#48: Back to the Future: Doc Brown’s Inventions
In the iconic Back to the Future movies, Doc Brown’s character comes off as eccentric (if we’re being polite) or straight-up wacky (if we’re not). (Come to think of it, how in the world did the teenaged Marty McFly become best friends with an eccentric, wacky scientist who occasionally tangles with Libyan rebels?)

But, for as odd as he seems, he does actually seem to have the smarts to back up his mad scientist routine; after all, he does build a time machine or two. So if that invention works, I guess it would totally make sense for the mind-reading helmet to work as well!