History WesternAnimation / BlakeAndMortimer

** In general, the four episodes written especially for the animated series belong to the supernatural / fantasy genre, instead of the usual science-fiction themes of most of the original comic books.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the adaptation of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the [[YellowPeril Yellow Empire]] becomes "the Empire", all its members are now Caucasian, they no longer wear UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-[=era=] Japanese uniforms, they no longer wield Nazi-era guns, their flag isn't the Japanese-looking flag from the comic book, and there aren't any references to their geographic origin. In short: the original ones were a transparent {{expy}} of both UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, explicitly described as being Tibet and refered with a racist name, while the animated version are generic (and politically correct) Caucasian bad guys figthing for an unnamed [[TheEmpire empire]]. Also counts as PragmaticAdaptation.

* OvertookTheSeries: Only one of the continuation albums (''The Francis Blake Affair'') was adapted when the series was done adapting the Edgar Pierre Jacobs canon, due to the others not existing at the time the series was made (the next one, ''The Voronov Plot'', was published in 2000, over one year after the end of the series). As a result, the remaining episodes are original stories.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the adaptation of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the [[YellowPeril Yellow Empire]] becomes "the Empire", all its members are now Caucasian, they no longer wear UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-[=era=] Japanese uniforms, they no longer wield Nazi-era guns, their flag isn't the Japanese-looking flag from the comic book, and there aren't any references to their geographic origin. In short: the original ones were a transparent {{expy}} of both UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, explicitly described as being Tibet and refered with a racist name, while the animated version are generic (and politically correct) bad guys figthing for an unnamed [[TheEmpire empire]]. Also counts as PragmaticAdaptation.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the adaptation of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the [[YellowPeril Yellow Empire]] becomes "the Empire", all its members are now Caucasian, they no longer wear UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-[=era=] Japanese uniforms, they no longer wield Nazi-era guns, their flag isn't the Japanese-looking flag from the comic book, and there aren't any references to their geographic origin. In short: the original ones were a transparent {{expy}} of both UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, explicitly described as being Tibet and refered with a racist name, while the animated version are generic (and politically correct) bad guys figthing for an unnamed [[TheEmpire empire]].

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

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 in a Cold War-esque world.

The series follows the adventures of two friends, Welsh AcePilot Francis Blake and Scottish OmnidisciplinaryScientist Philip Mortimer, as they battle {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s in a Cold War-esque world.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the adaptation of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the [[YellowPeril Yellow Empire]] becomes "the Empire", all its members are now Caucasian, they no longer wear UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-[=era=] Japanese uniforms, they no longer wield Nazi-era guns, their flag isn't the Japanese-looking flag from the comic book, and there aren't any references to their geographic origin. In short: the original ones were a transparent {{expy}} of both UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, explicitly described as being Tibet and refered with a racist name, while the animated version are generic (and politically correct) bad guys.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the adaptation of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the [[YellowPeril Yellow Empire]] becomes "the Empire", all its members are now Caucasian, they no longer wear World War II-era Japanese uniforms, they no longer wield Nazi-era guns, their flag isn't the Japanese-looking flag from the comic book, and there aren't any references to their geographic origin. In short: the original ones were a transparent expy of Imperial Japan / Nazi Germany explicitly described as being Tibet and refered with a racist name, while the animated version are generic (and politically correct) bad guys.

* OvertookTheSeries: Only one of the continuation albums (''The Francis Blake Affair'') was adapted when the series was done adapting the Edgar Pierre Jacobs canon, due to the others not existing at the time (the next one, ''The Voronov Plot'', was published in 2000, over one year after the end of the series). As a result, the remaining episodes are original stories.

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

The series follows the adventures of Welsh AcePilot Francis Blake and Scottish OmnidisciplinaryScientist Philip Mortimer as they battle {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s in a Cold War-esque world.

''Blake And Mortimer'' is a 1997-1998 AnimatedAdaptation of the [[ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer eponymous]] Belgian ComicBook series by Edgar Pierre Jacobs.

The series followed the adventures of Welsh AcePilot Francis Blake and Scottish OmnidisciplinaryScientist Philip Mortimer as they battle {{Diabolical Mastermind}}s in a Cold War-esque world.

The series followed the adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer,

The series followed the adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer, adapted from the entire Edgar P. Jacobs canon. Only one of the continuation albums (''The Francis Blake Affair'') was adapted, due to the others not existing at the time (the next one, ''The Voronov Plot'', was published in 2000, one year after the end of the series). As a result, the remaining episodes are [[OvertookTheSeries original stories]].

The series followed the adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer, adapted from the entire Edgar P. Jacobs canon. Only one of the continuation albums (''The Francis Blake Affair'') was adapted, due to the others not existing at the time (the next one, ''The Voronov Plot'', was published in 1999, one year after the end of the series). As a result, the remaining episodes are [[OvertookTheSeries original stories]].

The show followed the adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer, adapted from the entire Edgar P. Jacobs canon. Only one of the continuation albums (''The Francis Blake Affair'') was adapted, due to the others not existing at the time (the next one, ''The Voronov Plot'', was published in 1999, one year after the end of the series). As a result, the remaining episodes are [[OvertookTheSeries original stories]].

The show followed the adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer. The Animated Series followed the first nine stories from the books.

Blake And Mortimer is an AnimatedAdaptation of a Belgian ComicBook series by Edgar Pierre Jacobs.

The series was released in 1997, and ran until 1998.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the adaptation of ''The Secret of the Swordfish'', the Yellow Empire becomes "the Empire", all its members are now Caucasian, they no longer wear World War II-era Japanese uniforms, they no longer wield Nazi guns, their flag isn't the Japanese-looking flag from the comic book, and there aren't any references to their geographic origin. In short: the original ones were a transparent expy of Imperial Japan / Nazi Germany explicitly described as being Tibet and refered with a racist name, while the animated version are generic (and politically correct) bad guys.

** 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.

* AnimatedAdaptation: Of the ''Blake and Mortimer'' books.

* AnimatedAdaptation
* CatchPhrase: Mortimer's was "By the tartan of Clan [=McGregor=]!".

* CatchPhrase: Mortimer's was "By the tartan of Clan {{McGregor}}!".

* CatchPhrase: Mortimer's was "By the tartan of Clan McGregor!".