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Has his name something to do with Rastafari which is also sometimes abbreviated to "rasta"? Or where from does the name come? -- CdaMVvWgS 18:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Was Rastapopoulos actually based on a real person? Many characters, especially major villains, in Tintin are. Hergé was quite into politics and his books often describe actual issues of the time. Is there any 1930s American tycoon we should think of? Steinbach ( talk) 17:03, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Tintin first meets him on a boat where he seems angry and says 'It's not the first time we've met.'
I think it should be "not the last time". 80.141.189.85 ( talk) 10:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Why? -- 75 * 18:42, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
This character first appeared as the villain in Cigars of the Pharaoh in 1934. When the early stories were remade in the new format (64 pages colour) after the war, his face was added to a banquet scene in Tintin in America for whatever reason, but he is not otherwise in that story. In any case, this was 11 years after his first appearance in Cigars. Mezigue ( talk) 16:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
I've read that this sentence doesn't necessarily have to mean that Tintin and Rastapoupolos have met before, but is used in French idiomatically akin to "I've heard about him before" or "He's really famous", roughly. 惑乱 Wakuran ( talk) 10:50, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
I wonder if the Rastapopoulos's name was inspired by Anathasios Rhousopoulos (1823-1898), a well-known Greek archaeologist, antiquities dealer, and professor who was also accused of several antiquities crimes. /info/en/?search=Athanasios_Rhousopoulos MarritzN ( talk) 23:24, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
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Has his name something to do with Rastafari which is also sometimes abbreviated to "rasta"? Or where from does the name come? -- CdaMVvWgS 18:41, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
Was Rastapopoulos actually based on a real person? Many characters, especially major villains, in Tintin are. Hergé was quite into politics and his books often describe actual issues of the time. Is there any 1930s American tycoon we should think of? Steinbach ( talk) 17:03, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Tintin first meets him on a boat where he seems angry and says 'It's not the first time we've met.'
I think it should be "not the last time". 80.141.189.85 ( talk) 10:06, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Why? -- 75 * 18:42, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
This character first appeared as the villain in Cigars of the Pharaoh in 1934. When the early stories were remade in the new format (64 pages colour) after the war, his face was added to a banquet scene in Tintin in America for whatever reason, but he is not otherwise in that story. In any case, this was 11 years after his first appearance in Cigars. Mezigue ( talk) 16:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
I've read that this sentence doesn't necessarily have to mean that Tintin and Rastapoupolos have met before, but is used in French idiomatically akin to "I've heard about him before" or "He's really famous", roughly. 惑乱 Wakuran ( talk) 10:50, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
I wonder if the Rastapopoulos's name was inspired by Anathasios Rhousopoulos (1823-1898), a well-known Greek archaeologist, antiquities dealer, and professor who was also accused of several antiquities crimes. /info/en/?search=Athanasios_Rhousopoulos MarritzN ( talk) 23:24, 29 November 2023 (UTC)