Wolf is an actual wolf (albeit one voiced by reportedly human actor Sam Rockwell), most of the people posting about Mr. Wolf are furries, a term used to describe those who enjoy dressing up as or drawing anthropomorphized animals. Singer Paulette McWilliams on Her Years With Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Steely Dan Despite most popular conceptions about furries, not all people in the fandom harbor sexual attractions to anthropomorphized creatures - but many of those currently thirsting after Mr.
“The fandom is going wild for it right now,” one digital artist and fursuit maker says of The Bad Guys. “I think what resonated in the fandom is the main character of Mr. He’s a suave guy with a fun art style that really appealed to the artists in the fandom.”Īlmost immediately after the trailer dropped late last year, furries gravitated to The Bad Guys, and to Rockwell’s character in particular.
On TikTok, the #TheBadGuys hashtag has nearly 100 million views, with the top videos largely being thirsty fan edits of Rockwell’s character. There are more than 1,000 pieces of Bad Guys-themed fan art on the NSFW furry art site e621, most of which feature a muscle-bound Mr. Wolf in various states of concupiscence or in compromising positions with Diane Foxington, a sultry, powersuit-wearing fox played by Zazie Beetz or Shark, played by Craig Robinson.
