Fearless Leader
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Fearless Leader was a villain on the 1960s cartoon series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, both shows often collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle. Fearless Leader's true name was never given during the show's run.
Fearless Leader was the dictator of the fictional nation of Pottsylvania, and the employer of the inept spies Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. However, it seems evident that he did answer to one man himself---the diminutive Mr. Big. Mr. Big appeared in two storylines of the series, "Upsidaisium" and "Metal Munching Moon Mice."
As expected from his given position and name, Fearless Leader was a strict, ruthless character, and often harshly criticized the incompetence of his main minion Boris. Although Pottsylvania's chief spies were given ersatz Russian accents, Fearless Leader's accent seemed more in keeping with the German stereotype. In fact, his sharply-angled features were taken directly from an anti-Nazi propaganda poster that had circulated during World War II.
During the series' original run, Fearless Leader was usually a fairly minor character, but in the 2000 live-action/animated feature The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, he was played by actor Robert DeNiro and given a larger role than he had previously.
"Fearless Leader" also is sometimes used as a (mocking) nickname/reference for a person in a leadership or command position. It may also be a takeoff on, or a parallel to, the expression "Peerless Leader", which was applied to people such as the early-20th Century Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Chance.