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Captain Archibald Haddock ((フランス語:Capitaine Haddock)) is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin's best friend, a seafaring Merchant Marine Captain. Haddock is initially depicted as a weak and alcoholic character under the control of his treacherous first mate Allan, who keeps him drunk and runs his freighter. He regains his command and his dignity, even rising to president of the Society of Sober Sailors (''The Shooting Star''), but never gives up his love for rum and whisky, especially Loch Lomond. In the adventure ''Secret of the Unicorn'' (and continuing in ''Red Rackham's Treasure'') he and Tintin travel to find a pirate's treasure captured by his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock (François de Hadoque in French). With newfound wealth and regaining his ancestral home Marlinspike Hall, Captain Haddock becomes a socialite; riding a horse, wearing a monocle, and sitting in a theatre box seat (''The Seven Crystal Balls''). He then evolves to become genuinely heroic, volunteering to sacrifice his life to save Tintin's own in the pivotal ''Tintin in Tibet''. In later volumes he is clearly retired. Throughout it all, the Captain's coarse humanity and sarcasm act as a counterpoint to Tintin's often implausible heroism. He is always quick with a dry comment whenever the boy reporter gets too idealistic. Captain Haddock remained without a first name until the last completed story, ''Tintin and the Picaros''. ==Character history== Until Haddock's introduction, Tintin's constantly positive, optimistic perspective was offset by his faithful companion Snowy. Before Haddock, Snowy was the source of all dry and cynical side-commentary for the series. Hergé, however, realised Haddock's potential as a foil to Tintin. After he brought Haddock into the series, the Captain took over the role of the cynic, relieving Snowy, and establishing Captain Haddock as a permanent addition to the cast. Hergé introduced Captain Haddock in ''The Crab with the Golden Claws''.〔 as the rum-loving captain of the ''Karaboudjan'', a merchant vessel used—without Haddock's knowledge—by his first mate Allan for smuggling drugs inside crab tins. Because of his alcoholism and temperamental nature, his character was weak and unstable, at times posing as great a hazard to Tintin as the villains of the piece. He was also short-tempered, given to emotional, expletive-ridden outbursts, and capable of infuriating behaviour; at one point he even attacks Tintin when, traversing the Moroccan desert, he has the sun-induced delusion that Tintin is a bottle of champagne. However, Haddock is a sincere figure in need of reform, and by the end of his first adventure Tintin has gained a loyal companion, albeit one still given to uttering the occasional "expletive".〔 Hergé also allowed himself more artistic expression through Haddock's features than with Tintin's. Michael Farr, author of ''Tintin: The Complete Companion'', notes: "Whereas Hergé kept Tintin's facial expressions to a bare minimum, Haddock's could be contorted with emotion." Farr goes on to write that "In Haddock, Hergé had come up with his most inspired character since creating Tintin."〔 Sales of the volume in which Haddock was introduced indicated the character was well received. After a fairly serious role in ''The Shooting Star'', where he has risen to become the President of the Society of Sober Sailors (replete with a cabin full of rum), Haddock takes a more central role in the next adventure, split over two books, ''The Secret of the Unicorn'' and ''Red Rackham's Treasure''—indeed, his family history drives the plot. Upon locating the treasure, the newly wealthy Haddock retires. Hergé built the next adventure around Haddock, furnishing the character with an ancestral home, Marlinspike Hall (or "Moulinsart" in the original French). Harry Thompson, author of ''Tintin: Hergé and his creation'', writes that the introduction of this large and luxurious country house was "to provide a suitable ancestral home for Tintin and himself to move into." To achieve this in terms of the plot, Hergé also details Haddock's ancestry, something Thompson regards as distinctive: "Haddock is the only regular character whose relatives turn up in the Tintin stories at all (if one discounts Jolyon Wagg and his dreadful family)." As Haddock's role grew, Hergé expanded his character, basing him upon aspects of friends, with his characteristic temper somewhat inspired by Tintin colourist E.P. Jacobs and his bluffness drawn from Tintin artist Bob de Moor. Harry Thompson has commented on how Hergé utilised the character to inject humour into the plot, notably "where Haddock plays the fool to smooth over a lengthy explanation."〔 Captain Haddock is especially notable in ''The Red Sea Sharks'', where his skillful captaining of the ship he and Tintin seize from Rastapopoulos allows them to survive until they are rescued, and is especially noble in the pivotal ''Tintin in Tibet'', volunteering to sacrifice his life to save Tintin's own. By the time of their last completed and published adventure, ''Tintin and the Picaros'', Haddock had become such an important figure that he dominates much of the story. Captain (Archibald) Haddock's ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, is hinted at being the illegitimate son of the French Sun King (Louis XIV), a possible reference to Hergé's own family history—Hergé liked to believe that his father was the illegitimate son of the Belgian king Leopold II. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Captain Haddock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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