Captain Archibald Haddock

"*Billions of blue blistering barnacles!*"
—Captain Haddock

* Books
* Belvision
* 1961-64 live action films
* 1991 animated TV show
* 2011 animated film
* Neutral Face

The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets (upcoming, in one of the family portraits)
Trapped & Disappearances (upcoming)
Welcome to Canada (upcoming)

## Character Information

### Home

Marlinspkie Hall, Marlinshire, England
Sapphire Bay (The Medical Emergency)
Crawley, West Sussex, England (Trapped & Disappearances)

### Family

Sir Francis Haddock (ancestor), Unnamed grandfather (deceased), Addie Edwards (daughter, in the fanfic), Archie Haddock (son, in the fanfic), Marjorie Haddock (daughter-in-law, in the fanfic), Robert Edwards (son-in-law, in the fanfic), Augustin Martin Renault (ward and son-in-law, in the fanfic), Anne-Marie Mortensen (granddaughter, in the fanfic), Rose-Marie Williams (granddaughter, in the fanfic), Addie, Archie, Victoria and Vincent Mortensen (quadruplet great-grandchildren, in the fanfic), unnamed quadruplet great-grandchildren (in the fanfic)

### Friends

Tintin, Snowy, Thomson, Thompson, Barnaby Dawes, Professor Calculus, Bianca Castafiore, Oliveira de Figuera, General Alcazar, Chang, Abdullah, Martine Vandezande, Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab, Zorrino, Niko, Nushka, Gustav
**Fanfics:** Anna and Elsa Arendelle, Kristoff Bjorgman, Sven, Olaf, Hans Westerguard, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless, Astrid Hofferson, Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorston, Snotlout Jorgenson, Fishlegs Ingerman, Jack Frost, Rapunzel, Eret Eretson, Nicholas St. North, Toothiana, Sanderson Mansnoozie, E. Aster Bunnymund, Barnaby Dawes, Thomson and Thompson, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, Allan Thompson, Hiro Hamada, Cass Hamada, Baymax, GoGo Tomago, Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Fred Frederickson and others

### Enemies

Roberto Rastapopoulos, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, Allan Thompson, Tom, Max Bird, Gustav Bird, General Sponsz, J. W. Müller

### Likes

Loch Lomond whiskey, his ship Karaboudjan, Tintin,

### Dislikes

Mineral water, criminals, Sakharine, his first mate Allan betrays him, Castafiore's operatic voices, Castafiore calls him every name

## Character's Bio

### Nicknames

See below
'Rumbling Thunder'

### Deathplace

Marlinspike Hall, Marlinshire, England (The Belgian Journalist's Life and Death)

### Cause of Death

Suicide by alcohol poisoning (The Belgian Journalist's Life and Death)

### Nationality

British (English versions)
French (Original version)
American (Hergé's Adventures of Tintin)
Canadian (other fanfics)

### Age

40's or 50's (comics, cartoons and films)
48 (1961)
49 (1962)
50 (1963)
51 (1964)
54 (1967)

## Physical Apearance

### Eye Colour

Black (comics, 1969 and 1972 films and cartoons)
Blue (1961,1964 and 2011 films)
Pale ocean blue (fanfics)

### Complexion

Fairly pale (comics, cartoons and films)
Pale (fanfics)

### Status

Alive
Deceased (The Belgian Journalist's Life and Death)

**Captain Archibald Haddock** is a retired merchant sailor who likes Loch Lomond whiskey and hates mineral water. He is also one of Tintin's closest friends. Haddock is highly addicted to whiskey but he also likes other spirits like rum. He first appeared in The Crab with the Golden Claws and had been in every Tintin book since then.

## History

Captain Haddock sailed over twenty years with his old friend, Captain Chester, before becoming commander of the *Karaboudjan* where his alcoholism was taken advantage of by his crooked first mate Allan Thompson. Tintin rescued him from the ship and the two friends were barely ever parted again. He is a direct descendant of the 17th century seafarer Sir Francis Haddock, a sea captain under Charles II (in the French version Louis XIV) He was the captain for two expeditions during his adventures with Tintin, commanding the *Aurora* in *The Shooting Star* during the expedition to find the meteorite and the *Sirius*, Captain Chester's ship that he lent to Haddock to find Red Rackham's treasure. At the end of the latter adventure, Haddock acquired with the proceeds of the sale of his friend Cuthbert Calculus' patent for the Shark-proof submarine, Marlinspike Hall, which once belonged to Captain Haddock's ancestor Francis. Haddock retired from sailing there and invited Tintin and Calculus to indefinitely live there with him.

## Name

As for the origin of the name of Captain Haddock's name, who first appeared in Hergé's notes in 1938, according to Philippe Goddin, author of Chronology of a work, it is inspired by Captain Craddock, Franco-German film Hanns Schwarz and Max Vaucorbeil (1931), of which Hergé was a big fan. In the original French version of *The Crab with the Golden Claws*, Captain Haddock even sings a song in the film: Guys navy. However, according to the first wife of Hergé, Germaine Kiekens, the name "Haddock" comes from the English fish dish, the smoked haddock. However, the name Haddock is a real surname in English, examples such as Sir Richard Haddock (1629-1715) ordered the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay. His second son, Nicholas Haddock followed the career of his father. In addition, Herbert James Haddock (1861-1946) was commander of the White Star Line and the *Titanic* among others in the technical tests before delivery to the transatlantic company, and then the sister ship of the Titanic, the *Olympic*.

## Drunkenness

Captain Haddock was a drunkard, which is one of his weaknesses. He hates drinking anything that doesn't contain alcohol, like water. He did make attempts to shake this habit, even becoming the president of the Society of Sober Sailors, a seafarers' equivalent to Alcoholics Anonymous. However, when Professor Calculus invented the pills to make consumption of alcohol unpleasant in *Tintin and the Picaros,* this weakness was gone.

## Curses

*Main article: List of Captain Haddock's Curses*
Captain Haddock has a large number of words in his vocabulary he uses to insult or when he is aggravated.

## Bianca's Names

Bianca Castafiore has trouble remembering Haddock's last name and has created many new names, below is a list:

*Addock, Capslock, Kapok, Bangkok, Bartok, Fatstock, Drydock, Hopscotch, Stopcock, Hammock, Paddock, Hassock, Havoc, Maggot, Bootblack, Balzac, Bedsock, Padlock, Hatbox, Stockpot, Harrock, and Hemlock.*

One reason why Bianca Castafiore always has trouble saying Haddock's last name correctly might be because when they first met in the book *The Calculus Affair*, Haddock was unable to say her name correctly:

*Castafiore: Aha, you little flatterer, so you've come to congratulate me, with this... fisherman... Mr? ... Mr?...*

*Haddock: Er... Hoddack...er.... Haddad... Excuse me, Haddock.*

In *Tintin and the Picaros*, Professor Calculus calls Captain Haddock *"Capock Hatpin"* and Tintin *"Tin Tack."*

*And he will say it,*

*"Tintack!...Capock Hatpin!...Terrible news!...Dreadful!*

## Physical Appearance

In the comics and cartoons, Captain Haddock has fairly pale skin, black hair and beard and black eyes. He wears black jacket, blue turtleneck sweater with black anchor in the middle, black trousers, matching hat and shoes.

In the 1961, 1964 and 2011 films, Captain Haddock has blue eyes.

In the fanfics, Captain Haddock has pale skin, black hair and pale ocean blue eyes.

## Fanfics

### The Belgian Journalist's Life and Death

On 27th January 1961, Thomson and Thompson helping Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and Snowy to looking for Tintin before he interviews the pilot. Later, Tintin has fainted before interviews the pilot, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Snowy, Thomson and Thompson saw the crowd surrounding him unconscious. Tintin wakes up in the hospital. The doctors were telling Captain Haddock, Thomson and Thompson and Professor Calculus the truth that Tintin was diagnosed with cancer, pneumonia and leukemia when he was 3 for 12 years ago.

Three years later, in 13th May 1964, Captain Haddock, Tintin and Snowy in Arendelle Hall in Seltjarnarnes, Iceland. Tintin became very pale white, very colder and too very weaker. He was lying on his deathbed, telling everyone who'll surrounding him. Tintin tells them both that they're excellent detectives he'd ever know in the Interpol. Tintin gives Captain Haddock all of his wishes and promises to looking after Snowy with good. Later, Tintin tells a six year old Angelo Voiello about the Northuldran scarf that his maternal great-great-great grandmother Queen Iduna wears when she was young and gives it to him.

On 14th May 1964, Tintin died in his sleeping due to his very poor health in the morning. Three weeks and six days later, Thomson and Thompson were attending Tintin's funeral at the church in Iceland alongside Captain Haddock, Snowy, Professor Calculus and everybody. Tintin was buried in Gufurnes Cemetery as his first resting place.

Three years later, on 7th June 1967, Captain Haddock became very desperate after Tintin's death and drinking alcohol, later he died of suicide by alcohol poisoning, same day as Sakharine was killed in the car accident in Pontypandy before his appointment about the leukemia he was diagnosed with and fighting with for 30 years. He was buried at the cemetery in Marlinshire, Great Britain.

**The Tales of The Quadruplets & The Triplets**After 53 years of the Haddock & Sakharine's deaths, he appears on one of the family portraits when he was with his ward and son-in-law, 16 year old Tintin, Snowy and a four year old Angelo Voiello. The triplet sisters goes to the history museum of families to finding the truth about Captain Haddock that kills himself by alcohol poisoning at Marlinspike Hall on 7th June 1967, the same day when Sakharine was killed in the car accident in Pontypandy, Wales.

### The Medical Emergency

Captain was appeared in the fanfic, and he's the one of Sapphire Bay residents.