expanded slightly - in the comic she appears only once in the theater being informed of her husband's illness. In the episode she is in an added scene in the hospital crying over her comatose husband. "Prisoners of the Sun" Some changes are made solely for time, such as Tintin and Haddock's execution being reduced to one day from eighteen, and some of the action in the jungle being cut or toned down. "The Castafiore Emerald" When Castafiore arrives, she still gifts Captain Haddock with the parrot Iago, but the parrot's part is significantly downplayed. As such, the bird does not manage to pick up much of Haddock’s verbal slang. In the book, Iago is allowed to fly free at the end, but he is completely absent in Part 2 of the show. Castafiore trips over the broken stair, while in the book she is the only character not to. Miarka is much friendlier towards Tintin and Haddock and does not bite the Captain. Similarly, Miarka's uncle is less hostile to Tintin and Haddock and does not try to throw a rock at Tintin as in the book. He also does not think Marlinspike Hall's inhabitants deeply hate him and other gypsies. The scene when Thomson and Thompson confront the gypsies is shown. Stories not adapted Three of the Tintin books were not included in the animated series: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets due to its unflattering portrayal of Russians Tintin in the Congo due to issues around animal abuse and its racist colonial attitude towards the native Congolese Tintin and Alph-Art due to being incomplete Hergé's cameo appearances Hergé, the creator of Tintin, makes cameo appearances reminiscent of Stan Lee and Alfred Hitchcock in each episode of the cartoon series, as he often did in the original books. Most of the time, he is just a passing figure in the street, such as when he is a passerby checking his watch in "The Blue Lotus", a reporter in "The Broken Ear", or a technician in "Explorers on the Moon". His letterbox can be seen next to Tintin in "The Crab with the Golden Claws". He also appeared as a gangster in "Tintin in America" and an asylum inmate at the in "Cigars of the Pharaoh", along with his fellow artist and collaborator Edgar P. Jacobs. Music The underscore music and the main title theme for the series