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The Adventures Of Tintin has several minor characters: PROFESSOR HECTOR ALEMBICK Professor Hector Alembick is a Sigillographer , an expert on Seals who appears in '' King Ottokar's Sceptre ''. Tintin meets him when returning a briefcase which the discrete professor has forgotten on a park bench. Professor Alembick tells Tintin of his intentions to go to Syldavia , after discovering an ancient seal belonging to King Ottokar IV, and asks Tintin to accompany him as his secretary. On the day before the trip, Hector Alembick calls Tintin, but while on the phone Tintin hears a struggle and a cry for help and the connection is cut short. Tintin goes to investigate the incident, but Alembick behaves very strangely, claiming he never cried for help. THE BIRD BROTHERS The Bird Brothers, two brothers named Max Bird and '''G. Bird''' (his first name has never been revealed), are the main adversaries in '' The Secret Of The Unicorn ''. They, like Tintin, are looking for three scrolls to unlock the secret of Red Rackham's treasure. They operate out of newly acquired manor, Marlinspike Hall , where they at a point hold Tintin hostage, and threaten him with torture, convinced he is behind their failure in collecting all three scrolls. Amongst their other crimes is attempted murder, as Max shot their helper, Barnaby, just before he could tell Tintin of their plot. The Bird Brothers were captured by Thompson and Thomson. Max escaped, but was later caught by the police, trying to leave the country. In '' Red Rackham's Treasure '', Max Bird escapes again and is spotted near the ''Sirius'', a boat used by Tintin in the search of Red Rackham's treasure. He never moves to strike, supposedly due to the presence of Thompson and Thomson. The Bird Brothers have not been seen since, though they were depicted in sketches for the never finished '' Tintin And Alph-Art ''. MR. BOHLWINKEL Mr. Bohlwinklel is a financier and the owner of the Bohlwinkel Bank of Sao Rico, Golden Oil, and the two ships, the ''Peary'' and her sister ship S.S. ''Kentucky Star''. He appears in '' The Shooting Star '', attempting to win the race against Tintin for a newly fallen Meteorite using his wealth and resources to send the ''Peary'' on an expedition. He makes many attempts to sabotage the competition, trying to blow up Tintin's ship, the Aurora, trying to sink the Aurora with the S.S. ''Kentucky Star'', refusing the Aurora refueling of its oil through his Golden Oil firm and sending a fake S.O.S. to throw the Aurora off course. In the end, Mr. Bohlwinkel is arrested by the police. It is notable that Bohlwinklel has the exact physiognomy of the stereotypical Jew in Nazi Propaganda ; in the original edition, his name was "Blumenstein", and it was explicitly stated that his bank was in New York. Herge had, in the changes to later editions of "The Shooting Star", wanted to change the name out of stereotypicality, and renamed it Bollwinkel after a type of sweet, changing the spelling, only to be informed that the name he had chosen was also a Jewish surname. ''The Shooting Star'' features a number of such things which were removed in later editions. MR. BOLT A , his cousin's marriage, etc. Because of his put offs, the Captain has been thinking about finding someone else, but, strangely, never gets around to doing that either. Mr. Bolt was one of the people who sent the Captain a telegram when a Magazine article about the Captain about to marry Bianca Castafiore . At the end of the book, Mr. Bolt finally comes and fixes the broken step. However, the Captain trips up on the step, instanly undoing Mr. Bolt's work! LASZLO CARREIDAS :In A rich business Tycoon , he is kidnapped by Rastapopoulos along with his new jet in '' Flight 714 ''. Carreidas is portrayed as a cunning cheat who not only cheats his competitors in business, but has a long history of cheating which he reveals under the effects of a Truth Serum . This includes cheating Captain Haddock in a game of Battleships . Carreidas is the owner of a brand of Soft Drink called " Sani-Cola " (a pun over the French pronunciation of "Saint Nicolas"), which he says contains Chlorophyll . This drink is particularly disliked by Captain Haddock (he misses Loch Lomond whisky). In a side scene, Captain Haddock pours the contents of his glass of Sani Cola into a potted plant, to discover a few seconds later that the plant died. His name is also a joke: It spells ''carre d'as'', which is French for 'four aces'. There is also a logo with four aces on the tail of his jet. Carreidas is presumed to be based on Marcel Dassault , and shares with his source fabulous wealth combined with quirky habits (e.g. Dassault's wardrobe frozen in the mid 1930's) combined with engineering genius. The Carriedas 160 supersonic business jet appears to be a combination of a Gates Learjet and the Mirage G swing-wing fighter, and remains perhaps the purest example of the concept, even now. It is also perhaps the most practical. CHIQUITO Chiquito appears as the help of General Alcazar (under the stage name "Ramon Zarate") in '' The Seven Crystal Balls ''. Later, in '' Prisoners Of The Sun '', it is revealed that he is the High Priest of the Sun God of an Inca temple in Perú . One night in Calculus's friend Hercules house, Chiquito hides himself in the trees after casting a spell on Hercules. In the morning, Calculus become kidnapped by Chiquito and his men. Chiquito takes then the professor to Perú and Tintin and Captain Haddock travels after. Chiquito is known to be a practitioner of Black Magic . He casts a spell on all seven members of the Sanders-Hardiman Expedition , and holds them in a drug-induced trance. He is also able to torture them remotely from his temple. His real name is Rupac Inca Huaco and he is one of the few remaining descendants of the Incas. CUTTS THE BUTCHER :In French: The local butcher shop where calls from Marlinspike Hall usually connect to first by accident, as the butchers' number of 431 is frequently mistaken for 421 to Marlinspike. The delivery man from the butcher plays a vital (but invisible) role in '' The Calculus Affair '' by offering Professor Calculus a lift to the village just in time to save him from a Borduria n kidnapping attempt. THE FAKIR This unnamed Fakir appeared in '' Cigars Of The Pharaoh '', and was a high-ranking member of an Opium smuggling ring. He created the dangerous Rajaijah Juice, the "poison of madness," and among his talents were hypnosis, the indian rope trick and escapology (to the point where he was offended by Tintin thinking he could tie him up). The fakir caused Sophocles Sarcophagus and Mr. Zloty to go mad with his poisoned darts, and made an attempt on the Maharajah of Gaipajama, though Tintin had placed a dummy in the Maharajah's bed which took the dart instead. Once Tintin unmasked the members of the ring, the fakir helped the head of the ring (later revealed to be Rastapopoulos ) escape, but was captured when a falling rock knocked him out. In the next book, '' The Blue Lotus '', the fakir was never actually seen, but it was mentioned that he escaped from prison, and probably poisoned a messenger sent to warn Tintin of Mitsuhirato . IRMA :In French: The maid of Bianca Castafiore . In '' The Castafiore Emerald '', she went with Bianca Castafiore and her Pianist Igor Wagner to Marlinspike Hall . Castafiore describes her as a faithful, loyal and honest maid. Despite giving a meek impression, she has a strong sense of personal pride. When Thompson And Thomson accuse Irma of stealing Castafiore's emerald, in the titular album, she becomes very angry and assaults the Thompsons with a walking stick.She also appears in The Calculus Affair as La Castafiore,s maid that Col Sponz wants to meet her. KLUMSI AND KRONIK Incompetent Borduria n agents ostensibly assigned by Colonel Sponz to ensure Tintin and Captain Haddock's safety and wellbeing during their visit to Bordurian capital Szohôd . However, their real purpose is to prevent the visitors from asking too many questions in their hunt for Professor Calculus . Klumsi and Kronik are neutralised when Tintin and Haddock invite them to dinner and proffer them with the local liquor. The drunken agents are locked in their hotel rooms while Tintin and Haddock can pursue Calculus. Their names are mutations of the words Clumsy and Chronic, written with a more Slavic appearance. PROFESSOR DECIMUS PHOSTLE The director of an Observatory who calculates the end of the world at 8.12½a.m. the morning after the night Tintin went to the observatory to inquire about a large, bright star he saw in Ursa Major in the Shooting Star . He turns out to be wrong, however, in his calculations, as the Meteor supposed to collide with the Earth instead passed 48,000km away. Instead, a piece of the meteor broke off and collided with the Earth, not destroying it but still causing an Earthquake . Professor Phostle discovers an unknown metal in the meteorite that fell in the Arctic Ocean which he names phostlite. An expedition was organised to find the meteorite including Tintin and Captain Haddock. Despite a rival exedition trying to get the upper hand, the group was successful in finding the meteorite and studying phostlite. PUSCHOV :In French: The leader of the international group of bandits making counterfeit banknotes in '' The Black Island '', he appears by his name to be of Russian origin. He is also the master of Ranko, the Gorilla inhabiting the Black Island, the group's hideout, whose screams during the night have spawned a legend in the neighboring Scottish village. SANDERS-HARDIMAN EXPEDITION MEMBERS They are members of an expedition which brought an Incan ''), Doctor Midge (director of the Darwin Museum), and Professor Hercules Tarragon, who has the Rascar Capac mummy in his possession. They were cursed by the Incas as punishment for the theft of the mummy. They were put into comas and made to suffer nightmares by Chiquito . The Expedition's members were saved by Tintin who visited the Incas' temple to save Professor Calculus, who was also kidnapped by them. SOPHOCLES SARCOPHAGUS :In French: Sophocles Sarcophagus appears as an Absent-minded Egyptologist in search of the tomb of Pharaoh Kih-Oskh. He met Tintin on a cruise ship at the beginning of '' Cigars Of The Pharaoh ''. Later he went mad and claimed to be the Pharaoh Rameses II . He was taken to a sanatorium in India for treatment. He did not reappear in any further stories. BOBBY SMILES :In French: Chicago boss of the rival gang fighting Al Capone . Smiles makes an appearance in '' Tintin In America '' and he and the reporter go after each other throughout much of the story. Smiles even manages to turn the American Indians against Tintin. He is eventually captured and sent to the police by Tintin. THARKEY Tharkey was the best Sherpa available as a guide in '' Tintin In Tibet ''. Though reluctant in the beginning for taking risks to find Chang Chong-Chen whom he believed to be dead anyway, Tharkey leads Tintin and the Captain to the crash site of the Patna-Kathmandu flight. After leaving them, he feels guilty for leaving them alone and comes back just in time to save Haddock and Tintin, who are stranded on a cliff. However, he later breaks his arm and cannot complete the journey with them. IGOR WAGNER :In French: The quiet Pianist working with Bianca Castafiore . In '' The Castafiore Emerald '' he is discovered to be a gambler who bets by telephone on races in secret. He has a small moustache and dresses formally in black with black shoes. After the thievery of Castafiore's emeralds, his attempts to help more often than not incriminated himself, as his footprints were found near Castafiore's window, he was suspiciously rummaging in the attic, and later broke a step on the staircase. He also tries to sneak out of his hour-long training sessions (dictated by Castafiore). His surname is probably a reference to the opera composer Richard Wagner CHRISTOPHER WILLOUGHBY-DRUPE AND MARCO RIZOTTO :In French: Two reporters working for the magazine ''Paris Flash''. They first appear in '' The Castafiore Emerald '', where they write an article for the magazine claiming that Captain Haddock and Bianca Castafiore are engaged, infuriating Haddock. They later appear in '' Flight 714 '' and '' Tintin And The Picaros ''. Rizotto makes a small appearance in the redrawn version of '' The Black Island ''. WANG YEN-CHI :In French: Chinese leader of the ''Sons of the Dragon'' brotherhood, opposed to the Japanese occupation of China. He is first seen observing Tintin defend a Chinese boy from being beaten by rich racist, Gibbons in '' The Blue Lotus '', and Wang Yen-Chi sends his son to secretly defend Tintin from the numerous assassination attempts by Mitsuhirato . When his son is tragically made mad by the Rajaijah juice (see '' Cigars Of The Pharaoh ''). Wang Yen-Chi is also mentioned in the newspaper notice that prompts Tintin's rescue mission in '' Tintin In Tibet ''. ARTURO BENEDETTO GIOVANNI GIUSEPPE PIETRO ARCHANGELO ALFREDO CARTOFFOLI DA MILANO A reckless Italian driver who helps Tintin and the Captain catch up the Bordurians in The Calculus Affair . Manages to avoid receiving a ticket for speeding due his ridiculously long name. |
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