Rastapopoulos

Roberto Rastapopoulos, or simply Rastapopoulous, is a recurring villain in the Tintin comic book series. He is the archenemy of the title protagonist of the series.

Tintin in America
Rastapopoulos made a cameo appearance, at the official dinner, although he wasn't a villain yet.

Cigars of the Pharaoh
"One day you'll regret you crossed my path! Just remember: My name is Rastapopoulos!"

- Rastapopoulos to Tintin at their first encounter.

Rastapopulos made his villainous debut in Cigars of the Pharaoh. Onboard the cruise ship the Isis, Sophocles Sarcophagus, an absent- minded Egyptologist, accidentally bumped into Rastapopulous. Tintin defended the professor, much to the fury of Rastapopoulos, who warned Tintin that he would regret crossing his path. As Rastapopoulus stormed off, Tintin recognised him as the "King of Cosmos Pictures".

The Blue Lotus
In the follow- up to Cigars of the Pharaoh, The Blue Lotus, it is revealed that Rastapopoulos is the head of the sinister opium cartel which Tintin has been pitting his wits against in the course of two books.

The Red Sea Sharks
He later reappeared in "The Red Sea Sharks", where he was the leader of a slave dealing organisation.

Flight 714
"Flight 714", where he kidnapped the millionaire Laszlo Carreidas on an island. After Tintin rescued Carreidas Rastapopoulos' memory was deltetd by the aliens involved in the events (like the memories of everyone else on the island) and was left in his helicopter along with his servants.

Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
In an animated film (that was adapted into a similarly-titled book), "Tintin and the Lake of Sharks", he is a villain directing operations from a secret underwater base. He is responsible for numerous worldwide robberies of valuable items and plans to steal a duplicating machine invented by Professor Calculus. On the other hand, in an attempt to escape by submarine, Haddock and Tintin both capture him and he is arrested by the Syldavian Police.

Trivia

 * As "Tintin and Alph-Art" where a man named Endaddine Akass appears, who appearently would have turned out to be Rastapopoulos in disguise, was never finished, Rastapolpoulos' final fate is unknown. In Herge's original drafts, Rastapopulos was killed after accidentally falling from a cliff after he tried to hang Tintin and Haddock. But this is not the "official ending" of the Tintin series.