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* ''Creator/DeanKoontz's Frankenstein'' Series: Victor Frankenstein has survived through the centuries by augmenting his own body. Now, as a medical science executive named Victor Helios, he has begun creating new versions of his original monster (human-looking, but with highly durable bodies and programmed to obey him) with the ultimate goal of replacing mankind entirely. The Monster, going by the name Deucalion, is also immortal and determined to stop his creator.
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* In ''Film/{{The Bride|1985}}'', Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting) creates a female mate for his first creation, Eva. She is perfect, lacking the deformations of the creature, but her mind is as blank as a baby's and she is frightened of him. The "monster" has a fit of rage and goes away; the doctor decides to raise Eva for himself. He teaches her how to talk, to behave in society and educates her, but sees Eva as his property; when she runs away with a lover, he drags her back to the castle and tries to rape her. [[ContrivedCoincidence Fortunately, the creature]] (who also had learned a lot about life and now is called Viktor) [[BigDamnHeroes comes to the castle]] [[spoiler: and saves Eva, throwing the Baron from a tower.]]
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* A Friedrich Von Frankenstein is mentioned in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' and its sequels, presumably an ancestor of Victor Frankenstein based on the setting's date. He was a MadScientist who sought the secrets of life, creating a number of horrific monstrosities including a mechanical scorpion that serves as a boss in the first game. Appalled by his atrocities, Carmilla swore to punish him and did so after she became a vampire. What exactly happened to him is unknown, but considering [[{{Fingore}} his severed fingers]] are found scattered about the castle it wasn't pleasant.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'': ''The World's Greatest [=SuperFriends=]'' episode "The Superfriends meet Frankenstein" had a descendant of Dr. Frankenstein as the villain, who creates his own FrankensteinsMonster twice, the first one having the conventional appearance of the Frankenstein monster and the second resembling a fusion of Superman and Batman armed with Wonder Woman's magic lasso created by transferring the energies of those three heroes into a blank body.
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* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': In the novel where he originated, Victor Frankenstein is originally characterized as a medical student with ambitions of artificially CreatingLife. Victor comes to resent his creation and after abandoning the latter, blames his creature for his subsequent troubles when in fact he could have warned people of his own creature's existence and avoided a lot of bloodshed.
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* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Frederick Frankenstein is the American grandson of Victor. He initially distances himself from the family legacy, [[ItsPronouncedTropay pronouncing his name as "Fronkensteen"]], but ends up following in his grandfather's footsteps of reanimating the dead after finding his grandfather's journals. [[spoiler: However, as this is a comedy, unlike his grandfather Frederick decides to accept his monster and exchanges part of his brain to stabilize his monster's, giving him a normal life (and giving Frederick [[SmokingHotSex the monster's sex drive]]).]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/DeadEndParanormalPark'': In the MusicalEpisode, Norma calls her celebrity idol Pauline Phoenix "My Frankenstein" because of how much her films have shaped Norma's life [[spoiler: and [[BrokenPedestal how devastated Norma became]] when Pauline turned out to be an uncaring sociopath who had been lying about her death and using her fans for decades.]]
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* In the 90s' PC game ''[[VideoGame/FrankensteinThroughTheEyesOfTheMonster Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster]]'', Doctor Frankenstein (performed by Tim Curry) brings the protagonist, Phillip, back to life, after the latter is unjustly hanged by the disappearance of his daughter, Gabrielle. However, it soon becomes evident that Frankenstein is the BigBad of the game. He's working with the corrupt local judge, to get more material (read corpses) for his experiments.
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->''"Knowledge is knowing [Victor] Frankenstein is not the monster. Wisdom is knowing [Victor] Frankenstein IS the monster."''
-->--Jacob Bailey.
In 1818, Creator/MaryShelley wrote ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', an early ScienceFiction story about a Swiss medical student who created [[FrankensteinsMonster an artificial human]], with the novel being republished without Shelley's input in 1823, and with her input in 1831.
The protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, was an early example of a MadScientist in ScienceFiction, having aspirations of CreatingLife.
Victor proceeds to abandon his creation [[GoneHorriblyRight due to the feeling that the creature is hideous]], leaving him to fend for himself. In the era the novel was published, audiences would have sympathized with Victor for abandoning a hideous creature. [[ValuesDissonance Modern audiences beg to differ]].
Ever since the original novel fell into the PublicDomain, Victor (or Viktor, or Henry) himself has appeared in many iterations, with his characterization varying between being a principled, if somewhat morally flexible man of science, and being a morally bankrupt [[TheSocialDarwinist Socially Darwinistic]] psychopath who commits atrocities [[ForScience in the name of science]]. Part of the reason that Victor himself is a frequent candidate for AdaptationalVillainy in many works boils down to the view of Victor being perceived as [[ValuesDissonance less of an unfortunate soul who was right to abandon a hideous creature that was created from unnatural and godless means]], and more of a [[ParentalAbandonment deadbeat or abusive father figure]] that was a major cause of [[TragicVillain his creation's suffering]].
Additionally, while the original Victor was a mere medical student, subsequent adaptations have often made him a full fledged Doctor.
See also FrankensteinsMonster, for incarnations of the patchwork creature Frankenstein created; and {{Dracula}}, the titular vampire from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
Compare DrFakenstein, when a MadScientist is given a name reminiscent of Frankenstein.
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* Creator/MarvelComics:
** Victor Frankenstein is resurrected after his death in the Arctic by Igor, a servant of one of his descendants. In the body of one of his descendents, Victor attempts to incapacitate Orson Randall, AKA ''ComicBook/IronFist'' when the latter brings an injured ally for Victor to heal, subsequently attempting to body-jack him only to be killed by the "Prince of Orphans".
** Victor's distant relative, Maximilian von Katzenellenbogen, AKA "Max Frankenstein", takes up the mantle of the "Black Bishop" as part of the Hellfire Club against the ''ComicBook/XMen''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein'': Dr Frankenstein is depicted here as an outright CardCarryingVillain in pursuit of his monster who is depicted here as a GentleGiant. He later tries to turn Alvin himself into his next experiment.
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* In ''Film/{{The Bride|1985}}'', Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting) creates a female mate for his first creation, Eva. She is perfect, lacking the deformations of the creature, but her mind is as blank as a baby's and she is frightened of him. The "monster" has a fit of rage and goes away; the doctor decides to raise Eva for himself. He teaches her how to talk, to behave in society and educates her, but sees Eva as his property; when she runs away with a lover, he drags her back to the castle and tries to rape her. [[ContrivedCoincidence Fortunately, the creature]] (who also had learned a lot about life and now is called Viktor) [[BigDamnHeroes comes to the castle]] [[spoiler: and saves Eva, throwing the Baron from a tower.]]
* ''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein'': Baron Victor Von Frankenstein is an outright VillainProtagonist here being depicted as a sociopath with an undying desire to create life. He's far nastier than his book counterpart or previous films had depicted being more actively malicious and murderous in his pursuit of his scientific goals.
* ''Film/FleshForFrankenstein'': Baron Von Frankenstein is a SerialKiller with [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-like]] obsessions about creating a MasterRace from spare parts of bodies. He is also in a marriage with his sister.
* ''Film/Frankenstein1931'': Henry Frankenstein is portrayed as less focused on aesthetics than Victor in the original novel, genuinely well-intentioned, and more willing to share information that will save lives.
* In ''Film/FrankensteinTheTrueStory'' (1975), Victor Frankenstein is a young, idealistic doctor who obsesses into recreating life after his younger brother drowns. He at first is delighted by the beautiful creature he made, treating the latter like a friend, until the creature gets disfigured because of a flaw in the ressurrection process. The creature is DrivenToSuicide, much to Victor's relief; however, he survives and goes after his creator but finds Victor's castle occupied by Dr. Polidori, the real MadScientist of the story. He blackmails Victor into resuming the experiments with the dead and tries to kill the creature. It doesn't end up well for anyone.
* ''Film/VanHelsing'': Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as a misunderstood scientist that worked for {{Dracula}} because he offered his laboratory to allow him to conduct his experiments and sincerely thought the man believed in his work. If anything, his worst quality would be graverobbing in the name of science, as evidenced by the [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob trying to hunt him down on the night that his creation awakens]]. He even has a completely different reaction to his creation [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone compared to the original Victor]], where he completely dotes over him like a father would to a newborn child and his first instinct is to flee the castle with his creation to protect him from the mob. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:his alliance with Dracula is cut short since he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]]].
* ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'': The titular character is the protagonist, rescuing Igor from his former job at the circus and having him become his NumberTwo. With the latter's help and expertise in anatomy and physiology, they begin coming up with the ideas and methods to ressurrect the dead, ultimately culminating in FrankensteinsMonster.
* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Frederick Frankenstein is grandson of Victor. He ends up following in his grandfather's footsteps of reanimating the dead after finding his grandfather's journals.
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* The ''Literature/HorrorClassicGamebooks'' book ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' offers the player two different adventures: one where they play the monster, and one where they play Baron Frankenstein. Both adventures are set after an alternate ending to the original novel where the Baron did not die, and both creature and creator are now trying to track the other down in the Arctic wastes.
* ''Literature/TheDarkDescentOfElizabethFrankenstein'': Victor Frankenstein is husband to Elizabeth Lavenza. He is also [[AdaptationalVillainy depicted here as far more evil than the original book]] being a psycho SerialKiller and {{Yandere}} to Elizabeth. [[spoiler:Adam Frankenstein's crimes from the original novel are Victor's in this version]].
* ''Creator/DeanKoontz's Frankenstein'' Series: Victor Frankenstein has survived through the centuries by augmenting his own body. Now, as a medical science executive named Victor Helios, he has begun creating new versions of his original monster (human-looking, but with highly durable bodies and programmed to obey him) with the ultimate goal of replacing mankind entirely. The Monster, going by the name Deucalion, is also immortal and determined to stop his creator.
* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': Victor Frankenstein is originally characterized as a medical student with ambitions of artificially CreatingLife. Victor comes to resent his creation and after abandoning the latter, blames his creature for his subsequent troubles when in fact he could have warned people of his own creature's existence and avoided a lot of bloodshed.
* ''Literature/MonsterANovelOfFrankenstein'': In this adaptation of the original novel, Victor Frankenstein is presented as a [[TheSocialDarwinist Socially Darwinistic]] necromancer and alchemist who believes his status and power entitles him to treat other people abominably, and commit atrocities in the name of science. He also works with the Creator/MarquisDeSade to finance a performance written by the Marquis which will entail several youths being tormented and killed onstage.
* ''Literature/PresidentsVampire'': Dr. Johann Konrad is the InUniverse inspiration of Dr. Frankenstein. He perfected his Elixir of Youth in 1693, and used it to live for centuries and continue his obscene work up until 1734, when one of his creations got loose and killed dozens of people before it was brought down, forcing Konrad to make a quick exit when an angry mob stormed his castle afterwards. Apparently Mary Shelley got the idea for the novel while on holiday near Konrad's family castle and hearing the accounts of his atrocities. Konrad is a monsterous sociopath and proud former Nazi who creates zombies and other biological weapons of mass destruction in his efforts to destroy America as well as his ArchEnemy vampire Nathaniel Cade.
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Dr Victor Frankenstein is a MadScientist who lives in the Land Without Color. He serves as a recurring character in the form of Storybrooke's Dr Whale. After his brother was killed, Victor made a deal with Rumplestilskin for a magic heart to revive him. His brother becomes FrankensteinsMonster in this version.
* ''Series/PennyDreadful'': Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his vengeful Creature are both regular characters in all three seasons. Frankenstein is depicted quite in Shelley's style as a well-intentioned, but dangerously irresponsible and neurotic obsessive with [[spoiler:necrophiliac tendencies]].
* ''Series/RedDwarf'', it's specifically stated that Lister named his cat Frankenstein after the scientist, not the monster.
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* In the 90s' PC game ''[[VideoGame/FrankensteinThroughTheEyesOfTheMonster Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster]]'', Doctor Frankenstein (performed by Tim Curry) brings the protagonist, Phillip, back to life, after the latter is unjustly hanged by the disappearance of his daughter, Gabrielle. However, it soon becomes evident that Frankenstein is the BigBad of the game. He's working with the corrupt local judge, to get more material (read corpses) for his experiments.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinsCat'', based on the book of the same name, involves Dr. Frankenstein before he created his monster creating an undead cat (named Nine since he's made of nine cats) and dog (named [[StockAnimalName Fifi]]) before his monster.
* In the ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' special ''Freaky Fusion'', the ghouls travel back in time to the first day of Monster High, and meet a MadScientist student called Sparky. Sparky is eventually revealed to be Frankie Stein's grandfather, Victor Frankenstein himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': Victor Frankenstein is presented as initially being under the spell of {{Dracula}} and Savanti Romero. After the Turtles help him create [[FrankensteinsMonster his creature]], "Frank", Frankenstein initially shows antipathy towards Frank, but is convinced to accept Frank as his son by Michelangelo.
* The main segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' stars Dr. Vic Frankenstein, his monster Phil, and assistant Igor, who considers himself a better MadScientist than his master.
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->''"Knowledge is knowing [Victor] Frankenstein is not the monster. Wisdom is knowing [Victor] Frankenstein IS the monster."''
-->--Jacob Bailey.
In 1818, Creator/MaryShelley wrote ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', an early ScienceFiction story about a Swiss medical student who created [[FrankensteinsMonster an artificial human]], with the novel being republished without Shelley's input in 1823, and with her input in 1831.
The protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, was an early example of a MadScientist in ScienceFiction, having aspirations of CreatingLife.
Victor proceeds to abandon his creation [[GoneHorriblyRight due to the feeling that the creature is hideous]], leaving him to fend for himself. In the era the novel was published, audiences would have sympathized with Victor for abandoning a hideous creature. [[ValuesDissonance Modern audiences beg to differ]].
Ever since the original novel fell into the PublicDomain, Victor (or Viktor, or Henry) himself has appeared in many iterations, with his characterization varying between being a principled, if somewhat morally flexible man of science, and being a morally bankrupt [[TheSocialDarwinist Socially Darwinistic]] psychopath who commits atrocities [[ForScience in the name of science]]. Part of the reason that Victor himself is a frequent candidate for AdaptationalVillainy in many works boils down to the view of Victor being perceived as [[ValuesDissonance less of an unfortunate soul who was right to abandon a hideous creature that was created from unnatural and godless means]], and more of a [[ParentalAbandonment deadbeat or abusive father figure]] that was a major cause of [[TragicVillain his creation's suffering]].
Additionally, while the original Victor was a mere medical student, subsequent adaptations have often made him a full fledged Doctor.
See also FrankensteinsMonster, for incarnations of the patchwork creature Frankenstein created; and {{Dracula}}, the titular vampire from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
Compare DrFakenstein, when a MadScientist is given a name reminiscent of Frankenstein.
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* Creator/MarvelComics:
** Victor Frankenstein is resurrected after his death in the Arctic by Igor, a servant of one of his descendants. In the body of one of his descendents, Victor attempts to incapacitate Orson Randall, AKA ''ComicBook/IronFist'' when the latter brings an injured ally for Victor to heal, subsequently attempting to body-jack him only to be killed by the "Prince of Orphans".
** Victor's distant relative, Maximilian von Katzenellenbogen, AKA "Max Frankenstein", takes up the mantle of the "Black Bishop" as part of the Hellfire Club against the ''ComicBook/XMen''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein'': Dr Frankenstein is depicted here as an outright CardCarryingVillain in pursuit of his monster who is depicted here as a GentleGiant. He later tries to turn Alvin himself into his next experiment.
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* In ''Film/{{The Bride|1985}}'', Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting) creates a female mate for his first creation, Eva. She is perfect, lacking the deformations of the creature, but her mind is as blank as a baby's and she is frightened of him. The "monster" has a fit of rage and goes away; the doctor decides to raise Eva for himself. He teaches her how to talk, to behave in society and educates her, but sees Eva as his property; when she runs away with a lover, he drags her back to the castle and tries to rape her. [[ContrivedCoincidence Fortunately, the creature]] (who also had learned a lot about life and now is called Viktor) [[BigDamnHeroes comes to the castle]] [[spoiler: and saves Eva, throwing the Baron from a tower.]]
* ''Film/TheCurseOfFrankenstein'': Baron Victor Von Frankenstein is an outright VillainProtagonist here being depicted as a sociopath with an undying desire to create life. He's far nastier than his book counterpart or previous films had depicted being more actively malicious and murderous in his pursuit of his scientific goals.
* ''Film/FleshForFrankenstein'': Baron Von Frankenstein is a SerialKiller with [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-like]] obsessions about creating a MasterRace from spare parts of bodies. He is also in a marriage with his sister.
* ''Film/Frankenstein1931'': Henry Frankenstein is portrayed as less focused on aesthetics than Victor in the original novel, genuinely well-intentioned, and more willing to share information that will save lives.
* In ''Film/FrankensteinTheTrueStory'' (1975), Victor Frankenstein is a young, idealistic doctor who obsesses into recreating life after his younger brother drowns. He at first is delighted by the beautiful creature he made, treating the latter like a friend, until the creature gets disfigured because of a flaw in the ressurrection process. The creature is DrivenToSuicide, much to Victor's relief; however, he survives and goes after his creator but finds Victor's castle occupied by Dr. Polidori, the real MadScientist of the story. He blackmails Victor into resuming the experiments with the dead and tries to kill the creature. It doesn't end up well for anyone.
* ''Film/VanHelsing'': Victor Frankenstein is portrayed as a misunderstood scientist that worked for {{Dracula}} because he offered his laboratory to allow him to conduct his experiments and sincerely thought the man believed in his work. If anything, his worst quality would be graverobbing in the name of science, as evidenced by the [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob trying to hunt him down on the night that his creation awakens]]. He even has a completely different reaction to his creation [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone compared to the original Victor]], where he completely dotes over him like a father would to a newborn child and his first instinct is to flee the castle with his creation to protect him from the mob. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:his alliance with Dracula is cut short since he [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]]].
* ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'': The titular character is the protagonist, rescuing Igor from his former job at the circus and having him become his NumberTwo. With the latter's help and expertise in anatomy and physiology, they begin coming up with the ideas and methods to ressurrect the dead, ultimately culminating in FrankensteinsMonster.
* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'': Frederick Frankenstein is grandson of Victor. He ends up following in his grandfather's footsteps of reanimating the dead after finding his grandfather's journals.
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* The ''Literature/HorrorClassicGamebooks'' book ''The Curse of Frankenstein'' offers the player two different adventures: one where they play the monster, and one where they play Baron Frankenstein. Both adventures are set after an alternate ending to the original novel where the Baron did not die, and both creature and creator are now trying to track the other down in the Arctic wastes.
* ''Literature/TheDarkDescentOfElizabethFrankenstein'': Victor Frankenstein is husband to Elizabeth Lavenza. He is also [[AdaptationalVillainy depicted here as far more evil than the original book]] being a psycho SerialKiller and {{Yandere}} to Elizabeth. [[spoiler:Adam Frankenstein's crimes from the original novel are Victor's in this version]].
* ''Creator/DeanKoontz's Frankenstein'' Series: Victor Frankenstein has survived through the centuries by augmenting his own body. Now, as a medical science executive named Victor Helios, he has begun creating new versions of his original monster (human-looking, but with highly durable bodies and programmed to obey him) with the ultimate goal of replacing mankind entirely. The Monster, going by the name Deucalion, is also immortal and determined to stop his creator.
* ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'': Victor Frankenstein is originally characterized as a medical student with ambitions of artificially CreatingLife. Victor comes to resent his creation and after abandoning the latter, blames his creature for his subsequent troubles when in fact he could have warned people of his own creature's existence and avoided a lot of bloodshed.
* ''Literature/MonsterANovelOfFrankenstein'': In this adaptation of the original novel, Victor Frankenstein is presented as a [[TheSocialDarwinist Socially Darwinistic]] necromancer and alchemist who believes his status and power entitles him to treat other people abominably, and commit atrocities in the name of science. He also works with the Creator/MarquisDeSade to finance a performance written by the Marquis which will entail several youths being tormented and killed onstage.
* ''Literature/PresidentsVampire'': Dr. Johann Konrad is the InUniverse inspiration of Dr. Frankenstein. He perfected his Elixir of Youth in 1693, and used it to live for centuries and continue his obscene work up until 1734, when one of his creations got loose and killed dozens of people before it was brought down, forcing Konrad to make a quick exit when an angry mob stormed his castle afterwards. Apparently Mary Shelley got the idea for the novel while on holiday near Konrad's family castle and hearing the accounts of his atrocities. Konrad is a monsterous sociopath and proud former Nazi who creates zombies and other biological weapons of mass destruction in his efforts to destroy America as well as his ArchEnemy vampire Nathaniel Cade.
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Dr Victor Frankenstein is a MadScientist who lives in the Land Without Color. He serves as a recurring character in the form of Storybrooke's Dr Whale. After his brother was killed, Victor made a deal with Rumplestilskin for a magic heart to revive him. His brother becomes FrankensteinsMonster in this version.
* ''Series/PennyDreadful'': Dr. Victor Frankenstein and his vengeful Creature are both regular characters in all three seasons. Frankenstein is depicted quite in Shelley's style as a well-intentioned, but dangerously irresponsible and neurotic obsessive with [[spoiler:necrophiliac tendencies]].
* ''Series/RedDwarf'', it's specifically stated that Lister named his cat Frankenstein after the scientist, not the monster.
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* In the 90s' PC game ''[[VideoGame/FrankensteinThroughTheEyesOfTheMonster Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster]]'', Doctor Frankenstein (performed by Tim Curry) brings the protagonist, Phillip, back to life, after the latter is unjustly hanged by the disappearance of his daughter, Gabrielle. However, it soon becomes evident that Frankenstein is the BigBad of the game. He's working with the corrupt local judge, to get more material (read corpses) for his experiments.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FrankensteinsCat'', based on the book of the same name, involves Dr. Frankenstein before he created his monster creating an undead cat (named Nine since he's made of nine cats) and dog (named [[StockAnimalName Fifi]]) before his monster.
* In the ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' special ''Freaky Fusion'', the ghouls travel back in time to the first day of Monster High, and meet a MadScientist student called Sparky. Sparky is eventually revealed to be Frankie Stein's grandfather, Victor Frankenstein himself.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': Victor Frankenstein is presented as initially being under the spell of {{Dracula}} and Savanti Romero. After the Turtles help him create [[FrankensteinsMonster his creature]], "Frank", Frankenstein initially shows antipathy towards Frank, but is convinced to accept Frank as his son by Michelangelo.
* The main segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Toonsylvania}}'' stars Dr. Vic Frankenstein, his monster Phil, and assistant Igor, who considers himself a better MadScientist than his master.
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