![]() ![]() This is part of the Hollywood Science belief that big things are made by a single "scientist" (sometimes with a bunch of useless assistants). Likewise, a non-human mind might be capable of anything, or a future/alien technology might enable learning by means other than the hard way, or the character has Super-Intelligence as a power. If a story presupposes an immortal character, for example, that character might well have had time to master many disciplines of study (though perhaps not to be up on the latest developments in all areas). Note also that the "plausibility" of this trope is context-dependent. May possess Encyclopaedic Knowledge if their interests stray outside of science. ![]() Some of these fields may be arts such as painting, or literature. The medical variant is the Super Doc.Ĭompare to the Renaissance Man who is also very knowledgeable in multiple fields - but not necessarily all of them. ![]() The Science Hero tends to be one in practice. Fixit and the Genius Bruiser may be an Omnidisciplinary Scientist. Then again, maybe the character really is just that smart, running around with superheroes and aliens and unbelievable circumstances of all descriptions, it certainly wouldn't be the strangest thing going on in that fictional universe.Īny of The Professor, The Spock, the Mad Scientist, Mr. However, it strains Willing Suspension of Disbelief when the guy who was just working on the nuclear reactor turns around and is suddenly a xenobiologist, chemist, alien technology expert and computer programmer as well. ![]() It's understandable that a producer needs to reduce the number of named characters, so anything "scientific" is handled by the existing " science guy" character. If someone is a scientist, and something about science needs to be known, the scientist will know it or learn it by the end of the episode.įilms are particularly bad about this. A writer either didn't do the research or didn't want to. Related to the nerd and the Mad Scientist, the Omnidisciplinary Scientist is a master of every branch of science, regardless of the branch in which they theoretically have a degree. ![]()
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