| rdfs:comment | - The recurring villain and Danger Mouse's archenemy; a toad with a wheezy voice, although, sometimes, he was referred to as a frog. Known as Baron Greenteeth in the unbroadcast pilot episode. Commonly known as the "Terrible Toad". In America, "Greenback" is slang for dollar bill in many regions, adding to the sense of his commercial greed. Allegedly, he turned to a life of crime as a schoolboy when other children stole his bicycle and let all the air out of its tyres. In the 2015 revival series, the character was renamed Baron Silas von Greenback, and was given a German accent.
- Baron Silas Greenback from the Dangermouse series was basically a copy of Blowfeld in the James Bond movies. He had a white furry caterpillar instead of a cat and an Italian crow named Stiletto for a henchman. The Baron is a toad, who travels in a sort of flying saucer with legs and feet called the Frogstar Hopper. Amongst other things, he tried to take over England with an army of remote controlled washing machines, kidnapped all the bagpipes in Scotland (the bagpipes were shown as living creatures, which the Baron wanted to use as part of a sonic weapon), used an age changing ray to reduce or increase people's ages, and teamed up with Count Duckula. The baron had a rough wheezing voice that was seldom more than a whisper. His plans were always absurd, in keeping with the series, but he w
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| abstract | - The recurring villain and Danger Mouse's archenemy; a toad with a wheezy voice, although, sometimes, he was referred to as a frog. Known as Baron Greenteeth in the unbroadcast pilot episode. Commonly known as the "Terrible Toad". In America, "Greenback" is slang for dollar bill in many regions, adding to the sense of his commercial greed. Allegedly, he turned to a life of crime as a schoolboy when other children stole his bicycle and let all the air out of its tyres. In the 2015 revival series, the character was renamed Baron Silas von Greenback, and was given a German accent.
- Baron Silas Greenback from the Dangermouse series was basically a copy of Blowfeld in the James Bond movies. He had a white furry caterpillar instead of a cat and an Italian crow named Stiletto for a henchman. The Baron is a toad, who travels in a sort of flying saucer with legs and feet called the Frogstar Hopper. Amongst other things, he tried to take over England with an army of remote controlled washing machines, kidnapped all the bagpipes in Scotland (the bagpipes were shown as living creatures, which the Baron wanted to use as part of a sonic weapon), used an age changing ray to reduce or increase people's ages, and teamed up with Count Duckula. The baron had a rough wheezing voice that was seldom more than a whisper. His plans were always absurd, in keeping with the series, but he was Dangermouse's most powerful recurring foe (there were more powerful villains who showed up for only one story, or sometimes two or three episodes) and made life if not impossible for Dangermouse and Penfold, then at least painful and frightening. Thanks Loneheart!
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