Line #57 Awesome/Tintin


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3	!!From the comics
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5	[[folder:''The Blue Lotus'']]
6	* Three giant brute cops get sent into Tintin's jail cell to "teach him a lesson". One panel later, we see the three cops in hospital beds, severely injured.
7	* Tintin rescuing Chang from a flooded river. The moment he hears his cry for help, he dives in with no hesitation, because that's the kind of guy Tintin is.
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11	[[folder:''King Ottokar’s Scepter'']]
12	* The story about how King Ottokar of Syldavia gave his sceptre its mythical status by [[AssassinOutclassin beating off a violent would-be usurper with it]]; it helps that his BondOneLiner from the incident ("If you gather thistles, expect prickles!") became the Syldavian national motto.
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16	[[folder:''The Crab With The Golden Claws'']]
17	* Captain Haddock charging the Bedouin, screaming vengeance for his shattered whiskey bottle as the Bedouin flee. (Yes, it was [[FramedForHeroism because the cavalry was coming in behind]], but he was willing to run up to men with guns, insulting them all the while.)
18	* Throughout the book Haddock is more of an annoyance than help to Tintin. On the other hand, [[DragonInChief Allan]] has a rather fearsome presence, who knocks his underlings out in [[OneHitKO just one punch]] when they [[BearerOfBadNews bring bad news]] or [[YouHaveFailedMe fail him]]. In the climax, when Tintin, Haddock and Snowy get drunk on fumes, Allan and his men decide to dispose off the miscreants. Haddock accidentally spills alcohol all over Tom's face annoying him and he snatches the bottle out of his hand. This sobers him up good and he starts beating up both Tom and another guy who had him. Allan decides to put the captain in his place. An offscreen fight is heard, cut to a [[CurbStompBattle beaten and bruised Allan]] being thrown across the room, with a victorious Captain Haddock, without a single scratch emerging with a bottle in his hand [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge screaming for revenge]]. Even the bottle is unharmed, meaning he probably beat up Allan barehanded.
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22	[[folder:''The Shooting Star'']]
23	* The protagonists' victory over the ''Peary'' in the climactic last stretch of race to the meteorite.
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27	[[folder:''The Secret of the Unicorn'']]
28	* Sir Francis Haddock's escape from the clutches of the pirates, including a climactic duel to the death with Red Rackham.
29	* After following Thomson and Thompson to arrest a pickpocket named Silk because of several wallet thefts in the area, the man he admits he's more of a kleptomaniac and keeps the wallets in his collection with detailed documentation. With a hunch, Tintin searches one of the sections and finds out that Silk managed to rob [[BigBadDuumvirate Max Bird]], complete with the two missing parchments inside it. With that, the mystery is close to completion.
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32	[[folder:''Red Rackham's Treasure'']]
33	* Captain Haddock chasing off the money grubbing scammers claiming descent from Red Rackham by announcing he feels his above mentioned ancestor's spirit being channelled through him.
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38	* Two men are harassing Zorinno, a small boy selling fruits. Outraged, Tintin rushes up without any hesitation and beats the snot out of the bullies, despite them being bigger than him. When they try to retaliate, they don't even score a single hit and [[VillainExitStageLeft their only resort is to run away]]!
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43	* Calculus manages to shout down ''Captain Haddock'' of all people after being told he was "acting the goat", ''forcibly drag him'' into a restricted area after he ''frightens the security guards out of his way and hangs the security chief on a coat hanger'', bundles him into a jeep, takes him up to a high point, despite not knowing how to drive, and says to him, firmly "LOOK AT WHAT 'THE GOAT' CREATED!", all because he's had enough of the man's constant ranting. It even continues into the rocket, where he furiously berates Haddock for [[NoOSHACompliance standing too close to the hole leading to the lower deck]]. Becomes a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}} when Calculus [[HypocriticalHumor falls down a hole leading to a lower deck,]] [[ComedicSociopathy causing him to lose his memory]]. [[OhCrap This becomes a problem later.]]
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47	[[folder:''The Calculus Affair'']]
48	* Castafiore gets one when her ability to improvise saves Tintin and Haddock from capture ''and'' provides them with the means to defeat the BigBad and escape Borduria.
49	* On driving a stolen tank to the Bordurian border, Tintin finds the road blocked by heavy trucks and the border protected by anti-tank obstacles. [[CuttingTheKnot So he drives the tank straight through the guardhouse]].
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54	* Haddock's reaction to finding out about the slave smuggling. His list of insults towards the bad guys never seems to end.
55	** When Tintin points out that the slavers' boat is out of earshot, Haddock ''gets a megaphone'' so he can keep yelling at them.
56	* Captain Haddock shows how great a captain and sailor he is when dealing with a rogue submarine, using his skills to make the Ramona successfully avoid torpedoes several times in a row, and to buy enough time for american planes arrive to force the submarine into surrendering.
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60	[[folder:''Tintin in Tibet'']]
61	* Tintin's determination to find Chang and Haddock's incredible loyalty.
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65	[[folder:''The Castafiore Emerald'']]
66	* Nestor at one point steps on the bad stair... but then he jumps on one foot and slides all the way to the door without falling.
67	* In a non-action example, Bianca Castafiore slamming the doors of Marlinspike Hall in Jolyion Wagg's face in ''The Castafiore Emerald'' is an extremely satisfying and long-overdue moment. Even Captain Haddock seems to approve!
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