History Recap / TintinPrisonersOfTheSun

* CulturalPosturing: All but stated with the Incas, who own a secret settlement in the mountains where they have carefully retained all of their Pre-Hispanic culture, including rituals, weapons and et caetera, but at the same time they have members infiltrated in the Peruvian society with perfect competence and are clearly aware of modern society. Not fully so, as they are still fields they are not become familiar with, namely astronomy, which proves to be a plot point.

* ConvenientEclipse: Oddly enough, the Incas do not know about the impending eclipse, despite worshipping the sun and having covert contact with the modern world. Herg&eacute later discovered this oversight on his part, and declared he would have written a different ending if he had known about this.

* ShownTheirWork: Thanks to a National Geographic magazine, Herg&eacute was able to get many details correct, such as Inca dress and architecture. However, he only uses these touches where it fits the story, so there are no "tourist moments" in the story showing off the temple, for instance. Of course, his limited sources meant he still made some mistakes (like assuming the Inca had a writing system and did not know about eclipses), but he corrected the former mistake partly in a later edition, and stated that he would have changed the eclipse ending if he had the chance.

* ConvenientEclipse: Oddly enough, the Incas do not know about the impending eclipse, despite worshipping the sun and having covert contact with the modern world. Herge later discovered this oversight on his part, and declared he would have written a different ending if he had known about this.

* ShownTheirWork: Thanks to a National Geographic magazine, Herge was able to get many details correct, such as Inca dress and architecture. However, he only uses these touches where it fits the story, so there are no "tourist moments" in the story showing off the temple, for instance. Of course, his limited sources meant he still made some mistakes (like assuming the Inca had a writing system and did not know about eclipses), but he corrected the former mistake partly in a later edition, and stated that he would have changed the eclipse ending if he had the chance.

* RunawayTrain Tintin is set up to be killed when the Incas decouple his train car. He can escape in the last moment.

Zorrino [[IChooseToStay decides to stay]] with the Inca while Tintin, Haddock and Calculus return to Europe safe and sound.

* IChooseToStay: At the end, Zorrino chooses to stay behind with the Incas.

* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: The coin Tintin received from a stranger.

* {{Mayincatec}}: The Incas are portrayed rather sympathetically, as even though they try to sacrifice the heroes, their interactions with outsiders have rarely been positive. Oh, and they suck at astronomy, as a plot point. On the whole Hergé, who got a lot of his information from ''National Geographic'', does not mix up the Inca with the Maya except with reference to the prophetic inscription mentioning the retribution that will befall the violators of Rascar Capac's tomb, which plays a large part in ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]''. The Incas, unlike the Mayas and Aztecs, had no system of writing. The original version of ''The Seven Crystal Balls'', serialized in ''Le Soir'', also contained a lead disc with symbols "resembling Aztec or Inca signs", but Hergé excised the panel that showed it and texts that mentioned it when the album version was produced.

* ModernMayincatecEmpire: The Incas are an unusual variant in that they don't directly rule Peru, but the non-Incan Peruvians are scared enough of them that the Peruvians will do whatever they say.

* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: A RunningGag concerns Haddock's poor affinity with llamas.