Talk:Dick Dastardly

message: Can someone please confirm that this paragraph:
"In one episode called Speeding for Smogland, however, Dastardly did actually cross the finish line first, following a mix up with all the racers' cars. Dastardly ended up commandeering the Arkansas Chuggabug to first place, but according to race 'rules', victory would be awarded to the racer(s) whose car crossed the line first, so Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chuggabug were awarded the victory, despite finishing behind Dastardly.  Dastardly did, however, manage to cross the finish line in second-to-last place beating out Sergeant Blast." is actually correct.
I just watched it, and do not believe he crossed the finish line at all, let alone first. They all swapped back to their original cars *before* the finish. El Paulio (talk) 11:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fact Check

message: Why was Dredd Baron in Laff-a-lympics instead of Dick?
:IIRC, Hanna-Barbera shared the copyrights to Dastardly, Muttley, and the other characters from Wacky Races and its spinoffs with another company whose name escapes me. When Laff-a-lympics was developed, H-B decided to create its own, thinly-veiled knockoff characters rather than pay royalties to license Dastardly & co. yet again. Mdumas43073 (talk) 08:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Dredd Baron

message: 1920s??  1980s????  Some other time????  The article doesn't seem to say. Michael Hardy 23:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: When?

message: In the episode he disguised himself as a cowboy (who looked just like him on wanted posters) and threatened to shoot all other racers, who got out his way allowing him to win. However, after crossing the line (possibly whilst receiving his trophy) the local authoraties also mistook him for the wanted man and arrested him.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.235.92 (talk) 22:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dick Dastardly did win a race. 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dastardly muttley cast.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dickdastardly.jpg

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Magnificent.jpg

message: Why does an article without a single reference or citation even allowed to exist?--Cerejota (talk) 22:38, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  sources 

message: The facts at the end of the article state that Dick Dastardly was voted "greatest living Englishman", despite not being english (or living). Where is he from then? America? The article doesn't say... 23:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's an American production, and Dastardly is a villain, so of course he's English! Draggleduck (talk) 11:40, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Plus he's based on Terry Thomas,  an Englishman.--Guru Larry (talk) 04:39, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: GUYS, no, Dick Dastardly is not English, no matter on which actor he was based. Dastardly is actually American, simply. Because:
*There was an episode in Wacky Races where Dick Dastardly says that he was a Yankee. When he was racing somewhere in the South of the United States, a native from there threatened to block the passage of everyone he found out that was a Yankee. Dastardly attempts to hide his origins to escape from him, but ends up being persecuted by the southern guy after being uncovered;
*Wacky Races is a cartoon that shows preference for the south of USA. There are a few spreaded subliminar jokes against yankees in other episodes and the southern characters are sort of less impaired throughout the competition. Plus: Penelope Pitstop and Peter Perfect are totally southerns and they are like the "ideal heroes" of the cartoon;
*The allegory made in W.R. to establish villain and good-guy is not related to the antagonism between Americans and Englishmen, but the rivalry between southerns and north Americans. It's much more within the framework of the story;
Conclusion: Dick Dastardly is not even English, neither 'South' American... on the very contrary... he is, literally, a 'North' American. At least according to my memory.--177.140.188.13 (talk) 17:10, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  country of origin? 

message: There is a user comment page on guardian.co.uk that asserts this: http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-49025,00.html I don't believe this counts as a sufficiently authoritative source to serve as a citation in the article - the claim in the article is tagged "citation needed".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdulcey (talk • contribs) 15:03, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely not usable as a source any more than Yahoo! Answers, but I think I've found some better ones, which I will add to the article. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 18:22, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Caricature of Terry-Thomas 

message: Dick doesn't look anything like the F1 driver, who has brown hair no hat or moustache! I removed this sentence but see some jobsworth admin has already put it back in this already excessively detailed section.82.34.106.120 (talk) 15:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed it. One random blog seeing a resemblance isn't enough - there needs to be a WP:RS. I've also removed the list of his alleged dirty tricks. That is clear WP:OR unless a WP:Reliable Source can be produced likening Schumacher's tactics to Dicl Dastardly. Adpete (talk) 02:10, 18 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Looks like Schumacher??