History WesternAnimation / BlakeAndMortimer

''Blake and Mortimer'' is a French-Canadian AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer eponymous]] Belgian ComicBook series by Edgar P. Jacobs. It was made in 1997-1998 by Creator/EllipseAnimation (which previously co-created ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}}'') and Cactus Animation. In the French version, Blake, Mortimer and Olrik are voiced by, respectively, Robert Guilmard, Creator/MichelPapineschi and Mario Santini.

* GenderFlip: Prince Icarus from ''Atlantis Mystery'' is transformed into a [[AffirmativeActionGirl blonde princess]].

''Blake and Mortimer'' is a French-Canadian AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer eponymous]] Belgian ComicBook series by Edgar P. Jacobs. It was made in 1997-1998 by Ellipse (which previously co-created ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}}'') and Cactus Animation. In the French version, Blake, Mortimer and Olrik are voiced by, respectively, Robert Guilmard, Creator/MichelPapineschi and Mario Santini.

** Pricesss Agnès remained in her Middle Ages era in the original ''Time Trap'' comic after Mortimer saved her life. Here, she joins Blake and Mortimer in their time travel to [[BadFuture the 51th Century]] and helps them and LaResistance against [[ArcVillain the Sublime Guide]] and its machines, before staying there as Blake and Mortimer return to the present, deciding to help humanity reconstruct their devastated world.

** Mortimer's orginal catchphrase "By Jove!" (in other words, a synonym of "Oh my God!") became "By the tartan of Clan [=McGregor=]!". Somehow, "By Jove!" is given to Blake in the French dub.

* CatchPhrase:

** "By Jove!", which is Mortimer's in the comics, is given to Blake here.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', two prototypes of the eponymous rocket plane have already been built before TheEmpire's global offensive, with Blake testing one right away as the episode starts and the other being blown up during the offensive to avoid capture. The Swordfish first appears much later in the comic book album, at the base in the Strait of Hormuz (it is the third Swordfish in the episode). Blake ''does not test it'' in the comic book, he ''inaugurates'' it by flying it in battle against the Yellow Empire's fleet.

* RecycledAnimation: At the end of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the footage of Blake destroying the enemy fleet with the new Swordfish is the same as him destroying the dummy fleet with the first Swordfish at the beginning of the story.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', two prototypes of the eponymous rocket plane have already been built before the Empire's global offensive, with Blake testing one right away as the episode starts and the other being blown up during the offensive to avoid capture. The Swordfish first appears much later in the comic book album, at the base in the Strait of Hormuz (it is the third Swordfish in the episode). Blake ''does not test it'' in the comic book, he ''inaugurates'' it by flying it in battle against the Yellow Empire's fleet.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: In ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', two prototypes of the eponymous rocket plane have already been built before the Empire's global offensive, with Blake testing one right away as the episode starts and the other being blown up during the offensive to avoid capture. The Swordfish first appears much later in the comic book album, at the base in the Strait of Hormuz (it is the third Swordfish in the episode). Blake ''does not test it'' in the comics, he ''inaugurates'' it by flying it in battle against the Yellow Empire's fleet.

''Blake and Mortimer'' is a French-Canadian AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer eponymous]] Belgian ComicBook series by Edgar P. Jacobs. It was made in 1997-1998 by Ellipse (which previously co-created ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}}'') and Cactus Animation.

''Blake and Mortimer'' is a French-Canadian AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer eponymous]] Belgian ComicBook series by Edgar Pierre Jacobs. It was made in 1997-1998 by Ellipse (which previously co-created ''WesternAnimation/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}}'') and Cactus Animation.

The series follows the adventures of two friends, Welsh AcePilot and [=MI5=] agent Francis Blake and Scottish OmnidisciplinaryScientist Philip Mortimer, as they battle {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s and {{Mad Scientist}}s and try to solve mysteries in a Cold War-esque world.

** The comic book version of ''The Necklace Affair'' is a story deprived of any sci-fi or supernatural element, which plot is about a heist planned by Olrik. The episode adapted from the comic book is a ''Scooby-Doo''-like story featuring the ghost of UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette, no less.

** Agnès remained in her Middle Ages era in the original ''Time Trap'' comic after Mortimer saved her life. Here, she joins Blake and Mortimer in their time travel to [[BadFuture the 51th Century]] and helps them and LaResistance against [[ArcVillain the Sublime Guide]] and its machines, before staying there as Blake and Mortimer return to the present, deciding to help humanity reconstruct their devastated world.

** Olrik survives the events of ''Professor Sató's Three Formulae'' here (as well as the entire animated series for that matter, see KarmaHoudini), while he was KilledOffForReal in the original comics.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the ''Blake and Mortimer'' books who existed at the time (from ''The Secret of the Swordfish'' to ''The Francis Blake Affair'', inclusive). The four last stories ("The Viking's Bequest", "The Secret of Easter Island", "The Alchemist's Will", "The Druid") were made exclusively for the animated series. The series counts 26 episodes, for nine comic book stories and four new ones, each one being divided into two episodes. NB: in this series, the stories covering more than one album (''The Secret of the Swordfish'', ''The Mystery of the Great Pyramid'', ''Professor Satō's Three Formulae'') are now not any longer than the shorter ones (''The Yellow M'').

* TheYellowMShoutOut: Each episode title screen is a recreation of ''The Yellow M'' cover, with the circled "M" replaced by the shadow of a clock (cf. page image).

* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the ''Blake and Mortimer'' books who existed at the time (from ''The Secret of the Swordfish'' to ''The Francis Blake Affair'', inclusive). The four last stories ("The Viking's Bequest", "The Secret of Easter Island", "The Alchemist's Will", "The Druid") were made especially for the animated series. The series counts 26 episodes, for nine comic book stories and four new ones, each one being divided into two episodes. NB: in this series, the stories covering more than one album (''The Secret of the Swordfish'', ''The Mystery of the Great Pyramid'', ''Professor Satō's Three Formulae'') are now not any longer than the shorter ones (''The Yellow M'').