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* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: Young readers who have seen many adventure comics/cartoons find Tintin to be cliché.
* [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny]]: Young readers who have seen many adventure comics/cartoons find Tintin to be cliché.
* [[Shipping]]: In the draft of ''Alph-Art'' that Hergé left incomplete upon his death, Tintin investigates the murder of an art expert and initially accuses the victim's assistant, [[Meganekko|Martine Vandezande]], of being in league with the killers. In Yves Rodier's unauthorized ending, Martine [[Relationship Sue|invites Tintin to meet her parents over dinner]]. Fortunately for the sanity of Tintin fans everywhere, Rodier didn't show whether Tintin accepted or rejected the invitation.
* [[Shipping]]: In the draft of ''Alph-Art'' that Hergé left incomplete upon his death, Tintin investigates the murder of an art expert and initially accuses the victim's assistant, [[Meganekko|Martine Vandezande]], of being in league with the killers. In Yves Rodier's unauthorized ending, Martine [[Relationship Sue|invites Tintin to meet her parents over dinner]]. Fortunately for the sanity of Tintin fans everywhere, Rodier didn't show whether Tintin accepted or rejected the invitation.
* [[They Changed It Now It Sucks]]: Tintin's fashion switch from plus-fours to jeans in ''Tintin and the Picaros'' did not please hardcore fans.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: Tintin's fashion switch from plus-fours to jeans in ''Tintin and the Picaros'' did not please hardcore fans.
* [[Values Dissonance]] and [[Unfortunate Implications]]:
* [[Values Dissonance]] and [[Unfortunate Implications]]:
** Usually trying to be averted, but if there is some, it is there '''''BIG TIME'''''. For instance, ''Tintin in the Congo''. Where he does everything dissonant known to 21st century man: Blowing up a rhino by drilling dynamite holes into it, shooting an ape to use his skin as camouflage, all the way down to teaching native children imperialist Belgian ideology. Fabulous, eh?
** Usually trying to be averted, but if there is some, it is there '''''BIG TIME'''''. For instance, ''Tintin in the Congo''. Where he does everything dissonant known to 21st century man: Blowing up a rhino by drilling dynamite holes into it, shooting an ape to use his skin as camouflage, all the way down to teaching native children imperialist Belgian ideology. Fabulous, eh?
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* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: In the original comics, Red Rackham's treasure is just the contents of a small chest. Today, that does not look impressive at all and certainly not enough to set Capt. Haddock for life with a large estate to keep up as well. So in the film, the treasure in ''The Unicorn'' takes up nearly ''the entire hold'' of the ship and was probably doubling as its ballast while it was there.
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: In the original comics, Red Rackham's treasure is just the contents of a small chest. Today, that does not look impressive at all and certainly not enough to set Capt. Haddock for life with a large estate to keep up as well. So in the film, the treasure in ''The Unicorn'' takes up nearly ''the entire hold'' of the ship and was probably doubling as its ballast while it was there.
** The choice was almost certainly made for the sake of visual impressiveness, rather than to match the inflation -- even a small handful of 18th century gold coins in mint condition would be worth millions of dollars. The contents of the hold would make Captain Haddock the richest man in the world, even matching the loss of rarity value for the said coins!
** The choice was almost certainly made for the sake of visual impressiveness, rather than to match the inflation -- even a small handful of 18th century gold coins in mint condition would be worth millions of dollars. The contents of the hold would make Captain Haddock the richest man in the world, even matching the loss of rarity value for the said coins!
* [[They Changed It Now It Sucks]]: This pretty much defines the reaction of the hardcore fans who got upset over the modifications of the books' storylines.
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: This pretty much defines the reaction of the hardcore fans who got upset over the modifications of the books' storylines.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Mostly averted, but Tintin looks off in some scenes and Snowy's fur doesn't move like it should.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]: Mostly averted, but Tintin looks off in some scenes and Snowy's fur doesn't move like it should.
* [[What an Idiot]]: In-universe; a very drunk Haddock lights a fire in a wooden lifeboat.
* [[What an Idiot!]]: In-universe; a very drunk Haddock lights a fire in a wooden lifeboat.
** To make it worse, when Tintin points out what he's done, he tries to put out the fire. With whiskey.
** To make it worse, when Tintin points out what he's done, he tries to put out the fire. With whiskey.
** Thomson and Thompson don't realize that Aristides Silk is the pickpocket, even when they're inside his apartment surrounded by his wallet collection. (This is in contrast to the comic, where after Tintin clues them in on the cleaner's mark sewn into the pickpocket's coat, the detectives track down Silk using good old-fashioned legwork.)
** Thomson and Thompson don't realize that Aristides Silk is the pickpocket, even when they're inside his apartment surrounded by his wallet collection. (This is in contrast to the comic, where after Tintin clues them in on the cleaner's mark sewn into the pickpocket's coat, the detectives track down Silk using good old-fashioned legwork.)
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