Tom Brady is a dead ringer for Judge Doom at the Kentucky Derby

Oh yeah, Twitter noticed.
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Tom Brady is a dead ringer for Judge Doom at the Kentucky Derby

Now, here to peruse the speedy horsies, the NFL's Tom Brady-turned-Judge Doom.

On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback arrived to the 2021 Kentucky Derby sporting a sleek suit, some shiny spectacles, a broad-rimmed hat, a patterned tie, and a pocket square. The getup — which isn't exactly silly by Derby standards, but looks ridiculous on Brady — immediately drew comparisons online to the villain Christopher Lloyd played in the 1988 cartoon noir Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Brady is a dead ringer for Judge Doom, but of course, the fun didn't stop there.

On Twitter, Brady's fashion choices — which, let's be real, were probably made by some poor stylist who is about to have a very long conversation — was also likened to a Dick Tracy villain...

...Jim Carrey in The Mask...

...Major Arnold Ernst Toht from Raiders of the Lost Ark...

...Reverend Kane from the Poltergeist...

...Trump toadie and high-profile conservative Roger Stone/The Penguin...

...and more. Plus, there's this little imagined drama in which Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is an FBI agent arresting cartoon criminal Brady for his crimes.

I hate horses. I hate football. But Twitter still rocks.

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Alison Foreman

Alison Foreman is one heck of a gal. She's also a writer in Los Angeles, who used to cover movies, TV, video games, and the internet for Mashable. @alfaforeman

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