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12The character sheet for the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' franchise.
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14French language names are indicated in brackets.
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18!!The Main Cast
19
20[[folder: Tintin]]
21!!Tintin
22[[quoteright:312:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Tintin_character_3618.jpg]]
23[[caption-width-right:312:Great snakes!]]
24!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Georges Poujouly (Belvision series), Philippe Ogouz (1969's ''Temple of the Sun''), Jacques Careuil (''Lake of Sharks''), Thierry Wermuth (Nelvana series), Benjamin Bollen (2011 film)
25!!!'''Voiced in English by:''' Larry Harmon (Belvision series, "Objective Moon"), Dal [=McKennon=] (Belvision series, remaining episodes), Colin O'Meara (Nelvana series), Richard Pearce (BBC Radio Series 1 and 2), Creator/JamieBell (2011 film)
26!!!'''Played by:''' Jean-Pierre Talbot (''Tintin and the Golden Fleece'', ''Tintin and the Blue Oranges'')
27
28The protagonist of the series, a young and adventurous reporter who seems to have a knack for getting himself involved in all sorts of adventures.
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30* TheAce: Hergé admitted Tintin was an idealized version of himself (even though Haddock was his favorite character).
31* AmateurSleuth: Tintin ends up doing Thomson and Thompson's jobs for them more often than not.
32* ATeamFiring: Tintin is a crack shot when aiming at things without a pulse. Otherwise...
33* BadassAdorable: He's been noted as baby-faced more than once.
34* BadassBookworm: A highly intelligent young journalist and a force to be reckoned with. Solves crimes and punches out bad guys on a regular basis.
35* BadassLongcoat: His trenchcoat.
36* BewareTheNiceOnes: Tintin is as easy going and sweet as they come but he can knock down men twice his size with a single well placed punch.
37* BornLucky: Ooooh boy. He tends to get himself out of trouble through very unlikely circumstances. For just a few examples: An attempt to drown him didn't work because his captors mixed up knockout chemicals with sleeping chemicals (causing the water to immediately wake him up), [[CementShoes trying to use a barbell to weigh him down]] failed because a wooden barbell used by a fake strongman got confused with the real thing, and a criminal attempting to ambush Tintin ended up throwing a vase into his own partner's face because the latter opened the door Tintin was in front of at the wrong moment. And that's not even the full list.
38* TheCape: He's a totally morally upstanding sort of guy.
39* CelibateHero: In part because of when he was aired and where, but he never displays any particular interest in women.
40* CharacterCatchphrase: He says "Great Snakes!" whenever he's surprised. In the original French language, he uses the expression "sapristi".
41* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In his first two books, he was originally something of a rude, inconsiderate troublemaker who didn't mind getting into fights.
42* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: It's frightening to imagine what sort of (drunken) trouble Captain Haddock would get into if Tintin wasn't there to keep an eye on him.
43* CuteBruiser: Look at him; doesn't he look just sweet and innocent? But he's pretty good with the old fisticuffs or an improvised weapon, and has repeatedly battered far larger foes unconscious.
44* DeadpanSnarker: Sometimes snarks at the antics of Snowy, Thomson and Thompson and Captain Haddock.
45-->''(After Tintin escapes and foils his plans and holds both Jorgen and [[spoiler:Wolff]] at gunpoint)''\
46'''Colonel Jorgen:''' TINTIN!\
47'''Tintin:''' Yes, me!... [[SarcasmMode Did I disturb you? I do beg your pardon. I really should have knocked before I came in.]] Now get up both of you, and put up your hands!
48* {{Determinator}}: In ''Recap/TintinTintinInTibet'', as well as in the Spielberg/Jackson film. He inspires Haddock not to give up, which in turn inspires Haddock to encourage Tintin to do the same the one time he does almost give up. Bottom line, there's only so much Tintin will do or risk for himself, but for his friends there's nothing he ''won't''.
49** Villains also consistently learn the hard way that trying to kill him only makes him want to take them down even more. For any recurring villains, just seeing or even ''hearing'' about him usually elicits some colourful language because they know he ''will'' end up as a SpannerInTheWorks before long.
50* DistressedDude: He ends up in trouble, knocked unconscious and tied up constantly.
51* DoesntLikeGuns: He's not fond of using guns, although he doesn't hesitate to use a pistol when necessary, and is very proficient in handling any firearm he obtains.
52* DubNameChange:
53** His name is Kuifje (lit. 'little quiff') in the Dutch translation.
54** His name is Tim in the German translation.
55%%* TheEveryman
56* FamedInStory: Tintin is very famous in-universe, reflecting the character's real-life popularity in Belgium and beyond. For instance a whole crowd comes to welcome him back in Brussels in the first album, a sheikh admits being a long term fan of Tintin in ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', even the fact that he's coming somewhere is news-worthy. Admittedly, he makes the front page with extraordinary stories of his adventures on a regular basis, so that is to be expected.
57* {{Forgiveness}}: He's quick to give people a second chance, and felt obligated to SaveTheVillain several times over the course of the series.
58%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Optimist.
59* FriendToAllChildren: His status as a NiceGuy easily makes him this. His best friend before Haddock was Chang, a younger, Chinese boy. While Abdullah is an exception, Tintin still tries to keep him out of danger.
60* FriendlessBackground: Prior to meeting Haddock and Calculus his only regular associate was Snowy. Although by that point he had already struck up the extremely signficant friendship with Chang and the Thom(p)sons considered themselves Tintin's friends, as did a number of persons whom Tintin had met on his travels abroad and would meet again, notably Oliveira da Figueira, Ridgewell, and Bianca Castafiore.
61* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a very humble and understanding person, but he'll call out on anybody who does cross his limit or puts him in a dangerous situation. He'll even fight his friends if they prove to be too much of a hindrance at times.
62* GoodOldFisticuffs: His very effective fighting style.
63* GuileHero:
64** Throughout the course of the series, he would lie to the bad guys, disguise himself, trick the bad guys, fool the bad guys etc... A typical scene in an adventure could have him pointing behind a villain and yelling "Look out!" after they make him crash his car, and then he would steal ''their'' car while they were distracted.
65** He would also use whisky and reverse psychology to get the Captain to cooperate.
66* HeroesLoveDogs: Snowy is Tintin's longest companion and trying to hurt Snowy is one of very few ways to get Tintin genuinely mad.
67%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Captain Haddock.
68%%* IconicOutfit: The plus-fours.
69%%* IdealHero
70* IKnowKarate: As revealed in ''The Black Island''. Notably, the live action films have him doing UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} throws.
71* ImprobableHairStyle: His quiff, which never seems to fall flat again.
72* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Immune to any kind of vice whatsoever (except getting drunk, a few times in the earlier volumes ...and for his initial racism, although that was more CharacterizationMarchesOn than anything else).
73* IndyPloy: Tintin's resourcefulness and quick thinking has gotten him out of more tight spots than he can count.
74* IntergenerationalFriendship: All of his friends are either significantly older than him or significantly younger.
75%%* InstantExpert
76* IntrepidReporter: Subverted as his adventures only have a very tenuous connection to his job if at all. It's implied that he writes about his adventures afterwards and that's what we're reading in the comics.
77* JumpedAtTheCall: All the time, except in ''Tintin and the Picaros''.
78* MasterOfDisguise: Tintin has pulled off quick disguises quite often to sneak into enemy ranks or avoid capture.
79* NiceGuy: He's polite, calm, levelheaded, reasonable, rational, and all around a pretty nice fellow.
80* NotSoAboveItAll: Occassionally shows a trickster-ish side. In ''[[Recap/TintinTheCrabWithTheGoldenClaws The Crab With The Golden Claws]]'', he meets Thomson and Thompson (Dupond et Dupont) at a restaurant where they order beer. Thompson and Thomson each slap Tintin on the back in a greeting, hurting and startling him twice. As they take a sip of their drinks, Tintin slaps both of them on the back while saying, ''"And nice to see you too, my dear old friends",'' startling and hurting them both.
81* OneHourWorkWeek: Tintin is supposedly a journalist. This is rarely mentioned, and the only time he is ever seen writing an article or explicitly doing actual journalism is in ''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets''.
82* OnlySaneMan: Between the hot-headed Captain, hearing impaired Professor and the bumbling Detectives, Tintin has his hands full.
83* PintsizedPowerhouse: He's slighter and younger than many of the people he encounters... but he's capable of taking on two gorilla-henchmen at the same time!
84* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: For someone who is supposedly a reporter, he doesn't get to do a lot of story writing. Most of the places he visits are because of his job, though. Due to DirectLineToTheAuthor, the stories about his adventures ''are'' his reports, or at least are based on them; when they originally appeared in newspapers, Hergé occasionally wrote fake articles that had Tintin interviewing some of the other characters on the finer details of what was going on -- an opportunity for Hergé to [[ShownTheirWork show his research]].
85* RedHeadedHero: His hair is usually colored orange.
86* RedOniBlueOni: Level-headed, calm, and a think-before-you-act-mindset, Tintin is Blue to Haddock's Red.
87* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Resisted bribery attempts [[Recap/TintinTheBlueLotus at least twice]].
88* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Sensitive Guy to Haddock's Manly Man.
89* SherlockHomage: He shares many similarities with Franchise/SherlockHolmes by being an intelligent ChasteHero and BadassBookWorm solving crimes, while Captain Haddock is somewhat of a Watsonian sidekick. Creator/{{Herge}} was a Holmes fan too.
90* TechnicalPacifist: While he is willing to fight, he goes to great lengths to avoid conflict.
91* VagueAge: He's old enough to enter a pub and drink a beer (''The Black Island'') and old enough to live alone with his dog in his own apartment. However, he is still referred to as a "young boy", and a "puppy." Hergé stated that when he first thought about Tintin, the character was 14 or 15 years old, but in an interview he stated: "but now, let's say that he is 17."
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94[[folder: Snowy (Milou)]]
95!!Snowy (Milou)
96[[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Milou_9083.jpg]]
97!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Creator/RogerCarel (Belvision series), Creator/SusanRoman (Nelvana series)
98!!!'''Voiced in English by:''' Andrew Sachs (BBC Radio Series 1 and 2)
99
100Tintin's faithful pet dog, a loyal and trusted companion who is always by Tintin's side.
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102* AnimalTalk: Only in the original comics and in the radio adaptations.
103* BigDamnHeroes: Frequently saves Tintin's ass by biting someone else's. Naturally, in the knick of time.
104** And then there was the time in ''Cigars Of The Pharaoh'' when Snowy bit ''Tintin himself'' in the ass to break him out of the Fakir's hypnotic spell.
105* BreakingTheFourthWall: Comics only, when he talks to the reader.
106* CanineCompanion: One of the most famous in fiction.
107* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In early albums, Snowy was subject to all kinds of PluckyComicRelief, [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy especially where alcohol is involved]]. After the introduction of [[TheAlcoholic Captain Haddock]], Snowy became a more light-hearted character, though he still gets subject to comedic moments every once in a while.
108* TheChewToy: A mild example, there's a running gag of people stepping on his tail throughout the series. He also never gets to keep the bones he finds.
109* DeadpanSnarker: In the comics, where he speaks, nobody is safe from his cutting remarks. Not even Tintin. In the animated incarnations, he is more of a SilentSnarker.
110-->'''Tintin:''' Piraeus, Naples, Marseilles, then home through the Straits of Gibraltar. How about that for a marvellous cruise, eh, Snowy?\
111'''Snowy:''' Marvellous… You mean dull as a ditchwater!… Why doesn't someone [[BlackComedy fall overboard to brighten things up?]]
112* {{Determinator}}: If Tintin gets into trouble, nothing can stop him from helping his master. The best example is the way Snowy tracks Tintin to Marlinspike after the Bird brothers kidnap him in ''Secret of the Unicorn''. In the Spielberg/Jackson film, he jumps onto a truck in the middle of a busy intersection, leaps through a herd of cows, and sneaks onto a ship to find him.
113* DubNameChange:
114** His original French name is Milou.
115** His German name is Struppi.
116** His Dutch name is Bobbie.
117* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: He casually speaks to Tintin in ''Tintin in America'', but for the rest of the series remain a NearlyNormalAnimal. The very first book ''Tintin In The Land Of The Soviets'' takes his AmplifiedAnimalAptitude up to eleven by having him see through disguised OGPU agents before Tintin does (which can simply be chalked up to EvilDetectingDog), being able to come up with complex solutions to problems (dressing up as a tiger to scare the captors away) and being able to use a brush to pretty himself up ''without assistance or fingers''.
118* EvilDetectingDog: Snowy often has people figured out as evil on instinct before Tintin has proof.
119* FriendToAllChildren: Befriends nearly every child character the gang encounters, with the possible exception of the prank-happy [[BrattyHalfPint Abdullah]].
120* GoodAngelBadAngel: Whenever he encounters a particularly tasty-looking bone.
121** Or some of Haddock's spilled whiskey.
122* HeroicDog: He's Tintin's dog and he saved him multiple times.
123* HyperCompetentSidekick: Occasionally. Snowy can figure out some matters way before Tintin has.
124* MeaningfulName: In the English translation, he's called Snowy, and he's white, just like snow.
125* NearlyNormalAnimal: He seems to be able to [[TalkingAnimal speak to Tintin]] in the first books, but after that he mostly behaves like an extremely clever animal: he has inner, intelligible thoughts (for the reader), and understands enough of what is going on around him to be of invaluable help to Tintin every time. He is however not above stealing food whenever the occasion presents, occasionally misunderstands what Tintin wants, and can't resist a good bone (or spilled whiskey) even when given a particularly important mission. He also likes to chase cats and other animals even when Tintin asks him to follow a trail.
126* NonHumanSidekick: For the first ten or so adventures Snowy was Tintin's only companion.
127%%* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Again, comics only.
128* TeamPet: His role on the team.
129%%* TimmyInAWell
130* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snowy has a distinct phobia of spiders; a brief glance at one is enough to send him scurrying away from it.
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133[[folder: Captain Haddock (Capitaine Haddock)]]
134!!Captain Archibald Haddock
135[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captain_haddock_3.png]]
136[[caption-width-right:350:Billions of blue, blistering barnacles!]]
137!!!'''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), Creator/PatrickBethune (2011 film)
138!!!'''Voiced in English by:''' Creator/PaulFrees (Belvision series), David Fox (Nelvana series), Leo [=McKern=] (BBC Radio Series 1), Lionel Jeffries (BBC Radio Series 2), Creator/AndySerkis (2011 film)
139!!!'''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgesWilson (''Film/TintinAndTheGoldenFleece''), Jean Bouise (''Film/TintinAndTheBlueOranges'')
140
141A boisterous and fierce-tempered seaman, Captain Haddock was originally the captain of a trading vessel called the Karaboujan, where his criminally-involved First Mate, Allan kept him pliant in a whiskey-induced alcoholic stupor, allowing him to secretly use the ship as part of an opium-smuggling ring. With Tintin's help, the good captain snaps out of his alcohol-sodden fever dream, escaped and eventually aided in foiling the smuggling ring, but his ship was lost forever. Settling down on land, he returned to aid Tintin in pursuit of a treasure secreted by his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, after which he became wealthy in his own right and become a stalwart companion in Tintin's adventures.
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143* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: A lot of his cursing uses alliteration in the translation. For example, "Billions of blue blistering barnacles!"
144* AddictionPowered: Give a few drops of alcohol to a tired Captain Haddock, and he'll be good as new.
145* AgentScully: Always dismisses the supernatural despite having seen the impossible with his own eyes several times.
146** In ''Tintin in Tibet'', he refuses to acknowledge the existence of the [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Yeti]].
147** Happens again in ''Flight 714'' when he states his disbelief in both aliens and hypnosis.
148** And he refuses to believe in fortune telling in "The Castafiore Emerald". Even though he saw a pretty convincing case of it in "The Seven Crystal Balls."
149* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Haddock, we're looking ''right'' at you. Literally. You're the picture on the trope page. Dry, he's a force to be reckoned with. Let him swallow a ''drop'' of liquor, though, and he's capable of starting a fire in a ''wooden lifeboat.'' And ''breaking the oars for fuel.'' And when he realizes what he's done, he'll try to put out the fire... With '''[[MolotovCocktail whiskey]]'''. '''''[[DistantReactionShot ker]]-[[StuffBlowingUp WHOOMP]]'''''
150* TheAlcoholic: The good captain is quite fond of whiskey and rum, and early on, he is shown to get ''outright nauseated'' whenever he drinks non-alcoholic drinks, especially water. Despite often being played for laughs, the comic does makes it quite clear that his addiction is a huge problem for him and the people around him, especially as he frequently engages in AlcoholInducedIdiocy, and a good part of his CharacterDevelopment is him getting some measure of control over his drinking habits.
151* AmusingInjuries: After his first appearance, the poor captain is frequently subjected to these, almost bordering on TheChewToy if not for Thomson and Thompson having worse luck than he is.
152* {{Angrish}}: He occasionally yells a string of unintelligible syllables or consonants instead of his usual FloweryInsults when he's particularly upset.
153* BadassFamily: His ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock was also quite a badass, being a captain in the marines under Louis XIV who memorably killed fearsome pirate [[RedBaron Red Rackham]] in single combat and eventually sunk his entire crew.
154* BenevolentBoss: To Nestor, who aside from nagging once or twice he seems to treat well and hold in high regard. He is horrified by Abdullah's treatment of him when coming back at the end of ''The Red Sea Sharks'', and when the Thompsons suggests Nestor might be the thief in ''The Castafior's Emerald'' on the basis that he used to work for the Bird Brothers, Haddock is indignant and immediately speaks in his defense.
155* TheBerserker: He once charged swinging his rifle at a flank of desert bandits when they shot his bottle. Deconstructed, however, because it should have got him killed; he only survived because the bandits fled from a bigger menace behind Haddock.
156* BerserkButton: Stealing or destroying his booze.
157* TheBigGuy: He's a big man, and though he isn't especially skilled in a fight, those he does hit ''stay'' hit. He once [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength ripped a wooden chair in half with his bare hands]] when angered. While the director of the space center was still sitting on it.
158* BoisterousBruiser: He's the most boisterous, outgoing and aggressive member of the "Tintin Trio"; Tintin prefers to talk or outwit adversaries and Professor Calculus is usually too oblivious to even ''realise'' he's in danger, but Haddock is the first to take a swing at someone.
159* BreakoutCharacter: Not the main character, but almost certainly the most popular and well-known one after being introduced in ''The Crab with the Golden Claws''.
160* BunnyEarsLawyer: As troublesome as he may be, no one can deny that he's an excellent sailor with impressive navigation skills.
161* ButtMonkey: If there's a way for a character to have a humourous accident or injury, it'll happen to Captain Haddock. In ''Red Sea Sharks'', he gets hurt '''32 times''' in all! Eventually, ''everyone'' {{Lampshades}} this.
162* CatchphraseInsult: More than one specific insult, Haddock is a [[EncyclopaedicKnowledge walking encyclopaedia]] of insults, especially if they're SesquipedalianLoquaciousness type, becoming integral part of the character (Haddock without throwing insults isn't Haddock at all). Out of Haddock's many, many insults he uses, the most frequently-used one seems to be "Bashi-bazouk". He made that one up,[[note]]Bashi-Bazouks were a corps of particularly undisciplined ottoman mercenaries.[[/note]] just like most of his other colourful curses.
163* CelibateHero: Like Tintin, he doesn't seem to have any interest in romance. Admittedly, the fact he happens to be terrorized by [[CuteButCacophonic Bianca Castafiore]], the one prominent female character in the franchise, probably doesn't help.
164* CharacterCatchphrase: Much of his FloweryInsults can be counted as this. The most prominent examples:
165** Billions of blue blistering barnacles!
166** Ten thousand thundering typhoons!
167* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When first introduced he was a weak and pathetic alcoholic, but after he dried out he became the salty-mouthed, assertive, somewhat bullheaded sea dog everyone knows him as.
168* TheChewToy: Lampshades this himself in ''Destination Moon'': when Calculus accidentally catapults a bit of plaster from his ear-trumpet into Mr. Baxter's face, Haddock exclaims delightedly: "Blistering barnacles! I thought that sort of thing only happened to me!"
169* CluelessBoss: He was this during his introduction, where he was a drunken wretch of a man who had no idea that his ship was being used to smuggle opium.
170* CoolOldGuy: While his age is never made clear, he is at the very least older than Tintin, likely in his 40-50s. He's also a pretty nice guy, despite his bad temper.
171* CowardlyLion: Not usually, but in ''Tintin in Tibet'' he's completely terrified when the Yeti appears at the cave, but he still charges after it with a pickaxe in a desperate attempt to save Tintin and Chang. He ends up getting send spinning in the air when the frightened Yeti runs into him.
172* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He's kind of a goofball with serious alcohol issues, but he's a pretty damn good fighter when he needs to be.
173* DeadpanSnarker: Being the SourSupporter of the team, Haddock displays this trope often.
174-->'''Mr. Baxter:''' I am delighted that a sailor should be one of the first men to set foot on the moon!\
175'''Captain Haddock:''' It would have been all the same to me if a piccolo-player had gone.
176* {{Determinator}}: When he's dead set on something, you better not stand in his way. Some instances include not giving up on the search for Calculus in "The Seven Crystal Balls", or doing everything in his power to cure Calculus' amnesia in "Destination Moon".
177* DissonantSerenity: In ''The Shooting Star'', Tintin finds the captain at the helm during a fierce storm, cheerfully asking if Tintin's enjoying the breeze.
178* TheDrunkenSailor: He's initially an alcoholic, but he grows out of it over the series. He still likes his drink, until he loses the ability to stomach alcohol due to an invention by Calculus in the final album.
179* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: In his first appearance, he was notably slimmer and more emaciated-looking due to his alcoholism. Hergé later started drawing him a stockier man.
180* EmbarrassingFirstName: Tintin calls him Archibald during a bout of EasyAmnesia (on the Captain's part), which Haddock calls "ridiculous".
181* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Tintin, Calculus and the rest only address him by Captain. In fact, his first name is said literally once in the entire series, in "Tintin and the Picaros".
182* EveryoneHasStandards: Contrary to Tintin, he's far from being an IdealHero, but when he meets one of the modern-days slavers of "The Red Sea Sharks", he completely ''loses it''. He hurls some of his hardest-hitting insults at the man who tries to buy slaves from him, and when he gets out of range, Haddock grabs a '''bullhorn''' and keeps on going.
183* FatherNeptune: A subversion. As soon as Haddock settles down in Marlinspike Hall, he finds he much prefers solid ground under his feet over a seafaring life -- although he remains a very capable navigator when his services are called for.
184* FloweryInsults: He spouts these instead of the distinctly more earthy curses you'd expect of a sailor. [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] 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.
185%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Cynic.
186* AFriendInNeed: Despite his dislike of going on adventures, Haddock won't hesitate to come to the rescue of his dearest friends, Calculus included.
187* GenerationXerox: He's a dead ringer for his 17th century ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock.
188* GoodIsNotNice: In contrast to Tintin, who sometimes has to convince Haddock to be more forgiving with people who cross him.
189* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Of the "CoolOldGuy pipe smoker" kind.
190* HairTriggerTemper: He's quick to start spouting his distinctive curses or even make physical threats when he's crossed.
191* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tintin, especially after they both start living at Marlinspike Hall.
192* HighClassGlass: He tries wearing a monocle after inheriting Marlinspike Hall in ''The Seven Crystal Balls''. Turns out it makes lousy adventuring gear. He even drops them so often that has to carry spare ones in his pocket. It's no wonder he's dropped the habit come ''Prisoners of the Sun''.
193* 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 Nestor's protests.
194* HotBlooded: He really doesn't need a lot of excitement to get him raring for action.
195* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: A common part of his tirades of flowery insults.
196* HypocriticalHumour: He's an alcoholic who is also the President of the Society of ''Sober Sailors''.
197* IconicSequelCharacter: Wasn't introduced until the ninth album, ''The Crab with the Golden Claws''.
198* IdenticalGrandson: To his forefather Sir Francis Haddock, right down to using his catchphrases.
199* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may be a grumpy, ill-tempered old drunkard, but he cares deeply for his friends.
200** It's stated by Tintin in ''Tintin in Tibet'', after Haddock angrily tells Tintin he'll follow him in his wild goose chase all over the Himalaya so they can hypothetically find an old friend who would have had to survive a plane crash, the freezing cold and starvation before to be found:
201--->'''Tharkey''': That's a great friend you have here.\
202'''Tintin''': The best.
203** Many of his angriest moments also are the result of disgust when faced with injustice or horrible actions. Most memorably, he is enraged in ''The Red Sea Sharks'' when meeting a modern slave trader, and ''The Castafiore's Emerald'' has him react with anger upon learning the gypsies have been forced by the authorities to stay among the trash, before [[PetTheDog immediately offering them to stay in a valley near Marlinspike Hall]].
204** The fact that he often remarks that [[RoyalBrat Abdullah]] deep down is a really nice kid on more than one occasion really reflects what kind of man he is deep down. Of course, being the ButtMonkey of the series, [[TemptingFate whenever he makes statements like this]], he immediately becomes a victim of one of his pranks, making him backtrack on his statements.
205* TheLancer: He quickly becomes Tintin's right-hand man and best friend despite them being near-total opposites.
206* LargeHam:
207** Ah yes, there's a reason why the people who made the [=BBC=] radio adaptations decided to cast Leo [=McKern=].
208** And a reason why Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/PeterJackson cast Andy Serkis, a man who's proven that he can ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings quite convincingly]]'' [[Film/KingKong2005 ham things up]].
209* LethallyStupid: When he gets drunk. Especially in his first appearance, where he lights a fire in a boat and causes a plane to crash in the desert.
210* ThisLoserIsYou: Inevitable, being the {{Foil}} to [[TheAce Tintin]].
211* ManlyFacialHair: He's a very grizzled, masculine figure who sports an impressively bushy SeadogBeard, kept at chin length.
212* MrViceGuy: His alcholism and short temper might bring him into trouble quite often, but he is a throughly honorable man who is deeply upset by injustice and he will always stick his neck out to help his friends in the end.
213* OddFriendship: With Professor Calculus. Haddock is often deeply annoyed by the Professor's antics and deafness, and the latter often misunderstands the Captain. Yet, Calculus selflessly buys Marlinspike for Haddock, because it's his ancestors house, and Haddock holds him in high regards afterwards despite his (or rather their) quirks. Case in point Haddock is visibly distraught over Calculus's kidnapping, and immediately sets out to find him.
214* OlderSidekick: Haddock is at the very least two decades older than Tintin.
215* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, Haddock refers to Tintin by the formal French pronoun "vous", but he switches to the more familiar "tu" when Tintin gets in a dangerous situation.
216* PowerUpFood: He easily gets re-energized by alcohol. On one occasion, he is instantly brought to full health from critical life support by just hearing the word "Whiskey".
217* PunchClockHero: The man just wants a quiet life. [[WithFriendsLikeThese Is that too much to ask]]?
218* RagsToRiches: Started off as an alcoholic, hardworking sailor, but becomes the wealthy owner of Marlinspike Hall after he and Tintin find the treasure of his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock. Since Marlinspike also operates as a museum, he'll get income from that too.
219* RedOniBlueOni: Loud, boisterous and aggressive, Haddock is Red to Tintin's Blue.
220%%* SeadogBeard: He sports a perfect example of one.
221* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The Manly Man to Tintin's Sensitive Guy.
222* SourSupporter: As much as he grumbles and complains about whatever adventure he's on, he unfailingly sticks by Tintin's side.
223* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Whiskey. Until Calculus slips his pills that makes the taste of it disgusting to him.
224* UnusualEuphemism: The author originally wanted Captain Haddock to, well, swear like a sailor, but he had to keep the comic family friendly. He compromised by using this strategy, which ended up becoming Captain Haddock's signature character trait.
225* ViolentGlaswegian: He's given a Scottish accent in the movie to better emphasize his brash and aggressive personality.
226[[/folder]]
227
228[[folder: Professor Calculus (Professeur Tournesol)]]
229!!Professor Cuthbert Calculus (Professeur Tryphon Tournesol)
230[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cuthbert_calculus_1525.gif]]
231[[caption-width-right:227:As I told you before, more to the west !]]
232!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Robert Vattier & Fernand Fabre (Belvision series), Fred Pasquali (1969's ''Temple of the Sun'' and ''[[SameLanguageDub Tintin and the Blue Oranges]]''), Henri Virlojeux (''Lake of Sharks''), Henri Labussière (Nelvana series)
233!!!'''Voiced in English by:''' Dal [=McKennon=] (Belvision series), Creator/WayneRobson (Nelvana series), Stephen Moore (BBC Radio Series)
234!!!'''Played by:''' Georges Loriot (''Tintin and the Golden Fleece''), Félix Fernández (''Tintin and the Blue Oranges'')
235
236Although Tintin had encountered eccentric professors and scientists before, when he crossed paths with Professor Cuthbert Calculus, he found his most persistent ally. Mild-mannered and intelligent, but absent-minded, stubbornly in denial about his troubles hearing and generally oblivious, Professor Calculus was an important part of the hunt for Sir Francis Haddock's treasure; in return for his having purchased Captain Haddock's ancestral home of Marlinspike Hall as a gift to the Captain for allowing the trial of his anti-shark submarine, Haddock allows Professor Calculus to live and work on the estate.
237----
238* AbledInTheAdaptation: He lacks his hearing problems in the Belvision animated adaptations (aside from a brief scene in ''Lake of Sharks'') and is much less absent-minded as a result.
239* AbsentMindedProfessor: Mostly due to his poor hearing but see the conclusion of "The Calculus Affair" for a non-hearing example.
240* AlliterativeName: '''C'''uthbert '''C'''alculus, '''T'''ryphon '''T'''ournesol in the original version.
241* BadassBookworm: He's a force to be reckoned with when he is enraged, most notably in ''Flight 714'' where Carreidas makes the mistake of arousing his ire and it then takes two men to subdue him. He has practised ''savate'' in his youth.
242* BerserkButton: For all his usual gentleness, he has a lot of those buttons and a bit of a HairTriggerTemper. You don't want to mention his family members in inappropriate situations (including ones he doesn't have). You'll want to avoid knocking off his hat, as well. And for the love of God, never tell him he's "acting the goat". Still, of course, there's always the chance he'll mishear you, for better or worse.
243* BewareTheNiceOnes: Most of the time he's a very good-natured and polite person, but push one of his {{Berserk Button}}s and you'll quickly regret it.
244* BreakoutCharacter: He was the last in a fairly long line of kooky scientists and eccentric professors when he was introduced, but after he joined the cast, he became a permanent member of the team, whereas his counterparts were all one-shot appearances.
245* BunglingInventor: Much more competent than many other examples and his inventions have helped immensely, but when they fail it's spectacular.
246* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be eccentric and severely hearing impaired, but absolutely nobody doubts his genius. Even Haddock, who doesn't trust his inventions, acts like this because he's wary of what they can do.
247* CaptainOblivious: Due to being hard of hearing, he is blissfully unaware of most events going on around him and continually interprets them wrong.
248* CaptainObvious: His near-deafness and absent-mindness causes him to see or realize things much later than others, and to say things others have already said or to make remarks about things that Tintin and Captain Haddock have already gotten, much to Haddock's annoyance.
249* CharacterCatchphrase: In the BBC audio dramas, on some occasions when the Captain insults him, he remarks, "[[IHeardThat I heard that, Haddock]]." However, given that he's hard of hearing, it's anyone's guess as to whether he actually ''did''.
250* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Due to his curiously selective hearing impairment rather than his intelligence. He rarely has any idea of what the gang is currently involved in. Tellingly, he is far more competent and less oblivious during the ''Moon'' duology when he has perfect hearing via an ear trumpet/hearing aid for the sake of the mission (although still prone to some eccentricity, such as his primary concern over the rocket he's in being obliterated by an asteroid being that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he would have to do his calculations all over again]]).
251* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: He's a practitioner of radiesthesia, using a pendulum to try to guess and find things and others, which others understandably completely dismiss. As a result of it he comes to believe that Red Rackham's is not at the ''Unicorn'' and that Tintin and Captain Haddock should go west to find it. At the end of the album it's revealed that he was right about the treasure's not being at the ''Unicorn'''s location and being west, as the treasure was in Marlinspike all along. He even manages to find the secret room where the treasure is with his pendulum, much to Tintin and Haddock's shock.
252* ComicallyMissingThePoint: He often misunderstands the others because of his deafness, creating a lot of funny situations.
253* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: When his BerserkButton is pressed, NO ONE can stand in his way. He becomes hyper competent, is able to scare off Haddock and even appears to have gained super strength and lifts a man twice his size.
254* ADayInTheLimelight: ''The Calculus Affair'', as well as the Moon albums which turn him into a competent character.
255* DistressedDude: Calculus getting kidnapped is the main story drive of the Seven Crystal Balls[=/=]Prisoners of the Sun storyline and The Calculus Affair.
256* DrivesLikeCrazy: He turns into a roadhog when he's [[BerserkButton acting the goat]], notwithstanding the fact that he doesn't know how to drive a car.
257* ExpressiveHair: His hair and beard become noticeably bristlier and spikier when his BerserkButton is pressed.
258* TheFool: He is often in the middle of dire straits without having any idea what's going on.
259%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Realist.
260* GadgeteerGenius: Introduced as having invented several bizarre inventions, including a wall bed and a clothes-brushing device.
261* GeniusBruiser: He claims to be a former boxer and savateur, aside from other sports and physical occupations, and for what we see of his strength when angry, he's probably telling the truth. He notably picks up a man of twice his size and hangs him on a coat rack, and later gives the similarly heavier-looking Carreidas a savage beatdown off-page in mere seconds before he's restrained (despite the same book showing earlier that his current savate could use some work). However, he never fights against real enemies, as most of the time is not even aware of them.
262* HerrDoktor: The Belvision AnimatedAdaptation gives him a German accent.
263* HiddenDepths:
264** As mentioned above, ''Destination Moon'' and ''The Calculus Affair'' proved that the good professor is very down-to-earth indeed whenever the world is threatened. He has even less concern for his personal safety in these situations.
265** He also shows an unexpected romantic streak vis-à-vis the Milanese Nightingale in ''The Castafiore Emerald'', thus becoming the only major character in the series to display such tendencies.
266** He staunchly refuses to shake hands with [[TheDragon Alvarez]] in "Tintin and the Picaros" because [[BananaRepublic Tapioca's regime]] isn't giving basic human rights to its citizens, especially Bianca.
267** Despite his rather lanky build, he claims to have been an avid athlete in his youth in "Flight 714": he has practiced horse riding, tennis, swimming, football, rugby, fencing and roller skating (as seen briefly in "Red Sea Sharks"). He also was a wrestler, boxer and savateur (although he admits, and shows, he has been out of practice for a long time).
268* IKnowKarate: In ''Flight 714''. But he's admittedly gotten rather rusty since his university days, as he falls down rather spectacularly when he tries to demonstrate a jumping high kick (which he also misnames).
269* KidnappedScientist: In ''The Calculus Affair''. Also technically in ''Prisoners of the Sun'', though his kidnapping there isn't because of him being a scientist.
270* MinoredInAsskicking: He's a former combat sportsman aside from a science professor, although he only puts it on practice once.
271* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: Almost textually, as he claims that western arts like wrestling, boxing and savate are superior to UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}.
272* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Hergé based the character on scientist, inventor, and enthusiastic balloonist Dr. Auguste Piccard, who even invented a submarine.
273* NoListeningSkills: A RunningGag is that he never hears correctly what Captain Haddock has to say. To be fair to the Professor, he is hard of hearing, but his deafness seems to become stronger any time Haddock (and only Haddock) says something (even if he's yelling it aloud).
274* OmnidisciplinaryScientist:
275** Seems to specialize in physics (having invented a way to use nuclear propulsion on a rocket) but has done remarkable things even outside that field, such as design a miniature submarine (engineering), breed a special strand of white rose (botany) and create a pill capable of making those who take it find the taste of alcohol repulsive (pharmacology).
276** The two movies ''The Golden Fleece'' and ''The Blue Oranges'' also show the lesser known talents of Calculus with a fuel-enhancing pill (chemistry) and a blue orange that can grow in desertic environment (botany) respectively.
277* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
278** In "Destination Moon" at some point Captain Haddock notices and is troubled that Calculus seems to hear and talk perfectly with others. It's because he uses an auditive electronic device to help his hearing, a sign of how seriously he takes the lunar mission to swallow his denial about his deafness.
279** In "The Calculus Affair" Calculus departs for Geneva with an unusual grim expression on his face, with Tintin noticing that he seems much more preoccupied and less jolly than usual. It's because he's deeply worried about the consequences and potential military uses of his latest sonic invention.
280* {{Pride}}: It's heavily implied that this is the real reason Calculus refuses to do anything about his hearing loss. Notably, during his time on the moon rocket project, he swallows it to bet a hearing trumpet, and then wears an electronic hearing aid during the spaceflight itself. Once that adventure is over, however, he promptly discards both.
281* RichGenius: Professor Calculus is at first presented as a Bungling Inventor and Omnidisciplinary Scientist, but he clearly manages to have enough money to fund his inventions (and is one of the lead scientists in a working space program at one point). At the end of "The Treasure of Rackham the Red", the titular treasure has not been found, so Professor Calculus jumps in to save the day, telling him that the government bought his shark submarine design and that he'll happily help Haddock buy the castle (as it was on Haddock's expedition that the sub proved its worth). When they visit, Haddock and Tintin find the treasure which was in the castle all along.
282* SeriousBusiness: Despite his eccentric personnality, he takes science and his researches very seriously, being distraught when the experiment rocket he made may be captured by foreign agents, accepting to wear a hearing aid for his mission on the moon, and in "The Calculus Affair" being very concerned about the consequences that his ultrasonic invention may have if it was weaponized. He makes it very clear that his inventions are to benefit humanity and for peace instead of war. His "acting the goat" BerserkButton is in great part because he cannot stand being accused of fooling around after everything he did for the rocket and moon project (and for science in general).
283* ShorterMeansSmarter: He is noticeably shorter than most of the main characters except Tintin, and is a brilliant scientist, to the point of being targeted for his inventions.
284* SustainedMisunderstanding: He's deaf and thus often misunderstands what is going on around him.
285* 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. In ''The Castafiore Emerald'', he keeps his ear trumpet with him in case he has to have a long conversation.
286[[/folder]]
287
288[[folder: Thompson & Thomson (Dupond et Dupont)]]
289!!Thompson[[note]]With a P, as in "Philadelphia".[[/note]] & Thomson[[note]]Without a P, [[{{Dissimile}} as in]] "Venezuela".[[/note]] (Dupond et Dupont)
290[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DupontetDupond_1672.jpg]]
291[[caption-width-right:300:To be precise...]]
292!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Georges Aubrey, Creator/RogerCarel, Hubert Deschamps, Jean Bellanger and Jacques Marin (Belvision series), Guy Piérauld (1969's ''Temple of the Sun''), Paul Rieger (''Lake of Sharks''), Jean-Pierre Moulin & Yves Barsacq (Nelvana series), Guillaume Lebon & Pierre Laurent (2011 film)
293!!!'''Voiced in English by:''' Paul Frees (Belvision series), Charles Kay (BBC Radio Series), Creator/DanHennessey and Creator/JohnStocker (Nelvana series), Creator/SimonPegg and Creator/NickFrost (2011 film)
294!!!'''Played by:''' The Gamonal Brothers (''Tintin and the Golden Fleece''), Franky François & André Marie (''Tintin and the Blue Oranges'')
295
296A pair of near-identical bungling detectives, Thompson and Thomson frequently cross paths with Tintin and often inadvertently complicate things as a result.\
297\
298And yes, the musical group The Thompson Twins are named after them.
299----
300* AccidentalHero: In ''The Blue Lotus'', they catch Rastapopulous by bumping into him when he's trying to escape.
301* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Averted. While they look and act exactly like twins, they aren't related.
302* ButtMonkey: In contrast to the Captain, they generally bring about their own misfortune through their clumsiness.
303* CaneFu: Their favorite fighting style, although they are rarely competent at it.
304* CharacterCatchphrase: One of them always adds "To be precise..." followed by the same sentence or explanation given previously by the other, only [[{{Spoonerism}} scrambled up]].
305* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In their first appearance, they're actually quite competent, donning effective disguises, doing brilliant spy field work and nearly trapping Tintin on several occasions. It's later when they become bumbling cops (with the exception of ''The Secret of the Unicorn'', where they manage to trap their sought thief, if after a lot of try and failure).
306* TheChewToy: Because of their foolishness and clumsiness, they tend to be accident-prone, which played for laughs.
307* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Well, Plural. After a misunderstanding involving an x-ray machine in ''Destination Moon'', they become convinced that there is a skeleton wandering around the Sprodj Atomic Research Centre in. They even ''try to arrest'' a skeleton model hanging in the office of the Centre's resident osteologist, [[PunnyName Dr. Patella]].
308* CluelessDetective: Well, Plural. Tintin does most of the sleuthing and the two are mostly there to officially take the villains in. They are at least somewhat aware of this: In ''The Black Island'', they explicitly plan to let Tintin catch the crooks and then claim the credit for themselves.
309* ConstantlySpellsTheirName: PlayedForLaughs. Whenever the two introduce themselves, they typically do so by emphasizing that Thompson has a P (usually by giving a word where the P is silent, like psychology or pterodactyl) and that Thomson has no P (by giving a word where there is no P at all, such as Venezuela).
310* CultureEqualsCostume: Their "disguises", are the worst possible mismatches that can ever be considered for camouflage, since they are in the habit of travelling through countries in ludicrously outdated and/or stereotypical traditional costumes.
311** Nowhere more hilarious than ''The Blue Lotus'', where they come wearing '''Qing Dynasty''' outfits, complete with pigtails and fans!
312--->'''Thompson:''' ''[with nearly the entire town parading behind them laughing]'' Don't look now, but something tells me we're being followed.
313** In ''Destination: Moon'', they even wear costumes from ''the wrong country'':
314--->'''Thomson:''' Greek costumes? But we specifically ordered the tailor to make us Syldavian ones...\
315'''Thompson:''' I told you he didn't seem very bright.
316* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the first half of the series, whenever one of the Thompsons says something, the other will add "To be precise", followed by either the same statement, or a rephrasing of it. In the later books, this evolves into a mangling of what the first twin said, usually as a {{Spoonerism}}.
317* {{Determinator}}s: While their competence is questionable at best later on, they won't let that slow them down. At one point (''Prisoners of the Sun'') they were canvassing the ''Earth'' trying to track down Tintin and Co. [[note]]Considering where Tintin's adventures take him, it [[WrongGenreSavvy wasn't that unreasonable]] to search the places that they did.[[/note]]
318* TheDividual: They are practically one person in two clumsy bodies. Unlike most examples, they are not even brothers.
319* DubNameChange:
320** Their original French names are Dupond and Dupont.
321** Their Dutch names are Janssen and Jansen.
322** Their German names are Schulze and Schultze.
323** Their Spanish names are Hernandez and Fernandez.
324** Their Afrikaans names are Uys and Buys.
325** Their Bengali names are Jonson and Ronson.
326* EarlyBirdCameo: Hergé retroactively added Thomson and Thompson to a single panel when he redrew ''Tintin in the Congo''.
327* EvilCounterpart: In the BBC radio adaptation of ''The Calculus Affair'', the Bordurian guards assigned to escort Tintin and Haddock are essentially evil versions of the Thompsons, right down to mannerisms, ineptitude, and the voice actor.
328* FaceDeathWithDignity: Say what you will about their intelligence, but they definitely don't lack courage. When they're facing the firing squad in ''Tintin and the Picaros'', they refuse to be blindfolded and are willing to stare death in the face.
329* {{Flanderization}}: Their first appearances showed them to be clumsy, comedic, but also quite capable, even [[spoiler:busting Tintin out of prison]] at one point. Later depictions made them generally incompetent.
330%%* FourPhilosophyEnsemble: The Apathetic.
331* HeroAntagonist: In a few of the earlier albums, they regularly arrested Tintin or try to stop him because he would be maliciously framed.
332* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Their mustaches look slightly different: Thomson's curls in while Thompson's flares out.
333* IncrediblyObviousTail: PlayedForLaughs in ''The Blue Lotus'' when the two are [[http://m0vie.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/bluelotus1.jpg followed through the streets of Shanghai by a growing crowd of Chinese townsfolk who are laughing at them due to their ridiculous, incredibly out-of-date Chinese clothing]].
334* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: They are not related in any way, despite being almost totally indistinguishable in appearance (except for their mustaches) and manner of thinking. Haddock even sporadically calls them twin brothers in a joking way.
335%%* InspectorJavert: Initially.
336* InspectorLestrade: To such an extent that this trope would probably have been named after them if this Wiki had been started by Francophones. By happy coincidence (or maybe not so much), their names are one letter away from a French word for "dumbass", and it's the go-to name in parodies.
337* TheKlutz: They can't walk out a hatch on a ship without tripping or bashing their heads.
338%%* LawfulStupid: Later on.
339* ManChild: In later stories they become much more silly and bungling.
340* NiceGuy: They may be bumbling buffons but they do mean well and are determined to make sure crime is brought in.
341* NewspaperThinDisguise: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thompson_and_thomson_disguise.png In the Spielberg/Jackson film.]]
342* NobleBigotWithABadge: Usually played for laughs, when their attempts to operate discreetly in a foreign country backfire due to them ignorantly dressing in a laughable attempt at dressing like locals... but less so in ''The Castafiore's Jewels'', where they assume the gypsies must be the thieves behind the emerald's disappearance.
343* OutdatedOutfit: They try a few times to blend in when investigating in a foreign country, but their outfits are often too "folkloric", and on at least one occasion, the national dress of the wrong country. Far from blending in, they've been known to attract crowds come to laugh at them. Nowhere more hilarious than in ''The Blue Lotus'', where they come wearing ''Qing Dynasty'' outfits, down to the pigtails and fans.
344--->'''Thompson:''' ''[with nearly the entire town parading behind them]'' Don't look now, but something tells me we're being followed...
345* 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 (1930s) 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).
346%%* PoliceAreUseless: But they ''are'' the police, and they have the good sense to listen to Tintin, even deferring to him on occasion.
347* PrivateDefective: Most of the time are clearly shown to be police detectives, but some occasions make them look like they work in their own agency.
348* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The Belvision AnimatedAdaptation makes them genuine twin brothers.
349* SingleMindedTwins: Almost to a tee, except that [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals they aren't actually twins]].
350* SmartBall: Invoked on a few rare occasions when it's necessary to advance the plot. They help Tintin out a few times in ''The Cigars of the Pharaoh'', and manage to catch the pickpocket in ''The Secret Of the Unicorn''... eventually, at least.
351* {{Spoonerism}}: Their iconic verbal tic is a tendency to mix up each other's words.
352* ThoseTwoGuys: The two are practically always together, never separated for a single panel.
353%%* TwinBanter: Only that they are not twins.
354* UltimateJobSecurity: Their incompetence varies from "harmless and amusing" to "screwing up big time" (especially in the Moon arc). Nobody but Captain Haddock seems to realize they are the worst detectives in the galaxy (Tintin seems to, but never says it directly), and they are consistently given important cases all over the world.
355[[/folder]]
356
357!!Recurring Characters
358
359[[folder: Bianca Castafiore]]
360!!Bianca Castafiore
361[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Castafiore_2608.jpg]]
362!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MichelineDax (European French, ''Lake of Sharks''), Marie Vincent (European French, Nelvana series)
363
364Renowned as 'The Milanese Nightingale', Castafiore is a pompous and well-known opera singer who is a friend of Tintin's. She has something of an affection for Captain Haddock, who personally finds her singing grating and her presence unwanted, but is too polite to offend her, whereas Professor Calculus is infatuated with her.
365----
366* AccidentalMisnaming: She is never able to get Haddock's name right.
367%%* AlwaysCamp
368* 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 in 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.
369* BrawnHilda: Castafiore is a much more realistic portrayal of this trope - she is indeed large, but [[ShownTheirWork this is common for opera singers with her level of vocal vigor]].
370* CharacterSignatureSong: Bianca Castafiore is usually seen and heard performing the Jewel aria from Charles Gounod's opera ''Faust''. In the English Nelvana dub, she instead sings "How I love to see her lovely eyes!"
371* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: To an extent. She doesn't seem to fear authority figures, which may be why she was so successful at getting information out of Col. Sponsz (''The Calculus Affair'') and taking just ''6 panels'' to shut down her own trial in San Theodoros (''Tintin And The Picaros'').
372* TheDreaded: Played for laughs. She is absolutely the bane of Captain Haddock's existence, and he does not make his disdain of her known. Tintin and Snowy aren't exactly fond of her either, but they try to put on brave faces when they're in her presence.
373* DreadfulMusician: Tintin, Haddock and Snowy certainly think she's horrible at singing, though the fact that she's a world famous ''Opera'' diva may indicate that this is subject to opinion in-universe.
374* GlassShatteringSound: While her voice was never explicitly shown to shatter glass in the comics (at best, Tintin looks relieved at the reinforced-plastic sign on the car window when she starts singing), TheMovie takes this trope up to eleven when she [[UnwittingPawn unwittingly]] shatters a ''reinforced plexiglass cage'', allowing the villains to steal the McGuffin within. The villains were ''counting on this to happen''.
375* GrandeDame: A more sympathetic version than most, but plays the role to the nines when required.
376* GratuitousEnglish: She dabbles a bit in this in the original French-written version.
377* GratuitousItalian: In English translations as well as in the French version.
378* HiddenDepths: Though Castafiore is a BrainlessBeauty in most of her appearances, she proves to be rather good at deceitfulness in ''The Calculus Affair''. She quickly hides Tintin and Haddock from Sponsz, entertains his exploits of trying to catch the both of them without letting anything slip, and she even makes up a lie about Haddock's misplaced cap being in the room when Sponsz discovers it by accident.
379* KavorkaMan: 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.
380%%* LargeHam: A RareFemaleExample
381* LauncherOfAThousandShips: InUniverse, tabloids have reported that she's getting hitched with just about every single head of state, powerful tycoon or other influential figure they can think of.
382* {{Malaproper}}: Gets ''a lot'' of peoples' names wrong, with the apparent exception of Tintin and important members of government. Especially noticeable with Captain Haddock in ''The Castafiore Emerald'', although he did stumble a bit when he first introduced himself in ''The Calculus Affair''.
383* MeaningfulName: Her first name means "white", while her surname literally means "chaste flower". (Which becomes a BilingualBonus when Calculus names a white rose he has bred after her.)
384* MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial: Zigzagged, since the comparison here is "world-famous explorer-reporter, his highly colorful ex-captain partner, and a ditzy genius" to "world-famous Opera diva".
385* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Notably averted. She's single, unrelated to the main characters and has done well for herself despite being [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the sole female character of note]] in a series that takes place in a time where it was difficult for unmarried women to make their own living, let alone become world-famous singers.
386* ObfuscatingStupidity: Comes off as a regular CloudCuckooLander... until her help is needed (as in The Calculus Affair or Tintin and the Lake of Sharks): then she proves to be a level-headed and resourceful ally.
387* PetTheDog:
388** When Tintin warns her of the threat Colonel Sponsz poses to him and Haddock, she immediately resolves to hiding them in her dressing closet, and later spins up a lie to throw off suspicion when Sponsz discovers the Captain's cap by accident.
389** While otherwise treating her rather poorly, she ''does'' go ballistic on the Thompsons when they bring Irma to tears by accusing her of being the one who stole the Emerald.
390* PityTheKidnapper: ''Picaros'' sees her locked up in a San Theodoros jail. She proceeds to make the jailers' life hell by demanding her pasta be cooked ''al dente''. Then there's the singing...
391* ThePrimaDonna: Fits the archetype, but is much nicer and more well-mannered than usual.
392* TheSmurfettePrinciple: One of the only female recurring characters, and certainly the only notable one.
393* TakeThat: Castafiore was inspired by one of Hergé's aunts. As a child, Hergé was forced to watch her aunt sing by his parents, something he truly disliked.
394* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: ''The Castafiore Emerald'' is all about her inviting herself to live in Marlinspike Hall for several weeks.
395[[/folder]]
396
397[[folder: Nestor]]
398!!Nestor
399[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/o0olsr8u.png]]
400
401A long-suffering, but loyal butler employed at Marlinspike Hall, first by the villainous Bird Brothers, and then by Captain Haddock after he purchases the estate.
402----
403* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Abdullah's stay at Marlinspike in ''The Red Sea Sharks'' is "a little trying" on him. That is, he appears to have lost several pounds, most of it in the face.
404* BattleButler: He tries to be this in ''Secret of the Unicorn'', with only relative success.
405* ButtMonkey: He's prone to accidents and mistreatment.
406* HeelFaceTurn: Played with. In his first appearance, he is working for the villainous Bird brothers, but it's made very obvious from the start [[ObliviouslyEvil he had no idea about their criminal activities]]. Tintin speaks in his defense after the brothers are arrested, and he is hired back by Haddock once he becomes Marlinspike's new owner. Ever since then, he has been depicted as Haddock's loyal servant.
407* TheJeeves: He's Captain Haddock's loyal butler; naturally, he fits this role.
408* NobleBigot: He's plainly prejudiced against Arabs and Roma, but overall he's still a pretty decent guy.
409* ObliviouslyEvil: When working for the Bird Brothers; he had no idea about their activities, and only went after Tintin because he was told he was a thief.
410* SatelliteCharacter: To Haddock and the Bird brothers before him.
411* StealingFromTheTill: Is clearly used to helping himself to Captain Haddock's whiskey. However, when caught in the act by Haddock, the latter doesn't seem to mind, only asking him if it's still drinkable (Haddock having been slipped pills that make him hate the taste of alcohol).
412%%* StraightMan
413[[/folder]]
414
415[[folder: Jolyon Wagg (Séraphin Lampion)]]
416!!Jolyon Wagg (Séraphin Lampion)
417[[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_9470.jpg]]
418
419An insurance salesman that Tintin and Haddock seem to keep running into.
420----
421* DropInCharacter: To Haddock's eternal suffering, he somehow keeps running straight into Wagg.
422* CaptainOblivious: Wagg can't seem to comprehend that neither Haddock nor anyone else at Marlinspike Hall can stand him.
423* HawaiianShirtedTourist: In ''Tintin and the Picaros''. See, it's ''not'' only America that exports annoying boorish tourists in ugly shirts, Belgium apparently does too.
424* JerkAss: A less intentional example than most, but there's no denying that he's basically a completely inconsiderate asshole and loudmouth. He could count as being InnocentlyInsensitive, but most of the time no one ever has the initiative to call him out on his obnoxiousness. One of his least sympathetic moments: learning that la Castafiore had her jewels insured, he calls Haddock to complain that the captain didn't try to convince her to switch to his company. Perhaps the only time where he is genuinely useful is bringing along the Jolly Follies in ''Tintin and the Picaros'', who seem to be a respected musical group and allow the Picaros to launch their bloodless takeover.
425%%* TheMillstone: In ''The Calculus Affair''.
426* OldWindbag: His defining trait, and why Haddock will do anything to avoid him. Once he's cornered our heroes he entertains them with interminable, agonizingly boring shaggy dog stories.
427* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Much to Haddock's relief, he panics and leaves whenever anything dangerous or just plain weird happens.
428* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: He invites himself (and at one point, with ''his entire extended family'') to stay at Marlinspike Hall at several points without Haddock's permission. At the end of "The Calculus Affair", when Haddock returns from the adventure to find his home occupied by Wagg's family, Wagg has the gall to tell Haddock to "act like he's at home".
429[[/folder]]
430
431[[folder: General Alcazar]]
432!!General Alcazar
433[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/4bd7n1ck.png]]
434
435A South American soldier and the on-off leader of a BananaRepublic that Tintin has something of a friendship with.
436----
437* AffablyEvil: It's pretty clear that left to his own devices, he's not a good guy. Still, he's a happy-go-lucky guy who genuinely likes Tintin and his friends.
438* BlackAndGrayMorality: The main difference between him and Tapioca is that Tapioca got help from the [[CommieNazis Commie-Nazi]] Bordurians in the form of Colonel Sponz. By contrast, Alcazar was supposedly sponsored by the [[MegaCorp International Banana Company]].
439* TheCaligula:
440** In his first appearance, as the military dictator of San Theodoros, he has a shade of this, though mostly he is more of a paranoid Stalin type than a sadist. However, he does indulge in such jokes as throwing a tantrum and shooting a military aide [[spoiler:([[FalseRoulette with blanks]], though [[{{Gaslighting}} he did not know that]])]] for [[DisproportionateRetribution beating him at chess]]. He mellows considerably in later appearances, at least in his interactions with Tintin, but sometimes has throwbacks to this, firing weapons in the air and throwing around reckless death threats. These are taken all the more seriously by subordinates who ''can't'' know whether he will carry them out or not, even if Tintin ignores them as mere histrionics. And he remains a megalomaniac to the very end, renaming the capital of his country [[EgoPolis Alcazaropolis]] once he seizes power in ''Tintin and the Picaros''.
441* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: For all his lack of success at durably leading revolutions, he's a very good knife thrower.
442* EyesAlwaysShut: His art design always makes him look like his eyes are closed.
443* FullCircleRevolution: It's heavily implied that he's really no better than General Tapioca.
444* TheGeneralissimo: His basic archetype.
445* GoldDigger: Though technically non-canonical, in an original draft of ''Tintin and The Picaros'' he explains that he married his wife because she is very wealthy and has connections to an arms dealership.
446* GratuitousSpanish: Throws Spanish lines into his speech.
447* HairTriggerTemper:
448** Both played straight and subverted in ''The Broken Ear''. When Alcazar drafts Tintin into his revolutionary army and makes him a colonel, his aide-de-camp Colonel Diaz suggests that Tintin should be made a corporal instead, since Alcazar's army already has 3,487 colonels and only 49 corporals. Alcazar is so furious at this suggestion that he immediately demotes Colonel Diaz to the rank of corporal and appoints Tintin as his new aide-de-camp.
449** Tintin himself experiences the subversion when Alcazar makes Tintin play a game of chess with him. When Tintin wins the game, an outraged Alcazar gets up, pulls out his gun and shoots at Tintin, very narrowly missing him. Tintin is terrified, and Alcazar starts laughing, explaining that the gun was loaded with blanks and he was just playing a joke.
450* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He's not exactly the most moral of Tintin's acquaintances.
451* HenpeckedHusband: His wife Peggy bullies him quite shamelessly.
452* HouseHusband: He can wage a guerrilla war while washing the dishes... in a pink apron.
453* KnifeThrowingAct: While deposed from power and in exile Alcazar performed such an act in Tintin's country to get by.
454* LanternJawOfJustice: Has a huge chin, and although his heroic status is debatable, he is ultimately treated by Tintin as an ally.
455* LatinoIsBrown: Downplayed. He (and the other San Theodorians) has slightly darker skin than the European characters, but it's still paler compared to the skin of the Incas / Peruvians in ''Prisoners''.
456* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: To UsefulNotes/CheGuevara and a lesser extent UsefulNotes/FidelCastro - though only in his last appearance; mostly he is a generic South American ''caudillo''.
457* NoFullNameGiven: He always go by his last name, and even his wife calls him "Alcazar". His AffectionateNickname, Zazar, gives no hint of what his first name might be.
458* ProgressivelyPrettier: He's shown to be quite rotund in his first appearance, but he grows leaner and well-built over his subsequent appearance.
459* PermaStubble: He sports this.
460* PunchClockHero: He isn't a particularly good guy, he just happens to be on Tintin's side.
461* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Picaros are Alcazar's thirty or so hardcore (and alcoholic) supporters who remain loyal to him after he's overthrown by Tapioca.
462* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Tintin suggesting carrying on the revolution without unnecessarily shedding blood, especially Tapioca's, gets him enraged. Tintin was only able to convince him to act this way by offering him the necessary means to cure his militia of their alcoholism, but everyone could still tell how much Alcazar despised the idea. [[RuleOfFunny Tapioca himself]] sees this as utter madness, and outright ''begs'' to be [[HonorBeforeReason properly executed by a firing squad]].
463* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Or taken seriously.
464* TokenEvilTeammate:
465** It's implied that he isn't much better than General Tapioca. In ''Tintin and the Picaros'', Tintin and his friends are really only helping the General partly because of Tintin's past friendship with him, and-more importantly-so they can rescue the Thompsons and Madame Castafiore from being executed.
466** In ''The Red Sea Sharks'', he was involved in some fishy smuggling business.
467[[/folder]]
468
469[[folder: Emir Ben Kalish Ezab]]
470!!Emir Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab
471[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xiakphsw.png]]
472
473The emir of a small Arabic nation whom Tintin occasionally runs into and can tenuously call a friend. Best known for his doting over his hellion of a child, Abdullah.
474----
475* ArabOilSheikh: His basic character design.
476* BewareTheNiceOnes: He usually comes off meek and is generally not very scary. However, in the ''Land Of Black Gold'', Müller actually ''attempted suicide'' because he believed the only alternative would be to be handed over to the Emir for his crimes, suggesting the Emir is far more authoritative when the situation warrants. It's suggested he practices impalement and flogging as punishment.
477* DotingParent: He spoils Abdullah shamelessly and indulges his every whim, which is quite obviously ''why'' the little monster is such a brat. He waves off all of Abdullah's jokes (except on one notable occasion, when Abdullah trades his favorite cigars for exploding joke cigars) and gets quite offended at people not wanting to indulge Abdullah as much as he does.
478* HypocriticalHumor: He finds his son's pranks hilarious, unless he is the (indirect) target of one.
479* InformedAttribute: Senhor Oliveira da Figueira descibes him as being a good man, but while Emir Mohammed is on Tintin's side, he's still fine with torturing his enemies to death, thinks trials are too complicated to bother with, and is apathetic about slavery.
480* SkewedPriorities: Threatens to expose a slave-trafficking operation... if an airline doesn't make its ''passenger jets do a loop-the-loop'' before landing, for Abdullah's benefit.
481* TokenEvilTeammate: Much like General Alcazar, the Emir has somewhat ''lax'' moral standards. He was apparently perfectly fine with allowing Arabair to operate a slave trafficking ring in his country until they refused his son's ridiculous request to make their passenger planes fly in loops before landing. Much like with Alcazar, Tintin primarily aids the Emir for his own reasons; the first time to solve the mystery of the mysterious fuel sabotage before the impending war, and the second time to take down Rastapopoulos' slave trade operation.
482[[/folder]]
483
484[[folder: Abdullah (Abdallah)]]
485!!Abdullah (Abdallah)
486[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rdd3i6o3.png]]
487
488The obnoxious, bratty, spoiled-rotten son of Emir Ben Kalish Ezab.
489----
490* EnfantTerrible: To everyone but his father.
491* HatedByAll: With the exception of his doting father, practically ''everyone'' loathes Abdullah and his antics. He thoroughly humiliates and exhausts the likes of Captain Haddock and Nestor, and screws up the plans of Dr. Müller simply by being his SpoiledBrat self. Even Tintin, who is a polite IdealHero, can't stand being around the kid.
492* {{Jerkass}}: A very obnoxious and spoiled rotten brat who inflicts his pranks and whims on everyone, refuses to be rescued when Tintin arrives to free him from Muller and bites Tintin's hand when Tintin covers his mouth to not alert the guards, and later throw sand in Captain Haddock's eyes when he tells him to leave Snowy alone because Snowy didn't want to be toyed by Abdullah.
493* KarmaHoudini: Thanks to his status as a prince and his father indulging his tantrums and pranks Abdallah hardly ever gets punished for his bratty and obnoxious actions, except a few times after his abduction, where his endless tantrums and whims cause Tintin and Captain Haddock to lose their patience and spank him.
494* TheMillstone: Is a thorn on the side of both the enemies of his father and those who want to help him with his tantrums and pranks. Tintin's attempts to rescue him from Muller in "Land of Black Gold" are constantly foiled because he doesn't want to leave his room and later plays at imitating a train instead of going with Tintin, though his farces such as fireworks and itching or sneezing powders also help Tintin find him and receive exterior help. In "The Red Sea Sharks" the conflict between his father and the Arabair and consequent coup against his father are a result of his ridiculous request to see the Arabair's passenger jets do a loop-the-loop before landing. He also put an alarm clock on Tintin later which stopped him from spying on Dawson, and allowed the British arms dealer to discover Tintin's involvement in his affairs and to try to eliminate him.
495* TheNicknamer: Is also fond of this. His nickname for Haddock is "Blistering Barnacles."
496* PracticalJoke: Abdullah just ''loves'' these. His father finds them hilarious...[[HypocriticalHumor until he's the target of one.]]
497* ThePrankster: His main hobby is to make pranks to everyone such as exploding cigars, sneezing or itching powder, ink or water pistols. Other than his father, until he's himself the victim, no one is amused by them.
498* RoyalBrat: Abdullah's father mentions that sitting for a painting was very hard on Abdullah... and the artist went mad after.
499* SilverSpoonTroublemaker: He's a playful [[ThePrankster prankster]]. He pulls harmless (though annoying) pranks on others because his royal blood allows him to do whatever he wants. He even frequently pranks his father.
500[[/folder]]
501
502[[folder: Igor Wagner]]
503!!Igor Wagner
504[[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wagner.png]]
505
506A pianist, and the accompanist for Bianca Castafiore.
507----
508* DistressedDude: Along with Castafiore and Irma, he's put in prison in ''Tintin and the Picaros''.
509* FamousNamedForeigner: His name is a two-for-one reference to Igor Stravinsky and Richard Wagner.
510* TheGamblingAddict: His most prominent characteristic outside of his pianist job given in ''The Castafiore Emerald'', he likes to sneak away during piano sessions to bet on horse races.
511* NoRespectGuy: Castafiore certainly doesn't have much consideration for him when she's in a foul mood.
512* TheQuietOne: Outside of ''The Castafiore Emerald'', he borders on TheVoiceless.
513* RedHerring: His suspicious behaviour related to his gambling habits, as well as the soles of his shoes matching the footprints outside Castafiore's window, make him a suspect for the diamond thefts in ''The Castafiore Emerald''.
514* SatelliteCharacter: Slightly less so than Irma, but outside of ''The Castafiore Emerald'', he has no character beyond being Castafiore's pianist.
515[[/folder]]
516
517[[folder: Irma]]
518!!Irma
519[[quoteright:178:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/irma_3.png]]
520
521The long-suffering assistant to Bianca Castafiore.
522----
523* BattleButler: Despite [[OnlySaneEmployee being treated like dirt]] by Bianca Castafiore, she possesses an unshakeable loyalty to her... and will beat the stuffing out of anyone who dares suggest otherwise.
524* BewareTheNiceOnes: The Thompsons learn this the hard way.
525* CharacterDevelopment: Starts out as a FlatCharacter, but becomes ''slightly'' more defined in her second appearance in ''The Castafiore Emerald''
526%%* LargeHam
527%%* PerpetualFrowner
528* SatelliteCharacter: Almost always seen with her employer, Castafiore, and defined completely by her relationship with her.
529* UndyingLoyalty: To Castafiore, to the point where she's just as shaken as her employer when they think her jewels have been stolen.
530[[/folder]]
531
532[[folder: Chang (Tchang)]]
533!!Chang Chong-chen
534[[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sans_titre_2.png]]
535
536An orphaned boy Tintin first meets during the events of ''The Blue Lotus''. The two would go on to form a close friendship.
537----
538* DistressedDude: In ''Tintin in Tibet''.
539** His introduction also counts, given he nearly drowned when the orphanage he lived in was washed away by a flood. Luckily, Tintin was there in the nick of time, selflessly diving in to save the poor kid.
540* HappilyAdopted: Mr. Wang adopts him at the end of ''The Blue Lotus''.
541* NiceGuy: Chang is sweet, clever, humble and caring. He's certainly a big contrast against the rambunctious Abdullah.
542* ParentalAbandonment: His biological parents are dead.
543* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only actually appears in two stories (''The Blue Lotus'' and ''Tintin in Tibet'') and is mentioned in a few others, but in the latter, it is obvious that he is one of the people Tintin cares for the most.
544** Also very obvious it's reciprocated, given Tintin risked his own life to save him, for no other reason that it was the right thing to do.
545* SoleSurvivor: Of the plane crash in ''Tintin In Tibet''. He'd have died too if the Yeti hadn't found him and carried him to a shelter.
546* {{Tuckerization}}: Hergé based him on his friend [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Chongren Zhang Chonren]], who introduced him to Chinese culture.
547[[/folder]]
548
549[[folder: Mrs. Finch (Mrs. Piggott)]]
550!!Mrs. Finch (Mrs. Piggott)
551[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sans_titre_17.png]]
552
553The woman who owns the building Tintin lives in.
554----
555%%* BitCharacter
556* FlatCharacter: Basically, she's Tintin's landlady and that's all we ever know about her.
557* MsExposition: In ''The Crab with the Golden Claws''.
558[[/folder]]
559
560[[folder: Piotr Skut (Piotr Szut)]]
561!!Piotr Skut (Piotr Szut)
562[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a9zc08uu.png]]
563
564A one-eyed pilot from Eastern Europe who has a tendency to stumble across Tintin and Haddock on their adventures.
565----
566* AdaptationalNationality: In the German Editions of the books his nationality was changed from Estonian to Lithuanian.
567* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: His name doesn't sound particularly Estonian, and neither does his accent in the cartoon. However, in at least the updated (American) English translation he is said to be "from Estonia" rather than specifically an ethnic Estonian, and so he could be German, Russian or any of a few other nearby ethnicities; the original French and first (British) English translation he is just said to be "Estonian" without further elaboration. Both his original names exist in real life: the first is the Russian version of Peter, and the second seems to be a rare Polish-Jewish family name. The Estonian translation [[invoked]][[{{Woolseyism}} "fixes"]] this by rendering his name as "Peeter Pähk", see below for more on the surname.
568* EyepatchOfPower: Despite being a ''fighter pilot''. Justified, since he is flying for a [[PrivateMilitaryContractors low-budget mercenary outfit]], who are probably very short on trained personnel.
569* HeelFaceTurn: Befriends Tintin and Haddock so quickly it's easy to forget he was technically a PunchClockVillain for the first two pages he appeared on.
570%%* NiceGuy
571* PunchClockVillain: Was a mercenary hired by Bab El Ehr, and holds no animosity towards Tintin for shooting him down.
572* PunnyName: In the original French, his surname sounds like "zut", making Haddock think he's being difficult when he's actually introducing himself. In the English translations, Haddock misunderstands the name as a rude command to "scoot". The Estonian translation changes his surname to "Pähk", as "pähh" is a minor expletive like "zut".
573* RememberTheNewGuy: He's not an example in the comics, but the English dub of the animated series changes the dialogue in his first meeting with Tintin and Haddock for no apparent reason so that Tintin already somehow knows his name. Also, the animated version of ''The Red Sea Sharks'' takes place after ''Flight 714'', so it's not even clear how they met in the series; in ''Flight 714'', they know each other, that's that.
574* ThatRussianSquatDance: Does it in ''The Red Sea Sharks''.
575* YouNoTakeCandle: Talks like this in ''Red Sea Sharks''. When we see him later he speaks more fluently.
576[[/folder]]
577
578[[folder: Oliveira da Figueira]]
579!!Senhor Oliveira da Figueira
580[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sans_titre_3.png]]
581
582A travelling salesman with a massive catalogue of products.
583----
584%%* ButWaitTheresMore
585* HonestJohnsDealership: Played with. He's perfectly honest and a genuine friend to Tintin, but you really don't want to stay too long with him because he'll sell you enough useless items to fill a small truck. He's just ''that'' good at his job.
586* IntrepidMerchant: He appears in several remote places of the world.
587* TheStoryteller: He's able to conjure a detailed, incredibly dramatic backstory for Tintin's disguise in ''[[Recap/TintinLandOfBlackGold Land of Black Gold]]'' from out of nowhere (there was a count and a snail breeder involved), which keeps Müller's men engrossed while Tintin infiltrates the study.
588* WeSellEverything: His first appearance somewhere in the Middle East is announced by natives as "The white man who sells everything". He then proceeds to sell Tintin a random collection of objects, including for instance skis and a parrot, both of which are useless to Tintin's journey.
589[[/folder]]
590
591!!Recurring villains
592
593[[folder: Rastapopoulos]]
594!!Roberto Rastapopoulos
595[[quoteright:137:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rastapopoulous_1486.jpg]]
596!!!'''Voiced in French by:''' Fernand Rauzena (Belvision series), Serge Nadaud (''The Lake of Sharks''), Creator/SergeSauvion (Nelvana series)
597
598A world-famous director and movie producer, Rastapopoulos is in reality a crime lord, running a drug ring that spans across the Middle East and Asia. The closest figure Tintin has to an ArchEnemy.
599----
600* AmusingInjuries: Only Captain Haddock usually suffered the amount of physical punishment Rastapopulous takes in ''Flight 714'', up to and including being ''hit by a stray grenade.''
601* ArchEnemy: He's the closest to being this to Tintin, with him being the only reoccurring villain other than Allan. He's the BigBad of four stories, having created a drug ring and later getting involved in human trafficking, and develops a strong hatred for Tintin after he keeps defeating him.
602* BadBoss: In ''Flight 714'', under the influence of TruthSerum, he reveals that he [[spoiler:was going to have all his henchmen (save for Allan) killed after he would complete his evil plan.]]
603* BaldOfEvil: Completely bald and very evil.
604* BigBad: He's the most prominent villains of the series and act as Tintin's nemesis.
605* BreakoutVillain: He is not in a whole lot of albums and only briefly in most of them, but he made enough of an impression to be universally considered Tintin's BigBad. In fact, despite appearing in only four volumes, Rastapopoulos ''is'' still the most frequently appearing villain in the series alongside Allan, who in most of his appearances was working for him.
606* ButtMonkey: He is constantly humiliated and injured, especially in ''Flight 714''.
607* CardCarryingVillain: When under the effects of Dr. Krollspell's shoddy truth serum, he starts bragging about every one of his own foul deeds and gets into a heated debate with the also drugged Carreidas about which one of them is the more evil, calling himself "the Devil incarnate".
608* TheChessmaster: During his first appearance as the main villain, when it turns out he's the mysterious leader behind the opium smugglers from ''Pharaos Cigars'' and ''Blue Lotus''. His other plans fall apart before he has time to rebuild.
609* ClassicVillain: His most obvious motivation is {{Greed}}, but {{Pride}} and {{Revenge}} are quick to come into play once Tintin start foiling his plots again and again. However in his last appearance Tintin gets caught up in their plot by accident.
610* DevilInPlainSight: His disguise as the Marquis di Gorgonzola consists of Mephistopheles from {{Theatre/Faust}}, the original BigRedDevil.
611* EarlyBirdCameo: A man looking very similar to Rastapopoulos appears in ''Tintin in America'', a book before his actual introduction, sitting next to Tintin at a banquet. It is unclear whether Hergé actually meant this character to ''be'' Rastapopoulos, but it's worth noting that he's sitting next to the actress Mary Pikefort, which makes sense given his job as a movie producer, and that in the English translation of ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', Tintin states that he has met Rastapopoulos before[[labelnote:*]]The [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] explanation for this is that ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' was only published in English after some other stories featuring Rastapopoulos, but it makes for a good Watsonian explanation[[/labelnote]].
612* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he has no problem killing people to achieve his goals and is fine with [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing his own henchmen once they become useless]], he's not interested in torture and told Dr. Krollspell to quickly uses his truth serum on Carreidas because he doesn't like seeing people suffer. He was possibly just being sarcastic, however.
613* EvilAllAlong: He is introduced in ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'' as a short-tempered but benign movie producer, then revealed in ''The Blue Lotus'' to have been the BigBad all along. Surprising, eh?
614* FauxAffablyEvil: Likes to act polite and charming, but will throw tantrums and become violent at the slightest resistance.
615* GagNose: He has a comically large nose. This is used for a gag in ''Flight 714 to Sydney'', when Allen sees a proboscis monkey and laughs at its nose, saying that it reminds him of someone, only to have an OhCrap reaction when he realizes that said someone is Rastapopoulos, [[RightBehindYou who is standing next to him]].
616* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Evil cigars of decadence.
617* HairTriggerTemper: Has a volatile temper that almost rivals Captain Haddock, including his {{Angrish}} catchphrase "FDJRK!!!!"
618* HighClassGlass: Is usually seen wearing a monocle, it even often survives his ClothingDamage.
619* IHaveManyNames: After Tintin exposed his criminal activities, he returned in disguise as the Marquis di Gorgonzola. If the rumors about ''Tintin And the Alph-Art'' are true, he was also Endaddine Akass.
620* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: When Tintin first meets him in ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', he comes across as belligerent and arrogant as he attempts to hit Dr.Sarcophagus for accidentally bumping into him which Tintin stops him, the next time they meet each other after Tintin accidentally ruins a film set, he's quite amiable with him but in ''The Blue Lotus'', he reveals to be a leader of a drug cartel and is willing to kill Tintin to hide it.
621* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: He escapes the autorities at the end of ''The Red Sea Sharks'' but in ''Flight 714'', it's revealed that Tintin's ruining his slave ring eventually bankrupted him.
622* TheManBehindTheMan: To [[DiscOneFinalBoss fake bosses]] Mitsuhirato in ''The Blue Lotus'' and Mull Pasha/[[spoiler: Müller]] in ''Red Sea Sharks''.
623* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Initially, before he regresses to a tacky rich man (who is not even rich anymore by that point).
624* NeverMyFault: During his VillainousBreakdown in ''Flight 714'', a stalactite falls on his head and he starts raving that he doesn't deserve any of this and he'd never hurt a fly. Note that this happens ''after'' his EvilerThanThou drug trip.
625* SarcasticConfession: When Tintin barely escapes an ambush after leaving Rastapopoulos, he tells Tintin that if he didn't know better, he'd swear there was some hidden organization trying to destroy him.
626%%* SmugSnake
627* VillainDecay: He started out as a drug and arms smuggler and eventually moved on to slave trading. However, by the time he appears in ''Flight 714'' he's reduced to trying to steal Lazlo Carriedas's fortune after he was bankrupted by Tintin foiling his schemes. That's just the start of his misfortune, as he tries to threaten to squash Tintin like a spider (and then repeatedly miss said spider), his AmusingInjuries (as noted, he got hit by a ''grenade'', and only got singed), and his being accidentally injected with some defective TruthSerum and getting into a screaming match with Carreidas over which of them is more evil (and arguably ''losing'', given by the way he cries afterwards). Then there's his ridiculous attire, which consists of a salmon-colored shirt, blue jeans, gawdy star-studded cowboy boots and an oversized Stetson. Hergé himself {{Lampshaded}} the decay, realizing that after he drew Rastapopulous in that silly outfit, he couldn't take poor Roberto seriously as a villain ever again.
628* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Before his crimes were exposed by Tintin, Rastapopoulous was a beloved figure in the movie industry. After he was exposed he started operating under false names to get by.
629[[/folder]]
630
631[[folder: Allan]]
632!!Allan Thompson
633[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sans_titre_5_9.png]]
634
635A corrupt captain working for Rastapopoulos.
636----
637* BondVillainStupidity:
638** 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.
639** Actually justified a few times. In ''TCWTGC'' he is keeping him alive until the boss decides what to do to him, once he finds they want Tintin eliminated he tries to do so. In ''Flight 714'' he leaves Tintin and other prisoners guarded, thinking they'll be sunk on the plane later.
640* TheDragon: Has a tendency to work for the BigBad of the stories he appears in, first to Omar Ben Salaad by helping him smuggle drugs after leading a munity against Haddock, and then to Rastapopoulos with the two at first working together to transport slaves. Is also this to Sakharine in the movie.
641* DragonInChief: He is by far a more prominent villain than his boss in ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'', and Tintin's final struggle is against him. He is less proactive when he becomes Rastapopoulos's lackey.
642* EvilCounterpart: To Haddock after becoming TheDragon to Tintin's ArchEnemy Rastapopoulos. They are both captains, but while Haddock is ultimately a good natured man despite his early alcoholism his former first mate has few moral scruples and takes over Haddock's ship to smuggle drugs and later gets involved in transporting slaves.
643* FalseFriend: To Haddock. Also, rather tragically, his OnlyFriend before meeting Tintin.
644* FirstNameBasis: His surname is very, very rarely uttered, if anything because both enemies and coworkers know him in person.
645* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Often seen with a fag end in his mouth.
646* GratuitousEnglish: Obviously not evident in the English translation, but he does this sometimes in the original French.
647* TheHeavy: In ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'', Allan is TheDragon as well as TheHeavy. The BigBad makes only a brief appearance, doesn't do much, and is defeated before Allan is.
648* HumiliationConga: His last appearance is basically this.
649* OneSteveLimit: In the original French, his full name is Allan Thompson (but only mentioned once, in the retconned ''Cigars''). To avoid obvious confusion, the English translation left out his last name entirely.
650* {{Retcon}}: He was RetConned into being the villain that threw Tintin overboard in a newer edition of ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', even though canonically this album takes place before ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'', Allan's introduction. His connection to Rastapopulous' drug cartel fits with his later work with Rastapopulous.
651%%* SmugSnake
652* SparedByTheAdaptation: The film, specifically. In the original album ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'', Tintin's struggle to capture Allan forms the climax of the story, and he succeeds (even though Allan must escape or be released by the time of ''The Red Sea Sharks''). But in Spielberg's film, Allan is dispatched when Captain Haddock knocks him down from a height onto a moving truck, carting him out of the fray. It's reasonable to suppose he must have been brought to justice later, once Tintin and Haddock were able to give a full description to the local police -- but this may otherwise have been a deliberate scriptwriting tactic, keeping Allan at large to make his return more plausible if a sequel introduces Rastapopoulous.
653[[/folder]]
654
655[[folder: Dr. Müller]]
656!!Dr. J. W. Müller
657[[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr_muller_3.png]]
658A criminal psychologist who used his practice as a cover for a counterfitting scheme.
659----
660* BaldOfEvil / BeardOfEvil: A clean sweep of Evil hair!
661* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: He would rather shoot himself than be tortured to death by the emir.
662* BungledSuicide: He tries to shoot himself to avoid being captured by the Emir and being tortured to a slow and painful death. His attempt fails because he tried to use a toy gun that shoots ink.
663* HerrDoktor: He's an evil doctor with a German surname.
664%%* GratuitousGerman
665* IHaveManyNames: Professor Smith in ''Land of Black Gold'' and Mull Pasha in ''The Red Sea Sharks''.
666* MeaningfulName: Named in honor of Adolfo Simões Müller, a Portuguese writer and publisher who was responsible for publishing ''Tintin'' in Portugal (which was the first country outside the French-speaking world where it was published) and who once helped Hergé's brother when he was in a prisoner's camp during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII by paying Hergé in sardine cans that would later be delivered to his brother.
667* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Apparently a psychiatrist or some other kind of doctor, and very evil.
668* PlayingBothSides: During The Land of Black Gold, he has been working for both Bab-El-Ehr and Emir to play them against each other to start a CivilWar.
669* PsychoForHire: In his last appearance.
670* PsychoPsychologist: In his original appearance, where he used his practice and status to get rid of people who might have uncovered his crimes.
671* TheQuisling: Based on a real life Scottish doctor who worked for the Nazis.
672* SurroundedByIdiots: His orders to have Tintin pursued by armored cars and aircraft ends in the planes shooting the cars due to AmbiguousSyntax.
673* ThoseWackyNazis: Never explicitly stated, but implied, as Müller was largely based on a RealLife Nazi double agent named Dr. Georg Bell.
674%%* WesternTerrorists
675[[/folder]]
676
677[[folder: Colonel Boris]]
678!!Colonel Boris/Colonel Jorgen
679[[quoteright:161:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/col_boris.png]]
680A high-ranking member of the Syldavian military who plotted against King Muskar on behalf of the enemy nation of Borduria.
681----
682* AscendedExtra: Was a relatively minor character in ''King Ottokar's Sceptre'', but is the BigBad's proxy in [[spoiler:the moon books]].
683%%* DeathByIrony: Downplayed; [[spoiler: he points out on more than one occasion that there isn't enough air for everybody aboard the rocket, and that he had to kill some of them to make it back alive. His last attempt to do so results in him being shot with his own gun, which also arguably contributed to saving the protagonists from the air shortage he had described]]
684* ILied: Twice he promises to spare the protagonists. Twice he tries to go back on this.
685%%* ItsPersonal: In his reappearance he is very eager to settle his score with Tintin after their last meeting.
686* KickTheDog: He literally kicks Snowy down a ladder at one point.
687* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Accidentally shoots himself to death in "Explorers on the Moon"]].
688* 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.
689* PuttingOnTheReich: His hair and moustache are probably directly meant to invoke Hitler's appearance.
690* SecretPolice: He's working with the Iron Guard.
691* ThrownOutTheAirlock: [[spoiler:While offscreen, Jorgen's corpse is put into space by Tintin, Haddock and Calculus after he accidentally shoots himself.]]
692* {{Revenge}}: The main reason he joined in the Bordurian plot against the Syldavian space program was to get revenge on Tintin.
693%%* TurnCoat
694* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: As per ILied, he never follows through on promising to spare the protagonists.
695[[/folder]]
696
697[[folder: Colonel Sponsz]]
698!!Colonel Sponsz
699[[quoteright:152:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sponsz.png]]
700----
701* ArgentinaIsNaziland: Originally seen running the StateSec in a Central European fascist government, he's later seen in a similar situation in a South American dictatorship.
702* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: His name is an elaborate pun on the word "sponge" (''éponge'' in French), with his later alias, Esponja, being the Spanish word for the same thing. Taken at face value, his original surname sounds more Polish-Jewish than anything else, though.
703* BadassLongcoat: As part of the uniform in his original appearance. Averted in ''Tintin and the Picaros'', due to the warmer South American climate.
704* BadBoss: Not as much so as many other villains; he is actually a fairly "realistic" secret police officer in this way. However, while he will not usually employ YouHaveFailedMe, he ''can'' be quite unpleasant to subordinates who fail him.
705* BeardOfEvil: He sports a neat goatee in his second appearance.
706* TheChessmaster: In his second appearance, when he lures Tintin to San Theodoros in order to have him killed and prepares a perfect coverup.
707* DragonInChief: As Bordurian "technical advisor" to General Tapioca. It's heavily implied that he and the Bordurians are the ones really in charge, with Tapioca as little more than their front man.
708* HighClassGlass: Presumably to invoke a German vibe.
709* PuttingOnTheReich: Much like with real-life East Germany, Bordurian military and police uniforms look Nazi-ish with some Soviet-derived features.
710* SugarAndIcePersonality: His subordinates get his ice side, Castafiore and (presumably) his personal friends see his sugar side.
711* SurroundedByIdiots: The Colonel himself is a competent enough official, but his Bordurian subordinates are incompetent buffoons. In ''The Calculus Affair'', Tintin and Haddock give some of Sponsz's agents the slip in heavy traffic, and get rid of others by ''getting them drunk and locking them in their hotel rooms.''
712* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: Becomes Colonel Esponja (Colonel Sponge) in San Theodoros.
713* WickedCultured: Shows appreciation for the Castafiore's singing talent and invites her to sing for a party he's hosting. The next morning, he's humming the Jewels Aria.
714[[/folder]]
715
716[[folder: General Tapioca]]
717!!General Tapioca
718[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tapioca.png]]
719The military dictator ruling the small country of San Theodoros.
720----
721* EdibleThemeNaming: "Tapioca" is also a kind of food.
722* EvilCounterpart: To Alcazar, although [[TheThermidor there is little setting the two apart]].
723* FascistButInefficient: His security is so lax that Alcazar and the Picaros are able to seize power by sneaking into his office and forcing him at gunpoint to read a declaration that he's stepping down and handing power over to Alcazar, all without firing a shot.
724* FateWorseThanDeath: He considers his humiliating banishment to be this; he'd much rather be executed.
725%%* FullCircleRevolution
726* TheGeneralissimo: Like Alcazar, he looks the part. In his last appearance, he's actually wearing the standard ChestOfMedals, albeit a more subdued one in the form of ribbons.
727* MirrorCharacter: The last page of ''Tintin and the Picaros'' implies that there is little difference between him and General Alcazar.
728%% * TheRival: Again, to Alcazar.
729%% * TheUnseen: Until ''Picaros''.
730%% * UnwittingPawn: To Sponsz.
731* VillainousBreakdown: He bursts into tears when he realizes that Alcazar is going to spare his life at Tintin's insistence. Apparently it's a beloved San Theodoros tradition for the new dictator to put his predecessor in front of a firing squad if he can catch him.
732[[/folder]]
733
734!!One-shot characters
735
736[[folder: Bobby Smiles]]
737!!Bobby Smiles
738[[quoteright:138:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bobby_smiles.png]]
739
740An American gangster and rival to Al Capone himself.
741----
742* BigBad: The nearest thing to a main villain in ''Tintin in America''. He's just one of several gang bosses who Tintin takes on during the course of the story, but he has by far the largest role of any of them.
743* EnemyMine: He tries this when he first meets Tintin, offering him a huge salary to help take down Al Capone. Tintin reacts by pulling a gun on Smiles and making it clear that he's there to take down ''all'' the gangsters, not just Capone.
744* TheRival: To Al Capone, as Smiles is the boss of the second-biggest gang in Chicago. However, he soon switches to trying to take out Tintin instead.
745* SurroundedByIdiots: Had his men been able to tell the difference between poison gas and sleeping gas, Tintin would have been dead right at the start of the story. The Native American tribe that he teams up with at the midway point of the story also don't prove to be the most helpful allies.
746* UnusualEuphemism: He tends to shout "Alcatraz!" whenever things don't go his way, likely a reference to the prison where his in-story rival, Al Capone spent most of his sentence.
747* WhiteGangBangers: Unlike most of the traditional organized crime in America (Irish Mob, Italian Mob, Jewish Mob, etc.), and unlike his rival Capone's crew, his outfit seems to be made up mainly or entirely of Old Stock Americans like himself.
748[[/folder]]
749
750[[folder: The Fakir]]
751!!The Fakir
752[[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fakir.png]]
753
754A mysterious Indian fakir with magical abilities and a member of the opium cartel in ''Cigars of the Pharaoh''.
755----
756* AlmightyJanitor: Has magical powers that would probably allow him to easily take over his organization, but instead plays a relatively minor enforcer role. Possibly downplayed if he was the chairman of the meeting of the hooded leaders, as it is vaguely implied but left unclear.
757* BarefootSage: He's a fakir and accordingly never wears shoes.
758* TheDragon: While he's just one member of a large criminal organization, he's the most visible member of them in ''Cigars of the Pharaoh'', and the one who poses the biggest threat to Tintin.
759* EnlightenedAntagonist: He is a Sufi ascetic with genuine magical powers. He is also a dangerous criminal and a key member of an international drug cartel.
760* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: His actual name is never revealed at any point; everyone just refers to him as "the Fakir."
761* HypnoticEyes: One of his skills, with proper light effects in the animated series.
762* KungFuWizard: He can work ''real'' magic, as seen in his magic rope, and later goads Tintin to a hand-to-hand fight, implying he is also a trained martial artist.
763* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: One of the few things that genuinely angers him is Tintin knocking him out and then tying him up. Not because he allowed himself to be tricked and captured, mind, but because he considers it an insult to his escapology skills.
764* {{Loincloth}}: His only attire aside from his turban.
765* SouthAsianTerrorists: Being a fakir, he's by definition a Muslim Sufi ascetic,[[note]]The term has spread to their Hindu homologues too in modern times, but fakirs as stereotypical as this, with the whole shebang of tricks, are the Muslim kind.[[/note]] although with the variation that he comes from South Asia rather than the Middle East.
766* StoryBreakerPower: His magical powers are almost unique to the series' universe and make him an incredibly dangerous opponent. Accordingly, he's defeated by sheer luck, and he later escapes without problem again (although the comic's original version informed he was somehow arrested by regular police).
767* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the ''Blue Lotus'', he's stated to have escaped from prison, and a character receives a Rajaijah dart from an unseen shooter who is implied to be the Fakir himself. The original black-and-white version showed explicitly it was him, and it was later informed through a telegram that he had been recaptured by the police. However, nothing of this happens in the final version, so the Fakir presumably remains free after the takedown of his organization.
768[[/folder]]
769
770[[folder: Mitsuhirato]]
771!!Mitsuhirato
772[[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mitsuhirato.png]]
773A Japanese spy working out of Shanghai.
774----
775* AffablyEvil: He honestly seems to have no real animosity toward Tintin and is unfailingly polite to him. When Tintin is about to be executed, he even offers him a way out if he agrees to a few conditions.
776* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: His name, like those of many Asian comics characters of this period, is a relatively plausible but otherwise meaningless collection of Japanese syllables. Possibly, it was inspired by the real Japanese given name Mitsuhiro.
777%%* AsianSpeekeeEngrish
778* BaitTheDog: At one point, he has Tintin under his mercy, but reveals he doesn't intend to kill him, and in fact has decided to let him go... only to reveal [[CruelMercy he will do so after a Rajaijah juice injection, which will drive him mad.]]
779* BitchInSheepsClothing: A very polite, affable host... who also happens to secretly be a drug-trader and a japanese spy.
780* TheChessmaster: Runs a major Japanese spy ring as well as an international drug syndicate. Is consulted on foreign policy, manipulates Chinese tongs, British officials and even Tintin himself, and knows how to [[RulesLawyer exploit the system]] for his own benefit.
781* CityOfSpies: Shanghai in the 1930s. Mitsuhirato is portrayed as the top Japanese on-site man, with direct access to the government and the local Japanese commanders.
782* ConsummateLiar: Tintin is not the only one he fools.
783* DoubleAgent: By knowing arrangement with his Japanese superiors. He works both for them and the Pharaonic drug ring, using the drug money to fund his intelligence operations and, occasionally, intelligence assets to further the drug trade.
784* TheDragon: [[spoiler:To Rastapopoulos]].
785* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He kills himself in jail soon after being arrested.]]
786* EqualOpportunityEvil: While a passionate Japanese nationalist, he does not seem to be particularly racist against either the Chinese or the Westerners, and indeed people of both races work in his organization.
787* EveryManHasHisPrice: As a wealthy and generous businessman, Mitsuhirato has lots of connections in Shanghai, and, among other things, uses his financial ties with corrupt chief of police Dawson (in the Internatonal Settlement) to have Tintin apprehended and turned over to the Japanese. The same strategy backfires on him, however, when he tries it on [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Tintin himself]].
788* FalseFlagOperation: The Mukden Incident, as here portrayed. Also pulls an earlier, smaller-scale one in Tintin, to alienate him from the Sons of the Dragon.
789%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
790* GenreSavvy: Towards the trope that PoliceAreUseless and villains best dealt with in person. When Tintin beats him up,[[note]]After he tries, and fails, to assassinate him, that is.[[/note]] he [[WoundedGazelleGambit reports him to the authorities]]--And since Tintin never cared to file a complaint with ''his'' version of the story, this results in charges for assault and attempted murder, as well as a manhunt that seriously limits Tintin's movements afterward.
791* TheHeavy: While [[spoiler: Rastapopoulos]] eventually is revealed to have been the BigBad all along, Mitsuhirato is the one who actively opposes Tintin for most of the book, and appears as the main villain until TheReveal.
792* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: The Japanese in general don't come off very well in ''The Blue Lotus'', and more specifically, the Mukden Incident (instigated by Mitsuhirato himself in this version, with the direct backing of the Japanese premier) is fictionalized and portrayed in a harsher way than the record would seem to justify.
793* 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]].
794* JapanesePoliteness: Downplayed. He has this, but less than the stereotype, as well as some hints of a sort of American-ish straight-to-business style in some cases.
795%%* ManOfWealthAndTaste
796* NonActionGuy: Being a Japanese secret agent, you would probably expect him to be a UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} master or something similar, but in his sole fight in the series he's beaten miserably by Tintin (who even comes out unscathed from the off-page brawl, implying Mitsuhirato really didn't stand a chance).
797* 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.]]
798* PerpetualSmiler: Always (or nearly so) depicted with a huge, toothy grin. Sometimes it looks sincere, sometimes unctuous, and sometimes [[SlasherSmile furious]].
799%%* PsychoForHire: To Rastapopoulos
800* RankScalesWithAsskicking: As an intelligence agent and underworld overlord, he is sufficiently proficient in the use of both guns and melee weapons to carry out his own assassinations in a pitch, and rather more dangerous than most of his {{Mook}} minions. However, in a fair fight he loses to [[StrongerThanTheyLook Tintin]].
801* {{Seppuku}}: [[spoiler:How he meets his end]].
802* SharpDressedMan: Always impeccably dressed, except when his clothes are destroyed in battle. Usually seen in morning coat, vest and bow tie.
803* TheSocialExpert: Well-connected and with significant influence among the British and American power-mongers in Shanghai, in spite of the handicap of being Asian. Also a ConsummateLiar who fools even Tintin initially.
804* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the AnimatedAdaptation of ''The Blue Lotus'', for censorship reasons, there's no mention of Mitsuhirato committing harakiri or dying any other way after his arrest.]]
805* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The plot involves a heavily fictionalized retelling of the Mukden Incident, which is here personally instigated and supervised by Mitsuhirato in collusion with the Japanese government. Its aftermath, with the Lytton investigation and Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations, is also fictionalized, with various important details changed, and/or simplified to better fit the comic-book format.
806* VillainousValor: While mostly a NonActionBigBad, he will fight when he has to, as well as do what it takes to preserve Japan's honor when he fails.
807* YellowPeril: To the extent that he is a ruthless, and sometimes sneaky, Asian villain (and drawn as a buck-toothed caricature of a Japanese stereotype). However, he also subverts the trope in some ways. As a cosmopolitan businessman, Mitsuhirato dresses in the Western style, moves in the same circles as the corrupt British and American officials and businessmen who are the minor villains of the story, and shows that he has a lot in common with them; by contrast, the Chinese characters who dress as inscrutable Orientals and speak in proverbs are mostly good guys.
808[[/folder]]
809
810[[folder:The Bird Brothers]]
811!!Max and G. Bird
812
813A pair of corrupt antique dealers and the modern day owners of Marlinspike Hall, the Bird brothers stumbled across one of Sir Francis Haddock's model ships and discovered it's secret, and were willing to resort to murder to find the other two clues to Red Rackham's treasure.
814----
815* AdaptedOut: Famously removed from the plot of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'', aside from a cameo appearance as art pieces shown off by a sketch artist. Their role is taken over by Sakharin, [[CompositeCharacter himself originally just a one-shot character in the comics.]]
816* NoNameGiven: The balding Bird brother is never actually named, other than that his name starts with a G.
817* KnowWhenToFoldEm: "G" willingly co-operates with Thompson and Thompson after Tintin and Snowy beats them, realizing that there's no chance of avoiding the consequences of their actions now.
818* SiblingsInCrime: Brothers who resorted to theft, murder and kidnapping to achieve their goals.
819* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Max Bird is mentioned to have escaped from prison ''twice'', but never appears again. In fact, neither of the brothers do, though there were apparently plans for them to reappear in ''Tintin In Tibet'' as part of a sub-plot, but this was dropped early. They were also going to have a cameo in the unfinished ''Tintin And the Alph-Art''.
820[[/folder]]
821[[folder:Red Rackham]]
822!!Red Rackham
823
824A vicious pirate lord who plagued the West Indies in the 17th century, until one fateful day in 1676 when he and his crew attacked ''The Unicorn'', a French ship captained by Sir Francis Haddock.
825----
826* AntagonistTitle: ''Red Rackhams Treasure'', which is centered around finding his treasure.
827* TheDreaded: Red Rackham's name is already feared across the Seven Seas by the time he appears. Of course, Sir Francis Haddock couldn't care less.
828* {{Expy}}: Based on several real-life pirates, most notably "Calico" Jack Rackham.
829* LeaveNoSurvivors: Because ''The Unicorn'' fought back and critically damaged his ship, Rackham orders his crew to fight to the death. Haddock is the only survivor.
830* PosthumousCharacter: Dead by almos 400 years by the time ''The Secret of The Unicorn'' takes place.
831
832[[/folder]]
833
834[[folder:Alonso and Ramirez]]
835!!Alonso and Ramirez
836
837A pair of South American criminals involved in the theft of a mysteirous wooden idol made by the native Arumbaya tribe, which secretly contains a priceless jewel.
838----
839* AllForNothing: All their crimes and schemes are rendered pointless at the end due to the jewel being lost in the ocean.
840* DraggedOffToHell: The comic version infamously shows them being dragged off to Hell by grinning devils after they drown.
841* MutualKill: In the comics, the two drown while fighting over the diamond as they sink into the ocean.
842* NoHonorAmongThieves: Pretty much everyone involved in the theft of the idol tried to screw over everyone else and escape with the loot.
843* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the AnimatedAdaptation, Tintin saves them after they fall overboard.
844
845
846[[/folder]]
847
848[[folder: Zorrino]]
849!!Zorrino
850[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zorrino.png]]
851A young, orphaned boy living on the streets of Callao, Peru.
852----
853* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Assuming Hergé was going for the Spanish word ''zorrito'' ("little fox"), his name is not entrely correct within Hispanic context. ''Zorrino'' does exist as a variation of ''zorrito'', but it tends to be used solely in some parts of Spain, not so much Perú.
854* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: We never see his parents or have him talk about them, but seeing how young he is and how quickly he leaves with Tintin, it's safe to assume he's probably on his own.
855* DistressedDude: Tintin often has to rush in and save him from any peril he gets into. At one point he even gets kidnapped by the bad guys.
856* HappilyAdopted: Towards the end of ''Prisoners'' the Incas have taken him in; mostly for him to keep quiet of their secret location, but seeing how he previously lived on the streets, they might also be offering him a home.
857* NeverBareheaded: He's always seen wearing his chullo (a hat with earflaps common in the Andes made with llama's wool, among others). The only time he doesn't wear his chullo is when he was kidnapped.
858* {{Expy}}: He's a Peruvian version of Chang, an orphaned boy whom Tintin saves and in gratitude for that, he helps him in his quest. They both also end up being adopted at the end of their stories.
859* StreetUrchin: Managed himself on the streets selling oranges before meeting Tintin. His knowledge of the land and the secret of the Incas comes in handy for Tintin.
860* TagalongKid: After Tintin saves him from being harassed by two racist bullies, he feels safe and grateful enough to confide in Tintin and Haddock to help save Calculus (even if that may cost him his life).
861[[/folder]]
862
863[[folder: The Inca]]
864!!The Inca
865[[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/linca.png]]
866The leader of a surviving enclave of the long-dead Incan Empire, still living on in secrecy in the mountains of Peru.
867----
868* GreyAndGrayMorality: He seems cruel at first, what with cursing the seven explorers and ordering Tintin's execution, but he later on shows nobility by letting Tintin go (after understanding his motivation and seeing how he is a genuine, honest person) and breaking the curse. It's obvious that all his actions in the story are just a means of protecting his people from foreign invaders (to avoid what happened last time...).
869* {{Mayincatec}}: Inca explicitly rather than a mish-mash (aside from a few details here and there), but he is the leader of the surviving Incan civilization.
870* TheEmperor: The Incas (the figure himself rather than the people as a whole) were pretty much the Emperors of their societies, thought to be the descendants/sons of the Sun God.
871* TheRemnant: The original Incan Empire was absorbed by the Kingdom of Spain after 1533 by the hand of an alliance of the invading Spanish and native rebels, leaving only this small enclave to survive in secrecy until present day.
872[[/folder]]
873
874[[folder: Wolff]]
875!!Frank Wolff
876[[quoteright:134:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wolff_3.png]]
877A scientist working for Syldavia's space program, but in reality is a reluctant double-agent for Borduria.
878----
879* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Struggling to stop Jorgen shooting Tintin he accidentally shoots him.]]
880%%* TheAtoner: At the end of the Moon adventure, and the eventual reason for[[spoiler:his HeroicSacrifice]]
881%%* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler:Was pressured into helping Jorgen in the first place, and is horrified by everything he then does.]]
882* EasilyForgiven: Downplayed[[spoiler: Tintin forgives him immediately when he defends them from Jorgen. Captain Haddock, less so. The captain only changes his mind after Wolff's HeroicSacrifice]]
883%%* 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]]
884%%* FaceHeelTurn: His back-story.
885* {{Foreshadowing}}: His briefly panicking at the end of ''Destination Moon'' ultimately amounts to this.
886* TheGamblingAddict: Was forced into turning traitor in return for Borduria clearing his gambling debts.
887* GuileHero: A ''very'' minor case, but [[spoiler:he improvised a lie to get past the Thompsons and used his technological expertise to make his HeroicSacrifice without being interrupted or further endangering the other crew members.]].
888%%* HeelFaceTurn:
889* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Exits the rocket, so the others will have enough oxygen to get back to Earth.]]
890%%* TheMole
891* MrExposition: Does this once in each of the moon books, the second instance being ''very'' different from the first.
892* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His words right before the rocket launch, where he regrets getting into this dangerous ordeal, which makes sense as the other characters were also having second thoughts about going into space. [[spoiler:Afterwards, it turns out the danger he was referring to was actually his espionage.]]
893%%* NiceGuy
894* {{Pride}}: Not explicitly stated, but if [[spoiler:he'd just told his employers about his gambling debts and about the man who approached him, he could have avoided all his problems; apparently he was too ashamed to do this]].
895* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Technically, Hergé left a loophole where he ''might'' have survived, but this trope otherwise fits. However, this loophole only exists in Wolff's farewell note in the collected album version: in the original magazine-published version (later changed under pressure from Catholic organizations) Wolff's last note makes it absolutely clear he has no hope of survival.]]
896* ReformedButRejected: He does, eventually, win back the trust of everybody, but it comes at a hefty price.
897%%* RoundedCharacter - He's...complicated, and that's as much as we dare say without spoiler tags.
898* YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: [[spoiler:Happens ''twice'' with Jorgen threatening to kill or abandon the other astronauts. Given that at the time there was a critical shortage of available oxygen, it comes across more as him being in denial.]]
899[[/folder]]
900
901[[folder: Mr. Baxter]]
902!!Mr. Baxter
903[[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/baxter_1.png]]
904A Syldavian government operative who oversees the Destination Moon project.
905----
906* CharacterTic: Gnaws on his tie when nervous.
907* TheChewToy: He takes the role from Haddock in ''Destination Moon'', to the amused surprise of the latter.
908* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Doesn't realize that Haddock does not want to go on the Moon voyage.
909%%* TheComicallySerious
910* DeadpanSnarker: To Haddock in one scene from ''Destination Moon''.
911* GreekChorus: Acts as one in ''Explorers on the Moon''.
912* MissionControl: Acts as head of it during the protagonists' journey to the moon, and does a darn good job of it too, his level head and quick thinking saving the crew's lives more than once.
913%%* NiceGuy
914%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
915* StraightMan: To Haddock, Thompson and Thomson and especially Calculus in ''Destination Moon''. Without him, you could easily forget the inherent seriousness of ''sending people to the freaking Moon'' amongst all the antics our heroes pull.
916[[/folder]]
917
918[[folder: Arturo Cartoffoli]]
919!!Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Giuseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli da Milano
920[[quoteright:112:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arturo_1.png]]
921----
922* {{Determinator}}: A very enthusiastic fellow; can't deny that.
923* DrivesLikeCrazy: His crazy driving through a marketplace catches the attention of a police officer, who lets him go because his name would've taken too long to write.
924%%* HeroicBystander
925* HitchhikerHeroes: Although he ultimately subverts this by leaving the group shortly after he shows up, he initially comes across as a DebutQueue variation.
926%%* JumpedAtTheCall
927%%* MoodSwinger
928* NationalStereotypes: In his own words, "Italian car. Italian driver".
929* OverlyLongName: His name is so long that he avoids getting a speeding ticket because the police officer has trouble writing it down and decides to let him go instead. His full name is Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Giuseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli da Milano.
930[[/folder]]
931
932[[folder: Laszlo Carreidas]]
933!!Laszlo Carreidas
934[[quoteright:179:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/careidas.png]]
935A dour and unscrupulous businessman who, while not a villain, has earned his fortune through rather underhanded means.
936----
937* BitchInSheepsClothing: At the beginning of ''Flight 714 to Sydney'', he first gives off an impression of a sorrowful homeless guy whom even the cantankerous Haddock feels compassionate for by giving him money to feed for himself but when the tramp is revealed not only to be a millionaire businessman all this time, he's also an unscrupulous and conceitful bastard who will screw over anyone for his greed.
938* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's a rich and successful businessman, despite his many quirks and unpleasant personality.
939* CardCarryingVillain: When under the effects of Krollspell's shoddy truth serum, at any rate. He starts proudly recounting every foul deed he's committed in his life, and becomes offended by Rastapopoulos's (also drugged) assessment that he's [[EvilerThanThou more evil than him]].
940* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Has a vast amount of money hidden away to avoid taxes, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard which plays right into Rastapopoulos's scheme.]]
941* EvilerThanThou: When he and Rastapopoulos are injected with truth serum, they have a debate about which of them is the worse human being.
942* EvilIsPetty: For a certain measure of "evil". Carreidas has a camera installed in his private jet that allows him to cheat at a ''Battleship'' game; he invites Haddock onto the plane for the express purpose of screwing him over this way. Many of the evil deeds Carreidas boasts about when drugged with the truth serum consist of cruel pranks and petty theft, for instance he starts off with his first theft: a pear. He's also rather gleeful about getting a maid fired when she was blamed for stealing a ring from his mother which he stole.
943* HatesBeingTouched: He refuses to shake hands with others because he considers it unhygienic, and unlike the rest of his worst traits, this aversion seems to be genuine. It might be a ShoutOut to Howard Hugues, a real life millionaire who had an infamous germ phobia.
944* ItsAllAboutMe: In the interview after the return to civilization Carreidas is asked why he has needle-marks on his arms[[note]] Carreidas was made to forget, but they're from being injected with Krollspell's truth-serum.[[/note]] but not the others, his response is: "I'm entitled to special treatment, aren't I?"
945%%* {{Jerkass}}: Oh, so very much.
946* MeanBoss:
947** To his british secretary Spalding, telling him how ridiculous he is for having tripped over and even laughing at him, which certainely contributed to Spalding's betrayal of him for Rastapopoulos.
948** Averted with his italian steward, Gino, who he treats respectfully and to who he gives winks, as a show of trust. In return Gino is genuinely loyal to him.
949* MeaningfulName: "Carré d'as" means all four aces, fitting for a millionaire.
950* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Visually based on French aircraft industrialist Marcel Dassault, whose looks were such that, according to one anecdote, a French photo journalist accidentally wanted to include a photograph of him in a feature on homeless people living in the streets of Paris.
951* PerpetualFrowner: Known in-universe as "the man who never laughs", though Calculus's antics ''do'' manage to get several laughing fits out of him (for the first time in many years, apparently).
952* SeriousBusiness: He takes his rivalry with other businessmen very seriously, when his associate takes part in an auction sale and tells him about the paintings exposed he's uninterested as he already have many paintings from the same artists already, only to order his associate to buy everything at any price once he learns that Aristote Onassis is interested by these paintings.
953* SkewedPriorities:
954** Carreidas' obsession with his hat, to the point he keeps insisting they go back to look for it, and even when there are criminals close behind them and gas is coming through the tunnel he keeps running back for his hat, only being stopped by lava. At the end in an interview, he doesn't seem that upset about losing his new plane, secretary and two of the crew and says what really upsets him is losing his hat, a Pre-War [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosse_%26_Blackwell Brosse and Clackwell]]. %%sic, presumably for LawyerFriendlyCameo reasons.
955** His obsession with hats comes back to bite him when, after Professor Calculus's deafness annoys him, his first thought is to knock Calculus's hat off. [[BerserkButton This results in Calculus beating the ever-living snot out of him.]]
956[[/folder]]
957
958[[folder: Dr. Krollspell]]
959!!Dr. Krollspell
960[[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krollspel.png]]
961A corrupt scientist working for Rastapopoulous, and the inventor of a prototype truth serum.
962----
963%%* BeardOfEvil
964%%* BoundAndGagged
965* EnemyMine: After Rastapopoulos reveals (under the truth serum) that he was planning to murder Krollspell [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness once he no longer needed the doctor's expertise]], Tintin rightly assesses that Krollspell isn't too enthusiastic about the whole villain gig anymore. He goes on to help the heroes at a couple of points by keeping watch over the wayward Carreidas.
966* EpicFail: His truth serum is worse than useless. It makes the victim blab about everything ''except'' the question they're asked. Rastapopolous could've had Carriedas injected with Rajaijah Juice and gotten the same results.
967* EvilGenius: Subverted. He's an ex-Nazi scientist who claims to have knowledge of truth serums, but his serum is actually useless.
968%%* EvilLaugh
969* FashionVictimVillain: He's dressed in shorts, sneakers and high socks, making him look vaguely like a silly tourist.
970* HeelFaceTurn: He sides with Tintin and his friends after Rastapopoulos reveals (under the influence of the truth serum) that he was going to kill Krollspell once he wasn't needed anymore.
971* KarmaHoudini: Unlike the other villains in ''Flight 714'', he is let off scot free by the aliens, left him in Cairo, albeit with his entire memory wiped. Of course, we don't know what happened to the other villains, who may have had the same thing happen to them.
972* LeanAndMean: The skinniest of all the characters, even more than Tintin.
973%%* NoodlePeople
974* PunnyName: "Krolspel" is a Brussels word for hair curler. It also echoes Krolloper Berlin Opera House, a Nazi-significant building.
975* SatelliteCharacter: To Rastapopulos, [[spoiler:and to Carreidas once he's appointed caregiver to the latter.]]
976* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: He tries to run out on Rastapopulos, but this doesn't work out as well as he'd hoped as Tintin and Captain Haddock were already outside with their guns.
977* SinisterShades: His eyes are never seen behind those black shades.
978* ThoseWackyNazis: Not outright shown in the story, but aside from his name pun, Hergé stated in an interview that Krollspell had worked in a concentration camp.
979* TruthSerums: Subverted. He developed what he claims is a truth serum, but it's completely worthless. It does reduce the victim's cognition, but also makes him blab about everything ''except'' what the interrogator asks them.
980[[/folder]]
981
982[[folder: Mik Kanrokitoff (Mik Ezdanitoff)]]
983!Mik Kanrokitoff (Mik Ezdanitoff)
984[[quoteright:158:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mik.png]]
985A scientist who's the latest in a long line of human beings in contact with a secretive alien race.
986----
987* AbsentMindedProfessor: Does not display this behavior on page, but his suit looks rather messy and has large documents awkwardly rolled and stuck in his pockets.
988* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although friendly and helpful, he's fearsome when he decides to use his MindControl against evildoers, even if it is with relatively harmless consequences.
989* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite his eccentric appearance and demeanor, he's no bluff about his connection to aliens.
990* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: His glasses have a little antenna that presumably helps with his telepathy.
991* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He's an incredibly thinly disguised version of French UFO theorist Jacques Bergier, who even founded a magazine named ''Planète'' like Tintin says in the text.
992* PunnyName: His original last name references the phrase ''Is dat niet tof?'' ("Isn't that swell?") in Dutch. Also, it might or might not be also a subtle nod to another ufologist, Erik Von Daniken, the popularizer of the AncientAstronauts trope. His English name is a pun on "Can rocket off", appropriate for a writer for a space journal.
993* {{Telepathy}}: Has this power.
994* TouchedByVorlons: He's connected to aliens and got his powers, or at least his technology, from then.
995* TrrrillingRrrs: Speaks like this in the French version. In the English translation, he speaks with a Russian FunetikAksent.
996[[/folder]]
997
998
999[[folder: The Aliens]]
1000!!The Aliens
1001
1002A mysterious group of extraterrestrial beings, who have been visiting Earth for millennia.
1003----
1004* AncientAstronauts: They, or at least the race they're part of, have been visiting Earth for thousands of years, as shown by the murals in ''Flight 714''.
1005* BoringButPractical: Rather than the tractor beam often used by space ships in science fiction, their ship uses... an extendable ladder to bring people onboard.
1006* FlyingSaucer: Arrives in one to save the heroes when they're trapped in the volcano as it's about to erupt.
1007* TheGhost: Don't appear in person at all, and only ever communicate through Kanrokitoff.
1008* HumanoidAliens: Implied to be pretty similar to regular humans, if their ancient stone statues are an accurate representation.
1009* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Uses mass hypnosis to remove any memory of their existance from the heroes, with the exception of Snowy, who's a dog and can't tell anyone anyway.
1010* TheWorldIsNotReady: Doesn't believe that Earth at large is ready for contact with other worlds, and thus restricts their communication with selected individuals who they share their technology with.
1011
1012[[/folder]]
1013
1014[[folder:The Yeti]]
1015
1016A monstrous, ape-like humanoid that inhabits the Himalayian mountains, and a mythological creature that turned out to be very much real.
1017----
1018* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The myths about the mysterious "Abominable Snowman" turns out to be true, though he's really not all that "abominable".
1019* BigHeartedBigfoot: Saved Chang's and helped him survive long enough for Tintin to find him. The only real problem was that Chang had a fever, which the Yeti didn't understand, and couldn't have helped with even if he did.
1020* KillerGorilla: Has this reputation among the natives of Nepal, though it doesn't seem to be true. The Yeti only acts agressive when it thinks someone is a threat to itself or Chang, and otherwise avoids humans.
1021
1022[[/folder]]
1023
1024[[folder: Peggy Alcazar]]
1025!!Peggy Alcazar
1026[[quoteright:159:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peggy.png]]
1027----
1028* FieryRedhead: Does not hold back her anger at Alcazar whenever he does something she considers wrong.
1029%%* FramesOfReference
1030%%* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Her dressing gown.
1031%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to her husband.
1032* LargeHam: Hergé apparently based her on a female member of the KKK he once saw.
1033* PerpetualFrowner: She is always frowing and never smile.
1034%%* SatelliteCharacter
1035* SayMyName: '''ALCAZAR!!!!''' Most notably done in the Nelvana cartoon.
1036[[/folder]]
1037
1038[[folder: Martine Vandezande]]
1039!!Martine Vandezande
1040%%
1041%%Image removed per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16735385590.80409400
1042%%Please don't add a new image without discussion in IMage Pickin'.
1043----
1044* MistakenForMurderer: Tintin assumes she's cooperating with the villains.
1045* NaiveEverygirl: After she realizes she had been helping the villainous [[spoiler:Endaddine Akass]] she breaks out in tears. After that Tintin understands that she didn't have any evil intentions.
1046* UnwittingPawn: Due to a listening device hidden in her necklace, she is made an unwilling informer for the villains.
1047[[/folder]]

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