For my first Geek-A-Long square this year, I wanted to memorialize a mad scientist very near and dear to my heart: Princess Bubblegum from Adventure Time. She is a scientist, inventor, and sometimes gives Dr. Frankenstein a run for his money. She does all of that while ruling the Candy Kingdom in the Land of Ooo.

Princess Bubblegum’s actions, unlike most of the other black and white characters in Adventure Time, aren’t for evil or good, they’re for science. One could argue that it’s only her obligations to her people that keep her from going full on Dr. Frankenstein. I mean, she did accidentally turn her subjects into zombies while trying to reanimate the dead, but who hasn’t?