History Characters / Tintin

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: It is often been publicly speculated that Tintin might be at least partially based on or at least inspired by the young Danish explorer, Palle Huld, who famously travelled around the world in 44 days in 1928, an achievement that was widely reported on by the newspapers in Europe. The fact that Tintin made his first appearance about three months after Belgian and French newspapers ran headlines about Huld, and that Tintin is young boyish redhead like him is especially pointed towards as being more than a conincidence.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: It is often been publicly speculated that Tintin might be at least partially based on the young Danish explorer, Palle Huld, who famously travelled around the world in 44 days in 1928, an achievement that was widely reported on by the newspapers in Europe. The fact that Tintin made his first appearence about three months after Belgian and French newspapers had headlines about Huld, and that Tintin is young boyish redhead like him is especially pointed towards as being more than a conincidence.

Character sheet for the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' franchise.

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!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Jean Clarieux & Marcel Painvin (Belvision series), Creator/ClaudeBertrand (1969's ''Temple of the Sun'' and ''Lake of Sharks''), Creator/ChristianPelissier (Nelvana series), Patrick Béthune (2011 film)

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[[caption-width-right:300:Billions of blue, blistering barnacles!]]

* [[DreadfulMusician Dreadful Singer]]: Tintin, Haddock and Snowy certainly think so, though the fact that she's a world famous ''Opera'' diva may indicate that this is subject to opinion in-universe.

!!!'''Played by:''' Georges Wilson (''Tintin and the Golden Fleece''), Jean Bouise (''Tintin and the Blue Oranges'')

!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Jean Clarieux & Marcel Painvin (Belvision series), Creator/ClaudeBertrand (1969's ''Temple of the Sun'' and ''Lake of Sharks''), Christian Pélissier (Nelvana series), Patrick Béthune (2011 film)

* PaperThinDisguise: In addition to being totally out-of-date in respect to their surroundings (i.e. [[http://www.comicbookbrain.com/_imagery/2013-01-23/blue-lotus-b-620-detail.jpg wearing ancient Chinese clothing in modern (1930's) China]]), most disguises employed by the pair do little, if anything, to conceal their true identities, with Tintin, Haddock and assorted others easily recognising them (much to their bewilderment).

** All Tintin villains like to spend quality time with the ol' VillainBall, but it’s Allan who really loves this trope. In all the stories he's in, he has Tintin at his mercy at some point, and decides to just leave him alone for him to escape.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Accidentally shoots himself to death in "Explorers on the Moon"]].
* KnightOfCerebus: It was already the darkest entry in the series, but once he shows up in [[spoiler: "Explorers on the Moon"]] things go very bad, very quickly.

* ThrownOutTheAirlock: [[spoiler: While offscreen, Jorgen’s corpse is put into space by Tintin, Haddock and Calculus after he accidentally shoots himself.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: Seemingly averted for most of the story, as he engages in various sorts of rather dishonorable villainy. However, [[spoiler: when his schemes fail and he faces trial, thereby bringing shame and disgrace on his fatherland, he [[CruelAndUnusualDeath commits harakiri in prison]], thereby expunging his guilt in the honorable Samurai fashion]].

* PatrioticFervor: A Japanese super-patriot who serves his country loyally right to the bitter end. [[spoiler: Which he [[{{Seppuku}} inflicts on himself]], to atone for his failure.]]

%%* TheAtoner: At the end of the Moon adventure, and the eventual reason for[[spoiler: his HeroicSacrifice]]

%%* TheDogBitesBack:[[spoiler: The second time Jorgen goes back on his promise not to kill the astronauts, Wolff finally stands up to him and tries to physically stop him]]

* EpicFail: His truth serum is worse than useless. It makes the victim blab about everything ''except'' the question they're asked.

* EpicFail: His truth serum works more or less fine; it's just that Carriedas has so many dirty secrets and is so insufferable that he didn't reveal his account number.
* EvilGenius: He's an ex-Nazi scientist with knowledge of truth serums.

* TruthSerums: What he uses to find out other people's dirty secrets.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Given her usual personality, you'd expect more Gratuitous Italian from her.

* HonorBeforeReason: In ''The Castafiore Emerald'', Haddock sympathizes with the Romani forced to live in less than savory conditions, and immediately offers to let them stay close to Marlinspike Hall, despite Tintin's protests.

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: In ''Destination Moon'', he gets an ear trumpet and later a hearing aid so that he will be able to hear the radio transmissions; he insists he's "just a little hard of hearing in one ear", but needs to be able to hear absolutely perfectly for the mission.

%% (ZCE)* ArchEnemy: Only because he's the only reoccurring villain other than Allan.

%% (ZCE)* TheDragon: First to Omar Ben Salaad, then to Rastapopoulos. Is this to Sakharine in the movie.

%% (ZCE)* EvilCounterpart: To Haddock after becoming TheDragon to Tintin's ArchEnemy Rastapopoulos.

* ArchEnemy: Only because he's the only reoccurring villain other than Allan.

* TheDragon: First to Omar Ben Salaad, then to Rastapopoulos. Is this to Sakharine in the movie.

* EvilCounterpart: To Haddock after becoming TheDragon to Tintin's ArchEnemy Rastapopoulos.

%%* TheDragon: First to Omar Ben Salaad, then to Rastapopoulos. Is this to Sakharine in the movie.

* UltimateJobSecurity: They stay on the force and are consistently given major cases no matter how incompetent they really are.

* PapaWolf: When it matters he'll do anything to protect his friends, especially Tintin.

* SeadogBeard: He sports a perfect example of one.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Captain Chester and Professor Calculus.

* NearlyNormalAnimal: In the comics we can hear all he has to say but in other adaptations, he's a dog with above average intelligence.

* TheChick: The only recurring and prominent female member of the series.

* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]]: She may be an extremely RareFemaleExample of the trope. Despite neither being much of a looker nor very compelling company, she has quite a few male characters clearly enchanted, including Calculus and Colonel Sponsz. Granted, Calculus' reaction to General Alcazar's wife Peggy suggests he just may have a very unique taste in women.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Captain Haddock.
* IconicOutfit: The plus-fours.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Savate]]: As revealed in ''The Black Island''. Notably, the live action films have him doing UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} throws.

* GagNose: Lampshaded in ''Flight 714'' when the bad guys run into a proboscis monkey.

* TakeThat: Castafiore was inspired by one of Hergé's aunt. As a child, Hergé was forced to watch her aunt sing by his parents, something he truly disliked.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's always a generally nice person, ''The Castafiore Emerald'' shows that when genuinely angry, she could be a real spitfire that even ''Haddock'' wouldn't want to cross. In ''Tintin and the Picaros'', she ends up being quite a pain the ass for General Tapioca, as she constantly throws the pasta made for her in her prison guard's face, complaining about it being overcooked.

* FloweryInsults: He spouts these instead of the distinctly more earthy curses you'd expect of a sailor. Justified in that he was published for a Catholic children's entertainment comic, so naturally he couldn't be using swears, and it helped cement him as an iconic character.

* TheDragon: First to Omar Ben Salaad, then to Rastapopoulos. Is this to Sakharine in the movie.

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