History Main / ThoseWackyNazis

* A downplayed example occured in ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'', when Granny tells Daffy a story of her days as a spy during World War II where she prevented a plot by the Nazis to steal the Eiffeltower and other art from Paris. However, despite clearly meant to be Nazis they are never referenced as such. They ''are'' rather cartoonish villains nonetheless.

* The neo-Nazis from ''Manga/BlackLagoon''

** The Neo-Nazis are also portrayed as [[JokeCharacter comically inept and fanatical]]. Their [[EvilIsHammy hamminess]] doesn't help. The ''real'' Neo-Nazi, the man who funded the operation, is a RetiredMonster who still very much holds on to his Nazi ideals, but is [[AffablyEvil polite enough to have a conversation with a black man before calling him degenerate.]]

* The [[Ghostapo occultist or Satanist]]. Combine the two most notorious AcceptableTargets of pop culture: Nazis and evil cults. Nazi elements in real life had varying degrees of interest in paganism, magic, and esotericism [[note]] Some within the party researched or promoted Ariosophism, Germanic paganism and Tibetan tantrism, as well as seeking holy and sacred relics, and Himmler was deeply fascinated with mysticism and mythology- though whether any of this was genuine belief or all for propaganda purposes is hard to say. In its early days the party had strong ties with the Thule Society, a neopagan nationalist group that could practically be considered a cult. Hitler himself was said to be disinterested in the cosmic or metaphysical, and he allegedly worked to distance himself and the party from that sort of thing once it served its purpose. [[/note]]. Modern neo-Nazis sometimes dabble in philosophical or theological Satanism as well, especially in the popular imagination [[note]] Though depending on the group or individual may just as likely reject or even abhor Satanism [[/note]], and biker gangs often combine Satantic and white supremacist imagery and symbolism in their jackets, tattoos, and logos. All of this- plus the general concensus of Nazis being pure evil- means that Nazis are popularly portrayed as anything from a ReligionOfEvil or ApocalypseCult to full blown masters of BlackMagic. At the very least they are often seeking SealedEvilInACan or a sinister {{Macguffin}}. Hitler may or may not be a FalseProphet who made ADealWithTheDevil, but like the occult elements of the real Nazi party, this or these Nazis may also be working as a special research team or commando squad, or even without the party's knowledge or consent, rather than the whole party or army being cultists. This character type may be a dyed-in-the-wool Nazi using dark magic or knowledge to further the cause, or a sorcerer or evil priest associating with the party [[NotInThisForYourRevolution simply for the power and connections to carry out their dark work]]. On the largest scale, the entire Holocaust or war may just be in service of a dark ritual or God, with the rest of the politics and propaganda [[PretextForWar cooked up as a smokescreen]]. Expect to see a lot of overlap with the MadScientist angle as well.

* The [[Ghostapo occultist or Satanist]]. Combine the two most notorious AcceptableTargets of pop culture: Nazis and evil cults. Nazi elements in real life had varying degrees of interest in paganism, magic, and esotericism [[note]] Some within the party researched or promoted Ariosophism, Germanic paganism and Tibetan tantrism, as well as seeking holy and sacred relics, and Himmler was deeply fascinated with mysticism and mythology- though whether any of this was genuine belief or all for propaganda purposes is hard to say. In its early days the party had strong ties with the Thule Society, a neopagan nationalist group that could practically be considered a cult. Hitler himself was said to be disinterested in the cosmic or metaphysical, and he allegedly worked to distance himself and the party from that sort of thing once it served its purpose. [[/note]]. Modern neo-Nazis sometimes dabble in philosophical or theological Satanism as well, especially in the popular imagination [[note]] Though depending on the group or individual may just as likely reject or even abhor Satanism [[/note]], and biker gangs often combine Satantic and white supremacist imagery and symbolism in their jackets, tattoos, and logos. All of this- plus the general concensus of Nazis being pure evil- means that Nazis are popularly portrayed as anything from a ReligionOfEvil or ApocalypseCult to full blown masters of BlackMagic. At the very least they are often seeking SealedEvilInACan or a sinister {{Macguffin}}. Hitler may or may not be a FalseProphet who made ADealWithTheDevil, but like the occult elements of the real Nazi party, this or these Nazis may also be working as a special research team, or even without the party's consent, rather than the whole party or army being cultists. This character type may be associating with the party [[NotInThisForYourRevolution simply for the power and connections to carry out their dark work]], or, conversely, the entire Holocaust or war may just be in service of a dark ritual or God, with the rest of the politics and propaganda [[PretextForWar cooked up as a smokescreen]]. Expect to see a lot of overlap with the MadScientist angle as well.

* The {{Ghostapo occultist or Satanist}}. Combine the two most notorious AcceptableTargets of pop culture: Nazis and evil cults. Nazi elements in real life had varying degrees of interest in paganism, magic, and esotericism [[note]] Some within the party researched or promoted Ariosophism, Germanic paganism and Tibetan tantrism, as well as seeking holy and sacred relics, and Himmler was deeply fascinated with mysticism and mythology- though whether any of this was genuine belief or all for propaganda purposes is hard to say. In its early days the party had strong ties with the Thule Society, a neopagan nationalist group that could practically be considered a cult. Hitler himself was said to be disinterested in the cosmic or metaphysical, and he allegedly worked to distance himself and the party from that sort of thing once it served its purpose. [[/note]]. Modern neo-Nazis sometimes dabble in philosophical or theological Satanism as well, especially in the popular imagination [[note]] Though depending on the group or individual may just as likely reject or even abhor Satanism [[/note]], and biker gangs often combine Satantic and white supremacist imagery and symbolism in their jackets, tattoos, and logos. All of this- plus the general concensus of Nazis being pure evil- means that Nazis are popularly portrayed as anything from a ReligionOfEvil or ApocalypseCult to full blown masters of BlackMagic. At the very least they are often seeking SealedEvilInACan or a sinister {{Macguffin}}. Hitler may or may not be a FalseProphet who made ADealWithTheDevil, but like the occult elements of the real Nazi party, this or these Nazis may also be working as a special research team, or even without the party's consent, rather than the whole party or army being cultists. This character type may be associating with the party simply for the power and connections to carry out their dark work, or, conversely, the entire Holocaust or war may just be in service of a dark ritual or God, with the rest of the politics and propaganda cooked up as a smokescreen. Expect to see a lot of overlap with the MadScientist angle as well.

* ''VideoGame/EscapeFromHell'' includes Hitler and other Nazis plotting to [[HellHasNewManagement overthrow Satan and take over Hell]].

Then there are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName neo-]][[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Nazis]]. Generally today they tend to be somewhat stereotypical and [[LowerClassLout lower-class]] skinhead punks, covered with tattoos and listening to rage rock, with no real agenda besides anger and violence, and generally representing a particularly nasty strain of disaffected youth, often led on by calculating hatemongers with more cynical motives. These are common in cop shows, and are given a particularly chilling representation in the film ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. Other films, like ''Film/The51stState'', portray them as asinine thugs, [[SubParSupremacist dumber than a box of rocks]]. It's also important to note that not ''all'' UsefulNotes/{{skinheads}} are Neo-Nazis, and making such an association around a traditional or anti-racist skin [[BerserkButton tends to invite a reaction]]. Other skinheads tend to be strongly ''anti-Nazi'', even far left. The skinhead movement originated as a style of dress and haircut common among working class men: workboots, jeans, and no hair because you work with machinery. The neo-nazi movement appropriated those fashions in the same way that the Nazi party appropriated socialist language, symbols, and colors before the war.

See also TheKlan, another group of people infamous for their racism, as well as TheUpperCrass and EvilColonialist, for the similar types of villains with similar mentality. When they are ridiculed or PlayedForLaughs, you have AdolfHitlarious. When they are Nazi-esque organisations but not Nazis themselves, you have ANaziByAnyOtherName. When the Nazis merge with communist belief, you have CommieNazis.

* In the fourth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', the Nazis bring Rusty a dog who is the reincarnation of Hitler, asking him to [[YouClonedHitler clone Hitler]] back to human form.

* ''WebVideo/AtunSheiFilms'': Klaus is a fervent unapologetic Nazi who survived WWII to modern times without aging, and refuses to acknowledge his party's defeat and destruction. He answers an advertisement for a roommate and becomes a very annoying one.

** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Landa SS Colonel Hans Landa]] is a primary example mixture of several of the above types - cultured, multilingual, sadistic, silly and prone to making ze important phone call vich vill change zee war. Gestapo Major Dieter Hellstrom being also the bossy cultured one - he even listens to classical music on a scratchy gramophone. Both constitute EvilIsSexy with ze kinky Cherman accents und leather trenchcoats.

See also TheKlan, another group of people infamous for their racism, and EvilColonialist, for the similar types of villains with similar mentality. When they are ridiculed or PlayedForLaughs, you have AdolfHitlarious. When they are Nazi-esque organisations but not Nazis themselves, you have ANaziByAnyOtherName. When the Nazis merge with communist belief, you have CommieNazis.

* [[{{Nazisploitation}} The round-spectacled, black-gloved, sadistic]] [[TortureTechnician torture master]] who emits a shrill giddy laugh after every sentence. May or may not overlap with "Gay Nazi" above.

* [[Series/HogansHeroes A bumbling Luftwaffe sergeant in direct charge of the American prisoners of war.]] May or may not be [[SmarterThanYouLook more devious than he appears]]. May have visited an American city at one point; if he did, he claims to have loved it ("I vas in New York, you know. I love the US! Vhen ze var is over, ve vill all be friends.") The cultured one above may do the same with fond memories of London, and hopes to pick up friendships in Britain once this dreadful business is over. Just don't expect either to feel anything less than genocidal about the Russians and other Soviet people when you bring them up.

* The Nazi [[SociopathicSoldier who joined the party/SS/army to get the chance to kill people for fun]]. May not even care about race, killing is all that matters. The [[DisproportionateRetribution slightest provocation]] (or [[ForTheEvulz none at all]]) means certain death for prisoners and civilians. Possibly modelled after real life sadist and Nazi SS officer Josef Blösche aka "Frankenstein", who killed over 2,000 noncombatants on his own.
* The "Oskar Schindler" type -- the guy who really has a heart of gold and works to save the Jewish people and others who have fallen into the Nazis hands or works alongside [[LaResistance La Résistance]], a la ''Series/AlloAllo'' The civilian version of the Erwin Rommel type above.

* The mindless drone who [[PunchClockVillain simply does what he is told]] out of ignorance and lack of ambition. This stereotype isn't completely unfounded because German soldiers in WWII were trained to be extremely obedient, sometimes to a fault because they would at times not act unless given orders. That said, it's not much comfort given that Wehrmacht war crimes (with the partial exception of the hundreds of thousands of instances of sexual assault) were the result of explicit orders from officers.

* The sleazeball Nazi. This guy didn't join up to kill people for fun, he joined up to take advantage of all the opportunities for looting, graft and partying that go with a victorious war. Generally found somewhere comfortable in France, Italy, or the main German Reich, taking a cut of every legal or illegal business that he can force or ooze his way into, getting high off morphine and speed intended to keep the armed forces going, and enjoying his private collection of priceless artworks that belonged to people who were "deported to the East" or had to leave in a hurry. If he isn't a complete monster, his sexual debaucheries will involve ladies who were already {{High Class Call Girl}}s and will be genuinely rewarded for their devotion. If he ''is'' a complete monster... let's [[SexSlave not]] [[ExtremeOmnisexual get into]] [[PaedoHunt that]]. Generally inspired to some degree by crooked, drug-addicted, art-collecting FatBastard Hermann Goering or grasping, self-indulgent German ambassador to Vichy France Otto Abetz (yes, the great-uncle of Australian senator [[UsefulNotes/AustralianPolitics Eric]]). Expect him to be killed by the people he wronged, or executed for ripping off the Reich.

* ''Film/TheBeliever'': The Neo-Nazis are divided between thuggish, violent skinheads vs. clean cut [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse normal-looking]] people who oppose violence on pragmatic grounds.

On occasion, you might get to see actual infamous Nazis rather than fictional characters who are [[NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed based on them]] (or at least share traits with them). They, too, will frequently be played in specific ways. One can generally expect UsefulNotes/HeinrichHimmler to be creepily detached, [[{{Ghostapo}} really into the occult]], and frequently possessed of a [[DirtyCoward cowardly]] streak. UsefulNotes/ReinhardHedydrich will be stony, intimidating and utterly ruthless, carrying out the most heinous of atrocities with the same demeanor he uses when deciding what to have for lunch. Hermann Goering will frequently be a flamboyant, decadent pig of a man, though some portrayals can make him [[FauxAffablyEvil surprisingly charming]]. Josef Goebbels will tend to be a man possessed of an inferiority complex and desperate to stay in Hitler's good graces. Rudolf Hess will typically be a [[{{cloudcuckoolander}} weirdo]] and a bit of a ButtMonkey. And so on.

** The Red Ribbon Army from ''Manga/DragonBall'' is essentially a Nazi variant and clear in most of their designs and ideas. From using U-boats, tanks, castle fortresses and even twisted science experiments. [[TheFightingNarcissist General Blue]] is an allison to Rudolf Hess as a homosexual obsessed with cleanliness also having the blonde hair blue eyes of the ideal MasterRace which Toriyama rightly mocked the hell out of.
** In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', [[MadScientist Dr Gero]] of the RRA has German designs and has a dream of creating a new perfect race of cyborgs.

* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': Millennium has more or less any possible (as well as impossible) Nazi variant with, for example, the Junior Warrant Officer Schrödinger, a Schrödinger's Cat-Boy wearing a Hitler Jugend uniform. Lieutenant Rip van Winkle ''almost'' counts as one of the various potentially gay Nazi archetypes, except for the fact that Rip is a sharpshooter and [[{{Bifauxnen}} who dresses in very masculine clothing]]. She also fits in with the cultured groomed due to her love for classical German opera. And then there's Dok...
** And the Millennium vampire SS officers dressed in the infamous black Schutzstaffel and the zombie soldiers. Really Millennium is designed to be as evil as possible to balance out the already menacing protagonist [[{{Dracula}} Alucard]], in lesser of two of evils kind of way.

** Germany is apparently quite into bondage, DrillSergeantNasty, ''and'' a tight-ass bureaucrat, though a constructive one. Canonically a StraightGay Nazi as of the Buon San Valentino arc. Should be noted that overall, he's a nice guy. There may also be a hint of MyCountryRightOrWrong too as he often complains his [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Boss]] is insane.

* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'' has the German army that are initially shown to be stereotypical evil, but turns out to be able to [[CharacterDevelopment develop into the hero's side]] because they are up against the same super vampire-like enemies. Also, the Nazis have cyborg technology. It doesn't hurt that Rudolf von Stroheim is an amazing LargeHam, who even made it into ''[[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven Eyes of Heaven]]'' as a playable character (though with the Nazi references toned down).

* [[Series/HogansHeroes A bumbling Luftwaffe sergeant in direct charge of the American prisoners of war.]] May or may not be more devious than he appears. May have visited one city in the US, and claims to have loved it ("I vas in New York, you know. I love the US! Vhen ze var is over, ve vill all be friends.") The cultured one above may do the same with fond memories of London, and hopes to pick up friendships in Britain once this dreadful business is over. Just don't expect either to feel anything less than genocidal about the Russians and other Soviet people when you bring them up.

* The Nazi [[SociopathicSoldier who joined the party/SS/army to get the chance to kill people for fun]]. May not even care about race, killing is all that matters. The slightest provocation (or none at all) means certain death for prisoners and civilians. Possibly modelled after real life sadist and Nazi SS Josef Blösche aka "Frankenstein", who killed over 2,000 noncombatants on his own.

** Sub-trope: the blond and [[CuteAndPsycho innocent looking young]] recruit able to do the worst atrocities without [[StiffUpperLip slightest flinching]], like a perfect robot. Common in Creator/SvenHassel novels. Possibly inspired by the later war SS recruits subject to TrainingFromHell, from the 12th SS Division ''Hitlerjugend''.

There were many branches of the Nazi military, each associated with the above subtropes to a varying degree. Most of the more evil, sinister Nazi archetypes tend to belong to the '''Schutzstaffel''' (SS), [[StateSec one of the Nazi party's paramilitaries]] (and the ones who ran the concentration camps). SS members are immediately recognizable by their [[PaintItBlack ominous all-black uniforms]] (which were only dress uniforms; in the field, they wore standard fatigues, albeit with special insignia). More mundane Nazis may belong to the '''[[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons Wehrmacht]]''', which was comprised of the '''Heer''' (Army), '''Luftwaffe''' (Air Force) and '''Kriegsmarine''' (Navy), where they are [[AllGermansAreNazis less likely to be members of the Nazi party at all]] and more likely to be [[PunchClockVillain conscripts]].[[note]] This isn't TruthInTelevision, despite what unsubstantiated (and deeply biased) post-war memoirs might lead one to believe by deliberately or accidentally misrepresenting the Wehrmacht's deep commitment to Nazism and depressing litany of War Crimes — which include the policy that no German soldier would be tried for War crimes committed against Soviet citizens because they were going to exterminate them all anyway (Hitler approved, but it was the Wehrmacht's idea). By 1939 the Wehrmacht was basically like any other branch of the government — highly politicised, and constantly competing for Hitler's attention and patronage. A big part of this change was because the people who made up the army itself had changed. The old core of Weimar-Republic officers accounted for less than a tenth of the newly-expanded army by 1939 and exponentially less thereafter as losses mounted - the rest had all been promoted and/or had grown up under the regime. But even the Weimar-era officers weren't exactly not-racist either, for Imperial Germany had been involved in such pleasantries as the genocide of the Herero people in German West Africa. Anyhow, the Wehrmacht's increasing politicisation came at the expense of its military professionalism, and by 1941 its operational plans had become seriously divorced from reality as [[BelievingTheirOwnLies they based more and more of their planning upon racist assumptions about their enemies. They never even attempted to redress this]]. [[/note]]

Then there are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName neo-]][[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Nazis]]. Generally today they tend to be somewhat stereotypical and lower-class skinhead punks, covered with tattoos and listening to rage rock, with no real agenda besides anger and violence, and generally representing a particularly nasty strain of disaffected youth, often led on by calculating hatemongers with more cynical motives. These are common in cop shows, and are given a particularly chilling representation in the film ''Film/AmericanHistoryX''. Other films, like ''Film/The51stState'', portray them as asinine thugs, dumber than a box of rocks. It's also important to note that not ''all'' skinheads are Neo-Nazis, and making such an association around a traditional or anti-racist skin [[BerserkButton tends to invite a reaction]]. Other skinheads tend to be strongly ''anti-Nazi'', even far left. The skinhead movement originated as a style of dress and haircut common among working class men: workboots, jeans, and no hair because you work with machinery. The neo-nazi movement appropriated those fashions in the same way that the Nazi party apporpriated socialist language, symbols, and colors before the war.

On the other hand, during the earlier days of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, spy shows, such as ''Series/MissionImpossible'' or ''Series/TheManFromUNCLE'', occasionally had their protagonists take a break from battling [[DirtyCommunists the commies]] in order to put a stop to someone's attempt to establish "The FourthReich". These Nazi wannabes would invariably be vaguely Germanic, paranoid, arrogant, obsessed with "discipline," and usually very morally rigid (such as announcing that in the New Order, women would be limited to making babies, their "proper function"). In short, such characters were little more than broadly drawn cartoons, although they ''do'' have some factual basis (e.g. Nazi commando Otto Skorzeny's post-War activities). Given that the entertainment industry is predominantly Jewish, and UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was still a recent memory for most people, it's not surprising that any Nazi character would be denied even the tiniest human characteristic. Another with some (increasingly small) currency today is the fugitive Nazi war criminal, who may well be hiding out in LatinLand ([[ArgentinaIsNaziland especially Argentina, it seems]]) or even the continental United States. [[Film/MarathonMan Perhaps he's working as a dentist...]]

** The Neo-Nazis are also portrayed as [[JokeCharacter comically inept and fanatical]]. Their hamminess doesn't help. The ''real'' Neo-Nazi, the man who funded the operation, is a RetiredMonster who still very much holds on to his Nazi ideals, but is [[AffablyEvil polite enough to have a conversation with a black man before calling him degenerate.]]

** Germany is apparently quite into bondage, DrillSergeantNasty, ''and'' a tight-ass bureaucrat, though a constructive one. Canonically a StraightGay Nazi as of the Buon San Valentino arc. Should be noted that over all, he's a nice guy. There may also be a hint of MyCountryRightOrWrong too as he often complains his [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Boss]] is insane.

* ''ComicBook/TheDesertPeach'' features [[UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel]]'s younger, [[CampGay flamingly gay]] brother, in command of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits unit of the Afrika Corps. The comic has an interesting subversion: the only honest-to-God Nazi party member in the unit [[spoiler:is the Jewish Corporal Udo Schmidt]].

* In ''Film/ThirtyOne'', Sick-Head is a Nazi clown with a swastika painted over his chest. His room has "Arbeit macht frei" written above the door and is filled with all sorts of Hitler and Nazi memorabilia.

* ''Film/TheBeliever'': The Neo-Nazis are divided between thuggish, violent skinheads vs. clean cut normal-looking people who oppose violence on pragmatic grounds.

*** For bonus points the villains can't stop to says things like "Halt", "fürer", "raus", "sieg heil" and their [[CrossesTheLineTwice cartoonishly extreme antisemitism]].

* ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''. While Goldfinger's German accent and reaction to Nazi gold lead many fans to assume Nazi roots, the character is specifically described as a Soviet agent in [[Literature/{{Goldfinger}} the book]]. Ironically, the actor [[Creator/GertFrobe Gert Fröbe]] was a member of the Nazi party (not for long though), causing the film to be banned in Israel until it was discovered that he used his position to save a family of Jews, very much like a mini-Film/{{Schindler|sList}}. The German accent is an illusion. Fröbe didn't speak a word of English and had to be dubbed by English actor Michael Collins (Not to be confused with the Apollo astronaut Michael Collins, or the Irish patriot Film/MichaelCollins who was played by Creator/LiamNeeson...who played Oskar Film/{{Schindler|sList}}). Fröbe was such a good actor that the dub is completely unnoticeable.

* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'' is basically a deconstructor fleet of this entire article. Most of the archetypes are there.

* Dr. Christian Szell from ''Film/MarathonMan'' is a perfect example of the torture master and the sadist. He is upset that thus far he has only been referred to cryptically and in passing. He wants to ask you a question. "Is it safe?"

* Creator/MelBrooks humorous remake of ''To Be Or Not To Be'' features a lot of humor at the expense of the fumbling, bumbling Nazis, including a stage skit cut short entitled ''Naughty Nazis'' wherein Brooks himself makes fun of Hitler: "Heil Myself!"

* Mark Ravenhead, a star news anchor for ATN in ''Series/{{Succession}}'', is revealed to have gotten married at Hitler's house, named his dog after Hitler's dog, and mentions having read Mein Kampf several times. Incidentally, he is something of a fictional stand-in for [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed ex-Fox News poster boy Tucker Carlson]], who frequently promoted the 'great replacement' conspiracy theory.

* ZigZaggingTrope in ''VideoGame/WeHappyFew''. The game takes place in an AlternateHistory where the Nazis won WWII but Hitler and the Nazi party actually lost control of Germany, and Hitler himself was deposed from power. What was left re-formed into [[TheEmpire the German Empire]] and went about invading Europe and the Soviet Union anyways, and actually ended up successfully occupying Britain partially due to the competence of Germany's new leader and the incompetence of the US president who replaced FDR, who was also assassinated in this alternate history. Despite not being actual Nazis, however, the German Empire apparently does not skimp on cruelty themselves, [[spoiler:including taking all of Wellington Wells's children]].

* In ''Webcomic/BraveResistance'' which takes place in WWII there are examples of a variety of nazi types from the cultured one to the misanthropic sadist.

* ''WebVideo/HitlerRants'' takes a film about the {{Film/downfall|2004}} of the Nazi regime, and put {{Gag Sub}}s on them, turning the members seen into comedic versions of their character, ranging from TheTrickster, A CommanderContrarian, a guy whose nickname is Dr. Skeletor, and a guy whose talent is pointing things on maps. [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Their leader]] turns into a person with a HairTriggerTemper.

* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' has Hans and Gruber, Kaiba's two henchmen who talk in stereotypical german accents, try to convince "Herr Kaiba" to change the logo of Kaibacorp to one resembling the nazi flag and randomly shout "Heil Kaiba!"

-->'''Doc Venture:''' Clone Hitler, that's all you nazis ever want to do!

* The [[NobleDemon officer with a conscience]], usually based on UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel, so probably a bit of a MagnificentBastard. Tries to convince himself it's all about MyCountryRightOrWrong, and serves as a WorthyOpponent to Allied heroes. May have a full-on HeelFaceTurn, or else get a [[AlasPoorVillain tragic death]] at the hands of his own superiors for his conscience.

* The MadScientist or DeadlyDoctor type who just loves [[PlayingWithSyringes cutting people open]] ForScience Or for the sheer hell of it, with science and medicine as a thinly veiled excuse, as was evidenced by those prisoners who had the misfortune to have to work for UsefulNotes/JosefMengele. They may be researching immortality, or racial purity, or creating NinjaPirateZombieRobot Nazis. They may well posess a MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate, and be HerrDoktor.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Subverted with Diana's most notable Pre-Crisis Nazi opponent who at first seemed to play it straight. The Nazis forced Paula von Gunther to become a spy and saboteur against the United States using her daughter as hostage after killing her husband right in front of her without hesitation for her attempt to refuse. Though hating her new role, Paula could not bear to endanger Gerta, and thus drove herself to become a cold, cruel schemer. Once Gerta was rescued Paula spent the rest of her life making up for what she had done under duress and was Diana's loyal support and friend through the Golden, Silver and Bronze ages of comics.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Paula's Post-Crisis version played it straight straight, as she was a ruthless wildly eager Nazi occultist and a personal assistant to Adolf Hitler during World War II.
* Captain Nazi of ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' is a minor villain of the World's Mightiest Mortal who has similar FlyingBrick powers that come from a SuperSerum. He was originally an enemy of the Big Red Cheese during the UsefulNotes/GoldenAgeOfComicBooks, but was brought to the Modern Age after Captain Marvel and the other Fawcett heroes were incorporated into DC following the events of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

* ''Film/{{Downfall|2004}}'', a German film showing the final days in Hitler's life, deconstructs this trope, as the Nazis are portrayed as real humans, having both bad and good qualities, without glorifying their deeds. This was in fact the intention of the director, as he wanted to show the audience the Nazis were humans, instead of the monsters most media make them out to be.

* In ''Film/TheSumOfAllFears,'' an atomic bomb is smuggled into the U.S. by a group of German neo-Nazis, who expect the Americans to blame the destruction of Baltimore on Russia, leading to a war that would destroy or cripple both nations, leaving a power vacuum in which a new Reich can arise. (In Tom Clancy's novel, the villains were not Nazis but Palestinian extremists.)

* Subverted in ''Music/TheWall''. The neo-Nazi skinheads look like they’re just silly facists... until they go into the streets at night and start destroying everything, and beating people they don’t like, including an interracial couple. A number of the extras in the "Nazi hallucination" sequence were played by ''actual'' skinheads (you can see several doing the Nazi salute during "In the Flesh" - that was ''not'' in the script); subsequently, American white supremacists were inspired by the film to found a new movement, the Hammerskin Nation, using the crossed-hammers symbol of the Nazis in the movie.

* A ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch featured Mr. Hitler ''(slap)'' I mean, Mr. Hilter (Creator/JohnCleese), including his old friends Bimmler (Creator/MichaelPalin) and Ron Vibbentrop (Creator/GrahamChapman), all having inexplicably survived the war and being entertained by a shrill enthusiastic landlady (Creator/TerryJones) in a guest house in Minehead, England. Hilter runs for the office of Mayor of "[[GratuitousGerman Meinhead]]" on his National Bocialist ticket. However, very few people like his ideas.

* ''WebVideo/{{Jreg}}'' has the "Identitarian," of course. In keeping with ''Centricide'''s anti-centrist theme, he has good and bad qualities, but serves as the butt of more jokes than the other extremists.

* ''Webcomic/HipsterHitler'' has to be seen to be believed. He's two AcceptableTargets in one!

* In ''Film/FallingDown'', the first person VillainProtagonist Bill actually kills during his GoingPostal rampage is a Neo-Nazi GunNut who picks a fight with him when he rejects his NotSoDifferentRemark.

* In ''Film/FallingDown'', the first person VillainProtagonist Will actually kills during his GoingPostal rampage is a Neo-Nazi GunNut who picks a fight with him when he rejects his NotSoDifferentRemark.

Before we get on with the list, we suggest you take a look at UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, {{Ghostapo}}, UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust, WeDidntStartTheFuhrer and StupidJetpackHitler. And, by way of contrast, AllGermansAreNazis and ANaziByAnyOtherName.

* Doc Richtofen of ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: World at War's'' ''VideoGame/NaziZombies'' maps (at least, the latter two) Is a LargeHam and loves killing his creations. (That is to say, [[EverythingsDeaderWithZombies zombies.]])

* The fanfic writer E350 is fond of using Nazis as the villains in many of his stories, to the point that an entry in ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular 7'' takes the time to list all his examples. He notes that for him, they tend to fall into three types: A (the breathtakingly incompetent ones), B (the moustache-twirlingly evil ones), and/or C (the gratuitous back-story ones).