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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]].
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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
Speculation whether this show was originally supposed to be an episode of MTV's ''[[Cribs]]'' is best confined to [[Wild Mass Guessing]].
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* [[All or Nothing]]
* Personnel:
** [[Game Show Host]]: Richard Hammond.
** [[Studio Audience]]
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* [[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
* [[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]]
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* [[McNinja]]: Ninja Nan.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Hammond.
* [[Never Mess
* [[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
* [[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.
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* [[Rule of Cool]]
* [[Science Show]]
* [[Shout
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Mortality]]: The Lab Rats
* [[Stern Teacher]]: Mini Miss
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]
* [[Three
* [[Time Machine]] / [[Time Travel]]: Mini Miss
* [[Tim Taylor Technology]]: The experiments get bigger and more powerful as each episode progresses.
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