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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: In the animated series, the original French title of ''Solar System Sentinels'' is ''Services secrets soucoupes'' ("''Secret Service Saucers''").
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** The series first run and second runs in France (respectively on the paid channel [[Creator/StudioCanal Canal +]] in September 1998, then on the free public channel France 3 in September 1999) didn't broadcast the episodes in the same order: the first run started by ''Terror at Manicouagan'' and ended by ''The Last Wall'' (respectively the first episode of the Smog arc and the last episode of the Ananke arc), the second run started by ''The Crown of Golconda'' and ended by ''Puppets of the Yellow Shadow'' (respectively the first and last episodes of the Yellow Shadow arc). Note that the series hasn't much continuity outside of the Yellow Shadow arc (six episodes) and Ananke arc (four episodes), which in both runs were broadcasted in the right order.

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** The animated series first run and second runs in France (respectively on the paid channel [[Creator/StudioCanal Canal +]] in September 1998, then on the free public channel France 3 in September 1999) didn't broadcast the episodes in the same order: the first run started by ''Terror at Manicouagan'' and ended by ''The Last Wall'' (respectively the first episode of the Smog arc and the last episode of the Ananke arc), the second run started by ''The Crown of Golconda'' and ended by ''Puppets of the Yellow Shadow'' (respectively the first and last episodes of the Yellow Shadow arc). Note that the series hasn't much continuity outside of the Yellow Shadow arc (six episodes) and Ananke arc (four episodes), which in both runs were broadcasted in the right order.

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* OutOfOrder: ''The Yellow Shadow'' was translated to English before ''Treasure of the Golcondas'', despite being an obvious sequel to the latter.

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''The Yellow Shadow'' was translated to English before ''Treasure of the Golcondas'', despite being an obvious sequel to the latter.latter.
** The series first run and second runs in France (respectively on the paid channel [[Creator/StudioCanal Canal +]] in September 1998, then on the free public channel France 3 in September 1999) didn't broadcast the episodes in the same order: the first run started by ''Terror at Manicouagan'' and ended by ''The Last Wall'' (respectively the first episode of the Smog arc and the last episode of the Ananke arc), the second run started by ''The Crown of Golconda'' and ended by ''Puppets of the Yellow Shadow'' (respectively the first and last episodes of the Yellow Shadow arc). Note that the series hasn't much continuity outside of the Yellow Shadow arc (six episodes) and Ananke arc (four episodes), which in both runs were broadcasted in the right order.
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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: The 1998 animated series is this to ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'', another Creator/EllipseAnimation animated series released the previous year which both are a combination of adventures, espionage, and sci-fi. Coincidentally, they both have the exact same number of episodes, 26 (though ''Blake & Mortimer'' story arcs is actually made of 13 2-parts episodes).

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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: The 1998 animated series is this to ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'', another Creator/EllipseAnimation animated series released the previous year which both are adaptations of a similar franchise roughly created at the same period (a combination of adventures, espionage, and sci-fi.sci-fi with a duo of protagonists travelling around the world). Coincidentally, they both have the exact same number of episodes, 26 (though ''Blake & Mortimer'' story arcs is actually made of 13 2-parts episodes).
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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: The 1998 animated series is this to ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'', another Creator/EllipseAnimation animated series released the previous year which both are a combination of adventures, espionage, and sci-fi. Coincidentally, they both have the exact same number of episodes, 26 (though ''Blake & Mortimer'' story arcs is actually made of 13 2-parts episodes).
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* NamesTheSame: There really was a french pilot named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_L%C3%A9on_Morane Robert Morane]] but that's a coincidence because Henri Vernes named Bob Morane after the warriors from the Massai people.
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* DistancedFromCurrentEvents: "Le président ne mourra pas" (The President Will Not Die) was ironically scheduled to be published in November 1963. Because of the assassination of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy and the plot of the novel is specifically about an organisation plotting to kill the President of the United States, the book was delayed for two years.

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** Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights. It helps that [[ColbertBump the song gave the series some publicity]].

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** Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" "L'Aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights. It helps that [[ColbertBump the song gave the series some publicity]].


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* RealSongThemeTune: The French version of the 1998 animated adaptation uses an instrumental cover of the aforementioned song "L'Aventurier" in its opening credit.
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* MissingEpisode: A live-action film titled ''L'Espion au cent visages'' (The spy with the hundred faces) was made in 1960 by Belgavidéo. Too bad, it was only screened once and the only copy was destroyed during the fire of the studio.
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* RecursiveAdaptation: Some of the comics based on original stories (like ''The Bird of Fire'' and ''The Eye of The Samurai'') were later novelized.
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** Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights.

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** Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights. It helps that [[ColbertBump the song gave the series some publicity]].

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* ApprovalOfGod: Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights.
* DisownedAdaptation: Henri Vernes has been vocal about his dislike of the 2015 reboot "Bob Morane Renaissance" and specifically asked the publisher not to be credited.

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Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights.
** Unlike the first ContinuityReboot, Vernes approved the second one by Christophe Bec and Paolo Grella launched in 2021. He even wrote the forewords in the first issue (published a few months after his death) that he was confident that his franchise was in good hands.
* DisownedAdaptation: Henri Vernes has been vocal about his dislike of the 2015 reboot "Bob Morane Renaissance" by Luc Brunschwig and Dimitri Armand and specifically asked the publisher not to be credited.credited.
* NamesTheSame: There really was a french pilot named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_L%C3%A9on_Morane Robert Morane]] but that's a coincidence because Henri Vernes named Bob Morane after the warriors from the Massai people.



* NamesTheSame: There really was a french pilot named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_L%C3%A9on_Morane Robert Morane]] but that's a coincidence because Henri Vernes named Bob Morane after the warriors from the Massai people.
* SelfAdaptation: Henri Vernes wrote the comics based on his novels.

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* NamesTheSame: There really was a french pilot named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_L%C3%A9on_Morane Robert Morane]] but that's a coincidence because Henri Vernes named Bob Morane after the warriors from the Massai people.
* SelfAdaptation: Henri Vernes wrote the comics based on his novels.novels.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A cancelled film directed by Christophe Gans would have featured either Roch Voisine or Creator/VincentCassel in the lead role.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Henri Vernes approved Indochine's song "L'aventurier" despite that the lead singer wrote it without paying any copyrights.
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* NamesTheSame: There really was a french pilot named [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_and_L%C3%A9on_Morane Robert Morane]] but that's a coincidence because Henri Vernes named Bob Morane after the warriors from the Massai people.

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* OutOfOrder: ''The Yellow Shadow'' was translated to English before ''Treasure of the Golcondas'', despite being an obvious sequel to the latter.

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* DisownedAdaptation: Henri Vernes has been vocal about his dislike of the 2015 reboot "Bob Morane Renaissance" and specifically asked the publisher not to be credited.
* OutOfOrder: ''The Yellow Shadow'' was translated to English before ''Treasure of the Golcondas'', despite being an obvious sequel to the latter.latter.
* SelfAdaptation: Henri Vernes wrote the comics based on his novels.
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* OutOfOrder: ''The Yellow Shadow'' was translated to English before ''Treasure of the Golcondas'', despite being an obvious sequel to the latter.

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