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* Alameda Slim from ''Home on the Range'', had many Dastardly Whiplash-esque, He dressed as Yancy O'Del disguise, with A blue top hat, monocle glasses, blue suit, with A black cane, He wanted to buy a farm, and wanted outlaw.

* Alameda Slim in Home on the Range, had many Dastardly Whiplash-esque, He dressed as Yancy O'Del disguise, with A blue top hat, monocle glasses, blue suit, with A black cane, He wanted to buy a farm, and wanted outlaw.

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 will still use him for sheer {{camp}} value, or for a one-off {{meta|fiction}} gag about stereotypical villains. The ''look'', however, is far from dead 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.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E110Miniature Miniature]]", the doll girl's suitor resembles this type of villain, complete with cartoonishly evil mannerisms and musical cues.

* Major Toth in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. He doesn't have the mustache, and his greed is only for Der Fuhrer, but he's got the big black hat and cape, he steals (and sucks the oxygen from) every scene he's in, he's bonechillingly evil, has goofy equipment (that hanger!), and instead of a maniacal laugh he has more of a sinister wheezing cackle reminiscent of Creator/PeterLorre.

* {{Discussed}} by [[OldSuperhero aging supervillain]] Red Death from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' in his "Gentleman Villain" monologue, where he's opining about the GoodOldWays to fellow supervillain Blind Rage (who is at this point [[BoundAndGagged gagged and tied]] [[ChainedToARailway to a railway]]). The Red Death mentions that his favorite bit of villainy was the old TimeBomb, where the indeterminate ticking would give the victim some slim hope while also giving the anxiety of the constant reminder of imminent death.

* The Ice King from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is a [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]]. During the first few seasons, he was a stereotypical cartoon villain, [[DistressedDamsel kidnapping helpless women]] [[AbductionIsLove in order to force them to marry him]], amongst other crazy schemes. However [[spoiler: We soon learn that he used to be a normal man, and both is appearance and insane personality was due to being cursed by the crown]].

* {{Discussed}} by [[OldSuperhero aging supervillain]] Red Death from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' in his "Gentleman Villain" monologue, where he's opining about the GoodOldWays to fellow supervillain Blind Rage (who is at this point [[BoundAndGagged gagged and tied]] [[ChainedToARailway to a railway]]). The Red Death mentions that his favorite bit of villainy was the old time bomb, where the indeterminate ticking would give the victim some slim hope while also giving the anxiety of the constant reminder of imminent death.

* Creator/RaulJulia's "M. Bison" from the ''Film/StreetFighter'' film belongs here, or at least deserves an honorable mention. He's not an ''exact'' match: he doesn't have a mustache and wears red instead of black, but he does have a black cape and a ridiculously large black hat, he's hilariously one-dimensional and ''utterly'' hammy ([[ChewingTheScenery the scenery quite literally comes down around him]] at the end), has an evil laugh, has dimwitted henchmen, he menaces a girl, Chun-Li (for him, it was Tuesday) and has plans to kidnap the queen of England, has a scheme to take over the world and a ridiculous machine to do it with, and eventually falls to a meat-headed, equally one-dimensional "do good" hero. It was a horrible movie elevated to [[SoBadItsGood horribly glorious]] by his ''tour de force'' final performance.

* Creator/RaulJulia's "M. Bison" from the ''Film/StreetFighter'' film belongs here, or at least deserves an honorable mention. He's not an ''exact'' match: he doesn't have a mustache and wears red instead of black, but he does have a black cape and a ridiculously large black hat, he's hilariously one-dimensional and ''utterly'' hammy, has an evil laugh, has dimwitted henchmen, he menaces a girl, Chun-Li (for him, it was Tuesday) and has plans to kidnap the queen of England, has a scheme to take over the world and a ridiculous machine to do it with, and eventually falls to a meat-headed, equally one-dimensional "do good" hero. It was a horrible movie elevated to [[SoBadItsGood horribly glorious]] by his ''tour de force'' final performance.

*** Missy, however, leaned into this trope as another example of a female version. Her look was part Mary Poppins, part Old lady Shapoklyak.

* With his black zoot suit, [[Creator/JohnWaters]] mustache and comically sinister stage persona, "Goth Swing" bandleader Lee Presson of ''Lee Presson and the Nails'' could be considered another musical version of this trope.

* With his black zoot suit, [[Creator/JohnWaters]] mustache and comically sinister stage persona, "Goth Swing" bandleader [[Music/LeePressonAndTheNails Lee Presson]] could be considered another musical version of this trope.

* Major Toth in [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk]]. He doesn't have the mustache, and his greed is only for Der Fuhrer, but he's got the big black hat and cape, he steals (and sucks the oxygen from) every scene he's in, he's bonechillingly evil, has goofy equipment (that hanger!), and instead of a maniacal laugh he has more of a sinister wheezing cackle reminiscent of [[Creator/PeterLorre]].

[[caption-width-right:237:[[ObviouslyEvil Just throwing it out there, but this guy looks pretty evil]].]]

* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel's]] MadScientist nemesis Dr. Sivana doesn't have the wardrobe (or the mustache) but does invoke a few of these traits, including his CatchPhrase "Curses! Foiled Again!"

** Charles Montgomery Burns was born around the turn of the 20th century and still thinks and acts like an old-timey robber baron. This is best exemplified in ''Who Shot Mr. Burns?'', part I, where he steals the oil well out from under the local elementary school. He's got no mustache or cape, but his FingerTenting and hiss of "''[[CatchPhrase Excellent]]!''" are plenty theatrical enough make up for it. On the other hand, depending on the episode, he may be more AffablyEvil or even ObliviouslyEvil than deliberately, dog-kickingly villainous.

* Mr. X in ''Manga/{{TigerMask}}'' is a thin blue skinned man with a thin mustache, Black Tophat, [[HighClassGlass monocle]], Black cape, and all Black outfit. Mr. X is a crooked wrestling manager, and is portrayed more seriously then most modern examples.

** Frederick Loren in ''Film/HouseOnHauntedHill1959'' appears like this trope at first, being a rich and powerful man, distrusted by most other characters, sinister in appearance (dressed in a suit like the ManOfWealthAndTaste he is, and Vincent Price's moustache is at its most twirlable in this film), and with a sneeringly sarcastic and morbid sense of humour. It's obvious from the start that he's hiding some sinister plan. [[spoiler: However, he turns out to be a more complex character than this trope. For a start, he's ''not'' the villain of the film, but rather the intended murder victim, though still a ruthless schemer who [[VillainOfAnotherStory might well have murdered his previous three wives]. He's also far more competent than the usual cartoonish, unintelligent and easily foiled version of this trope: his plan might be rather odd and overcomplicated if you think about it too hard, but it ''works'', and ultimately he defeats his enemies and gets away with everything, making him quite the KarmaHoudini if he really did commit the other murders he was suspected of.]]
** Waldo Trumbull in ''Film/TheComedyOfTerrors'', meanwhile, is a particularly comedically incompetent and over the top version of the trope, played for laughs as an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist. He pairs the moustache with sideburns this time around and even dresses in the stereotypical outfit of black suit, top hat and cape-like coat (though it's justified as he's a 19th century undertaker). He's unrepentantly evil, having murdered several people before the events of the film even start to keep his undertaker's business going, and is petty, vicious and cruel to everyone except his RightHandCat. And he certainly has the over the top mannerisms down: he sneers, rubs his hands, and laughs maniacally while [[spoiler: attempting to strangle his wife.]] He even has a bullied sidekick played by Creator/PeterLorre. Of course, his schemes end up failing in comedic ways, thanks in no small part to his own incompetence, [[spoiler: and the film ends with him receiving DeathByIrony while everyone he tries to kill over the course of the film, except the old man he kills early on, is doing just fine.]]