Scientist archetypes

[Tonguez]

Oh don't forget the Super sexy and brilliant female scientist who despite her superior intellect falls for the Action guy stereotype too

 

[tarchon]

Scientists are also only allowed to date older scientists' daughters.

 

[mmadsen]

I tend to think of actual, real-world scientists:

Tesla - tall, imperially slim, impeccably dressed (even performing his electrical experiments in coat and tails), obsessed with pigeons, always making grandiose plans (in classic mad-scientist vein)
Edison - slovenly, unkempt, dismissive of the theoreticians ("I can hire a mathematician"), always tinkering with his junkheap of materials
Einstein - absent-minded, long-haired, purely theoretical, German accent

 

[JimAde]

Or the dashingly handsome science guy (ala many a 1950's B movie) who has the sole brainpower and strength to take down the nasty (or cheesy) alien beings from mars. Often B movie scientists are working for Nasa.

My favorite example of this guy is the scientist in War of the Worlds (an excellent 50's sci-fi movie BTW, not b-grade at all).

How about the idealistic researcher who doesn't realize his discoveries could be used as horrible weapons?

And of course, some of these cross over. The nerdy, obsessed guy might make a discovery that becomes more important to him than the safety of the people around him. He's on his way to being a mad scientist!