What is a Brainiac? 

Good question… and one that has plagued the world's great thinkers since the dawn of time. Simply put, the Brainiacs are to science what the Ooompa Loompas are to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Every hive needs its worker bees… every ant farm needs its drones… and every true lab needs its Brainiacs: Small, smelly, and of limited intelligence – but absolutely vital to unlocking the multitudinous mysteries of our labyrinthine universe.

For as the universe is made up of complementary opposites – for every Ying there must be a Yang, for example, and for dark, there must be light – the same is true in the world of Science Abuse. For every normal, reasonably attractive human being, there must be a Brainiac!

Whilst humanoid in shape, the Brainiac has yet to be positively classified as a human being. They have little or no intellect, distressing personal hygiene habits, and an extremely limited vocabulary (which, if truth be told, is only a series of graduated grunts, which only they understand). Their existence seems only to serve one purpose, that is to be science's guinea pigs.

Six Fun Brainiac Facts:

• A Brainiac has only one head with two eyes, a nose, a mouth, two ears and a nose – although not necessarily in the usual places.
• Brainiacs are healthy eaters, carefully ensuring they have three square meals every day, unfortunately they only ever eat lemon drops or sherbert.
• Though most Brainiacs feature the typical four limbs, anecdotal sightings of eight-limbed ArachnoBrainiacs have long circulated within some of the more progressive science circles.
• Brainiacs are of sub-human intelligence levels; some studies have compared their neural activity actually to that of a jellyfish. Brainaics, however, are not quite as malleable - Something we have tested.
• Brainiacs are completely impervious to pain – or at least doesn't show the typical symptoms of discomfort. (We make sure to keep testing this assumption with each and every stunt, though).
• They only wear the clothes we give them, which is why they are always in bright yellow T-shirts. This defacto uniform is designed to ensure they can be seen at night (as you wouldn't want to meet a Brainiac in a dark alley!).