The Adventures of Tintin opening theme (animated)

[@eriktreptow827]

Ah absolute bliss! This was opening sequence when it played on TV. Different on Netflix and DVDs

[@Mesterius1]

When it played on TV in Canada, the United States etc., yes. Europe always had a different version of the intro, which is the one seen on Netflix and the European DVD editions. The above version can be seen on Shout! Factory's American DVD edition, as well as on many episodes of Universal's Canadian DVDs.

[@Bram25]

Netflix has a remaster. Someone smoked a ton of crack and decided the release of the 2011 animated movie was enough reason to "remaster" the series. At least for the Belgium and the Netherlands it is now in 1080P but 95% of all voices got a new cast and the intro butchered. A total disgrace compared to the 90s version which was like a breath of fresh air while compared to most 90s cartoons for having a more serious tone and style. I even dare to go as far as saying this series comes very close to Batman TAS from the 90s.

[@Mesterius1]

@@Bram25 It's also 1080p on Netflix here in Scandinavia. But what do you mean by 'a new voice cast'? I haven't heard anything about more than one English dub ever existing for this series. As for the intro being "butchered": well, it's a digital HD recreation of the old French intro version from the 90s... obviously redone because the video effects of the original were mastered on standard-def tape. I think they could have done a better job of matching the original edits though. The cropping to widescreen doesn't help either. "I even dare to go as far as saying this series comes very close to Batman TAS from the 90s." Honestly, as much nostalgia as I have for the Tintin animated series, I don't think it comes close to the quality level of Batman: The Animated Series. Nor does it live up to the quality of the original Tintin comic albums (one of the best comics series ever made if you ask me).

[@Mesterius1]

@@Bram25 I did a comparison of the Canadian and French intro versions here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6SUXnaYq7uUZrs The French version is what the HD remaster on Netflix is based on.

[@Bram25]

@@Mesterius1 The Dutch version I remember and treasure uses the Canadian intro. They released it somewhere around half way in the 90s. In 2011 they released that Spielberg/Peter Jackson movie and someone decided that because HD remaster they also went the extra mile and the actors who spoke in the film for Flanders and the Netherlands also redid pretty much all voice work. (the 90s version had a very good cast but many foreign characters had those stereotypical accents. Captain Alan had this very thick American, Texan accent and other characters shared this trait. For me it was the first series with serious adventure, they used guns and Tintin was hit and stuff. Batman TAS came after that.

[@jordanferguson2254]

Oh gosh, the memories. Thank you for includung that last bit with the slowed version of the theme, no one else did that!

[@TamanSesame]

My pleasure 😄 You mean the part with just the picture of the dragon on a black background, correct? I LOVE that small, but super significant part ❤️

[@editingman95]

Never knew my childhood had a different intro

[@aymarafan7669]

Yeah this is the Canadian version which also ends up being the American version since only other different versions is the motion capture film.

[@spdfatomicstructure]

This is the US/Canadian version. The British version was what I grew up on too

[@PikaLink91]

This intro is fine and has a lot going for it that encapsules the series' sense of adventure perhaps more than the European intro. That one however has better sound cues, and also the sound effects are removed. I am not a fan of sound effects in series intros. They distract from the music.

[@privileged268]

me too

[@cack_dack7922]

Tintin. Where do I start, my dad showed it to me when I was 5 since then I have 17 of the 24 books, a lot of the dvds. I have seen the series a million times. I have around 10 minifigures of the tintin crew. I have read all the books. Tintin will forever be my favorite comic. Blue lotus is my favorite ❤

[@TamanSesame]

Glad you enjoyed this. I read a few of the books myself, but you're the true fan here :)

[@cane6074]

This show was awesome, its was basically Indiana Jones for kids, but having a mature streak to it. A lot cartoons in the 1990's were like that, the intro was epic!

[@TamanSesame]

Agree 💯%. Tintin WAS like Indy, but without the snark 😄 The theme is one of the most epic, imho. Thanks for your comment

[@daughterofzion9183]

omg memories I tell ya memories... tears!!

[@TamanSesame]

Glad you enjoyed it. Don't find this kind of quality themes anymore :(

[@flakey5537]

Finally, found the OG version with the punch.

[@TamanSesame]

At first, I was like...wait, what punch? Then I remembered. Lol. I'm glad you found the version you were looking for.

[@christopherpolk7316]

I use to watch this as a kid

[@TayTayChan]

Glad you uploaded this one. The other ones I found seem a more modern iteration.

[@waterup380]

because there are the internatanol versions

[@n0aimChris]

What about the one where Snowy talks?

[@Mesterius1]

@@n0aimChris That's a pilot film made in 1990, before the series went into production.

[@RelativelyBest]

This takes me back.

[@TamanSesame]

🥰

[@steph9492]

This song in the beginning has some little parts that been missed

[@matttaylor8161]

1:03 that music kinda makes me feel alone, feeling down and left out. 😢😢😭.

[@PikaLink91]

We can feel alone together then

[@PikachuScoobyDoo-r5d]

That is sad

[@etthelost]

Nice! Just picked up the first season/volume at big lots of all places. Classic!

[@Gedi2211]

Goodness! I was born in 1996 but I caught the Tintin animated series when it aired reruns in the early 2000s in Australia. And this was the intro I got. Years later, I saw Tintin again and when I saw the intro, I thought something was off, but I dismissed it as my mind playing tricks. Turns out I was wrong. I had no idea there were two intros. And looking at them now, this intro is the one I prefer.

[@TamanSesame]

Glad you found this one! There's been a lively discussion in the comments about this being another intro. I recorded this in Malaysia, and from what I can tell, it was not uncommon to have different intro credits for the same show, but aired in different regions. Thanks for your comment!

[@plasmadrone3123]

the original intro :D :D

[@ThunderLizardsRule]

0:37 *POW!!*

[@zyxelztrife2408]

🛥️0:37💥 *Brussels👊🏻Smash!*

[@julioignaciocuetopizarro711]

¡BIENVENIDO AL DOMINIO PÚBLICO, TINTÍN!

[@TamanSesame]

Bienvenido, Tintin ❤️

[@akashborah6052]

Miss those day's when I used to watch this cartoon 😢

[@TamanSesame]

This was quite a favourite with many people, judging from the comments. Thanks for your comment 😀

[@white3351]

Sera que algum dia voltaremos para essa epoca? Em que tudo era tão bom...

[@TamanSesame]

sadly, no :(

[@olivierbaghdadi]

0:50 which episode was that?

[@miscostsmusic1880]

Olivier Baghdadi Tintin in Tibet,I believe (since that’s the only episode with snow)

[@Mesterius1]

@@miscostsmusic1880 Yes, but this is early (and notably off-model) animation from the original pilot film for the series. It's not seen in the episodes adapting Tibet.

[@avimanyubasu5808]

@@miscostsmusic1880 this was tintin in Tibet...but even prisoners of the sun had snow

[@14Kaustav]

​@@avimanyubasu5808 shooting star had snow too

[@VFChannelArchive]

Logo tv2 tu digunakan semasa lewat 90an hingga 2004

[@TamanSesame]

Ya, betul. Masa tu, TV2 dikenali sbg Saluran Emas

[@The92Abhi]

This was a good cartoon, back when heroes had some moral sense, Hare Krishna!

[@nigeldeveyra5520]

The Adventures of Tintin - Intro/Outro (1991-1992) Nelvana Limited (GMA 7) Copyright (C) Ellipse Programmé Copyright (C) GMA Network, Inc. GMA-7

[@PikachuScoobyDoo-r5d]

I am eight years old but I like this cartoon.

[@TamanSesame]

Great! Thanks for commenting 😀

[@PikachuScoobyDoo-r5d]

Thank you

[@PikachuScoobyDoo-r5d]

Thanks

[@ticluna5295]

So this is Leon Dellegre in his cartoon form

[@Mesterius1]

Which country/channel is this recording from? It's interesting that they actually removed the text from the title cards at 00:56-01:12 (and apparently replaced it with a custom-designed title card reading "Adventure of Tin Tin", rather than the well-known title "The Adventures of Tintin", at the very start).

[@waterup380]

canada

[@RingoandCarlin]

They also showed this opening on HBO in America.

[@Mesterius1]

​@@waterup380 Actually, no. This edit of the intro sequence was Canadian originally, but the TV broadcast and custom, text-free version seen here is not.

[@VFChannelArchive]

Malaysia rtm tv2

[@Mesterius1]

@@VFChannelArchive Thanks. I managed to identify the channel logo a while back.

[@RingoandCarlin]

in a way I kinda thought that was Captain Hook at 0:36 when I was 3.

[@qonitafiddin530]

samee Lol

[@Luigi7777]

LOL

[@samueljeshurunlamechp9894]

So did I. That's Red Rackham, I think.

[@sisterlillybug3142]

Yes, I love this so much!!! (=^.^=)

[@TamanSesame]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gulvezkhan848]

Nice 😅 music

[@TamanSesame]

Yes! :)

[@olivierbaghdadi]

This is fan-made

[@waterup380]

no it was the orginal tv intro

[@RedHairdo]

This version of the opening is as original as it gets. All the others feel completely fake due to not being the original.

[@eriktreptow827]

This isn't fan made. It was the intro from when this series aired on TV in the 1990s, which in Australia means it was on ABC. The different intro is the new updated intro for the DVDs and Netflix. I bought the DVDs on eBay from Europe in 2004, saw the new intro, started wondering if these DVDs were pirated Bali knock-offs but all good

[@Mesterius1]

​@@eriktreptow827 Actually, both versions of the Tintin intro stem from the early 90s originally. It's just that the version seen here was used in countries like Canada, The United States, Australia etc; while the other version with partly different scenes and no sound effects was seen in most European countries, France included. The series was a French-Canadian co-production, and obviously the production partners had different wishes for the intro. I did a comparison of the two intro versions here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6SUXnaYq7uUZrs Most likely the Canadian intro version seen here *is* the first to be made, though.

[@DarkAnon100]

@@Mesterius1 ehh that depends where in Canada, here in Quebec, Canada, we had the other version

[@tamansesame7188]

RTM TV2 Malaysia