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The Red Sea Sharks is the nineteenth title of The Adventures of Tintin. Its original French title is Coke en stock ("coke in stock") a codename used by the villainous antagonists of the story for African slaves.

The Red Sea Sharks is notable for bringing together a large number of characters from previous Tintin adventures, going all the way back to Cigars of the Pharaoh.

Plot

In Brussels, Tintin and Captain Haddock bump into an old acquaintance, General Alcazar. Returning to Marlinspike Hall, they find that another acquaintance, the Emir of Khemed, Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab, has been overthrown by his nemesis Sheikh Bab El Ehr, and that the Emir has accordingly sent his son, the disobedient Abdullah, to stay at Marlinspike for his own protection. The police detectives Thomson and Thompson visit, informing Tintin that Alcazar is seeking to purchase military aircraft from J. M. Dawson. Investigating further, Tintin discovers that Dawson has also sold military aircraft to Bab El Ehr, but an alarm clock that Abdullah placed in his coat goes off, and although he escapes unscathed, Dawson realises Tintin is meddling in his affairs.

Realising that the only way to be rid of Abdullah is to restore the Emir's control of Khemed, Tintin, Haddock, and their dog Snowy travel to the Middle Eastern country. Simultaneously, Dawson arranges for somebody to place a bomb inside the plane's cargo hold, and officials deny the three any access to the country. While flying back from Khemed, the trio narrowly survive the bomb, and are able to slip into the city of Wadeshah unobserved. There they meet an old friend, the Portuguese merchant Oliveira da Figueira, who helps them to escape the city and ride on horseback to the Emir's hideout. During the journey, they evade armoured cars and fighter planes ordered to intercept them by "Mull Pasha", who is actually Tintin's old antagonist, Dr. Müller, when the fighter jets mistakenly destroy the armoured vehicles after the pilots believe that the ground units are enemy forces.

The Emir welcomes Tintin and Haddock, revealing that there is an ongoing slave trade through Khemed that is operated by the international businessman the Marquis di Gorgonzola, who falsely offers transport to African Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca and then sells them into slavery. Tintin, Haddock and Snowy leave for the Red Sea coast and board a sambuk for Mecca. They are attacked by fighter planes before Tintin shoots one down and rescues its mercenary Estonian pilot, Piotr Skut. The four are picked up by di Gorgonzola's yacht, the Scheherazade, but are soon offloaded onto the SS Ramona, a tramp steamer. It then transpires that Di Gorgonzola is in fact another of Tintin's old adversaries, Roberto Rastapopoulos. The Ramona is one of Rastapopoulos' slave trading ships, and when a fire breaks out aboard it during the night, the ship's commander Allan and his crew flee, leaving Tintin, Haddock, Snowy and Skut aboard along with a consignment of African slaves.

With Haddock taking on the ship's captaincy, they are successfully able to extinguish the fire. However, Rastapopoulos orders a U-boat to destroy the Ramona, with the ship taking evasive manoeuvres to survive, ultimately being rescued by the cruiser USS Los Angeles. The Los Angeles chases down the Scheherazade and attempts to capture di Gorgonzola, but he fakes his own death and escapes via a mini-submarine. Tintin, Haddock and Snowy return to Belgium and learn that the Emir has recaptured Khemed and that Abdullah can return home. Their relaxation is cut short by Jolyon Wagg, who has arranged to use Marlinspike for an auto rally.

Appearances

Characters

Tintin
Snowy
Captain Haddock
Professor Calculus
Thompson and Thomson
Nestor
General Alcazar
General Tapioca (mentioned)
Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab
Abdullah
Roberto Rastapopoulos
Oliveira de Figueira
Patrash Pasha (mentioned and behind the scenes)
Dawson
Allan Thompson
Bianca Castafiore
Dr. J.W. Müller
Bab El Ehr (mentioned)
Piotr Skut
Colonel Achmed
Achmed
Hassim
Walter (The Red Sea Sharks)
Jolyon Wagg
Tom (The Crab with the Golden Claws)
Tom (The Red Sea Sharks)
Ben Yussef
Ayesha
Kurt
Parker
Cutts the Butcher (mentioned)

Locations

Khemed
- Wadesdah
- Jebel Kadheh
Lebanon
- Beirut (mentioned)
Saudi Arabia
- Mecca (mentioned)
- Jidda (mentioned)
Djibouti
Eritrea
- Dahlak Kebir Island (mentioned)
Marlinspike
*Marlinspike Hall
Hotel Bristol

Organizations

Arabair

Vehicles

Ramona
Scheherazade
USS Los Angeles
Two distinct, unnamed sambuks.

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+{{Infobox_Book
-{{Red Sea}}
+|image1 = The Red Sea Sharks Egmont.jpg
-{{Book Infobox
+|author(s) = [[Hergé]]
-|Image               =The Red Sea Sharks Egmont.jpg|300px
+|dates_of_publication = October 31, [[1956]] - January 1, [[1958]]
-|Name                =''The Red Sea Sharks''
+|published_in = [[Tintin magazine]]
-|Author(s)           =[[Hergé]]
+|published_as_book = [[1958]]
-|Dates of publication=October 31, [[1956]] - January 1, [[1958]]
+|english_translation = [[1960]]
-|Published in        =[[Tintin magazine]]
+|preceded_by = [[The Calculus Affair]]
-|Published as book   =1958
+|followed_by = [[Tintin in Tibet]]}}'''''The Red Sea Sharks''''' is the nineteenth title of ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''. Its original French title is '''Coke en stock '''("coke in stock") a codename used by the villainous antagonists of the story for African slaves.
-|English translation =[[1960]]
-|Preceded by         =''[[The Calculus Affair]]''
-|Followed by         =''[[Tintin in Tibet]]''
-}}
-'''''The Red Sea Sharks''''' is the nineteenth title of ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''. Its original French title is '''Coke en stock''' ("coke in stock") a codename used by the villainous antagonists of the story for African slaves.
-The Red Sea Sharks is notable for bringing together a large number of characters from previous Tintin adventures, going all the way back to ''[[Cigars of the Pharaoh]]'':
+The Red Sea Sharks is notable for bringing together a large number of characters from previous Tintin adventures, going all the way back to ''[[Cigars of the Pharaoh]].''
 ==Plot==
+In Brussels, Tintin and Captain Haddock bump into an old acquaintance, [[General Alcazar]]. Returning to [[Marlinspike Hall]], they find that another acquaintance, the Emir of Khemed, [[Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab]], has been overthrown by his nemesis Sheikh [[Bab El Ehr]], and that the Emir has accordingly sent his son, the disobedient [[Abdullah]], to stay at Marlinspike for his own protection. The police detectives [[Thomson and Thompson]] visit, informing Tintin that Alcazar is seeking to purchase military aircraft from [[Dawson|J. M. Dawson]]. Investigating further, Tintin discovers that Dawson has also sold military aircraft to Bab El Ehr, but an alarm clock that Abdullah placed in his coat goes off, and although he escapes unscathed, Dawson realises Tintin is meddling in his affairs.
-''The Red Sea Sharks'' is about the nation of [[Khemed]], ruled by Emir [[Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab]] being taken over by [[Bab El Ehr]] and need to hide abroad. The Emir sent his son prince [[Abdullah]] to [[Marlinspike Hall]] all with a couple of the Emir's men. [[Captain Haddock]] does not like Abdullah so he and [[Tintin]] set of to find the Emir in [[Wadesdah]], but when they reach the destination, the custom there does not allow them to visit. Tintin was taken back to the plane, where a time bomb was hidden. but luckily there was a fire during the trip and they landed safely. After everyone was out, the bomb exploded and nobody was hurt.The Captain and Tintin walk to Wadesdah where they can hardly see through the patrol in the city. There they found Tintin's old friend: [[Oliveira de Figueira]] who helped Tintin to get to the Emir. They sneak out of the city again and rode to a lost city where they found the Emir. The Emir offered them a boat to go to Meeca and find the man [[Di Gorgonzola]] who is later revealed to be Rastapopoulos. On their way a squad of Westland Whirlwind fighter planes attacked them. Tintin shot down one of the Whirlwinds and they made a raft and rescued the pilot who was shot down, his name was [[Piotr Skut]] and he befriended Tintin after he saved him. They would also meet him again in ''[[Flight 714]].''
+Realising that the only way to be rid of Abdullah is to restore the Emir's control of Khemed, Tintin, Haddock, and their dog Snowy travel to the Middle Eastern country. Simultaneously, Dawson arranges for somebody to place a bomb inside the plane's cargo hold, and officials deny the three any access to the country. While flying back from Khemed, the trio narrowly survive the bomb, and are able to slip into the city of Wadeshah unobserved. There they meet an old friend, the Portuguese merchant [[Senhor Oliveira|Oliveira da Figueira]], who helps them to escape the city and ride on horseback to the Emir's hideout. During the journey, they evade armoured cars and fighter planes ordered to intercept them by "Mull Pasha", who is actually Tintin's old antagonist, [[Dr. Müller]], when the fighter jets mistakenly destroy the armoured vehicles after the pilots believe that the ground units are enemy forces.
+The Emir welcomes Tintin and Haddock, revealing that there is an ongoing slave trade through Khemed that is operated by the international businessman the [[Marquis di Gorgonzola]], who falsely offers transport to African Muslims on the pilgrimage to Mecca and then sells them into slavery. Tintin, Haddock and Snowy leave for the Red Sea coast and board a sambuk for Mecca. They are attacked by fighter planes before Tintin shoots one down and rescues its mercenary Estonian pilot, [[Piotr Skut]]. The four are picked up by di Gorgonzola's yacht, the ''[[Scheherazade]]'', but are soon offloaded onto the SS ''Ramona'', a tramp steamer. It then transpires that Di Gorgonzola is in fact another of Tintin's old adversaries, [[Roberto Rastapopoulos]]. The ''Ramona'' is one of Rastapopoulos' slave trading ships, and when a fire breaks out aboard it during the night, the ship's commander Allan and his crew flee, leaving Tintin, Haddock, Snowy and Skut aboard along with a consignment of African slaves.
+With Haddock taking on the ship's captaincy, they are successfully able to extinguish the fire. However, Rastapopoulos orders a U-boat to destroy the ''Ramona'', with the ship taking evasive manoeuvres to survive, ultimately being rescued by the cruiser USS ''Los Angeles''. The ''Los Angeles'' chases down the ''Scheherazade'' and attempts to capture di Gorgonzola, but he fakes his own death and escapes via a mini-submarine. Tintin, Haddock and Snowy return to Belgium and learn that the Emir has recaptured Khemed and that Abdullah can return home. Their relaxation is cut short by Jolyon Wagg, who has arranged to use Marlinspike for an auto rally.
 ==Appearances==
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 *[[Nestor]]
 *[[General Alcazar]]
+*[[General Tapioca]] (mentioned)
 *[[Mohammed ben Kalish Ezab]]
 *[[Abdullah]]
 *[[Roberto Rastapopoulos]]
 *[[Oliveira de Figueira]]
+*[[Patrash Pasha]] (mentioned and behind the scenes)
 *[[Dawson]]
 *[[Allan Thompson]]
 *[[Bianca Castafiore]]
 *[[Dr. J.W. Müller]]
-*[[Bab El Ehr]]
+*[[Bab El Ehr]] (mentioned)
 *[[Piotr Skut]]
 *[[Colonel Achmed]]
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 ===Locations===
-*[[Khemed]]
+* [[Khemed]]
-**[[Wadesdah]]
+** [[Wadesdah]]
+** Jebel Kadheh
-*[[Marlinspike]]
+* Lebanon
-**[[Marlinspike Hall]]
+** Beirut (mentioned)
-*Hotel Bristol
+* Saudi Arabia
+** Mecca (mentioned)
+** Jidda (mentioned)
+* Djibouti
+* Eritrea
+** Dahlak Kebir Island (mentioned)
+* [[Marlinspike]]
+* *[[Marlinspike Hall]]
+* Hotel Bristol
 ===Organizations===
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 *''[[Scheherazade]]''
 *''[[USS Los Angeles]]''
+* Two distinct, unnamed sambuks.
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+[[de:Kohle an Bord]]
-[[Category:Stories]]
+[[fr:Coke en stock]]
+[[Category:Albums]]