# Toto Chupin — The Slaves of Paris character guide

> Toto Chupin in The Slaves of Paris by Émile Gaboriau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Chupin, Toto

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-caught-in-the-net

## Snapshot

A streetwise young man who becomes entangled with the criminals circling the Champdoce fortune.

## Who they are

Toto Chupin moves through the shadows of the Champdoce household, where a dead Duke's extravagance has furnished a tomb for his heirs. The young Duchess wanders rooms that feel like a sepulchre, her husband Norbert plunging into club life, gambling, and debauchery, while old Jean watches in grief. Chupin is part of the machinery that keeps this world running — a figure whose loyalties are as shifting as the streets he came from.

## Relationships

### [Daddy Tantaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/characters/daddy_tantaine)

_professional_

Daddy Tantaine is the mentor and boss of Toto Chupin, a young criminal in their underworld network.

### [Daddy Tantaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/characters/daddy_tantaine)

_professional_

Daddy Tantaine is the mentor and boss of Toto Chupin, a young criminal in their underworld network.

### [Daddy Tantaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/characters/daddy_tantaine)

_professional_

Daddy Tantaine is the mentor and boss of Toto Chupin, a young criminal in their underworld network.

## In the story

### [A Registry Office](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/ii-a-registry-office)

Mentioned as being outside with chestnuts; Mascarin suggests Beaumarchef take him to follow the woman.

### [Master Chupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xv-master-chupin)

Young informant who demands a raise and a hundred francs upfront, then reports on Caroline Schimmel's activities.

### [At the Grand Turk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxvi-at-the-grand-turk)

Boasts about blackmail schemes at the Grand Turk, is terrified by Tantaine's sudden appearance.

### [The Spy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxv-the-spy)

Chestnut seller who argues about selling his pitch, warns André that he is being watched.

### [The Tempter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxviii-the-tempter)

Recruited by Tantaine for a sawing job; receives a banknote and lodging instructions.

### [Through the Air](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_slaves_of_paris_se/chapters/xxxiii-through-the-air)

Observed by Palot after the fall, dressed finely but showing signs of remorse.

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