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Set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], it tells the story of a "war of nerves" between humanity and a race of Martians called the Mysterons.
The aliens were never seen in person and would attack Earth by killing prominent humans and replacing them with superpowered duplicates who would attempt to perform terrorist attacks. Their [[The Dragon|primary agent]] was Captain Black, a former Spectrum agent who was turned after accidentally starting the war by [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill|panicking and attacking them first]].
Opposing them were the Spectrum organisation, an international defence force whose best agent, Captain Scarlet, is killed and cloned in the first episode. He regains his humanity through [[Heroic Willpower]] and a convenient building collapse/[[Lightning Can Do Anything|jolt of electricity]] (depending on which version you watch). However, he still has the clone body's powers of [[Nigh Invulnerable|Nigh Invulnerability]].
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A CGI [[The Remake|Remake]], ''Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet'', appeared in 2005. The new series lasted two seasons (the original only lasted for one), but remains lesser known than the original due to being [[Screwed By the Network]] and not achieving international broadcast or DVD release.
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* [[Ace Pilot]] - The Angels.
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*** The revival continues the trend. Instead of being called Captain Yellow, one of the agents is Captain Ochre.
** Unlike the original series, which only on rare occasions (maybe no more than once or twice) referred to the characters by their real names, the revival uses the color codes and real names interchangeably. In one episode Scarlet activates an identity scan that clearly [[I Ds]] him as "Paul Metcalfe, Captain Scarlet". The original series suggests the real names are usually kept secret, but not so in the revival.
* [[Colour
* [[Compilation Movie]] - Two, from 1980-1981, kick-starting the ''Super Space Theater'' project, in which episodes of other Gerry Anderson-produced series went through this.
** ''Captain Scarlet vs. the Mysterons'', featuring the episodes "The Mysterons," "Winged Assassin," "Seek and Destroy," and "Attack on Cloudbase". Aired in 1980.
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* [[Expository Theme Tune]] - The ending credits theme; the opening had [[No Theme Tune]].
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]] - [[Reservoir Dogs|Why I gotta be Captain Magenta?]]
* [[Family
** In the revival one character is shot in the head by Captain Black at point blank, another is crushed by falling rock, and Scarlet performs a [[Neck Snap]] on another!
* [[Faux Action Girl]] - Destiny Angel in the CGI remake. To some extent, ''all'' the Angels.
* [[The Faceless]] - The Mysterons don't appear in person; all we see of them is the circles of their possession rays.
* [[The Federation]] - The UN seems to function as a world federation of nations.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]] - Captain Scarlet
** [[The Lancer]] - Captain Blue
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* [[Mythology Gag]] - The remake is billed as being 'filmed in Hypermarionation' in the opening credits.
* [[Nice Hat]] - The Spectrum hats. Oh so much.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] - The whole War of Nerves starts when Captain Black and his co-pilot mistake the Mysterons' scanners for weapons and react by blasting their city into pieces, arousing their wrath.
** In the remake, the co-pilot is Scarlet, but only Black overreacts.
* [[Odd Name Out]] - Destiny Angel, the only Angel not named after a musical term.
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