Basic Trope: A hero who uses science or high technology to save the day.
- Straight: When danger calls, Marv is always prepared to use his scientific knowledge to end the crisis.
- Exaggerated: Marv is a cross-trained polymath genius with a tenth degree black belt and advanced weapons training.
- Downplayed: Marv is a hero who takes advantage of some nifty gadgets on occasion, but he's not too well-versed in how they work.
- Justified: Marv is intelligent, skilled in engineering, and has a deep personal belief that applied science can be used to make life better.
- Inverted: Instead of being a hero, Marv uses science for nefarious purposes.
- Subverted: Despite his best efforts, Marv's actions usually end up making things worse.
- Parodied: As the host of an Edutainment show, Marv always manages to tie his heroic actions to some aspect of science.
- Zig Zagged: When starting out, Marv doesn't have any experience with science or gadgetry, and it's only after a lot of trial and error that he learns to master his tools and build on their principles.
- Averted: Marv isn't a hero, nor does he use science.
- Enforced: The attitude Marv takes toward science is reverential.
- Lampshaded: Marv calls his heroic deeds "experiments".
- Invoked: The International Science Board uses Marv as a tool to further their public interests.
- Defied: Marv eschews science and gadgetry in favor of his wits and fists.
- Exploited: Marv's applied science makes him some serious bank on the side.
- Discussed: The science behind Marv's heroism is easily explained, and he is eager to share with anyone who asks.
- Conversed: As he works, Marv explains in real time which scientific principles power the equipment he uses to save people.
- Implied: Marv disdains other methods of heroism.
- Deconstructed: Despite his intellectual prowess, Marv on multiple occasions fails to take into account both the fragility of his engineered marvels and the utter selfishness of the average human being, making his efforts at heroics questionable at best.
- Reconstructed: Marv takes his setbacks in stride, since science requires both a lot of trial-and-error and taking roads that lead to dead-ends.
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