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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by shakow on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:29PM (#36472274)
> wait, get a fix?? is that a pun I just discovered after 20 years?

If it's like in the French original (where Getafix is Assurancetourix, i.e. assurance tous-risques, full-coverage insurance), every single character name is a pun; so keep searching if you're missing some ;)

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by AntiqueFig on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:52PM (#36472474)
> where Getafix is Assurancetourix

Panoramix*

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by shakow on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:55PM (#36472502)
Geez, you're right :/

Welp, here is my excuse to binge the whole serie once again.

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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by glandium on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:02PM (#36473078)
Assurancetourix is the bard.
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Re:Tintin, Hergé and Chang – A Friendship That Changed the W... by Jarmsy on Sunday June 25, 2023 @06:46PM (#36473445)
Who in the English became Cacofonix
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