The Adventures of Tintin (1991–1992)

In this series, we witness the adventures of Tintin, a young reporter and his faithful dog, Snowy, as they travel around the world on adventures.

Stars:

Colin O'Meara, Thierry Wermuth, Christian Pellissier

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Colin O'Meara	...	Tintin (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Thierry Wermuth	...	Tintin (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Christian Pellissier	...	Le capitaine Haddock (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Henri Labussière	...	Le professeur Tournesol (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Yves Barsacq	...	Dupont (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jean-Pierre Moulin	...	Dupond (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Susan Roman	...	Snowy (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Paul Haddad	...	Additional Voices (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Graham Haley	...	Additional Voices (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Ray Landry	...	Additional Voices (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
Frank Proctor	...	Additional Voices (39 episodes, 1991-1992)
John Stocker	...	Thompson (37 episodes, 1991-1992)
Dan Hennessey	...	Thomson (37 episodes, 1991-1992)
David Fox	...	Captain Haddock (28 episodes, 1991-1992)
Wayne Robson	...	Professor Calculus (28 episodes, 1991-1992)
Denis Akiyama	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Robert Cait	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Graeme Campbell	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Liz Dufresne	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Keith Hampshire	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Marvin Ishmael	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Tom Kneebone	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Keith Knight	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Lamport	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1991-1992)

Storyline

An animated series based on the popular European comics. Tintin, a young Belgian reporter, gets involved in various mysteries and adventures with his dog Snowy, his friends Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus, and the bumbling detectives, Thomson and Thompson. Tintin and his cohorts investigate jewel thefts, track kidnappers, solve murders, and find sunken treasure in journeys ranging from around the world to their own backyard.

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Plot Keywords:

tintin | reporter | dog | professor | captain | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Crime | Family | Mystery

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Official Sites:

Nelvana Official site

Country:

France Canada

Language:

English French

Also Known As:

Las Aventuras de Tintín

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ellipse Programme, Nelvana, Fondation Hergé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (39 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

To get an authentic feel to the cartoon, the Dutch dub featured Flemish voice actors for the main characters, because the comic is originally Belgian.

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Connections

Featured in 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005)

User Reviews

A flawless adaptation of the comic books

I used to love watching this when I was young. I noticed that with some children/family shows, I hated them when I view them now because I sometimes see them as rip-offs or a way of making kids dumb (some of the playhouse Disney shows for example, and even some of the Asterix films). However, in this case, watching it again after a long time made me like it even more.

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks was a total screw-up!!! An absolute disgrace to the comics. The voices (Captain Haddock sounding like Popeye), the ridiculous music (especially when there is one part when the two kids sing an annoying song, making it a musical), the cheap animation and a number of Tintin-related factual errors like Calculus hearing badly and hearing well most of the time, the inaccurate characters ...all of it made it horrible a movie. The series has none of these flaws.

The visuals remain true to Herge's fantastic drawing style and the animation fits really well with it. The music in the series is perfect for Tintin. The humour remains the same(just as good), with a couple of clever add-ons for the Thompsons. The characters remain the same as in the comic books. The voice-cast is perfect and the voice-acting by everybody makes the characters portrayed exactly like they were in the books. The Thompsons are really hilarious and their voices were a joy to listen to, making the two detectives in the comics really come to life. My congrats to them, the voices of Tintin and Captain Haddock and the rest of the cast.

The stories remain true to the books even though any fans of the books will easily spot a few differences. I am pleased to say that they actually fit really well with the episodes, because picturing some of the edited parts being identical to these parts in the book instead of being altered, just wouldn't work. And hearing me say that the stories are reasonably true to the books clearly means that they are fantastic, matching the clever imaginations and twists that Herge came up with in his books.

A flawless adaptation is perhaps the best way to describe the series. Forget about that movie which rips off the books. If you want an enjoyable, loyal series, then pick this one as soon as you can.