The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: Tintin is locked in a room tied up to two pipes. There is rope around his torso and ankles which is connected to the pipes above and even his arms are tied up, connected to the pipes behind him. Allan then enters the room and the rope that was connecting his arms to the pipe is now nowhere in sight. It is partially visible for a few frames, but then vanishes for the rest of the shot. Then when the shot cuts to Tintin, there is suddenly rope wrapped all around the pipe behind him. (00:12:35)
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)
The Blue Lotus: Part 1 - S1-E8
Continuity mistake: The background behind the Maharajah and Tintin changes between shots as they watch his son and Snowy. (00:01:40)
The Crab with the Golden Claws: Part 1 - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: At the beginning when Daws is writing on the back of a wrapper, the back of the wrapper is white. However, when Tintin finds the wrapper later, the back of the wrapper is yellow. (00:01:55 - 00:03:40)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: Calculus walks into the apartment to talk with Tintin and Haddock. When he starts talking, his back is straight and sitting upwards. The shot cuts and he is suddenly sitting slightly forwards with his head also pointing forwards. Then in the following shot after that, he is suddenly sitting with his back straight and is sitting upwards again. (00:05:05)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Calculus arrives at the docks to demonstrate the shark submarines, there are images of the submarines shown on each crate. There is no crease shown on the image on the top crate and there is a crease on the image on the bottom crate. A couple of seconds later, Haddock draws an X on the image shown on the top crate and the image shown on the top crate now suddenly has a crease on it. (00:06:50)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Tintin and Haddock discover Calculus had been sleeping in one of the lifeboats, he wakes up and tells him he slept rather badly last night. Tintin and Haddock are standing beside each other, with Tintin partially behind Haddock. In the following shot where Haddock replies, Tintin has vanished from beside Haddock. (00:09:45)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: Whilst Tintin, Haddock and the detectives are on their way back from Francis Haddock's island in the boat, there is a Sirius logo on the front of it. When the "shark" arrives later in the scene, there is a shot where Haddock says "Ten thousand thundering typhoons" and the Sirius logo has vanished. (00:12:15 - 00:12:50)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When George greets Bill after he arrives at the cafe, George has a moustache. After Bill sits down, George's moustache has vanished. (00:03:55)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When George tells Bill about Haddock going after Red Rackham's Treasure, a man behind them is watching the conversation. There is no table in front of him. A couple of shots later, a table is suddenly there and a drink has also appeared. (00:04:10)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Tintin, Haddock and Calculus enter Calculus' inventions room, keep an eye on the door. The door is dark coloured, but within the same shot, as they walk through the room, the door suddenly becomes much lighter. (00:05:35)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: As Calculus is escorting Tintin and Haddock through his inventions room, Haddock stops to pull a small lever on a clothes brushing machine. He pulls the lever forwards, but in the next shot, the lever is back to its original position. (00:05:40)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When the Sirius is first shown, there is an anchor near the front of the ship. Later on in the episode, whilst Tintin, Haddock and the detectives go to Francis Haddock's island, the anchor has vanished. (00:06:30 - 00:10:35)
Red Rackham's Treasure - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: When Haddock realises Calculus placed the shark submarines on the ship, he goes outside to find him and slips on a small puddle of booze. About two shots after this, the size of the puddle is suddenly much larger. (00:09:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin meets up with Thomson and Thompson at the market, the detectives have tanned skin. The shot cuts to Tintin asking the two of them "A little Sunday shopping?" and then cuts back to a shot of all three of them. In the shot where it shows all three of them, Thomson and Thompson's skin is suddenly much paler, while Tintin is darker. (00:02:25)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Whilst at the market, Tintin meets up with the detectives Thomson and Thompson and the detective on the left says "Good to see you again." The detective on the right is holding four canes. In later shots he's holding five, then six. (00:02:25)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Thomson and Thompson mention they just happened to notice these splendid sticks, the detective on the left is holding his cane around his right wrist. Two quick cuts later and and the detective's cane is suddenly held around his left wrist. (00:02:35)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Tintin is about to buy the model Unicorn, there is an antique sale visible in the background. When Tintin says "Will you take 20 dollars?", a grandfather clock is shown, displaying 5:05. A couple of shots later, Sakharine pushes Tintin out of the way and the time suddenly changes to 2:00. (00:03:25)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Tintin is cleaning his apartment after it had been ransacked and is hanging a painting on the wall. From the wide angle, the skyline on the painting shows a clear blue daytime skyline. The shot cuts to a closer angle of Tintin, and the painting suddenly shows a dark blue near night time skyline. (00:08:20)
The Secret of the Unicorn: Part 1 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Captain Haddock shows Tintin the journal that belonged to Sir Francis Haddock, it's brown. Much later on in the episode, after Haddock has finished telling Tintin about the story of Francis Haddock, the journal is suddenly much lighter. (00:11:40 - 00:19:45)
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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