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Captain Haddock's View on Modern Stamina
Captain Haddock
Typical landlubbers, eh? No stamina these days.
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Captain Haddock's Defiance Against Red Rackham
Captain Haddock
To the death, Red Rackham.
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Urgency in Action
Ivanovich Sakharine
Faster you idiot! Faster!
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A Polite Refusal and Persistent Offer
Aristides
Thank you so much. No need to come in, I'll be quite all right.
Thomson
No, but we insist.
Thompson
Better safe than sorry. It's the least we can do.
Thomson
There we are.
Thompson
Good grief, what's all this?
Aristides
It's my...collection?
Thomson
What a lot of wallets.
Aristides
I-I can't help it. It started with coin purses and sort of went on from there, really.
Thompson
You ought to be careful. Haven't you heard? There's a pickpocket about.
Thomson
Yes, he'd love this. Can you imagine?
Aristides
What do you mean "pickpocket"?
Thompson
Oh, a master criminal. A bag-snatching purse-pilfering wallet-lifting sneak thief.
Aristides
I'm not a bad person! I'm a kleptomaniac.
Thompson
A what?
[to Thomson]
Thomson
It's a fear of open spaces.
Thompson
Poor man, no wonder he keeps his wallets in the living room.
Aristides
Wallets, I-I just can't resist the lovely little things. It's a-It's a harmless habit, really.
Thompson
Good heavens, Thomson! Look at this! His name's Thomson too!
Thomson
What a coincidence!
[chuckles]
Thompson
No, Thomson. This is Thomson without a P, as in "psychic".
Thomson
No no no, it's Thompson with a P, as in "psychiatrist".
Aristides
Look at this one. A green one I managed to pick this from a pickpocket actually pickpocketing at the time. A-And this one...
[showcasing the wallets he stole]
Thomson
No, you had it wrong. There is a P in "psychic".
Thompson
I am not your sidekick. You are mine.
Aristides
Smell it, won't you Piggy leather.
[sniffs a wallet]
Thomson
How dare you!
Thompson
How dare you! I met you first.
Thomson
I met you first.
Thompson
No you didn't.
Thomson
Yes I did..
Thompson
No you did not!
Thomson
Yes I did!
Aristides
Listen up! I can't stand it anymore. Alright, I'll come quietly. Take them. Take them! TAKE THEM ALL!
Thompson
Stop it! Pull yourself together man! We can't take your wallets. Do we look like thieves?
Thomson
Good heavens, Thompson. This looks familiar. Can't be.
[pulls out Tintin's wallet]
Thompson
It is.
[holds Tintin's wallet]
Both
Tintin!
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A Day in the Sahara Reflection
Tintin
And to think, all it took was a day in the Sahara. Congratulations, Captain, you're sober.
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Tintin's Exclamation of Surprise
Tintin
Great snakes!
[repeated line]
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Unfinished Business Between Sakharine and Haddock
Ivanovich Sakharine
We go back a long way, Captain Haddock and I. We've unfinished business. And this time, I'm going to make him pay.
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A Fine Mess Unfolds
Tintin
Well, this is a fine mess.
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Confidence in Uncertainty
Captain Haddock
You do know what you're doing, do you?
Tintin
Um, more or less.
[starts up plane]
Captain Haddock
Well, which is it, more or less?
Tintin
Relax, I interviewed a pilot once.
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Captain Haddock's Encounter with a Giant Rat
Captain Haddock
Ahhhh! A giant rat of Sumatra!
[on seeing Snowy]
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Unfinished Business Between Ancestors
Captain Haddock
Red Rackham!
Sakharine
That's right. My ancestor. Just as Sir Francis was yours.
Captain Haddock
Unfinished business.
Sakharine
Oh, I'm glad you know the truth, Haddock. Until you could remember, killing you wouldn't have been this much fun!
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Captain Haddock's Defiant Claim to His Ship
Captain Haddock
Nobody takes MY ship!
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Determination Amidst Uncertainty in Adventure
Captain Haddock
Nobody takes my ship!
Tintin
They've already taken it.
Captain Haddock
But nobody takes my ship TWICE! We'll show em, won't we, Tintin? Alright, then, what's the plan?
Tintin
There is no plan.
Captain Haddock
Of course there's a plan. You've always got a plan.
Tintin
Not this time. Sakharine got the scrolls. They'll lead him for the treasure. Could be anywhere in the world. We'll never see him again. It's over.
Captain Haddock
I thought you were an optimist.
Tintin
Well, you were wrong, weren't you? I'm a realist.
Captain Haddock
Ah, that's just another name for a quitter.
Tintin
You can call me what you like. Don't you get it? We failed.
Captain Haddock
Failed? There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool. A loser. A hopeless souse. Don't you ever say it of yourself? You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up. Do you understand? You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There's something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you.
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Embracing Failure and Resilience
Captain Haddock
Failed? There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool, a loser, a hopeless souse. Don't you ever say it of yourself. You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up. Do you understand? You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There's something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you.
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Captain Haddock's Colorful Insults
Captain Haddock
Troglodytes! Slave traders! Mutant malingerers! Freshwater politicians!
[after being nearly shot by enemy plane]
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Search for the Missing Item
Sakharine
Have you found it?
Allan
He doesn't have it.
Tom
It's not on him, boss. It's not here.
Sakahrine
Not here? Then where is it?
Tintin
Where's what?
[regains consciousness]
Sakharine
Oh, I am tired of your games. The scroll from the Unicorn. A piece of paper like this.
[bangs cane against cage; shows Tintin scroll]
Tintin
You mean the poem.
Sakharine
Yes.
Tintin
The poem written in Old English.
Sakharine
Yes.
Tintin
It was inside a cylinder.
Sakharine
Yes.
Tintin
Concealed in the mast.
Sakharine
Yes!
Tintin
I don't have it.
Sakharine
You know the value of that scroll. Why else would you take it?
[points his sword at Tintin's face]
Tintin
Two ships, two scrolls, both part of the puzzle. You have one, you need the other. But that's not it. There's something else.
Sakharine
I will find it, with or without your help. You need to think about exactly how useful you are to me.
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Captain Haddock's Exclamation of Surprise
Captain Haddock
Thundering typhoons!
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Race to Bagghar for the model ship
Tintin
We have to get to Bagghar ahead of Sakharine.
Captain Haddock
I know. I know! Why?
Tintin
Because he has the 3rd model ship.
[referring to Sheik Omar Ben Salaad]
Captain Haddock
How do you know?
Tintin
The Sheik collects old ships. And this is the prize of his collection.
[pulls out brochure; points to picture of the Unicorn]
Captain Haddock
Blistering blue barnacles, that is the Unicorn!
Tintin
Captain, do you see the distortion around the model?
Captain Haddock
Uh-huh. Aye.
Tintin
It means that Ben Salaad exhibits it in a bullet-proof glass case in his palace.
Captain Haddock
And Sakharine's going there to steal it.
Tintin
Yes, he has a secret weapon: the Milanese Nightingale. But that won't be enough to solve the mystery, and that is why Sakharine needs you. That's why he made you his prisoner. There is something he needs you to remember.
Captain Haddock
I don't follow you.
Tintin
I read it in a book... ...that only a true Haddock can discover the secret of the Unicorn.
[sighs; sits back down; pause]
Captain Haddock
I don't remember anything about anything.
Tintin
But you must know about your ancestors. Sir Francis. It's your family legacy.
Captain Haddock
My memory's not what it used to be.
Tintin
Well, what did it used to be?
Captain Haddock
I've forgotten.
Tintin
Captain, can you get us to Bagghar?
Captain Haddock
What sort of a stupid question is that? Give me those oars! I'll show you some real seamanship, laddie! I'll not be doubted by some pipsqueak tuft of ginger and his irritating dog. I am master and commander of the seas! I know these waters better than the warts on my mother's face. Look at the pair of them, fast asleep. Typical landlubbers, eh? No stamina these days. Nevermind. I'll get you there, Tintin.
[gets up; notices Tintin and Snowy unconscious]
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Captain Haddock's Surprised Discovery About His Beard
Captain Haddock
By Jupiter, I have a beard? Since when did I have a beard?!
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Nothing Is an Accident
Ivanovich Sakharine
Do you think it was an accident I took Haddock's ship, Haddock's crew, Haddock's treacherous first mate? Nothing is an accident.
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Discussion of a Historic Ship's Features
Tintin
Snowy, look at this. Tripled masted. Double decks. Fifty guns. Isn't she a beauty?
[sees The Unicorn model ship in mirror reflection; views model ship in glass case]
Mr. Crabtree
It's a very unique specimen, that is. From an old sea captain's estate.
Tintin
The Unicorn.
[reads label]
Mr. Crabtree
The Unicorn. Man o war sailing ship. That's very old, that is. Built in the 16th century.
Tintin
17th, I would think.
Mr. Crabtree
Reign of Charles the First.
Tintin
Charles the Second.
Mr. Crabtree
That's what I said, Charles the Second. As fine as ship has ever sailed the seven seas. You won't find another one of these, mate. And it's only 2 quid.
Tintin
I'll give you a pound.
Mr. Crabtree
Done!
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Optimism in Limited Resources
Tintin
Bad news, captain. We've only got one bullet.
[looking in pistol]
Captain Haddock
What's the good news?
Tintin
We've got ONE bullet.
[aims pistol at enemy plane; shoots at the plane, sending it crashing in the sea]
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Unexpected Encounter with a Giant Rat
Captain Haddock
Ahhhhh! A giant rat of Sumatra. So, you think you can sneak up behind me, and catch me with my trousers down, huh?
[wakes up from his drunkenness and notices Snowy, jumps; sees Tintin stumbling into his room through the window; brandishes a bent pipe, thinking he's an intruder]
Tintin
I would rather have kept your trousers on, if it's all the same to you.
[dodging Haddock's blows]
Captain Haddock
I know you're here. You're one of them!
Tintin
Sorry?
Captain Haddock
He sent you here to kill me!
Tintin
Look, I don't know who you are!
Captain Haddock
That's how he planned to bump me off! Murdered in my bed by a baby-faced assassin! Arrgh!
[Snowy bites his ankle, tries to shake him off]
Tintin
Assassin? Look, you've got it all wrong! I was kidnapped by a gang of thugs.
[Captain Haddock and Tintin stops fighting; drops rod]
Captain Haddock
Oh, the filthy swine! He's turned the whole crew against me!
[cries comically]
Tintin
Who?
Captain Haddock
The sour-faced man with a sugary name. He's bought them all off, every last man.
Tintin
Sakharine!
Captain Haddock
Nobody takes MY ship!
Tintin
You're the Captain?
Captain Haddock
Of course, I'm the captain. Who else can I be? I've been locked in this room for days, with only whiskey to sustain my mortal soul. Oh...I assumed it was locked.
[Tintin shushes him; Tintin reveals door is not locked, looks at Haddock exasperatingly]
Tintin
Well, it's not. Now you must excuse me, if they find me here, they'll kill me. We have to keep moving, try to find my way off this drunken tub.
[leaves Haddock's room with a bang of the door]
Captain Haddock
Tub?!
[taken aback]
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Sakharine Revels in His Malevolent Knowledge
Ivanovich Sakharine
Oh, I'm glad you know the truth, Haddock. Until you could remember, killing you wouldn't have been this much fun!
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Captain Haddock's Treasure Determination
Captain Haddock
Billions of blistering blue barnacles! I swear, as the last of the Haddocks, I'll find that treasure before him!
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Unexpected Gratitude in a Warm Encounter
Captain Haddock
Tintin? Tintin. Come warm yourself, laddie.
Tintin
Captain, what have you done?!
[regains consciousness; alarmed]
Captain Haddock
Oh, no need to thank me.
[warms hands]
Tintin
What?
[tries to put out the fire with his foot]
Captain Haddock
You looked a little cold, so I lit a wee fire.
Tintin
IN A BOAT?! No, those are our oars. We need those oars!
[sees oars in Captain's hands]
Captain Haddock
Yes, but not for much longer.
[breaks oars in two]
Tintin
Have you gone mad?! Quick, Captain! Captain, help me! Captain, help me, quick!
[as he throws water at the fire]
Captain Haddock
He's right. What have I done? What have I done?!
[opens a bottle of whiskey]
Tintin
NO! CAPTAIN, NOT THAT!
[boat explodes in flames]
Captain Haddock
Thundering typhoons!
[regretfully]
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Unexpected Delivery Conversation
Allan
Mr. Tin...tin?
Tintin
Yes.
Allan
Delivery for ya.
Tintin
But I didn't order anything.
Allan
That's because it's you that's gettin delivered.
[smothers Tintin with chloroform and stuffs him into the crate]
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Victory and Loss in the Quest for Secrets
Ivanovich Sakharine
The legend says only a Haddock can discover the secret of the Unicorn. But it took a Rackham to get the job done. So you've lost again, Haddock. That's right. Why don't you have a drink? It's all you've got left, isn't it? Everything that was rightfully yours is now mine. Including this ship.
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Tintin's Question on Adventure Thirst
Tintin
How's your thirst for adventure, Captain?
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Commitment to the Journey Forward
Tintin
We can't turn back. Not now. Not now.
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