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=== The series had examples of the following tropes: === |
=== The series had examples of the following tropes: === |
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* [[Character as Himself]]: Cursor even gets the "[[And Starring]]" billing. |
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* [[Cool Car]], which also happens to be a [[Flying Car]]. |
* [[Cool Car]], which also happens to be a [[Flying Car]]. |
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* [[Energy Shield]]: Automan can be one, by "merging" yourself with him. Since he's made of light, you can just walk through him and stand where he stands (but since it's [[Hard Light]], it will subsequently stop bullets, etc.). |
* [[Energy Shield]]: Automan can be one, by "merging" yourself with him. Since he's made of light, you can just walk through him and stand where he stands (but since it's [[Hard Light]], it will subsequently stop bullets, etc.). |
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* [[Sue Donym]]: Automan's usual alias outside the computer is Otto J. Mann. |
* [[Sue Donym]]: Automan's usual alias outside the computer is Otto J. Mann. |
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* [[Short Runners]]: Only lasted 12 eps,with a 13th episode unaired (though all 13 aired in the UK). |
* [[Short Runners]]: Only lasted 12 eps,with a 13th episode unaired (though all 13 aired in the UK). |
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* [[Shout |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Many, as one of Automan's abilities was to duplicate skills he saw performed in movies or television. One notable incident involved duplicating the skills in The Hustler - right down to the missed final shot. |
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* [[They Fight Crime]] |
* [[They Fight Crime]] |
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* [[Tron Lines]]: on every vehicle Cursor creates. Also Automan's holographic body; even when in plainclothes disguise, his glowing collar is always visible. |
* [[Tron Lines]]: on every vehicle Cursor creates. Also Automan's holographic body; even when in plainclothes disguise, his glowing collar is always visible. |
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* [[Weakened |
* [[Weakened by the Light]]: Automan and Cursor's power needs meant that they could only be projected into the physical world during off-peak hours, i.e. nighttime. |
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