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#4 · Posted: 28 Sep 2008 15:20
When it comes to how Tintin knew that it was Alan before removing his mask, I think there is only one answer: from his voice.
Alan was the one who was talking during the meeting and even I recognized his voice while he was talking on the phone. But because Alan is not in the meeting in the album, at first I thought it was the same voice-actor doing another character.
In any case, this is how Tintin must have known it was him.
Of course this is on condition that Tintin had met Allan before and so what puzzles me as well is how Tintin knows Alan anyway since the story of the Cigars of the Pharaoh album takes place before the story of The Crab with the Golden Claws album which is obvious as Tintin becomes acquainted with the Thompsons in Cigars of the Pharaoh whereas in Crab they are already friends.
I suspect however that maybe in the Nelvana cartoon timeline, the story of Cigars of the Pharaoh is supposed to be taking place after The Crab with the Golden Claws, or it may have something to do with the order in which the episodes of the series were shown.
Also, in the episodes of Cigars of the Pharaoh, Tintin appears to know the Thompsons, unlike the album.
This is not the only case of confusion when it comes to who-knows-who in the animated series.
For example in The Red Sea Sharks Tintin sees Dawson and says that he had met him in China, but in the Blue Lotus episodes he never actually met him (unlike the album).
Moderator Note: Ellipse-Nelvana had, as a matter of television necessity, to remove as much time-line related continuity as possible; this was to fit the requirements of broadcasters, who need to be able to run episodes in various ways. Some stations run series on a virtual loop: they pick a regular slot, and play the episodes or sequences of episodes over and over again. This means that viewers are joining, and leaving, the programme at different points. They also want to be able to plug random gaps in the schedules with something quickly, and the minimum of fuss, by pulling something off the shelf.
First meetings and re-meetings were thus removed or smoothed over wherever and whenever possible. Taking first-meetings out of the equation makes the programme more useful and valuable to a broadcaster, as they can for example stick Red Sea Sharks on, and not have to worry about how or when Tintin met Dawson.
It may introduce new problems for some viewers, but by and large, they helped keep the show on TV.
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