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. Prokouk in which he appears are comic with a didactic touch. The character first appeared in the 1946 short "Podkova pro štěstí" ("Horseshoe for Luck"). Prokouk became the most well-known character in Czech animated cinema and a familiar figure in Czech culture. The films were especially popular with young audiences. The following table is based on information from the Karel Zeman Museum's filmography. Mr. Prokouk Mr. Prokouk () is a character created by Karel Zeman for a series of Czech animated short films in the 1940s and 1950s. Prokouk, a stop-motion animation puppet made of wood, is a sympathetic, irrepressible everyman