Oliveira da Figueira

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Oliveira de Figueira is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. Native of Lisbon, Portugal, he is a friendly salesperson who has the ability to sell even the most trivial of items from umbrellas to roller skates to patrons throughout the Middle Eastern region, though he eventually set up shop in Khemed. He first encounters Tintin in Cigars of the Pharaoh as a bustling trader, and then in Land of Black Gold as a retailer/supplier for Emir Ben Kalish Ezab, where he offers to help Tintin infiltrate Dr. J.W. Müller's palace and uncover his oil control scheme. Oliveira da Figueira makes a third appearance in The Red Sea Sharks where he provides Tintin and Captain Haddock with information on the rebel forces in the Khemed capital of Wadesdah, and a means of escaping the city undetected, as they had a price on their heads.

He has a remarkable gift of the gab, even managing to convince Tintin to purchase a huge amount of useless items. This gift proved invaluable when breaking into Muller's palace, as he was able to keep the villain's henchmen occupied with a long and extremely moving story about the origins of his "nephew", the disguised Tintin.

In the 1st Portuguese version of Cigars of the Pharaoh from "O Papagaio" he was from Spain, fleeing the Spanish Civil War.

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