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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]].) |
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]].) |
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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]]! |
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]]! |
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He is assisted by his [[Never Mess 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 |
He is assisted by his [[Never Mess 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]]. |
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Speculation whether this show was originally supposed to be an episode of MTV's ''[[Cribs]]'' is best confined to [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. |
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 Host]]: Richard Hammond. |
** [[Game Show Host]]: Richard Hammond. |
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** [[Studio Audience]] |
** [[Studio Audience]] |
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* [[Adam Westing]]: Hammond's [[Mad Scientist]] character is just an exaggerated version of himself. |
* [[Adam Westing]]: Hammond's [[Mad Scientist]] character is just an exaggerated version of himself. |
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* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: The explanations of the scientific theories. |
* [[And Knowing Is Half the Battle]]: The explanations of the scientific theories. |
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* [[Edutainment Show]] |
* [[Edutainment Show]] |
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* [[Elaborate Underground Base]] |
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]] |
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* [[For Science]] |
* [[For Science!]] |
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* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Mini Miss. |
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Mini Miss. |
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* [[The Hit Flash]]: The opening credits and the Lab Rat sequences. |
* [[The Hit Flash]]: The opening credits and the Lab Rat sequences. |
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* [[No Animals Were Harmed]]: No animals were harmed during filming... [[Credits Gag|except for the Lab Rats]]. |
* [[No Animals Were Harmed]]: No animals were harmed during filming... [[Credits Gag|except for the Lab Rats]]. |
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* [[Nominal Importance]]: The Lab Rats. |
* [[Nominal Importance]]: The Lab Rats. |
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* [[Non |
* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Oliver. |
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: Mini Miss. |
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Mini Miss. |
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* [[Plot Relevant Age Up]]: Inverted with Mini Miss. |
* [[Plot Relevant Age Up]]: Inverted with Mini Miss. |