Dick Dastardly

Dick Dastardly
Drat, and double drat!
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Member of	Vulture Squadron
Affiliation	Muttley Klunk Zilly
Goals	To cheat at the Wacky Races Catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon
Sibling(s)	One brother, Dread Baron
First appearance	WR: "See-Saw to Arkansas" (1968)
Played by	Paul Winchell (1968–1999) Michael Bell (1990) Rob Paulsen (1991) Jim Cummings (2000–2008) Peter Woodward (2017–2019) Jason Isaacs (2020)
File:D&M Dick Dastardly.png Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
File:YTH Dick Dastardly.png Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Yo, Yogi!
Wacky Races Forever
File:WRL Dick.png Wacky Raceland
File:D&M DC Dick.png Dastardly & Muttley
Scoob!

Dick Dastardly is the main antagonist from the Wacky Races animated franchise. His voice was originated by Paul Winchell.

In his debut series, Dastardly is a villainous cheater who competes in the Wacky Races. Paired with his dog sidekick Muttley, his usual plans involve around planting all kinds traps for the other racers to trip on; but they often backfire and leave the two at a constant disadvantage. In the races, Dastardly's vehicle is the rocket-powered Mean Machine (designated #00).

Appearances

TV series

• Wacky Races (1968)
• Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
• Yogi's Treasure Hunt
• Yo, Yogi!
• Uncle Grandpa
  • 2.21 "Uncle Grandpa Retires"
• Wacky Races (2017)

Movies

• Scoob!

Shorts

• Wacky Races Forever

Comics

• Wacky Races
• Laff-A-Lympics
  • #13 No Laff-A-Lympics Today!"
• Hanna-Barbera Presents
  • #2A "Madcap Manhattan Motoring"
  • #2B "Trekking to Tanzania"
  • #7A "Desert Victory"
  • #7B "The Jaded Japanese Jaunt!"
• Cartoon Network Presents
  • #7A "Drag Racing"
  • #7B "Out of the Blue and Into the Red"
  • #11A "Fair Play"
  • #15A "Drive and Driveability"
  • #15B "Media Madness"
  • #18A "The Murgatroid Asteroid"
  • #18B "Oil's Well That Ends Well"
• Wacky Raceland
• Dastardly & Muttley
• Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
  • #44 Just Plane Scared"

Books

• The Official Guide: Penelope Pitstop

Video games

• Wacky Races

Biography

Stop the Pigeon, Stop the Pigeon, Stop the Pigeon

In his spin-off show, Dick Dastardly continued his villainy by being the head of the Vulture Squadron. He and Muttley are joined up by Zilly, a coward who would hide in his own clothing when ordered to deploy; and Klunk, a mechanic who speaks in unintelligible sounds that only Zilly can understand. Dastardly and his team use World War I-style airplanes in an attempt to stop a messenger pigeon called Yankee Doodle Pigeon from delivering messages to an opposing army.

Yo, Dickie!

In Yo, Yogi!, Dastardly was nicknamed Dickie, and was the bully at Jellystone Mall. He and Muttley pick on Yogi and his gang with their usual antics, but often fail as always. He rides a motorcycle modeled after the Mean Machine.

Dick Sells Out

In the Uncle Grandpa episode "Uncle Grandpa Retires," Dastardly and Muttley are watching the race go by. Dastardly is rooting for Evil Wizard.

Development

As the general premise of Wacky Races was based on the 1965 period comedy film The Great Race, Dick Dastardly was based on Professor Fate, a villainous trickster played by Jack Lemmon. Like Dastardly , Fate is a farcical caricature of a villain seen in silent melodrama films — a card-carrying rogue who perpetuates on elaborate schemes in an attempt to win. Both characters follow an Edwardian style of fashion, and both see themselves failing as a result of their plans not working as intended. Dastardly is also based on English actor Terry-Thomas, who played a similar role in the comedy film, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.

Gallery

Main article: Dick Dastardly/Gallery

Toys and merchandise

Main article: Dick Dastardly/Toys

In popular culture

• In the South Park episode "Handicar," Dastardly, alongside Muttley, attempts to cheat the race by cutting down trees to block the other racers. It doesn't work and their car ended up being hijacked by Nathan and Mimsy. The duo later appears in "South ParQ Vaccination Special" celebrating the end of the pandemic.
• In the Japanese manga "Super Mario 4 Koma Manga Theater", Dastardly and Muttley are seen in the background of a panel.

Behind the scenes

• In the movie Scoob!, his full name is revealed to be Richard.