General Tapioca General Tapioca General Tapioca from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé , was the arch-enemy of General Alcazar . He is first mentioned in The Broken Ear and then appears in Tintin and the Picaros . He is the on-again , off-again dictator of San Theodoros ( deposed and re-instated in that fictional country 's innumerable coups ) . During Tintin and the Picaros , after being re-instated thanks to Colonel Sponz , he was finally deposed by Tintin , the Captain , and Alcazar . His fate after this last coup is unknown . General Tapioca has been seen as a typical corrupt leader , brought to power by people cleverer than him , who rule with an iron hand through him . He is part of an attempt at humour ; when he is deposed , San Theodoros 's ( a land of squalid streets , starving inhabitants , and indifferent policemen ) only change is that the advertising signs read 'Viva Alcazar ' instead of 'Viva Tapioca' . The Adventures of Tintin Creation of Tintin · Books , films , and media · Ideology of Tintin Characters : Supporting · Minor · Complete list Miscellany : Hergé · Marlinspike · Captain Haddock 's exclamations This article about a comics character is a stub . You can help Wikipedia and WikiProject Comics by expanding it . This Tintin -related article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia and WikiProject Comics by expanding it . Categories : Tintin characters | Fictional generals | Comics character stubs | Franco-Belgian comics stubs In other languages : Español | Français | Svenska 