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* ''[[Soon I Will Be Invincible]]'': Trophies from his past exploits indicate Baron Ether was one of these in his youth, before becoming an [[Evil Overlord]].
* ''[[Discworld]]''
** Since ''[[Discworld/Moving Pictures|Moving Pictures]]'' races through the entire history of cinema up to ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' in a couple of weeks, a Dastardly Whiplash naturally appears early on. He's tying Ginger to a tree (in the absence of railroad tracks on the Discworld) and a sign is held in front of the picture-box saying "Ahar! My proude beauty!"
** Abrim in ''[[Discworld/Sourcery|Sourcery]]'' is sort of this trope [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Grand Vizier]]. When he first appears, it's said that "He twirled his mustache, probably foreclosing another dozen mortgages."
* Alec D'Urberville, from ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]'', is an early version of this trope played straight (it's Victorian melodrama with a Realist touch). Hardy starts to give him [[Hidden Depths]] when he attempts to become a religious man, but he soon drops it and goes back to his dastardly, womanizing ways.
* "Squire Hardman" from [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s "Sweet Ermengarde" is an early parody:
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