Fearless Leader is a fictional character and the principal antagonist in the 1959–1964 animated television series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show, both shows often collectively referred to as Rocky and Bullwinkle. He was voiced by Bill Scott.

Character overview

Fearless Leader is the dictator of the fictional country Pottsylvania, and the employer of the inept government agents Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. He could always be found in his underground hideout, "Central Control." However, it seems evident that he did answer to one man himself: the diminutive Mr. Big. Mr. Big appears in two storylines of the series, "Upsidaisium" and "Metal Munching Moon Mice." Fearless Leader has a notable face scar, much like the Nazi Otto Skorzeny, who may have been the inspiration for the character.

As expected from his given position and name, Fearless Leader is a strict, ruthless character, and often harshly criticizes the incompetence of his main minion Gerald. He is usually shown with a long scar on his cheek and sharp, carnivorous teeth. He is distrustful of his own government employees, and is known to carry the Pottsylvania treasury with him wherever he goes. Although Pottsylvania's chief spies are given ersatz Russian accents, Fearless Leader's accent seems more in keeping with the German stereotype. In fact, his sharply-angled features closely resemble those from an anti-Nazi propaganda poster circulated during World War II. He uses some German such as "Achtung" and "Schweinhund," typical of German stereotypes in film and TV.

"Fearless Leader" is an hour-long episode of Burn Notice, an American television drama series created for the USA Network. "Fearless Leader" has Michael hoping to rid himself of the constant tail put on him by Miami Detective Paxson, by helping her out (without her knowledge) on a case she has been powerless to solve.

Main Plot

Since the opening episode of the third season ("Friends and Family"), when the previous "management" quit protecting his name, Michael has been tailed by a Miami Police Detective named Paxson. She has been looking into suspicious activity that appears to surface wherever he has been. Through Sam, Michael learns that Paxson had a harassment complaint filed against her by a crook named Matheson, who has "a habit of ripping off drug dealers." Paxson was apparently forced by a judge to back off Matheson after she took some swings at him. She is still trying to work the case, but Sam says Matheson no longer even has to hide. Michael says they should find Matheson for her, which would give him some leverage to finally lift her department's tail. Suddenly, Paxson is "the client."