History WesternAnimation / TheAdventuresOfTintin

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* WhamShot: At the end of the duel between Sir Francis and the Red Rackham, Red Rackham's mask comes off showing that [[spoiler:it is the same as Sakharine, revealing him as the Rackham's descendant]].

** Red Rakham coldly executes the Francis' crew after promising to spare them, by dropping them into the water while tied up, where they are implied to be eaten by sharks.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** During the scene where Tintin tries to recover some keys from a sleeping man, Haddock explains about some of his former crewmen. One of them was a shepherd once, but he was kicked out because of his [[BestialityIsDepraved "animal husbandry".]] [[{{Squick}} He's holding a struggling rat in that scene.]]
** The official artbook has a concept painting of the inside of the ''Karaboudjan'' where a mermaid masthead from another ship has been tied to one of the support beams. There have been [[VisualPun lamps installed on her breasts]]... [[DontExplainTheJoke so, she has nice headlights]].
** It is implied that Sakharine slept with Bianca Castafiore: "Allow me to introduce my ''escort'': Monsiuer Shuggair Addeitiff. He's been very [beat] ''passionate'' in his support of this concert." The brief but distinctly uncomfortable look on Sakharine's face as she says it reveals even more....
** There's this exchange when Tintin and Haddock first meet, when the drunken captain mistakes the young man for an assassin:
-->'''Haddock:''' So you thought you could sneak in behind me and [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown catch me with my trousers down]], eh?!\\
'''Tintin:''' [[BrainBleach I'd rather you kept your trousers on, if it's all the same to you.]]

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Not that it was a point of any real suspense in the comics, but Haddock's first name (Archibald) was not known until the final completed story, ''Tintin and the Picaros''. In the film, Haddock introduces himself right away with his full name.

''The Adventures of Tintin'' is a 2011 animated film by Creator/StevenSpielberg based on the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' comic series, animated in MotionCapture [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] by Creator/PeterJackson's [[Creator/{{WETA}} Weta Digital]].

''The Adventures of Tintin'' is a planned trilogy by Creator/StevenSpielberg based on the ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'' comic series, animated in MotionCapture [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] by Creator/PeterJackson's [[Creator/{{WETA}} Weta Digital]].

In the first film, 2011's ''The Secret of the Unicorn'' (or just ''The Adventures of Tintin'' in the US), Tintin (Creator/JamieBell) is taken onboard a ship, the ''Karaboudjan'' by Sakharine (Creator/DanielCraig), who believes he holds one of the scrolls leading to the lost treasure of the ''Unicorn'', hidden away in three identical replicas of the ship. With the help of the ''Karaboudjan'''s Captain Haddock (Creator/AndySerkis), Tintin escapes the ship and begins his quest to find the three scrolls before Sakharine. The movie combines the plots of ''Recap/TintinTheSecretOfTheUnicorn'' and ''Recap/TintinTheCrabWithTheGoldenClaws''.

* FriendsRentControl: Tintin owns a surprisingly upscale apartment for someone who works as a reporter. Then again, considering the recognition he gets (mentioned above) just when he goes out shopping, it's entirely possible that he's had several previous adventures that have made him rather high-profile.

* FriendsRentControl: Tintin owns a surprisingly upscale apartment for someone who works as a reporter.

* ABoyAndHisX: Tintin and his dog Snowy.

** Also, Snowy's knack for finding holes in brick walls [[spoiler:leads Tintin and Haddock to the bricked up portion of the cellar where they find Sir Francis' treasure.]]

* DramaticThunder

-->'''Tintin:''' Bad news, Captain -- we've only got one bullet.\\

* BerserkButton: Tintin calling Haddock's ship a "tub" angered him enough to take his first real action against his mutinous crew and knock one of them out.

* BilingualBonus: At one point, Sakharin is addressed by Castafiore as "Monsieur Shuggair Addeitiff", the French word for "additive". Saccharine is... wait for it... an additive used in place of... sugar.

-->'''Haddock :''' You two-timing troglodyte! You simpering son of a pug-faced profiteer! (''Sakharine drops him'') Fathead!

** Tintin, in spades. This causes a sort of chain -- by leading him on this amazing adventure and never giving up Tintin inspires Haddock to stop drowning his sorrows and become a determinator as well, and so Haddock in turn re-inspires Tintin to take up the fight again when everything looks bleakest.

** Barnaby is gunned down by Sakharine's goons, which is brutal enough for a PG-rated film, but he even uses his blood stains to spell out a message that becomes a major plot point.

-->'''Haddock:''' So you thought you could sneak in and [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown catch me with my trousers down]], eh?!
-->'''Tintin:''' [[BrainBleach I'd rather you kept your trousers on, if it's all the same to you.]]

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-->'''Tintin:''' The bad news is -- we've got one bullet.\\
'''Haddock:''' And the good news is?\\

** During the final credits, one of the first songs used in the film is titled ''Loch Lomond'', another of the Captain's favourite whiskeys.

** During the scene where Haddock [[IdiotBall tries to put out the fire by pouring whisky on it]], Tintin mutters [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy "Well, this is a fine mess you've gotten us into!"]]

* ThereAreNoCoincidences: [[spoiler:"Do you think it was an accident I took Haddock's ship, Haddock's crew, Haddock's treacherous first mate? Nothing I do is an accident!"]]

** Early in the movie, the Thom(p)sons are peering out of holes they cut into a newspaper: Each one has cut his holes in an ad on the paper that feature an item that not only lines up with where their noses moustaches would be, but matches the shape of said individual moustache (A broom for Thompson and a toilet plunger for Thomson).

** During the scene where Haddock [[EpicFail tries to put out the fire by]] [[WhatAnIdiot pouring whisky on it]], Tintin mutters [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy "Well, this is a fine mess you've gotten us into!"]]

* TelevisionGeography: The film is set in a country whose currency is the pound and had a historical King Charles II, but several shops have French signs and cars drive on the right side of the road. (This is carried over from the English translation of the comic, which was originally set in Belgium and used francs and Louis XIV.) Other dubs of the movie revert these to francs and Louis XIV too.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Ivan Sakharine is a much more malevolent character than he was in the comics, where he played little more than a bit part as the unlucky owner of the second Unicorn model. Ironically, he was one of the only characters who Tintin accuses mistakenly of being a villain. having no background, he originally had no grudge or even connection against [[spoiler:Captain Haddock]] (nor did the Bird Brothers, for what it's worth, generational vengeance is not exactly a feature of the Tintin comics). Interestingly and very surprisingly, the LicensedGame based on the movie actually uses the Bird brothers from the comic as the villains instead of Sakharine.

** Sakharine as well -- in the comic, he is easily tricked and chloroformed by Barnaby, and is at worst a nuisance to Tintin, never actually threatening or harming him. In the movie, he is a much more vicious fighter, complete with SwordCane.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Ivan Sakharine is a much more malevolent character than he was in the comics, in which he is more annoying than malicious, and, ironically, is one of the only characters who Tintin accuses mistakenly of being a villain. Also unlike his movie counterpart, he doesn't seem to have any particular grudge against [[spoiler:Captain Haddock]]. Interestingly and very surprisingly, the LicensedGame based on the movie actually uses the Bird brothers from the comic as the villains instead of Sakharine.

* TapOnTheHead: Nestor to Tintin, among others.

** When Tintin and Haddock are stranded out in the middle of the ocean with no food or water, Sakharine sends in a plane to kill Tintin and bring Haddock back. Tintin and Haddock promptly hijack the plane and use to get out of the mess alive.
** Additionally, when Tintin can't figure out what "Karaboudjan" refers to, a bunch of goons promptly kidnap him and take him to the ship with that name.

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** Spielberg's favorite shot to use, the reflection shot, shows up conspicuously often in the movie, in a razor, in glasses, in a water bubbles...