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Possible Fantastic Scientists include a botanist who studies mandragora, a biologist cataloguing griffins, or an epi''demon''ologist who studies outbreaks of infectious [[Demonic Possession]] to find a cure. Likewise, you can expect their field of study to have a [[Whatevermancy|strange made up name]], like [[Harry Potter|Herbology]] or Impology. All the same, they will go about studying these curious classes as if they were real... because in the setting, ''they are!''
 
As a character, a Fantastic Scientist is often [[The Professor]] or at least [[The Smart Guy]], possibly a bit of an [[Absent -Minded Professor]] or even [[Mad Scientist]]. They can be amiable enough [[Mr. Exposition|deliverers of exposition]], background, in need of rescuing from their subject of study, or the cause of some shenanigans (like the above epidemonologist letting loose an improved possession plague). Their motivations can range from curiosity, a desire to discover [[Potential Applications]], or to gain kingship over this kingdom. Their home or office will usually have a [[The Library of Babel|Library of Babel]] with truly eclectic books and a [[Bazaar of the Bizarre]] composed of their subject of study.
 
A [[Magic-Powered Pseudoscience]] is more likely to be "alchemy works because of magic" and modeled on that pseudoscience than an attempt by in-universe characters to model the magic as the regular science that this is. It should be noted that alchemy does not fall under this trope due to the fact that [[Chemistry Can Do Anything|it is technically real.]]
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