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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: After Tintin insults him, Rastapopoulos threatens to crush him "like this spider!" Said spider repeatedly avoids his boot.
* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are a group of Sondonesian nationalists.
* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are a group of Sondonesian nationalists.
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: After Tintin insults him, Rastapopoulos threatens to crush him our hero "like this spider!" Said spider repeatedly avoids his boot.
* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are a group of Sondonesiannationalists.nationalists, whose cause he's promised to help. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Turns out he's planted bombs under their ships]].
* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are a group of Sondonesian
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* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are implied to have been recruited from such a group, presumably getting a cut of the proceeds for their cause.
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* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are implied to have been recruited from such a group, presumably getting a cut group of the proceeds for their cause.Sondonesian nationalists.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Under the truth serum, Rastapopoulos boasts that he plans to kill off all his minions, [[StandingRightHere including Dr Krollspell]], who is understandably alarmed and willing to help Tintin after that point.
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** Captain Haddock is about to tell Calculus to stop acting the goat, but wisely changes his words on seeing his DeathGlare.
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** Captain Haddock is about to tell Calculus to stop acting the goat, but [[Recap/TintinDestinationMoon wisely changes his words words]] on seeing his DeathGlare.
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* DiscreetDrinkDisposalDiscreetDrinkDisposal: Haddock dumps Carreidas' "chlorophyl fortified" soft drink in a plant pot. [[ThatPoorPlant The plant dies instantly]].
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** Captain Haddock is about to tell Calculus to stop acting the goat, but wisely changes his words on seeing his DeathGlare.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Implied to be Spalding's primary motive for kidnapping his boss, as well as the money.
* TheDogBitesBack: Implied to be Spalding's primary motive for kidnapping his boss, as well as the money.
* FarEastAsianTerrorists: Rastapopoulos {{mook}}s are implied to have been recruited from such a group, presumably getting a cut of the proceeds for their cause.
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* GagNose: Allan notes the similarity between Rastapopoulos's nose and that of a proboscis monkey.
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* GagNose: Allan [[RightBehindMe notes the similarity similarity]] between Rastapopoulos's nose and that of a proboscis monkey.
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* MustMakeHimLaugh: Calculus is able to make Carreidas laugh despite being known as The Man Who Never Laughs, which is why he invites them onto his private jet.
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* BerserkButton: Don't hit Calculus in the face, for he will give you a thrashing that you won't forget!
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* MindControl: Mik Ezdanitoff is able to do this.
* NeverMyFault:Rastatpopulos Rastapopulos starts ranting during his HumiliationConga that he never hurt a fly.
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* ThatPoorPlant: Haddock dumps Carreidas' "chlorophyll fortified" soft drink in a plant pot. The plant dies instantly.
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* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Spalding. Could also count as IAmVeryBritish.
* ThatPoorPlant: Haddock dumps Carreidas'"chlorophyll "chlorophyl fortified" soft drink in a plant pot. The plant dies instantly.instantly.
* PunnyName:
** Mik Ezdanitoff. His last name references the phrase ''Is dat niet tof?'' ("Isn't that swell?") in Dutch. Hergé would often used words and expressions from the Marol dialect, Flemish spoken in Brussels.
** Dr. Krollspell's name is also Flemish. The word ''krollspell'' sounds like ''krulspeld'' ("curler pin").
* ThatPoorPlant: Haddock dumps Carreidas'
* PunnyName:
** Mik Ezdanitoff. His last name references the phrase ''Is dat niet tof?'' ("Isn't that swell?") in Dutch. Hergé would often used words and expressions from the Marol dialect, Flemish spoken in Brussels.
** Dr. Krollspell's name is also Flemish. The word ''krollspell'' sounds like ''krulspeld'' ("curler pin").
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* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]] PunnyName: Carreidas is a homophone for "Carré d'as", a four-ace hand in poker.
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* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]] PunnyName: Carreidas is a homophone for "Carré d'as", a four-ace hand in poker. The Carreidas company logo even has the four symbols in it.
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* MeaningfulName: [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]] PunnyName: Carreidas is a homophone for "Carré d'as", a four-ace hand in poker.
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* YourOtherLeft: Tintin to the captain, when Rastapopoulos has caught them on the island.
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* YourOtherLeft: Tintin to the captain, when Rastapopoulos has caught them on the island.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Of all Carreidas' unethical practices, the one that gets the Captain riled up is the fact that he cheats at {{Battleship}}.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Of all Carreidas' unethical practices, the one that gets the Captain riled up is the fact that he cheats at {{Battleship}}.TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Of all Carreidas' unethical practices, the one that gets the Captain riled up is the fact that he cheats at {{Battleship}}.
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* EvilVersusEvil: Rastapopoulos and Carreidas. After Rastapopoulos also gets stabbed with the serum that makes him confess his misdeeds, they get into an EscalatingWar argument about which of them is more evil.
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* EvilerThanThou / EvilVersusEvil: Rastapopoulos and Carreidas. After Rastapopoulos also gets stabbed with the serum that makes him confess his misdeeds, they get into an EscalatingWar argument about which of them is more evil.
* FunetikAksent: Allan after his teeth get knocked out.
* FunetikAksent: Allan after his teeth get knocked out.
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* ManChild: While under TruthSerum, Rastapopolous starts ''crying'' when Carreidas insists that he's eviller.
* MeaningfulName: Carreidas is a homophone for "Carré d'as", a four-ace hand in poker.
* NeverMyFault: Rastatpopulos starts ranting during his HumiliationConga that he never hurt a fly.
* MeaningfulName: Carreidas is a homophone for "Carré d'as", a four-ace hand in poker.
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Unfortunately for all involved, the plane ends up being hijacked by the jet's crew (all of whom were substitutes for the regular crew who were all involved in "accidents") and Carreidas' assistant Spalding. They land on an abandoned volcanic island in the South Pacific and are held at gunpoint by armed gunmen who, to Tintin's horror, apparently kill Snowy. They are greeted by none other than Tintin's nemesis Rastapopoulos and his {{Dragon}} Allan. Having lost most of his fortune in his previous scheme, Rastapopoulos plans on stealing the money in Carreidas' SwissBankAccount. To do this he hired the services of [[HerrDoctor Dr. Krollspell]], who has developed an experimental TruthSerum. Rastapopoulos and Krollspell take Carreidas away while the rest are held prisoner in a bunker. Eventually they escape with the help of Snowy, who turns out to be alive.
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Unfortunately for all involved, the plane ends up being hijacked by the jet's crew (all of whom were substitutes for the regular crew who were all involved in "accidents") and Carreidas' assistant Spalding. They land on an abandoned volcanic island in the South Pacific and are held at gunpoint by armed gunmen who, to Tintin's horror, apparently kill Snowy. They are greeted by none other than Tintin's nemesis Rastapopoulos and his {{Dragon}} TheDragon Allan. Having lost most of his fortune in his previous scheme, Rastapopoulos plans on stealing the money in Carreidas' SwissBankAccount. To do this he hired the services of [[HerrDoctor Dr. Krollspell]], who has developed an experimental TruthSerum. Rastapopoulos and Krollspell take Carreidas away while the rest are held prisoner in a bunker. Eventually they escape with the help of Snowy, who turns out to be alive.
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* RomanAClef: Sondonesia for Indonesia, whose residents also speak a variant of Bahasa.
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* VillainDecay: Infamously done to Rastapopoulos who spends the entire book in the aforementioned ridiculous clothes and on the receiving end of slapstick comedy. Hergé claims the latter naturally followed the former: he just couldn't take him seriously after putting him in ''that'' outfit.
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* VillainDecay: Infamously done to Rastapopoulos who spends the entire book in the aforementioned ridiculous clothes wearing a pink shirt and Stetson hat and on the receiving end of slapstick comedy. Hergé claims the latter naturally followed the former: he just couldn't take him seriously after putting him in ''that'' outfit.
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* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Haddock mistakes Carreidas' dapper right-hand man Spalding for the billionaire himself.
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* AbsenteeActor: Thomson and Thompson are completely absent from the story.
* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Haddock mistakes Carreidas' dapper right-hand man Spalding for the billionairehimself.himself, under the impression that the actual Carreidas was a homeless man.
* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: Haddock mistakes Carreidas' dapper right-hand man Spalding for the billionaire
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* BizarroEpisode: With the most explicitly supernatural third act since ''The Shooting Star'', an unprecedented comic bent to the villains, and a healthy dose of LaserGuidedAmnesia for all involved at the story's resolution, this is often considered the strangest story in the series. It's been ventured that this is meant to be more an AffectionateParody on Herge's own part than a tale to be taken completely seriously.
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* FashionVictimVillain: Rastapopoulos spends GagNose: Allan notes the entire book inexplicably wearing similarity between Rastapopoulos's nose and that of a ridiculous pink shirted cowboy outfit.proboscis monkey.
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* VillainDecay: Infamously done YourOtherLeft: Tintin to the captain, when Rastapopoulos who spends the entire book in the aforementioned ridiculous clothes and has caught them on the receiving end of slapstick comedy. Hergé claims the latter naturally followed the former: he just couldn't take him seriously after putting him in ''that'' outfit.island.
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* BizarroEpisode: With the most explicitly supernatural third act since ''The Shooting Star'', an unprecedented comic bent to the villains, and a healthy dose of LaserGuidedAmnesia for all involved at the story's resolution, this is often considered the strangest story in the series. It's been ventured that this is meant to be more an AffectionateParody on Herge's own part than a tale to be taken completely seriously.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to this being the penultimate book, we never find out what became of Rastapopoulos and his men after they were taken away by the saucer.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to this being the penultimate book, we never find out what became of Rastapopoulos and his men after they were taken away by the saucer. [[spoiler:Among Herge's notes for ''Recap/TintinTintinAndAlphArt'', it was discovered that he had at least considered the idea of bringing Rastapopoulos back by revealing that the Ennadine Akass character had been nothing more than another of his disguises. Nothing in the partially-completed script confirms this, however.]]
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While making a stop in Jakarta on their way to a scientific conference in Sydney; Tintin, Haddock and Calculus happen to run into the former two's friend Piotr Skut, the Estonian pilot from ''The Red Sea Sharks''. He is currently the personal pilot of eccentric aircraft tycoon Lazlo Carreidas, the "the man who never laughs", whom he introduces to the rest. After Calculus inadvertently makes Carreidas laugh, the latter insists on giving them a lift to Sydney on his private jet, which they accept.
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While making a stop in Jakarta on their way to a scientific conference in Sydney; Tintin, Haddock and Calculus happen to run into the former two's friend Piotr Skut, the Estonian pilot from ''The Red Sea Sharks''.''Recap/TintinTheRedSeaSharks''. He is currently the personal pilot of eccentric aircraft tycoon Lazlo Carreidas, the "the man who never laughs", whom he introduces to the rest. After Calculus inadvertently makes Carreidas laugh, the latter insists on giving them a lift to Sydney on his private jet, which they accept.
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*AncientAstronauts
*FashionVictimVillain: Rastapopoulos spends the entire book inexplicably wearing a ridiculous pink shirted cowboy outfit.
*NonIndicativeName: The book is named after a flight which the protagonists ''didn't take''.
*ThatPoorPlant: Haddock dumps Carreidas' "chlorophyll fortified" soft drink in a plant pot. The plant dies instantly.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to this being the penultimate book, we never find out what became of Rastapopoulos and his men after they were taken away by the saucer.
*VillainDecay: Infamously done to Rastapopoulos who spends the entire book in the aforementioned ridiculous clothes and on the receiving end of slapstick comedy. Hergé claims the latter naturally followed the former: he just couldn't take him seriously after putting him in ''that'' outfit.
*AncientAstronauts
*FashionVictimVillain: Rastapopoulos spends the entire book inexplicably wearing a ridiculous pink shirted cowboy outfit.
*NonIndicativeName: The book is named after a flight which the protagonists ''didn't take''.
*ThatPoorPlant: Haddock dumps Carreidas' "chlorophyll fortified" soft drink in a plant pot. The plant dies instantly.
*WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Due to this being the penultimate book, we never find out what became of Rastapopoulos and his men after they were taken away by the saucer.
*VillainDecay: Infamously done to Rastapopoulos who spends the entire book in the aforementioned ridiculous clothes and on the receiving end of slapstick comedy. Hergé claims the latter naturally followed the former: he just couldn't take him seriously after putting him in ''that'' outfit.
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While making a stop in Jakarta on their way to a scientific conference in Sydney; Tintin, Haddock and Calculus happen to run into the former two's friend Piotr Skut, the Estonian pilot from ''The Red Sea Sharks''. He is currently the personal pilot of eccentric aircraft tycoon Lazlo Carreidas, the "the man who never laughs", whom he introduces to the rest. After Calculus inadvertently makes Carreidas laugh, the latter insists on giving them a lift to Sydney on his private jet, which they accept.
Unfortunately for all involved, the plane ends up being hijacked by the jet's crew (all of whom were substitutes for the regular crew who were all involved in "accidents") and Carreidas' assistant Spalding. They land on an abandoned volcanic island in the South Pacific and are held at gunpoint by armed gunmen who, to Tintin's horror, apparently kill Snowy. They are greeted by none other than Tintin's nemesis Rastapopoulos and his {{Dragon}} Allan. Having lost most of his fortune in his previous scheme, Rastapopoulos plans on stealing the money in Carreidas' SwissBankAccount. To do this he hired the services of [[HerrDoctor Dr. Krollspell]], who has developed an experimental TruthSerum. Rastapopoulos and Krollspell take Carreidas away while the rest are held prisoner in a bunker. Eventually they escape with the help of Snowy, who turns out to be alive.
Alas, Krollspell's serum doesn't work as advertised. Instead of answering Rastapopoulos questions about the bank account, Carreidas instead starts rattling off every misdeed he did in his life. Rastapopoulos tries to hit Krollspell only to jab himself with the needle, causing him and Carreidas to bicker about who is the most evil. Rastapopoulos, Krollspell and the uncooperative Carreidas are found, BoundAndGagged by Tintin and the others who attempt to leave. However, they are intercepted by Allan, after which Rastapopoulos escapes and orders Allan and his Mooks to find them while Krollspell, knowing that Rastapopoulos planned on double crossing him thanks to the serum follows Tintin's group. Then things get weird...
Tintin suddenly starts hearing a "voice" directing them to a secret entrance ancient temple to evade their captors. There, they find a strange man named Mik Kanrokitoff, a writer for a space magazine. Apparently the island was visited in the past by AncientAstronauts worshipped as gods by the natives. Mik himself possesses a device that allows him to communicate telepathically and mantains contact with the aforementioned race. While discussing this, Rastapopoulos' men set off explosives hoping to breach the temple which causes the volcano to awaken. Tintin and his friends are rescued by an honest-to-god FlyingSaucer. They are then hypnotized into forgetting everything that happened. Meanwhile Rastapopoulos and his men try their luck by leaving the island via dinghy. However, they are also picked up by the Saucer with their fate unknown.
Tintin's group (apart from Krollspell who was found in Cairo equally amnesic) then gives an interview claiming they don't remember a thing (apart from Snowy who, of course, cannot talk). Calculus however, shows a mysterious item he found in his pocket (which he had picked up inside the volcano) and claims that according to material analysis is made of a material not found on Earth.
The story ends with Tintin, Haddock, and Calculus boarding a flight to the Sydney conference.
Unfortunately for all involved, the plane ends up being hijacked by the jet's crew (all of whom were substitutes for the regular crew who were all involved in "accidents") and Carreidas' assistant Spalding. They land on an abandoned volcanic island in the South Pacific and are held at gunpoint by armed gunmen who, to Tintin's horror, apparently kill Snowy. They are greeted by none other than Tintin's nemesis Rastapopoulos and his {{Dragon}} Allan. Having lost most of his fortune in his previous scheme, Rastapopoulos plans on stealing the money in Carreidas' SwissBankAccount. To do this he hired the services of [[HerrDoctor Dr. Krollspell]], who has developed an experimental TruthSerum. Rastapopoulos and Krollspell take Carreidas away while the rest are held prisoner in a bunker. Eventually they escape with the help of Snowy, who turns out to be alive.
Alas, Krollspell's serum doesn't work as advertised. Instead of answering Rastapopoulos questions about the bank account, Carreidas instead starts rattling off every misdeed he did in his life. Rastapopoulos tries to hit Krollspell only to jab himself with the needle, causing him and Carreidas to bicker about who is the most evil. Rastapopoulos, Krollspell and the uncooperative Carreidas are found, BoundAndGagged by Tintin and the others who attempt to leave. However, they are intercepted by Allan, after which Rastapopoulos escapes and orders Allan and his Mooks to find them while Krollspell, knowing that Rastapopoulos planned on double crossing him thanks to the serum follows Tintin's group. Then things get weird...
Tintin suddenly starts hearing a "voice" directing them to a secret entrance ancient temple to evade their captors. There, they find a strange man named Mik Kanrokitoff, a writer for a space magazine. Apparently the island was visited in the past by AncientAstronauts worshipped as gods by the natives. Mik himself possesses a device that allows him to communicate telepathically and mantains contact with the aforementioned race. While discussing this, Rastapopoulos' men set off explosives hoping to breach the temple which causes the volcano to awaken. Tintin and his friends are rescued by an honest-to-god FlyingSaucer. They are then hypnotized into forgetting everything that happened. Meanwhile Rastapopoulos and his men try their luck by leaving the island via dinghy. However, they are also picked up by the Saucer with their fate unknown.
Tintin's group (apart from Krollspell who was found in Cairo equally amnesic) then gives an interview claiming they don't remember a thing (apart from Snowy who, of course, cannot talk). Calculus however, shows a mysterious item he found in his pocket (which he had picked up inside the volcano) and claims that according to material analysis is made of a material not found on Earth.
The story ends with Tintin, Haddock, and Calculus boarding a flight to the Sydney conference.
