History Main / ThoseWackyNazis

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* The British war comics, such as ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'', were pretty much built on this trope. It got better in later years, mostly as a result of changing attitudes to war in general; one issue of Commando in the 90's even focused on a soldier realising the horrors he was having to perpetrate.

*** This is, however, generally subverted in cartoons like ''WesternAnimation/PrivateSnafu'' and other cartoons intended for military consumption, where the Nazis are often portrayed comedically, but are ultimately highly threatening. This is generally due to the different demands of civilian and military propaganda; civilian propaganda is intended to show people far from the front that the enemy is not an serious threat, the military stuff is intended to show people near the front that the enemy is a serious threat and needs to be treated as such.

''Literature/TheInvisibleDetective'': Dr. Bessemer, a Bavarian puppeteer from the first book, is a Nazi agent out to kill the Duke of York and replace him with a robot before the Duke of York becomes king once his brother, King Edward VIII, abdicates.

* Post-apocalyptic military science fiction ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' features a neo-Nazi faction, the Landwehr, as one of its more dangerous villain groups. These Nazis are very influenced by (a particular reading of) [[{{Ubermensch}} Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy]], emphasizing heroism, struggle, and will, but they are also enthusiastic advocates of public order, advanced technology and impersonal modernistic efficiency; altogether, this makes them weird and even alien, but formidable adversaries, and the protagonists grudgingly come to respect the Landwehr officer they mainly tangle with as a WorthyOpponent.

On occasion, you might get to see actual infamous Nazis rather than fictional characters who are [[NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed based on them]] (or at least share traits with them). They, too, will frequently be played in specific ways. One can generally expect UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler to be creepily detached, [[{{Ghostapo}} really into the occult]], and frequently possessed of a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] streak. UsefulNotes/ReinhardHeydrich will be stony, intimidating and utterly ruthless, carrying out the most heinous of atrocities with the same demeanor he uses when deciding what to have for lunch. Hermann Goering will frequently be a flamboyant, decadent pig of a man, though some portrayals can make him [[FauxAffablyEvil surprisingly charming]]. Josef Goebbels will tend to be a man possessed of an inferiority complex and desperate to stay in Hitler's good graces. Rudolf Hess will typically be a [[{{cloudcuckoolander}} weirdo]] and a bit of a ButtMonkey. And so on.

* A staple of ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'''s RoguesGallery. On the other hand, the Red Skull is a Nazi, [[CompleteMonster but not very wacky]].

* A part of the Swedish comedy film ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPicasso'' takes place in France during World War II. Picasso hides a handful of (presumably Jewish) refugees in his apartment, with the Nazis (led by Picasso's father) coming regularly for perquisition. HilarityEnsues. In another scene, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler himself appears in a rather hilarious painting duel against UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill.

* Following comic book history, ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' has a couple of Wacky Nazis. Schmidt/the Red Skull is the cultured type, down to listening to Wagner on his phonograph (while having his portrait painted, no less); Zola's the icky doctor. ComicBook/{{Hydra}} in general is kind of an exaggeration of the [=SS=]. In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Red Skull has [[spoiler: been banished by the tesseract to the planet with the soul stone because someone as evil as him will never be able to obtain it. In order to get the soul stone, one must [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice someone they love to get it]]]]. It's implying that he is eviler than [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] because at least Thanos [[spoiler: proves by sacrificing [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Gamora]] that he's capable of love]].

* ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'': One younger neo-Nazi strangles an elderly English target of Peck's "Mengele"'s character's assassinations of 65 year old civil servant fathers of adopted 14 year old boys and make the man's death look like some sort of kinky sex suicide pact after knifing the young woman tenant of the Englishman's apartment building that he (the younger neo-Nazi) was having sex with. This younger neo-Nazi was part of an organization that attempted a "Fourth Reich" cloning attempt to bring back Adolf Hitler to modern times.

* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresJustWar Just War]]'' features a "cultured" Nazi who's quick to say he ''loathes'' [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner]].

* Robert Ludlum's ''TheApocalypseWatch'' has this planned as a takeover of both Europe and the United States.
* Douglas Muir's ''AmericanReich'' has this as a future post-Reagan presidency takeover of America.

* ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'': One younger neo-Nazi strangles an elderly English target of Peck's "Mengele"'s character's assassinations of 65 year old civil servant fathers of adopted 14 year old boys and make the man's death look like some sort of kinky sex suicide pact after knifing the young woman tenant of the Englishman's
apartment building that he (the younger neo-Nazi) was having sex with. This younger neo-Nazi was part of an
organization that attempted a "Fourth Reich" cloning attempt to bring back Adolf Hitler to modern times.

* ''Film/TheBoysFromBrazil'': One younger neo-Nazi strangles an elderly English target of Peck's "Mengele"'s character's assassinations of 65 year old civil servant fathers of adopted 14 year old boys and make the man's
death look like some sort of kinky sex suicide pact after knifing the young woman tenant of the Englishman's

* A downplayed example occurs in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', when Granny tells Daffy a story of her days as a spy during World War II where she prevented a plot by the Nazis to steal the Eiffeltower and other art from Paris. However, despite clearly meant to be Nazis they are never referenced as such. They ''are'' rather cartoonish villains nonetheless.