List insane scientists of fiction

This is a list of characters of fiction who apply to the Stéréotype insane Savant.

Novels

the doctor Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley (1818).
the Captain Nemo, by Jules Verne (1869). In fact more dangerous than " fou" or " méchant" , Némo flees the world and the men more than he does not want to change them or destroy them: it is for this reason not only one example of " scientist fou" (or rather dangerous) but more especially a prototype of the Misanthropist.
Doctor Rapperschwyll, in the news the Man more endowed with the world , by Edward Page Mitchell (1879).
Rapperschwyll is the first Cybernéticien, it replaces the brain of simple of spirit by a mechanics inspired of the Horlogerie and work of Charles Babbage. Its creature then becomes the most important adviser of the Tsar and envisages the conquest of Europe and the world.
the Doctor Jekyll, by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886).
the Doctor Moreau, by Herbert George Wells (1896).
the Doctor Cornélius, by Gustave the Red (1912).
the Doctor Mabuse, by Norbert Jacques (1921).
the Doctor No, by Ian Fleming (1958).
the Doctor Folamour, by Peter George (1958) then Stanley Kubrick (1964).

Rotwang, in Metropolis , by Fritz Lang (1927).
professor Emmett Brown, in the trilogy Return towards the future of R. Zemeckis, played by Christopher Lord.
professor Logan in the Day of death-alive the (1985) of George Romero which is devoted to dérangeantes experiments on Zombi S that it nourishes of human flesh. Its best guinea-pig is able to achieve simple tasks (to take down a telephone, to hold a razor, to make a military salute) and to articulate pretenses of words. Logan is called “Frankenstein” by its entourage.
John Hammond, of Jurassic Park , although it is of advantage a capitalist and a financier.

the Professor Tournesol, by Hergé (more inattentive than really malicious or dangerous).
the professor Septimus (in the yellow Mark ) and the professor Miloch Georgevitch (known as Miloch, in S.O.S. Meteors and the diabolic Trap ), by Edgar P. Jacobs (1956 and 1962)
Zorglub and the count de Champignac by Michel Greg and Andre Franquin (1960).
Boutardieu, Dieuleveult and Espérandieu, in extraordinary adventures of Adele-White-Dryness , by Jacques Tardi (1976).

the Professor Hubert Farnsworth, by Matt Groening (1999).
Doctor Drakken in Possible Kim (2002).
professor Utonium, in the series the Super Chicks is an excellent example of “reasonable insane Scientist”: its ideas are insane, absurd and unreasonable: he never controls unfolding of it. One knows by an episode that he was an excited turbulent child with the idea to make dangerous things with chemicals. However, he is also the “reasonable” character and “adult” of the series. He symbolizes science such as it is perceived since the 20th century: serious seemingly but able, without realizing it, to cause cataclysms.
Franz Hopper and Jérémie Belpois in Code Lyoko , although in both cases, there are unusual characteristics: Jeremy has indeed only 12-13 years, and Franz Hopper did not think of endangering anyone with her inventions, but on the contrary to save the world of a military project. Both are however associated with insane scientists (in Marabounta , Jérémie is described as Frankenstein) and created dangerous inventions which were turned over against them (XANA for Franz Hopper and Marabounta for Jérémie).
Dr. Alphonse Mephisto in South Park .
Tarentula in Animutants .
Baxter Stockman, in the Tortoises Ninja .

the doctor Albert W. Wily, of the series Mega Man
the doctor Fred Edison, in Maniac Mansion (1987) and Day off the Tentacle (1993).
Ludger Brink, of The Dig .
Jon Irenicus, of Baldur' S Spoils 2 .
the doctor Eggman/Robotnik, in the series of the Sonic.
professor Hojo in Final Fantasy VII .

the Insane Scientist is a song of the group EXterio in their album Is delirious It of the Insane Scientist .

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