Tin-Tin?

[EddieTheEditor]

Am I going insane, or was there once a series based on the "Tin-Tin" comics on Nickelodeon? I could swear I remember seeing those detectives animated, as well as bits and pieces of plots, somewhere...

[MonkeyFunk]

Yeah. The series was being rerun here in the UK a couple of months back.

[Jave]

If you're talking about Herge's Tintin, then yes, it was an animated series. In Latin America, they were shown on Cartoon Network, and completely uncut, no less!

[Lord Dalek]

Excellent quality series, did every story except "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets".

[MonkeyFunk]

I don't believe they did "Tintin in the Congo", either. Could be wrong

(or the unfinished "Tintin and Alph-Art", but that's pretty obvious =P)

[Chris Wood]

I'm a huge fan of the comics. Did the cartoon accurately portray them? It would seem difficult, because the stories contain a lot of violence and some questionable stereotypes.

[Geezil]

and it's also been known to turn up on HBO (or HBO Family) from time to time.

[MonkeyFunk]

I think the series was pretty accurate - apparently, Beligan TV (or French TV, or wherever they were inteded to air first) have less restrictions on kids' shows than America. I definitely remember the drugs, guns and that JApanese guy with the piano teeth (rpobably because, fortunately, none of the other Asian characters were as badly caricatured, and "Blue Lotus" had a strong anti-racist message)

'Course, I've only seen the versions shown in the UK. Might've been censored before airing in the States.

[JDWeil]

There were a couple of Tin-Tin series. The first, from 1961 was produced by Belvision and syndicated locally. The second, was produced by Nelvana and Ellipse Prog. and first shown on HBO.

[Skeeter]

Oh man, I loved this show when it was on! I thought Tin-tin was the coolest thing ever (and still do). It's such a shame that it's been off the air for so long.

*makes plans to get the episodes from somewhere in the near future*