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{{short description|Character from Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Snidely Whiplash
| image = Snidely Whiplash (Rocky Bullwinkle).png
| caption = <!-- previous image description: Snidely tied up on the left -->
| first = ''[[Dudley Do-Right]]'', segment of ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''
| last = 
| voice = [[Hans Conried]] (1959-1982)<br>[[Corey Burton]] (1983–present)
| portrayer = [[Alfred Molina]]
| creator = [[Jay Ward]]
}}
'''Snidely Whiplash''' is a fictional character who originally appeared as the main [[antagonist]] in the ''[[Dudley Do-Right|Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties]]'' segments of the [[Animation|animated]] [[television]] [[Animated series|series]] ''[[The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show]]''.  He is the [[archenemy]] of [[Dudley Do-Right]].<ref name=NYT/> He was listed among the 100 greatest characters in television animation.<ref name=Gitlin>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l8BIDwAAQBAJ&dq=snidely+whiplash+100+greatest+villains&pg=PA279 |first1=Martin |last1=Gitlin |first2=Joseph |last2=Wos |title=A Celebration of Animation; The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History |publisher=[[Lyons Press]] |date=March 15, 2018 |isbn=9781630762797 |pages=277–279}}</ref>

The character was voiced by [[Hans Conried]] in the original cartoon series. [[Alfred Molina]] played Whiplash in the 1999 live-action film version ''[[Dudley Do-Right (film)|Dudley Do-Right]]''.<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/27/movies/film-review-he-s-still-backward-but-nell-s-got-moxie.html|title=Film Review – He's Still Backward, But Nell's Got Moxie |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404053125/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/27/movies/film-review-he-s-still-backward-but-nell-s-got-moxie.html |archive-date=April 4, 2011 |last=Maslin |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Maslin |date=August 27, 1999 |access-date=January 4, 2024}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Whiplash is the [[stereotypical]] villain in the style of stock characters found in [[silent film]]s and earlier stage [[melodrama]], wearing black clothing and a [[top hat]] and with a [[handlebar moustache]]. Whiplash's [[henchman]], Homer, usually wears a [[tuque]].<ref name=Gitlin/>

In the cartoon's opening segments, Whiplash is seen tying Nell Fenwick to a railroad track. Whiplash is obsessed with tying young women to railroad tracks; he has no reason to do so and realizes no gain, profit or advantage, but is simply compelled to do it.<ref name=Gitlin/><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L_jAwAAQBAJ&dq=snidely+whiplash+compulsion&pg=PA11 |first=Chuck |last=Klosterman |author-link=Chuck Klosterman |title=I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) |publisher=[[Charles Scribner's Sons|Scribner]] |date=July 9, 2013 |isbn=9781439184516 |page=11}}</ref>

He is the [[antithesis]] of Do-Right, who is the archetype of goodness and a [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]man (RCMP). On one occasion, typical of producer [[Jay Ward]]'s sense of humor, Whiplash and Do-Right changed hats; Do-Right became the criminal [[supervillain]] who actually succeeds at crime and Whiplash became the RCMP hero for capturing the evil Do-Right. This role reversal is repeated in the 1999 film adaptation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deseret.com/1999/8/27/20089276/dudley-do-right |first=Robert |last=Derenstein |title=Dudley Do-Right |date=August 27, 1999 |access-date=May 25, 2022 |newspaper=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref>

==References==
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{{The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends}}

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