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    Image of SeeingI SeeingI
    10/19/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    Don't forget "Fiend Without A Face," with evil brains from outer space!

    Doctor Who, just by virtue of being on so long, has gone through nearly every trope in the sci-fi-verse.

    Daleks & Cybermen (as well as Morbius) - brains in robot (or cybernetic) bodies.

    Masters of Morphotron - Evil Lords of Braininess (from The Keys of Marinus).

    The Rani's artificial super-brain.

    The Ood Brain, which is naturally-occurring and benign, so I guess it's a random weird disembodied brain. That can still eat people, but it's not evil - just misunderstood! #startrek
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/18/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    Not exactly part of the brain-in-a-jar category but what about that horrible movie, "Mars Attacks!" ? #startrek
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    Image of Gen. Appithy Gen. Appithy
    10/18/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars

    No love for Hector Con Carne? It's the brain of an evil genius in a jar attached to a purple circus bear (and his stomach too). #startrek
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    oh, on Krang from TMNT- he was a version of the characters from the B/W comic, who were alies of the turtles. their entire race was born as brain-folk, and they constructed bipedal mech suits to aid them in complicated physical labor tasks, when they crashed on earth, they used them as disguises to move about us unnoticed.

    i can't remember the name of their race off hand... anyone? #startrek
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    10/18/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson:
    Utroms. #startrek
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    10/19/09

    @Purple Dave: there you go! #startrek
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    Image of Cianalas Cianalas
    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars

    Observer is displeased at his omission, so are observer and observer. #startrek
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    There's a wonderful short story by Michael Swanwick and Eileen Gunn called "Zeppelin City" on tor.com that has brains in jars. It has a very nifty Jazz Age Buster Crabbe Deiselpunk feel to it. Read it now!

    [www.tor.com] #startrek
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    10/18/09

    @Grey_Area: As do these 1950s concept drawings. #startrek
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    Image of Wookie1972 Wookie1972
    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars

    Okay, it's not just a brain, and it's not in a jar, but, really, the movie's called The Brain That Wouldn't Die. #startrek
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    10/18/09

    @Wookie1972: One of my favorite movies.... love the freak in the closet. #startrek
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    10/18/09

    @tamoko: Embarrasingly, I only know it from MST3k, although I admit that even in their version the movie's noir edge comes through. It's like a James Ellroy version of a sci-fi movie.

    "We'll find out next on... 'Match That Horror!'" #startrek
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    Image of Dirk Anger Dirk Anger
    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars

    With "They Saved Hitler's Brain" I thought youwere going to go with this #startrek
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    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    What about the cyborg in Saturn 3? The robot shell contains a brain packed separately which, when incorporated, then takes an imprint from its owner/teacher/superior(?) Unfortunately, Harvey Keitel's is the brain. And he's nuts.

    I seem to recall it ends up wearing his head as a hat. #startrek
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    Image of wanion wanion
    10/17/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    It might not have come up in your research, but Captain N was Nintendo's own little show using Nintendo characters, so that Mother Brain is the same Mother Brain from Metroid (also pictured, King Hippo from Punch-Out and an Eggplant Wizard from Kid Icarus) #startrek
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    10/16/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    And I didn't see a single one labeled "delicious." #startrek
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    Image of Bigdamnhero Bigdamnhero
    10/17/09

    @ampersandparade: Sesos tacos are yummy! #startrek
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/16/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    there was also the chick who was the brain of the deadly game show space station in the last few episodes of the first new Doctor Who series (...eccelston? is that right?? you know, the bad guy from gone in 60 seconds, THAT dude!) #startrek
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    10/17/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: She wasn't exactly a brain in a jar, though - more she was hooked up to the computers as a sort of interface. #startrek
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    Image of Tarnwood Tarnwood
    10/16/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars

    Not exactly a "brain in a jar", but I can't help but think of the character Rhesus 2 from "Captain Simian And The Space Monkeys".

    Remember that Saturday AM cartoon from the 90s? It's what Star Trek would have been... with monkeys. And PitComs rather than Communicators.

    Here is the 411 on Rhesus 2:

    Species: Part rhesus monkey, part machine; with interchangeable monkey brains
    Voiced by: Malcolm McDowell
    Fav. Phrase: I changed my mind.
    Fav. Phrase 2: A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

    "This combination madman and mechanical monkey is always willing to share his mind...in exchange for yours.

    A deranged egocentric who toadies only to the being who rebuilt him, Rhesus 2 is the most dangerous foe Captain Simian and his crew has faced.... Always spinning a pun when attacking to torment his victims, Rhesus 2 can dispose of his brain on any old whim and so often does preferring to feast on the brains of his victims. His ego being what it is he tends to design his machinations of evil after himself, heavily armed robot shells with bigger brains." #startrek
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/16/09

    @Tarnwood: holy crap! i remember that show! good call! #startrek
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    10/16/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    The Titans from the Dune Legends books (Butlerian Jihad, Machine Crusade, Battle of Corrin) are all brains in robot bodies that enslaved humanity, and there were some other brains in jars full of blue liquid who just floated around thinking for thousands of years, tended to by monks.

    Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.#Dune
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    10/16/09

    In reply to The 6 Types Of Brains In Jars
    Brain, brain - what is brain??

    (I can't believe no one made that joke yet.) #startrek
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