Fearless Leader is one of the main antagonists of the classic 1960's Jay Ward cartoon series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. The show focused on the adventures of the titular duo - a flying squirrel and a moose, respectively - as they foiled the plans of the Communist country of Pottsylvania and their inept spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. The show was not only prime children's entertainment, it could often be biting satire on the Cold War
Fearless Leader himself often stayed off-camera, feeding directions to the two spies as they attempted to get rid of "moose and squirrel". While the rest of the Pottsylvanians have fake Russian accents, FL's is German, since his look was based primarily on WWII anti-German propaganda. The only man he answered to was the rarely seen Mr. Big (who is about the size of a single M&M).
Robert De Niro played him in the 2000 movie adaptation, something most fans of his would like to forget.
Fearless Leader himself often stayed off-camera, feeding directions to the two spies as they attempted to get rid of "moose and squirrel". While the rest of the Pottsylvanians have fake Russian accents, FL's is German, since his look was based primarily on WWII anti-German propaganda. The only man he answered to was the rarely seen Mr. Big (who is about the size of a single M&M).
Robert De Niro played him in the 2000 movie adaptation, something most fans of his would like to forget.
