Dr. Hobo is asked how he became a hobo, and recounts his, * In ''WebComic/TalesOfSchlock'', Roux's butt and Fukumi's boobs accidentally get hit with zafti-gamma rays and they start to grow dramatically when they get excited. Cue FanDiscontinuity. Abandoned Laboratory Accidental Discovery Accidental Index Action Film Quiet Drama Scene Actionized Sequel * Tom of T.H.U.M.B. TV Tropes is a wiki website that collects and documents descriptions and examples of plot conventions and devices, which it refers to as tropes, within many creative works. She-Hulk on Disney+ introduces Jennifer Walters to the MCU, cousin to Bruce Banner, and superhero-lawyer-extraordinaire! However, she only developed her. There are a couple of reasons why air source heat pumps are normally placed next to the property. Accidentally inhaling gases in a poorly ventilated space can cause headaches, nausea, and even fainting. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/PlayingWith/FreakLabAccident. ** Danny got his powers from an ectoplasmic form of [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear blast]] when he accidentally activated his parents' experimental Ghost Portal while standing inside it. By Ben Sherlock. In what can only be described as an act of Odd, a bell rope snagged Bowman's ankle and violently yanked him upside down. Freak Lab Accident Category page View source Main article: Freak Lab Accident All items (3) # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other B File:Barry Flash Origin Recap 1287.jpg F Freak Lab Accident Freak Lab Accident/Quotes Categories Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke The resulting blast altered his DNA, thus making him half-ghost.]]. James was out of the hospital by lunchtime the same dayand back at work the following week. Inexact title. * ''Franchise/SonictheHedgehog'': In the original American canon, BigBad Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik was a kind veterinarian called Ovi Kintobor whose attempt to purge Mobius from evil using the Chaos Emeralds to power up a machine ended in a accident that transformed him into a cruel, megalomaniac EvilGenius. An accident that gives a character their superpowers. First he tries to get some worms to eat the waste before [[Franchise/SpiderMan biting him]]. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the Main namespace are tropes and should be created through the. God knows what his origin is. Inexact title. A number of the classic Hulk's foes had Freak Lab Accident origins involving nuclear power and nuclear radiation (originally, anyway). * In ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' animated series, a couple comic book fans try to replicate the accident that created their favorite superhero Insector the Bugman by breaking into a nuclear power plant and getting bitten by a bug after they become radioactive. ** The origin of UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} Flash involved Jay Garrick being exposed to ''hard water, ** In ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', Barry recreates the accident in an attempt to regain his powers. Aggressive can not be attributed to a breed; however, reactivity can be. Tropes: A-C. The teleportation matrix malfunctioned, [[UnstuckInTime dislocating Tracer from time]]. This can be used to create a Science Is Bad plot if wanted when things have Gone Horribly Wrong. It was produced by Grantray-Lawrence Animation, which was headed by Grant Simmons, Ray Patterson and Robert Lawrence. Subscri. Since its establishment in 2004, the site has shifted focus from covering only television and film tropes to those in general media, toys, writings, and their associated fandoms, as well as some non-media subjects such as . We were working on our sampler, [[Anime/QueenMillennia and at exactly 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 1999, it exploded. Don't put in redirects for shows, books, etc.. Don't put in redirects for shows, books, etc.. He posed as a human and got a job at a big corporation, which [[FrivolousLawSuit he planned to sue for the money to fund his. After investigations by state police and the construction company, no charges appear to have been filed in connection with the incident. 2 Hours 18 Minutes. Ensure you follow proper procedures for ventilation, such as using ventilation fans and measuring the amount of gas emitted in a room. Safe riding practices and cooperation from all road users will help reduce the number of fatalities and injuries on our nation's highways. Fisherman killed by a fish * ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' tries to give himself super powers in one episode by deliberately standing in front of a TransformationRay, claiming that it works in [[LampshadeHanging the movies]] all the time. Many of Spidey's big foes (Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Lizard, Molten Man, etc) were created by some sort of lab accident or experiment gone wrong. Their daughter's freak accident . Put your ASHP next to the house. We don't have an article named, If you meant one of those, just click and go. chiron conjunct pluto 6th house husqvarna dealership near me; abba spotify despicable me unicorn; 1990 mazda miata for sale near me tiktok post to view meaning; super cooper mini for sale near Tuljapur Maharashtra Like humans, a dogs adult disposition is based on both nature and nurture. A well-done Freak-Out makes the audience freak out as well, and provides more Character Development than an entire season could in the same. * {{Subverted|Trope}}, along with NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup, in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977.'' However, one subject was killed ([[spoiler:Serph Sheffield as Varuna]]), and the other was imprisoned ([[spoiler:an unknown individual as Meganada]]). Most toxic accidents occur in laboratories with chemicals and highly toxic substances and in. A containment breach exposed Kuiper to a singularity, The reader is even led to believe that she'd obtained her powers from a spider-bite, just like Spider-Man. ** Spider-Man was given powers by a radioactive spider bite, the spider itself being a result of the lab accident. There's nothing like a fresh pair of eyes, is there? Spidey, of course, has his classic backstory. Straight: Due to a chemical spill, Dr. Claws transformed into a werewolf, and can use this ability at will. When an explosion wounded Danvers and exposed her to energy from Kree technology called the Psyche-Magneton, her cells were joined with Mar-Vell's. This made her a Kree-Human hybrid, with fantastical results. The other guy crashes into an aquarium and becomes Fish Guy, who has the awesome power of being a fish. Remakes tend to either avoid these random-chance origins or eventually tie them into a grander mythos (or at least a Story Arc of some kind). ]]", * ''Music/DaftPunk'' claims that their [[KayfabeMusic onstage robot personae]] were created in "an accident in our studio. A 53-year old veterinary surgeon working in a primate research institute dissected two dead monkeys in March 2021. But it's especially important for drivers to understand the safety challenges faced by motorcyclists such as size and visibility, and motorcycle riding practices like downshifting and weaving to know how to anticipate and respond to them. We were working on our sampler, [[Anime/QueenMillennia and at exactly 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 1999, it. Labs, which results in the release of dark energy into the city. Since January 1, 2012 this article has brought 5,559 people to the wiki from non-search engine links. For Professor Backfire, gaining superpowers was an inevitability. Of all the spinoffs in the franchise, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'' was the only one that followed this backstory closely (see the Comicbook folder above). One of the two-part episodes revolves entirely around a much earlier experiment in another part of the country that had turned another man into a Hulk, and the discovery of a cure, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption which Dr. We don't have an article named, If you meant one of those, just click and go. * Parodied in a FourthWallMailSlot on ''Webcomic/VGCats''. Banner cannot use]] [[spoiler:because the former Hulk has re-exposed himself, become a murderous Hulk, and there's not enough of the needed compounds for two treatments]]. He did, however, gain the ability to run quickly from a lab accident. * The original ''Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}'' was created by sabotage (a bomb) in an experimental nuclear reactor, fusing the teenage Ronnie Raymond and the designer of the reactor, Professor Martin Stein into a single super-powered hero. After decades of research, he conducted an experiment to harness the power of a black hole. In the end, he gives up in frustration. ** Marvel Comics in general (due to copious amounts of "Creator/StanLee Science") and Spider-Man in particular loves this trope. Freeze is a more conventional playing of his trope. Be sure to subscribe and check out more videos! I was going to declare war on the world, and I was going to lose. "Weird Al" Yankovic, Ode to a Superhero Sunday, July 5, 2020. The latter period named is called the Cold War in real life, when capitalist and Communist nations were in a nuclear arms race, requiring much atomic testing (TV Tropes Wiki, 2006 . In [[Film/TheFly1986 the 1986 version]], he slowly mutates into a sickened man-fly hybrid. Also affected by the explosion was Stein's evil assistant, who became the villain Multiplex. Then it turns out that their transformations are [[spoiler:slowly killing them and driving them insane, and were caused by a colleague's scheme to MurderTheHypotenuse]]. In a freak lab accident he is blinded and suffers a partial breakdown. revealed that this origin story caused a lawsuit, and as a result, The Chin was given a new origin all to similar to, While doing repair work at a genetics lab, electrician Max Dillon is first, Danny got his powers from an ectoplasmic form of. She would appear and disappear at random, unable to interact with the world like a ghost until Winston invented the Chronal Accelerator. Between. ** While doing repair work at a genetics lab, electrician Max Dillon is first electrocuted by machinery, then by bioelectric shock from [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically-modified]] eels swimming in extra-conductive AppliedPhlebotinum. Samuel Cuffaro. He then gets zapped with the same recombinator beam in a TakingTheBullet fashion, transforming him into a humanoid bat-creature. ** ComicBook/{{Morbius}} gets his powers when he is bitten by a vampire bat that was exposed to a neogenic recombinator's beam whilst he was trying to use it to break down the genetic code of a sample of Spider-Man's blood -- it got zapped feeding on the blood sample, and when Morbius tried to shoo it away, it bit him on the hand, which mutated him into a "living vampire". 2003. Lena Oxton, call sign "Tracer", was a test pilot flying an experimental fighter jet capable of teleportation. * {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' when Shake tries to gain superpowers using barrels of toxic waste. At which point Hyde had become his "default form" and he needed the elixir to be Jekyll. Handling dangerous chemicals and performing experiments puts scientists and their colleagues at risk of injury or even death. * The whole premise of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' revolves around a freak accident that occurred while the girls were being ''created'': Professor Utonium's pet chimp Jojo accidentally shoved the Professor while he was trying to create the perfect little girl, effectively causing the Chemical X spill that created the Powerpuff Girls (the blast from the spill also gave Jojo super-intelligence, and his jealousy of the girls eventually drove him to become their arch-enemy Mojo Jojo). * Quite a few BMovie monsters, most notably ''Film/{{Tarantula}}''. 1 To attempt to map any coastline is perhaps always an exercise in futility . Fires. A horrible accident!". Eugene H. Krabs SpongeBob SquarePants Squidward Tentacles Incidentals Incidental 31 Incidental 42 Incidental 155 Incidental 107 Incidental 3 Incidental 103 Incidental 60 Incidental 49 Old Man Walker Incidental 8 Incidental . The monstrous villain Chemo was created this way. In the current past of the character, the attempts of his heartless bosses to get rid of him and his work to save his cryogenically frozen wife caused his equipment to go haywire, drastically altering him. Her father, [[quoteright:342:[[Franchise/TheFlash https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Barry_Flash_Origin_Recap_1287.jpg]]]]. TropesMediaBrowseIndexesForumsVideos JoinLogin According to a well-worn anecdote, Louis XIV complained that, with the advent of new scientific methods for calculating the coastline, he was conceding more territory to the astronomers than he was to his enemies. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FreakLabAccident. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. His wife, partner and brother take him to his country house, but then Hammond starts to suspect all is not what it seems. In another episode, a rat injected with radioactive isotopes bit a lab tech. The direct causes of such accidents are: 1 Bring food into the toxic laboratory, causing ingestion poisoning (for example: a staff . On . ** Slightly changed in the [[Series/TheFlash2014 2014 TV series]] to a lightning that is the result of a particle accelerator malfunction at S.T.A.R. became altered humans due to hard water vapor, lightning, chemical or radiation exposure. In this episode, Squidward is injured at work and forces Mr. Krabs to pamper him while he recovers. * Although it actually took place on a testing range, the original origin of the ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' is for all practical purposes a Freak Lab Accident. Sometimes a Freak-Out is foreshadowed episodes in advance, but usually it just comes out of the blue. James and Lindsay Sulzer have spent their careers developing technologies to help people recover from disease or injury. Peter got his Quirk from the radioactive spider bite, a secret he keeps under wraps out of fear of being treated like a freak of nature. * This works for villains as well. Dr. Hobo is asked how he became a hobo, and recounts his OriginStory: * Parodied in a FourthWallMailSlot on ''Webcomic/VGCats''. Furthermore, when Luthor tried to retaliate with grandiose tech projects to show up Superboy, they went wrong disastrously enough to force the superhero to intervene, embarrassing Luthor enough to hate him even more. He is a boy genius who has a secret laboratory. Explore chemistry lab accident profile at Times of India for photos, videos and latest news of chemistry lab accident. Dexter spends an episode trying to gain superpowers through experimentation, and runs into the same it-doesn't-work-if-you-do-it-on-purpose problem. In principle, anyone could recreate the experiment that changed Dr. David Banner, it's just that nobody has any reason to. 1. * [[ILoveNuclearPower Being blasted by radiation, especially from weapon fallout]] (this is usually a UsefulNotes/ColdWar thing). She was not wearing a lab coat, and she suffered third-degree burns. Averted because the source of the radiation was the time traveller Named Storyteller deliberately showing up at that moment to perform the gene manipulation that the scientists were incapable of performing, in order to make sure that Carl (his distant ancestor) existed at all. Given the relatively tiny probability of being struck by lightning, it also ties in with that. ** Danny got his powers from an ectoplasmic form of [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear blast]] when he accidentally activated his parents' experimental Ghost Portal while standing inside it. Her father, Alias Starr, created an unstable Quantum energy machine that exploded, killing Ava's parents and turning her into a ghost. A later attempt by Multiplex to recreate the "accident" produced the heroine Firehawk. When the airliner made an emergency landing, 90 seconds after the doors opened the inrush of air caused a "flashover" fire, killing 23 people, a freak accident. All of the scientists are superpowered as a result of lab accidents. A Brief History On June 2, 1983, Air Canada flight 797 had an accidental fire. This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by the effects of negligence of the human race connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.Purposeful disasters, such as terrorist attacks, are . * This is the origin of BigBad Ava Starr/Ghost in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''. See the list below. Of course, this isn't so much a superpower as it is a handicap, and his resulting powers come in the form of technology he invents himself. At which point Hyde had become his "default form" and he needed the elixir to be Jekyll.]]. [[HilarityEnsues This doesn't work either]]. In [[Film/TheFly1958 the 1958 version]], the scientist changes heads and one hand with the fly. Secret Test of Character TV Tropes May 9th, 2018 - The Secret Test of Character trope as used in popular culture The character . Behind every pandemic is a tale of its murky origin. Mentor Sentences for Middle School Grammar 6th 7th 8th. More tolerated in superheroes created decades ago. Many of Spidey's big foes (Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Lizard, Molten Man. If you want to start a Headscratchers/FreakLabAccident page, just click the edit button above. He just made the same mistake as WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck. He posed as a human and got a job at a big corporation, which [[FrivolousLawSuit he planned to sue for the money to fund his latest world-domination scheme]] by staging a freak accident involving a microwave and non-dairy creamer, reasoning that no one understands either well enough to argue against the claim. * Late in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' ''2'', it's revealed that the first carriers of the Demon Virus were infected after an experiment where [[spoiler:a psychic child (Sera) communicated with God]] went horribly wrong. 5 Explosion of equipment, drugs, etc. In the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie, this was {{retool}}ed into a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically-engineered]] spider's bite to reflect the {{discredit|edTrope}}ing of. Darkwing brushes off the advice, fires the ray, and is reduced to cartoon ashes. Basically a young person from a wealthy background has to chose between their bigoted family and a relationship with someone they want to be with, and the family threatens to disown this person if they pick the latter. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the Main namespace are tropes and should be created through the YKTTW system. 2021, Gubbio, Perugia, Italy. Freak Lab Accident / Laconic - TV Tropes A page for describing Laconic: Freak Lab Accident. ** While doing repair work at a genetics lab, electrician Max Dillon is first, ** Danny got his powers from an ectoplasmic form of [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear blast]] when he accidentally activated his parents' experimental Ghost Portal while standing inside it. Unfortunately they forget to bring a bug with them to the power plant and succumb to radiation poisoning. A page for describing Laconic: Freak Lab Accident. 6. Dr. Claws didn't turn into a werewolf because it isn't the full moon yet. ** The origin of UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}} Flash involved Jay Garrick being exposed to ''hard water vapors.'' Trying to give yourself superpowers leads to you becoming a super-villain, at best. An investigation showed that the gases were stored in a steel tank designed for compressed air that was not electrically grounded, thus making it susceptible to static electricity. Christine Cavanaugh (Seasons 1-2, first 6 episodes of season 3) Candi Milo (Seasons 3-4) Dexter is the main character and protagonist of Dexter's Laboratory. One day (ironically, the day he planned to empty it) he dumped the remnants of a failed growth formula in the vessel, accidentally causing it to double in size and coming to life. The harrowing moment a crane operator and rising TikTok star died during a freak accident was captured in a horrifying video that's now going viral online. * {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' when Shake tries to gain superpowers using barrels of toxic waste. An accident that gives a character their superpowers. Vocabulary Workshop Lesson Plans happy hoikushi com. Originally it was a plastic vessel used by scientist Ramsey Norton to dispose of the chemical by-products from his failed experiments, built in the shape of a man to remind him of his failures. Though many of the more notable accidents, like the death of Owen Hart, are highly televised, the WWE tries to mitigate risk associated with its wrestlers, and, oftentimes, it takes an extremely unlikely event to harm anybody during a live television program.. RELATED: 10 Worst Times WWE Dropped The Ball During The . Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. The same release. This too was retconned to being part of the Speed Force, though during the period of time when the Speed Force disappeared, he still retained a weakened version of his powers thanks to his metagene. * The classic SuperHeroOrigin of ComicBook/TheFlash involved {{lightning|CanDoAnything}} and a shelf full of chemicals in a police lab. The laboratory accident also cost the university about $716,000 in infrastructure damage and $60,000 to $100,000 in equipment losses. * The initial origin-story for ComicBook/SwampThing followed this, Sabotage contrasted to an accident; an intentional explosion indicates malice aforethought. See the list below. laboratories with toxic emissions. Not a lab accident as such, but an unpredicted side effect of a new and highly experimental procedure. That origin was so good, DC recycled it exactly for Kid Flash. chemistry lab accident News: Latest and Breaking News on chemistry lab accident. Remember, kids: if you douse yourself in chemicals in a lightning storm enough times, you too may become a superhero! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Headscratchers/FreakLabAccident. Hulk from the 1966 animated series, The Marvel Super Heroes Hulk debuted in television in 1966 as part of The Marvel Super Heroes animated series. * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' ''might'' count, what with the contact experiments infusing the test pilot's soul into the Eva's core. Freak Lab Accident / Quotes - TV Tropes Follow Quotes / Freak Lab Accident Main Laconic Quotes PlayingWith VideoExamples Create New Now Norman 's a billionaire scientist who never had time for his son but then something went screwy, and before you knew he was trying to kill everyone. Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself. Freak accidents on wrestling television are actually a very rare occurrence. He does at least stop the Griffins' rampage, since they feel guilty about his cancer. Being blasted by radiation, especially from weapon fallout, More tolerated in superheroes created decades ago, eventually tie them into a grander mythos, that the Joker's insanity is actually a form of, fall into a nuclear reactor and hope for the best, grants superpowers to nearly everyone in Springfield. His friend, Smilin' Jack, helped him up, only to trigger. data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAKAAAAB4CAYAAAB1ovlvAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAnpJREFUeF7t17Fpw1AARdFv7WJN4EVcawrPJZeeR3u4kiGQkCYJaXxBHLUSPHT/AaHTvu . TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Dr. Claws spills chemicals on himself by accident and starts to believe that he'll turn into a werewolf any second, but nothing happens. The episode appears to have simply been a freak accident, in which stiff winds may have played a part. While the virus was reproducible, the incident itself was not. * The initial origin-story for ComicBook/SwampThing followed this trope. A Peer-Reviewed Portrait of Suffering. Then Dee Dee waltzes into the lab, spills chemicals on herself, and gains super powers. [[ThePlan Subverted in that Yui '''knew''' what's going to happen but did it anyway]]; unfortunately, it just made things even worse as she hadn't bothered to tell anyone and when her peers tried to extract her, she resisted and made it look like the operation failed (when the same happened to her son, everyone believed the same because Yui was holding them back until Shinji left on his own). A horrible accident!". This doesn't work, so he dumps a spoonful of the waste over his head, shouting, "Oh, no! So far, not freaky. Inexact title. Lab Accidents, especially involving chemicals Being blasted by radiation, especially from weapon fallout (this is usually a Cold War thing) Aliens leaving their Phlebotinum around Genetic Engineering Falling into a vat of toxic waste Given the relatively tiny probability of being struck by lightning, it also ties in with that. Dax likes to move everything in his office over by an inch to drive him . Live Action TV. Use code ROCKSTARS70 for 70% off at. -butyl lithium, a chemical that ignites when exposed to air, when the syringe she was using came apart. Main/FreakLabAccident - Related Pages - TV Tropes Follow Related Main / FreakLabAccident Found in 713 articles, excluding discussions. First he tries to get some worms to eat the waste before [[Franchise/SpiderMan biting him]]. This doesn't work, so he dumps a spoonful of the waste over his head, shouting, "Oh, no! One of them, the Leader, was a janitor exposed to nuclear waste. Spider-Man was given powers by a radioactive spider bite, the spider itself being a result of the lab accident. This game [[{{Troperiffic}} loves its tropes and knows it]]. Unfortunately they forget to bring a bug with them to the power plant and succumb to radiation poisoning. He has to fry himself ''two more times'' before it works.]]. Mr. It has to be an ''accident''. Col Needham <col@imdb.com> neo noir exploding lightbulb blind character blind protagonist literature on screen 28 more Plot summary Add synopsis Genres * Brain of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' once had a plan than hinged on this concept. In the, Marvel Comics in general (due to copious amounts of ". Patrick Star Video game Patrick (single appearance) Sandy Cheeks SpongeBob SquarePants Squidward Tentacles (4 cameos) Incidentals Video game skiers . Raj became incredibly disappointed to find that the lab tech didn't get superpowers. Opinions on this are extremely subjective, and this origin isn't used as much nowadays. Odo in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Why the Professor had that Chemical X [[NoOSHACompliance located where someone could break it]] and cause it to spill inside the pot is anyone's guess. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Door slid open with a pleasant sigh that sent tingles up V's spine. * Origin of all villains in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', save Venom, who was the result of an alien symbiote. * Every other [[HollywoodScience Science origin]] NPC or PlayerCharacter in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' gains their powers this way (the rest are unwilling test subjects). Dr. Jekyll's elixir only worked because of an unidentified impurity, something he only discovered after running out of the contaminated batch. At one point, the comic attempted to retool this by saying that the spider which bit him transferred some form of mystical totemistic power on him, which in turn explained his many animal-themed enemies. posts photo of his husband and their son. In this case, the spider that bit him was mutated by passing through the energy beam of a prototype "neogenic recombinator", part of an experimental new science that uses specific radiation wavelengths to selectively manipulate DNA. The elevator stopped. Charged with four felonies related to the incident, Harran . Freak Lab Accident - All The Tropes An opportune, unplanned and unrepeatable (hence "Accident") event that gives a character their superpowers. June, 2012 McLean Hospital "I Had an Accident" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 3. Contents 1 Background 2 Spike incidents 2.1 The culprit 2.2 The sawblade incident 2.3 Reactions 3 Other health and safety concerns 4 Organisation issues 5 Controversial battles 5.1 Chaos 2 vs The Big Cheese 5.2 Pussycat vs Cassius 2 5.3 Scutter's Revenge vs Pussycat 5.4 Griffon vs Daisy Chopper 5.5 Cerberus vs Mauler 6 Aftermath 7 External Links On Dec. 29, 2008, Sheharbano (Sheri) Sangji was working in Harran's lab with. Labs, which results in the release of dark energy into the city. except that the "accident" was nothing of the sort. "When I went out to the back garden,. Every so often something seemingly normal goes horribly wrong. Played straight because at the time he was created, the scientists admitted that the technology to create him didn't work yet, and only the inexplicable (at least to the scientists working on him) radiation at the moment of his conception, made the fetus viable. She would appear and disappear at random, unable to interact with the world like a ghost until Winston invented the Chronal Accelerator. An opportune, unplanned and unrepeatable (hence "Accident") event that gives a character their superpowers. Who still can't swim. Similar to No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup, only for people instead of machines and technologies. Pages in category "Freak Lab Accident" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. The larger-than-life Marvel Superhero The Hulk explodes onto the big screen! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an irrational particle accelerator, a liquid lunch, and a pair of rubber bands, song and dance routines that only she can see, and at exactly 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 1999, it exploded, The resulting blast altered his DNA, thus making him half-ghost, because of the substitutes the girls used for "sugar, spice, and everything nice" in the concoction, berates him for the stupidity of such an action, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2002), he planned to sue for the money to fund his latest, It is during one of her father's lab-experiments that Kurau in, But, as mentioned above, this was eventually tied into. Published 2 minutes ago. ", It didn't work and Barry instead suffered. * Parodied on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the Main namespace are tropes and should be created through the. ; AB Negative: AB- really is the rarest common blood type with between .2% and 1% of any given population having it.However, there are LOTS of really rare types. caused by fire accidents. * Tom of T.H.U.M.B. Sadly this is rareall too often, it is used as a desperate gimmick to "re-vitalize" a show. When HIV/AIDS emerged in the 1980s, it was alleged, with a little Soviet help, that the virus had been developed in an American lab. Apparently, there was a rumor at the time the comic was written that the chemicals typically found in hard water could increase the metabolic speed of animals who ingested or inhaled them. Morbius gets his powers when he is bitten by a vampire bat that was exposed to a neogenic recombinator's beam whilst he was trying to use it to break down the genetic code of a sample of Spider-Man's blood it got zapped feeding on the blood sample, and when Morbius tried to shoo it away, it bit him on the hand, which mutated him into a "living vampire". See also Disposable Superhero Maker, Miraculous Malfunction, Testing Range Mishap. The subversion comes from Dexter never figuring out that he succeeded. * the whole premise of ''westernanimation/thepowerpuffgirls'' revolves around a freak accident that occurred while the girls were being ''created'': professor utonium's pet chimp jojo accidentally shoved the professor while he was trying to create the perfect little girl, effectively causing the chemical x spill that created the powerpuff girls ; Abdicate the Throne: Britain's Edward VIII, Sweden's Queen Christina, recent Dutch monarchs. ** So did [[spoiler: Erica Lowenstein, the. From a fisherman killed by an overly enthusiastic fish finding its way into his chest, to a flash beer flood causing the death of eight people. Retooled again and made (somewhat) more plausible in the modern re-imagining. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the Pioneer Antibody Discovery Platform, a new antibody discovery service specifically designed to develop best-in-class biologic candidates. Roux uses her powers to become the super heroine "Queen 'B'" while Fukumi gets brain damage and becomes the diabolical "Double D.". 15 Dec 2017 10 freak accidents that killed people Tarryn Temmers Share Some unfortunate individuals suffer bizarre, and some even ironic deaths. ** Slightly changed in the [[Series/TheFlash2014 2014 TV series]] to a lightning that is the result of a particle accelerator malfunction at S.T.A.R. This happened twice with different circumstances: first, Yui was completely swallowed by Unit 01 and gained [[EmpathicWeapon limited control]] in the form of [[UnstoppableRage going berserk]]; second, Kyoko's transition was incomplete and a clinically insane body was left behind that eventually killed herself, making Unit 02 the most stable one. First he tries to get some worms to eat the waste before [[Franchise/SpiderMan biting him]]. The disturbing incident occurred. Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale Votes: 667,620 | Gross: $202.36M Considering the fans' habit of deifying Yui-sama, it's a definite subversion. Takes a tragic turn since the new Powerpuff Girl has problems, physical and mental, slowly killing them and driving them insane, and were caused by a colleague's scheme to. * Although it actually took place on a testing range, the original origin of. It reduces the length of pipework required between the unit and the house. A month after the VECTOR incident, on Oct. 16, 2019, the Russian media returned to the story. Similar to No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup, only for people instead of machines and technologies. See the list below. * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Three Men and a Comic Book" [[AffectionateParody affectionately parodies]]. Clabburn fell off the ladder he was on, tumbling 10 feet to the ground and ended up suffering fatal cardiac arrest from the blood loss from his slashed hand. In this episode, SpongeBob breaks his butt while sand-sledding and refuses to go outside as he knows he will be injured again, but Patrick and Sandy try to convince him to do so. The whole aspect of the Trope in that AB . * The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Heroes" presents a dark {{Deconstruction}} of the concept. Before he was a crime fighter, the Chin was a talk show host, much like the guy who voiced him. His intelligence makes him the brains of the family and he is one of the world's greatest inventors, having created countless weird and . * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' ''might'' count, what with the contact experiments infusing the test pilot's soul into the Eva's core. An explosion at a Green Genetics cannabis lab killed a 19-year-old worker. * Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' with the origin of The Crimson Chin (voiced by Jay Leno). The teleportation matrix malfunctioned. After the entire Griffin family gain superpowers and start causing trouble, Mayor Creator/AdamWest tries to give himself superpowers by rolling around in toxic waste. * Less heroically, ''The Fly'', involving a, * Done rather subtly in ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', [[spoiler: Dr. Jekyll's elixir only worked because of an unidentified impurity, something he only discovered after running out of the contaminated batch. After a freak lab accident unleashes a genetically enhanced, impossibly strong creature, a terrified world must marshal its forces to stop a being with abilities beyond imagination. 6. The success of The Rocky Horror Picture Show meant that another horror comedy musical gem was overlooked: Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise. The Scottish Trope TV Tropes. Can also be used to create a Monster of the Week, with the same caveats. ** Lena Oxton, call sign "Tracer", was a test pilot flying an experimental fighter jet capable of teleportation. TV's Ur Example is probably Felix Unger from The Odd Couple. Action & Adventure. If you inhale chemicals or gases in a space that isn't properly ventilated, you may experience nausea, headaches or fainting. [[LegoGenetics The resulting blast altered his DNA, thus making him half-ghost]]. Adrian Monk from his titular series has this as his premise. At least it was, until the comic story "Untold Tales From the Big Superhero Wish!" {{Subverted|Trope}} when Creator/AlanMoore got ahold of the character and [[{{Retcon}} revised him]] from a formula-altered scientist to a plant elemental who ''thought'' he was a formula-altered scientist. One guy crashes into a putty shop and is mutated into. It wouldn't have been a Freak Lab Accident if bad guys weren't trying to steal the nanotechnology that Sam was guarding. This doesn't work, so he dumps a spoonful of the waste over his head, shouting, "Oh, no! Impossible's ComicBook/LexLuthor, who followed a lead]] on some villains and ended up falling into a vat of chemicals and becoming virtually indestructible and transparent. The Fantastic Four's powers, which they received after being bombarded with cosmic radiation, are also classified as Quirks. Another common type of lab accident is inhalation. Then their ambulance crashes en route to the hospital. His doctor [[LampshadeHanging berates him for the stupidity of such an action.]] A moving trademark for ITC Entertainment (left image) was shown before Space: 1999 (centre image) on some CBC broadcasts of that television show in the 1976-7 television season, and also before episodes of The Muppet Show (right image) that came after Space: 1999 on CHSJ-TV in New Brunswick on Saturdays in spring of 1977.. Not feeling like quitting in my Era 2 memoirs . COMBAT MilTerms M. Forced Feminization Illustration Art Subjugated Step. Jump to content ), * The post-''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime''. The Prosper resident severely . * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Three Men and a Comic Book" [[AffectionateParody affectionately parodies]] ''the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' with Radioactive Man's origin: he gains his powers when trapped at the site of a nuclear detonation. (a segment of the 1966 ''King Kong'' cartoon on ABC) was a janitor in a secret agent office lab who took a spill while cleaning. The same release also creates a number of other "meta-humans". Looked like consoles, some bots. Three scientists are accidentally irradiated and become "The Terrific Trio" (with obvious parallels to the ComicBook/FantasticFour). One of the two-part episodes revolves entirely around a much earlier experiment in another part of the country that had turned another man into a Hulk, and the discovery of a cure, [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption which Dr. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. If you want to start a YMMV/FreakLabAccident page, just click the edit button above. It is still used frequently, despite having very nearly become clich, making it an Undead Horse Trope. ** Danny got his powers from an ectoplasmic form of. He got bit on the chin by a radioactive handsome actor, and that is how he became The Crimson Chin! Poisonous Accidents. After killing Norton and destroying the lab, it lumbered forth with no purpose but to destroy, fighting numerous heroes, including the, Although it actually took place on a testing range, the original origin of. In UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, it was shown that, * The post-''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' hangs a lampshade on the trope when Spark, in an effort to regain her super-power, attempts to recreate the circumstances of her freak origin -- and gets herself killed as a result. This trope is a case of art reflecting real life, with people often trying to force their partners to be different. * In ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' animated series, a couple comic book fans try to replicate the accident that created their favorite superhero Insector the Bugman by breaking into a nuclear power plant and getting bitten by a bug after they become radioactive. Contrast Mass Super-Empowering Event. In the ''Film/SpiderMan1'' movie, this was {{retool}}ed into a [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke genetically-engineered]] spider's bite to reflect the {{discredit|edTrope}}ing of ILoveNuclearPower. La ligne d'cume: Encountering the French beach. A horrible accident!". Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. The Presidential prophecy An update on Charlie . ]], * ''Music/DaftPunk'' claims that their [[KayfabeMusic onstage robot personae]] were created in "an accident in our studio. [[HilarityEnsues This doesn't work either. * Parodied in ''Webcomic/AntiheroForHire'', where one character got super-powers in a freak ''skateboard'' accident. (However, the rest of the Legion [[OnlyMostlyDead manages to revive her]], and afterwards she does indeed have her powers back. Inhalation. This doesn't work, so he dumps a spoonful of the waste over his head, shouting, "Oh, no! * ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' tries to give himself super powers in one episode by deliberately standing in front of a TransformationRay, claiming that. One episode has him unable to concentrate on a crime scene because a nearby cop's socks don't match. Makayla Noble, the Texas high school cheerleader who suffered a freak accident while practicing for homecoming, has said she knew "instantly" that she was paralyzed. He becomes Electro, a {{Power Incontinen|ce}}t human generator of [[PsychoElectro bioelectricity]], and subsequently [[FreakOut freaks out]] and goes [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity on a rampage]]. This is probably due to the fact that superheroes don't exist in real life, and it is simply difficult to find other ways to make superheroes. Leaving the lab with bacteria, tissue, or other potentially harmful substances on their skin or clothes can result in contamination of desks or lunch tables, causing illness and other complications. This happened twice with different circumstances: first, Yui was completely swallowed by Unit 01 and gained [[EmpathicWeapon limited control]] in the form of [[UnstoppableRage going berserk]]; second, Kyoko's transition was incomplete and a clinically insane body was left behind that eventually killed herself, making Unit 02 the most stable one. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. * Less heroically, ''The Fly'', involving a teleportation mishap when a fly is merged with the scientist who used himself as a guinea pig. His {{sidekick}} Launchpad doubts the plan, specifically pointing out that you can only gain superpowers from a lab ''accident'', and not on purpose. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. * Late in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'' ''2'', it's revealed that the first carriers of the Demon Virus were infected after an experiment where [[spoiler:a psychic child (Sera) communicated with God]]. Banner cannot use]] [[spoiler:because the former Hulk has re-exposed himself, become a murderous Hulk, and there's not enough of the needed compounds for two treatments. Freak Lab Accident / Playing With - TV Tropes Follow Playing With / Freak Lab Accident Main Laconic Quotes PlayingWith VideoExamples Create New Basic Trope: An accident in a lab that gave a character their unusual powers/abilities. * The ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Heroes" presents a dark {{Deconstruction}} of the concept. As The Guardian explains, the incident occurred while Bowman helped ring one of 16 bells at the UK's Worcester Cathedral. The resulting explosion ended up with Sam getting a body reconstructed by the nanites. * This works for villains as well. * This is the origin of BigBad Ava Starr/Ghost in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''. The device not only stabilized Lena but granted her [[TimeMaster a limited control over her place in time,]] letting her travel forward and back in time for a few seconds. The teleportation matrix malfunctioned, [[UnstuckInTime dislocating Tracer from time]]. Basic Trope: An accident in a lab that gave a character their unusual powers/abilities. As well as looking better and reducing trip hazards, this keeps efficiency at a maximum as it minimises heat loss through the pipes. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/article_history.php. Dr. Siebren de Kuiper's life was forever changed when an experiment Gone Horribly Wrong gave him the ability to control gravity, albeit at a cost of his own sanity. And they decide to abandon their rich family and lose all the wealth they were entitled to to be with the person their family . ** Marvel Comics in general (due to copious amounts of "Creator/StanLee Science") and Spider-Man in particular loves this trope. Dr. Siebren de Kuiper was an astrophysicist studying gravity. She gained the power of flight, strength and she can project photon energy -- worth the exposure to Kree explosions really. 3.7 3 Ratings. ** In the Bongo comic series a pre-nuclear [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version of Radioactive Man, 'Radio Man' is hinted at, who looks a bit like Golden Age [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]. The worker who had been taken to hospital turned out to have burns to 45 percent of his body surface and he had suffered serious harm to health. One guy crashes into a putty shop and is mutated into Clayface expy Putty Thing. Sangji died on Jan. 16, 2009. In the, This is the origin of all the villains in the, Not a superhero, but Cheery Littlebottom's career change from alchemist to forensics officer with the, Referenced jokingly to warn one character away from. Follow-up. Opinions on this are extremely subjective, and this origin isn't used as much nowadays. "Accidents Will Happen" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, it was shown that ComicBook/LexLuthor turned villainous after ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'s "interference" in a Freak Lab Accident resulted in his life being saved, his experiments being destroyed, and his hair loss. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/FreakLabAccident. Abandoned Warehouse: At least one or two can be found in any larger town or a city. The result? In principle, anyone could recreate the experiment that changed Dr. David Banner, it's just that nobody has any reason to. * {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' when Shake tries to gain superpowers using barrels of toxic waste. ** Lena Oxton, call sign "Tracer", was a test pilot flying an experimental fighter jet capable of teleportation. (a segment of the 1966 ''King Kong'' cartoon on ABC) was a janitor in a secret agent office lab who took a spill while cleaning. She stepped into a warm room, with one wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. * Brain of ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' once had a plan than hinged on this concept. Similar to No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup, only for people instead of machines and technologies. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome He gives himself lymphoma]]. Three scientists are accidentally irradiated and become "The Terrific Trio" (with. 90s Girl Group Singer Dies in Freak Accident TVWeek May 10th, 2018 - A singer who was a member of a 1990s R amp B girl group died Friday night in what has been described as a freak accident TMZ com reports . We do have:Laconic/Freak Lab AccidentMain/Freak Lab AccidentPlayingWith/Freak Lab AccidentQuotes/Freak Lab AccidentIf you meant one of those, just ** Spider-Man was given powers by a radioactive spider bite, the spider itself being a result of the lab accident. His friend, Smilin' Jack, helped him up, only to trigger a ray that reduced both to thumb size. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Other characters believe that Dr. Claws is a werewolf because of a lab accident, but they later find out that he became a werewolf due to getting bitten by one. First he tries to get some worms to eat the waste before [[Franchise/SpiderMan biting him]]. Shelves of shard cases, some books, and - V felt a grin spread across her face - so much legacy tech. [[spoiler:It didn't work and Barry instead suffered the RealLife consequences of being struck by a bolt of lightning while being doused with dangerous chemicals. ** So did [[spoiler: Erica Lowenstein, the ComicBook/LoisLane to [=CoreFire's=] Franchise/{{Superman}} and Dr. ** Referenced jokingly to warn one character away from [[CycleOfRevenge escalating vengeance]] against a [[JerkAss misanthropic]] [[TVGenius genius]]: ** Referenced jokingly to warn one character away from [[CycleOfRevenge escalating vengeance]] against a, * Subverted, along with NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup in ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977.'' ]], * {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' when Shake tries to gain superpowers using barrels of toxic waste. Together, Tom and Smilin' Jack tackle assignments that the regular agents couldn't take conspicuously. He then gets zapped with the same recombinator beam in a. After getting his powers stolen, he successfully repeats the accident to regain them. When the next full moon happens, he begins the first transformation. He would have got his powers this way eventually, but a time travelling Eobard Thawne deliberately engineered it to turn Barry into the Flash "ahead of schedule" due to losing his speed after doing what he came there to do, It apparently killed her, but there was enough of her, a psychic child (Sera) communicated with God, Othar was always just one freak accident away from becoming a suicidal maniac, that was actually engineered post-mortem by her late mother, as a means to give her the capabilities to fight the. And that's not counting all the ones created by [[ILoveNuclearPower The Bomb]]. Rent 120. Freak Lab Accident | The True Tropes Wiki | Fandom An opportune, unplanned and unrepeatable (hence &quot;Accident&quot;) event that gives a character their superpowers. Here are some common school laboratory accidents that can be prevented with proper safety procedures. Some breeds due to their history in baiting and fighting are more predisposed to being reactive to other animals but it does not mean they will be inherently aggressive. Laboratories are hazardous places. Before that, Wally West (the third Flash) tried recreating the accident after losing his powers. ** Subverted by Monkey; Dexter deliberately experimented on him, which gave Monkey his superpowers. * Carl Castanaveras in ''Emerald Eyes'' by Creator/DanielKeysMoran, was the first in a series of telepaths created by Project Superman by gene manipulation. 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