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{{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]].
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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 Withwith 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]].
 
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=== [[Game Show]] Tropes in use: ===
* [[All or Nothing]]
* Personnel:
** [[Game Show Host]]: Richard Hammond.
** [[Studio Audience]]
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=== 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]]
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* [[Edutainment Show]]
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]
* [[For Science!]]
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Mini Miss.
* [[The Hit Flash]]: The opening credits and the Lab Rat sequences.
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* [[McNinja]]: Ninja Nan.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Hammond.
* [[Never Mess Withwith 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.
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* [[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.
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Latest revision as of 14:03, 13 July 2021

"Some of my experiments are a little... unreliable."

By day, Richard "The Hamster" Hammond presents television programmes in which things get blown up on flimsy pretexts. However, he also has a Secret Identity in which he likes to... um... blow things up on flimsy pretexts..

Richard Hammond's Blast Lab is a Science Show aimed at children which attempts to teach various scientific theories by conducting dangerous experiments and blowing stuff up.

Every week a large haul of science-related prizes are set aside for 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 don't. (You can probably guess what happens to their prizes.)

In the opening credits of Blast Lab, we learn that within the grounds of Hammond's home lies an old water mill that conceals the entrance to his secret Blast Lab where he does weird experiments, grows strange new lifeforms in a tank of toxic waste and creates bizarre machines all in the name of science!

He is assisted by his Ninja Nan, who guards the lab, and a science teacher from his schooldays whom he has brought from the past to help with his experiments, but who is currently stuck in the body of a ten-year-old after the Time Machine malfunctioned. Also assisting is Oliver (or should we say OLIV3R?), an Opel Kadett who started out as a minor character on Hammond's other show Top Gear. There are also an apparently infinite number of nameless, mute, expendable henchpeople known as 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.

The following Game Show tropes appear in Blast Lab:
Other tropes include:
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