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{{quote|''"[[Talking to Themself|What can I do with this one, Aphrodite? ]][[Punctuated Pounding|She won't...stay...still!]] I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out wrong! [[Hollywood Pudgy|That one, too fat!]] [[Statuesque Stunner|This one, too tall!]] [[Fashionable Asymmetry|This one, too symmetrical!]] And now... What's this, Goddess? An intruder?! He's ugly! Ugly! Ugly! [[Large Ham|UGLYYYYYYYY!]]"''|'''Dr. Steinman''', ''[[~~Bio Shock~~]]''}}

{{quote|''"[[Talking to Themself|What can I do with this one, Aphrodite? ]][[Punctuated Pounding|She won't...stay...still!]] I want to make them beautiful, but they always turn out wrong! [[Hollywood Pudgy|That one, too fat!]] [[Statuesque Stunner|This one, too tall!]] [[Fashionable Asymmetry|This one, too symmetrical!]] And now... What's this, Goddess? An intruder?! He's ugly! Ugly! Ugly! [[Large Ham|UGLYYYYYYYY!]]"''|'''Dr. Steinman''', ''[[Bioshock]]''}}

{{quote|''Vena cava! Heart starter! The doctor is IN! SANE!''|'''[[Angelspit]]''', "Vena Cava"}}

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* The [[Crazy Awesome]] Desty Nova from ''[[Gunnm]]''.

* Faust VIII of [[Shaman King]], who basically introduces himself by [[Nightmare Fuel|vivisecting the]] [[Sidekick]]. Then, reveals himself to be high as hell on morphine and tears open his own leg with a scalpel to replace a broken bone with one from one of his many skeletons. Of course, [[Defeat Means Friendship]]-- a ''long'' time later.

* In ''[[~~Soul Eater (Manga)|~~Soul Eater]]'', Franken Stein has a serious [[You Keep Using That Word|vivi]]section fixation, cutting apart and stitching back together his clothes, his house, his partner…

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Franken Stein has a serious [[You Keep Using That Word|vivi]]section fixation, cutting apart and stitching back together his clothes, his house, his partner…

** And apparently himself. There was this one [[Shirtless Scene]] that showed that he had a stitch pattern that wrapped around his torso.

* ''[[Franken Fran]]'' is an oblivious [[Genki Girl]] example.

* Dr. Jackal, holy holy hell Dr. Jackal of ''[[~~Get Backers~~]]''. Those scalpels… brrr.

* Dr. Jackal, holy holy hell Dr. Jackal of ''[[GetBackers]]''. Those scalpels… brrr.

* Nao's father from ''[[Midori Days]]''. His biggest experiment is taking apart Midori from Seiji's arm.

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (~~Manga~~)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has a bunch of mad doctors aiding the evil [[Government Conspiracy]] at various points, the most prominent of which in the manga & ''Brotherhood'' anime is “The Man in White” (or “Gold Tooth,”) or in the original anime is Shou Tucker, The Sewing Life Alchemist. They are almost certainly inspired by the WWII German and Japanese examples below.

* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has a bunch of mad doctors aiding the evil [[Government Conspiracy]] at various points, the most prominent of which in the manga & ''Brotherhood'' anime is “The Man in White” (or “Gold Tooth,”) or in the original anime is Shou Tucker, The Sewing Life Alchemist. They are almost certainly inspired by the WWII German and Japanese examples below.

* Shingen Kishitani in ''[[Durarara]]''. Contrary to the most other examples, he's not really evil -- [[Mad Scientist|just crazy]].

* In ''[[~~Bleach (Manga)|~~Bleach]]'', Mayuri Kurotsuchi arguably fits into this role because, although his primary function is not medicine, his research does lead him to cures and other treatments. Plus he's [[Complete Monster|seriously messed up]].

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Mayuri Kurotsuchi arguably fits into this role because, although his primary function is not medicine, his research does lead him to cures and other treatments. Plus he's [[Complete Monster|seriously messed up]].

* ''[[Letter Bee]]'' presents a Subversion of this trope with the Dr Thunderland Jr. He uses an eye patch and is obsessed with dissection, but besides that he is shown to be very kindhearted person who cares for the others despite of his ruthless.

** Also his job actually helps people.

* ''[[~~One Piece (Manga)|~~One Piece]]'' has the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"Surgeon of Death"]] Trafalgar Law, who is a [[Combat Medic|highly skilled and competent doctor]] who is known for being an [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|extremely dangerous and cruel pirate]].

* ''[[One Piece]]'' has the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|"Surgeon of Death"]] Trafalgar Law, who is a [[Combat Medic|highly skilled and competent doctor]] who is known for being an [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|extremely dangerous and cruel pirate]].

* Kabuto from ''[[Naruto]]'', with a healthy dose of [[Mad Scientist]] to go with it.

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** To save anyone else having to Google it, he's the "I don't like you either" guy who threatens Luke in the [[Wretched Hive|bar on Tatooine]].

* ''The Evil That Men Do'' (1984). Charles Bronson is hired to murder Dr Clement Molloch, a doctor who advises South American dictatorships on how to torture people.

* The horror movie ''[[~~Dr. Giggles (Film)|~~Dr. Giggles]]''. Pretty self-explanatory.

* The horror movie ''[[Dr. Giggles]]''. Pretty self-explanatory.

* Dr. Vanaccutt, from ''[[House ~~On Haunted Hill (Film)|House On~~ Haunted Hill]]''

* Dr. Vanaccutt, from ''[[House on Haunted Hill]]''

* Dr. Freudstein in ''House by the Cemetery''.

* [[Herr Doktor|Dr. Heiter]] in ''[[The Human Centipede]]: First Sequence''.

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* Maester Qyburn from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. He was stripped of his maester status for performing <s>autopsies on people...''while they were still alive''</s> vivisections. He ended up working with the most foul and depraved mercenary in company in Westeros and beyond. And given the world includes companies led by people such as [[Complete Monster|Gregor Clegane]] that is truly impressive. Qyburn fitted right in.

** As of 'A Feast for Crows', Qyburn has moved on to being the main...interrogator...for {{spoiler|Queen Cersei}}.

* Dr. Herbert West from [[HP Lovecraft]]'s original story 'Herbert West-Reanimator'. Mad doctor tries to reanimate dead tissue in order to defeat death, a noble ideal, although his fervor and methods (including bodysnatching and using people who have just died, often directly or indirectly due to him) in order to get the 'freshest specimens' tip him safely over the edge into crazy.

* Dr. Herbert West from [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s original story 'Herbert West-Reanimator'. Mad doctor tries to reanimate dead tissue in order to defeat death, a noble ideal, although his fervor and methods (including bodysnatching and using people who have just died, often directly or indirectly due to him) in order to get the 'freshest specimens' tip him safely over the edge into crazy.

* The Igors from ''[[Discworld]]'' are a whole ''race'' of mad doctors. Of course, most of the time, they use their "madness" to merely assist their masters, be they vampires or the Watch.

* Doctor Quatt from [[Jasper Fforde]]'s ''The Big Over Easy''.

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** Dr Elias Giger, the Bajoran scientist from the ''[[Deep Space 9]]'' episode "On the Cards" is certainly eccentric, believing that cells die because they "get bored" and devises a machine to "excite" them. Unusually, although he is probably nuts, he doesn't turn evil.

* The immortal, organ-stealing doctor from the ''[[Supernatural]]'' episode "Time is on my Side".

* [[Sdrawkcab Name|Namtar]], of the ''[[~~Farscape (TV)|~~Farscape]]'' episode "DNA Mad Scientist" performed cruel mutation experiments on sapient subjects in order to figure out how well it'd work if he gave those traits to himself.

* [[Sdrawkcab Name|Namtar]], of the ''[[Farscape]]'' episode "DNA Mad Scientist" performed cruel mutation experiments on sapient subjects in order to figure out how well it'd work if he gave those traits to himself.

* One doctor on ''[[Law and Order Criminal Intent]]'' was {{spoiler|attempting to cure his patients' schizophrenia by altering their corneas, under the assumption that their hallucinations were actually caused by their eyes rather than their brains. However, all it did was make them blind.}}

* One doctor on ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]'' was {{spoiler|attempting to cure his patients' schizophrenia by altering their corneas, under the assumption that their hallucinations were actually caused by their eyes rather than their brains. However, all it did was make them blind.}}

* ''[[~~Firefly (TV)|~~Firefly]]'''s Dr. Matthias, head of the [[School for Scheming|Academy]] responsible for the [[Playing ~~With~~ Syringes|experiments]] that [[Mind Rape|drove River insane]]. He is killed by the Operative near the beginning of ''[[The Movie|Serenity]]''. It is odd that both the most repulsive villain and the most noble hero of the series were doctors.

* ''[[Firefly]]'''s Dr. Matthias, head of the [[School for Scheming|Academy]] responsible for the [[Playing with Syringes|experiments]] that [[Mind Rape|drove River insane]]. He is killed by the Operative near the beginning of ''[[The Movie|Serenity]]''. It is odd that both the most repulsive villain and the most noble hero of the series were doctors.

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' has its share of crazy doctors engaged in cloning and hybrid experiments on humans. Special off-[[Myth Arc]] mention to the 4x06 episode "Sanguinarium" that introduces the worst kind of mad doctors: Satanist mad doctors.

* "Doctor Jekyll" from season 9 of ''[[CSI]]''.

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** The most infamous of these would be Mad Dok Grotsnik, whose work included hiding explosives in the heads of his patients and detonating them when he felt like it. The other Orks' revenge and Grotsnik's subsequent "resurrection" at the hands his Grot assistants have left him a patchwork of greenskin and cyborg bits, and even loonier. Grotsnik occasionally amputates his own limbs "just to keep his hand in" and is rumored to be collecting parts from his patients to build a super-Ork. He is only alive because he is the unofficial court physician of the Ork warlord and prophet Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, whose "vishuns from da Gods" started right after Grotsnik gave him his adamantium skull (sans explosives).

** The setting's Dark Eldar have Haemonculi, who have great knowledge of physiology and medicine, but use it for decidedly sadistic purposes. They share the Mad Doks' desire to "experiment," but have more tools at their disposal, so unfortunately their "patients" can live through more. They are often responsible for the lumbering, misshapen Grotesques that sometimes accompany Dark Eldar raiders as literal meat shields due to their inability to feel pain, while one story describes a Haemonculus who had a victim reduced to a collection of skin and organs hanging from hooks on his lab's ceiling. [[And I Must Scream|The victim was still alive]].

** ''[[Two Words Obvious Trope|Fabius Bile]]''. He wears a lab coat made from human skin, and has transformed the population of entire planets in shambling monstrosities in genocidal experiments. He's so crazy he's spent thousands of years in the [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place|Warp]] and come out of it mostly unchanged. He created a master race that are the [[Space Marine]] [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]] but stronger and crazier, while his failed experiments tend to [[Body Horror|disintegrate from the violence of their mutations]].

** ''[[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Fabius Bile]]''. He wears a lab coat made from human skin, and has transformed the population of entire planets in shambling monstrosities in genocidal experiments. He's so crazy he's spent thousands of years in the [[Hyperspace Is a Scary Place|Warp]] and come out of it mostly unchanged. He created a master race that are the [[Space Marine]] [[Super Soldier|Super Soldiers]] but stronger and crazier, while his failed experiments tend to [[Body Horror|disintegrate from the violence of their mutations]].

* Doctor Oscar Schneiderbunk, a character frequently quoted in the sidebars of Leading Edge Games' rulebooks such as ''[[Phoenix Command]]'' and ''[[Living Steel]].'' He was made available as an NPC in the ''Living Steel'' adventure supplement ''KVISR Rocks'', though if you find it necessary to go to him for treatment you might be better off eating a bullet. Examples of his unique bedside manner include '' "Yes, you have lost a lot of blood, but with all the pieces you're missing, you shouldn't need as much." "Nurse, hand me my mallet. The swelling will stop the bleeding." "Nurse, hand me my mallet. I must tenderize the area before making the first incision." "In my career as a doctor I've learned to live with death, and now, Private, so will you. Except the living part." "Hand me my grenade. Pre-Op is getting crowded" ''

* ''[[~~New World of Darkness (Tabletop Game)|~~New World of Darkness]]'' and the fan-game ''[[~~Genius: The Transgression (Tabletop Game)|~~Genius: The Transgression]]'':

* ''[[New World of Darkness]]'' and the fan-game ''[[Genius: The Transgression]]'':

** If you suffer a crash in the Midnight Roads, you may attract a gremlin. Driven by a mad desire to fix anything -- or any''one'' -- that's "broken", it'll set itself down beside you and take those long drills and scalpels it has in place of fingers and it'll start to work. It'll cut and bore and stitch and weld and otherwise do its best to piece you together with whatever it has to hand -- if you're lucky, it'll just chop up any of your fellow passengers. More likely, it'll use the bits of the car or bike you crashed to do the work. If you end up living through their removing your ribs and replacing them with a chassis of solid metal, and grafting parts from an old clock to your heart to keep it beating, then they'll pull out your guts and put in a diesel processor before replacing the flesh of your trunk with plastic and rubber. But if you live through all that... relax! When the gremlin vanishes back into the Shadow, it'll take the magic keeping you alive with it, and you'll die more or less instantly. They also like to do things like trying to build a car from the carcasses of dead cattle and babies from scrap metal, just to see if they can make them "work".

** This is also where many [[Genius: The Transgression ~~(Tabletop Game)~~|Geniuses]] and [[Promethean: The Created|demiurges]] end up. In the first case, the Progenitors have just recovered from a fairly brutal and messy purge of the [[Power Born of Madness|unmada]] and [[The Unfettered|Illuminated]] in their ranks, and there's still a considerable chance for any given Genius to go screaming off the deep end and end up ''insane'' rather than just crazy.. In the second, the only way for a demiurge to catalyse the creation of a new Promethean lineage is obsession, and most have a healthy dose of desperation and insanity to go with it, neatly explaining why they spent so much time and effort trying to reanimate the dead.

** This is also where many [[Genius: The Transgression|Geniuses]] and [[Promethean: The Created|demiurges]] end up. In the first case, the Progenitors have just recovered from a fairly brutal and messy purge of the [[Power Born of Madness|unmada]] and [[The Unfettered|Illuminated]] in their ranks, and there's still a considerable chance for any given Genius to go screaming off the deep end and end up ''insane'' rather than just crazy.. In the second, the only way for a demiurge to catalyse the creation of a new Promethean lineage is obsession, and most have a healthy dose of desperation and insanity to go with it, neatly explaining why they spent so much time and effort trying to reanimate the dead.

== Video Games ==

* Dr. Steinman from ''[[~~Bio Shock~~]]''. He scrawls "Beauty is a moral imperative" and "Above all, do no harm" around the level with the blood of his patients. That should tell you all you need to know about him.

* Dr. Steinman from ''[[Bioshock]]''. He scrawls "Beauty is a moral imperative" and "Above all, do no harm" around the level with the blood of his patients. That should tell you all you need to know about him.

* ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]'''s Medic: The healing properties of the Medigun were an accidental side-effect of whatever his experiments were supposed to be for.

* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'''s Medic: The healing properties of the Medigun were an accidental side-effect of whatever his experiments were supposed to be for.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lSzUMBJnc Meet The Medic] pretty much sums him up. Apparently, progress sounds like an ''exploding heart''.

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** Also Doctor Baldhead, from the original game -- he's heavily implied to be who Faust was before he became [[The Atoner]].

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'''s [[Deadly Doctor|Doctor Vahzilok]].

* The Doctor, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[~~Cave Story (Video Game)|~~Cave Story]]'', and his [[Moral Event Horizon|Mengele-style experiments]] using the game's [[Psycho Serum]].

* The Doctor, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Cave Story]]'', and his [[Moral Event Horizon|Mengele-style experiments]] using the game's [[Psycho Serum]].

* The Oddworld series' Vykkers have this as their [[Planet of Hats|Racial Hat.]]

* Yuna from [[Breath of Fire]] 4 wants to turn people into gods. {{spoiler|One of them is Nina's sister and Crey's betrothed. [[Player Punch|and you mercy kill her.]]}}

* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines|Vampire: the Masquerade- Bloodlines]]'' has Alistair Grout, psychologist and Malkavian Primogen. Only, he's from the old, ''old'' school of psychiatry, and thinks Freud was a pussy. Oh, and he's a Malkavian, a member of the clan of vampires who all go insane after the Embrace if they weren't before. All this combines to a manor full of [[Malevolent Architecture]], escaped violent mental patients that he used for his own experiments, and his darling wife under glass.

* Doctor Challus Mercer of ''[[Dead Space (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Dead Space]]''. [[The Fundamentalist|Religious whackjob]]. [[Evilutionary Biologist|Conducts experiments on unwilling subjects]] to make a [[Implacable Man|even deadlier Necromorph]]. Proactively tries to kill Isaac by shutting down life support and releasing his Hunter. Crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] fairly early on and just gets worse from there.

* Doctor Challus Mercer of ''[[Dead Space (video game)|Dead Space]]''. [[The Fundamentalist|Religious whackjob]]. [[Evilutionary Biologist|Conducts experiments on unwilling subjects]] to make a [[Implacable Man|even deadlier Necromorph]]. Proactively tries to kill Isaac by shutting down life support and releasing his Hunter. Crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]] fairly early on and just gets worse from there.

* ''[[The Suffering]]'''s [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dr. Killjoy]] [[Affably Evil|has his patients' best interests at heart and genuinely wants to cure them]], but his patients have a poor survival rate due to his rather... questionable methods.

** And that "poor" patient survival rating of his? Means that, barring Torque, they're all dead.

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* [[Chzo Mythos|William Taylor]] is revealed to be a mad doctor who has created a murderous frankenstein monster from his dead fellow crew mates.

* "Dr. Mad" is a minor villain and a boss in the first ''[[Phantasy Star]]'' game.

* Dr. Schabbs in ''[[~~Wolfenstein 3D (Video Game)|~~Wolfenstein 3D]]''.

* Dr. Schabbs in ''[[Wolfenstein 3D]]''.

* Eirin Yagokoro of ''[[~~Touhou (Video Game)|~~Touhou]]'' is often seen as this. She made a "fish bait" that caused fish to mutate into monsters and the bamboo fertilizer that made bamboo grow super fast and super strong in ''The Inaba of the Moon And The Inaba of the Earth," and also a nightmare pill. [[Fanon]] has her subjecting [[Chew Toy|Reisen]] and others to medical experiments.

* Eirin Yagokoro of ''[[Touhou]]'' is often seen as this. She made a "fish bait" that caused fish to mutate into monsters and the bamboo fertilizer that made bamboo grow super fast and super strong in ''The Inaba of the Moon And The Inaba of the Earth," and also a nightmare pill. [[Fanon]] has her subjecting [[Chew Toy|Reisen]] and others to medical experiments.

* Marian, a witch-doctor wannabe, from ''[[Rune Factory 3]]'' will like you to be her patiant and will force you to take a shot of her random medicine. 80% of her love events involve her putting you into a medical experiment or making you drag someone to her clinic. Everyone in the town's scared of her.

* [[Those Wacky Nazis|Edward]] [[Psychopathic Manchild|Richtofen]] from [[Nazi Zombies]].

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== Visual Novels ==

* In the ''[[~~Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|~~Tsukihime]]'' [[Visual Novel]], Kohaku (pictured above) has great medicinal knowledge which she occasionally uses for rather worrisome ends. In the pseudo-sequel, one possible way to [[Groundhog Day Loop|end the day]] is trapped in the basement jail with Kohaku about to [[Playing ~~With~~ Syringes|inject you with many syringes]]. This carries over into [[Fanon]] and the fighting game adaption ''[[~~Melty Blood (Video Game)|~~Melty Blood]]''.

* In the ''[[Tsukihime]]'' [[Visual Novel]], Kohaku (pictured above) has great medicinal knowledge which she occasionally uses for rather worrisome ends. In the pseudo-sequel, one possible way to [[Groundhog Day Loop|end the day]] is trapped in the basement jail with Kohaku about to [[Playing with Syringes|inject you with many syringes]]. This carries over into [[Fanon]] and the fighting game adaption ''[[Melty Blood]]''.

* {{spoiler|Miyo Takano}} from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]''.

* {{spoiler|Miyo Takano}} from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''.

** {{spoiler|Irie too. Though he was persuaded by Miyo and didn't really wish to dissect and vivisect people.}}

== Web Comics ==

* [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_525.php Dr. Ink] from [[Dan and ~~Mabs~~ Furry Adventures]] has been described, at times, as an "egotistical, calculating, raving lunatic."

* [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_525.php Dr. Ink] from [[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]] has been described, at times, as an "egotistical, calculating, raving lunatic."

** He's even worse in his [http://www.ariannia.com/2008/06/06022008/ cameo] in [[The Foxfire Chronicles]]. Not to mention how [http://www.furaffinity.net/user/doctor/ his creator] usually portrays him.

* Would ''[[Ansem Retort]]'''s Zexion count? If memory serves he not only implants explosives in people's organs, but also fused a man's DNA with a ''cookie'' just to see what would happen.

* ''[[~~Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|~~Schlock Mercenary]]'' had Dr. Pau on Heaven Hive with his highly experimental [[Nanobots]] and a little mafia enforcing the monopoly. He caused any harm at all only because {{spoiler|he didn't fully know what he's doing}}, but was quite willing to go on.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' had Dr. Pau on Heaven Hive with his highly experimental [[Nanobots]] and a little mafia enforcing the monopoly. He caused any harm at all only because {{spoiler|he didn't fully know what he's doing}}, but was quite willing to go on.

* Lampshaded in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00350.htm this] [[Freefall]].

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== Web Original ==

* In ''Perpetual Change'', {{spoiler|Dr. Mangum}} is revealed to be one of these.

* [[The Spoony Experiment ~~(Web Video)~~|Dr. Insano]]. [[Mad Scientist|Mad engineering]] is his main calling, but he's been known to perform non-consensual surgery from time to time.

* [[The Spoony Experiment|Dr. Insano]]. [[Mad Scientist|Mad engineering]] is his main calling, but he's been known to perform non-consensual surgery from time to time.

* ''[[~~Ruby Quest (Roleplay)|~~Ruby Quest]]'' has Filbert, a doctor who conducted unethical experiments on his patients and ended up inflicting them with [[The Corruption]]. He is now convinced that he has to “cut the bad out of them,” whether they're willing or not. {{spoiler|He is also infected himself; searching his office reveals a drawer full of bloody fleshy bits that he's cut off from himself and a note that says “Never doubt that you are pure.”}}

* ''[[Ruby Quest]]'' has Filbert, a doctor who conducted unethical experiments on his patients and ended up inflicting them with [[The Corruption]]. He is now convinced that he has to “cut the bad out of them,” whether they're willing or not. {{spoiler|He is also infected himself; searching his office reveals a drawer full of bloody fleshy bits that he's cut off from himself and a note that says “Never doubt that you are pure.”}}

* Not sure what [[Doctor Steel]] is a doctor ''of'', but he is attended by sexy nurses.

* The [[Interactive Comic|MSPA Fan Adventure]] ''Tricorne'' has Freida, a well-meaning surgeon who forgot the old principle "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" during her time in prison after being framed. She'd try to "improve" people by grafting them stuff like additional arms, and when they'd inevitably freak out, she'd apply emergency anaesthesia and undo the operation, letting them think they had a nightmare. She eventually got around that problem by making her upgrades purely internal.