| "That's it! I've had it! We're wasting our time! We need to bring the heroes to us!" — Whiplash[src] |
Whiplash is a supervillain who works with a group of evil beings. A physicist who brandishes specially designed whips as his personal weapons, he teams up with Doofenshmirtz to defeat the Avengers and take over the Tri-State Area.
Biography[]
Background[]
Anton Vanko is a Russian physicist from the village of Volstok. One day, the village is attacked by someone wearing a stolen Iron Man armor in an attempt to frame Tony Stark, murdering Vanko's father in the process. Using a modified rifle, he shoots the impersonator, causing the chest of the armor to fall off. With the part in hands, he reverse engineers a suit with energy whips. Thinking that Stark is responsible for his father's death, he decides to utilize his new equipment to get revenge.
"Mission Marvel"[]
In New York City, he, along with Red Skull, M.O.D.O.K., and Venom, fights Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, and Spider-Man. He and Venom hold off the heroes while Skull and M.O.D.O.K. bring an anti-matter weapon, only for it to be shot by Iron Man and thrown into a nearby river by Hulk before they can blast the city. The villains are then defeated, but the heroes are suddenly zapped, scaring Whiplash and the others into leaving.
At Red Skull's castle, the footage of the Avengers being hit by a ray is reviewed. As Whiplash and Venom complain that they could have defeated their rivals, M.O.D.O.K. reveals who is responsible for the heroes' loss of power. Having scanned the internet, the human computer states that Doofenshmirtz is the one behind what happened. With this information, the villains ready themselves to go to the doctor's place in Danville.
At Evil Inc., the villains introduce themselves to Doofenshmirtz and ask to view his inventions in hopes of finding the device that drained the heroes' powers. Passing through the Hall of Inators, the doctor shows them a variety of unrelated machines, to their confusion. They wonder about the Power-Drain-inator, which Doofenshmirtz says had been destroyed by his nemesis, and order him to rebuild it, while letting him think that they are cooperating. Before starting to work, the doctor informs them of errands he has to run, inviting them to come along.
Doofenshmirtz and the villains go around town committing petty crimes. At the mall, they have enough of the doctor's foolishness and begin terrorizing it to get the heroes' attention. The Avengers, now with switched powers, arrive to stop the evil group, but are beaten and captured. To ease the brawl, Whiplash whips the Beak suit in two, and ties up a knocked down Iron Man. As Skull declares victory, a masked vigilante comes and rescues the heroes, to the villains' dismay.
Back at Doofenshmirtz's lair, the doctor presents the re-made inator and its core parts that power it. Upon asking what the group wants it for, Doofenshmirtz is trapped by them, who explain their scheme to destroy the Tri-State Area, weaken all superheroes, and take over the world. Prior to leaving, they attack and ensnare Perry, whom they had noticed sneaking near the ceiling. In the City Hall, the group makes a public threat to eliminate the Tri-State Area if the heroes do not show up, forcing the Avengers to come.
In downtown Danville, the villains wait for the heroes' arrival, sensing their presence in a bus. Like predicted, the Avengers come out of the bus and are quickly beaten. While Skull looks down on his rivals, Whiplash throws Iron Man up into the air to be caught by Hulkjeet. Out of nowhere, waffles start to rain from above, causing the villains to release the heroes. Spider-Man takes the reactor core of the inator, ensuing a fight. Guarding the core, the Avengers resist their foes throughout a park.
The evil group gathers the core's parts, but Phineas and Ferb's falling space station smashes the weapon before it can fire. Thanks to Candace and Isabella, the heroes' powers are restored. A final fight takes place to settle matters, on which the villains are defeated and detained on the Quinjet.
Physical appearance[]
Whiplash is light-skinned and has brown hair styled in a ponytail. He has a light grey armor with blue eyes, a grey behind, six black buttons and an arc reactor in the chest, a dark blue lower half, light grey lec protectors with three black buttons each, grey arm protectors, and a light grey wrist extension from which his energy whips are released.
Personality[]
He is short-tempered and pretentious. He is the first to become irritated with Doofenshmirtz's antics, starting the havoc at the mall. Unable to wait for Red Skull's monologue to end, he throws his arch-enemy up in the air in another showcase of his whips.
Relationships[]
Villains[]
Whiplash has positive relationships with his fellow villains. He follows Red Skull and M.O.D.O.K. on their schemes, usually as a pawn to keep the heroes at bay alongside Venom.
The Avengers[]
Much like his teammates, Whiplash despises the Avengers. He wants to beat them by any means necessary, deeming any unsuccessful mission a mistake.
Doofenshmirtz[]
He initially thinks that Doofenshmirtz might be a misunderstood genius, but quickly realizes that the doctor is a fool.
Perry and Kids[]
As with the Avengers, Whiplash goes all out against Perry and the kids.
Background Information[]
- When M.O.D.O.K. tells the villains that he scanned the internet, Whiplash comments on how he can do the same thing with his cell phone with free roaming. This is a joke on the current technological advancements in comparison to those of the 20th century, in which these characters were created.
- Reacting to an image of Doofenshmirtz, Whiplash says that the doctor is hideous and deformed, continuing the trend of people calling Heinz ugly.
- Whiplash seems to have difficulties in understanding Red Skull's accent, as he has no clue as to what Skull speaks when requesting Doofenshmirtz to show his devices to the group.
- While seeing unrelated inators, Whiplash wonders if Doofenshmirtz is a misunderstood genius. This is an allusion to what many talented individuals who were shunned during their lifetime are called, an example being Vincent van Gogh.
- In the two times that the heroes are beaten, Whiplash ties up Iron Man, who is his arch-enemy.
- Whiplash is voiced by Peter Stormare, whose guest appearance was revealed by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh on Twitter on August 9, 2012.[1] Stormare is one of two people who had not played their character prior to the special, the other being Danny Trejo, who voiced Venom.
Appearances[]
- "Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel" (First appearance)
References[]
External links[]
- Whiplash at Wikipedia
- Whiplash at Marvel.com