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{{quote|''"[[Blatant Lies|This will only sting a little.]]"''|''Phrase often used at hospitals''}}
She's the [[Parental Substitute|mother you always wanted]]. She gives you a candy when you [[Government Drug Enforcement|take your medication]], warns your brothers about [[Berserk Button|messing around]] [[The Incredible Hulk|with you]], gives you a shoulder to cry on when you [[Troubled Fetal Position|feel lonely]], and occasionally gives maintenance to your [[Cyborg|prosthetic leg]]. Of course, she's the first to give you a hug after you go through the [[Government Conspiracy|tax-paid]] [[Psycho Serum|psychiatric]] [[Electric Torture|treatment]] because you're told you're a "special kid with great potential" ([[Person of Mass Destruction|whatever]] [[Super Soldier|that's]] [[Why Am I Ticking?|supposed]] [[Psychic Powers|to]] [[Super Strong Child|mean]]).
Meet the '''Motherly Scientist''': Frequently feeling compassion for the test subjects (sometimes not always embracing that compassion until it's too late), the motherly scientist is usually [[Naive Newcomer|the first to ask]] that the test subjects be given a humane treatment.
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=== [[Pinocchio (Literature)|Pinocchio]] scenario: ===
# If the doctor's an expert in genetics, [[Gadgeteer Genius|cybernetics]], arcane magic, or alchemy, the plot starts when she creates [[Frankenstein's Monster|a new life form]] or [[Artificial Intelligence]] with a [[Ridiculously
# It could also happen that the child was created specifically to be the child the scientist always wished for.
# If the scientist creates a nearly-exact copy of a deceased child, either for him/herself or for someone else, it's called [[Replacement Goldfish]].
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* In ''[[The Matrix]]'', the Oracle not only gives Neo advice - she also bakes cookies for him.
* In the first ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' movie, Chimpanzee Zira, notable psychologist and zoologist, calls Taylor "Bright Eyes", at least until he manages to write his own name, to her surprise. She ends up kissing him goodbye - even though, as she tells him, "You're so damned ugly."
* In ''[[
* ''[[Splice]]'' features Elsa starting out as Pinocchio Type 2 and Clive as the Free Willy type. Unfortunately for everyone involved, {{spoiler|Elsa [[In the Blood|has]] [[My Beloved Smother]] tendencies and Clive has a bad case of [[I'm a Man, I Can't Help It]].}}
* Marg Helgenberger in ''[[Species]] II''.
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== Literature ==
* In [[Isaac Asimov]]'s robot stories, robopsychologist Susan Calvin is notorious for being detached and unemotional. But in the short story "Lenny," she studies a robot whose brain has been accidentally programmed in a way which causes it to behave similarly to a human baby. She becomes very attached to Lenny under the pretext of studying his learning capabilities, and the end of the story reveals that she has taught him to call her "Mama".
* Edith Fellowes in Isaac Asimov's short story "''[
* In the ''[[Replica]]'' series of YA novels, Amy's mother was one of the scientists working on a project to create genetically-enhanced [[Super Soldiers]], but after realizing the evils of the project, she rescued/kidnapped one of the clone babies and raised her as her own.
* The golden age pulp robot [[Adam Link]] and his father are a perfect example of the Pinocchio Scenario.
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