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| “ | There are no two words in the English language more harmful than 'good job'. | „ |
| ~ Terence Fletcher rationalizing his abuse |
| “ | Not quite my tempo. | „ |
| ~ Terence Fletcher's most famous quote. |
Terence Fletcher is the main antagonist of the 2014 music drama film Whiplash. He is the abusive conductor of one of the bands at Shafer's who is trying to find the next great jazz musician by any means necessary.
He was portrayed by J.K. Simmons.
His Evil Ranking[]
His Villainous Deeds[]
- He is very abusive towards his students, yelling at them and hitting them whenever they screw up, mostly Andrew Neiman.
- He hurls a chair at Andrew and mercilessly berates him just for being slightly off tempo, while hurling various slurs and insults at him.
- He forces the drummers to play an extremely fast section for several hours, uncaring that their arms could get fatigued for playing like that for that long.
- His abuse would be so bad to the point where it caused one of his former students, Sean, to commit suicide, though this was partially unintentional on Fletcher's part.
- He lies about Sean dying in a car crash, as revealing his suicide would raise suspicions about his cruelty.
- While he did appear to cry whilst talking about Sean’s “death”, he was clearly faking it as he would then proceed to claim he died in a car crash, showing that he values his reputation more than his students.
- He doesn't show concern when seeing Andrew's bloody hand.
- Out of spite against him for getting him fired, he tricks Andrew into joining his band for his public concert and humiliates him by having the band play a song that he did not practice for at all, causing him to screw up with him telling him in the aftermath that he doesn't have the skills he assumed he had.
- According to Word of God, Terence will forever believe he is in the right, and due to his countless abuse, Andrew would get an overdose at 30, in which Terence will insult and make fun of him during his funeral eulogy.
- While his main goal is to bring out the best in his students, regardless of how harsh his methods are, this doesn't make him an extremist as this was for his own intentions of making them good in his eyes while being willing to ruin their lives to make them live up to his standards.
- While some of his insults can be funny as they are over-the-top, it's only for the audience as he's taken completely seriously in-universe.
Why He Doesn't Stand Out?[]
- His actions aren’t enough to pass the system standards despite trying to cover up a suicide as its stated he isn’t the first abusive teacher.
- Him causing Neiman to overdose is Fridge Horror as its only confirmed via Word of God.
- He shows some respect towards Neiman when he gives off a good performance at the concert, showing a sense of honor.
- He is somewhat On & Off, as he did assist Neiman during his performance by helping him keep his cymbals up, when he could've further humiliated him instead.
- He has a Pet The Dog moment as shown when he had a friendly conversation with a man and his young daughter, even offering the latter to join his band in the future.
External Links[]
- Terence Fletcher on the Villains Wiki
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