The Scientist

A Nerd who gets paid for being a Nerd.

The one who does things with science. The stereotypical Scientist wears a long, white lab coat, always speaks with a Mind-Boggling Vocabulary even when it's least appropriate, has varying laboratory equipment laying around their home, Ain't Got No Friends, and is always creating some Quirky Gadgets. A Role Habit that Scientists have is pour contained multicolored liquids into other liquids to cause some sort of reaction (fizzing, lights, explosions) even though this is hardly how science works in real life. Because the Scientist is an intelligence-based role, it's typical to see them wear glasses as Glasses Equal Smartness. In familiar franchises, the Quirky Gadgets the Scientist invents (as they're always considered inventions) may either be the focal point or cause that focal point, which often takes the form of a Technology-Caused Issue the Main Cast must fix by the plot's end.

The Scientist is a very helpful person to turn to in times of surreal events that only science can explain. They know everything there is to about what's going on and how to reverse its chaos. If no one is prepared to fix the problem, the Scientist can be relied on to whip up what they call an invention made to assist in the mission. Though the Scientist is supposed to "invent", what they supposedly created first is usually an idea that was done by another Scientist in another franchise. Time Machines are a good example of this. Although the Scientist might believe in their ability to create, they don't agree with any ideas that suggest the supernatural or cryptic. Ghosts, monsters, the undead (mainly ghosts), and sometimes aliens fall into this description of bullshit. To convince a Scientist that these creatures are real, proof such as photos and videos are required. More hardheaded or intelligent Scientists will either outright disagree with the material they're provided or take it apart and explain why it doesn't prove anything.