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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' squalid streets, starving inhabitants, and indifferent police force is only change in that the advertising signs read 'Viva Alcazar' instead of 'Viva Tapioca'.

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