Cultural References
- The poem Tintin sings after receiving madness injection is Each Peach Pear Plum, in comes Tom Thumb, by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. When Snowy finds him he is singing "Tarantara, zing, boom" – from the song "Loudly let the trumpet bray" in Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe.
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