Psycho Prototype: Difference between revisions

* {{spoiler|Number One, "Cavil"}} from ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]''.

* On ''[[The Young Ones]]'', landlord Mr. Bulowski becomes the accidental Psycho Prototype when he drinks Vyvyan's experimental potion and becomes an ax-wielding homicidal maniac. Subverted and lampshaded in that this is, in fact, exactly what Vyvyan had designed the potion to do.

* ''[[Firefly]]'s'' River Tam is the most advanced and successful version of the psychic assassins produced by the Academy, and while it isn't stated outright, both River and the methods used to create her have all the trappings of a prototype, including uncertain technology, unpredictable side effects, and crippling flaws. Naturally, River is also insane.

* Adam from [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], an almost perfect version of this trope in fact. Very first thing he does when he awakes is to kill his creator.