"Give me a thousand orphans, a hedge maze and enough cheese, and I can ..." Doctor Getwin Mittelmind is a mad social scientist, one of the Castle Heterodyne inmates, and a softie; he [ notes] [[Chronology - Volume #|✣ ]] that back during his research days he even let the children out of their experiment tanks for Christmas. He is Fräulein Snaug's boss and protector (though whether he's protecting her or protecting everyone else from her is an open question at present). Rendered somewhat living impaired for a little while due to his heroic resistance to a vicious marshmallow gun assault. Fortunately, Snaug has been fully trained in his repair and revivification and is able to get him jump started in a jiffy -- Junior Scientist Lightning Kits can be so useful.