He appears as a trenchcoat-wearing henchman, before being transformed into a denim-clad cyborg (legs and arms only) which he acquires from a biker. Oh, and a floppy hat.
Character Traits[]
Psychopath
Murderer
Likes dissolving people in acid
Plot Involvement[]
Dutch is a hired killer / enforcer for Len Trexler who, in
Auflösung(s8e8), tries to kill Archer's gang again before being killed by Krieger's RoboDogs / Cyberhounds.
Plot twist[]
*spoiler alert* Dutch is Woodhouse's killer (for whom Archer is looking all along). If Archer hadn't run over Dutch's legs - an act which lead to him being turned into a cyborg bent on revenge - then Archer may never have discovered Woodhouse's killer.*spoiler alert*
Continuity[]
Archer's Nemesis
Catchphrase: "Later"
Cultural References[]
Terminator 2 (1991): motorbike / biker bar scene is pastiched.
The Wild One (1951): Marlon Brando's clothing is pastiched.
Last Supper: parody of this famous scene, with Trexler in Christ's position, and his goons dead to each side.
There is even a live koi (carp) flapping around, which, as well as a fish being a symbol for Jesus, might well be a reference to cuy (similar sounding but not quite homophones). It also makes Dutch out to be a kind of antichrist.
Tableau: the grotesque positioning of dead bodies is aTableau morts, rather than vivants.
Scooby-Doo(1969-onwards): Dutch repeatedly refers to the main characters as 'gang', in reference to the Scooby Doo Gang who solve mysteries. A knowing parody of itself given that the scene in Gramercy, Halberd!(s8e7) is the villain's reveal as a robot.
Evil Tropes[]
'Dutch' Dylan parodies a mixture of evil tropes:[1][2] beginning as a Psycho For Hire[3] in No Good Deed(s8e1) he
creates a tableau of corpses which is a parody of the Last Supper, and is reminiscent of the Poetic Serial Killer[4] (ie. Dexter, or Hannibal)
commits evil and violent acts[5] for revenge against Archer (for running over his feet) and Trexler (for having him turned into a cyborg).
turns out to have been Woodhouse's killer, but he only did it to "see his lights go out it[6][7]
this list is by no means exhaustive. More evil tropes here[8]
Trivia[]
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Quotes[]
Dutch: "You know the definition of insanity?"
Trexler: "You - you're the definition! YOU!"
Dutch: "Ah, that was rhetorical, shitheel"
Dutch: "The definition of insanity is..."
Figgis: "Suppressing fire!!!"
Trinette: "What, d'ya eat a bunch of magnets?!"
Poovey: "Seriously..."
Dutch: "...doing the same thing over and expecting a different result"
