History Recap / TintinRedRackhamsTreasure

* [[SpoonerIsm Spoonerism]]:

** Max Bird, the villain of the previous story, is mentioned to have escaped from prison. Thomson and Thompson suspect that the man is seeking revenge and could be hiding aboard the treasure-hunter's ship. That convinces the two officers to volunteer their services in this journey. In the end, this plot point seemingly just serves as an excuse to get Thomson and Thompson into the story. By the time the story concludes, there is nothing to indicate that Max was ever aboard the ship. Or even near it. The Thom(p)sons claim he was "discouraged by their presence". Max never appears in any later stories, either. His fate is never resolved.

''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (1944) is the 12th adventure of {{Tintin}} and a direct sequel to ''[[Recap/TintinTheSecretOfTheUnicorn The Secret of the Unicorn]]''. In the previous tale Tintin and Captain Haddock had discovered three parchments revealing the location of the Unicorn, a sunken ship. Said ship contains the treasure of famed pirate Red Rackham. In this adventure, the two friends set out on a naval expedition to locate the treasure. Accompanying them are Thomson and Thompson, determined to protect them from Max Bird, who escaped from prison after the previous book ([[RedHerring though he never shows up]]).

* EpicFail: When Calculus first tries to demonstrate his submarine to Tintin and friends, it ''immediately'' breaks into pieces upon boarding it.

* RealityEnsues: At one point, Tintin thinks Haddock might have buried the treasure at the foot of a cross on the island, but eventually comes to realize that this was implausible; if he'd managed to get the treasure off the ship, he'd have taken it with him when he was rescued later on.

* CompressedAdaptation: Similar to Tintin in America, the 1990 animated adaptation was shortened to 20 minutes instead of the normal 40 minute runtime, cutting many of the jokes and trimming the story back to its basics.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the original French, François de Hadoque (in the English translation: Sir Francis Haddock) was given the château of Moulinsart (Marlinspike Hall) by Louis XIV as a reward for his services in 1695. The problem with that: Moulinsart is situated in the environs of Brussels, i. e. in a part of the world that at the time belonged not to France, but to the Spanish Netherlands and the UsefulNotes/HolyRomanEmpire.
** However, Moulinsart/Marlinspike is fictional, so this is an artistic license only if you assume that the big city where Tintin lives is Brussels. There is no explicit indication that this city is Brussels in this album, and even in the whole coloured series (the most explicit clue is a mention of Brussels in Chinese characters on an envelope in ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTibet Tintin in Tibet]]''). The only explicit mention of Brussels can be found in the black and white album ''[[Recap/TintinTintinInTheLandOfTheSoviets Tintin in the Land of the Soviets]]'', but this album is full of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.

* PirateBooty: The title already indicates that the story is about the treasure of a pirate. Red Rackham and his pirates were introduced in the [[Recap/TintinTheSecretOfTheUnicorn The Secret of the Unicorn]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Max Bird, the villain of the previous story, is mentioned to have escaped from prison. Thomson and Thompson suspect that the man is seeking revenge and could be hiding aboard the treasure-hunter's ship. That convinces the two officers to volunteer their services in this journey. In the end, this plot point seemingly just serves as an excuse to get Thomson and Thompson into the story. By the time the story concludes, there is nothing to indicate that Max was ever aboard the ship. Or even near it. The Thom(p)sons claim he was "discouraged by their presence". Max never appears in any later stories, either. His fate is never resolved.

''Red Rackham's Treasure'' (1944) is the 12th adventure of {{Tintin}} and a direct sequel to [[Recap/TintinTheSecretOfTheUnicorn The Secret of the Unicorn]]. In the previous tale Tintin and Captain Haddock had discovered three parchments revealing the location of the Unicorn, a sunken ship. Said ship contains the treasure of famed pirate Red Rackham. In this adventure, the two friends set out on a naval expedition to locate the treasure. Accompanying them are Thomson and Thompson, determined to protect them from Max Bird, who escaped from prison after the previous book ([[RedHerring though he never shows up]]).

* GameChanger: From this story onward, Haddock and Calculus live a life of luxury in Marlinspike Hall, with most stories beginning or at least taking place partially there. Although Tintin himself doesn't move into Marlinspike Hall, we almost never see his old apartment in any of the following adventures.

* ShaggyDogStory: Averted considering that although the treasure hunt to the wreck does not find the treasure itself, it turns out to have been worth the effort. On top of the various artifacts found, there is also a strongbox containing documents that Calculus discovers prove Captain Haddock is the proper inheritor of Marlinspike Hall. Furthermore, the expedition allows Calculus' shark sub to be properly tested and he sells the design for a considerable sum that enables him to buy the estate for Haddock.

* ShaggyDogStory: Averted considering that although the treasure hunt to the wreck does not find the treasure itself, it turned out to have been worth the effort. On top of the various artifacts found, there is also a strongbox containing documents that Calculus discovers prove Captain Haddock is the proper inheritor of Marlinspike Hall. Furthermore, the expedition allows Calculus' shark sub to be properly tested and he sells the design for a considerable sum that enables him to buy the estate for Haddock.

* ShaggyDogStory: Averted considering that although the treasure hunt to the wreck does not find the treasure itself, it turned out to have been worth the effort considering that on top of the various artifacts found there is also is also the strongbox containing documents that Calculus discovers prove Captain Haddock is the proper inheritor of Marlinspike Hall. Furthermore, the expedition allows Calculus' shark sub to be properly tested and he sells the design for a considerable sum that enables him to buy the estate for Haddock.