![]() This is repeatedly the centre of moral dilemmas, as Snowy has to decide between carrying out important tasks, such as carrying an SOS message, and picking up a bone, as evidenced in King Ottokar's Sceptre. His appetite for food is the basis for several short, comical sequences. Snowy loves whiskey, and occasionally gets drunk (as occurred in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, The Black Island, Tintin in Tibet and Tintin and the Picaros). Snowy is loyal to Tintin and always wishes to stay by his master's side: in a scene in The Shooting Star when Tintin temporarily abandoned him, Snowy was inconsolable. The Black Island and The Shooting Star show that his only fear is arachnophobia. He repeatedly frees Tintin from captivity and saves him from dangerous situations, and will sometimes identify a villain before Tintin. Snowy is portrayed as brave and is often fearless against much larger creatures when Tintin is threatened. When Haddock entered the series, the Captain took over the role of the cynic, and Snowy gradually shifted into a more light-hearted role, having dialog only with Tintin. Before Haddock's appearance, Snowy was the source of dry and cynical side-commentary, which balanced out Tintin's constantly positive, optimistic perspective. His character then became affected by the introduction of Captain Haddock in The Crab with the Golden Claws. In early works he exchanges dialog with other characters, including animals, and provides a running commentary on the situation. The character of Snowy evolved through the course of the Tintin series. As a dog, he also sniffs, tracks, chases, and bites. In the early albums he takes an interest in mechanics and geography in Tintin in the Congo, he makes biblical references. His verbal responses to various situations include jokes, expressions of fright, and pleas to Tintin to exercise caution. Throughout the first eight stories Snowy is the series' co-star he is able to understand human language, and communicates with speech bubbles. In the debut album Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, Snowy is a source of comic relief. Along with Tintin he is the only character to appear in all of the comic albums. Throughout the series, Snowy is Tintin's sidekick and companion on journeys. The name Snowy was chosen for English-language translations not only because of the dog's colour, but also because it is a five-letter word that fits in the speech balloons. Nevertheless, Hergé remained fond of Marie-Louise, and made her the namesake of Tintin's most trusted friend. Marie-Louise's father disapproved of Hergé's low social standing, and the young couple's relationship consequently deteriorated. Snowy's original French name Milou-an abbreviation of Marie-Louise-is borrowed from the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend, Marie-Louise Van Cutsem. This dog was a major source of inspiration for Snowy. ![]() Hergé never had a dog in his family until his last years however, in 1929 he was a regular at a café where the proprietor had a terrier. Hergé diminished Snowy's speaking role after the introduction of Captain Haddock in the ninth story, The Crab with the Golden Claws. In the first eight Tintin adventures, Snowy regularly addresses his internal monologue to the reader. Milou, Snowy's original French name, was the nickname of Hergé's first girlfriend. Snowy is modeled in part on a Fox Terrier at a café that Hergé used to frequent. Snowy debuted on 10 January 1929 in the first installment of Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, which was serialised in Le Petit Vingtième until May 1930. ![]() Snowy is a white Wire Fox Terrier who is a companion to Tintin, the series' protagonist. Snowy ( French: Milou ) is a fictional character in The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
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