Overall, Thénardier's appearance fits that of the novel: "a skinny little runt, pale, angular, bony, rickety, who looked sick but was as fit as a fiddle." However, in the Anime, Thénardier's moustache varies between three styles based on his alias (the innkeeper of the Waterloo Inn, as M. Jondrette, and the Baron du Thénard)
In the novel, after failing to blackmail Marius into believing that Valjean is a murderer, he receives 1,500 francs from Marius and is ordered to leave and never return. Thénardier then moves with Azelma to America, where he becomes a slave trader. In the Anime, he is re-arrested by Javert, who intends on turning him into a more benevolent person (as Valjean did to him) no matter how many times Thénardier attempts to break out of prison
