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Whiplash is obsessed with tying young women to railroad tracks; he has no reason to do so and realizes no gain, profit or advantage, but is simply compelled to do it.

  • @NegativeInf
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    128 months ago

    My mind always conflated this guy and the wacky races Dick Dastardly

    • @grue
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      58 months ago

      That could be because, as the article notes:

      Whiplash is the stereotypical villain in the style of stock characters found in silent films and earlier stage melodrama, wearing black clothing and a top hat and with a handlebar moustache.

      …and so was Dastardly.