dastardly
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Dick Dastardly was a character in 1960s animated TV series Wacky Races - and several other cartoons and films since - who would try to win by utilising underhand tactics.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2024
The entire gang eventually reunites to confront Dastardly, looking to use Scooby-Doo to open a portal to the Greek Underworld.
From Washington Times • Jul. 28, 2020
It causes cognitive whiplash when Dastardly describes the heroes, creations from the 1960s and ’70s, as “mewling millennials.”
From New York Times • May 15, 2020
Dick Dastardly: This heinous, mustachioed villain — perennial nemesis of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo — is mostly known for cheating at sporting events through simple, often obvious, trickery.
From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2017
Bad memories of their ninth adventure that summer, when they took down the Dastardly Dummy of Denos.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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