Ernst Stavro Blofeld and Christoph Waltz, among others. It was initially a convention of the films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of him stroking his white, blue-eyed Persian cat. Many of Blofeld's characteristics have become tropes in popular fiction, representing the stock character of the supervillain, with the stroking of his white cat often retained as a parodic allusion to Blofeld's character, as seen in the "Austin Powers" film series with the character of Dr. Evil and his cat Mr. Bigglesworth, or in the cartoons "Inspector Gadget" with the character of Dr. Claw and "Danger Mouse" with the character of
Mr. Bean of two 11-minute segments. In 2015, CITV commissioned a brand new series of episodes. The new series amended the format in which it featured episodes that had much more dialogue than normal. 78 new episodes began broadcasting from 6 February 2015. Two theatrical feature-length films featuring Mr. Bean have been released with Atkinson reprising his role as the character in each. The first film "Bean", was directed by Mel Smith, released in 1997 and followed the misadventures of Mr. Bean as he oversaw the transfer of "Whistler's Mother" to a Los Angeles art gallery. The film broke from the programme's