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Thomson and Thompson
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Real name X33 et X33bis
Thomson and Thompson (French: Dupond et Dupont) are fictional characters in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two incompetent detectives who provide much of the comic relief throughout the series. While the two are apparently unrelated as they have different surnames, they look like identical twins whose only discernible difference is the shape of their moustaches. They are afflicted with chronic spoonerisms, are extremely clumsy, thoroughly incompetent, and usually bent on arresting the wrong character. In spite of this, they somehow get entrusted with delicate missions.
The detective with the flared, pointy moustache is Thomson, who often describes himself as "Thomson, without a 'P', as in Venezuela". The detective with the flat, droopy moustache has described himself as "Thompson, with a 'P', as in psychology" or "Philadelphia", using words with either a silent "P" or in which the "P" is combined with another letter, losing the "P" sound.
Thomson and Thompson usually wear bowler hats and carry walking sticks, except when abroad: during these missions they insist on wearing the stereotypical costume of the country they are visiting so that they blend into the local population, but instead manage to dress in folkloric attire that actually makes them stand apart.
The detectives were in part based on Hergé's father and uncle, identical twins who wore matching bowler hats while carrying matching walking sticks.
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(2011)
(1972)
(1969)Played by the actors
Filmography of Thomson and Thompson (5 films)
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, 2h6Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Tintin films
Actors Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Toby Jones, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Enn Reitel
Le film devait initialement reprendre la trame des albums Les Sept Boules de Cristal - Le Temple du Soleil, avec une transition par Le Trésor de Rackham le Rouge pour l'introduction du professeur Tournesol qui ferait normalement son entrée dans la série, mais rien n'est actuellement confirmé.
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
, 1h47Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about alcoholism, Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about dogs, Tintin films, Musical films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Cary Elwes, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg
Rating72%
Young journalist Tintin and his dog Snowy are browsing in an outdoor market in Brussels, Belgium. Tintin buys a miniature model of a ship, the Unicorn, but is then accosted by Barnaby and Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, who both unsuccessfully try to buy the model from Tintin. Tintin takes the ship home, but it is accidentally broken, resulting in a parchment scroll slipping out of the model and rolling under a piece of furniture. Meanwhile, detectives Thomson and Thompson are on the trail of a pickpocket, Aristides Silk. Tintin, later finds that the Unicorn has been stolen. He then visits Sakharine in Marlinspike Hall and accuses him of the theft when he sees a miniature model of the Unicorn, but when he notices that Sakharine's model is not broken, he realizes that there are two Unicorn models. Once Tintin returns home, Snowy shows him the scroll. Moments later, Barnaby arrives at Tintin's residence, but is fatally shot and killed. After reading an old message written on it, Tintin puts the scroll in his wallet, but it is stolen by Silk the next morning.
, 1h13Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Monde imaginaire, Films about dogs, Tintin films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jacques Balutin, Georges Atlas, Claude Bertrand, Pierre Collet, Micheline Dax, Nadine Basile
Rating61%
One night, in Brussels, Belgium, a pair of crooks discreetly break into the aquarium and steal a priceless pearl. As soon as the security guards on duty see the empty shell, they rush away to raise the alarm. The crooks take advantage of the guards' absence by putting a fake pearl, the same size as the real one, in the shell. When the guards return with the director and the director sees the fake pearl, he thinks the guards were making it up, but then has second thoughts about the incident as a similar case happened at another museum two weeks before.
, 1h17Origin Belgique
Genres Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Tintin films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Philippe Ogouz, Claude Bertrand, Alfred Pasquali, Guy Piérauld, Lucie Dolène, André Valmy
Rating65%
Des explorateurs sont atteints d'un mal mystérieux après un voyage en Amérique du Sud. À Moulinsart, Bergamote, le dernier des explorateurs, tombe en léthargie après une coupure de courant et le professeur Tournesol est enlevé en bateau par de mystérieux individus. Tournesol a en effet commis un sacrilège en ayant porté le bracelet de la momie Rascar Capac, ramené par l’expédition.
L'Affaire Tournesol (1956)
, 1hDirected by Ray Goossens
Origin Belgique
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Monde imaginaire, Films about dogs, Tintin films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Georges Poujouly, Jean Clarieux, Fernand Fabre, Jacques Marin, Robert Vattier, Lita Recio
Rating3%
Le professeur Tournesol vient de mettre au point une nouvelle arme utilisant les ultrasons, qui détruit les objets en verre. Si elle venait à être perfectionnée pour détruire autre chose que du verre, cette invention pourrait devenir une arme particulièrement dangereuse. En dehors de lui seul un savant syldave, le professeur Bretzel sait comment faire fonctionner cette machine. Tintin, Milou, le capitaine Haddock et Tournesol se rendent alors chez lui pour le prévenir mais on apprend qu'il a été enlevé par des agents syldaves et le professeur Tournesol est à son tour enlevé. Ils sont par la suite capturés par des agents secrets bordures. Tintin et Haddock sont à leur tour capturés, Tintin blessé est transporté dans une ambulance d'où il s'échappe et il retrouve les Dupondt. Ils se rendent à l'opéra où ils dérobent l'ordre de libération du professeur Tournesol signé par le colonel Brütel, le chef de la police. Ils se présentent ensuite à la forteresse de Darkau déguisés en agents de la police secrète mais sont démasqués, après plusieurs rebondissements, ils s'échappent en char et gagnent la frontière syldave avec les deux professeurs et Haddock.