History Awesome / TinTin

* The protagonists' victory over the Perry in the climactic last stretch of race to the meteorite.

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* Between 1971 and 1989 Cupol (later acquired by CBS, now Sony Music) published Swedish audio cassettes of the issues, covering each one from ''Congo'' to ''Picaros''. While that in itself might not be all that unique the high quality of the productions are. Not only do they each follow the issues as closely as possible, the voice cast is outstanding and they kept the same actors for the recurring roles for nearly every single production (the actors also reprised their roles for the Belvision series). Each cassette is narrated by Tintin, as voiced by Tomas Bolme, and Bolme's performance is considered by many Swedes as the ''real'' Tintin. He also manages to narrate events as they unfold and make it work without sounding silly, which is no small feat. Also worth mentioning is Åke Lindström as Captain Haddock, who gives a passionate performance that manages to take the FloweryInsults to a new level. The recordings have later been released on CD and are now available on Spotify (and, in some cases, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyF4T4cnEw&t=137s on YouTube]]).

* In a non-action example, Bianca Castafiore slamming the doors of Marlinspike Hall in Jolyion Wagg's face in ''The Castafiore Emerald'' is an extremely satisfying and long-overdue moment.

* Between 1971 and 1989 Cupol (later acquired by CBS, now Sony Music) published Swedish audio cassettes of the albums, covering each one from ''Congo'' to ''Picaros''. While that in itself might not be all that unique the high quality of the productions are. Not only do they each follow the albums as closely as possible, the voice cast is outstanding and they kept the same actors for the recurring roles for nearly every single production (the actors also reprised their roles for the Belvision series). Each cassette is narrated by Tintin, as voiced by Tomas Bolme, and Bolme's performance is considered by many Swedes as the ''real'' Tintin. He also manages to narrate events as they unfold and make it work without sounding silly, which is no small feat. Also worth mentioning is Åke Lindström as Captain Haddock, who gives a passionate performance that manages to take the FloweryInsults to a new level. The recordings have later been released on CD and are now available on Spotify (and, in some cases, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyF4T4cnEw&t=137s on YouTube]]).

* Tintin's determination to find Tchang and Haddock's incredible loyalty.

* Throughout the book Haddock is more of an annoyance than help to Tintin. On the other hand, [[DragonInChief Allan]] has a rather fearsome presence, who knocks his underlings out in [[OneHitKO just one punch]] when they [[BearerOfBadNews bring bad news]] or [[YouHaveFailedMe fail him]]. In the climax, when Tintin, Haddock and Snowy get drunk on fumes, Allan and his men decide to dispose off the miscreants. Haddock accidentally spills alcohol all over Tom's face annoying him and he snatches the bottle out of his hand. This sobers him up good and he starts beating up both Tom and another guy who had him. Allan decides to put the captain in his place. An offscreen fight is heard, cut to a [[CurbStompBattle beaten and bruised Allan]] been thrown across the room, with a victorious Captain Haddock, without a single scratch emerging with a bottle in his hand [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge screaming for revenge]]. Even the bottle is unharmed, meaning he probably beat up Allan barehanded.

* Tintin's rescue of Chang from from a flooded river. The moment he heard his cry for help, he dove in with no hesitation, because that's the kind of guy Tintin is.

* Captain Haddock chasing off the parasites by announcing he feels his ancestor's spirit being channelled through him[[note]] His ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, was the man who killed Red Rackham in single combat[[/note]].

* Castafiore gets another one when her ability to improvise saves Tintin and Haddock from capture ''and'' provides them with the means to defeat the BigBad and escape Borduria.

* Castafiore gets another one in where her ability to improvise saves Tintin and Haddock from capture ''and'' provides them with the means to defeat the BigBad and escape Borduria.

* The four-part story arc that comprises ''Destination Moon'' and ''Explorers on the Moon'', because of its complex plot and all the action and danger, especially when it's revealed just what Professor Calculus can do.
** Oh, that and the little old man manages to shout down ''Captain Haddock'' of all people after being told he was "acting the goat", ''forcibly drag him'' into a restricted area after he ''frightens the security guards out of his way and hangs the security chief on a coat hanger'', bundles him into a jeep, takes him up to a high point, despite not knowing how to drive, and says to him, firmly "LOOK AT WHAT 'THE GOAT' CREATED!", all because he's had enough of the man's constant ranting. It even continues into the rocket, where he furiously berates Haddock for [[NoOSHACompliance standing too close to the hole leading to the lower deck]]. Becomes a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} when Calculus [[HypocriticalHumor falls down a hole leading to a lower deck,]] [[ComedicSociopathy causing him to lose his memory]]. [[OhCrap This becomes a problem later.]]

[[folder:"The Shooting Star"]]

* On driving a stolen tank to the Bordurian border, Tintin finds the road blocked by heavy trucks and the border protected by anti-tank obstacles. [[CuttingTheKnot So he drives the tank straight through the guardhouse]].

[[folder:''The Calculus Affair'']]
* Castafiore gets another one in where her ability to improvise saves Tintin and Haddock from capture ''and'' provides them with the means to defeat the BigBad and escape Borduria.

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[[folder:''Prisoners of the Sun'']]
* Two men are harassing Zorinno, a small boy selling fruits. Outraged, Tintin rushes up without any hesitation and beats the snot out of the bullies, despite them being bigger than him. When they try to retaliate, they don't even score a single hit and [[VillainExitStageLeft their only resort is to run away]]!

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[[folder:"The Shooting Star"]]
* The protagonists' victory over the Perry in the climactic last stretch of race to the meteorite.

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[[folder:''The Calculus Affair'']]
* Castafiore gets another one in where her ability to improvise saves Tintin and Haddock from capture ''and'' provides them with the means to defeat the BigBad and escape Borduria.

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[[folder:''The Red Sea Sharks'']]
* Haddock's reaction to finding out about the slave smuggling. His list of insults towards the bad guys never seems to end.

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[[folder:''Tintin in Tibet'']]
* Tintin's determination to find Tchang and Haddock's incredible loyalty.

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* Castafiore gets another one in ''The Calculus Affair'' where her ability to improvise saves Tintin and Haddock from capture ''and'' provides them with the means to defeat the BigBad and escape Borduria.

[[folder:''King Ottokar’s Scepter'']]
* The story about how King Ottokar of Syldavia gave his sceptre its mythical status by [[AssassinOutclassin beating off a violent would-be usurper with it]]; it helps that his BondOneLiner from the incident ("If you gather thistles, expect prickles!") became the Syldavian national motto.

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* In the ''Prisoners of the Sun'', two men are harassing Zorinno, a small boy selling fruits. Outraged, Tintin rushes up without any hesitation and beats the snot out of the bullies, despite them being bigger than him. When they try to retaliate, they don't even score a single hit and [[VillainExitStageLeft their only resort is to run away]]!
* The protagonists' victory over the Perry in the climactic last stretch of race to the meteorite in "The Shooting Star".