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"Drat, drat, and double drat!" Reading that brought a smile. :) -- FuriousFreddy 02:04, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Has he ever won a race?
IIRC he would've won twice in Wacky Races. The first time, he stopped right before the finish line and gave an autograph to Muttley, the second time they had a photo finish and Dastarly stopped at the finish line to pose for the photo.
There were also many times where he was ahead of everyone else, only to stop to set up a trap in order to secure his lead. Naturally, this only made him lose it. Sinistro 23:11, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
He almost won once but the Judges looked at a slow motion replay of the finish and found out he extended the front of his car to make everyone think he'd crossed the finish line first. He got disqualified and the win went to Penelope Pitstop. Gerkinman TNG 19:49, 15th May 2006
I remember that he won one of the Fender Bender 500s, they were supposed to be racing for Moscow's Red Square, and when Dick Dastardly won the race, he was presented with... a red square! Tws45 16:33, 4th November 2007 —Preceding comment was added at 16:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please confirm that this paragraph: "In one episode called Speeding for Smogland, however, Dastardly did actually cross the finish line first, following a mix up with all the racers' cars. Dastardly ended up commandeering the Arkansas Chuggabug to first place, but according to race 'rules', victory would be awarded to the racer(s) whose car crossed the line first, so Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chuggabug were awarded the victory, despite finishing behind Dastardly. Dastardly did, however, manage to cross the finish line in second-to-last place beating out Sergeant Blast." is actually correct. I just watched it, and do not believe he crossed the finish line at all, let alone first. They all swapped back to their original cars *before* the finish. El Paulio ( talk) 11:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Why was Dredd Baron in Laff-a-lympics instead of Dick?
1920s?? 1980s???? Some other time???? The article doesn't seem to say. Michael Hardy 23:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
In the episode he disguised himself as a cowboy (who looked just like him on wanted posters) and threatened to shoot all other racers, who got out his way allowing him to win. However, after crossing the line (possibly whilst receiving his trophy) the local authoraties also mistook him for the wanted man and arrested him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.235.92 ( talk) 22:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
By the way the only time dasterly ever beat Yogi bear is in a Cartoon Network spoof sketch when disbiate carring a cartoon bomb Dasterly is let into the cartoon studio-because he has his ID With him; Yogi bear has left his ID behind and cant get in! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.242.65 ( talk) 12:31, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
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Why does an article without a single reference or citation even allowed to exist?-- Cerejota ( talk) 22:38, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
The facts at the end of the article state that Dick Dastardly was voted "greatest living Englishman", despite not being english (or living). Where is he from then? America? The article doesn't say... 23:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC) I've always though he was supposed to be south american based on his moustache and costume.( 82.3.45.37 ( talk) 20:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC))
Conclusion: Dick Dastardly is not even English, neither 'South' American... on the very contrary... he is, literally, a 'North' American. At least according to my memory.-- 177.140.188.13 ( talk) 17:10, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
There is a user comment page on guardian.co.uk that asserts this: http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-49025,00.html I don't believe this counts as a sufficiently authoritative source to serve as a citation in the article - the claim in the article is tagged "citation needed". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdulcey ( talk • contribs) 15:03, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Dick doesn't look anything like the F1 driver, who has brown hair no hat or moustache! I removed this sentence but see some jobsworth admin has already put it back in this already excessively detailed section. 82.34.106.120 ( talk) 15:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
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"Drat, drat, and double drat!" Reading that brought a smile. :) -- FuriousFreddy 02:04, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Has he ever won a race?
IIRC he would've won twice in Wacky Races. The first time, he stopped right before the finish line and gave an autograph to Muttley, the second time they had a photo finish and Dastarly stopped at the finish line to pose for the photo.
There were also many times where he was ahead of everyone else, only to stop to set up a trap in order to secure his lead. Naturally, this only made him lose it. Sinistro 23:11, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
He almost won once but the Judges looked at a slow motion replay of the finish and found out he extended the front of his car to make everyone think he'd crossed the finish line first. He got disqualified and the win went to Penelope Pitstop. Gerkinman TNG 19:49, 15th May 2006
I remember that he won one of the Fender Bender 500s, they were supposed to be racing for Moscow's Red Square, and when Dick Dastardly won the race, he was presented with... a red square! Tws45 16:33, 4th November 2007 —Preceding comment was added at 16:33, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Can someone please confirm that this paragraph: "In one episode called Speeding for Smogland, however, Dastardly did actually cross the finish line first, following a mix up with all the racers' cars. Dastardly ended up commandeering the Arkansas Chuggabug to first place, but according to race 'rules', victory would be awarded to the racer(s) whose car crossed the line first, so Lazy Luke and Blubber Bear in the Arkansas Chuggabug were awarded the victory, despite finishing behind Dastardly. Dastardly did, however, manage to cross the finish line in second-to-last place beating out Sergeant Blast." is actually correct. I just watched it, and do not believe he crossed the finish line at all, let alone first. They all swapped back to their original cars *before* the finish. El Paulio ( talk) 11:20, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Why was Dredd Baron in Laff-a-lympics instead of Dick?
1920s?? 1980s???? Some other time???? The article doesn't seem to say. Michael Hardy 23:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
In the episode he disguised himself as a cowboy (who looked just like him on wanted posters) and threatened to shoot all other racers, who got out his way allowing him to win. However, after crossing the line (possibly whilst receiving his trophy) the local authoraties also mistook him for the wanted man and arrested him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.235.92 ( talk) 22:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
By the way the only time dasterly ever beat Yogi bear is in a Cartoon Network spoof sketch when disbiate carring a cartoon bomb Dasterly is let into the cartoon studio-because he has his ID With him; Yogi bear has left his ID behind and cant get in! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.242.65 ( talk) 12:31, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Image:Dastardly muttley cast.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 21:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 16:28, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Why does an article without a single reference or citation even allowed to exist?-- Cerejota ( talk) 22:38, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
The facts at the end of the article state that Dick Dastardly was voted "greatest living Englishman", despite not being english (or living). Where is he from then? America? The article doesn't say... 23:36, 15 May 2009 (UTC) I've always though he was supposed to be south american based on his moustache and costume.( 82.3.45.37 ( talk) 20:16, 17 July 2009 (UTC))
Conclusion: Dick Dastardly is not even English, neither 'South' American... on the very contrary... he is, literally, a 'North' American. At least according to my memory.-- 177.140.188.13 ( talk) 17:10, 14 June 2013 (UTC)
There is a user comment page on guardian.co.uk that asserts this: http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-49025,00.html I don't believe this counts as a sufficiently authoritative source to serve as a citation in the article - the claim in the article is tagged "citation needed". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdulcey ( talk • contribs) 15:03, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Dick doesn't look anything like the F1 driver, who has brown hair no hat or moustache! I removed this sentence but see some jobsworth admin has already put it back in this already excessively detailed section. 82.34.106.120 ( talk) 15:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)