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<p>The Atlantic</p>
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<p>Why Do Cartoon Villains Speak in Foreign Accents?</p>
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<p>In many of the cases studied, villains were given foreign accents. A modern-day example is Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, the bad guy in Phineas and Ferb who speaks in a German(ish) accent and hails from the fictional European country Drusselstein. Meanwhile,
the study found that most of the heroic characters in their research sample were American-sounding</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/01/why-do-cartoon-villains-speak-in-foreign-accents/549527/</p>
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