Thomson and Thompson

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Thomson and Thompson (French: Dupont et Dupond [dypɔ̃ e dypɔ̃]) are fictional characters in the Adventures of Tintin comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. They are two intelligence service detectives, identical in both appearance (apart from slightly different moustaches) and demeanor, first introduced in Tintin's fourth adventure Cigars of the Pharaoh (1932–1934), although the 1946 version of Tintin in the Congo (1930–1931) gives them a single-panel cameo appearance. Well-meaning but clumsy, thoroughly clueless and afflicted with chronic spoonerisms, they mostly act as comic relief and, originally, as secondary antagonists hindering Tintin's progress by suspecting the wrong people, including him. Although their incompetence remains a source of problems, the duo later come to trust Tintin and frequently support him, giving his theories the benefit of the doubt and lawfully arresting some of the villains he unmasks. They typically wear bowler hats and carry walking sticks, except during...

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