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. A his arrival, as well as to represent his belief that there can only be good and evil, and no moral grey area. Comics creator Alan Moore was once a member of a band The Emperors of Ice Cream which performed a Moore-penned song entitled "Mr. A." (to the tune of the Velvet Underground's song "Sister Ray") parodying Steve Ditko's political ideology. Moore later created the character Rorschach for the series "Watchmen", which was based on both Question and Mr. A. Moore related a story about an unspecified acquaintance who said he asked Ditko about whether he was familiar with Rorschach.