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Representative Professor Fenton |
Related to the nerd and the “Mad Scientist”, the “Omnidisciplinary Scientist” is a master of every branch of science, regardless of the branch in which they theoretically have a degree. A writer either didn’t do the research or didn’t want to. If someone is a scientist, and something about science needs to be known, the scientist will know it or learn it by the end of the episode. Films are particularly bad about this. It’s understandable that a producer needs to reduce the number of named characters, so anything “scientific” is handled by the existing “science guy” character. However, it strains Willing “Suspension of Disbelief” when the guy who was just working on the nuclear reactor turns around and is suddenly a xenobiologist, chemist, alien technology expert and computer programmer as well. Then again, maybe the character really is just that smart, running around with superheroes and aliens and unbelievable circumstances of all descriptions, it certainly wouldn’t be the strangest thing going on in that fictional universe. Any of “The Professor”, “The Spock”, the “Mad Scientist”, “Mr. Fixit” and the “Genius Bruiser” may be an “Omnidisciplinary Scientist”. The “Science Hero” tends to be one in practice. The medical variant is the “Super Doc”… ~ Omnidisciplinary Scientist – TV Tropes
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