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* In ''[[Space Ace]]'', the [[Big Bad]], Commander Borf, has invented an "Infanto Ray", which he plans to use to turn all the residents of Earth into infants, making the planet much easier to conquer. But when he uses it on the hero (before the events of the game) it malfunctions, proving to be somewhat of a boon for Ace as he can switch from his muscular adult self to his teenage, geeky self (more useful than it seems) whenever he wants. The [[Saturday Supercade|animated adaptation]] even has [[The Dragon]] tell Borf the weapon is not ready to be used on humans yet, and a big part of the plot revolves around him trying to perfect it.
* ''[[Pokémon]]''
** Porygon is an artificial Pokemon who can travel through cyberspace. While the base form seems to be a success, the Upgrade item - used to evolve it into Porygon2 - was intended to make it capable of space travel, but this seems to be flawed. Porygon2 cannot fly (which severely limits its purpose) and may exhibit motions that were not programmed. The ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield|Sword and Shield]]'' PokeDex claims it “began using a strange language that only other Porygon2 understand” while the ''[[Pokémon Black and White| Black and White]]'' dex simply says it “failed to measure up.” The Dubious Disk can be used to evolve it further into Porygon -Z, a version intended for extra dimensional travel (possibly the Distortion World, which appears in the [[Pokémon Platinum| Gen IV]], as it is [[Fridge Logic| the same era where Porygon -Z made its debut]]), but it seems this version is flawed too. Most PokeDex entries on it take note of its “strange” or “odd” behavior, one version claiming it was a failure and another blaming the error on “the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming.”
** Mewtwo was this. While the specifics of its creation are hazy, it would seem that teamTeam rocketRocket subjected Mew to horrific DNA splicing and gene alteration experiments, hoping it would sire an offspring that would be the super[[Super soldierSoldier]] of PokemonPokémon, an unstoppable and callous killing machine lacking any emotion or restraint. What they got was obviously flawed from the start as it [[Turned Against Their Masters|turned on its creators and slaughtered them]]. Plus, as the anime version shows (mostly in the special ''[[Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]''), their attempt to create an amoral warrior also failed, [[I Am Not a Gun| as Mewtwo actually seemed protective, caring, and possibly even altruistic]] to other Pokemon - even if it did despise humans for a while.
*** The scientists who created the second Mewtwo (who appears in the 16th movie) couldn’t improve the formula much; while it is implied they survived when their creation escaped, this version wasn’t keen on being a gun either, but was much less belligerent.
** Genesect (who first appeared in [[Pokémon Black and White|Gen V]]) had a similar origin to Mewtwo. Team Plasma’s scientists were also trying to create the ultimate Pokemon but took a different approach, augmenting a Fossilized Pokemon via technological enhancements. N ordered the project canceled and the P2 Laboratory shut down, claiming it was inhumane, but one scientist continued the project alone; a combination of his loss of resources and putting too many “bells and whistles” on Genesect seems to have resulted in failure, as Plasma never seemed to use it for anything.
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