Flag of San Theodoros

San Theodoros is a fictional South American country in the adventures of Tintin. Flag of San Thedoros This is a fictional flag appearing in The Adventures of Tintin, and is shown here under fair use. File links The following pages link to this file: San Theodoros ... Map of the Land of Oz, the fictional country in the movie The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Map of the fictional island of Sodor used in the Thomas the Tank Engine stories Fictious countries used in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four A guidebook produced about the fictional country Molvania A... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) are world travellers and inseparable friends in The Adventures of Tintin. ...

San Theodoros apparently become independent around 1805 and a general named Olivaro had something to do with it, similar to Simón Bolívar. Its capital is Los Dopicos (which was called Tapiocapolis while General Tapioca was in power). 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (July 24, 1783 – December 17, 1830) was a South American revolutionary leader. ...

Fixing the location of the county is difficult, given the conflicting references in the books. It appears to be located in northern South America, most likely occupying a portion of the current states of Colombia or Venezuela, rather than in the vicinity of Bolivia. This is because the mountains shown in the books do not appear to be part of the higher, rockier portions of the Andes. The capital, Los Dopicos, is shown in Tintin and the Broken Ear as having a seaport, whereas in Tintin and the Picaros, it appears to be inland. It is possible that the capital's situation is similar to that of Caracas, Venezuela, where the inland downtown area and coastal suburbs are separated by a small mountain. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Broken Ear (LOreille Cassée) is a one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... English-language edition Tintin and the Picaros (originally Tintin et les Picaros) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... City motto: Ave María Santísima, sin pecado concebida, en el primer instante de su ser natural. ...

San Theodoros is a satirical version of a South American country under the yoke of military government. Military coups and counter-coups of generals Tapioca and Alcazar have followed each other with regularity – and soldiers switch sides every time. An interesting detail is the proliferation of colonels; during the Broken Ear story, the army of San Theodoros had 3487 colonels but only 49 corporals.

The country has a few magnificent Paztec pyramids in Trenxcoatl, including one called Hotuatabotl featured in Picaros. (Paztec is a pun on Aztec and pastèque, watermelon, and the names of the pyramids, puns on "trench coat" and "hot water bottle" respectively, are meant to look like Nahuatl, like the volcano Popocatepetl in Mexico.) In the jungle areas of the country live Indian tribes of Bibaro and Arumbajo (or Arumbaya). With Arumbajos lives explorer Ridgewell, who tries to teach them golf. In the English books, they speak standard English (albeit a bit informal), but it is written in such a way that it looks meaningless. (One example: "Ai tolja tahitta ferlip inbaul intada oh'l!" instead of "I told you to hit the flippin' ball into the hole!") A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a figure of speech which consists of a deliberate confusion of similar words or phrases for rhetorical effect, whether humorous or serious. ... The Aztecs were a Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. ... Binomial name Citrullus lanatus (Thunb. ... Nahuatl (pronounced in two syllables, NA-watl ) is a term applied to some members of the Aztecan or Nahuan sub-branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, indigenous to central Mexico. ... Popocatépetl (commonly referred to as Popo) is an active volcano and the second highest peak in Mexico after Pico de Orizaba (5,610m). ...

San Theodoros also has a hostile neighbor called Nuevo Rico. During the The Broken Ear story the two countries go to war over the area of Gran Chapo – an allusion to the Chaco War fought by Bolivia and Paraguay over Gran Chaco from 1932-1935. In the fictional The Adventures of Tintin stories, Nuevo Rico is the hostile neighbour to San Theodoros. ... The Broken Ear (originally LOreille Cassée) is a one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Combatants Republic of Bolivia Republic of Paraguay Commanders Hans Kundt Strength Army of Bolivia Army of Paraguay Casualties The Chaco War (1932–1935) was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the arid Chaco Boreal region of South America, which was incorrectly thought to be rich in oil. ... Landscape in the Gran Chaco, Paraguay The Gran Chaco (Quechua chaqu, hunting land), dubbed by some as the last South American frontier, is an arid, sparsely populated, very hot, semi-desertic, lowland region of the River Plate basin, divided between Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and a small portion in Brazil called... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In The Red Sea Sharks, General Alcazar is seen in exile, having been deposed again by his rival in 1958. The French bookcover The Red Sea Sharks (originally Coke en Stock), is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The latest information about the country is from 1976 when general Alcazar for the last time ousted general Tapioca during a carnival in an unusually bloodless coup. His guerillas wore carnival outfits during the operation. Tintin and his associates had their minor part in the proceedings. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Swabian-Alemannic carnival clowns in Wolfach, Germany A carnival parade is a public celebration, combining some elements of a circus and public street party, generally during the Carnival Season. ... Tintin and Snowy (Tintin et Milou) are world travellers and inseparable friends in The Adventures of Tintin. ...

The national airline is SANTERO.

Tintin albums with San Theodoros

• L'Oreille cassee (Tintin and the Broken Ear, 1937)
• Les Sept Boules de cristal (The Seven Crystal Balls), mentioned but not seen
• Coke en Stock (The Red Sea Sharks), mentioned but not seen.
• Tintin et les Picaros (Tintin and the Picaros, 1974)