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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} {{quote\| ''"Some of my experiments are a little... unreliable."''}} By day, Richard "[[Fan Nickname\|The Hamster]]" Hammond presents [[Top Gear\|television]] [[Brainiac: Science Abuse\|programmes]] in which [[Stuff Blowing Up\|things get blown up]] on [[Rule of Cool\|flimsy pretexts]]. However, he also has a [[Secret Identity]] in which he likes to... um... [[Typecasting\|blow things up on flimsy pretexts.]]. Richard Hammond's ''[[Blast Lab]]'' is a [[Science Show]] aimed at [[Saturday Morning Kids Show\|children]] which attempts to [[Edutainment Show\|teach]] various scientific theories by conducting [[Don't Try This At Home\|dangerous experiments]] and [[Education Through Pyrotechnics\|blowing stuff up]]. Line 8: Every week a large haul of science-related prizes are set aside for [[Rival Science Teams\|two competing teams]] who have to conduct experiments and answer science questions with help from the [[Studio Audience]]. The winning team get to take their prizes home. The losing team [[All or Nothing\|don't]]. (You can probably guess [[Made of Explodium\|what happens to ''their'' prizes]].) In the opening credits of ''Blast Lab'', we learn that within the grounds of Hammond's [[Big Fancy House\|home]] lies an old water mill that conceals the entrance to his secret [[Elaborate Underground Base\|Blast Lab]] where he does [[Mad Scientist Laboratory\|weird experiments]], grows strange new lifeforms in a tank of [[Covered in Gunge\|toxic waste]] and creates [[Homemade Inventions\|bizarre machines]] all in the name of [[For Science!\|science]]! He is assisted by his [[Never Mess ~~With~~with Granny\|Ninja Nan]], who guards the lab, and a [[Stern Teacher\|science teacher]] from his schooldays whom he has [[Time Travel\|brought from the past]] to [[Gadgeteer Genius\|help with his experiments]], but who is currently stuck in the body of a [[Older Than They Look\|ten-year-old]] after the [[Time Machine]] [[Hilarity Ensues\|malfunctioned]]. Also assisting is [[Non -Human Sidekick\|Oliver]] (or should we say [[Vanity License Plate\|OLIV3R]]?), an [[Cool Car\|Opel Kadett]] who [[Promotion to Opening Titles\|started out as a minor character]] on Hammond's other show ''[[Top Gear]]''. There are also an apparently infinite number of [[Nominal Importance\|nameless]], [[The Voiceless\|mute]], [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality\|expendable]] henchpeople known as [[Bumbling Sidekick\|The Lab Rats]]. Speculation whether this show was originally supposed to be an episode of MTV's ''[[Cribs]]'' is best confined to [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. ~~----~~ {{gameshowtropes}} ~~=== [[Game Show]] Tropes in use: ===~~ * [[All or Nothing]] * Personnel: [[Game Show Host]]: Richard Hammond. [[Studio Audience]] {{othertropes}} ~~----~~ ~~=== This show provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Adam Westing]]: Hammond's [[Mad Scientist]] character is just an exaggerated version of himself. * [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: The explanations of the scientific theories. * [[A -Team Montage]]: Building the hovercraft. * [[Little Miss Badass]]: Despite being only ten years old, Mini Miss is a million times cooler than Hammond. * [[Badass Longcoat]]: Hammond's labcoat is made of black leather. * [[Bumbling Sidekick]]: The Lab Rats. * [[Cool Car]]: Oliver. * [[Cow Tools]] * [[Covered in Gunge]]: Every episode somehow involves the toxic tank. * [[Don't Try This At Home]] Line 34 ⟶ 33: * [[Edutainment Show]] * [[Elaborate Underground Base]] * [[For Science!]] * [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Mini Miss. * [[The Hit Flash]]: The opening credits and the Lab Rat sequences. Line 44 ⟶ 43: * [[McNinja]]: Ninja Nan. * [[The Napoleon]]: Hammond. * [[Never Mess ~~With~~with Granny]]: Ninja Nan. * [[No Animals Were Harmed]]: No animals were harmed during filming... [[Credits Gag\|except for the Lab Rats]]. * [[Nominal Importance]]: The Lab Rats. * [[Non -Human Sidekick]]: Oliver. * [[Older Than They Look]]: Mini Miss. * [[Plot -Relevant Age -Up]]: Inverted with Mini Miss. * [[Promotion to Opening Titles]]: Oliver. * [[Reality Subtext]]: The opening credits indicate that Hammond lives in a castle and moonlights as a [[Mad Scientist]]. In fact, Hammond [[Truth in Television\|recently moved into a castle in Herefordshire (the very same one from the titles)]]; its cost of '''£2,000,000''' explains why he is moonlighting as a [[Mad Scientist]] on children's TV. Line 55 ⟶ 54: * [[Rule of Cool]] * [[Science Show]] * [[Shout -Out]]: Especially to ''[[Top Gear]]'', ranging from comments in the hovercraft episode (referring to ''Gear'''s amphibious car challenge) to the [[Audible Gleam\|"ting!"]] of Hammond's [[Twinkle Smile\|smile]] in the opening credits (which riffs off the ''Top Gear'' tooth-whitening [[Running Gag\|gags]]). * [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality]]: The Lab Rats * [[Stern Teacher]]: Mini Miss * [[Stuff Blowing Up]] * [[Three -Wall Set]] * [[Time Machine]] / [[Time Travel]]: Mini Miss * [[Tim Taylor Technology]]: The experiments get bigger and more powerful as each episode progresses. Line 68 ⟶ 67: {{reflist}} [[Category:British Series]] ~~[[Category:Game Show]]~~ [[Category:Blast Lab]] [[Category:~~Trope~~TV Series]]