| | Martin Mystery (2003) Martin Mystery (2003) is an animated television series. It is loosely based on the Italian comic Martin Mystère. The series reimagines the title character Martin Mystery and his step-sister (his father married her mother) Diana Lombard as 16-year-olds attending Torrington Academy, a high school in Sherbrooke, Quebec. They work for the covert organization, "The Center", which secretly protects the people of Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. Not everyone who works for the organization is human. The short and green-skinned Billy is one of Martin's best friends. Java works in the cafeteria of Diana and Martin's school and is a caveman from 200,000 years ago. As far as "The Center" is concerned, Martin's vast knowledge of the supernatural and his remarkable intuition compensate for his poor personal hygiene and huge ego. Diana resents these qualities at times, as Martin does not seem to often understand the seriousness of his missions, but generally loves him like any real brother. In a small twist of irony, Diana and Martin are lovers in the original comics version, and not siblings. Diana is prone to many of the missions' scarier moments and often becomes a victim that Martin has to rescue, much to her chagrin. Together they form an excellent mystery solving team at the same time full of horrors and dangers. Martin Mystery had been aired in Canada on YTV and KidsDiscovery Channel in English and on VRAK.TV in French since 2004. In May 2005, Nickelodeon and NickToons Network begin to air Martin Mystery as well, Nickelodeon removed Martin Mystery from their line up in August 2005. It is also seen on MBC 3 & ART Teenz channels nowadays but in Arabic (Starring "Mariam El Khesht" as "Diana Lombard" & "Moawad Ismail" as "Martin"). Martin Mystery began airing on Disney Channel on 2004 on its weekday afternoon line up. It was temporarily replaced by Sabrina, The Animated Series and was returned on the line up. Its airing schedule was changed from Monday to Friday to Thursday and Friday as Emperor's New School airs from Monday to Wednesday. This January, it was totally removed from the weekday line up. It currently airs on Disney Channel Asia every weekend mornings. The show is produced by Marathon Production (a French television production company based in Paris), which also produces Totally Spies and Team Galaxy. Like Totally Spies, Martin Mystery takes on a style reminiscent of Japanese anime, although it is produced in Europe. Boys resembling Martin and his rival, Marvin, and Diana have appeared as cameos in Totally Spies in its episode "Super Agent Much?" and many others.
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