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{{Infobox Character
|name=Aristides Silk
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|name = Aristides Silk
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|image1 = AristidesSilk.jpg
|image=[[Image:Aristides Silk.png‎|200px]]
 
|ali=The Pickpocket
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|alias = "The Pickpocket"<br />Herbert Knill (Hergé's Adventures of Tintin)
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|hair = White
|char=Bald, glasses
 
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|nationality = Belgian
|firapp=''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]''
 
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|occupation = Retired Civil Servant and Wallet Collector
|nat= Unknown
 
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|status = Alive
|pvc=neither
 
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|portrayed = [[Toby Jones]]
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|first_appearance = ''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]''
'''Aristides Silk''' (French: ''Aristide Filoselle'') is a retired civil servant and pickpocket who appears in ''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]''. Silk claims to not be a thief, but admits to being a kleptomaniac (someone with an irresistible urge to steal items of a trivial value). He explains to [[Thompson and Thomson]] when they come to arrest him that he adores wallets and reveals his large collection, of which none have been emptied of their contents.
 
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|last_appearance = Red Rackham's Treasure
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|image = AristidesSilk.jpg
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}}'''Aristides Silk''' (French: ''Aristide Filoselle'') is a retired civil servant and pickpocket who appears in ''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]].''
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==History==
   
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He is first shown in the [[Old Street Market]] near the start of the story before [[Tintin]] purchases ''[[The Unicorn]]'' model. Silk was moving away from the Thompsons just before their wallets were stolen. When Tintin's wallet was stolen, they found him running away and grabbed his coat, Tintin used the dry cleaners to track where Silk lives and found his house.  When the detectives confront Silk, Silk claims to not be a thief, but admits to being a kleptomaniac (someone with an irresistible urge to steal items of a trivial value). He explains to [[Thompson and Thomson]] when they come to arrest him that he adores wallets and reveals his large collection, of which none have been emptied of their contents. He is later seen at the end of ''[[Red Rackham's Treasure]]'' in the Maritime Gallery.[[File:Aristides_Silk.png|thumb|Silk as seen in the animated series.]]
[[File:Aristides Silk in the film.png|thumb|left|Aristides Silk as he appears in the 2011 film.]]
 
   
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[[fr:Aristide Filoselle]]
He is first shown in the market near the start of the story before [[Tintin]] purchases ''[[The Unicorn]]'' model. Silk was moving away from the Thompsons just before their wallets were stolen. He is later he seen at the end of ''[[Red Rackham's Treasure]]'' in the Maritime Gallery.
 
 
[[Category:Secret of the Unicorn Debutants]]
 
[[Category:Secret of the Unicorn Debutants]]
 
[[Category:Comedy Characters]]
 
[[Category:Comedy Characters]]
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[[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:Belgians]]
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[[Category:Europeans]]
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[[Category:Psychopaths]]
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[[Category:Villains]]
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[[Category:Criminals]]

Revision as of 12:44, 4 June 2020

Aristides Silk (French: Aristide Filoselle) is a retired civil servant and pickpocket who appears in The Secret of the Unicorn.

History

He is first shown in the Old Street Market near the start of the story before Tintin purchases The Unicorn model. Silk was moving away from the Thompsons just before their wallets were stolen. When Tintin's wallet was stolen, they found him running away and grabbed his coat, Tintin used the dry cleaners to track where Silk lives and found his house.  When the detectives confront Silk, Silk claims to not be a thief, but admits to being a kleptomaniac (someone with an irresistible urge to steal items of a trivial value). He explains to Thompson and Thomson when they come to arrest him that he adores wallets and reveals his large collection, of which none have been emptied of their contents. He is later seen at the end of Red Rackham's Treasure in the Maritime Gallery.

Aristides Silk

Silk as seen in the animated series.