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[[Battle Cry]] for the [[Mad Scientist]], the [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]], [[Gadgeteer Genius]] and [[Science Hero]].

# [[Professor Guinea Pig|Where]] [[Guinea Pig Family|will I]] get [[Innocent Bystanders|test]] [[Disposable Vagrant|subjects?]]

# Can we make sure ''willing'' subjects are informed of all the risks involved in testing my dangerous untested invention?

# [[Gone Horribly Wrong|Will it]] [[Turned Against Their Masters|rise up]] [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|against humanity]] and/or [[Hoist by His Own Petard|eat me?]]

# How will I fund my research, and how can I make money off of it? (What? [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|These are legitimate questions!]])

 

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* Durstan, Stan Lee's [[Author Avatar]], in the manga ''[[Ultimo]]'', created two highly-destructive robotic embodiments of good and evil, with weaponry capable of annihilating cities if not nations, all because he was curious which force was stronger. To further salt the wound, he admits that their fights could last indefinitely and ultimately end the world.

* ''[[Bleach]]'''s [[Mad Scientist|Mayuri]] [[Psycho for Hire|Kurotsuchi]] and Szayel Aporro Granz.

* Doctor Stein from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' has the battle cry of "I am going to dissect you!" before he starts to fight. It's not just based for his fights alone, though he has said it to Crona and Medusa (who [[Foe Yay|he might want to do even more with...]] [[Interplay of Sex and Violence|or not.]] [[Conveniently-Common Kink|Either way, she'd probably like it]].), and in the anime, let's not forget Marie, he has also dissected his best friend repeatedly for years without him noticing, and wants to dissect the boss's son. He also dissected an endangered bird in his homeroom class. For his own amusement. All of this seems to have even caused a [[Running Gag]] amongst the fans.

* Arachne's creation of the Demon Weapons suggests this. We're not given an explanation why she put Eibon's work into practice, only that she did so. If Medusa does have a masterplan to deal with the Kishin, her enjoyment of her methods - and justification to Stein - rather suggests she is in part doing stuff for the scientific hell of it.

* Werner Locksmith in ''[[Planetes]]'', who named his ship the von Braun (after his namesake) stands as a rare realistic, serious study of this trope. Science is Love + Love is Pain = [[Tear Jerker|reader bawls]].

{{quote|"It's okay, I won't be replaced even if I blow up one or two research facilities. Do you know why? Because I am a man of exceptional talent who can only love spaceships."}}

* ''[[Darker than Black]]'' features the [[Affably Evil|whimsical]] Dr. Schrader, who works for [[The Syndicate]] because of the opportunities it gives him to research. At their bequest, he creates a device which will {{spoiler|wipe out all Contractors and Dolls, even though he has no real grudge against them}}. If said device didn't work as planned, it's quite plausible it would have killed ''everyone on earth'', but Schraeder still tries to start it up, even with [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]. When {{spoiler|the protagonist manages to prevent the genocide by destroying the machine}}, far from being angry, Dr. Schrader is impressed as it gives him something new to study.

* In ''[[A Certain Magical Index]]'', this trope seems to be the driving force of most of Academy City's scientists, doing crazy, incredibly dangerous and downright evil experiments just to make a Level 6 Esper. {{spoiler|And according to Telestina Lifeline, this is the ''entire'' purpose of Academy City.}}

* In [[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]], Verde not only willingly ''electrocutes'' a 5-year old (albeit a very annoying, electricity-proof one), but attempts to kill a 15 year old mafia boss, and numerous other things that make him kind of an antagonistic [[Jerkass]], all in the name of science.

* ''[[Franken Fran]]'' is dedicated to preserving life, cultivating love, and if those are absent, she'll do it For Science!! Even when taking a case for the two former reasons, it'll still be a case study in [[Weird Science]].

 

 

* An issue of the Postboot ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' features a group of (faux-)suicide-bombing space scientists, the Objective Order, on a rampage against mystical forces, "For science!!"

* In ''[[X-Men]] 41'', there's a scientist who invents a nuclear-powered machine that both creates earthquakes and irradiates the ground. His colleagues think he's nuts for inventing such a dangerous weapon, but he assures them it will only be used for the benefit of mankind.

* Occasionally the Batman [[Rogues Gallery|rogue]] Scarecrow is portrayed as using his Fear Toxin on people For Science!. Other times, it is part of his backstory - he ''began'' by studying how fear works simply For Science!, but eventually becomes so obsessed with it that he crosses over into [[Mad Scientist]] territory.

* In ''Heroic Age: Villains'', ex-Nazi scientist Baron Wernher von Blitzschlag's "goal" is listed as "challenges". Indisputably a genius, the ancient man seeks nothing more than an endeavor that will distract him for more than a moment. Products of this desire include Ragnarok (a crazed clone of Thor) and KIA (a crazed clone of MVP).

 

== Fan Works ==

* ''[[Luminosity]]'': Addy claims this is why she's so interested in witches. Given what we know of her, she's either [[True Neutral|telling]] the [[Chaotic Neutral|truth]], [[Alternate Character Interpretation|or]] a [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]. She's ''probably'' this trope, though.

* Uxie from the ''[[Poke Wars]]'' series joined Ho-oh's [[Kill All Humans]] coalition solely because he believes extinction of humanity would advance the progress of the world. This trope is also the very reason that he's implied to plan on {{spoiler|clone Ash}}, something he's well aware Ho-oh would never approve of.

 

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suazwrc2RPU ''I Am A Scientist'' by the Dandy Warhols.] Also the (unrelated) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN9x6zckn18 Guided By Voices] song by the same name.

* Neil Innes' "For The Benefit Of Mankind", possibly the most benign and harmless manifestation of this trope ever:

 

* [[Duran Duran]] wrote "Playing With Uranium" about the Nuclear Boy Scout, but takes a cheerfully twisted direction with it, proposing "reinventing the human race" as "light entertainment."

 

== New Media ==

* One image in the Comedy Goldmine section of the website [[Something Awful]] depicts a young Goon trying to see if he won't get stung by a bee if he "steps on it really really fast"... For Science!, of course! He actually even says "For Science!!" It... doesn't work out so well for the kid.