History Main / TheIgor

** His Igor in [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 the first installment]] was N. Brio, who invented the Evolvo-Ray and warned Cortex that the Vortex who's supposed to brainwash Crash was not ready. Because of these multiple failures, he quits at the end of the first game and antagonizes his former boss in the sequel.
** ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack Cortex Strikes Back]]'' introduces N. Gin, who becomes Cortex' assistant in the majority of the following installments. While this character's field is not biology, but rocket science and weaponry (as he fights you in {{Humongous Mecha}}s), he gives [[LorreLookalike a strong Peter Lorre impression]] and [[SycophanticServant he's devoted to Cortex]] [[UndyingLoyalty like none of his actually brainwashed mutants have ever been]].

** ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot2CortexStrikesBack Cortex Strikes Back]]'' introduces N. Gin, who becomes Cortex' assistant in the majority of the following installments. While this character gives a strong Peter Lorre impression, his field is not biology, but rocket science and weaponry, as he fights you in {{Humongous Mecha}}s.

* Dr. N. Gin in the newer ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' games. Actually, he was an Igor in the earlier games too. But one with a HumongousMecha. In [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot1996 the first game]], N. Brio was ''almost'' this, but eventually became a self-reliant MadScientist himself.

* The trope maker is Fritz, Frankenstein's sidekick in Universal's ''[[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Frankenstein]]''. Fritz was imported from an 1823 play adaptation, ''Presumption: or the Fate of Frankenstein'' - the earliest recorded play adaptation of Frankenstein and the only one Mary Shelley saw. The name comes from [[Creator/BelaLugosi Ygor]], the [[TheManTheyCouldntHang broken-necked]] character from the sequel, ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'' (although Ygor is not the servile figure embodied in the trope but rather a conniving villain in his own right).

* ''Film/TheMunsters'' has Floop, the kindhearted hunchbacked assistant of MadScientist Dr. Wolfgang. Once their monster - Herman Munster - is made, Floop becomes a sort of older brother figure to him. On the other side, the Count has a manservant whose name is literally Igor, although he acts more like a cross between [[TheRenfield Renfield]] and [[TheJeeves Jeeves]].

* Parodied in ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' by Marty Feldman as "Igor" (pronounced "Eye-gore"). He doesn't seem to realize he has a hump.

** Interestingly, the Barman at Biers ''is'' named Igor, but is ''not'' a member of the clan -- it's just a coincidence, which is odd as Biers is frequented mostly by the undead. He apparently finds [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore comments about the incongruity of this]] rather irritating.[[note]] In ''Fanfic/SlippingBetweenWorlds'' see above - the suggestion is made that in keeping with the Discworld principle that ''everything'' has its opposite quality, Biers' Igor is in fact a ''Rogi''.[[/note]]

* In VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles' ''Ravenhearst'' games, Charles' hunched, cackling assistant [[spoiler: Victor]] is an example, for all that he calls his boss "Father" instead of "Master".

-->''"Honestly, I will have to hand it to this movie - it '''does''' explain how the doctor and his hunchbacked sidekick meet. In ''The Body Shop'', ''Film/TheAstroZombies'', or hell, even ''Film/BloodsuckingFreaks'', the duos just sort of already knew each other for some reason. This movie at least shows us their humble beginnings... and it still sucks."''

* Riff-Raff of ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' is a parody Igor.

* [[PunnyName Edgar Gore]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frankenweenie}}'' looks like the TropeNamer, and is creepily eager to help [[MadScientist Victor]] with his science project. Subverted when he forces the unwilling Victor to recreate his experiment for him [[spoiler:and performs said experiment again later by himself]].

* Creator/GamesWorkshop games:
** In ''TabletopGame/BloodBowl'' Igors, also known as Hunchback Henchmen in some version of the rules, are deformed minions who can be hired by the [[{{Necromancy}} Necromancer Coaches]] of the various [[TheUndead Undead Teams]] instead of apothecaries. These assistants are highly skilled at repairing and manipulating rotting flesh and allow a re-roll to one 'Regeneration' roll each game.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Mordheim}}'': TheUndead warbands can recruit the Dregs, the hunch-backed and deformed human survivors of the comet strike. They serve their undead masters faithfully since [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe they are the few who showed them kindness.]]
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': In fitting with the setting's Blue-aligned alchemically created zombies, modeled in the vein of Frankenstein's Monster, ''Innistrad'' also contains references to the mad geniuses who create them, and the assistants who... assist. Two are mentioned directly, [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=221171 Deranged Assistant]] and [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=220631 Stitcher's Apprentice]], the latter of whom is name-checked in the flavor text of [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=227287 Rooftop Storm]], which is a direct Frankenstein reference (and also calls back the Assistant's gripe about the way orders are barked at him).

* In the fan-made TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness gameline ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'', Beholden fill this role. Beholden are otherwise ordinary people who see the world exactly as the [[MadScientist Genius]] sees it and thus can handle [[WeirdScience Wonders]] without wrecking them, help build them, and do all sorts of dirty work for their masters. In fact, "Igor" is a slang term for a Beholden. It's not very pleasant being one. Beholden lose their ability to form any beliefs or meaningful opinions beyond copying those of a Genius (although [[TheDogBitesBack they can break free]] in certain circumstances), and if they're without a master for too long, they either go mad or die. They also have a tendency to experience a Breakthrough in certain conditions and become a Genius themselves.
** Fan made game ''TabletopGame/HunchbackTheLurching'' is basically about playing as one of these. You have been inflicted by a supernatural mutation that grants you power, but deforms you and generally makes your life hell. Hunchbacks are drawn to serve a master, who is often a scientist and/or a Genius (the hunchback hopes that they will find a way to remove the mutation).

* Tzimisce ghouls in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade.'' Ghouls usually end up insanely devoted to their masters as a result of the Blood Bond and addiction to their master's vitae, and the Tzimisce are infamous for [[{{Biomanipulation}} reshaping organic tissue into new and horrific shapes]]; the end result of this particular blend is a horribly-deformed servant fully prepared to do literally anything for their master - and given that the Tzimisce are usually of a [[MadScientist morbidly scientific bent]], that can include assisting them with their experiments. On the other hand, they're still better off than more combat-oriented ghouls, most of whom have been reduced to slavering monsters by constant trauma and invasive brain surgery.

* WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob noted in his review of ''[[http://thecinemasnob.com/the-body-shop The Body Shop]]'' that mad scientists in the movies he reviews always seem to have deformed sidekicks for no reason, and he wants to know how the assistant ended up with the doctor (at least one, ''[[http://www.thecinemasnob.com/the-cinema-snob/bloodsucking-freaks Blood-Sucking Freaks]]'', explains that Ralphus is just a sadist who does it for free.)

* Terry Pratchett's Literature/{{Discworld}} distills the trope by featuring a clan of these types, [[PlanetOfSteves all named Igor]] (except female Igors, who are named Igorina). They all have their own unique pattern of scars and deformities (except for the female Igors, who are oddly enough [[CuteMonsterGirl very attractive]], although they usually keep a stitch somewhere as a sign), and all of them incredibly skilled surgeons, chemists and inventors. When they work for [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampires]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Werewolves]] and [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], they often double as a butler. They also have a tendency to replace parts of their own bodies with bits from other people which are no longer in use by their former owners. Often an Igor will accept as payment for a surgery a promise that they can help themselves to the patient's body (for themselves and other patients) when they eventually die -- a promise they take very seriously. They also hand down useful organs; when an Igor says "I have my grandfather's hands", he is NOT being metaphorical.