User blog comment:ADour/Ultimate Comics Ideas/@comment-3048593-20130101200630/@comment-3048593-20130131111652

Just like with Killer Shrike. Both the mainstream and Ultimate versions have blond hair. If that's enough to say "Must be the same character", then why not with the Ultimate Whiplash?

Besides, the Ultimate Whiplash is obviously based of the Whiplash that both appeared in Iron Man 2, and the mainstream-Whiplash from Iron Man vs. Whiplash series.