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 Pott Van Dyke. The name Pott was changed to Potts and it was felt that a burgeoning romance would serve the story better, and so the character of Mimsie was written out of the story. Caractacus' film character was written as a widower who develops a romantic relationship with Truly Scrumptious, the daughter of the sweets magnate, Lord Scrumptious. The film also did not carry over the naval commander part of his life and there is no hint of it in any of the set design, dialogue or behaviour. His other inventions as seen in the film were designed and created