Absent-minded professor Multo, one of the characters in the children's series "The Zula Patrol", is another example of an absent-minded professor. Professor Kokintz in "The Mouse That Roared" by Leonard Wibberley is an example from literature. Professor Branestawm, created in the 1930s by Norman Hunter, is an earlier example of the archetype, and Jacques Paganel from the Jules Verne's 1867 novel "In Search of the Castaways" is probably the codifier of the archetype in the modern literature. Professor Caractacus Potts in the story of "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" qualifies as an absent-minded inventor. Comic strip examples include Professor Calculus in "The Adventures
Caractacus (horse) and saddles were weighed post race, Parsons did not initially meet the 122 pound weight requirement. He barely made weight when Caractacus' bridle was added to the tack, preventing the horse's disqualification. Snewing talked many years later about the anxiety of that event, "Oh, the agony I felt at that moment, I would not undergo it again for a thousand pounds." An objection was also raised by Lord Stamford, the owner of a colt named Ensign, that Caractacus and the majority of the field had made false starts and should all be disqualified. As his complaint had been logged 20