Revealing mistake: When Tintin discovers that Rastapopoulos is on the island, Tintin's arm has been animated differently than his face. Tintin's arm appears visibly more tanned than his face is. (00:11:05)
Revealing mistake: When Carreidas tells Rastapopoulos that he is mad and Rastapopoulos replies "No, just well informed", Rastapopoulos begins to walk around Carreidas. As he is walking around Carreidas, the cigar in Rastapopoulos' mouth clips through the string in his monocle. (00:11:50)
Revealing mistake: After Rastapopoulos tells Tintin he should have stayed on Flight 714, he says all he wants is Carreidas' money. When he finishes the line, the cigar in his mouth literally flickers from the left side of his mouth, to the right side of his mouth without him moving it. (00:11:45)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Revealing mistake: The Emir is always shown wearing a black robe with a yellow stripe down each sleeve. When the Emir is telling Tintin it was Bab El Ehr who kidnapped his son, there is a portion of the yellow strip next to the cane he is holding around his elbow, that keeps flickering from yellow to black and back to yellow again. This occurs three times in one shot. (00:27:15)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Revealing mistake: When Tintin asks where he can find Mueller, the scene cuts to him walking through a market. Whilst he is walking through the market, he is wearing shades and the sun is reflected in them, but the reflection never stays still. The reflection is constantly flickering around the shades. (00:29:35)
Land of Black Gold: Part 2 - S2-E11
Revealing mistake: When Tintin and Oliviera da Figueria are talking with the guard at the castle door, the guard sneezes and Oliviera takes out a handkerchief saying "Some beautiful handkerchiefs." When Oliviera finishes taking out the handkerchief, as he says "Some", a weird mark appears on the screen, right where the handkerchief is located. This is visible for only one frame but it can still be noticed. (00:32:00)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: When the military police are searching the Speedol Star, two of them barge into Thomson and Thompson's room whilst they are playing cards. After they barge into the room, the two let go of their cards in surprise. Once this happens, there is a card shown near the right hand side of the table that is floating above the table. (00:08:00)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: Tintin sees the four men planting the explosive in the pipe line. Two of the four men are kneeling beside the pipe, one on the front side wearing a brown cloak and green clothing and one on the opposite side wearing grey clothing planting the explosive in the pipe. The man on the opposite side in grey clothing is passing through the pipe when the two are first kneeling. (00:12:20)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: Mueller hops off his horse and tells Tintin (as Amed) to hold the horse and tells him he will be back in a moment. Throughout the entirety of this shot, the colour of the blanket on Mueller's horse constantly flickers between several frames. As Mueller gets off the horse, the blanket is dark teal, then Mueller hands the rein to his horse to Tintin and the blanket suddenly flickers to dark orange and also dark teal near the bottom. Tintin jumps off the horse and the blanket suddenly flickers back to dark teal again. (00:13:25)
Tintin and the Picaros: Part 2 - S2-E9
Revealing mistake: When Haddock walks in view of the helicopter pilot, it cuts to an interior shot of the helicopter where the pilot says "What's that? A Picaro by the river?" A couple of shots after this, there is another interior shot of the helicopter where the pilot then says "Caramba. He's disappeared." In both of the two interior shots, it is noticeable that the same footage has been used in both the shots as the exact same land is outside the helicopter is in both of the shots. The only difference in the second shot is that Haddock has been removed. (00:26:20)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: When Tintin is at the docks, waiting for something to happen, he sees a man walk from the fog into view. The man is transparent and you can see right through him. (00:03:05)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: When Tintin goes to spy on Mueller, he stops for a brief moment and then continues walking. When he begins to start walking again the strap on the gun he is holding clips through one of the rocks on the ground. (00:13:40)
Land of Black Gold: Part 1 - S2-E10
Revealing mistake: When Mueller is brushing his beard, the reflection shown in the mirror he is using is different to what is actually happening. His thumb is on his chin, but in the reflection his thumb is next to his mouth. (00:13:55)
Tintin and the Picaros: Part 1 - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: After Pablo has finished telling Tintin, Haddock and Calculus about General Alcazar's plan, he leaves and the shots cuts to the three being watched on CCTV. Although the footage is in black and white, there is some wine shown in one of the glasses that is coloured red. (00:14:55)
Tintin and the Picaros: Part 1 - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: After Haddock snaps the door to the window, the big guy enters the room pointing a gun at Haddock. The shot then cuts to Haddock with fruit all over the place. Look to the left of screen and you'll an apple laid on top of another apple completely unnaturally. (00:10:00)
Tintin and the Picaros: Part 1 - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: After Tintin, Haddock and Calculus meet Colonel Alvarez, they are seen driving through downtown in a car. Watch the people, buildings and posters on the sidewalk. Each time the shot cuts, it is always the exact same people. Exact same buildings. And exact same posters on the sidewalk. Also, as Calculus starts talking, the same thing has been done again, except the background is different. (00:07:05)
Tintin and the Picaros: Part 1 - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: The shot prior to the plane landing shows a village of people where some of them are in the background watching the plane. You'll see a blonde guy in the foreground with messed up elbow animation. It keeps jiggling all over the place. (00:05:55)
Tintin and the Picaros: Part 1 - S2-E8
Revealing mistake: Just after Tintin says "The last I heard he was hiding in the jungle trying to organize the resistance", a shot is shown of the plane window flying over the clouds with a shadow on the clouds. The plane flies over a cloud with part of it missing and for one frame only, the shadow is seen going over the part of the cloud that was missing. (00:05:40)
Tintin in Tibet: Part 2 - S2-E7
Revealing mistake: After the "previously" clip, Tintin, Haddock, Snowy and Tharkey continue their walk. In the second shot, the four walk over a hill. The first footstep on the edge of the hill is incorrectly drawn and looks unrealistic. (00:24:45)
Tintin in Tibet: Part 1 - S2-E6
Revealing mistake: The shot after Tintin says "We can't give up now" shows Tintin, Haddock and the Sherpas hiking through a dry hill. Over the first hill is a part of the ground that is black. As the shot continues, an extra part of black ground instantly appears from nowhere, as if the animators forgot to draw the black ground during the first half of shot. (00:11:55)
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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