Editing Thomson and Thompson (section)

{{short description|Comic characters by Belgian cartoonist Hergé}}
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| character_name = Thomson and Thompson
| image          = Tintin - Thomson & Thompson.png
| imagesize      = 
| caption        = Thomson (left) and Thompson (right), from ''[[The Secret of the Unicorn]]'', by [[Hergé]], with slightly different moustaches
| publisher      = [[Casterman]] (Belgium)
| debut          =''[[Cigars of the Pharaoh]]'' (1934)<br/>''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''
| creators       = [[Hergé]]
| full_name      = Thomson and Thompson
| partners       = [[List of The Adventures of Tintin characters#Main characters|List of main characters]]
| supports       = [[Tintin (character)|Tintin]]
}}
'''Thomson and Thompson''' ({{langx|fr|'''Dupont et Dupond'''}} {{IPA|fr|dypɔ̃ e dypɔ̃|}}){{sfn|Peeters|2012|p=341|loc="Character Names in French and English"}} are fictional characters in ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist [[Hergé]]. They are two [[detective]]s who provide much of the [[comic relief]] throughout the series.  Hergé twice calls them "brothers" in the original French-language text.  They are afflicted with chronic [[spoonerism]]s, are extremely clumsy, thoroughly clueless, frequently arresting the wrong person (usually someone important). In spite of this, they somehow are entrusted with delicate missions.

The detective with the flat, drooping walrus moustache is Thompson and introduces himself as "Thompson, with a 'P', as in [[psychology]]" (or any such word in which the "P" is silent), while the detective with the flared, pointed moustache is Thomson, who often introduces himself as "Thomson, without a 'P', as in [[Venezuela]]."

Often, when one says something, the other adds "To be precise" ({{lang|fr|Je dirais même plus}}), but then repeats what the first said, only twisted around.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8TizX-868GgC&q=%22to+be+precise%22&pg=PA62|title=The Metamorphoses of Tintin, Or, Tintin for Adults|last=Apostolidès|first=Jean-Marie|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8047-6030-0|pages=62|quote=When Thomson tacks on his famous "to be precise", most of the time he doesn't add anything but simply repeats what the other just said.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-22 |title=At the Grand Palais in Paris: Hergé, the Genius who Invented Tintin |url=https://bonjourparis.com/history/herge-and-tintin/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Bonjour Paris}}</ref>

Thomson and Thompson usually wear [[bowler hat]]s and carry walking sticks, except when abroad: during these missions they insist on wearing the stereotypical [[National costume|costume]] of the country they are visiting, hoping to blend into the local population, but instead manage to dress in folkloric attire that actually makes them stand out.

The detectives were in part based on Hergé's father and uncle, identical twins who wore matching bowler hats while carrying matching walking sticks.<ref name="ManWhoCreated">{{cite book | last1 = Assouline | first1 = Pierre | author-link1 = Pierre Assouline | title = Hergé: The Man Who Created Tintin | publisher = Oxford University Press | date = 4 November 2009 | location = USA | pages = 42–43 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YsyEMjvdYJgC&q=Herg%C3%A9's%20father%20Alexis%20and%20uncle%20L%C3%A9on&pg=PA42 | access-date = 6 January 2013 | isbn = 9780195397598}}</ref>