Self-Disposing Villain: He attempts to acquire the Incan statue to achieve immortality, only to discover that the statue transforms him into a mummy instead.Pyrrhic Villainy: He succeeds in his goal of achieving being cursed to become a mummy, in addition to spending his now-immortal life locked away in Paititi's dungeon.Obvious Villain, Secret Villain: The Secret Villain to Kopponen's Obvious Villain.Tad the Explorer is back for another adventure in Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas.
Immortality Seeker: Why he seeks the Incan statue. Tad travels to Las Vegas to attend archaeologist Sara Lavroff’s presentation of her latest discovery the papyrus that show the existence of the Necklace of Midas, the mythical King who turned everything he touched into gold.Hoist by His Own Petard: Him seeking the Incan statue ends up being his own undoing the statue grants him immortality, at the cost of transforming him into a mummy.Fake Ultimate Hero: A famed archeologist, he's actually a criminal and fraud who doesn't actually know much about archeology.Broken Pedestal: Towards Tad and Sara once they learn of his true colors.In reality, he's the true leader of Odysseus. In the Spanish dub, Humbert even comments that the hat indeed belonged to Indiana Jones, while his characteristic theme sounds in the background.Ī world-famous archeologist, Tad's idol, and Sara's fiancé.His hat also resembles Indiana's and, according to Humbert, belonged to a famous archaeologist. Shout-Out: In the original Spanish, the name of our protagonist is Tadeo Jones.Raised by Grandparents: Raised by his grandmother.A Minor Kidroduction: The first scene shows Tad as a child.Heroes Want Redheads: Tad falls head over heels in love with redheaded Sara.Tad doesn't even worry because he'll soon become a famous archaeologist. A colleague comments that Tad has been fired seven times just this year. George Jetson Job Security: Tad gets fired because his dog urinates on the boss.Daydream Surprise: When we first meet Tad as a child, he's fantasizing an Indiana Jones-esque adventure.Voiced by: Kerry Shale (English dub, first film) Trevor White (English dub, second film), Óscar Barberán (Spanish dub), José Antonio Macías (Latin American Spanish dub) Tad Jones rescues his beloved Sara from a millionaire whos after King Midas necklace.