Homages

A **homage** is a cameo or tribute to an artist, piece of media, or intellectual property that appears briefly in another piece of media. Sometimes, these references may be made by complete coincidence, but this page will detail all known, intentional cameos of *The Adventures of Tintin* characters and imagery in other pieces of media.

Homages to *Tintin* are significant due to how closely Moulinsart Company guards Tintin's public image. This legal threat is more heavily present in Europe, which often restricts visual cameos to a single panel, background shot, a few seconds of screentime, et cetera. More in-depth homages are often made in North American and Asian media.

## Animation

* **Arthur** - In the episode "Fernfern and the Secret of Moose Mountain" (S8E2A, 2003), the character Fern is a fan of "The Adventures of Zut-Zut", which follows the adventures of a boy named Zut-Zut, his friend the Commander, and pet dog Waggy.
* **Magical Princess Minky Momo**
	+ *The Bratty Prince's Big Melee* (E5, 1982) - A young prince from the Middle East named Prince Tam-Tam comes to visit Japan. His design palette is much different, but Tam-Tam's stubborn demeanour and practical jokes are inspired by Abdullah ben Kalish Ezab.
	+ *The Forest Music Festival* (E9, 1982) - One of the episode's guest characters is Lady Ghanar, an overbearing singer with an especially loud voice, who is partially inspired by Bianca Castafiore.
* **My Hero Academia** (2016-present) The character Mirio Togata bears a strong resemblance to Tintin, with dot eyes, fair-coloured hair, and a front quiff. His father also looks especially like Tintin but with black hair.
* **The Simpsons** - *The Adventures of Tintin* is established as an in-universe comic book series, though Tintin and Captain Haddock both cameo in an episode.
	+ "Husbands and Knives" (S19E7, 2007) - While at an upscale comic book store, Lisa Simpson finds a section for Tintin and Asterix books. She stops to read a fictional album called "Tintin in Paris", which is depicted in a short animated sequence, featuring Tress Macneille as Tintin, who is on the mission to "save the Belgian ambassador from the Black Orchid Gang".
	+ "In the Name of the Grandfather" (S20E14, 2009) - Bart Simpson makes a disparaging remark about Belgium. His mother Marge threatens to take away his Tintin albums if he dislikes Belgium so much, which makes Bart recoil and clutch a copy of *Crab with the Golden Claws*.
	+ "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (S21E10, 2010) - The episode's guest character moves to Paris and becomes a musician. While she sings at a sidewalk café, Tintin and Captain Haddock are seen at a table, reacting emotionally to the song.
	+ A poster for "Tonton in Paris", visually identical to the previous "Tintin in Paris", appears in several episodes.
* ***Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle*** (1975) - The titular Tarzoon swings past Tintin and Milou trying to convert a group of African boys to Catholicism. When one of the boys looks up to see Tarzoon, Tintin hits him in the head with a crucifix.
* **Tiny Toon Adventures** - In the episode "A Quack in the Quarks" (S1E2, 1990) the red and white checkered rocket from *Destination Moon* and *Explorers on the Moon* can be seen parked inside Duck Vader's ship.

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## Books

* ***Anno Dracula: Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha*** by Kim Newman (1998) - Tintin and Bianca Castafiore very briefly appear in the gothic horror novel.
	+ Chapter 8: One of the book's lead characters, Kate goes to a café in search of another character. She meets "a button-nosed French reporter whose stiff forelock stood up like a wood shaving" who suggests she try another café.
	+ Chapter 11: Several characters attend a stage show at a high-class underground club. One of the acts is an opera and beat poetry performance by "the once-in-a-lifetime-and-thank-heavens-for-it pairing of the stately Bianca Castafiore, the 'Milanese Nightingale', and the 'beat poet' Max Brock, a Yank in a false beard."
* ***Angels of Music*** by Kim Newman (2016) - The character Carlotta from Phantom of the Opera briefly appears in this short story, now given the full name of "*Signorina Carlotta Castafiore*", implying she was an ancestor to Bianca Castafiore.
* ***The Hound of the D'Urbervilles*** by Kim Newman (2011) - In the story "The Adventure of the Six Maledictions", a young Castafiore plays Marguerite in Gounod’s *Faust*. She is depicted as having swarms of raving fans, while the characters who dislike opera claim "[her] high notes are said to set off sympathetic vibrations which burst bottles and kill rats."
* ***I Mitici Sei #5: Il Mistero di Licaone*** (2017) - A group of youths descended from Greek gods and monsters discover a hoard of treasure, and among it is a painted portrait of Sir Francis Haddock.
* ***Mission Earth*** by L. Ron Hubbard (1985) - This 10-volume sci-fi series by the creator of Scientology contains a handful of characters inspired by the *Tintin* cast. One of the lead characters is a young-looking, fair-haired man who investigates an opium trafficking ring, much like Tintin. He is also joined by an ex-military whiskey enthusiast, a super-smart cat named Mr. Calico, and a tall, blonde Italian mob boss named Babe Corleone, whom acts much like Bianca Castafiore. Volume 2 briefly features a character named Oozopopolis who is described as a Greek-American smuggling magnate.
* ***Turks Fruit*** by Jan Wolkers (1969) - The book follows a tumultuous love affair, but its preface is a transcript of the scene from *Flight 714 to Sydney* where Carreidas and Rastapopoulos argue over which of them is the most evil.

## Comics

* ***Agent 327 #9: De Gesel van Rotterdam*** (1981) - The Karaboudjan briefly appears, with Allan Thompson and Jumbo aboard.
* **Asterix**
	+ The character Julius Caesar is said to have been modelled after Hergé
	+ *Asterix the Legionary* (1967) - Gastronomix, a legionary from Belgium, has red hair and a front quiff like Tintin's
	+ *Asterix in Belgium* (1980) - The Thompsons appear as messengers
	+ *Asterix and the Magic Carpet* (1987) - The bard Cacofonix sings "Jewel Aria" from Gounod's *Faust*, Castafiore's most well-known song. An accompanying text box in the French version reads, "He is confused with a different comic strip."
* **Blake & Mortimer**
	+ *La Machination Voronov* (2000) - A character visits the Klow restaurant and its owner from *King Ottokar's Sceptre*
	+ *L'Onde Septimus* (2013) - Tintin can be seen in the background of an airport, having his luggage examined for multiple bottles of liquor
* **Fantastic Four #1** (1998) - The titular Fantastic Four go undercover at a protest in Paris. They briefly talk to one of the protestors, an unnamed but obvious Tintin, who objects to being called "French". He can also be seen with a lapel pin resembling Milou.
* ***The Rabbi's Cat*** (2002) - In the second tome, the main characters travel through the Belgian Congo and meet Tintin circa the events of *Tintin in the Congo*. He is depicted as ignorant and over-explains everything to his non-white hosts, and they are relieved to get away with him. This scene is also in the animated film adaptation.
* ***Scarlet Traces*** by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli (2003) - In Chapter 3, Captain Haddock, Tintin, and Milou are seen standing at a steampunk British airport.
* **Simpsons Comics #131** (2008) - The issue contains numerous comic parodies with the Simpsons characters mixed in. In "A Bartbart and Lislis Adventure: The Waffleman Affair", Bart and Lisa Simpson appear as a mix of Tintin and Jo & Zette, with Bart's dog Santa's Little Helper being named "Santy".
* **Spirou et Fantasio**
	+ *Le Marais du Temps* (2007) - Much like in *Land of Black Gold,* the album opens with an explosion that happens while the Charles Trênet song "Boum!" plays on the radio.
	+ *Le Journal d'un Ingénu* (2008) - The Place du Jeu de Balle flea market, and the merchant who sold Tintin the Unicorn model ship, is seen in a brief scene. Spirou also has a copy of *Tintin in the Land of the Soviets* in his apartment.
	+ *Le Groom Vert-de-Gris* (2009) - Fantasio gets stuck in the automatic clothes-cleaning machine from *Red Rackham's Treasure*. A bearded Nazi who looks exactly like Dr. Müller from *Tintin in the Land Of Black Gold* has a minor role. Background cameos include Tintin, Milou, Sakharine, Aristides Silk from *The Secret of the Unicorn*, and Quick, Flupke, Jo and Zette, and even Exem's Inspector Lanceval. Several prisoners in jail are also shown reading *Tintin* in *Le Soir*.
* **Superman/Wonder Woman #4** (2014) - Tintin and Milou can be seen reacting to a TV broadcast declaring Superman and Wonder Woman are dating.

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## Film

* ***Ted*** (2012) - The film's lead character, John Bennett, can be seen reading *Destination Moon* in his hotel room, shortly before he and Ted the living teddy bear engage in a violent brawl.

## Music

* Citypop musician Masahito Arai had several album and single covers with original art by Yuji Kamosawa. These Kamosawa covers depict a man resembling Tintin and a white dog resembling Milou.
* "Les aventures de TINTIN" by Taeko Ohnuki is a 1985 tribute to the series.
* British music group Thompson Twins takes its name from the English name for Dupond and Dupont. Ironically, there were three members of the Thompson Twins.

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## Television

* **Friends** - In the episode "The One That Could Have Been Pt. 1" (S6E15, 2000), the character Chandler Bing is briefly seen wearing a blue *The Adventures of Tintin* shirt, featuring Tintin and Milou.
* **Star Trek: Deep Space Nine** - In the episode "Far Beyond The Stars" (S6E13, 1998), a model of the rocket from *Destination Moon* and *Explorers on the Moon* can be seen in a science fiction magazine's office.

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## Video games

* **Bloons Monkey City** (2014) - An event-exclusive, exploding blimp in the game is named "Blastapopoulos". This blimp fires a rapid stream of fireballs, and this power has been known to sometimes crash mobile versions of the game.
* **The Curious Expedition** (2016) - Two bonus characters that can be recruited in the game are journalist Tim Timster, who strongly resembles Tintin, and his dog Luis, a Russell Terrier version of Milou. There is also an in-game item called the Treasure Pendulum that is engraved with a sunflower and "T.T.", a reference to Tryphon Tournesol.

## References

1. ↑ The Adventures of Zut Zut | Arthur Wiki
2. ↑ Tintin - Wikisimpsons, the Simpsons Wiki
3. ↑ Comic Book Easter Eggs - Tintin in Fantastic Four and the Blues Brothers in X-Factor | CBR.com