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They will often be fairly geeky, and/or [[Misfit Lab Rat|members of other subcultures]]. [[Hot Scientist|Not looking out of place on the catwalk is optional]]. Sometimes they will leave the lab and have adventures, or even become a more major character. Often the [[Plucky Comic Relief]] if they get any character development.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Any character in the Mazinger series (''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'') filled [[The Professor]] role fit in this trope: Dr. Kabuto, Prof. Yumi, Prof. Kenzo Kabuto, Prof. Umon... All of them performed scientific analysis and research, either to design the [[Humongous Mecha]] or to draw the information they needed from the data the [[Bridge Bunnies]] collected.
 
== [[FanficFan Works]] ==
* Dr. Otto Octavius refers to himself as exactly this in ''[[The Life After Death Trilogy]]''.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' has Waldo Butters, whose adventures outside the lab result in him very firmly returning to it, and only leaving while wearing a [[Bulletproof Vest]].
* In the Palace of the Prophets, Wizard Warren becomes known as The Mole for stopping leaving the underground libraries. It takes Richard to draw him out again. Warren turns out to be both brilliant and a power combat-wizard, so it was mainly shyness.
 
== [[Fanfic]] ==
* Dr. Otto Octavius refers to himself as exactly this in ''[[The Life After Death Trilogy]]''.
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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