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When coming up with the "mad scientist" villain, it naturally had to be a "Doctor" or a "Professor". All mad scientists are <I>Dr. So-and-so</I> or <I>professor such-and-such</I>. And since this villain is also our counterpart to our super-spy James, I looked at the James Bond films for inspiration and just as naturally found the first villain, who is also a scientist, "<B><I>Dr. No</I></B>". I chose the name "Mel" because it was a single syllable like the names "No" and "Bob". Mel is also the name of two great comic staples, <I>Mel Blanc</I> of Looney Tunes fame, and <I>Mel Brooks</I> (who played the Yoda knock-off character Yogurt in the movie <I>Space Balls</I>. Dr. Mel is the "evil twin" because that's the standard running gag used in soap-operas and parodies for decades. He's the specifically the twin of Caleb Chung because of Caleb's role as the creator of Pleo. And since our "mad" scientist is really more of a "crazy” scientist than an "angry" scientist, the clown wig was used to help keep that in focus. Dr. Mel is also one of the only two human characters in comic strip. The other being Santa Claus. |