Never heard of Tintin. Now, Rintintin-I know about him.
I think Snowy has been knocked out more often than Tintin.
Since Tintin was written in quite large time span, we can see the changes of Western society in mid 20th century. In the early versions, Tintin & Co. were very not PC. Later, however, we started to see the seeds of PC and multiculturalism...
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I'm sure this explains Nancy Drew also. Notice how she always keeps getting bashed in the head, book after book? And the Hardy Boys too, if I recall.