The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...
'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...
. The characters are listed alphabetically, grouped by the Main characters, the Antagonists, and the Supporting characters. Before the list, there is an Index of characters for each of the 24 albums.
The supporting characters Hergé created for his series have been described as far more developed than the central character, each imbued with a strength of character and depth of personality that has been compared with that of the characters of
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
. Hergé used the supporting characters to create a realistic world in which to set his protagonists' adventures. To further the realism and continuity, characters recur throughout the series.
During the German occupation of Belgium during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, and the subsequent restrictions this imposed, Hergé was forced to focus on characterisation to avoid depicting troublesome political situations. The public responded positively. Colourful main characters, villainous antagonists, and heroic supporting cast were all introduced during this period.
Index of characters by album
''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets''
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Tintin
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...
* Tom (Tintin in the Congo)
* The Babaorum (Black and White Edition: The Babaoro’m)
* The M’Hatuvu (Black and White Edition: The M’Hatavu)
* Muganga
*The missionary
*Jimmy MacDuff
*Gibbons (Tintin in the Congo)
* Thomson and Thompson (cameo)
* Studios Hergé members (cameo)
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''Tintin in America''
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Bobby Smiles
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Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...
* Mike MacAdam
* Bugsy Kidnap
* Maurice Oyle
*Butch
*Pietro
*Nick
* Browsing Bison
*Bull's Eye
*Lame Duck
*Jem and Slim
*Pedro Ramirez
*Fred
*Big Jim
*Jake
* Billy Bolivar
* Rastapopoulos (cameo)
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''Cigars of the Pharaoh''
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
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Sophocles Sarcophagus
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The fakir
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Allan
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People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
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Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
Oliveira da Figueira
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Thomson and Thompson
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Chang Chong-Chen
Chang Chong-Chen (french: Tchang Tchong-Jen) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Although Chang and Tintin only know each other for a short time, they form a deep bond whic ...
The fakir
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Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
* Professor Fang Hsi-ying
* Mrs. Wang
* Yamato
* Ramacharma
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''The Broken Ear''
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Tintin
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Alonso Pérez and Ramón Bada
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* Rodrigo Tortilla
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General Alcazar
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General Tapioca
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Basil Bazarov
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Pablo
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
* Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
*Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
*Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Bren ...
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Ridgewell
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* The Arumbayas
* The Rumbabas
* Caraco
* Karamelo
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Thomson and Thompson
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* Professor Euclide
* Ernestine
* Colonel Barker
* Colonel Jimenez
* Colonel Juanitos
* Jacob Balthazar
* J. Balthazar
* A.J. Walker
* Lopez
* Rodriguez
*Samuel Goldbarr
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''The Black Island''
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Ivan
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
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Igor Wagner
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* Mrs. Finch
* Alfred Alembick
* Mrs. Piggott
*Sporovitch
*Captain Wizskitotz
*Trovik
*Sirov
*Zlop
*Lieutenant Kromir
*Major Szplodj
*Kaviarovitch
*Schzlozitch
*Czarlitz
* King Muskar I
* King Ottokar IV
* Staszrvitch
* Colonel Sponsz (cameo)
* Studios Hergé members (cameo)
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''The Crab with the Golden Claws''
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
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Omar Ben Salaad
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Allan
Allan may refer to:
People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
Bunji Kuraki
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Jumbo
Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and t ...
* Lieutenant Delcourt
* Herbert Dawes
* Tom (The Crab with the Golden Claws)
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''The Shooting Star''
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
Professor Cantonneau
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Captain Chester
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Bird brothers
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Barnaby
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Red Rackham
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''Red Rackham's Treasure''
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Zorrino
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Abdullah
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* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
Oliveira da Figueira
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
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Mr. Baxter
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Miller
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Colonel Jorgen
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Tintin
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''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
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Mr. Baxter
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Miller
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Colonel Jorgen
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Tintin
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** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
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Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
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Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
Igor Wagner
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Jolyon Wagg
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People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
* Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...
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Cutts the butcher
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Colonel Sponsz
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Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch
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Tintin
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* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
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General Alcazar
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Abdullah
Abdullah may refer to:
* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
Oliveira da Figueira
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Allan
Allan may refer to:
People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
*
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
*
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
*
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
Jolyon Wagg
Jolyon is a male given name, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England.
People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
* Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...
----
''Tintin in Tibet''
*
Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
*
Tharkey
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Chang Chong-Chen
Chang Chong-Chen (french: Tchang Tchong-Jen) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Although Chang and Tintin only know each other for a short time, they form a deep bond whic ...
* The yeti
*
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
*
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
*
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
*
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
Igor Wagner
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Cutts the butcher
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*
Jolyon Wagg
Jolyon is a male given name, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England.
People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
* Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...
Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
*
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
*
Laszlo Carreidas
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Allan
Allan may refer to:
People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
*
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
Jolyon Wagg
Jolyon is a male given name, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England.
People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
* Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...
----
''Tintin and the Picaros''
*
Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
*
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
*
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
*
General Alcazar
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*
General Tapioca
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Pablo
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
* Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
*Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
*Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Bren ...
*
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
Jolyon Wagg
Jolyon is a male given name, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England.
People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
* Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...
*
Ridgewell
Ridgewell is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, about six miles from Haverhill on the main road between Haverhill and Braintree.
Its population was 503 in 216 households in the 2001 census, with mean age ...
Cutts the butcher
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Tintin
Tintin or Tin Tin may refer to:
''The Adventures of Tintin''
* ''The Adventures of Tintin'', a comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé
** Tintin (character), a fictional character in the series
** ''The Adventures of Tintin'' (film), 2011, ...
Captain Haddock
Captain Archibald Haddock (french: Capitaine Archibald Haddock, link=no, ) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is one of Tintin's best friends, a seafaring pipe-smoking ...
*
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
Abdullah
Abdullah may refer to:
* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
*
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
*
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
*
Jolyon Wagg
Jolyon is a male given name, a Medieval spelling variant of Julian, originating in England.
People
Notable people named Jolyon include:
* Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), British composer, conductor, performer, author, radio presenter an ...
Igor Wagner
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Cutts the butcher
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Al Capone is a Chicago crime boss and the main villain in ''
Tintin in the Congo
''Tintin in the Congo'' (french: link=no, Tintin au Congo; ) is the second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplemen ...
'' and ''
Tintin in America
''Tintin in America'' (french: link=no, Tintin en Amérique) is the third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement ...
''. In ''Tintin in the Congo'', he runs a criminal diamond smuggling operation, trying to gain control of African diamond production. He orders thugs to face Tintin in ''Tintin in America''. Capone's main rival in Chicago is
Bobby Smiles
This is the list of fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The characters are listed alphabetically, grouped by the Main characters, the Antagonists, and the Supporting characters. ...
.
Tintin arrests 355 members of Capone's Central Syndicate of Chicago Gangsters. Capone himself is tied up by Tintin and arrested, but he escapes.
The character Al Capone is based on the real-life
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...
of Chicago. Al Capone was alive in 1931 when Hergé depicted him in his comics. It would be the last real-life individual to appear as a character in the ''Adventures'' under their real name.
Allan Thompson
Allan Thompson, commonly Allan, is a British-American criminal
henchman
A henchman (''vernacular:'' "hencher"), is a loyal employee, supporter, or aide to some powerful figure engaged in nefarious or criminal enterprises. Henchmen are typically relatively unimportant in the organization: minions whose value lies pri ...
and merchant seaman, often involved in smuggling and other criminal activities. His complete name is Allan Thompson in the original French, but English translations leave out his surname to avoid confusion with the detectives
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
.
Originally, Allan was the treacherous
first mate
A chief mate (C/M) or chief officer, usually also synonymous with the first mate or first officer, is a licensed mariner and head of the deck department of a merchant ship. The chief mate is customarily a watchstander and is in charge of the shi ...
of Captain Haddock in ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...
'', keeping him drunk and running the ship to smuggle opium, Allan takes orders from
Omar Ben Salaad
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. He appears retroactively when Hergé redrew the earlier adventure ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
'', as he was not in the original. The following year, Hergé featured him in ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'' in league with
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
, where his ship is used in slave trading. In ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
'', he is Rastapopoulos' main accomplice. He is shown savagely beaten after escaping the Sondonesians, causing him to suffer a loss of his teeth (the original French version specifies that he lost his dentures). He escapes a volcanic eruption and flees in a rubber raft with the other criminals, but he and his accomplices are hypnotised and compelled to board a spaceship, whisking them away to an unknown fate.
Also, he neither appeared in ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', nor was he supposed to appear, but in Rodier's version of ''Tintin and Alph-Art'', Allan quit his life as a mariner and became a mailman in the mainland United States. At some point, Rastapopoulos attempted to reach out to Allan and offer him a job, but Allan refused to return to the criminal empire. In another completed version of that unfinished comic by a writer using the pseudonym Ramó Nash, Allan is again portrayed as an associate of Rastapopoulos.
Allan is portrayed by
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays (born 31 March 1978) is an English actor.
Early life
Born in Epping, Essex, the third of four boys, Mays was brought up in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Acad ...
(french: link=no, Alonzo Perez et Ramon Bada)
Alonso Pérez and Ramón Bada are the chief antagonists in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
''. They discover that a diamond is being concealed in a fetish and do anything to possess it. Pérez, an engineer, is the leader of the two. Bada, the follower, is a
knife thrower
Knife throwing is an art, sport, combat skill, or variously an entertainment technique, involving an artist skilled in the art of throwing knives, the weapons thrown, and a target. In some stage performances, the knife thrower ties an assistant ...
, and uses more Spanish in his speech than Pérez. While fighting with Tintin in hand-to-hand combat for the diamond, Ramón and Alonso fall into the sea, each clutching whom they believe is Tintin, and drown. They are last seen being taken to
Hell
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General Tapioca
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who appears in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
''. He is the one who receives Captain Haddock and
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
when they arrive in
San Theodoros
These are the settings, both real and imagined, in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
Europe
*
** Brussels: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America, Cigars of the ...
and takes them to their apartment. When he is first introduced in the adventure, he seems to be friendly and good-natured, which impresses the Captain. However, it is then revealed that Alvarez is a part of the plot orchestrated by
Colonel Sponsz
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to eliminate Tintin, the Captain, and the Professor, and Alvarez is enraged when his men fail. When General Tapioca is overthrown, Alvarez shifts over to Alcazar's side, even expressing disappointment that Tapioca will not be executed. He then assists Tintin and the Captain in rescuing
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
and also freeing
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
and her entourage.
Bab El Ehr
Sheikh
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
Bab El Ehr is an
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
insurgent
An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion against authority waged by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare from primarily rural base areas. The key descriptive feature of insurgency is its asymmetric warfare, asymmetric na ...
who fights Emir Ben Kalish Ezab, ruler of the fictional Arabian state of
Khemed
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Europe
*
** Brussels: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America, Cigars of the Ph ...
; though overall he comes across as a villain rather than a noble fighter.
In ''
Land of Black Gold
''Land of Black Gold'' (french: link=no, Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper fo ...
'', he is shown allied with Dr. Müller and his Skoil Petroleum Company and fighting a guerrilla war against Ben Kalish Ezab, the Emir. Bab El Ehr's men mistake Tintin for a weapons smuggler working for the sheikh, and rescue him from Ben Kalish Ezab's soldiers. After discovering the mistake, Bab El Ehr accuses Tintin of being a spy for the Emir and makes him a prisoner. Tintin collapses from thirst after a long march on foot through the desert, and is left behind by Bab El Ehr.
Bab El Ehr plays a major behind-the-scenes role in ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'', having used Mosquito fighter planes provided by Mr. Dawson to carry out a successful
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ...
and overthrow the Emir. After Dawson discovers Tintin spying on his arms dealership, he warns Bab El Ehr, who puts out a reward for the capture of Tintin and Haddock. At the close of ''The Red Sea Sharks'', Bab El Ehr's regime is overthrown.
His name is derived from the Brussels dialect word ''babbelaar'' or "tattler".
Barnaby
(french: link=no, Barnabé)
Barnaby is the man hired by the antique dealers, the
Bird brothers
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, to acquire the three parchments from the three model ships of the ''
Unicorn
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In European literature and art, the unicorn has for the last thousand years o ...
''—the first of which he finds in the
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
Place du Jeu de Balle
The ( French, , "Ball Game Square") or (Dutch; "Foxes' Square") is a square located in the heart of the Marolles/Marollen district of the City of Brussels, Belgium. Since 1873, it has held a famous flea market, known as the ''Old Market''. ...
old market in ''
The Secret of the Unicorn
''The Secret of the Unicorn'' (french: link=no, Le Secret de La Licorne) is the eleventh volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
''. When he failed his employers and Tintin purchased the ship instead, first he stole Tintin's ''Unicorn'', then ransacked Tintin's flat after he broke the mast and did not find the parchment. Later, he
chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with chemical formula, formula Carbon, CHydrogen, HChlorine, Cl3 and a common organic solvent. It is a colorless, strong-smelling, dense liquid produced on a large scale as a precursor to ...
s Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine and breaks the mast of his ship, acquiring a parchment. When he brings it to the Bird brothers and then asks them for more money to get the other two, then threatens to expose them when they refuse, he is shot and wounded outside Tintin's flat. He turns from his employers and tries to warn Tintin of them but could only point to feeding birds.
In the
motion capture
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Interpol
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agent investigating Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine. It was implied that he did not survive after being shot by Sakharine's accomplices.
Basil Bazarov
(french: link=no, Basil Bazaroff)
Basil Bazarov (formerly Mazarov in an early edition) of the Korrupt Arms Company (Vicking Arms Company in the French edition) is a German arms dealer who appears in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
''. He sells weapons to both sides of the conflict between
San Theodoros
These are the settings, both real and imagined, in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
Europe
*
** Brussels: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America, Cigars of the ...
and neighbouring Nuevo-Rico. He also works with his associate Mr. Trickler in an attempt to bring an end to their mutual enemy Tintin.
Hergé's Basil Bazarov was "characterised in every detail" by the real life Greek
Vickers
Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 18 ...
arms dealer Basil Zaharoff, who profited by selling weapons to both sides of the conflict between Bolivia and neighbouring Paraguay during the
War of the Gran Chaco
The Chaco War ( es, link=no, Guerra del Chaco, gn, Cháko ÑorairõGrand-officier de la Légion d'honneur and made member of the
Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...
.
Big Chief Keen-eyed-Mole
(french: link=no, Taupe-au-regard-perçant)
Big Chief Keen-eyed Mole is the
sachem
Sachems and sagamores are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Al ...
of the
Blackfoot
The Blackfoot Confederacy, ''Niitsitapi'' or ''Siksikaitsitapi'' (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or " Blackfoot-speaking real people"), is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Bla ...
Native Americans in the United States
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and is convinced by crime boss
Bobby Smiles
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that Tintin is attempting to steal their land. He addresses Tintin as "paleface" and plans to execute him using a tomahawk. Tintin then flicks
resin
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at the Chief, who believes that it was done by other members of the tribe using
slingshot
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s, and escapes while they all exchange blows. After coming around, Keen-eyed Mole realises that Tintin discovered the secret cave after Smiles speaks with him. He decides to leave the reporter in the hole, and is last seen being forced to leave by the military after an oil discovery in the area.
Bird brothers
(french: link=no, Les frères Loiseau)
The Bird brothers, Max and G. Bird (french: link=no, Maxime et G. Loiseau) are the main adversaries in ''
The Secret of the Unicorn
''The Secret of the Unicorn'' (french: link=no, Le Secret de La Licorne) is the eleventh volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
''. They are antique dealers who learn about a treasure left by the pirate
Red Rackham
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, and are willing to kill in order to possess it.
In the original French, their names are Loiseau (French for "the bird"). Maxime is renamed Max in the English version. In the
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edition (American English), their name is spelled Byrd.
The Bird brothers, like Tintin, are looking for the three parchments from Sir Francis Haddock that hold the secret of ''
Red Rackham's Treasure
''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
''. They operate from their manor, Marlinspike Hall, where at one point they hold Tintin prisoner to force him to surrender the parchments. Furthermore, they threaten him with torture while refusing to accept Tintin's explanation that a pickpocket had earlier stolen his wallet containing the parchments. Amongst their other crimes is the attempted murder of their helper,
Barnaby
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, just before he can tell Tintin of their plot. The Bird brothers are eventually captured by
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
. Max escapes, but is later caught while trying to flee the country.
In ''Red Rackham's Treasure'', Max Bird is said to have escaped again and is spotted near the ''Sirius'', a ship about to set sail with Tintin and Haddock in their search for the treasure. Thomson and Thompson are thus sent as part of the expedition in order to look out for him, but he never appears. The detectives conclude at the end of the adventure that he was discouraged because of their presence.
At one point of the early development of what became ''Tintin in Tibet'', Hergé originally considered bringing back the Bird brothers in a story in which they frame Nestor (comics), Nestor for a crime he did not commit. However, Hergé dismissed the idea.
The Bird brothers have not been seen since, though they were depicted in sketches for the unfinished ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', in which they are at the inauguration of Ramó Nash's art exposition.
The Bird Brothers appear in "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn (Video Game Console Version)". In the game, they are appear only in Marlinspike.
Bobby Smiles
Bobby Smiles is a Chicago crime boss whose rival is
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...
(''
Tintin in America
''Tintin in America'' (french: link=no, Tintin en Amérique) is the third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement ...
''). He begins by offering Tintin a salary to join him against his rival. After Tintin refuses, Smiles kidnaps him and orders his gangsters to drop him into Lake Michigan, where Tintin outwits them. Smiles flees to the fictional Redskin City, where he manages to convince the Native Americans to turn against Tintin. He is eventually arrested, delivered to Chicago police headquarters, and brought to justice.
In the animated series, Smiles works for Capone, rather than against him.
Bohlwinkel
Mr. Bohlwinkel is a financier from the fictitious South American country São Rico, who appears in ''The Shooting Star''. As the owner of a major banking concern and a petroleum firm called Golden Oil, he uses his wealth and resources to attempt to beat Tintin and his friends in the race to find a recently fallen meteorite. Apart from financing the exploratory vessel ''Peary'', he unsuccessfully attempts to sabotage the competing expedition's ship ''Aurora'', helmed by Captain Haddock. This includes depositing lit dynamite onto its deck (which Snowy puts out), instructing another ship under his control to ram the ''Aurora'' during a storm, refusing to allow the ''Aurora'' to refuel at a Golden Oil depot (only to have Haddock's old friend
Captain Chester
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fuel the ''Aurora'' by siphoning oil being pumped into his tanks), and sending a fake S.O.S. to throw the ''Aurora'' off course (Tintin contacting multiple shipping agencies to determine that the ship and company that sent the distress call do not exist). ''The Shooting Star'' ends with a dismayed Bohlwinkel listening to a radio announcement that reveals that the police are onto him.
Bohlwinkel has physical traits reflecting a stereotypes of Jews, stereotypical Jews, Jew in themes in Nazi propaganda#Jews, Nazi propaganda. In the original edition of ''The Shooting Star'' published during
World War II
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, he was named Blumenstein, an American Jew from a bank in New York. For the later edition of the book, Hergé altered the financier's antecedents by relocating him to the fictitious South American country São Rico and changing his name to a Brabantian dialect word for "sweet shop": ''bollewinkel'', also modifying the spelling of the new name. After the edition was published, Hergé subsequently learnt that Bohlwinkel is a Jewish surname.
Chiquito
Chiquito, or Rupac Inca Huaco, is a full-blooded Peruvian Quechua people, Quechua and one of the last descendants of the Incas. He is first seen as the sidekick to
General Alcazar
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in ''The Seven Crystal Balls'' and is ultimately seen as a leading member of the Incas in ''Prisoners of the Sun''.
He assists
General Alcazar
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in his knife-throwing act, but this serves as a cover since Chiquito, unknown to the General, is out to punish the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members who violated the tomb of his ancestors. He does so by breaking into the homes or offices of the explorers and breaking crystal balls in their presence. The balls contain a coca-derived drug that plunges them into a deep sleep.
One night, at the home of Calculus's friend Professor Tarragon, Chiquito breaks the final crystal ball in Tarragon's room after climbing down his chimney. He also seizes the jewellery of Rascar Capac, the Inca mummy whose tomb was violated by the expedition members. As he escapes, he is shot and wounded by a police officer and hides in a tree. In the morning, Calculus finds a bracelet that belonged to Rascar Capac and puts it on. He is promptly kidnapped by Chiquito and his men for sacrilege. To get past a roadblock, he and his accomplices switch cars. Chiquito takes the professor to Peru and Tintin and Captain Haddock go after them. He reappears in ''Prisoners of the Sun'' on the ''Pachacamac'' and catches Tintin who has swum aboard and found Calculus. When Chiquito calls for assistance, Tintin takes the opportunity to jump back into the water, swimming back to safety as Chiquito shoots at him. Their next meeting is at the Temple of the Sun, high in the mountains, where he and the Incas perform the ceremony of burning Tintin and his friends at the Execution by burning, stake, only to be interrupted by a solar eclipse. He eventually releases his control over the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members by order of the Prince of the Sun.
Dawson
Mr. J.M. Dawson is the corrupt British Chief of Police of the Shanghai International Settlement in ''The Blue Lotus''. In revenge for Tintin's rebuking of his American friend, businessman Mr. Gibbons, Dawson has sikh prison guards assault Tintin. Dawson then plots with Mr. Mitsuhirato and turns Tintin over to the Japanese, who have put a price on his head, calmly dismissing Tintin's protest that he is on neutral ground. Dawson is ultimately forced to attend the ceremony in honour of Tintin.
Appearing in a more sinister role in ''
The Red Sea Sharks
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'', Dawson sells weapons to both
General Alcazar
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and
General Tapioca
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using the pseudonym Mr. Debrett (french: link=no, M. Dubreuil), and is being patronised by
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
. He has Tintin and Captain Haddock denied entry to
Khemed
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and plants a bomb on their return plane. Dawson's plan ultimately fails.
Although he does not reappear after this, Dawson is depicted in some sketches of the unfinished ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', in which he is at the inauguration of Ramó Nash's art exposition.
In the animated series, Dawson's role is highly reduced. He speaks only briefly with first Mitsuhirato (by phone), and then
Thomson and Thompson
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(in person). He does not appear to have anything more than an informal alliance with Mitsuhirato, as he only agrees to help arrest Tintin on trumped-up charges.
Corporal Diaz
(french: link=no, Caporal Diaz)
Corporal Diaz was a colonel for
General Alcazar
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until Alcazar demoted him to corporal, replacing him with Tintin, after Diaz complained to the general that
San Theodoros
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had too many colonels and too few corporals (''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
''). In revenge, Diaz engaged in repeated, unsuccessful assassination attempts against Alcazar. Diaz expired in the last attempt when the bomb he planted exploded prematurely. Alcazar had just arrested and sentenced Tintin to death due to faked evidence, and had just promoted Corporal Diaz back to colonel.
Endaddine Akass
Endaddine Akass is a guru and main antagonist of the unfinished book ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', the last of ''
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' (french: Les Aventures de Tintin ) is a series of 24 bande dessinée#Formats, ''bande dessinée'' albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one ...
'' by
Hergé
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. An odd-looking man with a large nose, long hair, beard, moustache, and large spectacles, Endaddine Akass holds a conference on "Health and Magnetism" for crowds of followers including
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
. Tintin recognises his voice. He could be Dr. Müller or Max Bird, but more than likely he is
Rastapopoulos
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in disguise. His name, like many in the series, is based upon the Brussels patois ''marols''.
In the two completed versions of ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' by Yves Rodier and a pseudonymous writer called Ramó Nash, respectively, Endaddine is indeed revealed to be Rastapopoulos. "They'll never take me alive!" he says in the dramatic conclusion.
The fakir
The fakir is the loincloth-wearing asceticism, ascetic appearing in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
'' as a high-ranking member of an opium smuggling ring. He shoots darts soaked in the dangerous Rajaijah juice that drives people mad. Among his talents are hypnosis, the Indian rope trick, and escapology (to the point where he is offended by Tintin thinking he could tie him up). He is eventually captured when the leader accidentally knocks him out with a rock that had been intended for Tintin. When the ''Blue Lotus'' was originally published in black-and-white, the fakir tells his boss on the phone how he intends to bribe an asylum guard into arranging Tintin's "suicide". It is also later hinted that he is the chairman of the meeting of the hooded leaders of the drug cartel.
In the sequel ''The Blue Lotus'', the fakir escapes from prison and again uses his darts to poison a Chinese man sent to warn Tintin against Mitsuhirato, another leader of the drug smugglers. In that title's original black-and-white version, the fakir can be seen escaping through the forest with his blowgun, blowpipe after shooting the dart at the Chinese man. Not taking any chances, Tintin tells the Maharaja of Gaipajama he will not leave until he knows the fakir is unable to do him any harm. The next day they receive a telegram from the police announcing the fakir had been recaptured.
Gibbons
Mr. W.R. Gibbons is an American steel trader in ''The Blue Lotus''. Gibbons is portrayed as an overweight, loud-mouthed, racist bigot. He is rude and abusive to a Chinese rickshaw driver, prompting Tintin to intercede. Gibbons also physically assaults a Chinese waiter at the "Occidental Private Club". He reports Tintin to the Japanese authorities in retaliation only to be arrested as a liar when his information is found inaccurate. He is a friend of the Shanghai police chief Dawson who arranges for Gibbons to be released in return for expelling Tintin from the International Settlement into Japanese hands.
In the unfinished adventure ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', Haddock and Tintin visit
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
at an island villa. There they meet a number of guests, including Mr. Gibbons; "He's in import-export", Castafiore says.
Not to be confused with another Gibbons, who is an American criminal worker affiliated with Al Capone and appears only in ''Tintin in the Congo''.
The gunrunner
The gunrunner, who appears in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
'', is an arms trafficking, arms trafficker who rescues Tintin from a storm at sea, then turns him over to his enemies when Tintin discovers his weapons of contraband. After he and his men learn that
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
are about to board his ship, he escapes.
He is based on the real life French gunrunner Henry de Monfreid, a writer and adventurer whom Hergé initially admired. When Hergé learnt that Monfreid was providing guns for war, his attitude about him changed.
Hans Boehm
Hans Boehm, who appears briefly in ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
'', is one of the pilots and aircraft hijacking, hijackers of that flight.
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
planned to eliminate him and the other conspirators.
Huascar
Huascar, in ''Prisoners of the Sun'', is one of the last descendants of the Incas, who worship the Sun in a hidden city in the mountains. Wearing a hat and poncho, Huascar watches Tintin and Captain Haddock when they arrive in Peru to rescue
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
. He listens in on their conversation with the chief of police and follows them through the streets of Callao.
At Santa-Clara, he arranges a train "accident" that nearly gets them killed by threatening a guard with the consequences of disobeying the orders of the Inca.
At Jauga, however, he sees Tintin defending a young orange seller named
Zorrino
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from two white men. Surprised that a white foreigner such as Tintin should do such a selfless act, he advises him to stop searching for Calculus since he will be risking his life. Tintin states he will continue anyway, so Huascar gives him a Amulet, talisman that he claims can keep danger away. Later captured by the Incas, Tintin gives the talisman to Zorrino. The Incas, who intend to kill them for treachery, see the talisman and spare the younger boy's life. Present at the scene, Huascar is revealed to be a High Priest of the Sun. He uses a large magnifying glass to set fire to the execution by burning, stake used to burn the westerners, but is thwarted by a solar eclipse that leads to their release.
''Prisoners of the Sun'', originally published in ''Tintin (magazine), Tintin'' magazine with additional panels not included later in book form, included a scene with Huascar. In the magazine version, Tintin and Haddock are at the bridge waiting for an unknown guide when they meet Huascar, who tells them that their guide has gotten sick. He smiles at Haddock's insults and walks away. Zorrino then calls them over to the bridge. He claims that Huascar took him prisoner but that he escaped.
Huascar is not to be confused with the more ruthless Chiquito who bears a close resemblance to him.
Ivan
Ivan is a character who appears in ''The Black Island''. He is a chauffeur and henchman of the villainous psychiatrist Dr. Müller, involved in counterfeit money trafficking. He is knocked out, tied and gagged by Tintin at the Black Island, but is later released by Puschov to plot against Tintin, then is finally taken into custody by the police.
Colonel Jorgen
Colonel Boris Jorgen is a sworn enemy of Tintin. They first meet in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', where he is known as Colonel Boris and is a relatively minor character, supposedly in the service of King Muskar XII as his '' aide-de-camp''. In fact, Jorgen is one of a number of Syldavian conspirators seeking to overthrow the king, in collaboration with the neighbouring republic of Borduria. As such, the colonel is in direct contact with the Central Committee of the revolutionary Iron Guard movement. Tintin delivers a humiliating knockout punch to him shortly before the Bordurian plot is foiled.
Colonel Jorgen returns in ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and confronts Tintin again in ''Explorers on the Moon'', having stowed away on the moon rocket that Tintin and his friends are piloting. Frank Wolff was told he would be a journalist; Jorgen reveals his true plan to steal the rocket when on the moon. When most of the group leaves on the moon-tank, Jorgen knocks Tintin out from behind, ties him up, and leaves him on a lower deck. He forces Wolff to help him maroon the others on the moon, but is prevented from doing so by Tintin, who severs the wires to the engine and holds Jorgen at gunpoint. Jorgen escapes custody during the return flight and attempts to kill the rocket crew. Wolff turns on Jorgen for this, and in the ensuing struggle, Jorgen is inadvertently shot, dying instantly. His body is subsequently ejected into space.
Jumbo
Jumbo is a henchman of
Allan
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* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
while aboard the ''Karaboudjan'' in ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...
''. Allan asks him to watch for Tintin to return through a porthole window, while Tintin emerges instead from his hiding place under the bed. Allan returns to find him tied up with ropes.
Jumbo was a black African people, African man in the original serialisations, but Hergé's American publishers objected to any depiction of the mixing of races. Hergé redrew Jumbo and another sailor as
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
but kept the accompanying text intact, which resulted in Haddock continuing to refer to the Arab man as a "Negro".
Dr. Krollspell
Dr. Krollspell is a German psychiatry, doctor and associate of Tintin's enemy
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
in ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
'', but he later changes sides when it is in his best interest to turn from his employer. Krollspell is an ex-Nazi Germany, Nazi scientist, probably based on Josef Mengele or Adolf Hitler's personal doctor, Theodor Morell. In an interview, Hergé himself suggested that Krollspell had worked in a Nazi concentration camps, concentration camp—''Flight 714 to Sydney'' having been published some 20 years after the World War II, war. The name "Krollspell" is Brussels dialect for ''krulspeld'', which means "hair roller, hair curler".
Dr. Krollspell is the head of a psychiatric clinic in New Delhi (Cairo in the English version). He developed a truth serum that Rastapopoulos intends to use on kidnapped millionaire
Laszlo Carreidas
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in order to learn where Carreidas had left a large part of his personal fortune. However, when Rastapopoulos was injected with the serum by accident and "confessed" that he planned to eliminate Krollspell rather than pay him for his assistance, Krollspell joined forces with Tintin and his allies to try to escape from the island. Before the eruption of the volcano, Krollspell is taken away by the aliens along with Rastapopoulos and his gang. By the end of the adventure, a news programme announces that Krollspell was found near his clinic with no memory of how he got there.
Krollspell is depicted in some sketches of the unfinished ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
''.
Krônik and Klûmsi
(french: link=no, Kronick et Himmerszeck)
Krônik and Klûmsi are inept Bordurian ZEP Secret Police agents ostensibly assigned by
Colonel Sponsz
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to ensure Tintin and Captain Haddock's safety and well-being during their visit to the Bordurian capital Szohôd in ''The Calculus Affair''. Their real objective is to prevent the two visitors from making indiscreet inquiries in their hunt for
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
. Tintin and Haddock neutralise the agents by plying them with drinks at dinner and then locking them in their respective hotel rooms. Their names are undoubtedly puns on "chronic" and "clumsy". They appear to be the Bordurian equivalents of
Thomson and Thompson
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.
Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch
(french: link=no, Maréchal Plekszy-Gladz)
Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch is dictator of the fictional regime of Borduria. Although he never appears as a character in the series, he is mentioned by name and glimpsed in statues and portraits in ''The Calculus Affair'' and ''
Tintin and the Picaros
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''. His English name is an allusion to his curved moustache, which also appears as a stylised circumflex mark in the Bordurian language (an example can be seen in his name). Bordurians are often heard swearing "by the whiskers of Kûrvi-Tasch". The original French name plays on the word plexiglass, the "artificial plasticity" of his character.
Kûrvi-Tasch's Bordurian government closely resembles the Nazi Germany, Nazi regime. The usage of the country's national insignia (naturally resembling the marshal's moustache) on badges and armbands is similar to the swastika. The greeting "Amaïh Kûrvi-Tasch" (meaning "Hail Kûrvi-Tasch") is similar to "Heil Hitler!"
Miller
Miller is the calculating spymaster from an unnamed power who masterminds the plot to hijack the Syldavian rocket programme in ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon''. He was the man who offered to help Frank Wolff out of his gambling debts in exchange for information on the rocket programme: Miller is shown in one panel checking a list of personnel at the Centre and finds Wolff's name among them.
Miller is first seen on the plane to Syldavia in ''Destination Moon''. He was seated in the row ahead of Tintin and Captain Haddock and was astonished to hear the Captain mention the name "Professor Calculus, Calculus", showing that he was already planning to take over the moon programme that Calculus was working on. He discreetly followed Tintin and Haddock through Klow airport but pulled back when he realised that they were being escorted by Zepo, the local secret police. With an associate known as the Baron, he then set about parachuting agents into the area of the Centre and obtaining the plans for the experimental uncrewed rocket X-FLR6. When X-FLR6 was launched, Miller's technicians were able to intercept it and divert the rocket to their own territory. However, Tintin and Calculus had expected this and destroyed the rocket before it could land. Miller threatened to have Wolff killed, as he suspected him of double-crossing him, but refrained when it was announced that a crewed rocket was to go to the moon. Miller arranged for
Colonel Jorgen
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, an old enemy of Tintin's, to be smuggled aboard. Ultimately though, his attempt to control the rocket failed—his agents Jorgen and Wolff both perishing in the process. Miller is last seen cursing the rocket's crew and his agents' bungling, wishing that they would all perish in the last stage of the return journey.
Like any good spymaster, Miller designated various codenames to his targets and operations: the Centre was referred to as the "Main Workshop"; Calculus and Haddock were "Mammoth" and "Whale"; and the operation to hijack the crewed rocket to the moon was called "Odysseus, Ulysses" (after the Greek hero who also goes on Odyssey, an epic journey and is himself a master of intrigue and deception).
Mitsuhirato
Mitsuhirato is a Japanese people, Japanese double agent who appears in ''The Blue Lotus''. He owns a women's clothing shop on the Street of Tranquility in Shanghai and appears friendly to Tintin, but Mitsuhirato also plots with Dawson and is involved in a drug trafficking cabal with
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
while working for the Japanese government. Mitsuhirato is characterised as an evil, scheming person, exploiting political turmoil in China to his and his country's advantage. He is depicted as unscrupulous and militaristic, with stereotypically rectangular teeth. After his subsequent capture at the end of ''The Blue Lotus'', he committed suicide by seppuku, hara-kiri.
Dr. Müller
(french: link=no, Docteur Müller)
Dr. J. W. Müller is the evil German psychiatrist whose position and qualifications serve as a cover for more villainous activities, including mistreatment of patients, counterfeiting, and later criminal mercenary. Hergé considered Müller "a
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
figure prepared to risk his own life." Müller frequently uses profanity, profanities such as "Kruzitürken" that are of Bavarian language, Bavarian origin, suggesting his background to be Bavarian or Austrian, but he could also be Swiss or South-Tirolian. As with Rastapopoulos, his true nationality is never revealed.
Müller's first appearance is in ''The Black Island'' where he is in league with English and Scottish counterfeiters. He tries to send Tintin to his psychiatric clinic, but Tintin defeats him and Müller accidentally burns his own house. He and his henchman
Ivan
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manage to recover some of the counterfeit money and fly away to the Black Island. Once there, Tintin knocks out and gags Müller, but he is subsequently released by his employer Puschov and the other members of the counterfeit gang. Müller is ultimately taken into custody.
Dr. Müller also appears in ''
Land of Black Gold
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'' and ''
The Red Sea Sharks
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''. In both, he helps the rebel Bab El Ehr in his attempts to overthrow the Emir, Ben Kalish Ezab. He designed Formula Fourteen, which increased the explosive properties of petrol, and sabotaged the pipelines of Arabex, the Emir's preferred petrol company. While in his initial appearance he wore a goatee and moustache and had a plump physique, in later appearances he wears a full-grown beard and is leaner, enabling him to pose as an
Arab
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. In ''The Red Sea Sharks'', he had changed his name to Mull Pasha (french: link=no, Müll Pacha) (shown in the pile of newspaper clippings near the end of the adventure), a clear reference to Glubb Pasha, the idiosyncratic British commander of the Arab legion who operated out of Jordan during the Second World War. Once Bab el Ehr is overthrown, Dr. Müller is also captured.
Dr. Müller is based on Dr. , a Nazism, Nazi counterfeiter of Scottish descent whom Hergé had learnt about from the February 1934 issue of ''Le Crapouillot'', a source of information for him at the time. Dr. Bell was linked to the Nazi party at its highest levels and was involved in a plot to destabilise Soviet Russia through counterfeiting Russian roubles.
Müsstler
Müsstler is the unseen powerful despot in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre''; a Syldavian political agitator and leader of the "Iron Guard", cover for the ZZRK (Syldavian Central Revolutionary Committee). He plots the deposition of the Syldavian king and the annexation of the country by Borduria.
Hergé arrived at the character's name by combining the surnames of Italy's National Fascist Party, National Fascist leader Benito Mussolini and Nazi Party, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Müsstler's group, the Iron Guard, is named after a Iron Guard, Romanian fascist group. Bordurian officers wear uniforms based on those of the German Schutzstaffel, SS. Literary critic Jean-Marie Apostolidès of Stanford University asserted that the inclusion of the Iron Guard evoked Colonel François de La Rocque's Croix-de-Feu, noting that the figure of Müsstler was "the Evil One without a face".
Omar Ben Salaad
Omar Ben Salaad is a wealthy
Arab
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merchant based in the fictional port city of Bagghar in French Morocco, who appears in ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...
''. A shopkeeper claims he is the wealthiest man in Bagghar. He is seen to own a palace with servants, horses, cars, huge amounts of land, and a plane.
Tintin, however, discovers him to be behind an opium trafficking ring, which uses tins of crab to smuggle the drug. When Tintin was captured early in the adventure, it was Salaad who wired the initial order to have Tintin thrown overboard, but Tintin's escape prevented it. Later, Tintin discovers the base where the opium is stored is in Salaad's cellar, with an entrance behind a bookcase. Salaad tries to shoot Tintin but is knocked out when Snowy bites him, causing him to shoot a chandelier onto himself, and is arrested. It is later revealed that his activities went all the way to the Far East.
Omar Ben Salaad's city Bagghar sounds like ''bagarre'', the French word for "fight" or "brawl".
"Omar" is a common Arabic name, but Omar Salaad also sounds like ''homard salade'' ("lobster salad").
Omar Ben Salaad is portrayed by Gad Elmaleh in the motion capture film '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn''; however, in the film he has no part in any conspiracy, merely owning a palace at which
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
performs.
Pablo
Pablo is a native of
San Theodoros
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and lives in the capital Los Dopicos. His first appearance is in ''
The Broken Ear
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'', in which the adventure's villain Mr. Trickler hires him to bring an end to Tintin. Pablo's attempt fails; Tintin captures Pablo, who begs for mercy, and Tintin lets him go. Trickler then frames Tintin for espionage and the young man is soon sentenced to death. In return for Tintin's mercy, Pablo assembles a gang of men, breaks into the prison, and frees Tintin and Snowy. In the 1935 serialised version, Pablo's full name was given as Juan Paolino, the Terror of Los Dopicos and best shooting, shooter in the country.
Pablo returned in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
'', where he appeared to help Tintin and his friends escape their current captivity, but really putting them in a position where they could be shot while trying to escape. When Tintin discovered his treachery, he allowed Pablo to go free, as he remembered Pablo once saved his life.
Paolo Colombani
Paolo Colombani, is Skut's co-pilot and aircraft hijacking, hijacker of that flight.
Rastapopoulos
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planned to eliminate him and the other conspirators.
Puschov
(french: link=no, Wronzoff)
Puschov is leader of the international gang of banknote counterfeiters in ''The Black Island'', handler of Ranko the gorilla and superior to Dr. Müller. He is a cunning and deceptive figure, framing Tintin for the assault on the train, tricking Tintin when he "returns from the dead" (he falls on his knees and begs the "ghost" for mercy, only to trip him and acquire his gun). He wields Ranko against his pursuers. He is handcuffed by Tintin, but he manages to escape and release the other members of the counterfeit gang. He and his allies are ultimately taken into custody.
Ranko
Ranko is a gorilla who is used by Puschov, employer of Dr. Müller, to frighten inquisitive intruders away from ''The Black Island'', where forgers are printing counterfeit banknotes off the Scottish coast. At first, Ranko seems very fierce and bloodthirsty, but he is easily controlled by Snowy's barking, which terrifies him. He develops an affection for Tintin after receiving first aid from him for a broken arm. After the events of ''The Black Island'', he is sent to a zoo.
Rascar Capac
Rascar Capac is the Incan mummy in ''The Seven Crystal Balls''. He is an ancient Incan monarch dug up by the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members. Professor Tarragon displays the mummy in his home. When lightning strikes into the chimney, it sends a ball lightning, fireball hurtling through the living room and into Rascar Capac, vaporizing him. That night, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and
Professor Calculus
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all have the same nightmare: Rascar Capac climbs into the room carrying a crystal ball and smashes it onto the floor. The mummy is not seen again.
Red Rackham
(french: link=no, Rackham le Rouge)
Red Rackham is the pirate who attacks the ''
Unicorn
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'', the ship captained by Sir Francis Haddock (Captain Haddock's ancestor). Rackham engages Haddock in battle, resulting in the almost total destruction of Rackham's ship. As his ship is sinking, Rackham and his men board the ''Unicorn'' and manage to gain control of the vessel. Haddock is captured and tied to the ship's mast and the crew is cast overboard. Rackham intends to have Haddock tortured by his men the following day, but before he can, Haddock frees himself and they engage in single combat using cutlasses. Rackham is killed in the duel and Sir Francis manages to destroy the ''Unicorn'' and escape.
The character Red Rackham was based on the 17th century buccaneers Calico Jack, John "Calico Jack" Rackham, Blackbeard, and Daniel Montbars, Montbars the Exterminator.
In the
motion capture
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(french: link=no, Les Sondonésiens)
The Sondonesians are the fictional Southeast Asian people who appear in ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
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''. The name sounds similar to "Indonesians" and may also refer to the Indonesian Sunda Islands.
Rastapopoulos
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hires the Sondonesians as mercenaries to collaborate in his scheme to steal the fortune of
Laszlo Carreidas
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, explaining that he will help them in their war for independence. They assist in capturing Carreidas' plane and diverting it to an Indonesian island, keeping the passengers and pilot imprisoned in old Japanese WWII bunkers. Rastapopoulos has mined the Sondonesians' Junk (ship), junks so that they will be eliminated.
When
Allan
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People
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* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
corners Tintin and his entourage in a cave, the Sondonesians refuse to enter, pointing to signs the gods have left on the cave threatening punishment for anyone who enters. In fact, these "gods" are extraterrestrials who have been visiting the island for years, and a landing of theirs had occurred just the previous night, as signified by strange lights in the sky that frightened the Sondonesians. When the main characters meet Mik Kanrokitoff, he explains that he has hypnotised and freed the Sondonesian guards (whom Tintin and Captain Haddock had bound and gagged) and let them spread fear among their compatriots. When an earthquake occurs shortly afterwards, the Sondonesians' nerves are finally stressed beyond their breaking point. Allan frantically attempts to stop them, but they assault him and flee the island.
Hergé depicts the Sondonesians using the real Indonesian language. While on duty, two of Tintin's captors talk about a particular Indonesian dish that originated in Java: sambal ulek (ground chili sauce with shrimp paste).
Spalding
Spalding appears in ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
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''; he is the British secretary for millionaire
Laszlo Carreidas
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and is one of the aircraft hijacking, hijackers of that flight. Captain Haddock mistakes him for Carreidas when they first meet.
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
planned to eliminate him and the other conspirators. He is finally seen being abducted by the aliens and brought to an unknown fate.
In an interview with the Sunday Times in 1968, Hergé is quoted as saying that Spalding was "a British public school man, obviously the black sheep of his family". Spalding has a formal manner, stiff upper lip, and fashionable clothes.
Colonel Sponsz
Colonel Sponsz is the monocle-wearing military official and Chief of Police of the Bordurian capital Szohôd, as well as head of the ZEP Secret Police, which operates on behalf of the country's dictator
Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch
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. He first appears in ''The Calculus Affair''; he is the mastermind behind the kidnapping of
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
by ZEP to force Calculus to use his research on ultrasonic waves to create a weapon of mass destruction. He also arranges for Tintin and Captain Haddock, who are attempting to rescue Calculus, to be shadowed by ZEP agents Krônik and Klûmsi, who pose as translators. After Tintin and Haddock escape from Krônik and Klûmsi and hide in the Opera, Sponsz orders the police to surround the Opera while going to hear
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
sing. Unbeknownst to Sponsz, Tintin and Haddock are hiding in Castafiore's closet when Sponsz visits her in her dressing room. The two protagonists thus hear the entirety of the Bordurian plan for Calculus. Tintin and Haddock also manage to steal passes for two Red Cross representatives and a release order for Calculus from Sponsz's coat; they use these and some disguises obtained from the Opera to sneak Calculus out of the fortress of Bakhine, into neighbouring Syldavia, and home.
Sponsz reappears in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
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''. In this adventure, he has been assigned by Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch as a technical adviser to
General Tapioca
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, the new ruler of
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, and is tasked with reorganising the Secret Police there. In San Theodoros, he takes the Spanish spelling of his name, Esponja. Sponsz plants false documents in Bianca Castafiore's luggage, which provides "proof" of a conspiracy led by her against General Tapioca, justifying the arrest of Castafiore. Sponsz later arrests
Thomson and Thompson
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as well. Humiliated by Tintin in ''The Calculus Affair'', Colonel Sponsz aims for the entrapment and capture of Tintin and Captain Haddock, whom he knows will come to the rescue of Castafiore. He then uses
Pablo
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
* Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
*Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
*Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Bren ...
, Tintin's ally in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
'' but now a double agent for Tapioca in the camp of
General Alcazar
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and the #The Picaros, Picaros, to set up a second trap for Tintin, Haddock, Calculus, and
General Alcazar
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. Sponsz appears again in the end of the adventure, as he is captured by the Picaros along with General Tapioca and is exiled and sent back to Borduria.
Hergé used his own brother, Paul Remi, as the model for Sponsz, although he was also influenced by the image of the Austrian American filmmaker Erich von Stroheim.
Mr. and Mrs. Snowball
Mr. and Mrs. Snowball are members of the secret Kih-Oskh organization, a gang of international opium-smugglers in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
''. They wear hooded garments and meet in a secret hiding-place of the organization. During the evening-party at the Major's country house, Mrs. Snowball faints, thinking she saw a ghost. But it is actually Sophocles Sarcophagus, wrapped in a white sheet. They are tied up, knocked unconscious, unmasked, and turned over to the authorities by the end of the adventure.
General Tapioca
General Tapioca is the arch-rival of
General Alcazar
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. Tapioca and Alcazar are both generals in their armies in the banana republic of
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during ''
The Broken Ear
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''. He and Alcazar depose each other and assume dictatorial leadership of the country with comedic frequency.
In ''The Seven Crystal Balls'', Tapioca has exiled Alcazar from San Theodoros, taking his role as the dictator of the country. By ''
The Red Sea Sharks
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'', Dawson is selling planes to Tapioca and to Alcazar. At the end of the adventure, a newspaper clipping reports that Alcazar has again ousted Tapioca.
In ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
'', Tapioca is now being helped by
Colonel Sponsz
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of Borduria, an old foe of Tintin and Captain Haddock, who was assigned by
Marshal Kûrvi-Tasch
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to San Theodoros and serve as Tapioca's technical adviser. General Tapioca's regime is overthrown by Alcazar with the help of Tintin and Captain Haddock. Although Tapioca approves of Alcazar's plan to execute him, he and Alcazar both submit to Tintin's petition to spare Tapioca and exile him to Borduria.
Trickler
(french: link=no, Chicklet)
Mr. R.W. Trickler is an unscrupulous American businessman in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
'' who represents General American Oil in the South American republic of
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. Trickler attempts to engineer a war in order for San Theodoros to seize total control of the supposedly oil-rich Gran Chapo region from neighbouring Nuevo-Rico and hand it over to his company. He further seeks to profit even more through the sale of arms by his associate
Basil Bazarov
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to both countries.
Trickler tries unsuccessfully to bribe Tintin into convincing
General Alcazar
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to start a war against Nuevo-Rico. When that fails, he tries to have Tintin assassinated and bribes Alcazar in person, then has Tintin framed as a spy and nearly executed. At the end of the adventure, it turns out the Gran Chapo region has no trace of oil.
He appears anonymously in ''The Calculus Affair'' (page 47), staying in hotel Zsnorr; presumably he is in arms traffic.
In the unfinished adventure ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', Haddock and Tintin visit
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
at an island villa. There they meet a number of guests, including Mr. Trickler; "Director of an important oil company", Castafiore says.
Supporting characters
Abdullah
(french: link=no, Abdallah)
Abdullah is the spoiled, mischievous young prince of the fictional Arabian state of
Khemed
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, whose father is Ben Kalish Ezab, the Emir. He first appears in ''
Land of Black Gold
''Land of Black Gold'' (french: link=no, Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper fo ...
'', then in ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'' when the Emir entrusts his son to Tintin's care. Prince Abdullah is based on the young King Faisal II of Iraq.
Abdullah is a serial practical joker whose favourite victim is the short-tempered Captain Haddock. He is doted upon by his father. Abdullah has a tendency to dislike people and promise punishments from his father to everyone who annoys him—even as he is playing pranks on them. He begins to heavily like Captain Haddock (mistaking his name as Blistering Barnacles), finding his tantrums and general behaviour hilarious.
General Alcazar
(french: link=no, Général Alcazar)
General Alcazar is a friend of Tintin and is the occasional dictator of the fictional banana republic of
San Theodoros
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. He is involved in a never-ending struggle for power with his arch-rival
General Tapioca
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. Both men claim leadership of the country and rename its capital after themselves upon arriving in power. Alcazar controls the Presidential Palace of Los Dopicos in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
'', where he makes Tintin his aide-de-camp, before ordering Tintin's arrest after being persuaded by Mr. Trickler. By the time of ''The Seven Crystal Balls'', Alcazar has lost power, becoming a cabaret act in Europe under the stage name Ramón Zarate. In ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'', Alcazar is discovered to be buying weapons from Dawson in an illegal arms deal. Finally, in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
'', Alcazar has returned to his country and is finding it difficult to lead the #The Picaros, Picaros on a guerrilla operation in the tropical forest while married to a harridan who bullies him. Tintin, though uninterested in his cause, devises a stratagem to return him to power in order to rescue his friends. Alcazar is once again in charge of San Theodoros, but it is suggested his rule is no different from Tapioca's.
Peggy Alcazar
Peggy Alcazar is the wife of
General Alcazar
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in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
''. Appearing first in hair curlers and later with a high ponytail, she dominates General Alcazar and makes him do the housework.
Professor Alembick
(french: link=no, Professeur Nestor Halambique)
Professor Hector Alembick is a sigillography, sigillographer: an expert on seal (device), seals used to authenticate state documents. He appears as a bespectacled, chain-smoking academic in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'' when Tintin meets him when returning a briefcase the professor had left on a park bench. Professor Alembick tells Tintin of his desire to visit Syldavia to research an ancient seal belonging to the Syldavian monarch King Ottokar IV. Tintin offers to be Alembick's secretary on his journey. On the day before the trip, Alembick calls Tintin by telephone; in the midst of the conversation Tintin hears a struggle and a cry for help before the connection is cut short. When Tintin rushes to the professor's apartment to investigate, he is startled to find the professor calmly packing his bags. Although Alembick's appearance seems unchanged, subtle changes in his behaviour, such as no longer requiring cigarettes or eyeglasses, lead Tintin to suspect that something is amiss. At the end of the adventure, Tintin discovers that Professor Hector Alembick had indeed been kidnapped and impersonated by his twin brother Alfred.
Professor Alembick's name is a pun on alembic, an alchemical still.
Alfredo Topolino
Alfredo Topolino is a Swiss people, Swiss expert in Ultrasound, ultrasonics residing in Nyon, Switzerland, who appears in ''The Calculus Affair''. An acquaintance of
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
, he survives first an assault on his doorstep then the destruction of his house by Bordurian agents interested in Calculus's work. His manservant Boris works for the secret service of that country. His last name means "little mouse" in Italian.
Aristides Silk
(french: link=no, Aristide Filoselle)
Aristides Silk is a pickpocketing, pickpocket who becomes a pivotal character in ''
The Secret of the Unicorn
''The Secret of the Unicorn'' (french: link=no, Le Secret de La Licorne) is the eleventh volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
'', inadvertently collecting the parchments leading to ''
Red Rackham's Treasure
''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
''. Silk claims he is not a thief, but admits he is a kleptomaniac. He explains he adores wallets and displays his large collection, none of which have been emptied of their contents.
He is first seen in the market near the beginning of the adventure, moving away from
Thomson and Thompson
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just before they discover that their wallets have been stolen. He later steals Tintin's wallet containing the parchments of Sir Francis Haddock that hold the location of Red Rackham's treasure. He is among the invited guests at the end of that adventure in the Maritime Gallery at Marlinspike Hall.
Aristides Silk is portrayed by Toby Jones in the motion capture film '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn''.
Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Giuseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli da Milano
(french: link=no, Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Giuseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli dé Milano)
Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Giuseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli da Milano is the expert Italian driver of a Lancia Aurelia GT in ''The Calculus Affair''. He eagerly helps Tintin and Captain Haddock pursue Syldavian agents who kidnapped
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
in the adventure's car chase. While speeding through a built-up area in the French Haute Savoie on market day, he was stopped by a gendarme who wanted to record his name. The flabbergasted gendarme meekly let him off with "Don't do it again." When they finally stopped the Syldavian car and did not find Calculus inside, Cartoffoli accused Tintin and the Captain of making up their story to get a free ride before zooming away. As an Italian driver, he has great pride in Italian cars, which he claims are the best in the world.
The Arumbayas
The Arumbayas are an indigenous people living in the South American rainforest along the fictional river Coliflor. They first appear in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
'' where, investigating the theft of an Arumbaya Zuni fetishes, fetish with a broken ear, Tintin and Snowy venture into the
San Theodoros
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jungle. The British explorer
Ridgewell
Ridgewell is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, about six miles from Haverhill on the main road between Haverhill and Braintree.
Its population was 503 in 216 households in the 2001 census, with mean age ...
lives with them. Despite a reputation for ferocity, the Arumbayas prove to be relatively civil when Tintin encounters them. They casually explain that their bad reputation may be due to the actions of their neighbours, the Rumbabas, who behead anyone who passes their way. The Arumbayas also appear in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
''.
Mr. Baxter
Mr. Baxter is the Director General of the Sprodj Atomic Research Centre, appearing in ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon''. He is humble, refusing to go to the Moon in Captain Haddock's place when it is offered to him, and he works well with
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
, whom he supports completely. He misses most of the excitement of the Moon journey, having to stay and man the Centre, but acquires some of it when the returning Moon rocket nearly lands on his car.
Bill the cook
(french: link=no, Van Damme)
Bill, a ship's cook, is the cook on board the ''Aurora'' during ''The Shooting Star''. He then returned as cook on board the ''Sirius'' during ''
Red Rackham's Treasure
''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
'' and was the first character seen in that adventure, meeting a friend at a pub before sailing. His indiscreet talk of treasure hunting was overheard by a newspaper reporter, which, after that story was published, caused Tintin and Captain Haddock to be besieged with more newspaper reporters. Bill was beleaguered by both Snowy and
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
, the former who stole a chicken and the latter who stole a box of biscuits.
Blessed Lightning
Blessed Lightning is a Tibetan people, Tibetan Buddhist monk with psychic powers. He occasionally goes into a trance, floats into the air, and is able to see events from the future. In ''Tintin in Tibet'', he foresees Snowy's journey to bring the monks a distress message from Tintin, leading to Tintin's rescue.
Mr. Bolt
(french: link=no, Isidore Boullu)
Mr. Arthur Bolt is a stonemason who appears in ''The Castafiore Emerald'', hired by Captain Haddock to fix the broken step in Marlinspike Hall, but who repeatedly fails to arrive and instead offers a continuous sequence of excuses. Later, Mr. Bolt is one of the people who send the Captain a telegram when his engagement to marry
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
is erroneously announced. He is also a member of the band that plays outside Marlinspike as part of the "celebrations". At the end of the adventure, Mr. Bolt finally arrives to fix the broken step, but it is immediately broken again. By the time of ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
'', Mr. Bolt appears to have finally fixed the step.
Bunji Kuraki
Bunji Kuraki is a Japanese people, Japanese detective of the Yokohama police force appearing in ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...
''. He was investigating a powerful gang of drug smugglers in the Far East and followed their trail to Europe, but was kidnapped from the street outside Tintin's flat before he could warn him. He was finally able to meet Tintin at the end of the adventure after he had been freed by police.
Captain Chester
Captain Chester, an old friend of Captain Haddock, is a gruff merchant skipper with red hair and a bushy red moustache. He first appears in ''The Shooting Star'' in Iceland, where he bumps into Captain Haddock at the docks and launches into a bizarre greeting ritual with Haddock that Tintin at first interprets as the build-up to a fight. However, Haddock and Chester warmly clasp hands and take Tintin to a local bar to reminisce over a bottle of whisky. Chester is captain of the ''Sirius'', a merchant trawler, and uses it to secretly refuel Haddock's research vessel in Iceland when their competitors block the supply, allowing his friend to continue his voyage.
Chester later lends the ''Sirius'' to Haddock when he and Tintin set off to find ''
Red Rackham's Treasure
''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
''. Chester is briefly mentioned in ''The Seven Crystal Balls''—Tintin and Haddock attempt to visit him while he is docked at a port—but he departs before they arrive. He is one of the people to send Haddock a telegram in ''The Castafiore Emerald''.
Christopher Willoughby-Drupe and Marco Rizotto
(french: link=no, Jean-Loup de la Battellerie et Walter Rizotto)
Christopher Willoughby-Drupe and Marco Rizotto are a writer and photographer working for the magazine ''Paris Flash''. They first appear in ''The Castafiore Emerald'' where, to the fury of Captain Haddock and the amusement of
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
, they write a sensational article for their magazine announcing that the Captain and the Diva are engaged. They later appear briefly in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
''. They make a cameo appearance in the redrawn version of ''The Black Island''; Willoughby-Drupe is shown interviewing the old man in the pub while Rizotto is in the crowd of reporters welcoming Tintin at the docks (page 61).
Hergé created the pair after being interviewed for ''Paris Match'' and finding the resulting piece dubious.
Coco
Coco is a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese boy who is Tintin's assistant in ''
Tintin in the Congo
''Tintin in the Congo'' (french: link=no, Tintin au Congo; ) is the second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplemen ...
''. He speaks in an old-fashioned pidgin dialect. Fiercely loyal, he is the one person whom Tintin can fully rely on during his travels there.
Cutts the butcher
(french: link=no, Boucherie Sanzot)
Cutts the butcher runs the local butcher's shop whose phone number of 431 is frequently mistaken for 421 to Marlinspike Hall. As a result, the mansion's inhabitants are endlessly plagued by orders for lamb chops and sausages. The irony is that when making calls himself, Captain Haddock usually ends up getting put through to Cutts' shop, rather than the place he was actually calling.
The unseen delivery man from Cutts' butcher shop plays a vital role in ''The Calculus Affair'' by offering
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
a lift to the village just in time to save him from a Bordurian kidnapping attempt.
It would appear that Cutts is also the local mayor, since he can be seen dressed very formally along with the local municipal band congratulating Haddock and
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
on their "engagement" in ''The Castafiore Emerald''. He had one last reference at the start of ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', where a call for him was made.
In the original French, the name of the butcher's shop ''Boucherie Sanzot'' is a pun. Sanzot sounds like ''sans os'', which means "without bones". The English translation uses Cutts to make a different pun. Cutts also appeared in a French TV ad for cooking oil with Professor Calculus in 1979.
Lieutenant Delcourt
Lieutenant Delcourt is a character who appears in ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...
''. He is in command of the outpost of Afghar, in the Sahara desert. He assists Tintin and Captain Haddock on their way to find the missing freighter ''Karaboudjan''.
Professor Euclide
Professor Euclide is an absent-minded professor appearing in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
'' who forgets his glasses, wears his cleaning-lady's overcoat, holds his cane upside down as if it were an umbrella, mistakes a parrot for a man, and leaves his briefcase next to a lamp post. In the original edition published in 1935, his name is given as Professor Euclide (after the Greek mathematician). He is one of Hergé's many prototypes for
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
.
Mrs. Finch
(french: link=no, Mme Pinson)
Mrs. Finch is Tintin's landlady at , where Tintin lived before joining Captain Haddock at Marlinspike Hall. A simple soul, she was badly frightened when
Bunji Kuraki
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of the Yokohama police force was kidnapped from the street outside Tintin's flat during ''
The Crab with the Golden Claws
''The Crab with the Golden Claws'' (french: link=no, Le Crabe aux pinces d'or) is the ninth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in , the children's supplement ...
''.
The address 26 Labrador Road (french: 26, rue du Labrador, links=no) is also the real-life address of the Musée Hergé.
Sir Francis Haddock
(french: link=no, Chevalier François de Hadoque)
Sir Francis Haddock is an ancestor of Captain Haddock. He is a knight and a Ship-of-the-Line Captain in the Royal Navy, commanding the ''
Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.
In European literature and art, the unicorn has for the last thousand years o ...
'' under the Union Jack in 1676. In the original French version, he is Chevalier François de Hadoque of the Marine Nationale, French Royal Navy, commanding la ''Licorne'' for King Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV. He was rewarded by the king with the estate of Marlinspike Hall (Moulinsart) in 1685. Sir Francis was forced to scuttling, scuttle the ''Unicorn'' when it was taken by pirate captain
Red Rackham
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. After the ''Unicorn'' sank, Sir Francis lived for two years among the natives of the nearby tropical island. Upon returning home, Sir Francis concealed a treasure stolen from Red Rackham in the cellars of Marlinspike Hall, hiding clues to its location in three model ships of the ''Unicorn'' that he gave to his three sons.
He is mentioned obliquely in ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
'' by the Captain, who says "one of my ancestors went in for naval warfare."
There are hints that Sir Francis Haddock is an illegitimate son of the Louis XIV of France, French Sun King, Louis XIV, a possible reference to Hergé's own family history—Hergé liked to believe that his father was the illegitimate son of the Belgian king Leopold II of Belgium, Leopold II.
Sir Francis Haddock is portrayed by Andy Serkis (who also portrays Captain Haddock) in the
motion capture
Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap, for short) is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robo ...
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
during the Syldavian expedition to the moon (''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon''). In an interview, Hergé described him as clever, stating he had a PhD in Mathematics with Mechanics and a BEng in Chemical Engineering, but also described him as feeble and quiet.
Wolff is ultimately exposed as a spy who was coerced into helping an unnamed foreign power hijack the moon rockets he had helped build, after they learnt of his former compulsive gambling and heavy debt. After refusing to allow the enemy agent
Colonel Jorgen
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to shoot the rest of the rocket crew, his struggle for Jorgen's gun resulted in the agent's accidental death. As the rocket ship is returning to Earth without enough oxygen for Tintin and his friends, Wolff, still overcome with guilt over the way he had betrayed his companions, redeems himself for his past mistakes and sacrifices himself for the survival of the group by space exposure, throwing himself into space. Even the cynical Captain Haddock, who had, until the last moment, still suspected Wolff of treachery, was moved by his selfless act.
Grand Abbot
The Grand Abbot is head of an order of Tibetan people, Tibetan Buddhist monks in ''Tintin in Tibet'', who rescues Tintin and Captain Haddock from the mountains after they succumb to an avalanche. At first discouraging Tintin from his quest, he later presents Tintin with a khata scarf in honour of the bravery he has shown for his friend Chang Chong-Chen.
Henri Fourcart
Henri Fourcart is director of Fourcart Gallery that hosts the Alph-Art exhibition of artist Ramó Nash in ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
''. When he is introduced to Captain Haddock, he recognises him as the friend of the famous Tintin and requests to meet him. He is killed in a car accident under suspicious circumstances before the meeting can take place.
Igor Wagner
Igor Wagner is the quiet pianist working for
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
. He is driving with his employer when she first encounters Tintin in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre''. He does not contribute to a plotline until ''The Castafiore Emerald'', when he is discovered to be a gambler who bets on races in secret. He has a small moustache and dresses formally in black. After the thievery of Castafiore's emeralds, his attempts to help only incriminate him, as it was his footprints found near Castafiore's window, it was him suspiciously rummaging in the attic, and it was he who broke a step on the staircase. He tries to sneak out of his practice sessions (dictated by Castafiore) and, instead of practising, is caught using a playback tape recorder. He was imprisoned along with Castafiore and Irma in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
'', before being freed by Tintin.
His name is made up of a humorous reference to two well-known composers: Igor Stravinsky and Richard Wagner.
Irma
Irma is the maid of
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
. Irma first appears in ''The Calculus Affair'' before appearing in ''The Castafiore Emerald''. Castafiore describes her as a faithful, loyal, and honest servant. Despite giving a meek impression, she has a strong sense of personal pride: when
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
accuse Irma of stealing Castafiore's emerald, she becomes angry and assaults them with a walking stick. In ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
'', she is arrested and put in jail along with Castafiore and
Igor Wagner
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. She also appears in ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'' as a background character and is the person who informs Castafiore of Tintin and Captain Haddock's arrival to Endaddine Akass's villa.
Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine
Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine lives in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
and is a collector of models of ships, among which, one is the ''
Unicorn
The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.
In European literature and art, the unicorn has for the last thousand years o ...
''. He appears in ''
The Secret of the Unicorn
''The Secret of the Unicorn'' (french: link=no, Le Secret de La Licorne) is the eleventh volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
'', in the old market. Noticing another model of the ''Unicorn'', he and another man
Barnaby
Barnaby is an Old English surname composed of the Saxon element ''beorn'' 'young warrior' and the Danish suffix ''by'' meaning 'settlement'. As a given name, it means "son of consolation" and is etymologically linked with the New Testament name Bar ...
try to buy it, only to find that it has already been claimed by Tintin. Tintin declines all the offers made by Barnaby and Sakharine to buy the model off him.
Tintin's ''Unicorn'' is later stolen and he suspects Sakharine of the theft. Visiting Sakharine, he discovers the other ''Unicorn'' model. Sakharine is later attacked by Barnaby who steals the parchment from the model ship. It is one of three parchments that lead to a treasure. The
Bird brothers
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are later arrested and claim that the parchments they obtained have since been stolen. Tintin thinks Mr. Sakharine stole the two parchments, but he soon discovers they were pickpocketing, pickpocketed by Aristides Silk and recovers them.
At the end of ''
Red Rackham's Treasure
''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (french: link=no, Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge) is the twelfth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised daily in , Belgium's leading francophon ...
'', Mr. Sakharine can be seen attending the exhibition held at Marlinspike Hall, together with his landlady, showing off the various items recovered from the actual ship itself. He appears to have offered Captain Haddock his ''Unicorn'' model, which is shown in the display with the other two.
In the unfinished ''Tintin'' adventure ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', the surviving drafts of the story suggest that Haddock and Tintin notice Sakharine at a meeting hosted by mysticism, mystic Endaddine Akass.
In the film adaptation '' The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn'', Sakharine is reimagined as the main antagonist. The film portrays him as the descendant of the pirate
Red Rackham
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, seeking vengeance on behalf of his ancestor against Sir Francis Haddock, who killed Rackham. Sakharine is portrayed by Daniel Craig (who also portrays Red Rackham) in the motion capture film.
Ben Kalish Ezab
Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab is the Emir of the fictional Arabian state of
Khemed
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. His son is the spoiled prince
Abdullah
Abdullah may refer to:
* Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
* Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village
* ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan
* '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ...
. After first appearing in ''
Land of Black Gold
''Land of Black Gold'' (french: link=no, Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper fo ...
'', the Emir reappears in ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'' when he has been temporarily overthrown by his rival,
Sheikh
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', announcing during a television interview that he will build a museum of art in Wadesdah.
Ben Kalish Ezab is depicted as kind and jovial to his friends and vicious and cruel to his enemies. On one occasion, Dr. Müller attempted suicide rather than be handed over to him. More than anything else, he dotes on his son Abdullah.
Kalish Ezab is a wordplay; in Brussels dialect, ''kalisjensap'' means "liquorice juice".
Laszlo Carreidas
Laszlo Carreidas, a wealthy aircraft manufacturer tycoon, becomes embroiled in the adventure ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
''. While Tintin and his friends are travelling in Indonesia on their way to Sydney, Captain Haddock mistakes Carreidas sitting in the Jakarta airport for a tramp. Meanwhile, the criminal mastermind
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
kidnaps Carreidas to take his Swiss fortune. He is drugged by Dr. Krollspell to reveal his Swiss bank account number, rescued then bound by Tintin and Captain Haddock and marched as a hostage, and hypnotised by Mik Kanrokitoff to think that he still wears his hat. Kanrokitoff hypnotises him again and leaves him with the others in the motorboat, and later, Carreidas is on the flight to Sydney with Tintin and his friends.
His unassuming figure notwithstanding, Carreidas is revealed to be a cunning individual with a long history of unscrupulous behaviour not limited to the business world; he is not above cheating Captain Haddock at a game of Battleship (game), Battleships with the help of closed-circuit television. An aircraft industrialist, Laszlo Carreidas naturally travels in a prototype supersonic business jet, the Carreidas 160. Despite the caution he appears to take with his money, refusing to pay any ransom and keeping his accounts secret, Carreidas generally appears to have a random attitude about his finances, ordering the purchase of multiple paintings simply because a rival ("Aristotle Onassis, Onassis") is after them, and appearing more concerned about the loss of a rare hat ("a pre-war Crosse & Blackwell, Bross & Clackwell") than the loss of his prototype aeroplane.
Carreidas' name is a pun: ''carré d'as'' means "four aces" in French. Accordingly, the logo on the tail of his business jet consists of four aces. Hergé based Carreidas on Marcel Dassault, the French aircraft industrialist, who possessed a similar combination of wealth, aeronautical engineering genius, and quaint notions of fashion (Dassault's wardrobe remained frozen in the mid-1930s).
Carreidas is depicted in some sketches of the unfinished ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', in which he is seen at the inauguration of Ramó Nash's art exposition.
Maharaja of Gaipajama
(french: link=no, Maharadjah de Rawhajpoutalah)
The Maharaja of Gaipajama is the monarch of a fictional princely state of India. He is kind and immediately trusting of Tintin, whom he meets in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
''. The Maharaja explains that his family have long been fighting a criminal opium-smuggling gang. ''The Blue Lotus'' opens in the Maharaja's palace, where Tintin has been his guest.
In reality, there is no place in India called Gaipajama; the name is a nonsensical mix of two Hindi words: Gai (cow) and pajamas, pajama.
The original French name is Rawajpoutalah.
Martine Vandezande
Martine Vandezande is the attractive assistant of Henri Fourcart at his art gallery in ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
''. She wears large glasses and is a follower of Endaddine Akass. Tintin realizes "this girl seems sincere" after he inadvertantly causes her to cry when evidence he uncovered leads him to accuse her as being part of the plot. Due to a covert listening device, listening device someone has hidden in her necklace, she is made an unwitting informer of Akass and his henchmen.
Mik Kanrokitoff
(french: link=no, Mik Ezdanitoff)
Mik Kanrokitoff is a Russian writer for the magazine ''Space Week''. His name is Ezdanitoff in the original version, another example of Hergé's Bruxellois wordplay; ''is dat niet tof'' in Dutch language, Dutch means "isn't that nice".
His fortuitous appearance in ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
'' helps Tintin, Captain Haddock, and their friends escape from an Indonesian island after
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
and his cohorts set off an explosive charge, stirring up the island's volcano. Kanrokitoff wears a small antenna and transmitter that enables him to communicate Telepathy, telepathically with other people and even subject them to mass-hypnosis. He maintains close touch with an unseen race of extraterrestrials and it is their spaceship that enables Tintin and the others to escape the island.
Although he was never seen by Tintin and his friends after this, Kanrokitoff is depicted in some sketches of the unfinished ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
'', in which he is at the inauguration of Ramó Nash's art exposition, apparently recognizing Tintin.
This character was inspired by French ufologist Jacques Bergier..
King Muskar XII
King Muskar XII is the monarch of Syldavia. He appears in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre''. A keen motorist who drives his own car and keeps his own gun for protection, he is married to an unnamed queen consort. Because the Crown's sceptre once saved the life of King Ottokar IV in 1360, every year on Saint Vladimir's Day, 15 July, the current king must show the people that he has the sceptre; otherwise he will be forced to abdicate.
Tintin discovered a plot to steal the sceptre and set out to warn King Muskar XII, though traitorous elements in the king's entourage, led by his aide-de-camp #Colonel Jorgen, Boris (Colonel Jorgen), were ready to stop him. Upon hearing of the plot, the monarch was fair-minded enough to investigate Tintin's claims, which turned out to be true: the sceptre had been stolen, a constitutional crisis was imminent, and Syldavia was about to be plunged into an invasion by its long-term enemy Borduria. Muskar then orders his ministers and generals to prevent the invasion. The revolutionary party in the adventure, called the Iron Guard, may have been inspired by the Fascist paramilitary groups widespread in Europe Interwar period, between the wars. The abdication crisis was very similar to that of the Anschluss in Austria in 1938, though the conclusion was not the same.
King Muskar XII and his country do not appear to have been based on definitive models; both were inspired by various Eastern European and Balkan states. Many of these states were monarchies ruled by Carol II of Romania, Zog I of Albania, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, and Boris III of Bulgaria. The king's costumes may have been inspired by the portrait of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and the Romanian prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The king bears a striking resemblance to Zog of Albania, a man who also carried a gun and confronted violent conspiracies. He is sometimes shown wearing a military uniform, holding the rank of Colonel of the Royal Guards. The king's military service is similar to members of other real European royal families, who have members that have served in their nation's militaries.
King Muskar XII is noticeably absent from the post-war stories set in Syldavia: he does not appear at the launching of the moon rocket in ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and Tintin does not call on him for help when his friend
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
is kidnapped by Bordurian and later Syldavian agents in ''The Calculus Affair''. The post-war Syldavia may no longer be a monarchy; the latter ''Adventures'' set after World War II came at a time when various Balkan models for the fictional Syldavia had now been overthrown and their rulers exiled.
Oliveira da Figueira
Senhor Oliveira da Figueira (or Oliveira de Figueira) is the friendly Portuguese salesman who can sell even the most trivial of items. He and Tintin first meet in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
''. Tintin and Snowy have been cast adrift in the Red Sea when they are picked up by a dhow; Figueira is a passenger. He quickly talks Tintin into buying a variety of superfluous objects. He later appears in ''
Land of Black Gold
''Land of Black Gold'' (french: link=no, Tintin au pays de l'or noir) is the fifteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper fo ...
'', where he plays a valuable role in helping Tintin infiltrate Dr. Müller's headquarters, taking Tintin there disguised as his nephew while keeping the guards distracted with an elaborate story. In ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'', he hides Tintin and Captain Haddock in his house so they can speak to the Emir. He gets a brief mention in ''The Castafiore Emerald'', when he sends good wishes to Captain Haddock following news claiming that he and
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
are engaged.
Oliveira ''de'' Figueira is the form used by Hergé in the later appearances of this character. He is named Oliveira ''da'' Figueira (lit. "Olive-tree of the Fig-tree") in his initial appearances. For ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'' Hergé changed his name to Oliveira de Figueira. (Both spellings are correct in Portuguese: "de" means "of", while "da" means "of the".)
Dr. Patella
(french: link=no, Docteur Rotule)
Dr. Patella is a ginger bearded osteopathic doctor who appears briefly in ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon''. His model human skeleton, skeleton is arrested by
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
, and later he attends to an unconscious Captain Haddock after his arrival back on Earth. He also sent a congratulatory telegram to Haddock when (incorrect) news of his engagement to
Bianca Castafiore
Bianca Castafiore (), nicknamed the "Milanese Nightingale" (), is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. She is an opera singer who frequently pops up in adventure after adventure. ...
was announced in ''The Castafiore Emerald''.
In 2000, on one episode of the French-language version of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'', 73 percent of the voting audience correctly identified Dr. Patella (french: Docteur Rotule, links=no) as the doctor who treated Captain Haddock in ''Explorers on the Moon''. This led to allegations that the show was rigged: one Tintin fan questioned how such a large portion of the audience could pick from four options the correct answer, especially given Dr. Patella's very minor role in the series. A psychoanalyst postulated that children remember proper names much better than adults, hence its retention by members of the audience who read ''Tintin'' in their youth.
The name Patella (and Rotule) has a medical origin. It means "kneecap".
Patrash Pasha
Sheikh
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
Patrash Pasha is an
Arab
The Arabs (singular: Arab; singular ar, عَرَبِيٌّ, DIN 31635: , , plural ar, عَرَب, DIN 31635: , Arabic pronunciation: ), also known as the Arab people, are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in Western Asia, ...
sheikh appearing in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
'' and a big fan of ''The Adventures of Tintin''. He arranges for Tintin to be kidnapped, but when Tintin is brought before him, he recognises him from his adventures, frees him, and sends him on his way with fresh supplies. His servant shows Tintin an ''Adventures of Tintin'' book that Pasha owns. The book title shown to Tintin has changed over the years; it was originally ''
Tintin in America
''Tintin in America'' (french: link=no, Tintin en Amérique) is the third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement ...
'', it became ''
Tintin in the Congo
''Tintin in the Congo'' (french: link=no, Tintin au Congo; ) is the second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplemen ...
'' at one point, and eventually settled on ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon''—the most recently published title at the time but, confusingly, takes place after the events in ''Cigars of the Pharaoh''. In ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'', when Emir Ben Kalish Ezab was overthrown by Bab El Ehr, the Emir temporarily took refuge with Patrash Pasha's tribesmen, who remained loyal.
Professor Philippulus
Professor Philippulus, or Philippulus the Prophet as he calls himself, is an astronomer who appears in ''The Shooting Star''. After observing a ball of fire making its way towards Earth, Philippulus goes insane, dresses himself in white sheets, and goes around town beating a gong while claiming to be a prophet tasked with announcing the end of the world. The madman also decides that Tintin is a spawn of the Devil after he tried to calm him, and takes to harassing him at his home. Philippulus later escapes a mental asylum and makes it to the expedition ship ''Aurora'', eventually taking refuge up the main mast and nearly setting off a stick of dynamite in the belief that it is a firework. Tintin tricks him into climbing down by using a megaphone to shout supposedly heavenly instructions for him; Philippulus relents and is taken back to the asylum.
Philippulus represents the dilemmas some face over religious belief and scientific research. In his case, the conflict took a toll on his mind when the apocalypse, end of the world appeared to be imminent.
Professor Phostle
(french: link=no, Professeur Hippolyte Calys)
Professor Decimus Phostle is an astronomer, observatory director, and expedition leader in ''The Shooting Star''. Tintin consults him about a large bright star he saw in Ursa Major. Professor Phostle claims that it is a ball of fire that will hit the Earth and cause the end of the world the following morning, and actually looks forward to this, thinking that predicting the end of mankind would make him famous. Initially disappointed that the meteor has missed the Earth, Phostle consoles himself by naming an unknown metal fallen from the meteor after himself: "phostlite". He then leads an expedition of scientists to follow Tintin and Captain Haddock to attempt to retrieve the fallen phostlite from the sea.
Phostle was to return in ''Destination Moon (comics), Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon'' as a villain, but that early draft by Bernard Heuvelmans was abandoned by Hergé. In ''Hergé's Adventures of Tintin' (made from 1957 to 1964), he was replaced by
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
.
The Picaros
The Picaros are a band of guerillas in the country of
San Theodoros
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, supposedly under the control of
General Alcazar
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in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
''. Alcazar has returned to his country and is attempting to command the Picaros to mount a guerrilla operation over of his arch-rival
General Tapioca
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. However, the Picaros have become corrupt drunkards since Tapioca started dropping copious quantities of alcohol near their camp.
Tintin offers to cure the Picaros of their alcoholism if Alcazar agrees to refrain from killing Tapioca and his men. Alcazar reluctantly agrees. Moments after the Picaros are cured, a musical troupe called the Jolly Follies arrives, intending to perform at the upcoming carnival in San Theodoros. Alcazar, with a little advice from Tintin, launches an assault on Tapioca's palace during the carnival by dressing the Picaros in the troupe's costumes and sneaking them into the capital.
Piotr Skut
(french: link=no, Piotr Szut)
Piotr Skut, an eyepatch-wearing Estonian people, Estonian pilot, appears in two albums: ''
The Red Sea Sharks
''The Red Sea Sharks'' (french: link=no, Coke en stock) is the nineteenth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comic series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was initially serialised weekly in Belgium's ''Tintin'' magazine from ...
'' and ''
Flight 714 to Sydney
''Flight 714 to Sydney'' (french: link=no, Vol 714 pour Sydney; originally published in English as ''Flight 714'') is the twenty-second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. It was serialised ...
''. In ''The Red Sea Sharks'', Skut flies one of the DeHavilland Mosquitoes used by Sheikh Bab El Ehr to seize power in
Khemed
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, and his squad strafes the boat Tintin and Haddock are using to cross the Red Sea. Tintin shoots down Skut's plane with an assault rifle in self-defence, but later rescues Skut from the waters onto a hastily assembled life raft. Grateful for his rescue, Skut becomes a faithful friend and later refuses to betray Tintin and Haddock, instead sharing the rest of the adventure with them. He repairs the sabotaged radio of the S.S. ''Ramona'' and steers the ''Ramona'' to outmaneuver torpedoes while Tintin calls for help, which arrives just in time to save the boat from a submarine's attack.
In ''Flight 714 to Sydney'', Skut has become a supersonic business jet pilot of the Carreidas 160, the prototype jet for millionaire
Laszlo Carreidas
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. The aircraft is then aircraft hijacking, hijacked by his own crew, who were under the pay of criminal mastermind
Rastapopoulos
Roberto Rastapopoulos is a fictional character in '' The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He first appears in the album ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (1934) and is a criminal mastermind with multiple identiti ...
. Skut aids Tintin and Haddock in rescuing the other captured passengers and, after an adventure involving extraterrestrials, returns with them to civilisation.
Neither ''Piotr'', ''Skut'', nor ''Szut'' (in the original French) are plausible Estonian names. Piotr is Polish for Peter while the correct Estonian version would be Peeter. The name Skut was rather an excuse for a gag, as Captain Haddock believes he is telling him to "scoot" rather than introducing himself. In the original French, the Captain mistakes the name "Szut" for "zut", the French exclamation of frustration. In other international versions, his last name is changed to entail a rudely dismissive or slightly offensive term befitting the language in question.
The Skut character is based on , an Estonian pilot who escaped to Sweden from Estonia in an Arado floatplane.
Prince of the Sun
The Prince of the Sun is the reigning monarch over a lost, sun-worshipping Incan civilisation in ''Prisoners of the Sun''. When Tintin's party invades his temple, the Prince plans to burn them at the Execution by burning, stake, but change his mind when a solar eclipse occurs just before the sacrifice. Convinced that the Sun God favours Tintin, the Prince releases him and provides him with generous gifts of gold and jewels. In return, Tintin and his friends promise never to reveal the location of the Temple of the Sun.
Ramó Nash
Ramó Nash is an artist and the creator of Alph-Art that Captain Haddock purchases at the #Henri Fourcart, Fourcart Gallery in ''
Tintin and Alph-Art
''Tintin and Alph-Art'' (french: link=no, Tintin et l'alph-art) is the unfinished twenty-fourth and final volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Left incomplete on Hergé's death, the manuscript ...
''. Tintin learns that Nash is under the control of Endaddine Akass to fabricate paintings of the masters in an art forgery ring.
In the unofficial completed version of ''Tintin and Alph-Art'' by Yves Rodier, Nash is of Jamaican nationality. He saves the lives of Tintin and Captain Haddock by defeating Akass.
Ridgewell
Ridgewell is a British explorer who travelled into the South American rainforest occupied by the #The Arumbayas, Arumbayas. He first appears in ''
The Broken Ear
''The Broken Ear'' (french: link=no, L'Oreille cassée, originally published in English as ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'') is the sixth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by ...
'' and appears later in ''
Tintin and the Picaros
''Tintin and the Picaros'' (french: link=no, Tintin et les Picaros) is the twenty-third volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The final instalment in the series to be completed by Hergé, it wa ...
''. Ridgewell settled down with the Arumbayas and decided to stay, not caring if the outside world knew if he was dead or alive. When Tintin ventured into Arumbaya territory, Ridgewell initially fired darts at him in order to scare him away, but later agreed to take him to the Arumbaya village for information.
Ridgewell did bring some of Western civilisation to the Native South Americans, such as introducing them to the game of golf. However, the players do not appear to have mastered it well—on one occasion hitting Tintin rather than the hole in the ground.
Ridgewell's influence on the Arumbayas resulted in him gaining an enemy in the local witch doctor. When Ridgewell was captured by an enemy nation called the Rumbabas (''Bibaros'' in the original version), the witch doctor kept this from the other Arumbayas, hoping to be rid of his rival. When one Arumbaya expressed concern for Ridgewell, the witch doctor threatened to turn him and his family into frogs. But Ridgewell got away and fired a dart into the witch doctor's bottom as punishment. Fortunately, unlike the Arumbayas, Ridgewell did not use poisoned darts.
Ridgewell is also a ventriloquist and has a sense of humour, shown on occasions such as in ''Tintin and the Picaros'' when he fired a dart into the cigar of
General Alcazar
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. In that adventure, he reestablished ties with Tintin, and was shown to lament changes in the behaviour of the Arumbayas, namely the spread of alcoholism.
The character of Ridgewell is strongly reminiscent of the real-life British explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared in the Amazon in 1925 under similar circumstances.
Sanders-Hardiman expedition members
(french: link=no, Les membres de l’expédition Sanders-Hardtmut)
The Sanders-Hardiman expedition members brought the Incan mummy Rascar Capac back to Europe in ''The Seven Crystal Balls''. The members of the expedition are: Professor Sanders-Hardiman (french: link=no, Professeur Sanders-Hardtmut, head of the expedition), Professor Reedbuck (french: Professeur Laubépin, links=no), Peter Clarkson (french: Clairmont, links=no, expedition photographer), Mark Falconer (french: Marc Charlet, links=no), Professor Paul Cantonneau (who also made an appearance in ''The Shooting Star''), Dr. Midge (french: Docteur Hornet, links=no, director of the Charles Darwin, Darwin Museum), and #Professor Tarragon, Professor Hercules Tarragon (french: Professeur Hippolyte Bergamotte, links=no, who has the Rascar Capac mummy in his possession). They were hospitalised while cursed by the Incas as punishment for the theft of the mummy, put into comas and made to suffer nightmares. Tintin visited the Incas' hidden temple in order to save
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
, who had been kidnapped by them. He persuaded the Prince of the Sun to lift the curse, assuring the Incas that the expedition's purpose was not to steal from their people but simply to teach others about them. The Prince of the Sun releases his control over the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members and they awaken from their curse.
Sophocles Sarcophagus
(french: link=no, Philémon Siclone)
Sophocles Sarcophagus is an absent-minded professor and Egyptologist in search of the tomb of the Pharaoh Kih-Oskh, whom Tintin meets on a cruise ship at the beginning of ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
''. He is a bit of an eccentric: rowing a boat while unaware that it is not even in the water, saying goodbye to Snowy as if he was a little boy, and bumping into things and people. He is distracted, dresses Edwardian, and has an unusual beard. He is the first of a number of eccentric scholars that would culminate in the character
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
.
Sophocles leads Tintin to the tomb hidden under the sand, but disappears soon after finding it. He, Tintin, and Snowy end up floating in sarcophagi in the middle of the Red Sea. Sophocles is then picked up by a ship captained by
Allan
Allan may refer to:
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, a drug smuggler, whose gang uses the tomb of Kih-Oskh as a base. With Sophocles as a prisoner, the ship sets off for India.
When ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' was first published in the 1930s, Sarcophagus was an unnamed and beardless scholar who wore sunglasses. When Tintin explored the tomb, he found sarcophagi for himself and Snowy but not for the scholar, who does not even turn up in the Red Sea incident—thus, how he ends up in India is unexplained. Tintin finds Sophocles in the Indian jungle completely by chance in a string of absurd coincidences, painting the symbol of Kih-Oskh on palm trees. Tintin even speculates that the scholar is a member of the gang of drug smugglers that he finds himself pitted against. Sophocles is now completely mad because he has been given poison called Rajaijah, imagining himself to be Pharaoh Ramesses II. He is eventually committed to a sanatorium in India for treatment. In ''The Blue Lotus'', an antidote for Rajaijah was developed, but it was never revealed whether Sarcophagus was cured.
Studios Hergé members
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian cartoonist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of Tintin'', ...
and other Studios Hergé members were not above drawing themselves and other characters into the action of some of the ''Adventures'' as cameo appearances. Hergé, Edgar P. Jacobs, and Jacques Van Melkebeke appear in ''
Tintin in the Congo
''Tintin in the Congo'' (french: link=no, Tintin au Congo; ) is the second volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplemen ...
'' (page 1, frame 1) as a man in a brown jacket, a dark-haired man in a grey suit, and a fair-haired man with glasses; in the same panel, also making a cameo appearance, are
Thomson and Thompson
Thomson and Thompson (french: Dupont et Dupond ) are fictional characters in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the s ...
. Edgar P. Jacobs appears in ''
Cigars of the Pharaoh
''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' (french: link=no, Les Cigares du pharaon) is the fourth volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the series of comic albums by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper '' Le Vingti ...
'' (on the cover and on page 8, frame 1) as a mummy marked "E. P. Jacobini". Hergé and Jacobs appear in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'' (page 38, last frame) as men to the left in red and green dress uniforms, and later in the same book, Hergé, his wife Germaine Kieckens, Germaine, Jacobs, and Van Melkebeke appear (page 59, last frame) as a man on the right in a green uniform accompanying a woman in mauve, a monocled man on the right with black hair and breastplate, and a fair-haired man in evening wear on the left near the window. Hergé appears in ''The Calculus Affair'' (page 13, last frame) as a man standing by the tent smoking, equipped with a sketch pad and pen, while Edgar P. Jacobs and Jacques Van Melkebeke appear in ''The Seven Crystal Balls'', the first (page 16, frame 4) as a man in brown suit and black bow-tie in the middle box on the left, and the other (page 57, frame 2) as a man standing behind General Alcazar. Studios Hergé member Bob de Moor does not appear.
Other cameos in the ''Adventures'' include Auguste Piccard, whom the character
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
is based on (appearing in ''The Shooting Star'', page 21, frame 2, as the scientist on the far right) and Quick & Flupke, characters in a separate Hergé series (appearing in ''Tintin in the Congo'', page 1, frame 1, as two boys in the group, and also appearing in ''The Shooting Star'', page 20, frame 8, as two boys running ahead of Thomson and Thompson, who are also making a cameo appearance in that book).
Professor Tarragon
(french: link=no, Professeur Hippolyte Bergamotte)
Professor Hercules Tarragon hosts a mysterious evening for Tintin and his friends in ''The Seven Crystal Balls''. He was one of the Sanders-Hardiman expedition members and displays the mummy of Rascar Capac in his home. He had previously been a classmate of
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
and this connection enables Calculus, Tintin and Captain Haddock to visit him at home one evening while he is under heavy guard during a summer rainstorm.
Professor Tarragon is a large, strong, and ebullient character, whom Calculus formally called "Hercules". Tarragon seems fearless until a ball lightning, fireball bursts through his chimney and vaporises the mummy; he then becomes very shaken and fears that an ancient prophecy is coming true. That same night, he is the last to be attacked by means of the crystal balls.
Tharkey
Tharkey is a Sherpa people, Sherpa guide who helps Tintin locate the ill-fated Patna-Kathmandu flight carrying Chang Chong-Chen in ''Tintin in Tibet''. Although reluctant to risk the perilous attempt to find Chang, whom he believes to be dead, Tharkey leads Tintin and Captain Haddock to the crash site of the aircraft. After initially leaving the site to return to his village, he feels guilty for leaving them alone and returns just in time to help Tintin and Haddock out of a dangerous situation. However, he subsequently breaks his arm from an avalanche and must return to the plains after partly convalescing at a Buddhist monastery while Tintin and the Captain continue their search for Chang.
Tharkey was based on Ang Tharkay, a Nepalese people, Nepalese mountain climber and explorer who acted as Sherpa people#Mountaineering, sherpa and later sirdar for many Himalayan expeditions. He was "beyond question the outstanding sherpa of his era" and he introduced Tenzing Norgay to the world of mountaineering.
Wang Chen-Yee
(french: link=no, Wang Jen-Ghié)
Wang Chen-Yee is the Chinese leader of the ''Sons of the Dragon'' brotherhood featured in ''The Blue Lotus''. He serves as Tintin's host during his stay in China, and later adopts Chang Chong-Chen.
Zorrino
Zorrino is an indigenous Peruvian people, Peruvian boy who makes a living by selling oranges in the mountain town of Jauja. In ''Prisoners of the Sun'', he leads Tintin and Captain Haddock on the trail of their kidnapped friend
Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus (french: Professeur Tryphon Tournesol , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's friend, an abse ...
to the Incan civilisation in the mountains. At the end of the adventure, Zorrino is invited to stay in the Inca city and follow their way of life, an invitation which he accepts.
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