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It features the eponymous DangerMouse, a British mouse that works as a secret agent. The show is a loose parody of British spy fiction, particularly James Bond and the Danger Man series starring Patrick McGoohan. The eponymous hero wears a rakish eyepatch and his chest is prominently emblazoned with the initials "DM". This causes problems for those translating the series into other languages, where a literal translation of the words "Danger" and "Mouse" do not share those initials; the Scots Gaelic version, for example, calls the series (and the lead) "Donnie Murdo" (two given names unconnected either with mice or danger). The Slovenian translation omitted the DM initials entirely, however, dubbing DangerMouse Hrabri mišek ("brave mouse"). DangerMouse was the first British cartoon to break into the American TV market, being shown on Nickelodeon on June 4, 1984, where it garnered a tremendous fan following that still exists. Since it went off air it has been periodically repeated and been released on DVD. In Australia, it first aired on ABC TV, then in 1996 it was on Network Ten. It was also the first British cartoon to break into Cheez TV, being shown on the weekdays. Although rumours of a CGI revivial of the show have persisted in recent years, no official announcements have been made. The original DangerMouse is set to return to terrestrial television after the BBC recently purchased episodes of the series to broadcast in its daytime schedules, although no transmission date has yet been set. Other adaptationsA long-running comic strip adaptation, written by Angus P. Allan and illustrated by Arthur Ranson, ran in Look-In magazine and was syndicated in various other magazines. Ranson also provided some backdrops for the TV series. Allan and Ranson's work was highly appreciated by Cosgrove Hall, and the pair were awarded an "Oh Goodness Oh Crikey" award in appreciation of their services. Some of Allan's stories were adapted for the television series, although Allan's name was mis-spelled "Angus Allen". Artist Ranson later went on to illustrate Judge Anderson in the UK comic 2000 AD. A series of video games based on the character also appeared. The first was DangerMouse in Double Trouble and Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau (both in 1984) followed by Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee! in 1985.
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HeroesDangerMouse (voiced by David Jason): The greatest secret agent in the world. He speaks 34 languages fluently, including some extra-terrestrial ones. He regularly balances himself on his index finger and bounces up and down on it, (something that Remo Williams has also been known to do). His only apparent flaw is that he has only one eye (How he lost the other one is never explained).; Ernest Penfold (voiced by Terry Scott): A timid hamster, and sidekick to DangerMouse. Once, he won third place in a Penfold look-a-like contest (possibly a reference to a Charlie Chaplin legend which states Charlie Chaplin once came third in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest). In one episode, it is mentioned that his codename is "Jigsaw" because he often "goes to pieces".; Colonel K (voiced by Edward Kelsey): DangerMouse's boss; often mistaken for a walrus, it was revealed in an issue of "Look-In" magazine that he is, in fact, a chinchilla. Previously worked for Special Branch, where he was known as Special K. He is a champion piano-thrower, decorated judo expert and the first to climb Mount Everest on a pogo stick.; Professor Heinrich Von Squarkencluck: Mad scientist/inventor/boffin. Inventor of the Mark III, DM's flying car and the Space Hopper, DM's personal spacecraft. A mole, despite his avian name. (He owes the latter to the fact that, on his first appearance on the show, he was engaged in hormone experiments to grow chickens to enormous sizes.); Agent 57: Initially a master of disguise, Agent 57 later gained the ability to alter his own molecular structure to transform into any appearance he wished. This ability went temporarily out of control in one episode when he contracted a cold, causing him to involuntarily change shape whenever he sneezed. As a result of changing his appearance so many times, he can no longer remember what he originally looked like. (Although his name derives principally from Heinz 57, it is an interesting coincidence that Nayland Smith in the Fu Manchu books was "Agent 56".); Flying Officer Buggles Pigeon (voiced by David Jason): Another of Colonel K's agents who came to the aid of DangerMouse and Penfold in the episode, "Chicken Run," and appeared in several episodes afterward. His name is a reference to Biggles.; B.L.E.E.P: (Building Location and Emergency Expedition Platoon) This special squadron was called to assist DangerMouse and Penfold to defeat Hannibal Hogatey when he and his elephants stole a Statley Mansion. Their leader is Mad Major Melvin, who is also an old friend of DangerMouse.; Texas Jack McGraw McGraw: (voiced by David Jason) This wild loud mouthed but loyal Texan helped DangerMouse and Penfold when Baron Greenback stole all of the world's famous buildings, including the Statue of Liberty.;
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