History WesternAnimation / TintinAndTheLakeOfSharks

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The English dub of the film doesn't list any of the English voice actors. Many fans have said that it was the Belvision cast.

* CallBack: The iconic shark-shaped submarine of ''[[Recap/TintinRedRackhamsTreasure Red Rackham's Treasure]]'' is back.

* DancePartyEnding: The movie ends with our heroes dancing the ''blushtika'' with the Syldavians in their village square.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Greg was inspired to write the story by sever cases of submerged villages due to the constructions of dams.

While there's a wave of theft of valuable artworks in museums (which are replaced by copies), Tintin and Captain Haddock are invited by Professor Calculus to Syldavia. Professor Calculus develops his latest invention: a machine that can replicate any object.

Whereas valuable artworks are stolen in museums and replaced by copies, Tintin and Captain Haddock are invited by Professor Calculus to Syldavia. Professor Calculus develops his latest invention: a machine that can replicate any object.

Whereas valuable artworks are stolen in museums and replaced by copies, Tintin and Captain Haddock are invited by professor Calculus in Syldavia. Professor Calculus develops his latest invention: a machine that can replicate any object.

* HiddenVillain: The big bad is TheFaceless, until it is revealed he is [[spoiler:Rastapopoulos]].
* HijackedByGanon: The big bad is revealed to be [[spoiler:Rastapopoulos, a recurring opponent of Tintin]].

** The movie's plot seems like an attempt to [[FollowTheLeader capitalize on the popularity]] of the Franchise/JamesBond franchise, particularly the similarity of [[spoiler:Rastapopoulos']] depiction before his face is revealed to Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

* ComicBookAdaptation: The film has been adapted into a FilmComic.

* CrashCourseLanding: After the pilot jumps from the plane with a parachute, Tintin has to take control of the plane and to perform an emergency landing.
* CutPhoneLines: The big bad orders to cut the phone lines so that Tintin and his friends cannot call the police.

* SigilSpam: The underwater base is decorated with a red "R" logo (which stands for [[spoiler:Rastapopoulos]]).
* SlipperySkid: Thompson and Thomson slips on Captain Haddock's golf balls in the airport.

* FunnyForeigner: The YouNoTakeCandle-[=speaking=] Syldavian farmer Tintin knocks at the door of to ask if he can use his phone for a call. In the French version, he understands Tintin's "coup de téléphone" ("calling with the phone") [[{{Malaproper}} with the other meaning of "coup", "to hit"]], then points his blunderbuss through the door's hole at Tintin, who dodges a shot, and said shot destroys the farmer's poor dog's kennel.

The film was [[RecursiveAdaptation adapted itself]] as a FilmComic. It's the only official, non-Hergé story available as an album.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The English dub of the film doesn't list any of the English voice actors many fans have said that it was the Belvision cast.

* ComicBookAdaptation: The film has been adapted to a comic strip, though this is not officially part of the Tintin canon and it's more or less a collection of screenshots from the film (or at least it looks like that) with text balloons added.

* ComicBookAdaptation: The film has been adapted to a comic strip, though this is not officially part of the Tintin canon and it's more or less a collection of screenshots from the film with text balloons added.

The film was [[RecursiveAdaptation adapted itself]] as a FilmComic, and is still the only non-Hergé story available to buy.

* OminousPipeOrgan: In one scene, the BigBad shows Tintin, who he has taken hostage, his gallery of stolen, priceless artwork. He gloats about his new plan to exploit one of Professor Calculus' machines to make counterfeit clones of the artwork, and [[{{Greed}} sell them to make gobs of money]]. [[https://youtu.be/aVGsGaGLUhg?t=52m10s The scene is accompanied by a powerful organ tune]], and fittingly, the first things we see in the scene are stained glass windows with Rastapopulous' insignia.

* OminousPipeOrgan: In one scene, Rastapopulous shows Tintin, who he has taken hostage, his gallery of stolen, priceless artwork. He gloats about his new plan to exploit one of Professor Calculus' machines to make counterfeit clones of the artwork, and [[{{Greed}} sell them to make gobs of money]]. [[https://youtu.be/aVGsGaGLUhg?t=52m10s The scene is accompanied by a powerful organ tune]], and fittingly, the first things we see in the scene are stained glass windows with Rastapopulous' insignia.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The English dub of the film doesn't list of the English voice actors many fans have said that it was Belvision cast.

* ContinuityNod:
** In the beginning a valuable object is stolen from a museum. The attendant notices it is missing, then the thieves replace the object by a copy. Just like in ''[[Recap/TintinTheBrokenEar The Broken Ear]]''.
** In the airport, Lazlo Carreidas from ''[[Recap/TintinFlight714 Flight 714]]'' is waiting for his flight.
** Tintin is hitchhiking in Syldavia. He is picked up by Bianca Castafiore, just like in ''[[Recap/TintinKingOttokarsSceptre King Ottokar's Sceptre]]''.