyver (1985) | |
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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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Professor Layton, full stop. | |
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Professor Sycamore, the Professor of the Kalos region, studies Mega Evolution. | |
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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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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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Dr. Kenzou Kabuto from Great Mazinger. | |
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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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Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, despite his age, almost exemplifies this trope. | |
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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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