Trope
The mad scientist
The convention of an obsessive, morally unbound scientist whose experiments cross ethical or natural limits.
The mad scientist in fiction: 5 works
Victor's obsessive, secretive experimentation across natural and ethical limits fixes the mad-scientist convention.
Moreau's amoral vivisection in pursuit of transformation is the mad-scientist convention at its darkest.
The reckless de-extinction science pursued for spectacle courts catastrophe.
The reclusive creator Nathan's amoral, controlling experiments drive the tragedy.
A roboticist rushes an unsupervised AI creation that escapes her control.