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=== The Main Cast ===▼
'''Tintin'''▼
{{quote| Played by Richard Pearce (BBC Radio Series 1 and 2), Jean-Pierre Talbot (''Tintin and the Golden Fleece"), Colin O'Meara (90's animated series), Jamie Bell (Spielberg/Jackson film)}}▼
[[File:Tintin_character_3618.jpg|frame|Great snakes!]]▼
Characters from ''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]'' include:
▲[[File:Tintin_character_3618.jpg|frame|Great snakes!]]
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* [[The Ace]] - Hergé admitted Tintin was an idealized version of himself (even though Haddock was his favorite character).
* [[Amateur Sleuth]]
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* [[British Accents]]: Has one in the English version of the movie.
* [[Canadian Accents]]: The English dub of the cartoon, however, gave him one of these.
* [[The Cape (trope)]]
* [[Celibate Hero]]
* [[Characterization Marches On]] - In his first two books, he was originally something of a rude, inconsiderate troublemaker who didn't mind getting into fights.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander's Minder]]: 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.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]
* [[Determinator]] - In ''[[Tintin/Recap/Tintin in Tibet|Recap]]'', 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.
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** He would also use whisky and reverse psychology to get the Captain to cooperate.
* [[Heroes Love Dogs]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Captain Haddock.
* [[Ideal Hero]]
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] - Immune to any kind of vice whatsoever (except getting drunk, once, in ''Tintin and the Broken Ear''...and for his initial racism, although that was more [[Characterization Marches On]] than anything else).
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: All of his friends are either significantly older than him or significantly younger.
* [[Instant Expert]]
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
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* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]] - Resisted bribery attempts at least twice.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The Sensitive Guy to Haddock's Manly Man.
* [[Technical Pacifist]] - While he is willing to fight, he goes to great lengths to avoid conflict.
* [[Vague Age]]: 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." [[Word of God|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." The 2011 film (or at least the tie-in game) corroborated on Tintin being 17 years old.
{{quote| Milou<br />▼
Played by Andrew Sachs (BBC Radio Series 1 and 2), Susan Roman (90's animated series) }}▼
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▲Played by Andrew Sachs (BBC Radio Series 1 and 2), Susan Roman (90's animated series) }}
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* [[Animal Talk]] - Only in the original comics and in the radio adaptations.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - Comics only, when he talks to the reader
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* [[Timmy in a Well]]
{{quote| Played by Andy Serkis (Spielberg/Jackson film), Leo McKern (BBC Radio Series 1), Lionel Jeffries (BBC Radio Series 2), David Fox (90's animated series)}}▼
[[File:Haddock_4699.jpg|frame|Billions of blue, blistering barnacles!]]
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* [[Agent Scully]] - In ''Tintin in Tibet'', he refuses to acknowledge the existence of the [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti|Yeti]].
** Happens again in ''Flight 714'' when he states his disbelief in both aliens and hypnosis.
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* [[Badass]]
** [[Badass Beard]]
** [[Badass Family]]: His ancestor Francis Haddock was also quite a badass.
* [[Breakout Character]] - Not the main character, but almost certainly the most popular one.
* [[Butt Monkey]]
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* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]] - Tintin and Calculus seldom address him by his name.
* [[Father Neptune]] - Actually a bit of 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.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: As troublesome as he may be, no one can deny that he's an excellent sailor.
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]] - Of the "[[Cool Old Guy]] pipe smoker" kind.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Tintin.
* [[High-Class Glass]] - He tries wearing a monocle after inheriting Marlinspike Hall. Turns out it makes lousy adventuring gear.
* [[Hurricane of Euphemisms]]
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** And a reason why [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Peter Jackson]] cast Andy Serkis, a man who's proven that he can ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|quite convincingly]]'' [[King Kong|ham things up]].
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]] - Bianca Castafiore is never able to get his name right.
* [[Nice Hat]]: His captain's cap.
* [[Older Sidekick]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: When it matters he'll do anything to protect his friends, especially Tintin.
* [[Punch Clock Hero]] - The man just wants a quiet life. [[With Friends Like These...|Is that too much to ask]]?
* [[Rags to Riches]]: Started off as a complete mess, but eventually becomes the wealthy owner of his ancestoral home Marlinspike Hall.
* [[Seadog Beard]]
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: The Manly Man to Tintin's Sensitive Guy.
* [[This Loser Is You]] - Inevitable, being the [[Foil]] to [[The Ace|Tintin]].
* [[Unusual Euphemism]] - 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.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] - With Captain Chester and Professor Calculus.
[[File:cuthbert_calculus_1525.gif|frame|Acting the goat, am I?!]]▼
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Played by Stephen Moore (BBC Radio Series), Wayne Robson (90's animated series) }}
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▲[[File:cuthbert_calculus_1525.gif|frame|Acting the goat, am I?!]]
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* [[Absent-Minded Professor]]
* [[Alliterative Name]] - Cuthbert Calculus. Tryphon Tournesol in the original version.
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] - When his [[Berserk Button]] 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.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] - Due to his curiously selective hearing impairment rather than his intelligence.
* [[
* [[A Day in the Limelight]] - ''The Calculus Affair'', as well as the Moon albums which turn him into a competent character.
* [[The Fool]] - He is often in the middle of dire straits without having any idea what's going on
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* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]
* [[Throwing Off the Disability]] - In ''Destination Moon'', he makes himself a hearing aid so that he will be able to hear the radio transmissions perfectly, the device is never seen again in any of the subsequent books.
* [[
[[File:DupontetDupond_1672.jpg|frame|To be precise...]]▼
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▲[[File:DupontetDupond_1672.jpg|frame|To be precise...]]
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* [[The Chew Toy]]
* [[Clueless Detective|Clueless Detectives]]
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]: Their mustaches look slightly different: Thomson's curls in while Thompson's flares out.
* [[Inexplicably Identical Individuals]] - They are not related in any way.
* [[Inspector Javert]] - Initially.
* [[The Klutz]]
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* [[Those Two Guys]] Which is why they're played in the CGI Motion-Capture film by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who are [[Those Two Guys]] themselves!
* [[Ultimate Job Security]] - They stay on the force and are consistently given major cases no matter how incompetent they really are.
* [[Write Who You Know]] - They were based on Hergé's father and uncle, who were identical twins and also endeavored to dress identically -- right down to the bowler hats.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]] - To Captain Haddock. Or was it Hoddack? Haddad?
* [[Always Camp]]
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* [[Meaningful Name]] - Her name literally means "White and Chaste Flower".
* [[The Prima Donna]]
* [[Self Made Woman]]: To her credit she's done well for herself, since the series takes place in a time where it was difficult for unmarried women to make their own living, let alone become world-famous singers.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]] - One of the only female recurring characters, and certainly the only notable one.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]] - Given her usual personality, you'd expect more Gratuitous Italian from her.
* [[The Thing That Would Not Leave]] - ''The Castafiore Emerald'' is all about her inviting herself to live in Marlinspike Hall for several weeks.
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* [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]]: Abdullah's stay at Marlinspike in ''The Red Sea Sharks'' is "a little trying" on him.
* [[Battle Butler]] - He tries to be this in ''Secret of the Unicorn''.
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* [[Straight Man]]
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* [[Drop in Character]]▼
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* [[Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist]] - In ''Tintin and the Picaros''. See, it's ''not'' only America that exports annoying boorish tourists in ugly shirts, Belgium apparently does too.
* [[The Millstone]] - In ''The Calculus Affair''.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]] - Much to Haddock's relief, he panics and leaves whenever anything dangerous or just plain weird happens.
* [[The Thing That Would Not Leave]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 1 with Haddock. Wagg can't seem to comprehend that neither Haddock nor anyone else at Marlinspike Hall can stand him.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type V]], bordering on a downright [[Villain Protagonist]].
* [[Badass Spaniard]]
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* [[Expy]] - Of Ché Guevara - though only in his last appearance; mostly he is a generic South American ''caudillo''.
* [[Full-Circle Revolution]]
* [[The Generalissimo]]
* [[Gold Digger]] - Though technically non canonical, in an original draft of ''Tintin and The Picaros'' he explians that he married his wife because she is very wealthy and connections to an arms dealership.
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
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* [[Not So Different]]- From Tapioca
* [[Progressively Prettier]]
* [[Perma
* [[Punch Clock Hero]] - He isn't a particularly good guy, he just happens to be on Tintin's side.
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified]]- or taken seriously
* [[Hot Guy, Ugly Wife]]
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* [[Arab Oil Sheikh]]
* [[Doting Parent]]
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* [[The Nicknamer]] - Abdullah, again.
* [[Practical Joke]] - Abdullah just loves them.
* [[The President's Daughter|The Emir's son]]
* [[Royal Brat]] - Again, Abdullah.
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* [[Famous-Named Foreigner]]
* [[The Gambling Addict]]
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* [[Satellite Character]] - Slightly less so than Irma, but outside of ''The Castafiore Emerald'', he has no character beyond being Castafiore's pianist.
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* [[Battle Butler]] - Despite [[Liz Lemon Job|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.
* {{spoiler|[[Berserk Button]]: The Thompsons learn this the hard way}}.
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* [[Satellite Character]] - Almost always seen with her employer, Castafiore, and defined completely by her relationship with her.
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* [[Distressed Dude]] - In ''Tintin in Tibet''▼
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* [[Happily Adopted]] - Mr. Wang adopts him at the end of ''The Blue Lotus''.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
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* [[Write Who You Know]] - Based on Hergé's friend Zhang Chongren.
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* [[Bit Character]] ▼
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* [[Flat Character]] - Basically, she's Tintin's landlady and that's all we ever know about her.
* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms. Exposition]] - In ''The Crab with the Golden Claws''.
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* [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]]: No version of his name sounds particularly Estonian, and neither does his accent in the cartoon.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
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* [[Punny Name]]: In the original French, his name sounds like "zut", making Haddock think he's being difficult when he's actually introducing himself. In the English translation, Haddock misunderstands the name as a rude command to "scoot".
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* [[Bad Boss]] - In ''Flight 714'', under the influence of [[Truth Serum]], he reveals that he {{spoiler|was going to have all his henchmen killed after he would complete his evil plan.}}
* [[Bald of Evil]]
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* [[Classic Villain]]
* [[Evil All Along]] - 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 [[Big Bad]] all along. Surprising, eh?
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]] - Evil cigars of decadence
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[High-Class Glass]]
* [[Karma Houdini]] - In ''The Red Sea Sharks''
* [[The Man Behind the Man]] - To [[Disc One Final Boss|fake bosses]] Mitsuhirato in ''The Blue Lotus'' and Mull Pasha/ {{spoiler|Müller}} in ''Red Sea Sharks''.
* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]
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* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]
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* [[Bond Villain Stupidity]] - All Tintin villains like to spend quality time with the ol' [[Villain Ball]], but it is Allan who really loves this trope. In all albums he's in, he has Tintin at his mercy at some point, and decides to just leave him alone for him to escape.
* [[The Dragon]] - First to Omar Ben Salaad, then to Rastapopoulos.
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* [[Humiliation Conga]] - His last appearance is basically this.
* [[One Steve Limit]] - In the original French, his name is Allan Thompson. To avoid obvious confusion, the English translation left out his last name entirely.
* [[Retcon]] - He was [[Ret Conned]] 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.
* [[Smug Snake]]
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* [[Bald of Evil]] / [[Beard of Evil]] - A clean sweep of Evil hair!
* [[Herr Doktor]]
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* [[Western Terrorists]]
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* [[Ascended Extra]] - Was a relatively minor character in ''King Ottokar's Scepter'', but is the [[Big Bad]]'s proxy in {{spoiler|the moon books}}.
* [[Bound and Gagged]]
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* [[You Said You Would Let Them Go]]/[[I Lied]]
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Bad Boss]]
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* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]] - His subordinates get his ice side, Castafiore and (presumably) his personal friends see his sugar side.
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* {{spoiler|[[A Fate Worse Than Death]]}} - {{spoiler|He considers his humiliating banishment to be this; he'd much rather been executed.}}▼
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* [[Evil Counterpart]] - To Alcazar, although [[The Thermidor|there is little setting the two apart]].
* [[Full-Circle Revolution]]
* [[The Generalissimo]]
* [[Not So Different]]-The last page of ''Tintin and the Picaros'' implies that there is little difference between him and General Alcazar
* [[The Rival]] - Again, to Alcazar.
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]] - To Sponsz.
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* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Asian Speekee Engrish]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Seppuku]]}}: {{spoiler|How he meets his end}}.
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* [[Determinator]] - A very enthusiastic fellow; can't deny that.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]
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* [[One-Scene Wonder]] - He only appeared in ''The Calculus Affair'', and even that appearance was very brief; despite this, he still made enough of an impression to show up on some of the series' promotional material.
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* {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder]]}}
* [[Anti-Hero]] - Type I
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* {{spoiler|[[You Said You Would Let Them Go]]}}
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* [[Character Tic]] - Gnaws on his tie when nervous.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]] - Doesn't realize that Haddock does not want to go on the Moon voyage.
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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]
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* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Eviler Than Thou]] - When he and Rastapopoulos are injected with truth serum, they have a debate about which of them is the worse human being.
* [[Jerkass]] - Oh, so very much.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]] - 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).
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* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[Bound and Gagged]]
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* [[Truth Serums]]
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* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Frames of Reference]]
* [[Impossibly Tacky Clothes]] - Her dressing gown.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] - According to her husband.
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* [[Satellite Character]]
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* [[Frames of Reference]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: See [[Ship Tease]] below. Since she and Tintin both have red hair, this could go either way.
* [[Meganekko]]
* {{spoiler|[[Mistaken for Murderer]] - By Tintin, of all people.}}
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* [[Unwitting Pawn]] - To {{spoiler|Endaddine Akass and the art forgers}}
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