Movies and TvShows featuring "eccentric-inventor" theme.

A brilliant but eccentric scientist invents teleporter pods that accidentally merge him with a housefly, turning him into a human-fly hybrid. As he deteriorates and becomes more monstrous, he seeks help from his ex-girlfriend while struggling with his changing identity.

Wowser is an anime based on the Belgian comic strip Cubitus. It consisted of 52 two-part episodes.

When Spirou and Fantasio, a journalist and his sidekick, set off to Morocco to find a kidnapped groom, they encounter a mad scientist, a security guard in love, a car crash, and a series of thrilling adventures in the desert.

When Bamse's father, who has the power to make everyone happy, is kidnapped by a bandit gang, Bamse must use his super strength to save him. Along the way, he forms unlikely friendships with an anthropomorphic tortoise, wolf, fox, pig, and rabbit. Together, they embark on a journey through forests, castles, and trains to rescue Bamse's father and defeat the bandits.

Bamse is an anthropomorphic bear with super strength who goes on adventures with his friends, including an anthropomorphic tortoise and rabbit, while protecting the forest from villains like wolves. The show is based on a comic strip.

A scientific expedition to the North Pole turns into a thrilling adventure as the team encounters man-eating monsters and eccentric inventors.

In this dark comedy, a Yankee goes to visit a family of British eccentrics to ask for the hand of one of their daughters in marriage. He soon finds himself in the midst of a really odd family. One of them talks like Bela Lugosi, another believes herself to be a vampire, while a third is locked away in a padded cell. Another family member is thrilled when he finally invents a horseless carriage (50 years after Ford), and the family grandfather is found reading Playboy just before he dies. Trouble begins when members of the family begin to be mysteriously murdered. The American suitor must then discover which member of the strange family is in line to inherit the family fortune.

After lengthy discussions with Willy Vandersteen, the artist of the comic strip, this series was put into production in 1973. This happened in collaboration with the Flemish actor and producer Wies Andersen. Instead of adaptations of the existing comics, six new stories were chosen. The puppets were given multiple facial expressions and the sets and props were made based on detailed designs by Studio Vandersteen. Lambik always acts as narrator. A striking difference with the comics is that Jerom's doll now has its eyes open.

A story about inventor who invented a cool bike and goes on racing competition but has a lot of problems on his way.

A wealthy inventor contemplates suicide after his latest invention fails, but his life is turned around when he meets a girl from a lower social class. They embark on a series of comedic adventures together, including a bidding war, a golf game, and a mistaken engagement. Along the way, they navigate social status, family relationships, and the challenges of love.

The world's strongest (and kindest) bear.

Set in the Sengoku Period, Torakage is retired ninja. He lives his life peacefully, but turmoil comes as he becomes involved a fight over treasures.

An inventor (Masterson) must protect his inventions from becoming casualties of the Cold War.

A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devised a new gasoline substitute. Pollard himself lives in a home filled with his eccentric inventions. When he gets the message from the oil company, he is excited about the opportunity to demonstrate his innovation.

Bamse saves a little donkey from a nasty man. Together with his friends he builds a stable for it.

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. Things get really strange when Bill creates advertising for a wacky inventor's embalming fluid.