- "My prices will astonish you."
- — Figuera[src]
Senhor Oliveira de Figueira is a friendly salesman who can sell even the most trivial of items, from umbrellas to roller skates, to Arab patrons.
History
De Figueira and Tintin first meet in Cigars of the Pharaoh. Tintin and Snowy have been cast adrift in the Red Sea when they are picked up by a dhow. De Figueira is a passenger, and quickly talks Tintin into buying a variety of superfluous objects, Tintin being under the misguided impression that he has not been conned into buying anything useless.He later appears in Land of Black Gold, where he plays a more obviously valuable role in helping Tintin infiltrate Dr. Müller's headquarters, taking Tintin there disguised as his nephew Alvaro while making deliveries and keeping the guards distracted with an elaborate story while Tintin searches.
Name
Oliveira de Figueira is the form used by Hergé in the last appearences of this character. This happened when Hergé realised that de is the correct spelling in Portuguese. He uses Oliveira da Figueira in Cigars of the Pharaoh but later, in The Red Sea Sharks, he is correctly named de Figueira.
Appearances
- Cigars of the Pharaoh
- Land of Black Gold
- The Red Sea Sharks
- The Castafiore Emerald (Mentioned only)