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AgentElman t1_jea2mr9 wrote

does he need a psychologist or a sychologist?

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morerubberstamps OP t1_jea2nd1 wrote

This led researchers to publish a tongue-in-cheek study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, which concluded that these repeated blows to the head contributed to his short stature:

>It appears that his perennially prepubescent look is due to a growth-hormone deficiency and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, conditions likely brought on by repeated blows to the head.

>"We believe that the multiple traumas Tintin sustained could be the first case of traumatic pituitary injury described in the literature," said Claude Cyr, an associate professor of medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Que."

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WilcoHistBuff t1_jea65xm wrote

How about Snowy/Milou! Not many fox terriers live 50+ years through multiple attacks, capture, and a serious alcohol and bone habit.

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plague042 t1_jea66qg wrote

I'd want to know how many times Penny from Inspector Gadget got chloroform'd. Can't be good for the health.

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Richard_A_Smasher t1_jeacf7b wrote

First hit put him in a vegetative state where he dreamed the rest of the adventures.

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OldMork t1_jeacgx8 wrote

still today great books, there are even a few inofficial.

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leadchipmunk t1_jead001 wrote

We must have different definitions of "countless." If he was knocked unconscious 43 times, it can't be more than 43. With the other examples listed, we are down to 35 punches at most. That sounds pretty countable to me.

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saliczar t1_jeahe1x wrote

Replying to marmorset (#2,488,881)

I did a lot of drugs and extreme sports in my teenage years, plus several freak accidents. My life is awesome now, and I'm extremely happy with how everything turned out, so I wouldn't take any of it back.

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OffKira t1_jeavict wrote

A giant apple really is the best weapon lol

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LogicIsDead22 t1_jeawh6w wrote

Ahh so it’s brain damage. I always assumed he was just speaking French.

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Dragonfly452 t1_jeb5oxd wrote

Almost as much as Lana Lang in the first two seasons of Smallville

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washoutr6 t1_jebq85w wrote

This trope is so bad that I just can't read books regardless of genre if anyone is kidnapped. It's so tired and trite. Also who the hell gets kidnapped more than once.

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KDM_Racing t1_jecihzy wrote

I am amazed the Hardy Boys can tye their own shoes let alone solve mysterys with all the head trauma they have endured

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Scat_fiend t1_jeciso8 wrote

Countless??? I bet you could really count them all if you tried hard enough.

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imapassenger1 t1_jed7i35 wrote

The Hardy Boys would top that, being knocked out every book and there were LOTS of books. "With a cry, Joe sank to the ground...unconscious!"

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Glad-Engineering-180 t1_jedrp2g wrote

lol i remember reading it as a kid thinking “it can’t be that easy to knock someone out now can it”

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grat_is_not_nice t1_jedx0ba wrote

I never figured out how Captain Haddock didn't suffer from thiamine deficiency, cirrhosis, ascites, portal hypertension or seizures while also suffering from his regular bouts of delirium tremens.

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dark_hypernova t1_jee1mgp wrote

Does this include the chloroform knockouts he got once or twice?

Or that time he passed out by massive g forces from being launched to the moon?

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morerubberstamps OP t1_jeejste wrote

Replying to dark_hypernova (#2,522,208)

Yes for the former. >Tintin was choked, thrown down stairs, tossed from a train, poisoned with chloroform, mauled by a lion, shot and hurled a great distance by an explosion, events that may have also caused neurological damage.

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POO7 t1_jeep0s9 wrote

Definitely something I've thought about while watching more tin tin with my little boy over the past few months.

Given how often he is knocked out...he is the absolute champion of recovery from being concussed.

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