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Assouline described the character as 'obviously celibate, excessively virtuous, chivalrous, brave, a defender of the weak and oppressed, never looks for trouble but always finds it he is resourceful, takes chances, is discreet, and is a nonsmoker.' HergР“В© biographer Pierre Assouline noted that in the early Adventures, Tintin showed 'little sympathy for humanity'. Peeters related that in the early Adventures, Tintin's personality was 'incoherent', in that he was 'ometimes foolish and sometimes omniscient, pious to the point of mockery and then unacceptably aggressive', ultimately just serving as a 'narrative vehicle' for HergР“В©'s plots. Tintin's personality evolved as HergР“В© wrote the series. The final unfinished adventure, Tintin and Alph-Art,Р’В saw Tintin being led out of his cell to be killed, although it is very unlikely that he dies at the end of the story.

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He is a skilled driver of almost any vehicle, including tanks, motorcycles, cars, helicopters, and speedboats.

He is efficient and responsible, does not smoke and rarely drinks, and is athletic (he is seen doing yoga various times throughout the series, and does stretches and warm-ups in Prisoners of the Sun). Tintin is well-educated, intelligent, and selfless with morals that cannot be compromised. HergР“В© uses a floating timeline in The Adventures of Tintin so that while the world ages around him, Tintin does not age. In The Secret of the Unicorn, Tintin's passport states his birth year as 1929, which was the year of his first appearance in The Land of the Soviets, estimating his age to be 15, while the official Tintin website states his age as between 16РІР‚вЂњ18. In earlier adventures, Tintin and Snowy live alone in an apartment, but they eventually go on to stay in one of Captain Haddock's spare rooms at Marlinspike Hall, giving the impression that Tintin is old enough not to need the influence and presence of parents or school.

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Allowing that he has put on three or four years in the past forty.good, let's agree on fifteen plus four, which would make him nineteen.' What age would I give him? I don't know.perhaps seventeen? To me, he was about fourteen or fifteen when I created him, a Boy Scout, and he has hardly moved on. In 1970, Herge was quoted as saying, 'Tintin to me has not aged. HergР“В© also never confirmed Tintin's age, but the comic books portray him as a young adult, cultured, worldly, and utterly responsible. However, in HergР“В©'s Adventures of Tintin, Tintin's home is located in New York and is supposedly American.

Furthermore, in Tintin in Tibet, the address written on ChangРІР‚Вs letter was 'Р¶Р‡вЂќРµСљвЂ№РµС‘С“Р№ВР‡РµРЋС›Р·в‚¬С•', which means 'Brussels, Belgium'). HergР“В© never explicitly confirmed Tintin's nationality, but vaguely refers to him as Belgian and living in Brussels (the streets of Brussels are unmistakable in the backdrop of The Secret of the Unicorn and The Red Sea Sharks. Tintin seems to be physically quite strong as he sometimes defeats criminals without much difficulty with punches and once easily broke a door in The Secret of the Unicorn.

Tintin made his first appearance in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1929РІР‚вЂњ1930) as a journalist reporting on the Bolsheviks of Soviet Russia with his loyal dog Snowy and soon evolved into an investigative reporter and crime-buster whose curiosity draws him into the dangerous circles of drug-traffickers and mercenaries.

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