Dick Dastardly

Dick Dastardly
Drat, and double drat!
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Member of	Vulture Squadron
Affiliation	Muttley Klunk Zilly
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:WR 2017 Dick Dastardly.png Wacky Races (2017 TV series)
Scoob!

Dick Dastardly is the main antagonist from the Wacky Races animated franchise, as well as the main protagonist of its spin-off Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines. His voice was originated by Paul Winchell.

In his debut series, Dastardly is a villainous cheater who competes in the Wacky Races. Along with his dog Muttley, he attempts to succeed by planting all kinds of complex traps that trip up the other racers. Their plans often backfire, however, and leave the two at a constant disadvantage within the races. He drives the Mean Machine, with the designated number OO.

In SCOOB!, his full name revealed to be Richard Dastardly.

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 aircraft 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 film The Great Race, the same could be said with Dick Dastardly: as he was based on Jack Lemmon's character, Professor Fate. Like Fate, Dastardly is a caricature of a villain in silent melodrama films — being described as a studios, card-carrying individual who attempts on elaborate schemes in order to win.

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

• His physical appearance is partly based on English actor Terry-Thomas, and to a lesser extent, his original voice actor Paul Winchell.