Dr. Insano

SCIENCE-obsessed Dr. Insano

Dr. Insano is a mad scientist villain created by Spoony. The character's outfit consists of a white lab coat worn over green scrubs, a stethoscope hanging from his neck, and a pair of large, spiral-patterned goggles. He is a large, overdramatic ham, always speaks in a reedy, high pitched, sinister voice and laughs manically throughout his scenes. His catch phrase is "With SCIENCE!" punctuated with sticking his finger in the air, usually given as an glib explanation for how he has accomplished some amazing feat.

History

In Linkara’s review of Uncanny X-Men #424, Spoony made a cameo appearance as Dr. Insano for the first time. He appeared in Linkara's first "Previously on Atop the Fourth Wall" segments saying "Soon, the world will tremble at the mere mention of the name Dr. Insano!" This set up the running joke that Dr. Insano is Linkara's arch nemesis.Uncanny X-Men #424 review by Linkara.

He came up again in Spoony’s own Final Fantasy VIII part 8 with a “press announcement” saying that he was elected the President of America. He mocks the people of the world for voting such an obvious evil villain. His Vice President was Fu Man Chu, who had nothing to say on the subject. Final Fantasy VIII review Part 8 by The Spoony One.

Dr. Insano came up yet again in Linkara’s review of Neutro #1. He was using Neutro to try and destroy Linkara and take over the world. Luckily, Linkara was able to defeat him easily by growing to Neutro's size and destroying him. Neutro #1 review by Linkara.

He showed up in Spoony's Final Fantasy VIII part 9 in a parody infomercial. After Noah starts ranting about the "anti-magic field" that is brought up in the game, Insano comes out saying that he's developed an Anti-Magic Field Generator Kit and is selling it to the masses at a bargain price. Final Fantasy VIII: Part 9 - Jailhouse Crock | The Spoony Experiment.

He again showed up in another "Previously on Atop the Fourth Wall" segment in Linkara's Daredevil #306, threatening to kill someone he's calling "Nurse" if she drank the last Red Bull in the Daredevil #306 review by Linkara.

Dr. Insano is also featured in a small comic book made by a forum member of Spoony’s site named Sky Render. It is a small, two-part comic where he once again takes on Linkara."Not even Sims can escape the wrath of... DOCTOR INSANO!" Spoony Experiment forum topic by Sky Render"Blowing up the Fourth Wall…with SCIENCE!" Post by Spoony One on SpoonyExperiment.com

In AngryJoe mini-series Hotel Awesome, Dr. Insano shows up again, being tormented by Joe's constant knocking of his door. Finally, Joe knocks him out and he collapses to the floor.

Dr. Insano also appeared in the special Year One crossover where Linkara reviewed "Wolverine: Adamantium Rage". He showed up at the end to taunt Linkara. Linkara attempted to guess Dr. Insano's secret identity. Linkara incorrectly guessed that Dr. Insano was really ThatChickWithTheGoggles After being knocked over by Linkara, Dr. Insano takes out a device in order to take down Linkara once and for all. He activates it as the episode ends on a "To be continued."

In the next episode, Linkara and Spoony swap roles so that Linkara plays Dr. Insano and Spoony must review the "worst comic ever written," Warrior #1. Dr. Insano explains that he's caused a reality shift and Spoony says that he might cause a paradox in the universe. What follows is many random clips showing the world getting mixed up with other dimensions, such as a dimension of teddy bears, a dimension where That Chick with the Goggles plays Dr. Insano and MarzGurl plays Linkara. At the end of the episode, the team of Blistered Thumbs comes in and beats up Dr. Insano (who is finally once again played by Spoony), thus saving Linkara.

In Linkara's Superman vs. Terminator #1 review, Linkara is accidentally sent to the future. His future self explains that it's a residual effect of Dr. Insano playing around with hyper time. At the end of the episode, Dr. Insano starts bragging that his Orbital Death Ray is now complete. He calls Linkara to make demands only to find a cyborg Linkara in his place (Foreshadowing, much?).

In Spoony's review of Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight, Dr. Insano tried to create a monster to take over the world. Instead, he created a cute, cuddly, squishy pink blob. Though he was angry at first, Insano soon grew to love the blob, accepting him as his son.

In Spoony's grand finale of Final Fantasy VIII, Dr. Insano gives Spoony a "time compressor" in order to allow Spoony to go through the game faster. After Spoony insults him, Dr. Insano leaves in a huff, vowing to get revenge. He takes over Spoony's TV later and mocks him, saying he sent someone to kill him who turns out to be Squall from the game come to life. Spoony tries to reason with Insano, saying that he and Spoony were the same person. Dr. Insano didn't listen. The review ends with Spoony dying as his house blows up.

Dr. Insano appeared in both parts of Spoony's Clones of Bruce Lee review, mocking the mad scientist characters in the movie. It is explained that Linkara made multiple clones using a piece of Spoony left over from the explosion. He made one normal, one Dr. Insano, and another Spencer D. Bum. Dr. Insano and Spencer live with Spoony in his new place.

He appeared in The Nostalgia Critic episode Alone In The Dark. He appears after Linkara makes a comment that the people that the main characters in the movie are shooting at could be innocent bystanders. Dr. Insano comes in saying "I brought science!" and promptly gets shot in the head. He appears again after the end credits in a special picture with Chester A. Bum, '90s Kid from Linkara's reviews, and Ma-ti from the Captain Planet review by the NC.

A running gag featured during outtakes is Dr. Insano laughing, suddenly going rigid, then keeling over and falling out of frame (parodying Vizzini's death in The Princess Bride).

In the TGWTG Two year anniversary video, it appears Dr. Insano was Spoony all along, meaning that either Spoony was always insane and just imagined Insano every time he saw him, or it's just some stupid internet show and there is no continuity. But, it seems he has tried to "control" Insano and stop becoming him, but in part four of the anniversary video, Spoony gives in to the madness and Insano returns...only to get the crap beaten out of him by the Nostalgia Critic later on. CR made a valiant attempt to sort it all out in an episode of Familiar Faces.

Dr. Insano would later prove his affinity with science by doing the impossible; fixing one of the infamous constantly malfunctioning Atari Jaguar CD systems in the review of Highlander – The Last of the MacLeods, becoming incredibly frustrated in the process. Spoony would later call him out on it while Insano was reading World War Z, despite the fact that he himself had Insano fix the system in the first place. Insano just calmly responds by telling Spoony about the other Highlander games, and that he, Insano, owned Highlander: The Source, eventually causing Spoony to run out in terror. Insano is unfazed, saying "Oh he'll be back, they always come back!" before laughing manically. He then returns along with his son in the final part to the Final Fantasy X review where he asks the dying Titus how long can Blitz Ball players hold their breath under water 15 minutes at a time? He then remarks since he's technically dead he might as well perform an examination on him and throws his son at him making Titus fall to the ground with Insano then saying "What you were expecting maybe the Ghostbusters?" He then laughs manically.