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==Notes==
==Notes==
*This character is based on the hunchbacked lab assistant played by [{{w|Dwight Frye}} in the {{w|Frankenstein (1931 film)|1931 version of ''Frankenstein''}}, whose name was Fritz. Later versions of the same character archetype would be popularly named "Igor". In fact, we'd be willing to lay odds that the only reason he ''wasn't'' called Igor in the script to "Autobot Spike" is because [[Donald F. Glut|Don Glut]] is pretty dang savvy about this sort of thing, having written a huge number of novels and non-fiction books about Frankenstein.
*This character is based on the hunchbacked lab assistant played by {{w|Dwight Frye}} in the {{w|Frankenstein (1931 film)|1931 version of ''Frankenstein''}}, whose name was Fritz. Later versions of the same character archetype would be popularly named "Igor". He likely wasn't called Igor in the "Autobot Spike" script because [[Donald F. Glut|Don Glut]] was aware of this character evolution, having written novels and non-fiction books about Frankenstein.
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' would go on to feature a malformed Decepticon named [[Igor]].
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' features a malformed Decepticon named [[Igor]] in homage to this archetype.


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Frankenstein's assistant is a fictional hunchback who works as a laboratory assistant in a castle and snorts a lot.

Fiction

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The Transformers cartoon

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Voice actor: Michael Bell (English)

Spike Witwicky, his mind temporarily in the shell of the jury-rigged Autobot X, watched a movie via a television signal routed through Teletraan I. The movie featured the mad Dr. Frankenstein trying to create life from dead tissue in defiance of the sage advice from his lab assistant, whom he clearly held in contempt. Upon the creature's animation and subsequent fit of rage, Frankenstein's assistant indicated to the doctor that his own earlier warnings had been appropriate and the results of the experiment were unsatisfactory. Autobot Spike

Notes

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  • This character is based on the hunchbacked lab assistant played by Dwight Frye in the 1931 version of Frankenstein, whose name was Fritz. Later versions of the same character archetype would be popularly named "Igor". He likely wasn't called Igor in the "Autobot Spike" script because Don Glut was aware of this character evolution, having written novels and non-fiction books about Frankenstein.
  • Dark of the Moon features a malformed Decepticon named Igor in homage to this archetype.
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