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| First appearance | Jet Fuel Formula (1959) |
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| Nickname | F.L. |
Fearless Leader is the mainantagonist in the 1959–1964animated television seriesRocky and His Friends andThe Bullwinkle Show, both shows often collectively referred to asThe Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. He is the employer of fellow primaryvillainsBoris Badenov andNatasha Fatale, serving as an overarching antagonist in some episodes of the series. He was originally voiced byBill Scott.
Fearless Leader is a dictator from thefictional countryPottsylvania, and the employer of the inept spiesBoris Badenov andNatasha Fatale. He could always be found in his underground hideout, "Central Control." However, it seems evident that he did answer to one man himself: the diminutive Mr. Big. Mr. Big appears in two storylines of the series, "Upsidaisium" and "Metal Munching Moon Mice."
Fearless Leader has a notable face scar (possibly adueling scar), much like the NaziOtto Skorzeny, who may have been the inspiration for the character.[citation needed] As expected from his given position and name, Fearless Leader is a strict, ruthless character, and often harshly criticizes the incompetence of his main minion Gerald. He is usually shown with a long scar on his cheek and amonocle, both associated with German military officers in the first half of the 20th century, and he is sometimes shown to possess sharpcarnivorous teeth. He is distrustful of his own employees, and is known to carry the Pottsylvania treasury with him wherever he goes. Although Pottsylvania's chief spies are givenersatzRussian accents, Fearless Leader's accent seems more in keeping with the Prussian militaristGermanstereotype. His monocle and sharply angled features closely resembleErich von Stroheim and characters from a 1942 anti-Nazi propaganda poster circulated duringWorld War II.[a] He uses some German such as "Achtung" and "schweinhund," typical of German stereotypes in film and TV.
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