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* Baroness Paula Von Gunther, antagonist of ''[[Wonder Woman]]''. One of the few comic villains to make the leap to the TV show, in fact.

* Von Bach of DC's ''[[Kingdom Come]]''.

* Von Kaiser of ''[[Punch Out]]'', a stereotypical WWI-era German aristocrat and apparently a military academy boxing instructor. This still doesn't change the fact that after years of fighting, he has only made it to or has just dropped down to the number two place in the WVBA Minor Circuit. With a record of 23-13. One suspects he's 23-1 against Glass Joe and 0-12 against anyone else.

* Von Kaiser of ''[[Punch-Out!!]]'', a stereotypical WWI-era German aristocrat and apparently a military academy boxing instructor. This still doesn't change the fact that after years of fighting, he has only made it to or has just dropped down to the number two place in the WVBA Minor Circuit. With a record of 23-13. One suspects he's 23-1 against Glass Joe and 0-12 against anyone else.

* [[Rocky Horror Picture Show|Go ahead, Dr. Scott...Or should I say Dr. VON Scott?]] The line is indeed used in the stage version to reveal an unaccented Scott's Germanic, likely Nazi history. However, it makes much less sense in the movie where, from the start, he has a [[Those Wacky Nazis]] accent.

* Professional wrestlers Baron Von Raschke and Fritz Von Erich, serve as classic examples of the [[Evil Foreigner]] heel type.

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* [[House (TV series)|House]] refers to the man who ratted him out at college for cheating as "Dr. Von Lieberman" although the man's real surname is "Webber", because it "sounds much eviller".

* Baron von Blitzschlag, a Nazi scientist who's a kind of villainous [[New Old Flame]] - had offscreen run ins with ''[[Captain America]]'' and other heroes. Currently acting as a scientific adviser to ''The Initiative'', working on such catastrophes as Cyborg Thor and [[Cloning Blues|repeatedly cloning a deceased member]].

* A prominent bloodline of [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]] in ''[[Warhammer]]'' are the Von Carsteins, modelled on the [[Dracula]] archetype and living in [[No Communities Were Harmed|an analogue for]] the Black Forest.

* A prominent bloodline of [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]] in ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' are the Von Carsteins, modelled on the [[Dracula]] archetype and living in [[No Communities Were Harmed|an analogue for]] the Black Forest.

* [[Mad Scientist]] Simon von Simon (and his unseen rival Sigmund von Sigmund) in ''Little Gloomy''.

* Major-General Erich von Klinkerhoffen of'' 'Allo 'Allo!'' certainly falls on the sterner side of [[Those Wacky Nazis]], while Colonel Kurt von Strohn is more jovial. (Which says something when you can say that about someone who threatens to have people shot.)