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}}'''Eric''', better-known as '''Professor Awesome''', was a mad scientist known to [[Jenny Everywhere]] in multiple realities. Although in some he was a genuine threat and enemy, in [[Universe (Parallax)|at least one universe]], he was  mischievous thirteen-year-old boy genius who lived in the same apartment building as [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] and [[Kim]].

One version of Professor Awesome was usually known as “Eric”, and was a generally benevolent boy genius, although he did consider himself a “mad scientist”. He lived with [[Eric's mother|his mother]] in the same apartment building as [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] and her roommate [[Kim]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'', ''[[Pit Stop (novel)|Pit Stop]]'', etc.)

After he successfully repaired the device with [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]]'s help, they shared some pastrami sandwiches from [[Morrie Greenberg]]'s and said their goodbyes.  Before leaving, Genevieve repaid Eric with a large gold coin. Kime offered to help Eric translate that gold into modern money and to take him to the hardware store so that he could spend these “wages” on new equipment and parts. She explained that she was already all set to sell some gold, as she had to make something of a chest of pirate gold Jenny had brought back from a recent adventure. Before they could do so, an [[Angel]] appeared with much fracas in the very same parking lot, heralding yet another crazy adventure. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pit Stop (novel)|Pit Stop]]'')

One day, having noticed that [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] had mysteriously disappeared, and worried that [[Kim]] wasn't answering when he tried to knock at her and Jenny's door, a worried Eric broke into Kim and Jenny's apartment with the help of the [[Robot Toaster]]. Finding an unmoving, unresponsive Kim on the bed, he panicked and went to [[David Lowe|David]] for help. Being aware of Kim's nature, David was not worried about Kim's apparent catatonia himself, but he agreed that Jenny's disappearance was concerning enough to warrant waking her up in the daytime. Recalling what she'd told him about the bottle of Jenny's blood, David located the hideaway and dribbled some of the precious liquid into Kim's mouth. She woke up with a start, lashing out like a wounded animal at David, with her claws out, until her higher brain functions came back online and she calmed down.  

In contrast to the friendly boy known [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Kim]], another version of Professor Awesome was a ''bona fide'' supervillain. In his early twenties, he began to grow a “scraggly goatee” which he eventually grew out into a full beard. Like his boyish counterpart, this Awesome wore a long labcoat.