====== The Adventures of Inspector Sobby ====== {{:20716849.thb.jpg|}} //Inspector Sobby, voiced by Gérard Depardieu.// A popular children's cartoon series which has appeared on Télévision Française 1 since 1985. Its eponymous character is a half-human, half-octopus who squirts ink on his foes. He is clearly based on the Apoffle [[Sobby]], although in the cartoon the character does not have any history of prostitution. Inspector Sobby is the only fictional character to have been awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques.