Line #21 Quotes/DastardlyWhiplash


1	!!{{Film}} -- Live-Action
2	->''"So, [[HowWeGotHere I know what you're thinking]]: Why is that incredibly handsome hedgehog being chased by a madman with a mustache from the Civil War?"''
3	-->-- ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''
4
5	->''"Every plot twist came with the twirl of a moustache and ended in an exclamation mark."''
6	-->-- '''Sherlock''', ''Film/MrHolmes''
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8	!!{{Literature}}
9	->The [[EvilChancellor vizier]] twirled his mustache, probably foreclosing another dozen mortgages.
10	-->-- ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}''
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12	->But these tender passages, sacred though their fervour, did not pass unobserved by profane eyes; for crouched in the bushes and gritting his teeth was the dastardly 'Squire Hardman! When the lovers had finally strolled away he leapt out into the lane, viciously twirling his moustache and riding-crop, and [[KickTheDog kicking an unquestionably innocent cat]] who was also out strolling.\
13	"Curses!" he cried -- [[AmbiguousSyntax Hardman, not the cat]] -- "I am foiled in my plot to get the farm and the girl!"
14	-->-- ''Literature/SweetErmengarde''
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16	->One thing I will credit the blighter with: his sense of spectacle was perfect. “Ah, Mister [=MacDonald=]!” he cried, menacingly twirling the [[InSpace antichemwar vibrissae glued to his upper lip]].
17	-->-- ''Trunk and Disorderly'' by Creator/CharlesStross
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19	!!LiveActionTV
20	->''"Haven't you read the Super Villain's Handbook? [[ThisIsThePartWhere This is where]] you're supposed to twirl your moustache and gloat."''
21	-->-- '''John''', ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' ("[[Recap/FarscapeS02E06PictureIfYouWill Picture If You Will]]")
22
23	->'''Book''': Got your next heist planned?\
24	'''Simon''': No. But I'm thinking of growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
25	-->-- ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' ("[[Recap/FireflyE09Ariel Ariel]]")
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27	->''"Mr. Worf, villains who twirl their moustaches are [[ObviouslyEvil easy to spot]]. Those who [[VillainWithGoodPublicity clothe themselves in good deeds]] are well camouflaged."''
28	-->-- '''Picard''', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' ("[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E21TheDrumhead The Drumhead]]")
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30	!!{{Music}}
31	->''Black hat, black suit, my shady clothes\
32	Mustache twirled tight beneath my nose\
33	Creeping, I lurk in the shadows\
34	'Cause I'm a criminal\
35	Boo! Hiss! At me when I'm around\
36	That miss I'll take without a sound\
37	My lair is hidden underground\
38	My scheme? The pinnacle''
39	-->--'''Music/TheCogIsDead''', "Bad Guy"
40
41	-> ''I'm the meanest genius scheme unfurler\
42	Genus steeped in burglars, murderers\
43	Fiend Weekly's champ moustache twirler\
44	I cheated, I used curlers''
45	-->-- '''Music/TheStupendium''', "Fiend Like Me"
46
47	!!{{Webcomic}}s
48	->''"I mean, threatening innocents to get the Good Guy to cave? I might as well grow a mustache and twirl the end while I'm at it."''
49	-->-- '''Redcloak''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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51	!!WebOriginal
52	->''Fieschi ended up with severe injuries from the explosion, which prevented him from fleeing the scene while twirling his mustache and muttering "Blast!"''
53	-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article_18758_the-5-most-ridiculous-assassination-plots-ever-attempted.html The 5 Most Ridiculous Assassination Plots Ever Attempted]]''
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55	->''"It is a simple brutal logic from [[AlwaysChaoticEvil a simple brutal race]]. Naturally then, he blames all of his problems on Romana, [[HeManWomanHater a woman]], in the last episode instead of looking somewhere a little closer to home. She displays [[EvilCannotComprehendGood all the characteristics he could never understand]]: kind, caring and beautiful. These things mean nothing on Skonnos. ''[...]'' Soldeed is pretty worthless as a character, more of a statement for this planet's [[VestigialEmpire militaristic impotence]] than a living, breathing individual in his own right."''
56	-->--'''[[https://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-horns-of-nimon-written-by-anthony.html Joe Ford]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E5TheHornsOfNimon The Horns of Nimon]]"
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58	!!{{Western Animation}}
59	->''"Oh, you're up. Goody. We can start your history lesson. Long before there were [[{{Supervillain}} loud-mouthed buff guys in spandex]], there was the Gentleman Villain. His favorite sinister act was this: [[ChainedToARailway tying someone to a train track]]. It's simple, inexpensive, personal, and deadly. [[BaitTheDog But it gives you a little hope]]. [[HopeSpot Maybe you'll escape]]. ''[muffled shouting from Blind Rage]'' '''Lesson's not over, sonny!''' Now, the Gentleman Villain had these old-school [[TimeBomb time bombs]] -- three sticks of dynamite wired to an alarm clock. And what was so poetic about that is that they'' ticked! ''You could'' hear ''them. Tick, tick, tick! Nowadays, they're just digital. No sound, no peril. ''[sound of a train approaching]'' Oh. Oh, ho, ho! Do you hear that?'' There's ''the ticking. The train is coming! Is it on this track? Tick, tick, tick. Maybe it's on the other track. '''Tick, tick, tick!''' ''[EvilLaugh]'' Not bad for an old man, huh? I'm gonna get going and let you try to escape. And if you do, tell the Peril Partnership that the Guild isn't scared of punks. If you don't? Eh... sorry."''
60	-->-- '''Red Death''', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''
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62	->'''Scrooge:''' The movie should be in color. Color's all the rage these days. Oh! And the villain is going to need a moustache to twirl whenever he does something evil.\
63	[...]\
64	'''Dewey:''' I didn't understand what was happening or what the bad guy was doing or even who the bad guy was.\
65	'''Scrooge:''' I knew he needed a moustache!\
66	[...]\
67	'''Dewey:''' Uncle Scrooge, stop the bad guy!\
68	'''Scrooge:''' [[SpotTheImposter Which is the bad guy?]] If only one had a blasted moustache!
69	-->--''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'', [[Recap/Ducktales2017S2E16TheDuckKnightReturns "The Duck Knight Returns!"]]
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71	!!RealLife
72	->''"With Robotnik, there wasn't quite so much to pull from with the source material, because he is very moustache-twirly..."''
73	-->-- '''Jeff Fowler''', [[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2489940/sonic-the-hedgehog-director-reveals-difficulty-with-jim-carreys-robotnik on his interpretation]] of Dr. Robotnik in ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''

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