History Main / DastardlyWhiplash

* Creator/VincentPrice's onscreen persona evokes a little bit of this trope, with his imposing height, sinister voice, mid-Atlantic accent, and well-groomed mustache. His character in ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'' is an excellent example, [[spoiler: although he turns out to be more sympathetic than he appears at first glance.]]

* ''Series/{{Angel}}''. Becomes the subject of a pun by a secretary at supernatural law firm Wolfram & Hart.

** Referenced in "War Stories": after Simon has planned and executed his first heist, Shepherd Book asks if he's got his next scheme lined up, referring to him jokingly as a "criminal mastermind". Simon responds, "Not yet, but I was thinking of growing a big, black mustache. I'm a traditionalist."
** In the first episode, Simon is used as a RedHerring and looks a lot like this kind of character.

* The American ''Series/{{North and South|US}}'' miniseries (no relation to the English novel) had several spanning the course of three books, most of them Southerners: mega evil plantation owner/wifebeater/slave abuser David Carradine, cackling racist and adultery enthusiast Ashton, slimy slave overseer Salem Jones, bloodthirsty prison warden Wayne Newton, [[JokerImmunity seemingly-immortal]] wannabe warlord Elkinah Bent, and Ku Klux Klan co-founder (''and'' evil landlord, god help us) Robert Wagner, among others. Lest you think the Confederacy gets the short end of the stick, there are plenty of Yankee bigots: Jonathan Frakes and wife (hates the Irish), Kirstie Alley (hates southerners), and Forest Whitaker (hates white people). The latter forms an alliance with his old overseer and raids their plantation, all for the express purpose of raping ''one'' slave girl who turn him down years ago.
* Speaking of racists, ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'' rolled out a new arch-villain for each chapter. First there was the truly creepy first mate of Kunta's slaving ship, Mr. Slater; then the ghoulish, rape-happy plantation owner Tom Moore; and finally Lloyd Bridges as a particularly meddlesome racist. The latter even says "you haven't seen the last of me" during an encounter with Kunta's grandson.
* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''. In "Silent Movie", a MagicMisfire makes everyone part of a SilentMovie with Mr. Kraft as a moustache-twirling villain tying damsels to railroad tracks.
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Picard references this archetype when he refers to "villains who twirl their moustaches" being easier to spot than "[[KnightTemplar idealists]]" who [[VillainWithGoodPublicity "clothes themselves in good deeds"]] in "The Drumhead".

* In the [[Series/Batman1966 1966]] ''[[Series/Batman1966 Batman]]'' [[Series/Batman1966 series]] episode, "The Riddler's False Notion", The Riddler had planned a series of crimes with a silent movie theme. During one caper, he is dressed as the titular villain, wearing a black top hat and cape over his green tights, and wearing a false mustache and carrying a whip.

An oddly specific kind of character, the Dastardly Whiplash is a cartoonish villain taken from the [[OlderThanRadio old stage]] [[MeloDrama melodrama tradition]]. Usually a ManOfWealthAndTaste, in Great Britain (*cough EvilBrit cough*), he was generally a [[AristocratsAreEvil Bad Baronet]]; in the U.S., he (and it is in fact always a he, as the mustache is an important part of the aesthetic) was often an [[MorallyBankruptBanker Evil Banker]] who held the mortgage on the heroine's farm. Physically, he's slightly hunched with an [[SinisterSchnoz exaggerated nose]] and [[ThinChinOfSin chin]], a [[GoodHairEvilHair curling black]] moustache (all the better to twirl at you, [[TermsOfEndangerment my dear]]), and an elaborate costume, usually an old-fashioned [[EvilWearsBlack black suit]] with a BlackCloak (maybe even an OminousOperaCape) and a hat, usually a top hat but occasionally a DastardlyDapperDerby.

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* The recently discovered Creator/MarkTwain play ''Is He Dead?'' gives us the evil landlord Andre who stalks the stage and offers to forgive the StarvingArtist's debt if said artist's {{Love Interest|s}} marries him. Later, he makes the same deal, offering marriage in exchange for debt-forgiveness to [[spoiler:the StarvingArtist, now in drag, posing as his sister]].
* Count von Cliché from Way, Way Off Broadway is a parody. He wants to steal the map of the railroad so he may buy the land before the railroad owners get a chance to and sell it to them at a very high price. To achieve this end he has to tie the heroine to the railroad tracks. Just...[[ForTheEvulz 'cause.]]

Expect his [[{{Leitmotif}} musical cue]] to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Gzl4FIPjo "Mysterioso Pizzicato"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_dI6BZt06U "The Maple Leaf Rag"]], or similar.

* '' Panic Restaurant '' has Hors D'oeuvre, a Dastardly Whiplash in a chef’s outfit.

** In ''WesternAnimation/HoneymoonHotel'', there is a mustached bug smoking a cigar who tries to look into guests' rooms. He bears a very stereotypical villain look.

* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' often uses top-hatted mustached figures as stand-ins for the villains of whatever game he's talking about, usually if the villains aren't interesting enough to warrant talking about in detail.

The Wrestling/{{WWE}} tag team the Vaudevillains, consisting of Simon Gotch and Aiden English, were thematically patterned after this archetype, complete with Gotch sporting a handlebar moustache and their entrance being filmed in black and white--though, despite the name, they largely didn't really act all that heel-ish.

* The [[http://www.shugarecords.com/images/records/90b707ce-1a00-4210-82aa-72fb948f2736-0.JPG cover]] for the 1969 Ohio Express album ''Mercy'' features a villain with everything but the mustache in a match of fisticuffs with a lumberjack on a handcar, while the rope-bound DamselInDistress cries for help.

The Wrestling/{{WWE}} tag team the Vaudevillains, consisting of Simon Gotch and Aiden English, were themetically patterned after this archetype, complete with their entrance being filmed in black and white--though, despite the name, they largely didn't really act all that heel-ish.

An oddly specific kind of character, the Dastardly Whiplash is a cartoonish villain taken from the [[SilentMovie silent film]] tradition (or really from the [[OlderThanRadio old stage]] [[MeloDrama melodrama tradition]]). Usually a ManOfWealthAndTaste, in Great Britain (*cough EvilBrit cough*), he was generally a [[AristocratsAreEvil Bad Baronet]]; in the U.S., he (and it is in fact always a he, as the mustache is an important part of the aesthetic) was often an [[MorallyBankruptBanker Evil Banker]] who held the mortgage on the heroine's farm. Physically, he's slightly hunched with an [[SinisterSchnoz exaggerated nose]] and [[ThinChinOfSin chin]], a [[GoodHairEvilHair curling black]] moustache (all the better to twirl at you, [[TermsOfEndangerment my dear]]), and an elaborate costume, usually an old-fashioned [[EvilWearsBlack black suit]] with a BlackCloak (maybe even an OminousOperaCape) and a hat, usually a top hat but occasionally a DastardlyDapperDerby.

* In a black-and-white silent movie style flashback in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Kaiba has the mustache. "[[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney My affluence makes a nonsense of the regulations!]]"

* The villain in {{Music/Coldplay}}'s "Magic" is a hybrid of StageMagician and this.

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* Through only two depictions are known that might represent [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki]], both of them have him sporting a dastardly mustache.

* Chancellor Cole, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', definitely has the look, complete with top hat (or rather, two of them, to hide his horns; hatless, he looks like the original PointyHairedBoss). He's a lot more competent than most Dastardly Whiplash characters, though, and, early in the game, kills Zelda because he didn't actually need her ''alive'', since her body is nessarcy for reviving his boss, Demon King Malladus. (This backfires, funnily enough; Zelda is [[SpiritAdvisor surprisingly]] [[AnimatedArmor useful]] while dead.)

* King Dice from ''Videogame/{{Cuphead}}'' is a character with these features dressed in a suit and with a die for a head. [[WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow His show version]] even has a rigged game show Roll the Dice which is impossible to lose for contestants since their souls get snacthed after they enter the Mystery Prize Room, and [[TeamKiller delibaratery sabotages his boss's 3rd Finest Demons]] to get the glory of kidnapping Cuphead. Plus, he believes he's the Devil's Number 1, though his boss doesn't acknowledge it.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' features Consul V, who has the voice, accent, and mannerisms of an old-timey villain, while his Consul helmet is shaped like a top hat, and has tubes on said helmet resembling a handlebar mustache. He may be one of he less competent Consuls, easily falling for Taion and Riku's trap, but was also [[spoiler: responsible for brutally executing soldiers that completed their 10 terms to prevent their souls from being lost from the cycle of reincarnation, as well as Ashera's sucicidal tendencies, the former of which [[SmallRoleBigImpact resulted in the creation of the Homecoming Ceremony]]]].

* Chancellor Cole, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', definitely has the look, complete with top hat (or rather, two of them, to hide his horns; hatless, he looks like the original PointyHairedBoss). He's a lot more competent than most Dastardly Whiplash characters, though, and, early in the game, kills Zelda because he didn't actually need her ''alive''. (This backfires, funnily enough; Zelda is [[SpiritAdvisor surprisingly]] [[AnimatedArmor useful]] while dead.)

* King Dice from ''Videogame/{{Cuphead}}'' is a character with these features dressed in a suit and with a die for a head.

An oddly specific kind of character, the Dastardly Whiplash is a cartoonish villain taken from the [[SilentMovie silent film]] tradition (or really from the [[OlderThanRadio old stage]] [[MeloDrama melodrama tradition]]). Usually a ManOfWealthAndTaste, in Great Britain (*cough EvilBrit cough*), he was generally a [[AristocratsAreEvil Bad Baronet]]; in the U.S., he (and it is in fact always a he, as the mustache is an important part of the aesthetic) was often an [[MorallyBankruptBanker Evil Banker]] who held the mortgage on the heroine's farm. Physically, he's slightly hunched with an [[SinisterSchnoz exaggerated nose]] and [[ThinChinOfSin chin]], a [[GoodHairEvilHair curling black]] moustache (all the better to twirl at you, [[TermsOfEndangerment my dear]]), and an elaborate costume, usually an old-fashioned [[EvilWearsBlack black suit]] with a BlackCloak (maybe even an OminousOperaCape) and a hat, usually a [[NiceHat top hat]] but occasionally a DastardlyDapperDerby.

* Chancellor Cole, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks'', definitely has the look, complete with [[NiceHat top hat]] (or rather, two of them, to hide his horns; hatless, he looks like the original PointyHairedBoss). He's a lot more competent than most Dastardly Whiplash characters, though, and, early in the game, kills Zelda because he didn't actually need her ''alive''. (This backfires, funnily enough; Zelda is [[SpiritAdvisor surprisingly]] [[AnimatedArmor useful]] while dead.)

* Black Hat, the VillainProtagonist of ''[[WesternAnimation/VillainousCartoonNetwork Villainous]]'', is an odd example of this trope. In terms of aesthetics, he wears all-black formal wear with [[HighClassGlass a monocle]] and [[NiceHat top-hat]] (hence the name), and [[EvilBrit he speaks with a thick Cockney accent]] -- though he lacks the traditional hunched posture, exaggerated nose/chin, or curly mustache. His personality also fits the bill, as he's a CardCarryingVillain who [[BadBoss abuses his henchmen for fun]] and is prone to emotional outbursts. Unlike other examples of this trope, however, Black Hat is [[TheEvilGenius highly intelligent]], [[PragmaticVillainy practical-minded]], and [[InvincibleVillain scarily competent]], on top of being a HumanoidAbomination with an array of nasty powers at his disposal.

* ''Webcomic/{{EVIL}}'' has a professor who is actually named [[http://www.evil.thecomicseries.com/comics/13/ Professor Dastard]], who plays this trop [[HarmlessVillain pathetically straight]].

RealLife examples? '''[[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease No thank you.]]''' In RealLife, even the {{Card Carrying Villain}}s are more complex than this.

* King Dice from ''Videogame/{{Cuphead}}'' is character with these features dressed on a suit and with a dice for a head.

He generally has two moods: when happy, he [[EvilLaugh sneers, cackles]], and [[HandRubbing rubs his hands in malevolent glee]], and when unhappy, he glowers, sulks, [[GlovedFistOfDoom makes a fist]], bites his index finger and [[BadBoss snaps at his sidekick or henchman]], should he have any. He tends to speak largely in AntiquatedLinguistics, preferring such [[GoshDangItToHeck expletives]] as "[[CurseOfTheAncients Curses! Foiled again!]]", "Blast!", and "[[TrrrillingRrrs Drrrat!]]" (or, for extreme cases, "Drat and ''double'' drat!"). He often turns out to be a HarmlessVillain, despite his menacing appearance.

In personality, he is a [[FlatCharacter one-dimensional]], [[CardCarryingVillain over-the-top, openly evil villain]] of limited intelligence who comes up with (sometimes [[ComplexityAddiction absurdly]]) [[ZanyScheme elaborate schemes]] for the hero to foil — kidnapping a [[DamselInDistress helpless female]] and tying her up to either a [[ChainedToARailway railroad track]] or a ConveyorBeltODoom, in an attempt to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty coerce her]] into [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe "marrying" him]] or relinquishing the deed to her property, is the old standard. He can usually be expected to [[DickDastardlyStopsToCheat go to great lengths to cheat at things he could easily win legitimately]], ForTheEvulz of course. He also is prone to [[EvilLaugh fits of nasal laughter]] ("''Nyehehehehe!!''").

He generally has two moods: when happy, he [[EvilLaugh sneers, cackles]], and [[HandRubbing rubs his hands in malevolent glee]], and when unhappy, he glowers, sulks, [[GlovedFistOfDoom makes a fist]], and bites his index finger and [[BadBoss snaps at his sidekick/henchman]], should he have any. He speaks largely in AntiquatedLinguistics, preferring such [[GoshDangItToHeck expletives]] as "[[CurseOfTheAncients Curses! Foiled again!]]", "Blast!", and "[[TrrrillingRrrs Drrrat!]]" (or, for extreme cases, "Drat and ''double'' drat!"). He often turns out to be a HarmlessVillain, despite his menacing appearance.

This trope is almost never played straight today. The Dastardly Whiplash is well on his way to being a DeadHorseTrope, having been largely replaced by the likes of the VillainWithGoodPublicity, although some modern works still use him for sheer {{Camp}} value, or as a one-off gag about stereotypical villains. The ''look'', however, is far from a DeadHorseTrope amongst [[QueerAsTropes the "bear" subculture]][[note]]they could be going for TheStrongman look, though, which often sported a nice handlebar mustache as well[[/note]]. Bonus points if one of his names is an adverb. Pantomime Villains often fit this trope, as they need to convey villainy without any dialogue or props.

* Prof. Moriarty from ''Anime/SherlockHound'' is this to a T. From the outfit (Tophat, cane, monocle, and cape only in [[ManInWhite white]]), the personality ([[EvilIsHammy Larger-than-life]], self-proclaimed EvilGenius) to the modus operandi (Concocting overly complex schemes doomed to fail due to a combination of both shortsightedness and the incompetence of [[BumblingHenchmanDuo Smiley and Todd]]). Most notably, Hound sees him as more of a nuisance than a real threat.