History Recap / TintinTintinInAmerica

* ButNotTooBlack: When ''Tintin'' finally got marketed in the USA in the 1950s he was forced to change a few black extras into white people. For instance: the man guarding the hotel after the Native Americans are being removed from their land was originally black, as were the woman and her crying baby, whom Tintin incorrectly assumes is Snowy crying for help.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Roberto Rastapopoulos in one panel in the recolored version.

-->'''Tintin''':"Hands Up! Put your guns down and slide them behind you"

-->'''Tintin''':"Much obliged, seeing as I didn't have one of my own."

* AmericansAreCowboys: Once Tintin leaves Chicago and its mobsters, pretty much every American he encounters in the countryside is a cowboy or some other kind of frontiersman. Somewhat justified, as the cowboy era was not long dead. The trope is PlayedWith in the same book, however: A BoomTown is built ''[[RidiculouslyFastConstruction overnight]]'' in an area that used to be pretty WildWest. The next morning, Tintin finds himself the only person in the city still wearing his cowboy outfit, and receives a chiding from a police officer who tells him to put on something proper.

* SwitchToEnglish: Or rather, Switch to French. The French version has American characters who appear to be speaking French, but begin their sentences with English phrases such as "How do you do" and "Good morning" to remind the readers that they are really speaking English.

* TranslationConvention: Done in a weird way in the French version. While the American characters appear to be speaking French, they begin their sentences with English phrases such as "How do you do" and "Good morning" to remind the readers that they are really speaking English. Most other books have everyone speak French even in situations where English or Spanish would be more appropriate.