wait remember Martin Mystery because it would be a mystery if you didn't and now that you've
survived that Jordan cringe joke let's continue to the video it was a French Italian Canadian anime
inspired television show based on the popular 1982 comic series by Alfredo castelli it follows the
crime-solving adventures of Martin Mystery his stepsister Diana Lombard and their Neanderthal
friend Java the caveman they must all balance their normal lives at Torrington Academy with
the Paranormal world that never sleeps and often seeps into their lives at school the
series first premiered on Canada's YTV on October 1st 2003 and made its United States debut in 2004
on foxbox an old Saturday morning Fox network block that at one point had all these cartoons
fighting each other R.I.P Kirby it later ran for three months on Nickelodeon in 2005 with reruns
after being shown for the following three years on Nicktoons the series is produced by Marathon
media now known as zodiac kids Studios which also produced another well-known show with
an investigative crime-fighting Trio that I covered in our wait remember series not too
long ago it totally Spies while many fans complained that Martin Mystery didn't get
nearly as much attention as its sister show Totally Spies it did get a 66 episode run with
three full seasons in comparison to the now still ongoing Totally Spies Martin Mystery is not fully
a flop or a Bop so let's call it a blop but our goal here today is not to just compare the show
which let's face it we will for some points or a lot of points but rather take a look at it
on its own what it was about what happened to it and all that other fun stuff foreign
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created by David Michael and Vincent calvon de Marseille the duo responsible for the hit
girl power franchise Totally Spies in the past these two have shared their various personal
Inspirations for their work on Totally Spies which definitely translates to Martin Mystery due to the
similar storytelling and character writing while Totally Spies was more in Clueless meets James
Bond Martin Mystery as if Scooby-Doo met James Bond and trust me it's totally different David
and Vincent have taken artistic Liberties for the sake of a more modernized storytelling for
TV much like totally spies's whoop Martin Diana and Java work for a secret covert organization
called the center that seeks to protect Earth and its people from the supernatural at the head of
the organization is Mom an acronym for mystery organization manager I'm sure that the reason
they chose to call the mystery organization manager mom is a reference to M's character in
James Bond and how all of them call her ma'am but their accents make it sound like they're calling
her their mother mom fittingly enough plays some sort of paternal role in making sure that
Martin and Diana stay on task and busy in their investigation similar to totally Spies Martin
has his own gadgets that are accessible through a u-watch and no this one doesn't contain the
DNA of a handful of aliens for him to transform into check out my multi-hour long Ben 10 video
instead the uwatch has features like a database of all monsters built-in bio scan a use Shield a
laser gun and energy blade and a turbo bungee grappling hook among a few other convenient
weapons and tools all stored in the convenience of a small watch and it kinda looks like a Digi
Vice that has no relevance to anything I just like that in this monster of the week structure
of Storytelling every episode offers something new and exciting not many of the episodes have a plot
that carries over multiple episodes so it's easy to jump around from episode to episode or take a
break whenever you need to it's usually monsters based on well-known culture Legends or mythology
which usually allows the slightly older viewers to speculate in investigate along with the two
of them if you like The Secret Saturdays there's a great chance that you'd enjoy this show as well
or at bare minimum the concept of the show but what makes this show its own is the characters
themselves especially after seeing the changes made to them from the comics now what do we do
call in reinforcements Martin Mystery is taking a break the real mystery is where is he going
the mystery is soft we found Martin he was playing with your neighbor's dog dog
Martin himself is one of those older viewers I just mentioned too with a wealth of knowledge on
Modern adaptations like monster centered movies video games and comics that often helps him
in fighting against these creatures voiced by Sam Vincent he Sports a gravity-defying blonde
hairstyle and some sort of variation of his iconic red and yellow flame button-up shall we play Spot
the Difference here all he needs is a goatee his attitude in the series is worlds different
from the comics while Martin in the comics is heavily compared to Indiana Jones the character
in the comments actually first appeared in 1978 years before the first Indiana Jones movie was
released both Indiana Jones and Martin Mystery were originally inspired by Alan Quartermaine
a character created by a Victorian novelist H Rider Haggard all three characters are Suave
and brave older men who have committed their lives to exploration and heroism in the Animated Series
Martin could not be more the opposite because of his delusions and massive ego he is convinced that
every woman wants him and that every fish fears him usually confidence can only make a person
more attractive but in this case his personality is exaggerated to the fullest basically harassing
Every Woman around him his stepsister Diana offers a nice opposing personality though she
is often very exhausted with his high energy and obsession with girls that are clearly uninterested
in him voiced by Kelly Sheridan she also has a very exaggerated personality as an easy to anger
crime-solving partner who uses logic and reasoning to try to investigate due to her more uptight
analytical and slightly obsessive disposition in the comics however Diana plays Martin's fiancee
or wife a social worker who does not join Martin on missions I guess maybe the creators wanted a
female partner for Martin that wasn't romantic so they made her his sister so no one would ship them
I don't know how much they know about the internet though because that's never seemed to stop anyone
before especially if you make her a stepsister what are you doing you weirdos but despite their
more annoying personality traits they are very fun Duo Martin's geekier side is very endearing
and Diana actually does care for her brother no matter how much she criticizes him and they do
have some moments where they are vulnerable with each other after a more perilous Mission although
it usually doesn't last long and the more episodes I watched the more they both grew on me joining
them on missions is Java the caveman a real-life Neanderthal voiced by Dale Wilson who serves
as the muscle of the group while in the comics he only communicates through grunts the series
gives him a little bit more to work with here I waste time say lot word when few words do trick
he works various jobs around Torrington Academy the boarding school in sheerbrook Quebec where
Diana and Martin live allowing them to always be close together there's also Billy the Martian
who flies around in a small saucer and works more with Mom but is able to pop up when Martin Diana
and Java are on missions to offer assistance in testing samples or conveying messages back
and forth Billy and Martin are very close as Billy acts much like a younger Protege to Martin
soaking up every delusional word he says in the third season he is given a human form called the
bs-1000 and that's no BS allowing him to be able to attend Torrington Academy with the rest of the
group the tone of the show is much darker than the other media Marathon had produced in the past its
gloomy palette eludes more toward older detective media like early Batman cartoons Sherlock Holmes
Supernatural and Scooby-Doo and considering Scooby-Doo has had a crossover with all the
aforementioned characters and shows I think Martin Mystery could have had a fun time with a Scooby
gang team up and kind of have some fun with the validity of the Paranormal animated by the
Japanese Studio tatsunoku Productions the show is very much an anime in spirit with its exaggerated
physical features and expressions atmospheric Rich backgrounds further explore the series visual Noir
reminiscent theme the title cards remind me a lot of the Goosebumps books speaking of Goosebumps
Martin Mystery has received critiques on how scary some of the visuals were for its young
target audience this was really only voiced in reviews once the young viewers were old enough
to reminisce about the repercussions love seeing some of the more nightmare inducing things they're
all like it made 8 year old me crap my pants every week 10 out of 10 Stars would recommend he's got a
bad case of Cabin Fever our mystery will be back right away that's just for you for everyone else
we're taking our sweet time if you concentrate really hard Martin Mystery will come on well done
Totally Spies has been confirmed to return in 2023 with a seventh season leaving a lot of fans
wondering about a possible Revival of Martin Mystery while the entirety of the series aired
while Totally Spies was in the bulk of its run it's possible that the reason that Martin Mystery
didn't continue past the third season is because of totally spies's success but to challenge that
it's not like they were competitors at all if anything Martin Mystery could have ridden the
wave of success that came with being associated with Totally Spies sure it wouldn't be nearly as
successful but it would still be another related show that fans could turn to and of course the
people at Marathon knew this so naturally they did have a crossover episode in the fifth season
of Totally Spies titled totally mystery much Martin and the spies are both set on the same
Mission at a ski resort in the Swiss Alps they immediately attack each other but after some
discussion and a call from both Jerry and mom who are very friendly already they are instructed to
team up together to defeat a Yeti snow creature that is attacking skiers and turning them in into
Yeti much like himself Martin obviously tries to hit on all the girls except Sam comparing her to
his buzz kill sister but despite a bad first impression Martin and Alex really hit it off
as they have a lot of the same interests and it's really nice even leaves Clover a little jealous
despite her disgust at having a nerd attracted to her ew it offered some fun acknowledgments to
the differences between the two shows like how much easier it is for Martin to be transported
to the center I.E crawling through a cabinet as opposed to being sucked into a vacuum the
crossover episode was really fun and I'm a little bummed that didn't happen more than once but much
like having the same people making two shows the popular show in most cases completely overshadows
the other like with Man of Action having the Ben 10 series and putting out Generator Rex foreign
mystery ended its run possibly due to one lower ratings but also if we do look at the merchandise
side of things it clearly was never going to touch what Totally Spies was able to do on a
global scale with toys merch and more the last episode of the series aired on March of 2006 but
that didn't stop Marathon from producing more Martin Mystery content there was a Nintendo
DS game that released in 2008 two years after the series finale called Martin Mystery monster
Invasion it already shown that making more Martin Mystery content after the series had
ended is something that they are willing to do so that paired well with the news of the
Totally Spies reboot it's very possible that we will see Martin again at some point in the
future maybe it's just wishful thinking because I really hope we do but who knows re-watching the
series was a lot of fun and it really helped me get prepared for the spooky season do you
think I should dress up as Martin for Halloween people will probably think I'm just dressing up
as Guy Fieri but hey that's a two-in-one costume call that cost efficient oh bro what were your
thoughts on the series did you prefer it over Totally Spies did it give you nightmares I need
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