The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (1991)

81 mistakes in The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Tintin discovers the Crabe Extra tins in the ship's decks, he is knocked out and drops his torch that is left turned on. As the shot begins to pan out, the torch is suddenly switched off. Also, his torch is pointed to the left as he is knocked out, but shifted slightly to the right when the shot begins panning out. (00:10:30)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When the crew member goes to take out Tintin by dropping a crate of tins on him, he goes to press the red button in order for the crate to drop. The three levers he was using are in the middle of the device. After the crate drop fails to land on him and Allan yells at him, the three levers are at the top. (00:08:20)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Just as the scene at the docks starts, Tintin stops by a rope and looks up to notice the Karaboudjan. In this shot, the ropes are located right beside him, only a foot away. Allan and one of the crew members then begin conversation and the angle changes, showing Tintin far in the background, but the ropes are nowhere to be seen. (00:08:00)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Other mistake: When Tintin is knocked on his head by the third bad guy, the shot cuts to an overview angle that shows the bad guys making for their car. Two of them bad guys, (the one with the club in his right hand and the one with the teal jumper) just vanish into the car as the enter. They are shown running but are never shown crouching down or reaching for the door handle or anything relating to actually entering the car. (00:06:40)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: Just after Tintin has beaten up the two bad guys, he gets hit on the head and lands on the ground on his stomach with Snowy wrapped around his arm. There is an error in the animation that occurs during the shot. Snowy is visible under Tintin, but then Snowy's head is shown going part way above Tintin's jumper. (00:06:35)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: After the two bad guys have knocked out Mr. Kuraki, they take him to their car and place him in the back seat. The back left door is already closed, and one of the bad guys closes the back right door. After the third bad guy hits Tintin over the head, an overview shot shows the back doors open. The third bad guy was shown exiting the driver's door, not using the back doors. (00:06:00 - 00:06:40)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Revealing mistake: After Tintin has noticed Snowy gnawing on the bone, Tintin says "Let's just darken these letters and see what comes up". During the shot of him darkening the letters, the area of the letters on the wrapper that were darkened is differently animated than the area that hasn't been darkened yet. For example, the area of the letters on the wrapper that had been darkened is a dark white color. But the area that hadn't been darkened is a bright white color. This goes for the areas that weren't darkened by the pencil at all. (00:05:30)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Tintin is back at his apartment reading the wrapper from the Crabe Extra tin with "Karaboudjan" written on it. Just before he says "Yes, there's something definitely written here", he has lifted the wrapper off the table with his thumb placed on the front and his four other fingers placed on the back. In the next shot, the wrapper is now flat on the table and his four fingers are now placed on the front. (00:05:15)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Tintin is back at his apartment reading over the wrapper, the only things on his desk are the wrapper and pencil in the shot where he says "Only I can't read it" and the desk is also in front of the chair Tintin is sitting at. Later on, after Tintin returns to his apartment after the three bad guys have kidnapped Mr. Kuraki, a phone has suddenly appeared on Tintin's desk and the desk is now on the left of the chair. (00:05:20 - 00:07:15)

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The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 2 - S1-E2

Trivia: There is a mistake pointing out that the newspaper at the end is a flipped shot. If you flip it the right way round, you will see on the right hand side of the article the word "Spielberg" on one of the lines, a reference to director Steven Spielberg. Steven Spielberg went on to direct the Tintin movie Secret of the Unicorn in 2011. (00:43:35)

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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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