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And he has a way of finding pretty things and bringing them to me.|'''[[Jonathan Coulton]]''', "Skullcrusher Mountain"}}
Igor is the [[Sidekick]] and manservant to a [[Mad Scientist]]. He's an absolute toady, loyal to a fault, and has no problem doing unsanitary scut-work (such as [[Grave Robbing]]) for his genius master, who is always addressed as "[[The Master (trope)||Master]]," sometimes with an impressive lisp. He'll typically be a hunchback, dwarf, or even some small variety of monster. [[Evil Sorcerer]]s can substitute a tiny imp or demon. A vague European accent and/or a Peter Lorre impression (despite Lorre's not having played that sort of role until late in his dotage) round out the vocal category.
Igor can't fight (usually), and if encountered by the hero in a combat situation, will high-tail it out along with his master, unless the master tries to sacrifice him to enhance his own chances. [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|Abduction of young screaming ladies]], however, is within Igor's power.
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* The [[Table Top Role Playing Game]] ''[[My Life with Master]]'' casts all the players as Igors.
* In the fan-made [[New World of Darkness]] gameline ''[[Genius: The Transgression]]'', Beholden fill this role. Beholden are otherwise ordinary people who see the world exactly as the [[Mad Scientist|Genius]] sees it and thus can handle [[Weird Science|Wonders]] without wrecking them, help build them, and do all sorts of dirty work for their masters. In fact, "Igor" is a slang term for a Beholden. It's not very pleasant being one. Beholden lose their ability to form any beliefs or meaningful opinions beyond copying those of a Genius, and if they're without a master for too long, they either go mad or die. They also have a tendency to experience a Breakthrough in certain conditions and become a Genius themselves.
** Fan made game ''[[Hunchback:
* Dr. Mordenheim is ''[[Ravenloft]]'''s [[Expy]] of Dr. Frankenstein, so naturally he has an Igor: a hunchback named Horg, whom he's re-created via cloning each time his assistant gets killed. Robbing graves in Ravenloft isn't the safest vocation, so he's on his third or fourth Horg by now.
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== Videogames ==
* In the game ''[[Psychonauts]]'', Sheegor is a [[Distaff Counterpart|female Igor]] [[
* The game ''[[Brain Dead 13]]'' has Fritz (most likely named as a [[Shout-Out]] to Universal's ''Frankenstein''), an imp with hooks for both hands who pursues the protagonist throughout the game.
* Dr. N. Gin in the newer ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' games. Actually, he was an Igor in the earlier games too. But one with a [[Humongous Mecha]]. In the first game, N. Brio was ''almost'' this, but eventually became a self-reliant [[Mad Scientist]] himself.
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