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. Vampire vs Vampire" (1989), which are all separate from the "Mr. Vampire" franchise. In addition, Lam uses his real name for his character in some of the films he acted in. A related television series titled "Vampire Expert" (殭屍道長) starring Lam Ching-ying was broadcast from 1996 to 1997. However, during the filming of the third season, Lam developed liver cancer and died before the project was completed. The first season of "My Date with a Vampire", a television series produced by ATV, was specially dedicated to Lam, and the story was based on future events in "Vampire Expert". "Mr. Vampire" was