![Side-by-side comparsion of professor Nimnul and Bruce Talkington. They are both white men with bushy mustaches, ginger hair with male-pattern baldness, and large round glasses. Side-by-side comparsion of professor Nimnul and Bruce Talkington. They are both white men with bushy mustaches, ginger hair with male-pattern baldness, and large round glasses.](https://medias.meow.social/media_attachments/files/109/711/546/752/608/335/original/3e61afc80c446dbe.png)
Observation inspired by this post
https://tech.lgbt/@prehensile/109710813762577339 which contains one of the archetypical examples of this trope.
I'm also a fan of Professor Nimnul from Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers, who was based on writer Bruce Talkington.