History WesternAnimation / TheAdventuresOfTintin1991

* PragmaticAdaptation: As said above, some subplots, situations and characters that felt random or unnecessary were AdaptedOut to fit the 20-minutes format.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The series turned Mitsuhirato's manservant into a Son of the Dragon who [[TheMole infiltrated]] the drug trafficking gang and saves Tintin from being injected with the Rajaijah (poison of madness). In the comic book, it is another agent who switches the poison with a harmless liquid.

It debuted in 1991. 39 episodes were produced over the course of its three seasons, dividing some album adaptations in [[MultiPartEpisode two parts]]. It first aired on France 3 in France, La Deux in Belgium, Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the USA, Creator/FamilyChannel in Canada and Creator/Channel4 in UK.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Implemented in some areas, [[TropesAreTools but it's done enough so that it doesn't hamper the plots too much.]]

** [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwHp9hgW8AEjFLu.jpg:large Tintin disguises himself as a black cabin boy]] in the album ''The Broken Ear''. Since it's a rather embarrassing case of {{Blackface}}, the series turned his disguise into WigDressAccent.

* AdaptationDistillation: ''The Calculus Affair'' removes the Syldavian agents from the story entirely. This streamlines the story by allowing it to focus on only one antagonistic faction (the Bordurians), while keeping most of the important plot points.
* AdaptedOut: Three albums were not adapted in the series for various reasons. [[CompressedAdaptation A number of subplots, minor characters and situations also don't appear]] in the episodes that were adapted from the other albums, likely a case of PragmaticAdaptation to fit the half-hour / twenty minutes formats. For more details, see [[AdaptedOut/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}} here]].

* CompressedAdaptation: The size of the AdaptedOut page speaks for itself. Some episodes last 40 minutes while others last 20 minutes. Those belonging to the latter case are the most compressed.

* TruerToTheText: While it's very much a CompressedAdaptation and three albums were AdaptedOut for various reasons, the series is considerably more faithful to the comic books than the 1960s Belvision episodes and animated films, which all provided much AdaptationExpansion and significant plot and character alterations.

** In the same episode, Al Capone's HQ is not a castle in a city outskirt countryside but a building in downtown Chicago. And it still has medieval-looking rooms and corridors and medieval armors.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Some of these were changed but [[TropesAreTools nobody really considers this a bad thing]]
** In the English dub of ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'', the fetish is referred to as an idol, [[HaveAGayOldTime due to fetish having a VERY different meaning nowadays]]. There is one exception though.
** A zig-zagged case for the English dub of ''The Red Sea Sharks''. The backstory of the ship full of people being sold into slavery, in order to avoid {{Blackface}}, were changed to middle eastern and north-african looking people who were refugees instead of muslims being tricked on their pilgrimage. In some ways it lightens it a bit, but in many other ways, it makes it even ''darker''.

* CreatorCameo: A posthumous version occurs with Hergé himself, who passed away in 1983. An animated version of him appears as a background character in multiple episodes just like he did in the comic books. Fittingly, he's often showing drawing on a sketchpad.

** ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'' removes the character of Rodrigo Tortilla from the story and has Lopez be not only the one to steal the fetish from the Arumbayas, but also to tell Ramon and Alonzo about it. This makes the story a little easier to follow.

* CompositeCharacter: ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'' combines the characters of Rodrigo Tortilla and Lopez. Rodrigo Lopez not only steals the Heart of the Jungle and hides it in the idol, but he is also the one to steal it from the museum.

* AdaptedOut: Three albums were not adapted in the series for various reasons. [[CompressedAdaptation A number of subplots, minor characters and situations also don't appear]] in the episodes that were adapted from the other albums, likely a case of PragmaticAdaptation to fit the half-hour / twenty minutes formats. [[AdaptedOut/{{The Adventures of Tintin|1991}} Has its own page]].

** In ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'', the fetish is referred to as an idol, [[HaveAGayOldTime due to fetish having a VERY different meaning nowadays]]. There is one exception though.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: ''Tintin in America'' ends with Tintin finishing his report, before getting a phone call about an unknown situation and leaving to solve it. In the book, he simply leaves America and returns home.

It debuted in 1991. 39 episodes were produced over the course of its three seasons, dividing some album adaptations in [[MultiPartEpisode two parts]]. It aired on France 3 in France, La Deux in Belgium, Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in the USA, Creator/FamilyChannel in Canada and Creator/Channel4 in UK.

* CreatorCameo: A posthumous version occurs with Herge himself. An animated version of him appears as a background character in multiple episodes. Fittingly, he's often showing drawing on a sketchpad.

** A zig-zagged case. The backstory of the ship full of people being sold into slavery, in order to avoid {{Blackface}}, were changed to middle eastern and north-african looking people who were refugees instead of muslims being tricked on their pilgrimage. In some ways it lightens it a bit, but in many other ways, it makes it even ''darker''.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'', the fetish is referred to as an idol, [[HaveAGayOldTime due to fetish having a VERY different meaning nowadays]].

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In ''Tintin and the Broken Ear'', the fetish is referred to as an idol, due to fetish having a VERY different meaning nowadays.

** In the same episode, Al Capone's HQ is not a castle in a city outskirt countryside but a building in downtown Chicago. And it still has medieval-looking rooms and corridors and armors.

** Villains Alonso Pérez and Ramón Bada drown and go to {{Hell}} at the end of the album ''The Broken Ear''. In the namesake episode, Tintin saves them from drowning and they get arrested.