The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin (1991)

352 mistakes in season 1 - chronological order

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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

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

Continuity mistake: When the three bad guys make for the car after taking Mr. Kuraki with them, two of them are headed for the right hand side and the bad guy with the purple jumper runs to the left side. In the next shot the bad guy with the purple jumper is now on the right hand side of the car, pulling the door shut. (00:06:45)

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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

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: 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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King Ottokar's Sceptre: Part 2 - S2-E5

Question: When Tintin and the King discover King Ottokar's scepter had been stolen, both Hector and the guards are shown to have been knocked out. Later, Tintin points out that Hector had stolen the scepter by placing it in a camera, put it next to the window and shot it out of the window using the camera. If that's how Hector managed to get the scepter out of the building, then what was it that caused Hector and the guards to get knocked out? (00:33:10 - 00:35:50)

Chosen answer: If Hector was seriously intent on removing King Ottokar's scepter from the glass cage holding it and launching it through the window with the camera, then Hector would have been forced to knock out the two guards so they would not have interfered with Hector's plan as soon as he removed the scepter from the glass. As for Hector, himself, was explained when Tintin was explaining how Hector stole the scepter. Tintin placed a twig inside the camera and it launched out of the camera. Hector would have placed the scepter inside of the camera, and would have been knocked unconscious due to the spring effect created when the scepter had been launched.

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