The Adventures of Tintin
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Tintin and the Picaros: Part 2 - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: Tintin, Haddock and Alcazar along with the Picaros enter the presidential palace and make their way up the stairs. The scene then cuts to the balcony, where General Tapioca and Colonel Sponz are shown standing there. In the next shot, Colonel Alvarez has suddenly appeared on the balcony. (00:36:55)

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Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: When Thomson and Thompson arrive at the garage, they park their car directly facing the gasoline pump. A couple of shots later, as the mechanic goes to fill their car, the car has suddenly moved back a few feet, and the pump is mostly ahead of the car. (00:01:20)

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Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: When Tintin is speaking with the Speedol exec, there is a chart on the wall behind the exec. The last marked point is first located around a centimetre away from the nearest line on the chart. Two shots after this, the point is directly on the line on the chart. A further two shots after, the last marked point is suddenly back to where it was. (00:02:05)

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Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: When the military police are looking through the detectives' bags, one of them finds a bag that Thomson and Thompson assume to be the secret documents. The man begins to shake it and diamonds fall out. In the first shot of the diamonds falling out, as the shot ends, two diamonds are in the man's hand, followed by a third diamond falling out. The shot cuts and there are suddenly five diamonds in the man's hand, followed by a sixth diamond that falls out. (00:08:15)

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Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: After Tintin realises he was right that the man was Mueller, the shot then pans back to Mueller looking at his face in a small mirror. When the shot stops panning, there is nothing reflected in Mueller's mirror. The shot changes to a close-up of the mirror and Mueller's reflection suddenly appears in the mirror. (00:13:55)

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Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: Tintin is waiting for his meeting with the Emir in the castle. In the first interior shot of the castle whilst Tintin is waiting, the handle on the left side of the door is slightly lower than the handle on the right of the door. A few moments after Tintin walks into the room, the door closes behind him and the two door handles are suddenly level with each other. (00:19:05)

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Answer: According to Wikipedia, he is described as being a youth anywhere from 14 - 19 years old. There is no specific age.

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